Tim Rattay had the most passing yards in 1998, with 4,943 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	4,943	1998	LT	12	380	559	68.0	8.8	411.9	46	13	164.8	8.2	2.3
2	Tim Couch T. Couch	4,275	1998	UK	11	400	553	72.3	7.7	388.6	36	15	153.3	6.5	2.7
3	Chris Redman C. Redman	4,042	1998	LOU	10	309	473	65.3	8.5	404.2	29	15	151.0	6.1	3.2
4	Drew Brees D. Brees	3,753	1998	PUR	12	336	516	65.1	7.3	312.8	36	17	142.6	7.0	3.3
5	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	3,690	1998	UCF	11	296	402	73.6	9.2	335.5	28	7	170.2	7.0	1.7
6	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	3,419	1998	MRSH	12	279	432	64.6	7.9	284.9	24	7	146.2	5.6	1.6
7	Tim Lester T. Lester	3,311	1998	WMU	11	236	406	58.1	8.2	301.0	22	16	136.6	5.4	3.9
8	Akili Smith A. Smith	3,307	1998	ORE	11	191	325	58.8	10.2	300.6	30	7	170.4	9.2	2.2
9	David Neill D. Neill	3,249	1998	NEV	9	199	344	57.8	9.4	361.0	29	9	159.8	8.4	2.6
10	Shaun King S. King	3,232	1998	TULN	11	223	328	68.0	9.9	293.8	36	6	183.3	11.0	1.8
11	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	3,178	1998	WVU	11	240	369	65.0	8.6	288.9	27	8	157.2	7.3	2.2
12	Jamie Barnette J. Barnette	3,169	1998	NCST	11	193	377	51.2	8.4	288.1	18	11	131.7	4.8	2.9
13	Cade McNown C. McNown	3,130	1998	UCLA	11	188	323	58.2	9.7	284.5	23	10	156.9	7.1	3.1
14	Joe Germaine J. Germaine	3,108	1998	OSU	11	209	346	60.4	9.0	282.5	24	7	154.7	6.9	2.0
15	Todd Husak T. Husak	3,092	1998	STAN	11	233	447	52.1	6.9	281.1	17	7	119.6	3.8	1.6
16	Michael Bishop M. Bishop	2,844	1998	KSU	12	164	295	55.6	9.6	237.0	23	5	158.9	7.8	1.7
17	Cleo Lemon C. Lemon	2,721	1998	ARST	12	183	387	47.3	7.0	226.8	14	10	113.1	3.6	2.6
18	Kevin Feterik K. Feterik	2,718	1998	BYU	13	202	336	60.1	8.1	209.1	16	6	140.2	4.8	1.8
19	Brian Kuklick B. Kuklick	2,683	1998	WAKE	11	216	396	54.5	6.8	243.9	14	17	114.5	3.5	4.3
20	Lee Roberts L. Roberts	2,680	1998	USM	11	185	325	56.9	8.2	243.6	24	11	143.8	7.4	3.4
21	Walter Church W. Church	2,650	1998	EMU	9	213	355	60.0	7.5	294.4	13	12	128.0	3.7	3.4
22	Clint Stoerner C. Stoerner	2,629	1998	ARK	11	167	312	53.5	8.4	239.0	26	8	146.7	8.3	2.6
23	Graham Leigh G. Leigh	2,608	1998	UNM	12	198	376	52.7	6.9	217.3	18	17	117.7	4.8	4.5
24	Bill Burke B. Burke	2,595	1998	MSU	12	195	358	54.5	7.2	216.3	19	10	127.3	5.3	2.8
25	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	2,487	1998	FSU	10	145	286	50.7	8.7	248.7	19	6	141.5	6.6	2.1