2018 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 2018.

All 130 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	Oklahoma	Big 12	Kyler Murray	360	4,111	41	7	11.97	+0.67
2	Alabama	SEC	Tua Tagovailoa	369	4,194	45	6	12.35	+0.67
3	Army	FBS Independents	Kelvin Hopkins Jr.	91	954	6	1	10.70	+0.64
4	Georgia	SEC	Jake Fromm	319	2,884	30	5	9.51	+0.51
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	Dwayne Haskins	520	4,754	47	8	9.72	+0.48
6	West Virginia	Big 12	Will Grier	404	3,890	38	9	9.61	+0.47
7	Utah State	Mountain West	Jordan Love	418	3,431	28	5	8.79	+0.44
8	NC State	ACC	Ryan Finley	459	3,963	24	8	8.59	+0.44
9	UCF	American Athletic	McKenzie Milton	357	3,172	28	5	9.24	+0.42
10	Florida International	Conference USA	James Morgan	354	2,925	25	8	8.34	+0.40
11	Stanford	Pac-12	K.J. Costello	403	3,422	29	10	8.18	+0.39
12	Fresno State	Mountain West	Marcus McMaryion	408	3,520	26	4	9.09	+0.38
13	Air Force	Mountain West	Isaiah Sanders	167	1,595	10	5	8.86	+0.38
14	Memphis	American Athletic	Brady White	382	3,239	27	9	8.10	+0.37
15	Arizona State	Pac-12	Manny Wilkins	361	2,954	19	4	8.26	+0.36
16	Boise State	Mountain West	Brett Rypien	459	3,789	31	8	8.03	+0.36
17	Ole Miss	SEC	Jordan Ta'amu	436	4,149	21	9	8.50	+0.36
18	Michigan	Big Ten	Shea Patterson	310	2,553	23	7	7.88	+0.36
19	South Carolina	SEC	Jake Bentley	399	3,339	32	11	8.04	+0.34
20	Texas	Big 12	Sam Ehlinger	445	3,443	28	6	7.63	+0.33
21	Missouri	SEC	Drew Lock	410	3,280	25	8	8.01	+0.33
22	Houston	American Athletic	D'Eriq King	437	3,587	44	9	8.71	+0.33
23	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	Ian Book	382	3,219	23	11	7.73	+0.32
24	North Texas	Conference USA	Mason Fine	466	3,824	27	5	8.13	+0.30
25	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	—	110	1,009	10	0	8.77	+0.29
26	Clemson	ACC	Trevor Lawrence	432	3,454	29	8	8.02	+0.29
27	Iowa	Big Ten	Nate Stanley	375	2,678	24	10	6.88	+0.29
28	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Andre Nunez	319	2,700	26	12	7.61	+0.29
29	Cincinnati	American Athletic	Desmond Ridder	341	2,610	21	6	7.16	+0.28
30	Washington State	Pac-12	Gardner Minshew	621	4,495	33	9	7.41	+0.28
31	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Taylor Cornelius	444	3,643	29	11	7.37	+0.28
32	Washington	Pac-12	Jake Browning	348	3,016	18	12	7.28	+0.28
33	Texas Tech	Big 12	Alan Bowman	533	4,240	28	15	7.17	+0.27
34	Ohio	Mid-American	Nathan Rourke	284	2,478	24	7	8.28	+0.27
35	Iowa State	Big 12	Brock Purdy	334	2,840	20	7	7.73	+0.27
36	Hawai'i	Mountain West	Cole McDonald	510	4,185	41	9	8.10	+0.26
37	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Justice Hansen	424	3,370	28	7	7.83	+0.26
38	Vanderbilt	SEC	Kyle Shurmur	374	2,854	23	6	7.46	+0.25
39	Tennessee	SEC	Jarrett Guarantano	295	2,277	15	5	6.98	+0.25
40	Oregon	Pac-12	Justin Herbert	382	2,989	28	8	7.65	+0.25
41	Florida	SEC	Feleipe Franks	339	2,634	27	6	8.10	+0.25
42	San Diego State	Mountain West	Ryan Agnew	283	2,281	14	6	6.96	+0.24
43	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Tyler Wiegers	359	2,749	19	4	7.37	+0.24
44	Texas A&M	SEC	Kellen Mond	412	3,134	24	8	6.85	+0.24
45	Purdue	Big Ten	David Blough	465	3,776	27	11	7.44	+0.23
46	App State	Sun Belt	Zac Thomas	290	2,257	22	10	6.96	+0.23
47	Arizona	Pac-12	Khalil Tate	385	3,044	27	10	7.47	+0.21
48	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	Ross Comis	407	3,561	25	10	7.67	+0.21
49	Buffalo	Mid-American	Tyree Jackson	382	2,902	27	12	7.20	+0.20
50	LSU	SEC	Joe Burrow	352	2,606	13	3	6.75	+0.20
51	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Gus Ragland	375	2,572	17	5	6.65	+0.19
52	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Kilton Anderson	261	2,134	19	7	6.65	+0.19
53	Georgia State	Sun Belt	Dan Ellington	333	2,454	15	6	6.63	+0.19
54	Virginia	ACC	Bryce Perkins	326	2,550	23	9	6.85	+0.19
55	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Jon Wassink	356	2,871	19	8	7.51	+0.18
56	USC	Pac-12	JT Daniels	393	2,918	18	10	6.35	+0.18
57	Baylor	Big 12	Charlie Brewer	446	3,372	20	11	6.36	+0.17
58	Boston College	ACC	Anthony Brown	336	2,579	25	9	7.13	+0.17
59	SMU	American Athletic	Ben Hicks	464	3,299	28	8	6.77	+0.17
60	UAB	Conference USA	A.J. Erdely	309	2,512	14	15	5.95	+0.17
61	Colorado State	Mountain West	K.J. Carta-Samuels	492	3,602	26	16	6.24	+0.17
62	Virginia Tech	ACC	Ryan Willis	396	3,059	27	9	7.22	+0.16
63	Bowling Green	Mid-American	Jarret Doege	404	2,843	29	13	6.16	+0.16
64	Temple	American Athletic	Anthony Russo	395	3,082	19	18	6.30	+0.16
65	Auburn	SEC	Jarrett Stidham	357	2,595	16	5	6.73	+0.16
66	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Caleb Evans	381	2,950	17	11	6.67	+0.16
67	Oregon State	Pac-12	Jake Luton	426	3,010	17	8	5.75	+0.16
68	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	Brent Stockstill	438	3,185	26	9	6.53	+0.16
69	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Evan Orth	297	2,156	17	10	6.01	+0.15
70	UCLA	Pac-12	Wilton Speight	365	2,711	12	10	6.07	+0.15
71	Nevada	Mountain West	Ty Gangi	456	3,372	24	14	6.69	+0.15
72	Troy	Sun Belt	Sawyer Smith	324	2,448	21	8	6.77	+0.15
73	South Florida	American Athletic	Blake Barnett	360	2,674	16	11	6.01	+0.14
74	Utah	Pac-12	Tyler Huntley	359	2,672	17	10	6.44	+0.14
75	TCU	Big 12	Shawn Robinson	384	2,711	18	10	6.42	+0.13
76	Wake Forest	ACC	Sam Hartman	402	2,769	24	12	5.85	+0.13
77	Nebraska	Big Ten	Adrian Martinez	400	2,874	19	11	6.13	+0.12
78	Liberty	FBS Independents	Stephen Calvert	445	3,076	21	18	5.43	+0.12
79	Colorado	Pac-12	Steven Montez	416	3,018	19	12	6.00	+0.12
80	Old Dominion	Conference USA	Blake LaRussa	477	3,586	21	12	6.51	+0.11
81	Syracuse	ACC	Eric Dungey	428	3,126	21	10	6.27	+0.11
82	Southern Miss	Conference USA	Jack Abraham	384	2,730	19	13	5.53	+0.11
83	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	J'Mar Smith	443	2,973	15	10	5.76	+0.10
84	Toledo	Mid-American	Eli Peters	356	2,703	29	11	7.00	+0.10
85	Duke	ACC	Daniel Jones	431	2,775	26	7	6.20	+0.10
86	Florida State	ACC	Deondre Francois	450	3,179	20	13	5.70	+0.10
87	Indiana	Big Ten	Peyton Ramsey	478	3,057	20	13	5.40	+0.10
88	Kansas	Big 12	Peyton Bender	391	2,352	18	4	5.59	+0.10
89	Kentucky	SEC	Terry Wilson	275	1,968	13	10	5.48	+0.09
90	Minnesota	Big Ten	Zack Annexstad	329	2,536	18	14	6.05	+0.08
91	Ball State	Mid-American	Riley Neal	471	2,995	17	12	5.33	+0.08
92	Mississippi State	SEC	Nick Fitzgerald	291	2,117	21	8	6.41	+0.08
93	Texas State	Sun Belt	Tyler Vitt	330	2,312	16	12	5.49	+0.08
94	Maryland	Big Ten	Kasim Hill	240	1,665	12	5	5.74	+0.08
95	BYU	FBS Independents	Tanner Mangum	349	2,334	14	7	5.72	+0.08
96	Penn State	Big Ten	Trace McSorley	343	2,531	19	7	6.68	+0.07
97	Tulane	American Athletic	Jonathan Banks	270	2,134	14	6	6.76	+0.06
98	East Carolina	American Athletic	Reid Herring	566	3,472	18	14	5.15	+0.06
99	Charlotte	Conference USA	Chris Reynolds	287	2,055	9	7	5.20	+0.06
100	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Alex Hornibrook	291	1,999	18	13	5.32	+0.05
101	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	Chris Robison	328	2,389	11	15	5.51	+0.04
102	Kansas State	Big 12	Skylar Thompson	290	1,975	11	7	5.36	+0.04
103	Marshall	Conference USA	Isaiah Green	404	2,758	20	13	5.83	+0.04
104	Georgia Tech	ACC	TaQuon Marshall	113	1,033	7	4	7.05	+0.03
105	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	Steven Duncan	427	2,721	15	10	5.36	+0.02
106	New Mexico	Mountain West	Sheriron Jones	281	2,031	21	17	5.06	+0.02
107	Michigan State	Big Ten	Brian Lewerke	452	2,682	12	13	4.62	+0.01
108	Tulsa	American Athletic	Seth Boomer	313	2,039	13	10	4.86	+0.01
109	Wyoming	Mountain West	Tyler Vander Waal	275	1,527	8	4	4.51	+0.01
110	San José State	Mountain West	Josh Love	444	3,116	21	13	5.61	+0.01
111	North Carolina	ACC	Nathan Elliott	410	2,672	14	14	5.45	+0.01
112	Akron	Mid-American	Kato Nelson	369	2,380	15	14	4.69	+0.00
113	California	Pac-12	Chase Garbers	376	2,190	16	15	4.39	-0.00
114	Miami	ACC	N'Kosi Perry	336	2,145	19	9	5.47	-0.01
115	Northwestern	Big Ten	Clayton Thorson	497	3,154	15	15	4.86	-0.01
116	UNLV	Mountain West	Max Gilliam	347	2,045	24	12	4.86	-0.01
117	Rice	Conference USA	Shawn Stankavage	366	2,240	13	15	4.43	-0.01
118	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	Josh Adkins	536	3,151	16	15	4.45	-0.02
119	Pittsburgh	ACC	Kenny Pickett	287	1,825	12	6	5.03	-0.02
120	UConn	American Athletic	David Pindell	350	2,157	20	17	4.43	-0.03
121	Kent State	Mid-American	Woody Barrett	417	2,497	13	10	4.50	-0.04
122	Arkansas	SEC	Ty Storey	367	2,319	17	18	4.15	-0.05
123	Louisville	ACC	Jawon Pass	391	2,520	10	15	4.31	-0.08
124	Illinois	Big Ten	AJ Bush	326	1,998	10	14	3.95	-0.10
125	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Marcus Childers	370	1,979	15	10	3.87	-0.12
126	UTSA	Conference USA	Cordale Grundy	400	1,937	9	10	3.30	-0.13
127	Navy	American Athletic	Garret Lewis	129	957	5	5	4.83	-0.16
128	UTEP	Conference USA	Kai Locksley	318	2,200	10	19	3.83	-0.17
129	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Tommy Lazzaro	360	1,626	10	18	2.09	-0.20
130	Rutgers	Big Ten	Artur Sitkowski	349	1,620	5	22	1.76	-0.27

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