Passer Rating vs EPA: Which Tells You More?
Why we rank quarterbacks by EPA per dropback, and what passer rating still gets right.
Read Article →FBS quarterback and receiver stats for every season since 2011: official NCAA season lines, EPA per dropback from the play-by-play, every school's starting quarterbacks by year, and from 2025 throw maps and ACE (Accuracy Compared to Expectation).
| Rk | Player | Team | Dropbacks | EPA/DB | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Hoover | IU | 110 | +0.67 | +5.8 |
| 2 | Darian Mensah | MIA | 128 | +0.64 | +19.0 |
| 3 | David McComb | M-OH | 107 | +0.61 | +3.1 |
| 4 | Gunner Stockton | UGA | 104 | +0.60 | +9.8 |
| 5 | Austin Simmons | MIZ | 140 | +0.56 | +3.5 |
| 6 | Malachi Singleton | APP | 134 | +0.54 | +12.6 |
| 7 | Jayden Maiava | USC | 193 | +0.54 | +2.0 |
| 8 | CJ Carr | ND | 124 | +0.51 | +8.8 |
| 9 | Marcus Stokes | MEM | 126 | +0.51 | +8.8 |
| 10 | Julian Sayin | OSU | 143 | +0.50 | +9.3 |
ACE is QuarterbackStats.com's rating for passers, built on the standard completion-percentage-over-expected idea (CPOE). Every throw has a chance of being caught, based on how far it travels, where it goes, the down and distance, pressure and the weather. Complete a hard throw and you earn a lot. Miss an easy one and you lose a lot. Add it up for the season.
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