worst passer rating in conference championship game

6 players are tied for the worst passer rating in a conference championship, with a -200.0 rating. The first three are Xavier Gaines on December 18, 2020, Synjyn Days on December 1, 2012 and Quentin Pierce on December 3, 2011.

Interpreted as:

worst passer rating by a player in conference championship game

	NAME	RTG	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Xavier Gaines X. Gaines	-200.0	12/18/2020	MRSH	vs	UAB	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	100.0	0	0
2	Synjyn Days S. Days	-200.0	12/1/2012	GT	@	FSU	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	100.0
3	Quentin Pierce Q. Pierce	-200.0	12/3/2011	USM	@	HOU	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	100.0
4	Robert Hodge R. Hodge	-200.0	12/1/2001	COLO	vs	TEX	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	100.0
5	Kevin McKinnon K. McKinnon	-200.0	12/4/1999	FLA	@	ALA	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	100.0
6	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	-200.0	12/4/1998	MRSH	vs	TOL	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	100.0
7	J.J. McCarthy	-16.5	12/4/2021	MICH	@	IOWA	1	3	33.3	6	2.0	0	1	0.0	33.3	0	0
8	Sefo Liufau S. Liufau	-9.5	12/2/2016	COLO	@	WASH	3	13	23.1	21	1.6	0	3	0.0	23.1	1	5
9	Sam Vander Haar S. Vander Haar	0.0	12/6/2025	BYU	@	TTU	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
10	Justus Savage J. Savage	0.0	12/5/2025	JVST	vs	KENN	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
11	Roderick Daniels Jr. R. Daniels Jr.	0.0	12/7/2024	SMU	vs	CLEM	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
12	Cam Skattebo C. Skattebo	0.0	12/7/2024	ASU	vs	ISU	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
13	Connor Moberly C. Moberly	0.0	12/7/2024	ISU	@	ASU	0	3	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
14	Kaylon Horton K. Horton	0.0	12/2/2022	UNT	@	UTSA	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
15	Chandler Fields C. Fields	0.0	12/4/2021	UL	vs	APP	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
16	Gavin Williams G. Williams	0.0	12/4/2021	IOWA	vs	MICH	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
17	DJ Uiagalelei	0.0	12/19/2020	CLEM	@	ND	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
18	Gerrit Prince G. Prince	0.0	12/7/2019	UAB	@	FAU	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
19	Brandon Robinson B. Robinson	0.0	12/7/2019	FAU	vs	UAB	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
20	Stetson Bennett S. Bennett	0.0	12/7/2019	UGA	@	LSU	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
21	John Hightower J. Hightower	0.0	12/7/2019	BSU	vs	HAW	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
22	Levi Lewis L. Lewis	0.0	12/1/2018	UL	@	APP	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
23	Keaontay Ingram K. Ingram	0.0	12/1/2018	TEX	@	OKLA	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
24	Justin Fields J. Fields	0.0	12/1/2018	UGA	vs	ALA	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
25	Anthony Miller A. Miller	0.0	12/2/2017	MEM	@	UCF	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0

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7	Georgia Southern	4-4	7-6
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9	Marshall	3-5	5-7
10	Texas State	3-5	7-6
11	Appalachian State	2-6	5-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	MRSH	@	PSU	3:30 PM
Sat 9/12	MTU	@	MRSH	7:00 PM
Sat 9/19	MRSH	@	MOSU	6:30 PM
Sat 9/26	WEBB	@	MRSH	3:30 PM
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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