2016 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; Oklahoma ranked first in 2016.

All 128 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	Oklahoma	Big 12	Baker Mayfield	352	3,822	41	7	11.32	+0.66
2	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Zach Terrell	334	3,290	31	2	10.92	+0.59
3	Toledo	Mid-American	Logan Woodside	364	3,587	40	7	10.79	+0.54
4	Boise State	Mountain West	Brett Rypien	349	3,535	27	5	10.52	+0.54
5	Washington	Pac-12	Jake Browning	368	3,526	46	7	10.35	+0.50
6	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	Ryan Higgins	501	4,749	39	8	9.64	+0.47
7	Georgia Tech	ACC	Justin Thomas	145	1,605	9	4	9.58	+0.46
8	Pittsburgh	ACC	Nathan Peterman	295	2,682	26	6	9.52	+0.45
9	North Carolina	ACC	Mitchell Trubisky	415	3,535	28	4	8.83	+0.41
10	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	Mike White	399	3,936	39	6	10.57	+0.41
11	Arkansas	SEC	Austin Allen	372	3,163	24	10	7.34	+0.38
12	Texas Tech	Big 12	Patrick Mahomes	651	5,544	47	11	8.48	+0.37
13	USC	Pac-12	Sam Darnold	406	3,066	28	9	7.63	+0.37
14	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Mason Rudolph	430	3,882	26	3	8.92	+0.36
15	Clemson	ACC	Deshaun Watson	525	4,268	41	13	8.25	+0.35
16	Memphis	American Athletic	Riley Ferguson	425	3,568	30	8	8.02	+0.35
17	Oregon	Pac-12	Justin Herbert	396	3,163	28	6	7.81	+0.34
18	Louisville	ACC	Lamar Jackson	406	3,667	32	10	8.18	+0.33
19	Penn State	Big Ten	Trace McSorley	360	3,388	25	5	9.27	+0.33
20	Virginia Tech	ACC	Jerod Evans	413	3,401	29	7	8.01	+0.32
21	Air Force	Mountain West	Nate Romine	132	1,499	13	7	9.59	+0.31
22	Wyoming	Mountain West	Josh Allen	328	2,888	26	13	7.57	+0.31
23	Florida State	ACC	Deondre Francois	390	3,238	21	6	7.53	+0.31
24	Colorado State	Mountain West	Nick Stevens	293	2,335	22	4	8.08	+0.30
25	Miami	ACC	Brad Kaaya	389	3,258	23	7	7.85	+0.30
26	Navy	American Athletic	Will Worth	146	1,635	8	7	8.20	+0.29
27	Washington State	Pac-12	Luke Falk	610	4,505	39	10	7.38	+0.29
28	Tulsa	American Athletic	Dane Evans	404	3,096	28	12	7.02	+0.29
29	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	Brent Stockstill	454	3,419	35	12	7.48	+0.28
30	Michigan	Big Ten	Wilton Speight	325	2,575	19	5	7.72	+0.28
31	Houston	American Athletic	Greg Ward Jr.	483	3,645	24	10	6.79	+0.28
32	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Alex Hornibrook	307	2,343	13	10	6.17	+0.26
33	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Gus Ragland	326	2,774	25	6	7.71	+0.26
34	Auburn	SEC	Sean White	261	2,049	11	5	6.84	+0.26
35	Alabama	SEC	Jalen Hurts	370	2,889	25	9	7.47	+0.26
36	West Virginia	Big 12	Skyler Howard	382	3,173	26	11	7.60	+0.25
37	South Florida	American Athletic	Quinton Flowers	298	2,483	25	7	8.39	+0.25
38	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Justice Hansen	374	2,958	18	8	7.08	+0.24
39	UTSA	Conference USA	Dalton Sturm	319	2,412	20	6	6.39	+0.24
40	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Brogan Roback	470	3,550	23	16	6.71	+0.24
41	Ohio State	Big Ten	J.T. Barrett	372	2,634	26	4	7.17	+0.23
42	LSU	SEC	Danny Etling	266	2,055	10	5	6.84	+0.22
43	California	Pac-12	Davis Webb	619	4,322	37	12	6.95	+0.22
44	New Mexico	Mountain West	Austin Apodaca	173	1,312	11	6	6.48	+0.22
45	Iowa State	Big 12	Jacob Park	396	3,023	21	8	6.84	+0.22
46	Syracuse	ACC	Eric Dungey	514	3,751	23	10	6.43	+0.22
47	Southern Miss	Conference USA	Nick Mullens	432	3,372	24	15	6.70	+0.22
48	Ole Miss	SEC	Chad Kelly	483	3,803	27	14	7.08	+0.22
49	Old Dominion	Conference USA	David Washington	324	2,573	25	4	8.14	+0.21
50	NC State	ACC	Ryan Finley	404	3,116	16	12	6.62	+0.21
51	East Carolina	American Athletic	Philip Nelson	548	3,987	26	11	6.68	+0.20
52	Nevada	Mountain West	Tyler Stewart	305	2,130	16	8	6.13	+0.20
53	Colorado	Pac-12	Sefo Liufau	406	3,077	18	9	6.75	+0.20
54	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	DeShone Kizer	386	3,016	27	9	7.20	+0.20
55	Michigan State	Big Ten	Tyler O'Connor	367	2,673	19	11	6.20	+0.19
56	Troy	Sun Belt	Brandon Silvers	369	2,527	20	8	6.78	+0.19
57	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Cooper Rush	413	3,181	21	13	6.39	+0.19
58	Nebraska	Big Ten	Tommy Armstrong Jr.	357	2,493	16	8	6.40	+0.19
59	Missouri	SEC	Drew Lock	442	3,385	25	10	7.37	+0.19
60	Tennessee	SEC	Joshua Dobbs	332	2,715	27	12	7.04	+0.19
61	San Diego State	Mountain West	Christian Chapman	218	1,617	17	6	6.74	+0.18
62	Utah	Pac-12	Troy Williams	372	2,547	15	7	6.15	+0.18
63	UCLA	Pac-12	Mike Fafaul	489	3,588	22	15	6.31	+0.18
64	Baylor	Big 12	Seth Russell	435	3,242	30	13	6.91	+0.18
65	Texas A&M	SEC	Trevor Knight	409	2,964	21	8	6.79	+0.18
66	Temple	American Athletic	Phillip Walker	352	2,877	20	12	6.86	+0.18
67	Ohio	Mid-American	Greg Windham	401	2,804	20	8	6.68	+0.17
68	App State	Sun Belt	Taylor Lamb	271	2,013	14	7	6.68	+0.16
69	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	Kevin Ellison	263	1,883	13	9	6.14	+0.16
70	Indiana	Big Ten	Richard Lagow	416	3,362	19	17	6.40	+0.16
71	Northwestern	Big Ten	Clayton Thorson	448	3,006	21	8	6.01	+0.15
72	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Anthony Maddie	374	2,543	19	12	6.18	+0.14
73	Kansas State	Big 12	Jesse Ertz	288	1,876	9	5	5.42	+0.14
74	Mississippi State	SEC	Nick Fitzgerald	382	2,620	24	10	6.48	+0.13
75	Kentucky	SEC	Stephen Johnson	273	2,203	16	12	6.35	+0.13
76	Georgia State	Sun Belt	Conner Manning	418	2,961	17	15	5.82	+0.13
77	Duke	ACC	Daniel Jones	426	2,883	16	9	5.90	+0.13
78	Hawai'i	Mountain West	Dru Brown	402	2,867	21	12	6.14	+0.12
79	Akron	Mid-American	Thomas Woodson	392	3,053	24	14	6.67	+0.12
80	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Dallas Davis	381	2,851	13	12	5.83	+0.12
81	Georgia	SEC	Jacob Eason	359	2,320	14	8	5.58	+0.12
82	SMU	American Athletic	Ben Hicks	456	3,180	22	17	5.73	+0.11
83	Iowa	Big Ten	C.J. Beathard	282	1,845	16	7	5.38	+0.10
84	Texas	Big 12	Shane Buechele	399	2,988	21	11	6.46	+0.10
85	Florida	SEC	Luke Del Rio	381	2,546	16	11	5.40	+0.10
86	Vanderbilt	SEC	Kyle Shurmur	346	2,357	9	8	5.40	+0.09
87	TCU	Big 12	Kenny Hill	474	3,400	16	14	5.94	+0.09
88	UNLV	Mountain West	Johnny Stanton	294	1,972	16	10	5.85	+0.09
89	Idaho	Sun Belt	Matt Linehan	325	2,223	10	8	5.79	+0.09
90	Minnesota	Big Ten	Mitch Leidner	306	2,113	8	11	5.27	+0.08
91	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	Andrew Ford	433	3,094	27	15	5.72	+0.08
92	Ball State	Mid-American	Riley Neal	431	2,751	14	14	5.25	+0.08
93	Cincinnati	American Athletic	Hayden Moore	452	3,053	19	15	5.46	+0.08
94	South Carolina	SEC	Jake Bentley	358	2,380	9	5	5.44	+0.07
95	Arizona State	Pac-12	Manny Wilkins	425	3,096	16	14	5.50	+0.06
96	Stanford	Pac-12	Ryan Burns	285	1,901	14	9	5.21	+0.06
97	BYU	FBS Independents	Taysom Hill	366	2,267	13	12	4.82	+0.05
98	San José State	Mountain West	Kenny Potter	369	2,672	18	14	5.23	+0.05
99	Fresno State	Mountain West	Chason Virgil	402	2,554	13	12	4.81	+0.04
100	Boston College	ACC	Patrick Towles	269	1,664	11	6	4.99	+0.04
101	Rice	Conference USA	Tyler Stehling	406	2,481	16	10	5.03	+0.03
102	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	Jason Driskel	343	2,415	9	12	5.30	+0.03
103	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Anthony Jennings	320	2,211	12	11	5.16	+0.03
104	Marshall	Conference USA	Chase Litton	377	2,234	21	11	5.09	+0.02
105	Utah State	Mountain West	Kent Myers	381	2,517	10	9	5.28	+0.01
106	Florida International	Conference USA	Alex McGough	407	2,732	19	17	5.11	+0.01
107	Maryland	Big Ten	Perry Hills	306	2,102	13	8	5.00	+0.00
108	Buffalo	Mid-American	Tyree Jackson	396	2,402	11	11	4.77	-0.00
109	UTEP	Conference USA	Ryan Metz	304	1,825	15	8	4.95	-0.00
110	Purdue	Big Ten	David Blough	556	3,524	25	24	4.70	-0.01
111	UConn	American Athletic	Bryant Shirreffs	376	2,441	8	11	4.80	-0.02
112	UCF	American Athletic	McKenzie Milton	351	2,202	11	6	5.21	-0.02
113	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	Tyler Rogers	422	2,641	19	15	4.77	-0.03
114	Illinois	Big Ten	Wes Lunt	357	2,109	13	9	4.97	-0.03
115	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Garrett Smith	361	2,226	15	16	4.53	-0.04
116	Arizona	Pac-12	Brandon Dawkins	250	1,769	13	10	5.37	-0.04
117	Charlotte	Conference USA	Hasaan Klugh	377	2,151	16	5	5.27	-0.04
118	Virginia	ACC	Kurt Benkert	485	2,828	23	16	4.52	-0.06
119	Kent State	Mid-American	Nick Holley	234	1,462	8	6	4.29	-0.07
120	Oregon State	Pac-12	Marcus McMaryion	357	2,062	13	11	4.40	-0.07
121	North Texas	Conference USA	Mason Fine	400	2,369	10	11	4.18	-0.07
122	Army	FBS Independents	Ahmad Bradshaw	109	847	7	10	4.07	-0.09
123	Wake Forest	ACC	John Wolford	325	1,972	7	11	3.92	-0.09
124	Texas State	Sun Belt	Tyler Jones	410	2,597	14	17	3.99	-0.10
125	Kansas	Big 12	Montell Cozart	462	2,878	16	21	4.33	-0.10
126	Rutgers	Big Ten	Giovanni Rescigno	329	1,639	10	6	3.74	-0.11
127	Bowling Green	Mid-American	James Morgan	411	2,441	14	24	3.41	-0.21
128	Tulane	American Athletic	Glen Cuiellette	258	1,360	10	8	3.92	-0.24

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