2017 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 130 offenses ranked by EPA per dropback; Oklahoma ranked first in 2017.

All 130 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	Oklahoma	Big 12	Baker Mayfield	392	4,729	44	5	12.75	+0.67
2	UCF	American Athletic	McKenzie Milton	385	4,059	35	8	10.93	+0.53
3	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Mason Rudolph	466	4,654	35	8	10.11	+0.48
4	Colorado State	Mountain West	Nick Stevens	405	3,424	27	10	8.40	+0.43
5	Toledo	Mid-American	Logan Woodside	392	3,777	28	6	9.67	+0.41
6	Georgia	SEC	Jake Fromm	241	2,190	21	7	8.77	+0.41
7	Memphis	American Athletic	Riley Ferguson	453	4,116	37	10	9.26	+0.40
8	Missouri	SEC	Drew Lock	395	3,763	43	13	9.82	+0.39
9	Washington	Pac-12	Jake Browning	317	2,681	18	5	8.16	+0.38
10	Wake Forest	ACC	John Wolford	374	3,225	29	7	8.70	+0.36
11	West Virginia	Big 12	Will Grier	446	3,784	36	12	8.34	+0.35
12	Buffalo	Mid-American	Tyree Jackson	395	3,404	23	6	8.51	+0.35
13	USC	Pac-12	Sam Darnold	446	3,839	26	11	7.99	+0.34
14	Ohio State	Big Ten	J.T. Barrett	415	3,539	39	8	8.91	+0.34
15	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Alex Hornibrook	291	2,426	21	15	6.65	+0.33
16	SMU	American Athletic	Ben Hicks	451	3,739	34	9	8.36	+0.32
17	TCU	Big 12	Kenny Hill	386	3,080	25	6	8.04	+0.32
18	Boise State	Mountain West	Brett Rypien	404	3,265	24	5	7.90	+0.32
19	Stanford	Pac-12	K.J. Costello	335	2,463	20	6	7.16	+0.32
20	Alabama	SEC	Jalen Hurts	274	2,464	23	2	9.17	+0.32
21	Louisville	ACC	Lamar Jackson	429	3,663	27	5	8.51	+0.32
22	South Florida	American Athletic	Quinton Flowers	331	2,694	21	6	7.97	+0.29
23	Florida International	Conference USA	Alex McGough	358	2,847	19	8	7.20	+0.29
24	Penn State	Big Ten	Trace McSorley	432	3,622	30	7	8.11	+0.29
25	Texas Tech	Big 12	Nic Shimonek	478	3,938	32	10	7.77	+0.29
26	NC State	ACC	Ryan Finley	453	3,236	16	6	6.90	+0.29
27	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Caleb Evans	401	3,433	22	9	7.91	+0.28
28	App State	Sun Belt	Taylor Lamb	337	2,698	28	6	8.44	+0.28
29	LSU	SEC	Danny Etling	265	2,359	16	4	7.99	+0.28
30	UCLA	Pac-12	Josh Rosen	497	4,149	29	10	7.91	+0.27
31	Fresno State	Mountain West	Marcus McMaryion	384	2,946	19	6	7.72	+0.27
32	North Texas	Conference USA	Mason Fine	456	3,760	29	13	7.38	+0.27
33	Kansas State	Big 12	Jesse Ertz	250	2,144	15	7	7.52	+0.26
34	Ole Miss	SEC	Shea Patterson	427	3,887	28	11	8.12	+0.26
35	Iowa State	Big 12	Kyle Kempt	438	3,195	25	9	7.06	+0.26
36	Auburn	SEC	Jarrett Stidham	331	2,811	18	3	8.01	+0.25
37	Iowa	Big Ten	Nate Stanley	327	2,237	26	6	6.82	+0.25
38	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	Andrew Ford	442	3,551	26	6	7.39	+0.25
39	Marshall	Conference USA	Chase Litton	406	2,861	23	11	6.72	+0.25
40	Clemson	ACC	Kelly Bryant	426	3,121	17	5	6.84	+0.25
41	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	Jason Driskel	335	2,720	19	7	7.79	+0.24
42	Houston	American Athletic	Kyle Postma	366	2,852	15	11	6.85	+0.23
43	Arizona State	Pac-12	Manny Wilkins	375	3,009	18	5	7.19	+0.23
44	Arkansas	SEC	Austin Allen	338	2,515	18	9	6.37	+0.22
45	Troy	Sun Belt	Brandon Silvers	391	2,813	13	5	6.85	+0.22
46	Vanderbilt	SEC	Kyle Shurmur	403	2,983	27	10	7.14	+0.22
47	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	Mike White	531	3,992	23	7	6.90	+0.22
48	Michigan State	Big Ten	Brian Lewerke	400	2,580	17	7	5.98	+0.21
49	San Diego State	Mountain West	Christian Chapman	249	1,908	13	3	6.84	+0.21
50	Georgia State	Sun Belt	Conner Manning	304	2,338	11	8	6.59	+0.20
51	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Justice Hansen	453	3,717	35	16	7.38	+0.20
52	Southern Miss	Conference USA	Kwadra Griggs	410	2,963	23	7	7.14	+0.20
53	Virginia Tech	ACC	Josh Jackson	366	2,845	20	8	7.18	+0.19
54	Texas A&M	SEC	Kellen Mond	386	2,767	18	11	6.01	+0.19
55	Arizona	Pac-12	Khalil Tate	267	2,050	14	12	6.01	+0.18
56	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	J'Mar Smith	389	2,751	14	5	6.74	+0.18
57	Colorado	Pac-12	Steven Montez	409	3,124	19	9	6.49	+0.17
58	Utah	Pac-12	Tyler Huntley	393	3,057	18	14	6.12	+0.17
59	East Carolina	American Athletic	Gardner Minshew	539	3,797	26	16	6.32	+0.16
60	UAB	Conference USA	A.J. Erdely	294	2,074	16	5	6.24	+0.16
61	Kentucky	SEC	Stephen Johnson	287	2,126	10	5	6.13	+0.15
62	Pittsburgh	ACC	Ben Dinucci	361	2,597	12	8	5.79	+0.15
63	Oregon	Pac-12	Justin Herbert	275	2,211	16	10	6.63	+0.14
64	Tulane	American Athletic	Jonathan Banks	228	1,847	12	6	6.80	+0.14
65	UTSA	Conference USA	Dalton Sturm	309	2,226	15	7	6.22	+0.14
66	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Brogan Roback	432	3,076	20	15	5.98	+0.14
67	UConn	American Athletic	Bryant Shirreffs	417	3,260	18	11	6.58	+0.14
68	Temple	American Athletic	Logan Marchi	423	3,067	20	15	6.00	+0.14
69	Miami	ACC	Malik Rosier	397	2,913	25	11	6.61	+0.13
70	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	Tyler Rogers	572	4,125	28	19	6.04	+0.13
71	Baylor	Big 12	Charlie Brewer	460	3,474	23	14	6.22	+0.13
72	Indiana	Big Ten	Richard Lagow	499	3,216	26	12	5.71	+0.13
73	South Carolina	SEC	Jake Bentley	365	2,575	16	11	5.73	+0.13
74	Cincinnati	American Athletic	Hayden Moore	432	2,591	20	8	5.65	+0.13
75	Ohio	Mid-American	Nathan Rourke	269	1,985	17	9	6.53	+0.12
76	Oregon State	Pac-12	Darell Garretson	356	2,388	11	12	5.43	+0.11
77	Nevada	Mountain West	Ty Gangi	449	3,236	30	15	6.61	+0.11
78	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Jon Wassink	291	1,985	19	8	6.05	+0.11
79	Washington State	Pac-12	Luke Falk	655	4,410	35	19	5.77	+0.11
80	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Gus Ragland	388	2,841	24	11	6.62	+0.10
81	California	Pac-12	Ross Bowers	480	3,140	19	12	5.41	+0.10
82	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Shane Morris	426	2,975	26	13	6.37	+0.09
83	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	John Urzua	436	3,041	21	14	5.94	+0.08
84	Wyoming	Mountain West	Josh Allen	328	2,174	15	8	5.61	+0.08
85	Nebraska	Big Ten	Tanner Lee	456	3,364	23	17	6.10	+0.08
86	Northwestern	Big Ten	Clayton Thorson	458	3,029	17	13	5.25	+0.08
87	Akron	Mid-American	Thomas Woodson	413	2,768	23	11	5.72	+0.08
88	UNLV	Mountain West	Armani Rogers	298	2,224	10	9	5.91	+0.08
89	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Jordan Davis	358	2,413	15	12	5.23	+0.07
90	Texas State	Sun Belt	Damian Williams	319	2,192	12	9	5.28	+0.07
91	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	Brandon Wimbush	321	2,119	18	8	5.80	+0.07
92	Air Force	Mountain West	Arion Worthman	143	1,326	10	6	6.78	+0.07
93	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Cole Garvin	409	2,822	15	13	5.48	+0.06
94	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Tyler Keane	304	2,302	19	11	6.19	+0.06
95	Idaho	Sun Belt	Matt Linehan	375	2,666	20	7	5.85	+0.06
96	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Marcus Childers	374	2,356	24	11	5.70	+0.05
97	Purdue	Big Ten	Elijah Sindelar	412	2,554	19	10	5.27	+0.05
98	North Carolina	ACC	Chazz Surratt	404	2,693	21	15	5.12	+0.05
99	Bowling Green	Mid-American	James Morgan	414	2,820	21	12	5.70	+0.05
100	Hawai'i	Mountain West	Dru Brown	420	2,760	19	8	5.89	+0.05
101	Florida State	ACC	James Blackman	315	2,303	17	13	5.41	+0.04
102	Florida	SEC	Feleipe Franks	311	1,975	10	10	4.46	+0.04
103	Michigan	Big Ten	John O'Korn	297	2,003	9	6	5.20	+0.03
104	Navy	American Athletic	Garret Lewis	88	832	9	9	5.79	+0.02
105	Virginia	ACC	Kurt Benkert	479	3,072	25	10	5.87	+0.01
106	Syracuse	ACC	Eric Dungey	545	3,543	20	16	5.25	+0.01
107	Utah State	Mountain West	Kent Myers	389	2,665	17	13	5.53	+0.01
108	Texas	Big 12	Sam Ehlinger	468	3,176	16	11	5.73	+0.00
109	Mississippi State	SEC	Nick Fitzgerald	332	2,023	17	13	5.05	-0.00
110	Tulsa	American Athletic	Chad President	292	2,056	6	8	5.31	-0.02
111	Maryland	Big Ten	Max Bortenschlager	316	1,914	15	7	5.18	-0.02
112	Duke	ACC	Daniel Jones	426	2,501	14	12	4.57	-0.03
113	Boston College	ACC	Anthony Brown	339	1,953	15	10	4.91	-0.03
114	Tennessee	SEC	Jarrett Guarantano	317	2,047	11	10	4.58	-0.03
115	Kansas	Big 12	Peyton Bender	456	2,686	14	17	4.15	-0.04
116	San José State	Mountain West	Montel Aaron	413	2,566	15	19	4.09	-0.05
117	Georgia Tech	ACC	TaQuon Marshall	118	927	10	4	6.11	-0.06
118	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	Kado Brown	192	1,240	8	7	4.35	-0.06
119	Old Dominion	Conference USA	Steven Williams	349	2,019	9	14	4.04	-0.09
120	Rutgers	Big Ten	Kyle Bolin	269	1,395	7	11	3.32	-0.09
121	BYU	FBS Independents	Tanner Mangum	414	2,481	13	18	4.19	-0.09
122	Minnesota	Big Ten	Demry Croft	232	1,539	9	11	4.22	-0.10
123	New Mexico	Mountain West	Tevaka Tuioti	241	1,481	8	14	3.58	-0.14
124	Ball State	Mid-American	Jack Milas	403	2,104	11	14	3.52	-0.16
125	Illinois	Big Ten	Jeff George Jr.	338	2,144	8	19	3.20	-0.17
126	Rice	Conference USA	Jackson Tyner	245	1,718	6	16	3.66	-0.17
127	UTEP	Conference USA	Zack Greenlee	329	1,620	7	13	2.91	-0.25
128	Kent State	Mid-American	George Bollas	231	1,411	8	15	2.50	-0.28
129	Charlotte	Conference USA	Hasaan Klugh	317	1,668	10	16	2.96	-0.30
130	Army	FBS Independents	Ahmad Bradshaw	61	371	2	5	2.92	-0.49

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