Marc Wilson had the most passing yards in 1979, with 3,720 yards.

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Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1956

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Marc Wilson M. Wilson	3,720	1979	BYU	11	250	427	58.5	8.7	338.2	29	15	147.1	6.8	3.5
2	Ed Luther E. Luther	3,049	1979	SJSU	11	241	415	58.1	7.3	277.2	20	14	128.9	4.8	3.4
3	Larry Haynes L. Haynes	2,641	1979	LAM	11	233	402	58.0	6.6	240.1	21	18	121.4	5.2	4.5
4	Rich Campbell R. Campbell	2,618	1979	CAL	11	216	322	67.1	8.1	238.0	13	12	141.2	4.0	3.7
5	Jay Venuto J. Venuto	2,432	1979	WAKE	11	198	367	54.0	6.6	221.1	16	17	114.7	4.4	4.6
6	Roch Hontas R. Hontas	2,345	1979	TULN	11	215	367	58.6	6.4	213.2	21	14	123.5	5.7	3.8
7	Steve Brown S. Brown	2,307	1979	APP	11	147	287	51.2	8.0	209.7	15	16	124.8	5.2	5.6
8	Mark Hutsell M. Hutsell	2,276	1979	ETSU	11	186	302	61.6	7.5	206.9	17	14	134.2	5.6	4.6
9	Mark Carlson M. Carlson	2,188	1979	MINN	11	177	300	59.0	7.3	198.9	11	10	125.7	3.7	3.3
10	Mike Pusey M. Pusey	2,175	1979	WCU	11	133	276	48.2	7.9	197.7	16	21	118.3	5.8	7.6
11	Brian Broomell B. Broomell	2,103	1979	TEM	11	120	214	56.1	9.8	191.2	22	11	162.3	10.3	5.1
12	Mark Herrmann M. Herrmann	2,074	1979	PUR	11	182	309	58.9	6.7	188.5	13	19	116.9	4.2	6.1
13	Mike Kelley M. Kelley	2,051	1979	GT	11	149	300	49.7	6.8	186.5	10	19	105.4	3.3	6.3
14	Paul McDonald P. McDonald	1,989	1979	USC	11	153	240	63.7	8.3	180.8	17	5	152.6	7.1	2.1
15	Turk Schonert T. Schonert	1,927	1979	STAN	11	148	221	67.0	8.7	175.2	19	6	163.2	8.6	2.7
16	Eric Hipple E. Hipple	1,924	1979	USU	11	144	239	60.3	8.1	174.9	13	6	140.8	5.4	2.5
17	Sander Markel S. Markel	1,921	1979		10	186	368	50.5	5.2	192.1	12	19	94.8	3.3	5.2
18	Tim Clifford T. Clifford	1,907	1979	IND	11	149	259	57.5	7.4	173.4	12	9	127.7	4.6	3.5
19	Mark Malone M. Malone	1,886	1979	ASU	12	148	289	51.2	6.5	157.2	10	12	109.1	3.5	4.2
20	Rusty Lisch R. Lisch	1,781	1979	ND	10	108	208	51.9	8.6	178.1	4	10	120.6	1.9	4.8
21	Paul McGaffigan P. McGaffigan	1,755	1979	LBS	11	144	264	54.5	6.6	159.5	8	16	108.3	3.0	6.1
22	Scott Davis S. Davis	1,744	1979	EMU	10	131	254	51.6	6.9	174.4	7	16	105.7	2.8	6.3
23	Phil Davis P. Davis	1,687	1979	WYO	12	113	241	46.9	7.0	140.6	8	18	101.7	3.3	7.5
24	Mark Halda M. Halda	1,684	1979	SDSU	11	123	234	52.6	7.2	153.1	10	17	112.6	4.3	7.3
25	Randy Hertel R. Hertel	1,652	1979	RICE	11	147	294	50.0	5.6	150.2	7	24	88.7	2.4	8.2

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,126

Bachmeier

RUSH

449

Bachmeier

REC

706

Glasker

Team Rankings

PPG

30.7

45th

OPP PPG

18.5

24th

RUSH YDS/G

171.1

59th

PASS YDS/G

217.5

93rd

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Utah	7-0	10-0
2	Texas Tech	6-1	9-1
3	BYU	5-2	8-2
4	Houston	4-3	7-3
5	Baylor	4-3	6-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/21	BYU	@	KU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	CIN	@	BYU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Baylor

6 - 4

Final

BYU

8 - 2

Sat 14 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,239

Mestemaker

3,169

Atkinson

3,150

Fifita

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,291

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,349

Legree

1,317

Smith

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

30

Mestemaker

29

Mensah

29

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

19

Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Legree

15

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.1

43.9

42.2

41.8

39.7

Opp PPG Rankings

11.7

11.9

12.0

12.5

13.8

14.1

Total Yards Rankings

526.7

520.7

520.1

518.1

512.3

499.2

Rush Yards Rankings

344.0

324.7

298.1

265.6

258.7

240.7

Pass Yards Rankings

373.0

334.9

331.0

328.9

326.2

320.8

Sack Leaders

40.0

39.0

38.0

37.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	9	1	.900
2	San Diego State	5	5	.500
3	Texas State	6	4	.600
4	Oregon State	5	5	.500
5	Utah State	4	6	.400
6	Fresno State	5	5	.500
7	Washington State	2	8	.200
8	Colorado State	3	7	.300

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	1	.900
3	Oregon	7	3	.700
4	Ohio State	7	3	.700
5	Iowa	8	2	.800
6	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
7	USC	7	3	.700
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Penn State	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	5	.500
11	Northwestern	6	4	.600
12	Washington	6	4	.600
13	Nebraska	6	4	.600
14	Maryland	4	6	.400
15	Michigan	5	5	.500
16	Purdue	3	7	.300
17	Michigan State	3	7	.300
18	Rutgers	2	8	.200

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	9	1	.900
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Texas	8	2	.800
4	Tennessee	8	2	.800
5	Kentucky	7	3	.700
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
9	Florida	6	4	.600
10	Auburn	6	4	.600
11	LSU	6	4	.600
12	Missouri	6	4	.600
13	Arkansas	4	6	.400
14	Mississippi State	4	6	.400
15	Texas A&M	4	6	.400
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	9	1	.900
2	Jacksonville State	7	3	.700
3	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
4	Middle Tennessee	5	5	.500
5	Delaware	5	5	.500
6	Western Kentucky	4	6	.400
7	Missouri State	4	6	.400
8	Florida International	4	6	.400
9	New Mexico State	3	7	.300
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	8	2	.800
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	5	5	.500
6	Appalachian State	6	4	.600
7	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
10	Georgia State	5	5	.500
11	Troy	4	6	.400
12	Marshall	5	5	.500
13	Southern Miss	3	7	.300
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	7	3	.700
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Florida State	5	5	.500
8	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
9	Stanford	5	5	.500
10	Virginia Tech	6	4	.600
11	Virginia	5	5	.500
12	Syracuse	5	5	.500
13	North Carolina	5	5	.500
14	Boston College	4	6	.400
15	NC State	4	6	.400
16	California	3	7	.300
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	9	1	.900
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	8	2	.800
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	North Texas	7	3	.700
4	UAB	6	4	.600
5	East Carolina	6	4	.600
6	Army	5	4	.556
7	Tulsa	6	4	.600
8	Florida Atlantic	6	4	.600
9	Tulane	5	5	.500
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	9	.100

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	10	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	9	1	.900
3	BYU	8	2	.800
4	Houston	7	3	.700
5	Baylor	6	4	.600
6	Arizona	7	3	.700
7	Arizona State	6	4	.600
8	Oklahoma State	6	4	.600
9	UCF	5	5	.500
10	Iowa State	5	5	.500
11	TCU	5	5	.500
12	Kansas	4	6	.400
13	West Virginia	5	5	.500
14	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
15	Colorado	4	6	.400
16	Kansas State	4	6	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	Wyoming	7	3	.700
2	New Mexico	8	2	.800
3	North Dakota State	8	2	.800
4	Air Force	8	2	.800
5	UNLV	6	4	.600
6	Nevada	4	6	.400
7	San Jose State	5	6	.455
8	Hawai'i	3	7	.300
9	UTEP	1	9	.100
10	Northern Illinois	0	10	.000