2020 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 127 offenses ranked by EPA per dropback; Alabama ranked first in 2020.

All 127 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	Alabama	SEC	Mac Jones	349	3,871	33	4	11.68	+0.60
2	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Kaleb Eleby	153	1,667	17	2	11.77	+0.58
3	Kent State	Mid-American	Dustin Crum	126	1,284	14	2	11.00	+0.57
4	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Grayson McCall	254	2,475	26	4	10.43	+0.55
5	Florida	SEC	Kyle Trask	442	4,259	45	5	10.48	+0.53
6	BYU	FBS Independents	Zach Wilson	341	3,586	30	4	11.04	+0.48
7	Oklahoma	Big 12	Spencer Rattler	335	3,192	27	7	9.32	+0.47
8	Buffalo	Mid-American	Kyle Vantrease	129	1,209	7	3	9.41	+0.45
9	North Carolina	ACC	Sam Howell	325	3,380	28	7	9.93	+0.45
10	San José State	Mountain West	Nick Starkel	241	2,129	18	5	9.00	+0.43
11	UCF	American Athletic	Dillon Gabriel	363	3,274	30	4	9.41	+0.41
12	Toledo	Mid-American	Eli Peters	218	2,005	18	6	8.50	+0.40
13	Washington	Pac-12	Dylan Morris	110	908	4	3	7.67	+0.39
14	Cincinnati	American Athletic	Desmond Ridder	255	2,138	18	6	8.14	+0.39
15	Air Force	Mountain West	Haaziq Daniels	61	517	3	3	7.02	+0.39
16	Clemson	ACC	Trevor Lawrence	438	3,729	29	4	8.85	+0.39
17	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	AJ Mayer	53	427	5	1	8.91	+0.38
18	Oregon	Pac-12	Tyler Shough	161	1,484	15	5	8.80	+0.38
19	Texas A&M	SEC	Kellen Mond	300	2,317	20	4	8.31	+0.36
20	Liberty	FBS Independents	Malik Willis	274	2,336	24	5	8.38	+0.34
21	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Logan Bonner	460	3,999	39	9	8.70	+0.34
22	Notre Dame	ACC	Ian Book	314	2,596	15	2	7.96	+0.34
23	Rice	Conference USA	Mike Collins	130	1,090	11	2	7.96	+0.33
24	USC	Pac-12	Kedon Slovis	262	1,923	17	7	6.82	+0.33
25	Stanford	Pac-12	Davis Mills	219	1,741	7	3	7.49	+0.32
26	Ohio State	Big Ten	Justin Fields	162	1,486	15	5	8.03	+0.32
27	Boston College	ACC	Phil Jurkovec	367	2,841	21	7	7.33	+0.31
28	Iowa State	Big 12	Brock Purdy	343	2,786	19	9	7.57	+0.30
29	Wake Forest	ACC	Sam Hartman	258	2,141	11	1	7.82	+0.30
30	Nevada	Mountain West	Carson Strong	327	2,581	21	4	7.89	+0.30
31	Miami	ACC	D'Eriq King	331	2,738	23	6	7.62	+0.29
32	SMU	American Athletic	Shane Buechele	372	3,186	23	5	8.39	+0.29
33	Boise State	Mountain West	Hank Bachmeier	221	1,693	12	3	7.32	+0.28
34	UCLA	Pac-12	Dorian Thompson-Robinson	200	1,586	18	6	7.72	+0.28
35	Arkansas	SEC	Feleipe Franks	279	2,445	20	6	7.65	+0.28
36	Memphis	American Athletic	Brady White	385	3,061	28	9	7.62	+0.27
37	Ole Miss	SEC	Matt Corral	253	2,628	21	14	8.71	+0.27
38	Fresno State	Mountain West	Jake Haener	243	2,070	14	4	7.38	+0.27
39	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Preston Hutchinson	199	1,671	12	6	7.28	+0.26
40	Ball State	Mid-American	Drew Plitt	200	1,618	15	5	7.37	+0.26
41	North Texas	Conference USA	Austin Aune	299	2,563	25	8	8.43	+0.26
42	Missouri	SEC	Connor Bazelak	354	2,599	9	6	6.56	+0.26
43	Purdue	Big Ten	Aidan O'Connell	261	1,889	15	4	7.01	+0.25
44	UAB	Conference USA	Bryson Lucero	241	1,801	14	9	6.73	+0.25
45	Texas	Big 12	Sam Ehlinger	313	2,340	25	5	7.52	+0.25
46	LSU	SEC	Max Johnson	417	3,142	23	7	7.20	+0.25
47	Virginia Tech	ACC	Hendon Hooker	252	2,213	13	6	7.64	+0.24
48	Michigan	Big Ten	Joe Milton III	211	1,493	9	4	6.57	+0.24
49	Minnesota	Big Ten	Tanner Morgan	182	1,394	7	5	6.40	+0.23
50	Georgia	SEC	Stetson Bennett	264	2,032	18	9	6.60	+0.22
51	NC State	ACC	Bailey Hockman	359	2,846	23	12	6.66	+0.22
52	Indiana	Big Ten	Michael Penix Jr.	245	1,804	16	4	7.51	+0.21
53	Arizona State	Pac-12	Jayden Daniels	86	715	5	1	7.90	+0.21
54	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Levi Lewis	281	2,077	18	7	7.11	+0.20
55	Louisville	ACC	Malik Cunningham	312	2,634	20	12	6.88	+0.20
56	UTEP	Conference USA	Gavin Hardison	238	1,639	7	9	5.37	+0.20
57	App State	Sun Belt	Zac Thomas	281	2,077	19	10	6.28	+0.19
58	West Virginia	Big 12	Jarret Doege	355	2,522	13	3	6.82	+0.18
59	Houston	American Athletic	Clayton Tune	251	1,823	13	7	6.51	+0.18
60	Charlotte	Conference USA	Chris Reynolds	178	1,331	10	2	6.97	+0.17
61	Tulsa	American Athletic	Zach Smith	258	1,878	14	9	5.99	+0.17
62	Georgia State	Sun Belt	Cornelious Brown IV	274	2,075	14	9	6.81	+0.16
63	Penn State	Big Ten	Sean Clifford	306	2,328	17	9	6.52	+0.16
64	Troy	Sun Belt	Gunnar Watson	453	3,181	22	13	6.13	+0.15
65	Texas Tech	Big 12	Alan Bowman	390	2,685	18	10	6.20	+0.13
66	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	Asher O'Hara	309	2,024	13	10	5.23	+0.13
67	Northwestern	Big Ten	Peyton Ramsey	248	1,514	9	8	4.89	+0.13
68	Hawai'i	Mountain West	Chevan Cordeiro	291	1,948	11	6	5.53	+0.13
69	Ohio	Mid-American	Kurtis Rourke	53	423	4	0	7.46	+0.12
70	UTSA	Conference USA	Frank Harris	312	1,995	14	7	5.72	+0.12
71	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Spencer Sanders	299	2,345	14	10	6.43	+0.12
72	Southern Miss	Conference USA	Jack Abraham	272	2,134	12	9	6.20	+0.12
73	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Desmond Trotter	348	2,735	19	6	6.63	+0.11
74	Pittsburgh	ACC	Kenny Pickett	422	2,864	14	12	5.67	+0.11
75	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Daniel Richardson	173	1,201	7	4	5.82	+0.11
76	Iowa	Big Ten	Spencer Petras	247	1,536	10	5	5.63	+0.11
77	Maryland	Big Ten	Taulia Tagovailoa	157	1,306	9	9	5.60	+0.11
78	Marshall	Conference USA	Grant Wells	257	1,996	19	10	7.03	+0.10
79	Tennessee	SEC	Jarrett Guarantano	284	2,046	14	7	6.04	+0.09
80	Kansas State	Big 12	Will Howard	247	1,857	12	10	6.01	+0.09
81	Oregon State	Pac-12	Tristan Gebbia	233	1,481	11	5	5.87	+0.09
82	Auburn	SEC	Bo Nix	318	2,118	11	7	5.64	+0.09
83	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Ross Bowers	220	1,425	11	2	6.30	+0.08
84	Tulane	American Athletic	Michael Pratt	287	1,948	19	7	5.86	+0.08
85	TCU	Big 12	Max Duggan	269	1,934	11	4	6.19	+0.08
86	Virginia	ACC	Brennan Armstrong	374	2,579	22	14	5.78	+0.08
87	Colorado	Pac-12	Sam Noyer	143	994	5	5	5.68	+0.08
88	San Diego State	Mountain West	Carson Baker	201	1,212	6	5	4.71	+0.08
89	Nebraska	Big Ten	Adrian Martinez	227	1,533	5	9	4.62	+0.07
90	Temple	American Athletic	Anthony Russo	240	1,471	11	11	4.58	+0.07
91	Utah	Pac-12	Jake Bentley	155	1,093	6	7	5.23	+0.05
92	Michigan State	Big Ten	Rocky Lombardi	240	1,635	11	11	4.94	+0.04
93	South Carolina	SEC	Collin Hill	292	1,876	8	9	4.67	+0.04
94	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	Luke Anthony	318	2,033	21	10	5.28	+0.04
95	Washington State	Pac-12	Jayden de Laura	151	1,033	6	4	5.67	+0.03
96	Illinois	Big Ten	Brandon Peters	192	1,238	10	4	5.71	+0.03
97	Baylor	Big 12	Charlie Brewer	331	1,992	14	8	4.89	+0.02
98	Texas State	Sun Belt	Brady McBride	402	2,943	26	14	6.18	+0.02
99	East Carolina	American Athletic	Holton Ahlers	267	1,886	16	9	5.81	+0.02
100	Rutgers	Big Ten	Noah Vedral	310	1,821	14	8	4.87	+0.02
101	Navy	American Athletic	Dalen Morris	124	974	6	4	5.52	+0.01
102	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Graham Mertz	181	1,114	9	6	4.93	+0.01
103	Vanderbilt	SEC	Ken Seals	257	1,642	11	10	4.79	+0.00
104	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	Nick Tronti	177	1,043	6	5	4.26	+0.00
105	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	Tyrrell Pigrome	334	1,737	12	2	4.94	-0.01
106	Colorado State	Mountain West	Patrick O'Brien	118	794	4	3	5.37	-0.01
107	UNLV	Mountain West	Max Gilliam	196	1,120	6	4	4.01	-0.02
108	Duke	ACC	Chase Brice	346	2,227	11	17	4.07	-0.02
109	New Mexico	Mountain West	Tevaka Tuioti	214	1,318	8	6	4.94	-0.03
110	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Colby Suits	383	2,276	14	12	4.62	-0.03
111	California	Pac-12	Chase Garbers	139	776	6	3	4.42	-0.03
112	South Florida	American Athletic	Jordan McCloud	273	1,643	12	5	5.40	-0.05
113	Mississippi State	SEC	Will Rogers	526	3,130	16	18	4.41	-0.05
114	Kentucky	SEC	Terry Wilson	219	1,220	7	5	4.38	-0.06
115	Wyoming	Mountain West	Levi Williams	134	935	1	5	4.29	-0.06
116	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	Justin Tomlin	161	1,185	8	11	4.41	-0.09
117	Georgia Tech	ACC	Jeff Sims	281	2,043	14	13	5.29	-0.10
118	Syracuse	ACC	Rex Culpepper	334	1,901	15	12	4.00	-0.11
119	Arizona	Pac-12	Grant Gunnell	188	1,066	6	7	3.75	-0.12
120	Florida State	ACC	Jordan Travis	289	1,763	10	12	3.87	-0.16
121	Utah State	Mountain West	Jason Shelley	167	802	6	4	3.69	-0.18
122	Kansas	Big 12	Jalon Daniels	281	1,418	7	10	2.74	-0.18
123	Army	FBS Independents	Christian Anderson	69	485	4	5	3.60	-0.19
124	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	Will Koch	99	491	1	5	2.33	-0.23
125	Akron	Mid-American	Zach Gibson	148	853	4	6	2.89	-0.27
126	Florida International	Conference USA	Stone Norton	127	550	4	2	2.86	-0.32
127	Bowling Green	Mid-American	Matt McDonald	124	705	1	7	2.68	-0.39

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