Don Strock had the most passing yards in 1972, with 3,243 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Don Strock D. Strock	3,243	1972	VT	11	228	427	53.4	7.6	294.8	16	27	116.9	3.7	6.3
2	Gary Huff G. Huff	2,893	1972	FSU	11	206	385	53.5	7.5	263.0	25	23	126.1	6.5	6.0
3	Tony Adams T. Adams	2,797	1972	USU	11	204	351	58.1	8.0	254.3	22	9	140.6	6.3	2.6
4	Bernie Galiffa B. Galiffa	2,302	1972	WVU	11	148	302	49.0	7.6	209.3	16	16	119.9	5.3	5.3
5	Mike Boryla M. Boryla	2,284	1972	STAN	11	183	350	52.3	6.5	207.6	14	20	108.9	4.0	5.7
6	Dave Jaynes D. Jaynes	2,253	1972	KU	11	153	287	53.3	7.9	204.8	15	21	121.9	5.2	7.3
7	Joe Pisarcik J. Pisarcik	2,179	1972	NMSU	11	182	382	47.6	5.7	198.1	8	15	94.6	2.1	3.9
8	Bruce Gadd B. Gadd	2,075	1972	RICE	11	171	323	52.9	6.4	188.6	11	22	104.5	3.4	6.8
9	Dave Humm D. Humm	2,074	1972	NEB	11	140	266	52.6	7.8	188.5	17	16	127.2	6.4	6.0
10	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	2,041	1972	ORE	11	171	348	49.1	5.9	185.5	12	19	98.9	3.4	5.5
11	John Hufnagel J. Hufnagel	2,039	1972	PSU	11	115	216	53.2	9.4	185.4	15	8	148.0	6.9	3.7
12	George Amundson G. Amundson	1,957	1972	ISU	11	145	313	46.3	6.3	177.9	15	21	101.2	4.8	6.7
13	Danny White D. White	1,930	1972	ASU	11	113	219	51.6	8.8	175.5	21	15	143.6	9.6	6.8
14	Buddy Palazzo B. Palazzo	1,888	1972	USM	11	160	291	55.0	6.5	171.6	8	16	107.6	2.7	5.5
15	Gary Keithley G. Keithley	1,870	1972	UTEP	10	144	252	57.1	7.4	187.0	7	10	120.7	2.8	4.0
16	Scotty Shipp S. Shipp	1,845	1972	DAV	10	149	286	52.1	6.5	184.5	9	22	101.3	3.1	7.7
17	Craig Kimball C. Kimball	1,798	1972	SJSU	11	145	323	44.9	5.6	163.5	13	23	90.7	4.0	7.1
18	Eddie McAshan E. McAshan	1,756	1972	GT	11	125	241	51.9	7.3	159.6	16	17	120.9	6.6	7.1
19	Tom Schultze T. Schultze	1,728	1972	VMI	11	120	242	49.6	7.1	157.1	9	16	108.6	3.7	6.6
20	John Madeya J. Madeya	1,709	1972	LOU	10	146	301	48.5	5.7	170.9	16	17	102.4	5.3	5.6
21	Bruce Shaw B. Shaw	1,708	1972	NCST	11	91	175	52.0	9.8	155.3	9	13	136.1	5.1	7.4
22	Randy Drake R. Drake	1,691	1972	LBS	11	131	213	61.5	7.9	153.7	6	7	130.9	2.8	3.3
23	Dennis Morrison D. Morrison	1,596	1972	KSU	11	136	300	45.3	5.3	145.1	9	23	84.6	3.0	7.7
24	Rich Haynie R. Haynie	1,570	1972	AFA	10	102	240	42.5	6.5	157.0	17	16	107.5	7.1	6.7
25	Tim Dydo T. Dydo	1,568	1972		11	160	327	48.9	4.8	142.5	5	18	83.2	1.5	5.5