Todd Dillon had the most passing yards in 1982, with 3,517 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Todd Dillon T. Dillon	3,517	1982	LBS	11	289	504	57.3	7.0	319.7	19	21	120.1	3.8	4.2
2	Tony Eason T. Eason	3,248	1982	ILL	11	278	450	61.8	7.2	295.3	17	15	128.2	3.8	3.3
3	John Elway J. Elway	3,242	1982	STAN	11	262	405	64.7	8.0	294.7	24	12	145.6	5.9	3.0
4	Steve Young S. Young	3,100	1982	BYU	11	230	367	62.7	8.4	281.8	18	18	140.0	4.9	4.9
5	Ben Bennett B. Bennett	3,033	1982	DUKE	11	236	374	63.1	8.1	275.7	20	12	142.5	5.3	3.2
6	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	2,847	1982	UNLV	11	200	381	52.5	7.5	258.8	17	12	123.7	4.5	3.1
7	Tom Ramsey T. Ramsey	2,824	1982	UCLA	11	191	311	61.4	9.1	256.7	21	10	153.5	6.8	3.2
8	Doug Flutie D. Flutie	2,749	1982	BC	11	162	348	46.6	7.9	249.9	13	20	113.7	3.7	5.7
9	Sandy Schwab S. Schwab	2,735	1982	NW	11	234	416	56.3	6.6	248.6	14	20	113.0	3.4	4.8
10	Scott Campbell S. Campbell	2,626	1982	PUR	11	218	399	54.6	6.6	238.7	14	12	115.5	3.5	3.0
11	Jeff Tedford J. Tedford	2,620	1982	FRES	11	153	298	51.3	8.8	238.2	21	18	136.4	7.0	6.0
12	Terry Nugent T. Nugent	2,595	1982	CSU	11	201	382	52.6	6.8	235.9	18	19	115.3	4.7	5.0
13	Paul Berner P. Berner	2,586	1982		11	211	418	50.5	6.2	235.1	12	19	102.8	2.9	4.5
14	Tom Tunnicliffe T. Tunnicliffe	2,520	1982	ARIZ	11	176	328	53.7	7.7	229.1	18	14	127.8	5.5	4.3
15	Steve Clarkson S. Clarkson	2,485	1982	SJSU	11	196	340	57.6	7.3	225.9	20	10	132.6	5.9	2.9
16	Whit Taylor W. Taylor	2,481	1982	VAN	11	228	406	56.2	6.1	225.5	22	12	119.5	5.4	3.0
17	Babe Laufenberg B. Laufenberg	2,468	1982	IND	11	217	364	59.6	6.8	224.4	11	14	118.8	3.0	3.8
18	Mike Hohensee M. Hohensee	2,380	1982	MINN	11	210	360	58.3	6.6	216.4	13	19	115.2	3.6	5.3
19	Gary Schofield G. Schofield	2,380	1982	WAKE	11	212	376	56.4	6.3	216.4	10	15	110.4	2.7	4.0
20	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	2,302	1982	MD	11	176	314	56.1	7.3	209.3	18	10	130.2	5.7	3.2
21	Dan Marino D. Marino	2,251	1982	PITT	11	202	341	59.2	6.6	204.6	17	22	118.2	5.0	6.5
22	Danny Barrett D. Barrett	2,222	1982	CIN	11	179	324	55.2	6.9	202.0	17	12	122.8	5.2	3.7
23	Todd Blackledge T. Blackledge	2,218	1982	PSU	11	161	292	55.1	7.6	201.6	22	14	134.2	7.5	4.8
24	Randy Wright R. Wright	2,109	1982	WIS	11	165	306	53.9	6.9	191.7	13	13	117.3	4.2	4.2
25	Wayne Peace W. Peace	2,053	1982	FLA	11	174	246	70.7	8.3	186.6	8	10	143.4	3.3	4.1

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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