which college football team is leading in passing yards

The SMU Mustangs have the most passing yards by a team, with 1,730 yards this season.

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2026 season

	TEAM	YDS	SEASON	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	SMU	1,730	2026	5	130	172	75.6	10.1	346.0	16	5	185.0	9.3	2.9	6	48
2	North Texas	1,700	2026	5	131	181	72.4	9.4	340.0	12	4	168.7	6.6	2.2	4	29
3	USC	1,625	2026	5	122	172	70.9	9.4	325.0	14	3	173.7	8.1	1.7	5	31
4	Pittsburgh	1,580	2026	5	120	179	67.0	8.8	316.0	17	1	171.4	9.5	0.6	5	34
5	Virginia Tech	1,573	2026	5	142	191	74.3	8.2	314.6	12	2	162.2	6.3	1.0	9	68
6	Mississippi State	1,546	2026	5	111	169	65.7	9.1	309.2	18	4	172.9	10.7	2.4	13	64
7	Ohio State	1,461	2026	4	97	133	72.9	11.0	365.3	13	4	191.4	9.8	3.0	5	33
8	Oregon State	1,460	2026	4	111	170	65.3	8.6	365.0	12	2	158.4	7.1	1.2	6	52
9	Memphis	1,454	2026	5	97	133	72.9	10.9	290.8	16	4	198.4	12.0	3.0	7	60
10	Miami	1,445	2026	4	114	132	86.4	10.9	361.3	17	1	219.3	12.9	0.8	3	19
11	Wake Forest	1,440	2026	5	101	157	64.3	9.2	288.0	10	1	161.1	6.4	0.6	9	51
12	Alabama	1,437	2026	5	97	136	71.3	10.6	287.4	11	2	183.8	8.1	1.5	12	75
13	Toledo	1,423	2026	5	101	160	63.1	8.9	284.6	14	2	164.2	8.8	1.3	2	18
14	Oregon	1,386	2026	4	104	145	71.7	9.6	346.5	14	0	183.9	9.7	0.0	7	38
15	Notre Dame	1,334	2026	5	99	141	70.2	9.5	266.8	14	1	181.0	9.9	0.7	2	9
16	Georgia	1,329	2026	5	98	138	71.0	9.6	265.8	16	1	188.7	11.6	0.7	5	34
17	Oklahoma State	1,308	2026	4	101	147	68.7	8.9	327.0	12	5	163.6	8.2	3.4	3	19
18	Delaware	1,305	2026	5	87	170	51.2	7.7	261.0	8	6	124.1	4.7	3.5	13	89
19	Ole Miss	1,290	2026	4	106	153	69.3	8.4	322.5	8	4	152.1	5.2	2.6	4	31
20	UConn	1,282	2026	5	90	151	59.6	8.5	256.4	11	3	151.0	7.3	2.0	13	80
21	Purdue	1,278	2026	4	104	144	72.2	8.9	319.5	8	1	163.7	5.6	0.7	13	107
22	Appalachian State	1,277	2026	4	104	143	72.7	8.9	319.3	7	1	162.5	4.9	0.7	4	29
23	Houston	1,268	2026	5	97	143	67.8	8.9	253.6	13	1	170.9	9.1	0.7	5	11
24	New Mexico State	1,260	2026	5	97	165	58.8	7.6	252.0	9	6	133.7	5.5	3.6	9	64
25	Stanford	1,239	2026	5	107	181	59.1	6.8	247.8	5	1	124.6	2.8	0.6	11	97

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More SMU Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,613

Jennings

RUSH

418

Raphael

REC

367

Knight

Team Rankings

PPG

34.6

51st

OPP PPG

23.0

73rd

RUSH YDS/G

138.2

116th

PASS YDS/G

346.0

5th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	Louisville	1-1	2-2
8	Virginia Tech	1-1	4-1
9	SMU	2-1	4-1
10	California	1-1	2-2
11	Stanford	1-3	2-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	UVA	@	SMU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	CAL	@	SMU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	SMU	@	SYR	1:00 PM
Fri 11/6	VT	@	SMU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/14	WAKE	@	SMU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Boston College

2 - 3

Final

SMU

4 - 1

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,613

Jennings

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

603

Hernandez

585

Legree

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

14

Stokes

14

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

204.6

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

53.5

51.8

51.4

49.6

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

11.5

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

541.2

532.8

524.6

523.3

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

297.3

294.0

281.5

281.3

277.8

Pass Yards Rankings

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

346.0

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

16.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	5	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	2	.600
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	4	1	.800
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	3	2	.600
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	2	2	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	4	1	.800
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	4	1	.800
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	5	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250