2015 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; Western Kentucky ranked first in 2015.

All 128 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	Brandon Doughty	481	4,521	43	6	10.22	+0.52
2	Arkansas	SEC	Brandon Allen	345	3,097	30	7	9.29	+0.50
3	Stanford	Pac-12	Kevin Hogan	294	2,714	27	6	9.21	+0.45
4	Baylor	Big 12	Seth Russell	370	3,630	44	12	10.10	+0.45
5	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Mason Rudolph	470	4,316	35	9	9.05	+0.44
6	Memphis	American Athletic	Paxton Lynch	425	3,836	30	4	9.46	+0.42
7	App State	Sun Belt	Taylor Lamb	263	2,318	31	7	9.55	+0.42
8	North Carolina	ACC	Marquise Williams	369	3,403	28	8	9.08	+0.41
9	Oklahoma	Big 12	Baker Mayfield	392	3,655	37	7	9.19	+0.39
10	Georgia State	Sun Belt	Nick Arbuckle	458	4,084	26	9	8.33	+0.38
11	Bowling Green	Mid-American	Matt Johnson	540	4,756	44	8	8.96	+0.37
12	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	DeShone Kizer	342	3,025	23	9	8.29	+0.37
13	Indiana	Big Ten	Nate Sudfeld	397	3,383	25	6	8.71	+0.37
14	TCU	Big 12	Trevone Boykin	467	4,150	37	12	8.88	+0.37
15	Florida State	ACC	Everett Golson	369	2,956	20	5	7.57	+0.36
16	Clemson	ACC	Deshaun Watson	443	3,709	30	10	8.36	+0.36
17	Houston	American Athletic	Greg Ward Jr.	382	3,180	20	6	7.83	+0.36
18	Southern Miss	Conference USA	Nick Mullens	489	4,310	38	12	8.66	+0.34
19	Ole Miss	SEC	Chad Kelly	452	4,010	31	13	8.43	+0.33
20	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Zach Terrell	349	3,089	24	8	8.18	+0.33
21	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	Brent Stockstill	455	3,725	29	8	8.20	+0.33
22	Michigan State	Big Ten	Connor Cook	399	3,032	25	7	7.48	+0.32
23	Miami	ACC	Brad Kaaya	418	3,383	17	6	7.82	+0.32
24	California	Pac-12	Jared Goff	510	4,413	38	14	8.22	+0.32
25	Navy	American Athletic	Keenan Reynolds	104	1,107	8	2	9.26	+0.31
26	USC	Pac-12	Cody Kessler	428	3,560	29	6	7.91	+0.31
27	Air Force	Mountain West	Karson Roberts	154	1,704	13	11	9.38	+0.30
28	Iowa	Big Ten	C.J. Beathard	334	2,653	15	4	7.40	+0.30
29	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Cooper Rush	430	3,394	24	10	7.19	+0.29
30	Mississippi State	SEC	Dak Prescott	455	3,684	29	3	8.14	+0.29
31	Cincinnati	American Athletic	Gunner Kiel	514	4,488	29	19	7.74	+0.28
32	Oregon	Pac-12	Vernon Adams Jr.	339	3,095	32	10	8.48	+0.27
33	Texas Tech	Big 12	Patrick Mahomes	557	4,446	35	13	7.70	+0.27
34	Tulsa	American Athletic	Dane Evans	443	3,959	22	8	7.94	+0.27
35	Toledo	Mid-American	Phillip Ely	347	2,520	20	10	7.02	+0.26
36	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	Jeff Driskel	436	3,739	25	11	8.04	+0.26
37	San Diego State	Mountain West	Maxwell Smith	236	1,824	15	3	7.74	+0.26
38	UCLA	Pac-12	Josh Rosen	469	3,423	20	11	6.78	+0.26
39	Tennessee	SEC	Joshua Dobbs	340	2,402	17	5	6.63	+0.25
40	BYU	FBS Independents	Tanner Mangum	447	3,540	24	9	7.27	+0.24
41	Temple	American Athletic	Phillip Walker	395	2,830	20	7	6.99	+0.22
42	South Florida	American Athletic	Quinton Flowers	262	2,128	24	9	7.53	+0.22
43	Pittsburgh	ACC	Nathan Peterman	321	2,322	20	6	6.74	+0.22
44	San José State	Mountain West	Kenny Potter	369	2,782	20	10	6.34	+0.22
45	Auburn	SEC	Jeremy Johnson	297	2,257	10	7	6.33	+0.22
46	Arizona State	Pac-12	Mike Bercovici	479	3,467	26	9	6.56	+0.22
47	Georgia	SEC	Greyson Lambert	302	2,229	12	8	6.46	+0.21
48	Washington State	Pac-12	Luke Falk	679	4,784	39	12	6.71	+0.21
49	Boise State	Mountain West	Brett Rypien	479	3,620	21	10	6.79	+0.19
50	Rice	Conference USA	Driphus Jackson	344	2,474	18	9	5.88	+0.19
51	Michigan	Big Ten	Jake Rudock	384	2,842	18	10	6.63	+0.19
52	LSU	SEC	Brandon Harris	255	1,925	12	5	6.92	+0.19
53	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Drew Hare	378	2,795	22	9	6.89	+0.19
54	Colorado State	Mountain West	Nick Stevens	346	2,645	24	15	6.61	+0.18
55	Duke	ACC	Thomas Sirk	466	2,997	17	7	6.11	+0.18
56	Troy	Sun Belt	Brandon Silvers	415	2,923	21	10	6.51	+0.18
57	East Carolina	American Athletic	Blake Kemp	468	3,288	21	12	6.11	+0.17
58	Utah	Pac-12	Travis Wilson	332	2,262	15	8	5.86	+0.17
59	Arizona	Pac-12	Anu Solomon	440	3,209	25	9	6.82	+0.16
60	Alabama	SEC	Jake Coker	382	2,759	18	10	6.33	+0.16
61	Buffalo	Mid-American	Joe Licata	416	2,809	14	15	5.40	+0.16
62	Virginia	ACC	Matt Johns	412	2,890	21	18	5.60	+0.15
63	Washington	Pac-12	Jake Browning	356	2,790	17	11	6.19	+0.15
64	Florida	SEC	Treon Harris	377	2,734	19	8	6.02	+0.15
65	Ohio State	Big Ten	Cardale Jones	286	2,198	18	8	7.08	+0.15
66	Nebraska	Big Ten	Tommy Armstrong Jr.	435	3,273	26	19	6.30	+0.14
67	Nevada	Mountain West	Tyler Stewart	317	2,046	15	7	5.64	+0.14
68	Army	FBS Independents	Ahmad Bradshaw	108	1,133	10	9	7.13	+0.14
69	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Joel Stave	388	2,776	13	13	5.65	+0.14
70	Colorado	Pac-12	Sefo Liufau	418	2,938	13	8	5.67	+0.14
71	Florida International	Conference USA	Alex McGough	404	2,756	22	5	6.64	+0.14
72	Minnesota	Big Ten	Mitch Leidner	396	2,573	14	10	5.63	+0.13
73	Rutgers	Big Ten	Chris Laviano	333	2,470	19	12	5.95	+0.13
74	NC State	ACC	Jacoby Brissett	379	2,461	19	4	6.04	+0.13
75	Akron	Mid-American	Thomas Woodson	321	2,286	17	10	6.35	+0.13
76	Ohio	Mid-American	Derrius Vick	378	2,830	18	11	6.29	+0.12
77	Virginia Tech	ACC	Michael Brewer	352	2,554	23	13	5.77	+0.12
78	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Fredi Knighten	337	2,623	23	13	6.42	+0.12
79	South Carolina	SEC	Perry Orth	349	2,459	17	12	5.66	+0.11
80	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Brogan Roback	403	2,519	18	13	5.03	+0.11
81	Utah State	Mountain West	Kent Myers	355	2,435	18	9	6.17	+0.11
82	Marshall	Conference USA	Chase Litton	432	2,793	24	12	5.76	+0.10
83	Texas A&M	SEC	Kyle Allen	430	3,028	23	11	6.19	+0.09
84	Penn State	Big Ten	Christian Hackenberg	360	2,446	19	5	5.94	+0.09
85	Tulane	American Athletic	Tanner Lee	401	2,463	18	8	5.47	+0.09
86	SMU	American Athletic	Matt Davis	359	2,534	19	7	5.77	+0.08
87	Louisville	ACC	Lamar Jackson	382	3,001	19	15	5.77	+0.08
88	Idaho	Sun Belt	Matt Linehan	440	3,121	15	15	5.50	+0.07
89	UConn	American Athletic	Bryant Shirreffs	321	2,381	10	8	5.81	+0.07
90	Syracuse	ACC	Eric Dungey	304	1,894	18	9	5.51	+0.06
91	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Brooks Haack	384	2,463	13	12	5.07	+0.06
92	Ball State	Mid-American	Riley Neal	455	2,577	17	8	5.35	+0.06
93	UNLV	Mountain West	Blake Decker	365	2,524	21	13	5.69	+0.05
94	New Mexico	Mountain West	Lamar Jordan	206	1,554	5	11	4.96	+0.05
95	Texas State	Sun Belt	Tyler Jones	386	2,467	13	11	5.21	+0.05
96	Kansas State	Big 12	Joe Hubener	318	2,130	13	11	4.80	+0.05
97	Illinois	Big Ten	Wes Lunt	516	2,915	16	8	5.03	+0.04
98	UTEP	Conference USA	Mack Leftwich	347	2,138	16	10	5.48	+0.04
99	Wyoming	Mountain West	Cameron Coffman	301	2,202	20	11	5.64	+0.04
100	Northwestern	Big Ten	Clayton Thorson	317	1,696	8	8	3.99	+0.04
101	Iowa State	Big 12	Sam B. Richardson	408	2,679	18	12	5.09	+0.02
102	West Virginia	Big 12	Skyler Howard	377	2,770	21	13	6.10	+0.02
103	Kentucky	SEC	Patrick Towles	401	2,540	10	16	4.24	+0.01
104	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Cody Clements	348	2,411	15	15	4.85	+0.01
105	UTSA	Conference USA	Dalton Sturm	359	2,348	17	11	4.78	+0.01
106	Texas	Big 12	Tyrone Swoopes	250	1,758	9	6	5.23	+0.00
107	Old Dominion	Conference USA	Shuler Bentley	432	2,664	20	9	5.55	-0.01
108	Georgia Tech	ACC	Justin Thomas	190	1,463	14	10	5.80	-0.02
109	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Garrett Smith	474	2,756	25	17	4.66	-0.02
110	Massachusetts	Mid-American	Blake Frohnapfel	492	3,058	18	13	5.18	-0.02
111	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	Jaquez Johnson	393	2,564	12	14	5.01	-0.03
112	Purdue	Big Ten	David Blough	501	2,836	18	15	4.48	-0.04
113	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Billy Bahl	371	2,508	18	19	4.67	-0.04
114	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	Tyler Rogers	449	3,024	26	14	5.58	-0.04
115	Kansas	Big 12	Ryan Willis	444	2,495	12	14	3.91	-0.05
116	Oregon State	Pac-12	Seth Collins	342	1,924	10	10	4.35	-0.06
117	Wake Forest	ACC	John Wolford	415	2,746	13	18	4.31	-0.08
118	Boston College	ACC	Darius Wade	245	1,315	8	8	3.77	-0.09
119	Missouri	SEC	Drew Lock	370	1,962	10	11	3.75	-0.11
120	Vanderbilt	SEC	Johnny McCrary	375	2,057	11	16	3.48	-0.14
121	UCF	American Athletic	Justin Holman	423	2,209	13	23	2.99	-0.15
122	Fresno State	Mountain West	Kilton Anderson	402	2,159	20	16	4.02	-0.16
123	Kent State	Mid-American	George Bollas	283	1,413	7	9	3.68	-0.17
124	North Texas	Conference USA	DaMarcus Smith	398	1,949	12	9	3.79	-0.18
125	Hawai'i	Mountain West	Max Wittek	381	2,261	9	19	3.40	-0.18
126	Maryland	Big Ten	Perry Hills	386	2,106	15	28	2.53	-0.25
127	Charlotte	Conference USA	Lee McNeill	369	2,033	12	22	2.65	-0.26
128	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	Kevin Ellison	128	743	3	10	2.32	-0.27

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