2014 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 128 offenses ranked by EPA per dropback; Oregon ranked first in 2014.

All 128 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	Oregon	Pac-12	Marcus Mariota	397	4,032	40	2	10.79	+0.56
2	Georgia Tech	ACC	Justin Thomas	189	1,750	18	5	9.34	+0.53
3	Michigan State	Big Ten	Connor Cook	357	3,131	24	7	8.85	+0.53
4	Auburn	SEC	Nick Marshall	306	2,755	21	7	8.71	+0.52
5	Alabama	SEC	Blake Sims	413	3,668	30	7	9.07	+0.49
6	Colorado State	Mountain West	Garrett Grayson	386	3,647	32	6	9.61	+0.48
7	Kansas State	Big 12	Jake Waters	366	3,432	21	7	8.82	+0.46
8	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	Brandon Doughty	510	4,368	44	10	8.87	+0.45
9	USC	Pac-12	Cody Kessler	422	3,537	36	4	8.55	+0.45
10	Georgia	SEC	Hutson Mason	295	2,397	23	5	8.18	+0.45
11	Marshall	Conference USA	Rakeem Cato	413	3,496	35	13	8.18	+0.43
12	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Zach Terrell	287	2,715	22	10	8.57	+0.43
13	Air Force	Mountain West	Kale Pearson	194	1,789	15	4	9.35	+0.43
14	Cincinnati	American Athletic	Gunner Kiel	416	3,458	30	11	8.04	+0.42
15	Florida State	ACC	Jameis Winston	470	3,953	25	20	6.88	+0.40
16	Baylor	Big 12	Bryce Petty	461	4,165	34	7	9.26	+0.39
17	Toledo	Mid-American	Logan Woodside	342	2,663	23	7	7.57	+0.39
18	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	Cody Sokol	405	3,121	28	11	7.41	+0.37
19	Buffalo	Mid-American	Joe Licata	366	2,890	32	12	7.67	+0.37
20	Rice	Conference USA	Driphus Jackson	320	2,678	22	7	7.74	+0.36
21	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Cooper Rush	335	2,658	20	12	6.84	+0.36
22	Boise State	Mountain West	Grant Hedrick	410	3,612	26	13	7.72	+0.35
23	Ohio State	Big Ten	J.T. Barrett	345	3,215	38	10	9.14	+0.35
24	Texas Tech	Big 12	Davis Webb	550	4,188	40	17	7.38	+0.35
25	App State	Sun Belt	Taylor Lamb	338	2,635	21	11	7.17	+0.34
26	California	Pac-12	Jared Goff	532	4,168	37	10	7.68	+0.34
27	East Carolina	American Athletic	Shane Carden	567	4,405	29	9	7.36	+0.33
28	Arkansas	SEC	Brandon Allen	334	2,316	19	6	6.95	+0.33
29	Miami	ACC	Brad Kaaya	355	2,935	25	12	7.64	+0.32
30	TCU	Big 12	Trevone Boykin	488	3,962	33	7	8.26	+0.31
31	Mississippi State	SEC	Dak Prescott	370	3,144	26	11	7.89	+0.31
32	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Drew Hare	354	2,439	18	3	7.18	+0.31
33	Stanford	Pac-12	Kevin Hogan	333	2,520	14	7	6.72	+0.31
34	Rutgers	Big Ten	Gary Nova	334	2,789	20	13	7.00	+0.30
35	Pittsburgh	ACC	Chad Voytik	238	2,003	13	5	7.45	+0.30
36	Arizona State	Pac-12	Taylor Kelly	362	2,835	29	5	7.56	+0.29
37	South Carolina	SEC	Dylan Thompson	428	3,343	26	10	7.13	+0.29
38	UCF	American Athletic	Justin Holman	362	2,833	20	13	6.44	+0.28
39	Washington State	Pac-12	Connor Halliday	769	5,785	45	17	7.11	+0.28
40	Massachusetts	Mid-American	Blake Frohnapfel	486	3,718	27	13	6.75	+0.28
41	Louisville	ACC	Will Gardner	381	3,004	20	6	6.98	+0.28
42	Texas A&M	SEC	Kenny Hill	477	3,686	35	13	7.26	+0.27
43	West Virginia	Big 12	Clint Trickett	487	3,773	23	9	7.19	+0.27
44	Ole Miss	SEC	Bo Wallace	363	2,944	20	8	7.40	+0.27
45	Clemson	ACC	Cole Stoudt	410	3,107	20	10	6.72	+0.27
46	San José State	Mountain West	Joe Gray	398	2,745	14	11	5.82	+0.27
47	Georgia State	Sun Belt	Nick Arbuckle	406	3,029	21	16	6.00	+0.27
48	Washington	Pac-12	Cyler Miles	331	2,341	17	4	6.69	+0.27
49	Old Dominion	Conference USA	Taylor Heinicke	413	3,121	28	12	6.70	+0.27
50	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	Kevin Ellison	154	1,250	7	4	7.43	+0.26
51	Ball State	Mid-American	Jack Milas	406	2,627	19	6	6.35	+0.26
52	Texas State	Sun Belt	Tyler Jones	379	2,683	22	7	6.67	+0.26
53	Iowa	Big Ten	Jake Rudock	402	2,859	19	6	6.67	+0.26
54	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	Austin Grammer	314	2,419	15	13	5.96	+0.26
55	BYU	FBS Independents	Christian Stewart	431	3,251	29	9	6.99	+0.26
56	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	Everett Golson	434	3,539	29	13	7.32	+0.26
57	Oklahoma	Big 12	Trevor Knight	347	2,541	17	13	6.31	+0.25
58	Memphis	American Athletic	Paxton Lynch	367	2,727	19	6	7.16	+0.25
59	UCLA	Pac-12	Brett Hundley	384	2,855	19	4	6.83	+0.24
60	Colorado	Pac-12	Sefo Liufau	542	3,480	29	14	5.84	+0.23
61	Nebraska	Big Ten	Tommy Armstrong Jr.	305	2,308	21	11	6.64	+0.23
62	Arizona	Pac-12	Anu Solomon	512	3,624	28	8	6.68	+0.23
63	Nevada	Mountain West	Cody Fajardo	345	2,221	17	10	5.55	+0.22
64	NC State	ACC	Jacoby Brissett	350	2,330	22	4	6.66	+0.22
65	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Joel Stave	292	1,954	14	12	5.36	+0.22
66	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Fredi Knighten	418	2,943	20	8	6.35	+0.22
67	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	Jaquez Johnson	266	1,790	12	1	6.78	+0.21
68	North Carolina	ACC	Marquise Williams	462	3,360	27	13	6.42	+0.21
69	Illinois	Big Ten	Wes Lunt	413	2,953	23	12	6.12	+0.21
70	Virginia	ACC	Greyson Lambert	427	2,814	18	14	5.44	+0.21
71	Missouri	SEC	Maty Mauk	392	2,529	23	11	5.68	+0.19
72	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	Tyler Rogers	408	2,634	16	23	4.43	+0.19
73	Virginia Tech	ACC	Michael Brewer	421	2,657	18	13	4.82	+0.19
74	UAB	Conference USA	Cody Clements	298	2,446	16	11	6.52	+0.18
75	Texas	Big 12	Tyrone Swoopes	382	2,459	14	8	5.51	+0.18
76	Southern Miss	Conference USA	Nick Mullens	445	2,979	14	14	5.39	+0.18
77	Boston College	ACC	Tyler Murphy	222	1,592	11	10	5.07	+0.18
78	Utah State	Mountain West	Darell Garretson	373	2,678	20	10	6.32	+0.17
79	Troy	Sun Belt	Brandon Silvers	351	2,359	12	4	6.03	+0.17
80	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Andrew Hendrix	467	3,344	23	10	6.20	+0.17
81	Florida	SEC	Jeff Driskel	293	1,990	16	12	5.55	+0.17
82	Minnesota	Big Ten	Mitch Leidner	221	1,582	11	9	5.31	+0.17
83	Oregon State	Pac-12	Sean Mannion	470	3,366	15	8	6.04	+0.16
84	UTEP	Conference USA	Jameill Showers	262	1,732	12	5	6.14	+0.16
85	Wyoming	Mountain West	Colby Kirkegaard	370	2,662	12	10	5.25	+0.15
86	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Terrance Broadway	338	2,291	14	9	5.68	+0.15
87	Houston	American Athletic	Greg Ward Jr.	421	2,729	15	14	4.93	+0.14
88	Tulsa	American Athletic	Dane Evans	481	3,172	23	18	5.32	+0.13
89	Duke	ACC	Anthony Boone	431	2,529	20	6	5.88	+0.13
90	Utah	Pac-12	Travis Wilson	345	2,260	19	7	5.67	+0.13
91	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Daxx Garman	372	2,803	17	16	5.53	+0.13
92	Kansas	Big 12	Michael Cummings	375	2,435	14	12	5.12	+0.13
93	Bowling Green	Mid-American	James Knapke	505	3,281	15	13	5.37	+0.12
94	New Mexico	Mountain West	Lamar Jordan	148	1,044	7	6	5.25	+0.12
95	Navy	FBS Independents	Keenan Reynolds	123	1,041	9	5	6.23	+0.12
96	LSU	SEC	Anthony Jennings	260	1,962	16	9	6.01	+0.12
97	Kentucky	SEC	Patrick Towles	401	2,775	14	11	5.42	+0.11
98	South Florida	American Athletic	Mike White	360	2,299	11	11	4.92	+0.11
99	Kent State	Mid-American	Nathan Strock	440	2,554	16	16	4.63	+0.10
100	Tennessee	SEC	Justin Worley	428	2,767	21	12	5.03	+0.10
101	Idaho	Sun Belt	Matt Linehan	400	2,744	12	18	4.56	+0.10
102	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Pete Thomas	524	3,273	14	7	5.28	+0.10
103	Iowa State	Big 12	Sam B. Richardson	510	3,037	21	11	5.21	+0.10
104	Fresno State	Mountain West	Brian Burrell	491	3,043	25	19	4.70	+0.10
105	Ohio	Mid-American	JD Sprague	372	2,461	11	9	5.31	+0.09
106	Hawai'i	Mountain West	Ikaika Woolsey	389	2,350	14	13	4.34	+0.09
107	Northwestern	Big Ten	Trevor Siemian	434	2,518	9	14	3.88	+0.09
108	San Diego State	Mountain West	Quinn Kaehler	322	2,172	10	13	4.76	+0.08
109	Maryland	Big Ten	C.J. Brown	354	2,292	16	12	5.04	+0.06
110	Purdue	Big Ten	Austin Appleby	429	2,283	16	14	3.94	+0.06
111	Florida International	Conference USA	Alex McGough	252	1,537	11	9	4.11	+0.06
112	UConn	American Athletic	Chandler Whitmer	312	2,005	12	10	4.97	+0.06
113	UNLV	Mountain West	Blake Decker	494	3,316	16	20	4.71	+0.05
114	Michigan	Big Ten	Devin Gardner	324	2,055	10	17	3.89	+0.05
115	Indiana	Big Ten	Nate Sudfeld	272	1,576	7	7	4.33	+0.04
116	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Brandon Bridge	347	2,095	15	14	4.26	+0.04
117	Syracuse	ACC	AJ Long	381	2,169	6	14	3.83	+0.03
118	Penn State	Big Ten	Christian Hackenberg	445	2,677	9	14	4.03	+0.02
119	Tulane	American Athletic	Tanner Lee	436	2,414	13	15	3.95	+0.02
120	Akron	Mid-American	Kyle Pohl	520	2,988	14	14	4.59	+0.02
121	UTSA	Conference USA	Tucker Carter	356	2,099	7	12	4.05	+0.02
122	North Texas	Conference USA	Andrew McNulty	312	1,990	12	11	4.57	+0.01
123	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Reginald Bell	287	1,694	13	11	3.83	+0.01
124	Vanderbilt	SEC	Johnny McCrary	362	2,136	13	19	3.59	+0.00
125	Wake Forest	ACC	John Wolford	381	2,131	12	12	3.75	+0.00
126	Temple	American Athletic	Phillip Walker	399	2,406	13	16	4.37	-0.01
127	Army	FBS Independents	Angel Santiago	104	720	3	2	5.02	-0.03
128	SMU	American Athletic	Garrett Krstich	428	2,068	6	14	2.90	-0.06

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