2013 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 125 offenses ranked by EPA per dropback; LSU ranked first in 2013.

All 125 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	LSU	SEC	Zach Mettenberger	306	3,181	23	8	10.72	+0.48
2	Louisville	American Athletic	Teddy Bridgewater	393	3,617	30	4	10.27	+0.42
3	Florida State	ACC	Jameis Winston	407	4,207	40	12	10.98	+0.41
4	UCLA	Pac-12	Brett Hundley	362	3,017	23	9	8.46	+0.35
5	Georgia	SEC	Aaron Murray	421	3,785	30	11	9.24	+0.35
6	Bowling Green	Mid-American	Matt Johnson	370	3,335	24	7	9.46	+0.34
7	Michigan	Big Ten	Devin Gardner	360	3,032	21	12	8.09	+0.34
8	Baylor	Big 12	Bryce Petty	400	4,287	33	5	11.80	+0.34
9	Kansas State	Big 12	Jake Waters	285	2,631	19	13	8.51	+0.31
10	Ball State	Mid-American	Keith Wenning	466	3,985	34	7	9.33	+0.31
11	Nevada	Mountain West	Cody Fajardo	416	2,967	17	5	7.41	+0.30
12	Cincinnati	American Athletic	Brendon Kay	432	3,762	29	16	8.36	+0.30
13	Washington	Pac-12	Keith Price	386	3,255	24	7	8.86	+0.29
14	East Carolina	Conference USA	Shane Carden	503	3,784	33	10	7.92	+0.29
15	Boise State	Mountain West	Joe Southwick	423	3,230	27	11	7.74	+0.27
16	UCF	American Athletic	Blake Bortles	372	3,360	23	9	9.16	+0.27
17	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Ross Metheny	391	2,969	13	9	7.22	+0.26
18	Texas A&M	SEC	Johnny Manziel	450	4,188	36	13	9.61	+0.26
19	Pittsburgh	ACC	Tom Savage	379	2,849	21	9	7.56	+0.26
20	Minnesota	Big Ten	Philip Nelson	237	1,702	10	7	6.70	+0.26
21	Oregon	Pac-12	Marcus Mariota	376	3,536	31	6	10.34	+0.25
22	Northwestern	Big Ten	Trevor Siemian	380	2,737	16	12	6.62	+0.25
23	Virginia Tech	ACC	Logan Thomas	399	2,885	16	13	6.55	+0.25
24	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	Brandon Doughty	410	3,168	15	16	6.70	+0.24
25	Miami	ACC	Stephen Morris	356	3,294	25	14	8.89	+0.23
26	Vanderbilt	SEC	Austyn Carta-Samuels	357	2,791	13	14	6.78	+0.23
27	San José State	Mountain West	David Fales	496	4,240	33	14	8.61	+0.23
28	South Carolina	SEC	Connor Shaw	357	2,969	26	4	9.27	+0.23
29	Marshall	Conference USA	Rakeem Cato	477	3,788	39	10	8.63	+0.23
30	UTSA	Conference USA	Eric Soza	410	2,894	13	13	6.27	+0.23
31	USC	Pac-12	Cody Kessler	359	2,820	16	8	7.72	+0.22
32	Alabama	SEC	AJ McCarron	335	2,844	28	5	9.49	+0.22
33	Boston College	ACC	Chase Rettig	243	1,808	17	6	7.73	+0.22
34	Clemson	ACC	Tajh Boyd	452	3,947	34	10	9.24	+0.22
35	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Cooper Rush	344	2,504	15	16	6.06	+0.22
36	Fresno State	Mountain West	Derek Carr	621	4,972	49	9	8.93	+0.22
37	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Terrance Broadway	297	2,595	20	11	8.42	+0.22
38	Troy	Sun Belt	Corey Robinson	484	3,864	28	9	8.30	+0.21
39	Penn State	Big Ten	Christian Hackenberg	409	3,106	21	10	7.48	+0.21
40	Mississippi State	SEC	Dak Prescott	399	2,884	15	12	6.63	+0.21
41	North Carolina	ACC	Bryn Renner	421	3,406	27	11	8.18	+0.20
42	Texas Tech	Big 12	Baker Mayfield	675	4,712	31	17	6.77	+0.20
43	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Adam Kennedy	343	2,476	13	6	7.19	+0.20
44	Oregon State	Pac-12	Sean Mannion	589	4,565	37	15	7.86	+0.20
45	Utah State	Mountain West	Chuckie Keeton	451	3,145	29	8	7.46	+0.20
46	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Joel Stave	328	2,445	20	12	7.03	+0.19
47	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	Andrew McDonald	407	2,885	18	13	6.50	+0.19
48	Rutgers	American Athletic	Gary Nova	415	2,895	21	18	6.04	+0.19
49	Ohio	Mid-American	Tyler Tettleton	385	2,859	19	10	7.24	+0.18
50	Georgia Tech	ACC	Vad Lee	184	1,523	11	12	6.54	+0.18
51	Indiana	Big Ten	Nate Sudfeld	470	3,696	36	14	8.06	+0.18
52	Florida	SEC	Tyler Murphy	311	2,032	11	9	5.94	+0.17
53	Stanford	Pac-12	Kevin Hogan	293	2,640	21	9	9.06	+0.17
54	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Clint Chelf	426	3,250	24	11	7.59	+0.17
55	North Texas	Conference USA	Derek Thompson	366	2,662	15	13	6.49	+0.17
56	Illinois	Big Ten	Nathan Scheelhaase	456	3,443	23	14	7.18	+0.17
57	Wyoming	Mountain West	Brett Smith	482	3,434	29	11	7.30	+0.16
58	Colorado State	Mountain West	Garrett Grayson	431	3,380	24	10	7.91	+0.16
59	Maryland	ACC	C.J. Brown	389	3,013	15	9	7.48	+0.16
60	Arizona State	Pac-12	Taylor Kelly	465	3,588	28	11	7.82	+0.16
61	Ole Miss	SEC	Bo Wallace	453	3,410	23	12	7.35	+0.16
62	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	Jaquez Johnson	354	2,348	16	10	6.27	+0.15
63	Michigan State	Big Ten	Connor Cook	391	2,631	21	6	7.11	+0.15
64	Buffalo	Mid-American	Joe Licata	396	2,774	22	7	7.32	+0.15
65	San Diego State	Mountain West	Quinn Kaehler	435	3,139	18	14	6.58	+0.15
66	Temple	American Athletic	P.J. Walker	419	2,976	23	11	7.02	+0.14
67	Duke	ACC	Anthony Boone	429	3,049	24	17	6.44	+0.14
68	West Virginia	Big 12	Clint Trickett	463	3,145	16	15	6.03	+0.14
69	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	Tommy Rees	382	3,004	27	13	7.73	+0.14
70	Nebraska	Big Ten	Ron Kellogg III	362	2,392	23	12	6.39	+0.14
71	SMU	American Athletic	Garrett Gilbert	618	4,086	25	11	6.62	+0.14
72	BYU	FBS Independents	Taysom Hill	400	2,677	19	13	6.18	+0.13
73	UAB	Conference USA	Austin Brown	357	2,555	19	9	7.09	+0.13
74	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	Logan Kilgore	367	2,444	16	12	6.04	+0.12
75	Iowa	Big Ten	Jake Rudock	345	2,405	18	13	6.32	+0.12
76	Georgia State	Sun Belt	Ronnie Bell	441	3,142	21	12	6.85	+0.12
77	Kentucky	SEC	Maxwell Smith	344	2,318	14	6	6.77	+0.12
78	Utah	Pac-12	Travis Wilson	388	2,843	22	21	6.03	+0.12
79	NC State	ACC	Pete Thomas	428	2,858	14	15	5.75	+0.12
80	Houston	American Athletic	John O'Korn	467	3,427	28	8	7.77	+0.11
81	California	Pac-12	Jared Goff	616	3,810	20	14	5.79	+0.11
82	UNLV	Mountain West	Caleb Herring	441	2,874	25	9	6.73	+0.11
83	Auburn	SEC	Nick Marshall	259	2,213	18	7	8.72	+0.11
84	New Mexico	Mountain West	Clayton Mitchem	177	1,391	9	5	7.56	+0.11
85	Memphis	American Athletic	Paxton Lynch	361	2,078	9	11	4.88	+0.11
86	Colorado	Pac-12	Sefo Liufau	409	2,867	20	15	6.34	+0.10
87	Arizona	Pac-12	B.J. Denker	360	2,247	14	7	6.14	+0.10
88	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Jordan Lynch	383	2,896	29	7	8.25	+0.10
89	UTEP	Conference USA	Jameill Showers	284	1,698	8	10	4.96	+0.10
90	Missouri	SEC	James Franklin	411	3,028	30	7	8.06	+0.10
91	Oklahoma	Big 12	Trevor Knight	339	2,239	20	10	6.44	+0.10
92	Army	FBS Independents	Angel Santiago	157	952	4	3	5.71	+0.09
93	UConn	American Athletic	Casey Cochran	439	2,810	16	18	5.27	+0.09
94	South Florida	American Athletic	Mike White	354	1,979	7	15	4.06	+0.09
95	Akron	Mid-American	Kyle Pohl	418	2,622	17	10	6.00	+0.09
96	Purdue	Big Ten	Danny Etling	427	2,573	15	13	5.35	+0.08
97	Ohio State	Big Ten	Braxton Miller	343	2,612	36	7	8.80	+0.08
98	Hawai'i	Mountain West	Sean Schroeder	521	3,637	31	22	6.25	+0.08
99	Navy	FBS Independents	Keenan Reynolds	140	1,119	8	4	7.85	+0.08
100	Arkansas	SEC	Brandon Allen	299	1,782	15	10	5.46	+0.08
101	Air Force	Mountain West	Nate Romine	178	1,253	8	4	6.93	+0.07
102	Washington State	Pac-12	Connor Halliday	701	4,260	27	23	5.37	+0.07
103	Rice	Conference USA	Taylor McHargue	336	2,550	22	9	7.69	+0.07
104	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Tyler Benz	328	2,070	13	13	5.32	+0.07
105	Kent State	Mid-American	David Fisher	362	2,219	14	9	5.78	+0.06
106	Iowa State	Big 12	Sam B. Richardson	415	2,632	20	15	5.68	+0.06
107	Syracuse	ACC	Terrel Hunt	378	2,145	13	17	4.34	+0.06
108	Wake Forest	ACC	Tanner Price	417	2,378	14	14	4.86	+0.06
109	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	Ryan Higgins	447	2,439	10	15	4.39	+0.06
110	Tulane	Conference USA	Nick Montana	360	2,014	19	13	5.01	+0.04
111	Virginia	ACC	David Watford	507	2,569	10	17	3.94	+0.04
112	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Kolton Browning	470	2,849	22	14	5.66	+0.04
113	Massachusetts	Mid-American	Mike Wegzyn	338	1,866	9	18	3.66	+0.03
114	Idaho	FBS Independents	Taylor Davis	408	2,621	14	13	5.68	+0.03
115	TCU	Big 12	Casey Pachall	419	2,717	14	17	5.31	+0.02
116	Texas	Big 12	Case McCoy	406	2,661	18	13	6.00	+0.02
117	Toledo	Mid-American	Terrance Owens	369	2,512	19	10	6.62	+0.01
118	Tulsa	Conference USA	Cody Green	422	2,208	10	19	3.68	+0.01
119	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Austin Boucher	286	1,490	9	11	4.11	-0.00
120	Southern Miss	Conference USA	Nick Mullens	483	2,877	20	26	4.35	-0.00
121	Tennessee	SEC	Justin Worley	343	1,980	12	17	4.24	-0.01
122	Florida International	Conference USA	Jake Medlock	293	1,677	7	10	4.65	-0.01
123	Texas State	Sun Belt	Tyler Jones	291	1,728	10	11	4.92	-0.01
124	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Zach Terrell	438	2,532	12	18	4.48	-0.01
125	Kansas	Big 12	Jake Heaps	327	1,689	9	12	4.05	-0.03

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