Tim Couch had the most passing yards in 1997, with 3,884 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Tim Couch T. Couch	3,884	1997	UK	11	363	547	66.4	7.1	353.1	37	19	141.4	6.8	3.5
2	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	3,881	1997	LT	11	293	477	61.4	8.1	352.8	34	10	149.1	7.1	2.1
3	Peyton Manning P. Manning	3,819	1997	TENN	12	287	477	60.2	8.0	318.3	36	11	147.7	7.5	2.3
4	Ryan Leaf R. Leaf	3,637	1997	WSU	11	210	375	56.0	9.7	330.6	33	10	161.2	8.8	2.7
5	John Dutton J. Dutton	3,526	1997	NEV	11	225	367	61.3	9.6	320.5	20	6	156.7	5.4	1.6
6	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	3,480	1997	MRSH	12	253	428	59.1	8.1	290.0	39	12	151.9	9.1	2.8
7	Thad Busby T. Busby	3,317	1997	FSU	11	235	390	60.3	8.5	301.5	25	10	147.7	6.4	2.6
8	Charlie Batch C. Batch	3,280	1997	EMU	11	247	434	56.9	7.6	298.2	23	11	132.8	5.3	2.5
9	Dameyune Craig D. Craig	3,277	1997	AUB	12	216	403	53.6	8.1	273.1	18	13	130.2	4.5	3.2
10	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	3,086	1997	UCF	11	238	381	62.5	8.1	280.5	25	10	146.9	6.6	2.6
11	Chris Redman C. Redman	3,079	1997	LOU	11	261	445	58.7	6.9	279.9	18	14	123.8	4.0	3.1
12	Chris Wallace C. Wallace	2,955	1997	TOL	12	232	433	53.6	6.8	246.3	27	9	127.3	6.2	2.1
13	Matt Sauk M. Sauk	2,896	1997	USU	11	190	378	50.3	7.7	263.3	16	10	123.3	4.2	2.6
14	Cade McNown C. McNown	2,877	1997	UCLA	11	173	283	61.1	10.2	261.5	22	5	168.6	7.8	1.8
15	Billy Dicken B. Dicken	2,811	1997	PUR	11	206	373	55.2	7.5	255.5	19	13	128.4	5.1	3.5
16	Mike Bobo M. Bobo	2,751	1997	UGA	11	199	306	65.0	9.0	250.1	19	8	155.8	6.2	2.6
17	Justin Vedder J. Vedder	2,718	1997	CAL	11	221	390	56.7	7.0	247.1	20	14	125.0	5.1	3.6
18	Brian Brennan B. Brennan	2,708	1997	IDHO	10	218	387	56.3	7.0	270.8	19	5	128.7	4.9	1.3
19	Jose Davis J. Davis	2,707	1997	KENT	10	194	365	53.2	7.4	270.7	32	14	136.7	8.8	3.8
20	Stewart Patridge S. Patridge	2,667	1997	MISS	11	228	352	64.8	7.6	242.5	12	7	135.7	3.4	2.0
21	Pete Gonzalez P. Gonzalez	2,657	1997	PITT	11	198	345	57.4	7.7	241.5	30	7	146.7	8.7	2.0
22	Jon Denton J. Denton	2,586	1997	UNLV	9	199	374	53.2	6.9	287.3	18	17	118.1	4.8	4.5
23	Shaun King S. King	2,567	1997	TULN	11	199	363	54.8	7.1	233.4	24	14	128.3	6.6	3.9
24	Todd Bandhauer T. Bandhauer	2,514	1997	ISU	11	180	374	48.1	6.7	228.5	20	9	117.4	5.3	2.4
25	Dan Gonzalez D. Gonzalez	2,510	1997	ECU	11	253	431	58.7	5.8	228.2	16	10	115.2	3.7	2.3

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,160

Boley

RUSH

725

McGowan

REC

540

Law

Team Rankings

PPG

23.0

111th

OPP PPG

26.4

84th

RUSH YDS/G

139.2

102nd

PASS YDS/G

201.9

118th

2025 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Tennessee	4-4	8-5
10	LSU	3-5	7-6
11	Kentucky	2-6	5-7
12	Florida	2-6	4-8
13	Auburn	1-7	5-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	YSU	@	UK	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ALA	@	UK	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	UK	@	TXAM	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	USA	@	UK	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	UK	@	SCAR	1:00 PM

Last Game

Kentucky

5 - 7

Final

Louisville

8 - 4

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

246.7

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