2011 Top Passing Schools Best FBS Passing Offenses

College play-by-play before 2025 does not record where passes went, so depth, direction, ACE and throw maps start in 2025. Counting stats are the official NCAA season lines.

The whole passing game, not just the quarterback. All 120 offenses ranked by EPA per dropback; Nevada ranked first in 2011.

All 120 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	Nevada	Western Athletic	Cody Fajardo	381	3,249	19	10	8.03	+0.36
2	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Russell Wilson	303	2,983	32	4	10.56	+0.32
3	Boise State	Mountain West	Kellen Moore	441	3,704	42	8	9.32	+0.29
4	Miami	ACC	Jacory Harris	340	2,785	21	11	7.55	+0.27
5	Stanford	Pac-12	Andrew Luck	384	3,247	36	9	9.06	+0.27
6	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Chandler Harnish	366	3,042	27	5	8.95	+0.27
7	UCF	Conference USA	Blake Bortles	347	2,852	11	8	7.29	+0.26
8	Arkansas	SEC	Tyler Wilson	437	3,576	23	7	8.04	+0.25
9	Baylor	Big 12	Robert Griffin III	387	4,192	39	6	11.47	+0.25
10	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Alex Carder	497	3,974	39	12	8.12	+0.24
11	Houston	Conference USA	Case Keenum	609	5,697	50	6	10.27	+0.24
12	North Carolina	ACC	Bryn Renner	329	3,046	22	13	8.19	+0.23
13	Georgia Tech	ACC	Tevin Washington	153	1,713	10	8	9.30	+0.23
14	Arizona	Pac-12	Nick Foles	571	4,372	28	15	7.19	+0.22
15	USC	Pac-12	Matt Barkley	449	3,540	39	7	8.78	+0.22
16	Temple	Mid-American	Chester Stewart	167	1,368	9	4	7.28	+0.22
17	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Brandon Weeden	550	4,556	37	12	8.49	+0.22
18	West Virginia	Big East	Geno Smith	498	4,064	26	8	8.06	+0.21
19	Toledo	Mid-American	Terrance Owens	399	3,266	31	6	8.86	+0.21
20	Nebraska	Big Ten	Taylor Martinez	279	2,015	12	7	6.62	+0.21
21	Northwestern	Big Ten	Dan Persa	318	2,639	22	6	8.07	+0.20
22	San José State	Western Athletic	Matt Faulkner	479	3,279	12	15	5.73	+0.20
23	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Ryan Aplin	445	3,457	20	14	6.90	+0.20
24	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	Matt Christian	426	3,443	24	11	7.57	+0.19
25	Arizona State	Pac-12	Brock Osweiler	481	3,709	25	12	7.27	+0.19
26	Alabama	SEC	AJ McCarron	298	2,245	15	7	7.15	+0.19
27	Tennessee	SEC	Tyler Bray	355	2,526	15	11	6.37	+0.18
28	Florida State	ACC	EJ Manuel	352	3,072	23	12	7.75	+0.18
29	Air Force	Mountain West	Tim Jefferson, Jr.	181	1,667	15	7	8.69	+0.18
30	Oklahoma	Big 12	Landry Jones	558	4,381	28	15	7.52	+0.18
31	Ohio	Mid-American	Tyler Tettleton	398	3,248	28	11	7.89	+0.18
32	Southern Miss	Conference USA	Austin Davis	447	3,335	26	12	7.19	+0.17
33	UCLA	Pac-12	Kevin Prince	317	2,557	16	8	7.40	+0.17
34	Michigan State	Big Ten	Kirk Cousins	401	3,197	25	7	8.11	+0.17
35	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Blaine Gautier	394	3,009	22	9	7.30	+0.17
36	Clemson	ACC	Tajh Boyd	478	3,676	31	11	7.48	+0.16
37	Texas Tech	Big 12	Seth Doege	603	4,139	31	10	6.95	+0.16
38	Louisville	Big East	Teddy Bridgewater	339	2,495	17	10	6.36	+0.16
39	Iowa	Big Ten	James Vandenberg	367	2,837	23	6	7.70	+0.16
40	Duke	ACC	Sean Renfree	493	3,285	15	12	5.96	+0.15
41	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	Tommy Rees	433	3,088	20	14	6.41	+0.15
42	Fresno State	Western Athletic	Derek Carr	446	3,504	24	10	7.63	+0.15
43	TCU	Mountain West	Casey Pachall	320	2,786	24	6	9.00	+0.15
44	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Zac Dysert	459	3,594	24	11	7.07	+0.15
45	Texas A&M	Big 12	Ryan Tannehill	496	3,440	28	14	6.69	+0.14
46	Purdue	Big Ten	Caleb TerBush	367	2,317	14	11	5.39	+0.14
47	LSU	SEC	Jarrett Lee	259	2,058	20	4	8.41	+0.14
48	Washington State	Pac-12	Marshall Lobbestael	489	3,800	30	11	7.44	+0.14
49	Virginia	ACC	Michael Rocco	402	2,786	15	15	5.78	+0.14
50	Missouri	Big 12	James Franklin	357	2,847	21	10	7.51	+0.14
51	Wake Forest	ACC	Tanner Price	409	3,052	22	8	7.15	+0.14
52	Michigan	Big Ten	Denard Robinson	261	2,232	20	15	7.09	+0.13
53	BYU	FBS Independents	Jake Heaps	423	2,939	25	13	6.55	+0.13
54	Georgia	SEC	Aaron Murray	401	3,116	35	12	7.62	+0.13
55	Utah State	Western Athletic	Chuckie Keeton	271	2,091	20	6	7.77	+0.12
56	Oregon State	Pac-12	Sean Mannion	504	3,461	16	19	5.51	+0.12
57	Colorado	Pac-12	Tyler Hansen	453	3,067	20	11	6.13	+0.12
58	East Carolina	Conference USA	Dominique Davis	522	3,410	24	19	5.51	+0.12
59	Cincinnati	Big East	Zach Collaros	366	2,617	19	11	6.55	+0.12
60	Washington	Pac-12	Keith Price	368	2,870	32	13	7.29	+0.12
61	Kansas State	Big 12	Collin Klein	260	1,805	12	5	6.19	+0.12
62	Rutgers	Big East	Chas Dodd	450	2,931	19	15	5.49	+0.12
63	Boston College	ACC	Chase Rettig	322	2,014	12	10	5.23	+0.11
64	California	Pac-12	Zach Maynard	405	2,846	13	11	6.16	+0.11
65	Oregon	Pac-12	Darron Thomas	358	2,843	36	6	8.90	+0.11
66	Bowling Green	Mid-American	Matt Schilz	426	3,123	28	13	6.90	+0.11
67	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Kolton Browning	474	2,856	16	10	5.38	+0.10
68	Virginia Tech	ACC	Logan Thomas	375	2,947	21	9	7.56	+0.10
69	SMU	Conference USA	J.J. McDermott	386	2,867	14	17	5.81	+0.10
70	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	Kawaun Jakes	300	2,008	11	13	5.10	+0.10
71	Syracuse	Big East	Ryan Nassib	417	2,743	23	9	6.27	+0.10
72	Pittsburgh	Big East	Tino Sunseri	396	2,532	12	13	4.87	+0.10
73	Ball State	Mid-American	Keith Wenning	459	2,895	19	11	5.91	+0.10
74	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Ryan Radcliff	451	3,313	24	18	6.37	+0.10
75	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	Bryant Moniz	560	3,692	28	10	6.38	+0.09
76	Kansas	Big 12	Jordan Webb	302	1,863	15	13	4.75	+0.09
77	San Diego State	Mountain West	Ryan Lindley	398	2,730	20	8	6.79	+0.08
78	Minnesota	Big Ten	MarQueis Gray	256	1,714	10	9	5.51	+0.08
79	South Florida	Big East	B.J. Daniels	439	2,997	15	11	6.16	+0.08
80	Tulsa	Conference USA	G.J. Kinne	349	2,580	21	16	6.30	+0.08
81	Marshall	Conference USA	Rakeem Cato	332	2,302	19	13	5.91	+0.08
82	Florida	SEC	John Brantley	304	2,279	12	12	6.03	+0.08
83	Indiana	Big Ten	Edward Wright-Baker	379	2,354	9	11	4.99	+0.08
84	Wyoming	Mountain West	Brett Smith	384	2,436	18	8	6.20	+0.08
85	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Alex Gillett	203	1,497	14	8	6.38	+0.07
86	NC State	ACC	Mike Glennon	432	2,852	30	11	6.39	+0.07
87	Troy	Sun Belt	Corey Robinson	489	3,103	18	14	5.59	+0.06
88	Florida International	Sun Belt	Wesley Carroll	360	2,545	16	5	7.08	+0.06
89	North Texas	Sun Belt	Derek Thompson	345	2,255	13	9	5.84	+0.06
90	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	Nick Isham	394	2,659	18	8	6.36	+0.06
91	UConn	Big East	Johnny McEntee	358	2,358	14	9	5.61	+0.06
92	UTEP	Conference USA	Nick Lamaison	375	2,456	9	15	4.87	+0.05
93	Texas	Big 12	David Ash	333	2,288	15	15	5.33	+0.05
94	South Carolina	SEC	Connor Shaw	300	2,141	17	14	5.70	+0.05
95	Memphis	Conference USA	Taylor Reed	317	1,643	5	8	4.06	+0.04
96	Utah	Pac-12	Jon Hays	299	2,046	16	9	5.96	+0.04
97	Mississippi State	SEC	Chris Relf	330	2,235	18	11	5.97	+0.04
98	Rice	Conference USA	Nick Fanuzzi	369	2,266	15	6	5.87	+0.03
99	New Mexico	Mountain West	B.R. Holbrook	354	2,163	8	8	5.11	+0.03
100	Illinois	Big Ten	Nathan Scheelhaase	328	2,312	14	12	5.65	+0.03
101	Auburn	SEC	Barrett Trotter	269	1,841	16	13	5.25	+0.03
102	Penn State	Big Ten	Matthew McGloin	350	2,162	9	9	5.35	+0.02
103	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	Logan Kilgore	453	2,535	15	13	4.88	+0.02
104	Buffalo	Mid-American	Chazz Anderson	423	2,472	12	9	5.18	+0.02
105	Tulane	Conference USA	Ryan Griffin	462	2,827	14	15	5.04	+0.01
106	UAB	Conference USA	Jonathan Perry	392	2,400	8	14	4.72	+0.01
107	Navy	FBS Independents	Kriss Proctor	135	1,029	10	6	6.44	+0.00
108	Idaho	Western Athletic	Brian Reader	421	2,293	11	16	4.00	-0.00
109	Vanderbilt	SEC	Jordan Rodgers	309	2,025	13	16	4.70	-0.01
110	Maryland	ACC	Danny O'Brien	434	2,524	14	16	4.63	-0.01
111	Iowa State	Big 12	Steele Jantz	442	2,497	18	15	4.71	-0.01
112	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	Graham Wilbert	352	1,800	8	15	3.33	-0.03
113	Ole Miss	SEC	Randall Mackey	311	1,807	9	13	4.11	-0.04
114	Ohio State	Big Ten	Braxton Miller	222	1,489	16	5	6.05	-0.04
115	Colorado State	Mountain West	Pete Thomas	344	2,209	11	14	4.75	-0.06
116	Akron	Mid-American	Clayton Moore	344	1,733	12	10	4.07	-0.06
117	Kent State	Mid-American	Spencer Keith	349	1,696	11	9	4.01	-0.09
118	UNLV	Mountain West	Caleb Herring	229	1,092	8	9	3.26	-0.11
119	Kentucky	SEC	Morgan Newton	318	1,469	11	13	3.14	-0.15
120	Army	FBS Independents	Trent Steelman	97	605	5	4	4.86	-0.23

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