2019 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; Air Force ranked first in 2019.

All 130 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	Air Force	Mountain West	Donald Hammond III	114	1,562	14	5	13.70	+0.71
2	Oklahoma	Big 12	Jalen Hurts	345	3,857	36	8	11.14	+0.60
3	Alabama	SEC	Tua Tagovailoa	382	4,105	46	6	11.86	+0.58
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	Justin Fields	359	3,402	47	1	10.71	+0.56
5	LSU	SEC	Joe Burrow	471	5,028	49	7	11.03	+0.55
6	Minnesota	Big Ten	Tanner Morgan	288	2,981	28	6	10.08	+0.55
7	Utah	Pac-12	Tyler Huntley	295	3,071	19	4	9.91	+0.48
8	Memphis	American Athletic	Brady White	385	3,761	33	9	9.96	+0.46
9	Louisville	ACC	Malik Cunningham	275	2,719	29	9	8.65	+0.40
10	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Jack Coan	313	2,604	17	4	8.18	+0.40
11	Clemson	ACC	Trevor Lawrence	436	3,884	38	9	9.20	+0.38
12	USC	Pac-12	Kedon Slovis	463	4,057	33	14	8.13	+0.37
13	Florida	SEC	Kyle Trask	426	3,662	32	9	8.46	+0.36
14	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Levi Lewis	391	3,120	25	5	8.10	+0.35
15	UCF	American Athletic	Dillon Gabriel	425	3,858	33	7	9.15	+0.35
16	Oregon	Pac-12	Justin Herbert	423	3,492	35	5	8.56	+0.35
17	Boston College	ACC	Dennis Grosel	282	2,141	20	6	7.77	+0.35
18	SMU	American Athletic	Shane Buechele	450	3,804	33	10	8.42	+0.34
19	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	Ian Book	387	3,072	36	6	8.62	+0.33
20	North Carolina	ACC	Sam Howell	396	3,425	35	7	8.40	+0.33
21	App State	Sun Belt	Zac Thomas	344	2,651	28	6	7.83	+0.33
22	Virginia Tech	ACC	Hendon Hooker	293	2,548	22	7	7.74	+0.33
23	Kansas State	Big 12	Skylar Thompson	283	2,210	12	5	6.99	+0.32
24	San José State	Mountain West	Josh Love	497	4,043	24	7	8.15	+0.32
25	Iowa State	Big 12	Brock Purdy	452	3,859	29	9	8.59	+0.32
26	Baylor	Big 12	Charlie Brewer	388	3,196	23	5	7.63	+0.30
27	Wake Forest	ACC	Jamie Newman	438	3,608	28	12	7.71	+0.30
28	Colorado State	Mountain West	Patrick O'Brien	442	3,511	21	11	6.99	+0.29
29	Boise State	Mountain West	Hank Bachmeier	426	3,486	30	9	7.83	+0.29
30	Indiana	Big Ten	Peyton Ramsey	434	3,687	24	7	8.18	+0.29
31	Arizona State	Pac-12	Jayden Daniels	355	3,024	21	4	8.04	+0.28
32	Georgia	SEC	Jake Fromm	381	2,791	24	6	7.42	+0.28
33	Texas	Big 12	Sam Ehlinger	449	3,555	29	9	7.35	+0.28
34	Southern Miss	Conference USA	Jack Abraham	389	3,403	19	15	7.31	+0.28
35	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Mike Glass III	407	3,315	25	11	7.49	+0.28
36	East Carolina	American Athletic	Holton Ahlers	450	3,503	22	10	7.23	+0.28
37	Kent State	Mid-American	Dustin Crum	326	2,561	22	2	7.56	+0.27
38	Ohio	Mid-American	Nathan Rourke	315	2,725	21	6	8.22	+0.27
39	Liberty	FBS Independents	Stephen Calvert	420	3,496	27	6	8.02	+0.27
40	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Jon Wassink	376	2,903	20	7	7.33	+0.27
41	Michigan	Big Ten	Shea Patterson	372	3,043	24	7	7.71	+0.26
42	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Layne Hatcher	416	3,634	33	10	8.09	+0.26
43	Auburn	SEC	Bo Nix	365	2,506	19	6	6.55	+0.26
44	Penn State	Big Ten	Sean Clifford	344	2,752	24	7	7.56	+0.25
45	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	Chris Robison	458	3,582	27	8	7.34	+0.25
46	Washington	Pac-12	Jacob Eason	376	2,893	22	8	7.17	+0.25
47	BYU	FBS Independents	Zach Wilson	424	3,454	20	7	7.47	+0.25
48	Oregon State	Pac-12	Jake Luton	420	3,040	30	4	7.32	+0.25
49	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	J'Mar Smith	428	3,370	20	9	7.15	+0.24
50	Ball State	Mid-American	Drew Plitt	371	2,956	24	7	7.48	+0.24
51	Troy	Sun Belt	Kaleb Barker	488	3,743	30	11	7.24	+0.23
52	Washington State	Pac-12	Anthony Gordon	660	4,753	47	16	7.17	+0.23
53	Navy	American Athletic	Malcolm Perry	95	1,140	9	4	9.58	+0.23
54	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Fred Payton	334	2,389	21	9	6.53	+0.22
55	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	Asher O'Hara	362	2,803	22	9	7.23	+0.22
56	Florida International	Conference USA	James Morgan	347	2,438	13	4	6.81	+0.21
57	Florida State	ACC	James Blackman	402	3,203	23	9	6.83	+0.21
58	Tennessee	SEC	Jarrett Guarantano	325	2,613	19	11	7.13	+0.21
59	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Spencer Sanders	332	2,778	21	12	7.22	+0.21
60	Hawai'i	Mountain West	Cole McDonald	585	4,537	38	17	7.28	+0.21
61	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Quinten Dormady	440	3,336	19	10	7.02	+0.21
62	Charlotte	Conference USA	Chris Reynolds	297	2,557	23	13	7.39	+0.20
63	North Texas	Conference USA	Mason Fine	454	3,407	33	12	7.05	+0.20
64	San Diego State	Mountain West	Ryan Agnew	363	2,385	11	5	5.80	+0.20
65	Ole Miss	SEC	Matt Corral	330	2,368	11	5	6.53	+0.20
66	Georgia State	Sun Belt	Dan Ellington	316	2,207	18	7	6.35	+0.19
67	Tulsa	American Athletic	Zach Smith	441	3,392	20	9	6.65	+0.19
68	Purdue	Big Ten	Jack Plummer	518	3,750	29	15	6.37	+0.19
69	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	Ty Storey	415	3,004	18	9	6.75	+0.18
70	Fresno State	Mountain West	Jorge Reyna	368	2,732	17	11	6.23	+0.18
71	Texas A&M	SEC	Kellen Mond	429	3,018	21	9	6.20	+0.17
72	Miami	ACC	Jarren Williams	401	3,097	27	8	6.82	+0.16
73	Toledo	Mid-American	Mitchell Guadagni	339	2,532	15	7	6.62	+0.16
74	Iowa	Big Ten	Nate Stanley	381	2,762	14	7	6.29	+0.16
75	Texas Tech	Big 12	Jett Duffey	528	3,849	25	8	7.16	+0.16
76	Arizona	Pac-12	Khalil Tate	417	3,210	23	10	6.83	+0.15
77	Cincinnati	American Athletic	Desmond Ridder	343	2,455	18	11	5.77	+0.15
78	Kansas	Big 12	Carter Stanley	386	2,736	25	13	6.19	+0.15
79	Stanford	Pac-12	Davis Mills	442	3,085	18	9	6.18	+0.15
80	Temple	American Athletic	Anthony Russo	436	3,137	25	11	6.69	+0.15
81	Colorado	Pac-12	Steven Montez	408	2,847	18	11	6.02	+0.14
82	Missouri	SEC	Kelly Bryant	373	2,632	17	8	6.20	+0.14
83	Virginia	ACC	Bryce Perkins	478	3,401	19	14	5.86	+0.13
84	Michigan State	Big Ten	Brian Lewerke	423	2,825	16	14	5.51	+0.12
85	UCLA	Pac-12	Dorian Thompson-Robinson	424	3,059	22	12	5.85	+0.12
86	Utah State	Mountain West	Jordan Love	464	3,254	19	17	5.75	+0.12
87	Tulane	American Athletic	Justin McMillan	316	2,422	16	10	6.41	+0.12
88	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Caleb Evans	406	2,955	21	12	6.50	+0.11
89	Mississippi State	SEC	Garrett Shrader	288	2,099	17	10	5.84	+0.11
90	Buffalo	Mid-American	Kyle Vantrease	261	1,724	13	5	6.32	+0.11
91	Marshall	Conference USA	Isaiah Green	328	2,420	15	9	6.13	+0.11
92	West Virginia	Big 12	Austin Kendall	452	3,011	21	15	5.58	+0.10
93	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Ross Bowers	369	2,637	14	11	5.86	+0.10
94	Houston	American Athletic	Clayton Tune	307	2,424	19	11	6.23	+0.10
95	Nebraska	Big Ten	Adrian Martinez	318	2,578	12	9	6.77	+0.07
96	Illinois	Big Ten	Brandon Peters	321	2,106	18	8	5.23	+0.07
97	Syracuse	ACC	Tommy DeVito	407	2,884	23	7	5.95	+0.06
98	UTEP	Conference USA	Kai Locksley	329	2,277	9	8	5.19	+0.05
99	Pittsburgh	ACC	Kenny Pickett	467	2,930	13	10	5.27	+0.05
100	Rice	Conference USA	Tom Stewart	318	2,008	13	4	5.48	+0.05
101	Nevada	Mountain West	Carson Strong	435	2,803	13	13	4.98	+0.05
102	California	Pac-12	Chase Garbers	332	2,276	15	9	5.21	+0.04
103	NC State	ACC	Devin Leary	459	2,716	14	9	5.21	+0.03
104	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	Justin Tomlin	135	872	9	0	6.04	+0.02
105	South Carolina	SEC	Ryan Hilinski	464	2,692	12	7	5.05	+0.00
106	South Florida	American Athletic	Jordan McCloud	327	2,069	18	10	4.80	-0.00
107	UAB	Conference USA	Tyler Johnston III	298	2,308	14	19	5.06	-0.00
108	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Brett Gabbert	305	2,205	11	10	5.48	-0.01
109	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	Josh Adkins	442	2,569	15	15	4.20	-0.02
110	New Mexico	Mountain West	Tevaka Tuioti	327	2,186	13	14	4.97	-0.02
111	TCU	Big 12	Max Duggan	392	2,390	15	10	4.87	-0.03
112	UNLV	Mountain West	Kenyon Oblad	386	2,508	20	12	5.39	-0.03
113	UTSA	Conference USA	Lowell Narcisse	364	2,227	13	11	4.71	-0.03
114	Wyoming	Mountain West	Sean Chambers	230	1,536	8	8	4.85	-0.04
115	Arkansas	SEC	Nick Starkel	406	2,360	14	14	4.46	-0.05
116	UConn	American Athletic	Jack Zergiotis	381	2,603	14	15	4.86	-0.05
117	Kentucky	SEC	Sawyer Smith	239	1,407	8	6	4.77	-0.05
118	Duke	ACC	Quentin Harris	375	2,196	18	13	4.59	-0.06
119	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Cephus Johnson III	278	1,869	13	9	5.17	-0.06
120	Texas State	Sun Belt	Tyler Vitt	416	2,745	17	20	4.45	-0.07
121	Georgia Tech	ACC	Lucas Johnson	268	1,639	14	10	4.56	-0.09
122	Maryland	Big Ten	Josh Jackson	338	2,068	16	12	4.28	-0.14
123	Vanderbilt	SEC	Riley Neal	380	2,136	10	10	4.29	-0.15
124	Akron	Mid-American	Kato Nelson	397	2,314	10	14	3.69	-0.15
125	Rutgers	Big Ten	Artur Sitkowski	274	1,624	7	14	3.39	-0.15
126	Bowling Green	Mid-American	Grant Loy	336	1,903	9	15	3.78	-0.15
127	Northwestern	Big Ten	Aidan Smith	309	1,461	6	14	2.55	-0.16
128	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	Andrew Brito	389	2,065	15	15	3.73	-0.16
129	Army	FBS Independents	Kelvin Hopkins Jr.	126	1,083	6	7	5.94	-0.16
130	Old Dominion	Conference USA	Stone Smartt	377	2,142	5	12	3.31	-0.19

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