most team passing yards in a season all-time cfb

The Houston Cougars have the most passing yards by a team in a season, with 6,301 yards in 2011.

	TEAM	YDS	SEASON	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Houston	6,301	2011	14	479	682	70.2	9.2	450.1	51	6	170.8	7.5	0.9
2	Texas Tech	6,179	2003	13	506	780	64.9	7.9	475.3	53	23	147.9	6.8	2.9
3	Hawaii	6,178	2006	14	444	615	72.2	10.0	441.3	57	12	183.3	9.3	2.0
4	Texas Tech	6,114	2007	13	544	763	71.3	8.0	470.3	43	15	153.3	5.6	2.0
5	Western Kentucky	6,072	2021	14	480	697	68.9	8.7	433.7	63	12	168.4	9.0	1.7	17	123
6	Houston	6,072	2009	14	525	747	70.3	8.1	433.7	42	15	153.1	5.6	2.0
7	LSU	6,024	2019	15	426	567	75.1	10.6	401.6	61	7	197.4	10.8	1.2	34	206
8	Washington State	5,732	2014	12	510	771	66.1	7.4	477.7	45	18	143.2	5.8	2.3	36	268
9	Hawaii	5,713	2007	13	459	663	69.2	8.6	439.5	39	23	154.1	5.9	3.5
10	Washington State	5,683	2019	13	505	710	71.1	8.0	437.2	50	16	157.1	7.0	2.3	20	153
11	Houston	5,624	1989	11	434	694	62.5	8.1	511.3	55	16	152.1	7.9	2.3
12	Texas Tech	5,556	2016	12	428	653	65.5	8.5	463.0	47	11	157.4	7.2	1.7	30	271
13	Hawaii	5,520	2010	14	394	618	63.8	8.9	394.3	35	17	152.0	5.7	2.8
14	Texas Tech	5,444	2002	14	515	770	66.9	7.1	388.9	50	15	143.8	6.5	1.9
15	Hawaii	5,406	2002	14	407	731	55.7	7.4	386.1	31	26	124.7	4.2	3.6
16	Hawaii	5,382	2003	14	444	754	58.9	7.1	384.4	39	27	128.8	5.2	3.6
17	BYU	5,379	1990	12	373	580	64.3	9.3	448.3	41	29	155.5	7.1	5.0
18	Texas Tech	5,371	2008	13	465	662	70.2	8.1	413.2	41	10	155.8	6.2	1.5
19	Houston	5,221	2008	13	411	610	67.4	8.6	401.6	39	11	156.8	6.4	1.8
20	Houston	5,213	1990	11	386	659	58.6	7.9	473.9	54	20	146.0	8.2	3.0
21	Western Kentucky	5,211	2015	14	398	554	71.8	9.4	372.2	50	9	177.4	9.0	1.6	16	129
22	Tulsa	5,194	2007	14	336	564	59.6	9.2	371.0	49	19	158.9	8.7	3.4
23	Louisiana Tech	5,185	1998	12	402	601	66.9	8.6	432.1	48	14	161.1	8.0	2.3
24	Washington	5,155	2023	15	376	574	65.5	9.0	343.7	38	12	158.6	6.6	2.1	12	86
25	Ohio State	5,144	2018	14	396	561	70.6	9.2	367.4	51	8	174.8	9.1	1.4	23	118

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Team Leaders

PASS

425

Weigman

RUSH

142

Hughes

REC

162

Thomas

Team Rankings

PPG

55.0

5th

OPP PPG

13.0

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

308.0

7th

PASS YDS/G

254.0

58th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Cincinnati	0-0	2-0
3	Colorado	0-0	2-0
4	Houston	0-0	2-0
5	Kansas State	0-0	2-0
6	Texas Tech	0-0	2-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/18	HOU	@	TTU	8:00 PM
Sat 9/26	HOU	@	GASO	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	UCF	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	HOU	@	KSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	OKST	@	HOU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Southern University

0 - 1

Final

Houston

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

396.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	2	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333