Ron Miller had the most passing yards in 1961, with 1,487 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Ron Miller R. Miller	1,487	1961	WIS	9	104	198	52.5	7.5	165.2	11	11	122.8	5.6	5.6
2	Chon Gallegos C. Gallegos	1,480	1961	SJSU	10	117	197	59.4	7.5	148.0	14	12	133.8	7.1	6.1
3	Eddie Wilson E. Wilson	1,294	1961	ARIZ	10	79	154	51.3	8.4	129.4	10	7	134.2	6.5	4.5
4	Jerry Gross J. Gross	1,126	1961		9	72	152	47.4	7.4	125.1	9	11	114.7	5.9	7.2
5	Gale Weidner G. Weidner	1,101	1961	COLO	10	74	162	45.7	6.8	110.1	8	12	104.2	4.9	7.4
6	Pat McCarthy P. McCarthy	1,081	1961	HC	10	76	165	46.1	6.6	108.1	11	6	115.8	6.7	3.6
7	Matt Szykowny M. Szykowny	1,078	1961	IOWA	9	79	139	56.8	7.8	119.8	7	15	117.0	5.0	10.8
8	Alex Zyskowski A. Zyskowski	1,038	1961		10	57	108	52.8	9.6	103.8	4	9	129.1	3.7	8.3
9	Pat Trammell P. Trammell	1,035	1961	ALA	10	75	133	56.4	7.8	103.5	8	2	138.6	6.0	1.5
10	Ron Klemick R. Klemick	1,035	1961	NAVY	10	84	183	45.9	5.7	103.5	6	13	90.0	3.3	7.1
11	John Furman J. Furman	1,026	1961	UTEP	10	85	180	47.2	5.7	102.6	10	11	101.2	5.6	6.1
12	George Mira G. Mira	1,000	1961	MIA	10	81	172	47.1	5.8	100.0	8	6	104.3	4.7	3.5
13	Sonny Gibbs S. Gibbs	999	1961	TCU	10	71	137	51.8	7.3	99.9	6	8	115.9	4.4	5.8
14	Bill Whaley B. Whaley	980	1961	CIT	10	78	148	52.7	6.6	98.0	4	10	103.7	2.7	6.8
15	Galen Hall G. Hall	951	1961	PSU	10	50	97	51.5	9.8	95.1	8	5	150.8	8.2	5.2
16	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	949	1961	VMI	10	69	162	42.6	5.9	94.9	6	10	91.7	3.7	6.2
17	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	937	1961	NCST	10	99	186	53.2	5.0	93.7	8	6	103.3	4.3	3.2
18	Dick Shiner D. Shiner	921	1961	MD	10	58	111	52.3	8.3	92.1	7	11	122.9	6.3	9.9
19	Jerry Woolum J. Woolum	892	1961	UK	10	70	125	56.0	7.1	89.2	4	7	115.3	3.2	5.6
20	Billy Canty B. Canty	884	1961	FUR	10	85	168	50.6	5.3	88.4	8	12	96.2	4.8	7.1
21	Joe Zuger J. Zuger	879	1961	ASU	10	67	133	50.4	6.6	87.9	8	8	113.7	6.0	6.0
22	Ray Farris R. Farris	875	1961	UNC	10	71	159	44.7	5.5	87.5	2	11	81.2	1.3	6.9
23	Terry Baker T. Baker	875	1961	ORST	10	61	134	45.5	6.5	87.5	5	8	100.7	3.7	6.0
24	Ron DiGravio R. DiGravio	861	1961	PUR	9	52	100	52.0	8.6	95.7	6	2	140.1	6.0	2.0
25	Walt Rappold W. Rappold	830	1961	DUKE	10	54	96	56.3	8.6	83.0	7	5	142.5	7.3	5.2

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Team Leaders

PASS

664

Simmons

RUSH

363

Dupree

REC

398

Mason

Team Rankings

PPG

12.8

172nd

OPP PPG

21.6

43rd

RUSH YDS/G

116.7

141st

PASS YDS/G

136.4

182nd

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
13	UCLA	3-6	3-9
14	Rutgers	2-7	5-7
15	Wisconsin	2-7	4-8
16	Maryland	1-8	4-8
17	Michigan State	1-8	4-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/6	WIS	@	ND	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	WIU	@	WIS	7:15 PM
Sat 9/19	EMU	@	WIS	12:30 PM
Sat 9/26	WIS	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MSU	@	WIS	1:00 PM

Last Game

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Final

Minnesota

7 - 5

Sat 29 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167