2012 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 124 offenses ranked by EPA per dropback; Kansas State ranked first in 2012.

All 124 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	Kansas State	Big 12	Collin Klein	283	2,538	15	7	8.55	+0.35
2	Pittsburgh	Big East	Tino Sunseri	362	3,157	21	2	8.81	+0.34
3	Louisville	Big East	Teddy Bridgewater	424	3,586	25	7	8.38	+0.30
4	Texas Tech	Big 12	Seth Doege	551	4,496	39	14	8.19	+0.29
5	San José State	Western Athletic	David Fales	427	3,904	33	9	9.20	+0.29
6	Oklahoma	Big 12	Landry Jones	517	4,065	29	10	7.90	+0.27
7	Syracuse	Big East	Ryan Nassib	446	3,600	24	9	7.99	+0.27
8	Nevada	Mountain West	Cody Fajardo	374	2,913	21	8	7.58	+0.27
9	Florida State	ACC	EJ Manuel	390	3,402	23	10	8.20	+0.26
10	Texas	Big 12	David Ash	364	3,139	23	10	8.29	+0.25
11	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	Everett Golson	351	2,624	13	7	7.00	+0.24
12	Baylor	Big 12	Nick Florence	456	4,127	32	12	8.94	+0.24
13	LSU	SEC	Zach Mettenberger	331	2,489	11	6	6.85	+0.23
14	Marshall	Conference USA	Rakeem Cato	610	4,466	40	12	7.40	+0.23
15	Texas A&M	SEC	Johnny Manziel	458	3,833	26	9	8.21	+0.22
16	Georgia	SEC	Aaron Murray	365	3,550	32	9	9.71	+0.21
17	UCLA	Pac-12	Brett Hundley	443	3,521	26	11	7.30	+0.21
18	Tennessee	SEC	Tyler Bray	475	3,778	34	14	7.94	+0.21
19	Boise State	Mountain West	Joe Southwick	351	2,587	17	7	7.26	+0.21
20	Florida International	Sun Belt	Jake Medlock	375	2,922	16	6	7.20	+0.20
21	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Ryan Aplin	380	3,145	22	5	8.57	+0.20
22	Ohio	Mid-American	Tyler Tettleton	323	2,382	16	4	7.25	+0.20
23	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	Colby Cameron	531	4,160	33	5	8.48	+0.20
24	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Terrance Broadway	330	2,790	18	8	8.16	+0.20
25	Utah State	Western Athletic	Chuckie Keeton	361	2,925	25	8	8.11	+0.19
26	North Carolina	ACC	Bryn Renner	444	3,459	29	7	8.18	+0.19
27	Nebraska	Big Ten	Taylor Martinez	350	2,695	22	11	6.97	+0.19
28	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Clint Chelf	457	3,893	28	16	8.01	+0.18
29	Oregon	Pac-12	Marcus Mariota	349	2,710	33	9	8.10	+0.18
30	Michigan	Big Ten	Denard Robinson	281	2,376	17	18	6.44	+0.18
31	West Virginia	Big 12	Geno Smith	504	4,037	42	7	8.71	+0.18
32	Troy	Sun Belt	Corey Robinson	516	4,015	23	13	7.33	+0.18
33	UTSA	Western Athletic	Eric Soza	343	2,569	20	6	7.67	+0.18
34	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	Logan Kilgore	342	2,548	16	8	7.19	+0.18
35	Oregon State	Pac-12	Sean Mannion	474	3,798	27	14	7.48	+0.18
36	Penn State	Big Ten	Matthew McGloin	456	3,286	24	5	7.44	+0.17
37	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	Kawaun Jakes	311	2,431	24	12	7.08	+0.17
38	Alabama	SEC	AJ McCarron	300	2,786	27	3	9.88	+0.17
39	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Ryan Radcliff	350	2,581	18	9	6.95	+0.17
40	Mississippi State	SEC	Tyler Russell	392	2,945	25	6	7.78	+0.16
41	Ball State	Mid-American	Keith Wenning	458	3,087	26	10	6.75	+0.16
42	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Joel Stave	275	2,113	14	5	7.18	+0.16
43	Toledo	Mid-American	Terrance Owens	400	3,088	18	9	7.19	+0.16
44	Navy	FBS Independents	Keenan Reynolds	160	1,325	9	4	7.40	+0.15
45	UConn	Big East	Chandler Whitmer	388	2,753	10	18	5.09	+0.15
46	BYU	FBS Independents	Riley Nelson	453	2,972	25	14	5.91	+0.15
47	Indiana	Big Ten	Cameron Coffman	534	3,789	24	12	6.76	+0.15
48	UCF	Conference USA	Blake Bortles	380	2,861	24	7	7.51	+0.15
49	Clemson	ACC	Tajh Boyd	420	3,771	37	14	8.70	+0.15
50	Ole Miss	SEC	Bo Wallace	348	2,932	20	16	6.89	+0.15
51	East Carolina	Conference USA	Shane Carden	420	3,081	21	13	6.57	+0.15
52	Vanderbilt	SEC	Jordan Rodgers	322	2,649	15	5	7.92	+0.15
53	South Carolina	SEC	Connor Shaw	326	2,723	25	9	7.83	+0.14
54	San Diego State	Mountain West	Ryan Katz	282	2,151	22	8	7.11	+0.14
55	Arizona	Pac-12	Matt Scott	493	3,496	27	13	6.75	+0.14
56	Cincinnati	Big East	Munchie Legaux	346	2,753	21	11	7.46	+0.14
57	Wyoming	Mountain West	Brett Smith	416	3,169	28	8	7.62	+0.14
58	Georgia Tech	ACC	Tevin Washington	183	1,743	10	7	8.44	+0.14
59	Fresno State	Mountain West	Derek Carr	482	3,881	37	6	8.67	+0.13
60	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Kolton Browning	472	3,251	26	10	6.75	+0.13
61	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Zac Dysert	493	3,575	26	11	6.77	+0.13
62	Northwestern	Big Ten	Trevor Siemian	332	2,011	14	4	6.10	+0.12
63	Arkansas	SEC	Tyler Wilson	458	3,627	23	16	7.03	+0.12
64	UAB	Conference USA	Austin Brown	483	3,715	21	13	6.76	+0.12
65	North Texas	Sun Belt	Derek Thompson	376	2,622	14	14	5.95	+0.12
66	TCU	Big 12	Trevone Boykin	372	2,868	26	11	7.32	+0.11
67	Arizona State	Pac-12	Taylor Kelly	396	3,106	29	12	7.27	+0.11
68	Rutgers	Big East	Gary Nova	354	2,585	23	14	6.67	+0.11
69	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Jordan Lynch	317	2,619	22	5	8.59	+0.11
70	USC	Pac-12	Matt Barkley	424	3,538	38	17	7.99	+0.11
71	Miami	ACC	Stephen Morris	445	3,544	23	7	7.98	+0.11
72	Rice	Conference USA	Taylor McHargue	364	2,573	15	5	6.72	+0.10
73	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	Graham Wilbert	416	2,845	18	6	6.63	+0.10
74	Stanford	Pac-12	Josh Nunes	378	2,631	19	10	6.47	+0.10
75	Memphis	Conference USA	Jacob Karam	288	2,029	17	3	7.18	+0.10
76	Utah	Pac-12	Travis Wilson	349	2,280	16	9	5.90	+0.10
77	Virginia	ACC	Michael Rocco	476	3,197	23	15	5.96	+0.10
78	Air Force	Mountain West	Connor Dietz	139	1,286	9	7	7.88	+0.09
79	California	Pac-12	Zach Maynard	363	2,481	13	13	5.39	+0.09
80	Michigan State	Big Ten	Andrew Maxwell	436	2,632	13	10	5.37	+0.09
81	Duke	ACC	Sean Renfree	498	3,323	25	10	6.52	+0.09
82	Tulane	Conference USA	Ryan Griffin	418	2,744	19	14	5.60	+0.09
83	Akron	Mid-American	Dalton Williams	485	3,178	25	12	6.21	+0.09
84	NC State	ACC	Mike Glennon	519	3,582	29	14	6.40	+0.08
85	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Tyler Van Tubbergen	475	3,259	27	20	5.92	+0.08
86	Houston	Conference USA	David Piland	588	3,869	27	20	5.79	+0.08
87	Minnesota	Big Ten	Philip Nelson	312	2,056	17	14	5.35	+0.08
88	UTEP	Conference USA	Nick Lamaison	324	2,267	10	12	5.47	+0.07
89	Boston College	ACC	Chase Rettig	475	3,099	18	13	5.64	+0.07
90	Ohio State	Big Ten	Braxton Miller	280	2,184	17	7	7.17	+0.07
91	Idaho	Western Athletic	Dominique Blackman	424	2,554	14	20	4.34	+0.06
92	Florida	SEC	Jeff Driskel	259	1,721	12	3	6.21	+0.06
93	Tulsa	Conference USA	Cody Green	448	2,909	19	12	6.03	+0.06
94	Colorado State	Mountain West	Garrett Grayson	326	2,340	16	14	5.77	+0.06
95	Kent State	Mid-American	Spencer Keith	319	2,101	14	10	5.70	+0.06
96	South Florida	Big East	B.J. Daniels	409	2,630	14	15	5.20	+0.05
97	Washington State	Pac-12	Jeff Tuel	622	3,920	22	20	5.10	+0.05
98	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	Andrew Manley	357	2,552	16	10	6.10	+0.05
99	Purdue	Big Ten	Robert Marve	446	2,839	28	12	6.11	+0.05
100	Bowling Green	Mid-American	Matt Schilz	403	2,576	16	13	5.57	+0.04
101	Temple	Big East	Chris Coyer	221	1,333	10	6	5.22	+0.04
102	Southern Miss	Conference USA	Anthony Alford	279	1,804	8	12	4.68	+0.04
103	Iowa	Big Ten	James Vandenberg	389	2,251	7	8	4.97	+0.03
104	Kansas	Big 12	Dayne Crist	314	1,780	7	13	3.94	+0.03
105	Wake Forest	ACC	Tanner Price	400	2,214	12	6	5.15	+0.03
106	Virginia Tech	ACC	Logan Thomas	397	2,810	17	15	5.95	+0.03
107	Washington	Pac-12	Keith Price	395	2,492	17	12	5.34	+0.02
108	UNLV	Mountain West	Nick Sherry	468	2,829	19	17	4.96	+0.02
109	Army	FBS Independents	Trent Steelman	114	797	3	2	6.19	+0.02
110	Maryland	ACC	Perry Hills	305	2,202	17	12	5.80	+0.02
111	Iowa State	Big 12	Steele Jantz	432	2,609	27	16	5.43	+0.01
112	Texas State	Western Athletic	Shaun Rutherford	346	2,265	17	8	6.00	+0.01
113	Illinois	Big Ten	Nathan Scheelhaase	352	2,035	11	14	4.16	+0.01
114	Missouri	SEC	James Franklin	413	2,520	15	14	4.97	+0.00
115	SMU	Conference USA	Garrett Gilbert	440	2,536	14	11	4.98	-0.00
116	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Ross Metheny	428	2,593	14	15	4.82	-0.00
117	Auburn	SEC	Kiehl Frazier	257	1,874	8	15	4.64	-0.01
118	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Tyler Benz	308	2,099	19	15	5.45	-0.01
119	Hawai'i	Mountain West	Sean Schroeder	400	2,261	12	13	4.35	-0.01
120	Kentucky	SEC	Jalen Whitlow	387	2,105	14	10	4.70	-0.03
121	Colorado	Pac-12	Jordan Webb	399	2,297	10	20	3.56	-0.05
122	Massachusetts	Mid-American	Mike Wegzyn	315	1,383	3	16	2.15	-0.07
123	Buffalo	Mid-American	Alex Zordich	356	2,123	15	9	5.31	-0.08
124	New Mexico	Mountain West	B.R. Holbrook	145	805	4	4	4.55	-0.12

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