2021 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; Coastal Carolina ranked first in 2021.

All 130 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Grayson McCall	286	3,110	29	4	11.15	+0.56
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	C.J. Stroud	446	4,377	40	7	10.26	+0.51
3	Alabama	SEC	Bryce Young	484	4,499	44	4	9.55	+0.47
4	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	Bailey Zappe	676	5,915	57	12	9.27	+0.42
5	UTSA	Conference USA	Frank Harris	398	3,241	29	5	8.58	+0.40
6	SMU	American Athletic	Tanner Mordecai	465	3,764	44	10	8.65	+0.40
7	UTEP	Conference USA	Gavin Hardison	293	2,649	16	12	7.93	+0.38
8	Pittsburgh	ACC	Kenny Pickett	488	4,283	43	8	9.04	+0.38
9	TCU	Big 12	Max Duggan	304	2,875	20	5	8.90	+0.38
10	BYU	FBS Independents	Jaren Hall	365	3,257	26	5	9.12	+0.38
11	Iowa State	Big 12	Brock Purdy	396	3,225	22	8	7.77	+0.37
12	Georgia	SEC	Stetson Bennett	349	3,200	33	12	9.01	+0.36
13	Arkansas	SEC	KJ Jefferson	293	2,664	22	3	9.05	+0.36
14	Oklahoma	Big 12	Spencer Rattler	374	3,249	30	8	8.00	+0.35
15	Fresno State	Mountain West	Jake Haener	467	3,951	34	10	8.27	+0.35
16	Michigan State	Big Ten	Payton Thorne	344	2,949	24	8	8.29	+0.35
17	Purdue	Big Ten	Aidan O'Connell	518	4,035	30	10	7.50	+0.35
18	Miami	ACC	Tyler Van Dyke	460	3,875	31	11	7.88	+0.35
19	Utah State	Mountain West	Logan Bonner	465	3,966	39	12	8.51	+0.35
20	Texas	Big 12	Casey Thompson	339	2,709	29	7	7.97	+0.34
21	Army	FBS Independents	Christian Anderson	99	1,175	10	3	11.62	+0.34
22	Nevada	Mountain West	Carson Strong	541	4,391	35	8	7.96	+0.33
23	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Kaleb Eleby	346	3,107	21	4	8.87	+0.33
24	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Brett Gabbert	392	3,348	28	8	8.58	+0.32
25	Mississippi State	SEC	Will Rogers	646	4,733	37	7	7.45	+0.32
26	App State	Sun Belt	Chase Brice	375	3,186	25	10	8.21	+0.31
27	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	Jack Coan	380	3,205	25	8	7.65	+0.31
28	Tennessee	SEC	Hendon Hooker	331	2,963	28	3	8.71	+0.31
29	Wake Forest	ACC	Sam Hartman	480	4,063	36	15	7.74	+0.31
30	NC State	ACC	Devin Leary	440	3,434	35	6	7.98	+0.31
31	Houston	American Athletic	Clayton Tune	413	3,507	30	10	7.71	+0.31
32	Cincinnati	American Athletic	Desmond Ridder	366	3,202	33	9	8.76	+0.31
33	Louisville	ACC	Malik Cunningham	334	2,737	20	6	8.06	+0.31
34	Virginia	ACC	Brennan Armstrong	543	4,580	31	12	7.80	+0.30
35	Michigan	Big Ten	Cade McNamara	355	2,978	20	7	8.25	+0.30
36	Nebraska	Big Ten	Adrian Martinez	337	3,179	14	9	8.25	+0.30
37	Kansas State	Big 12	Skylar Thompson	280	2,357	11	6	7.48	+0.29
38	UAB	Conference USA	Dylan Hopkins	262	2,488	17	10	7.39	+0.29
39	Ole Miss	SEC	Matt Corral	391	3,377	20	4	8.47	+0.28
40	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Rocky Lombardi	319	2,424	13	8	6.94	+0.28
41	UCLA	Pac-12	Dorian Thompson-Robinson	333	2,667	23	8	7.67	+0.27
42	Minnesota	Big Ten	Tanner Morgan	235	1,898	12	7	7.04	+0.27
43	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Daniel Richardson	409	3,208	29	10	7.53	+0.27
44	Texas Tech	Big 12	Henry Colombi	351	3,021	17	11	7.49	+0.27
45	Oregon State	Pac-12	Chance Nolan	313	2,535	19	10	7.64	+0.27
46	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Jake Bentley	395	3,151	23	12	7.09	+0.26
47	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Ben Bryant	400	3,161	19	7	6.97	+0.26
48	USC	Pac-12	Kedon Slovis	520	3,754	22	11	6.76	+0.25
49	Baylor	Big 12	Gerry Bohanon	349	2,866	23	6	8.07	+0.25
50	Marshall	Conference USA	Grant Wells	466	3,700	17	12	7.11	+0.25
51	Boise State	Mountain West	Hank Bachmeier	405	3,087	20	10	7.00	+0.25
52	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	N'Kosi Perry	357	3,082	20	8	7.55	+0.25
53	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Spencer Sanders	398	2,893	19	12	6.43	+0.24
54	Maryland	Big Ten	Taulia Tagovailoa	461	3,709	25	11	7.33	+0.24
55	West Virginia	Big 12	Jarret Doege	414	3,145	19	10	6.46	+0.23
56	LSU	SEC	Max Johnson	412	3,155	29	8	7.26	+0.23
57	Memphis	American Athletic	Seth Henigan	441	3,561	26	12	7.36	+0.23
58	Charlotte	Conference USA	Chris Reynolds	381	2,953	27	10	7.46	+0.23
59	Toledo	Mid-American	Dequan Finn	331	2,698	19	2	7.91	+0.23
60	Florida	SEC	Emory Jones	377	3,137	27	17	7.38	+0.23
61	Florida International	Conference USA	Max Bortenschlager	333	2,705	18	9	7.03	+0.22
62	Penn State	Big Ten	Sean Clifford	449	3,272	24	8	6.92	+0.21
63	Utah	Pac-12	Cameron Rising	370	2,731	20	8	7.15	+0.21
64	Arizona State	Pac-12	Jayden Daniels	285	2,326	12	9	6.64	+0.21
65	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	Austin Kendall	403	3,178	22	14	6.82	+0.20
66	Oregon	Pac-12	Anthony Brown	366	2,748	18	6	7.09	+0.20
67	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Levi Lewis	369	2,798	21	4	7.48	+0.20
68	Air Force	Mountain West	Haaziq Daniels	99	960	5	4	8.06	+0.20
69	North Carolina	ACC	Sam Howell	359	3,178	25	8	7.68	+0.20
70	East Carolina	American Athletic	Holton Ahlers	410	3,181	21	11	6.65	+0.20
71	Colorado State	Mountain West	Todd Centeio	395	3,039	15	11	6.66	+0.19
72	Kent State	Mid-American	Dustin Crum	370	3,019	17	6	7.32	+0.19
73	Troy	Sun Belt	Gunnar Watson	401	2,777	15	7	6.40	+0.19
74	Virginia Tech	ACC	Braxton Burmeister	292	2,133	17	5	6.86	+0.18
75	Kentucky	SEC	Will Levis	338	2,729	23	12	7.15	+0.18
76	UCF	American Athletic	Mikey Keene	360	2,497	28	9	6.90	+0.18
77	Akron	Mid-American	Zach Gibson	326	2,553	20	4	6.57	+0.18
78	Boston College	ACC	Dennis Grosel	298	2,244	13	10	6.26	+0.17
79	Stanford	Pac-12	Tanner McKee	374	2,662	16	10	5.97	+0.17
80	Syracuse	ACC	Garrett Shrader	280	1,861	10	3	5.99	+0.17
81	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Layne Hatcher	518	3,743	27	14	6.12	+0.17
82	Washington State	Pac-12	Jayden de Laura	403	3,069	24	12	6.90	+0.16
83	Missouri	SEC	Connor Bazelak	420	2,798	19	11	6.07	+0.16
84	Georgia State	Sun Belt	Darren Grainger	280	1,863	16	7	6.17	+0.16
85	San José State	Mountain West	Nick Starkel	399	2,712	16	7	6.43	+0.16
86	Auburn	SEC	Bo Nix	417	2,871	16	4	6.55	+0.15
87	Rice	Conference USA	Jake Constantine	354	2,674	16	14	5.80	+0.15
88	Ball State	Mid-American	Drew Plitt	370	2,358	17	4	6.23	+0.15
89	Tulsa	American Athletic	Davis Brin	372	2,967	16	15	6.37	+0.14
90	Buffalo	Mid-American	Kyle Vantrease	371	2,598	12	12	5.80	+0.14
91	Liberty	FBS Independents	Malik Willis	350	3,016	30	15	6.81	+0.14
92	Washington	Pac-12	Dylan Morris	358	2,483	15	11	5.86	+0.13
93	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Graham Mertz	278	1,927	10	9	5.81	+0.13
94	UNLV	Mountain West	Cameron Friel	326	2,460	11	9	5.70	+0.13
95	Florida State	ACC	Jordan Travis	337	2,496	20	12	5.77	+0.12
96	Duke	ACC	Gunnar Holmberg	405	2,843	9	9	5.89	+0.12
97	Old Dominion	Conference USA	Hayden Wolff	379	2,644	14	11	5.83	+0.12
98	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	Chase Cunningham	411	2,777	26	12	6.00	+0.11
99	Texas State	Sun Belt	Brady McBride	388	2,370	15	13	4.80	+0.11
100	South Carolina	SEC	Jason Brown	342	2,332	20	11	5.82	+0.11
101	Texas A&M	SEC	Zach Calzada	369	2,514	19	13	5.68	+0.09
102	North Texas	Conference USA	Austin Aune	349	2,267	12	10	5.63	+0.09
103	Kansas	Big 12	Jason Bean	312	2,212	15	10	6.10	+0.09
104	Ohio	Mid-American	Kurtis Rourke	317	2,180	11	10	5.55	+0.08
105	Hawai'i	Mountain West	Chevan Cordeiro	459	3,349	19	16	5.78	+0.08
106	Southern Miss	Conference USA	Jake Lange	286	1,927	14	14	4.59	+0.07
107	California	Pac-12	Chase Garbers	384	2,761	16	8	6.33	+0.06
108	Illinois	Big Ten	Brandon Peters	322	1,869	14	4	5.35	+0.06
109	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Chandler Rogers	353	2,279	15	9	5.40	+0.05
110	Bowling Green	Mid-American	Matt McDonald	389	2,602	12	8	5.33	+0.05
111	Clemson	ACC	DJ Uiagalelei	376	2,333	12	9	5.28	+0.04
112	San Diego State	Mountain West	Lucas Johnson	320	1,940	11	5	5.41	+0.04
113	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	Jonah Johnson	510	3,227	15	9	5.40	+0.04
114	Georgia Tech	ACC	Jeff Sims	338	2,318	18	8	5.89	+0.04
115	South Florida	American Athletic	Timmy McClain	351	2,316	6	12	4.98	+0.04
116	Tulane	American Athletic	Michael Pratt	363	2,648	23	13	6.12	+0.02
117	Colorado	Pac-12	Brendon Lewis	264	1,539	10	3	5.30	+0.02
118	Wyoming	Mountain West	Sean Chambers	285	1,882	13	12	5.23	+0.02
119	Arizona	Pac-12	Will Plummer	443	2,791	12	16	4.55	+0.02
120	Iowa	Big Ten	Spencer Petras	367	2,289	11	8	5.06	+0.01
121	Rutgers	Big Ten	Noah Vedral	354	2,081	9	5	5.27	-0.03
122	Temple	American Athletic	Mariano Valenti	361	2,104	10	8	4.96	-0.03
123	Vanderbilt	SEC	Ken Seals	408	2,291	14	14	4.23	-0.03
124	Northwestern	Big Ten	Ryan Hilinski	360	2,104	13	14	4.25	-0.06
125	Indiana	Big Ten	Michael Penix Jr.	387	2,105	9	14	3.72	-0.08
126	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	Justin Tomlin	275	1,773	5	12	4.16	-0.11
127	New Mexico	Mountain West	Terry Wilson	252	1,322	10	10	3.64	-0.11
128	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	Brady Olson	311	1,779	11	11	4.18	-0.11
129	UConn	FBS Independents	Steven Krajewski	386	1,928	11	16	3.23	-0.17
130	Navy	American Athletic	Tai Lavatai	95	693	6	3	4.26	-0.25

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