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Case Keenum has the most career passing yards, with 19,217 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Case Keenum C. Keenum	19,217	57	1,546	2,229	69.4	8.6	337.1	155	46	160.6	7.0	2.1
2	Dillon Gabriel D. Gabriel	18,722	64	1,376	2,111	65.2	8.9	292.5	155	32	160.9	7.3	1.5	111	676
3	Timmy Chang T. Chang	17,072	53	1,388	2,436	57.0	7.0	322.1	117	80	125.1	4.8	3.3
4	Landry Jones L. Jones	16,646	52	1,388	2,183	63.6	7.6	320.1	123	52	141.5	5.6	2.4
5	Graham Harrell G. Harrell	15,793	45	1,403	2,010	69.8	7.9	351.0	134	34	154.4	6.7	1.7
6	Sam Hartman S. Hartman	15,656	60	1,136	1,898	59.9	8.2	260.9	134	49	147.3	7.1	2.6	129	804
7	Bo Nix B. Nix	15,352	61	1,286	1,936	66.4	7.9	251.7	113	26	149.6	5.8	1.3	60	388
8	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	15,031	48	958	1,530	62.6	9.8	313.1	121	65	162.7	7.9	4.2
9	Will Rogers W. Rogers	14,773	54	1,521	2,187	69.5	6.8	273.6	108	35	139.4	4.9	1.6	110	779
10	Kellen Moore K. Moore	14,667	53	1,157	1,658	69.8	8.8	276.7	142	28	169.0	8.6	1.7
11	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	14,607	48	1,026	1,497	68.5	9.8	304.3	131	30	175.4	8.8	2.0	108	664
12	Luke Falk L. Falk	14,481	43	1,403	2,054	68.3	7.1	336.8	119	39	142.8	5.8	1.9	124	859
13	Seth Henigan S. Henigan	14,278	50	1,148	1,792	64.1	8.0	285.6	104	31	146.7	5.8	1.7	96	542
14	Colt Brennan C. Brennan	14,193	38	1,115	1,584	70.4	9.0	373.5	131	42	167.6	8.3	2.7
15	Rakeem Cato R. Cato	14,079	53	1,153	1,838	62.7	7.7	265.6	131	44	145.8	7.1	2.4
16	Holton Ahlers H. Ahlers	13,936	55	1,127	1,857	60.7	7.5	253.4	97	37	137.0	5.2	2.0	104	707
17	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	13,741	48	1,067	1,685	63.3	8.2	286.3	96	34	146.6	5.7	2.0	32	223
18	Brett Rypien B. Rypien	13,703	51	1,050	1,648	63.7	8.3	268.7	91	29	148.3	5.5	1.8	92	564
19	Mason Rudolph M. Rudolph	13,618	42	915	1,447	63.2	9.4	324.2	92	26	159.7	6.4	1.8	92	539
20	Sean Mannion S. Mannion	13,600	47	1,187	1,838	64.6	7.4	289.4	83	54	135.8	4.5	2.9
21	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	13,484	49	1,087	1,711	63.5	7.9	275.2	95	34	144.1	5.6	2.0
22	Corey Robinson C. Robinson	13,472	48	1,179	1,823	64.7	7.4	280.7	81	48	136.1	4.4	2.6
23	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	13,253	53	1,157	1,645	70.3	8.1	250.1	112	45	155.0	6.8	2.7
24	Aaron Murray A. Murray	13,166	52	921	1,478	62.3	8.9	253.2	121	41	158.6	8.2	2.8
25	Kevin Kolb K. Kolb	12,964	50	964	1,565	61.6	8.3	259.3	85	31	145.1	5.4	2.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,428

Weigman

RUSH

404

Sanford

REC

400

Overmyer

Team Rankings

PPG

40.0

16th

OPP PPG

19.2

41st

RUSH YDS/G

230.0

16th

PASS YDS/G

251.8

52nd

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Oklahoma State	2-0	4-1
6	Arizona	2-1	5-1
7	Houston	2-1	5-1
8	Cincinnati	1-1	4-1
9	Arizona State	1-1	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	OKST	@	HOU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	CIN	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Fri 11/13	HOU	@	COLO	10:15 PM
Sat 11/21	HOU	@	WVU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Houston

5 - 1

Final

Kansas State

3 - 2

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333