2023 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 133 offenses ranked by EPA per dropback; Oklahoma ranked first in 2023.

All 133 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	Oklahoma	Big 12	Dillon Gabriel	370	3,815	32	5	10.85	+0.61
2	Oregon	Pac-12	Bo Nix	470	4,491	44	4	10.86	+0.55
3	LSU	SEC	Jayden Daniels	351	3,845	37	4	11.60	+0.55
4	Liberty	Conference USA	Kaidon Salter	270	2,667	31	5	10.89	+0.51
5	Michigan	Big Ten	J.J. McCarthy	314	2,837	21	5	8.68	+0.46
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	Kyle McCord	371	3,380	26	6	9.30	+0.46
7	Kansas	Big 12	Jason Bean	282	2,633	18	8	8.59	+0.44
8	Washington	Pac-12	Michael Penix Jr.	474	4,370	35	10	9.37	+0.44
9	SMU	American Athletic	Preston Stone	391	3,581	32	8	9.35	+0.43
10	Georgia	SEC	Carson Beck	424	3,933	25	7	9.28	+0.43
11	Toledo	Mid-American	Dequan Finn	331	2,774	26	7	8.47	+0.43
12	Missouri	SEC	Brady Cook	350	3,174	22	5	8.86	+0.41
13	App State	Sun Belt	Joey Aguilar	424	3,463	33	8	8.41	+0.41
14	James Madison	Sun Belt	Jordan McCloud	389	3,428	33	10	8.71	+0.40
15	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	Sam Hartman	330	2,970	28	9	8.84	+0.39
16	Ole Miss	SEC	Jaxson Dart	351	3,311	23	5	9.11	+0.38
17	Iowa State	Big 12	Rocco Becht	322	2,711	20	5	8.53	+0.38
18	Alabama	SEC	Jalen Milroe	301	3,012	23	6	8.50	+0.37
19	Arizona	Pac-12	Noah Fifita	419	3,616	34	10	8.46	+0.36
20	Texas State	Sun Belt	TJ Finley	389	3,265	24	5	8.26	+0.36
21	Florida State	ACC	Jordan Travis	402	3,404	25	2	8.54	+0.36
22	UNLV	Mountain West	Jayden Maiava	347	3,012	14	8	7.75	+0.36
23	USC	Pac-12	Caleb Williams	420	3,925	31	5	9.12	+0.36
24	UCF	Big 12	John Rhys Plumlee	315	3,079	22	10	8.71	+0.35
25	Memphis	American Athletic	Seth Henigan	440	3,603	29	9	8.04	+0.34
26	Texas A&M	SEC	Max Johnson	369	3,092	24	8	7.77	+0.33
27	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Carter Bradley	386	3,173	24	10	7.64	+0.33
28	Boise State	Mountain West	Taylen Green	335	2,961	20	10	8.12	+0.32
29	Oregon State	Pac-12	DJ Uiagalelei	348	2,931	25	7	8.29	+0.32
30	Rice	American Athletic	JT Daniels	392	3,235	28	10	7.72	+0.32
31	Florida	SEC	Graham Mertz	382	3,092	20	5	7.46	+0.31
32	New Mexico State	Conference USA	Diego Pavia	359	3,066	28	8	8.31	+0.31
33	Tennessee	SEC	Joe Milton III	376	2,921	20	4	7.75	+0.30
34	Texas	Big 12	Quinn Ewers	412	3,591	24	9	8.07	+0.30
35	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Grayson McCall	368	3,175	21	8	8.16	+0.30
36	New Mexico	Mountain West	Dylan Hopkins	340	2,668	17	9	7.05	+0.30
37	TCU	Big 12	Josh Hoover	463	3,542	27	14	7.03	+0.30
38	Miami	ACC	Tyler Van Dyke	402	3,163	22	13	7.08	+0.28
39	Louisville	ACC	Jack Plummer	377	3,149	22	10	7.29	+0.28
40	Troy	Sun Belt	Gunnar Watson	414	3,324	29	5	8.07	+0.27
41	North Carolina	ACC	Drake Maye	427	3,620	24	9	7.87	+0.27
42	San José State	Mountain West	Chevan Cordeiro	339	2,605	20	3	7.67	+0.26
43	Ohio	Mid-American	Kurtis Rourke	353	2,540	15	8	6.47	+0.26
44	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	Austin Reed	471	3,394	33	8	7.57	+0.26
45	Penn State	Big Ten	Drew Allar	369	2,405	27	1	7.39	+0.26
46	Air Force	Mountain West	Zac Larrier	99	1,076	6	5	8.48	+0.26
47	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Brett Gabbert	275	2,193	15	7	7.07	+0.25
48	Wyoming	Mountain West	Andrew Peasley	261	1,960	20	4	7.17	+0.25
49	Georgia Tech	ACC	Haynes King	359	2,854	26	13	7.26	+0.25
50	Colorado	Pac-12	Shedeur Sanders	468	3,564	29	4	6.82	+0.24
51	Maryland	Big Ten	Taulia Tagovailoa	436	3,343	25	9	7.18	+0.24
52	Colorado State	Mountain West	Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi	487	3,639	24	17	6.56	+0.24
53	UAB	American Athletic	Jacob Zeno	418	3,510	22	10	7.41	+0.23
54	South Carolina	SEC	Spencer Rattler	407	3,368	21	7	7.06	+0.23
55	Tulane	American Athletic	Michael Pratt	341	2,878	25	7	8.06	+0.23
56	Washington State	Pac-12	Cam Ward	501	3,995	27	9	7.29	+0.23
57	UTSA	American Athletic	Frank Harris	407	2,964	23	10	6.56	+0.23
58	Kansas State	Big 12	Will Howard	395	2,916	28	10	7.11	+0.21
59	Arkansas	SEC	KJ Jefferson	320	2,265	22	7	5.89	+0.21
60	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Zeon Chriss-Gremillion	332	2,653	22	10	7.20	+0.21
61	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Jaylen Raynor	329	2,647	15	7	6.91	+0.19
62	Duke	ACC	Riley Leonard	320	2,152	13	7	6.08	+0.19
63	Illinois	Big Ten	Luke Altmyer	405	3,198	22	12	6.55	+0.18
64	North Texas	American Athletic	Chandler Rogers	447	3,478	33	9	7.26	+0.18
65	Virginia Tech	ACC	Kyron Drones	331	2,505	21	5	7.30	+0.18
66	Fresno State	Mountain West	Mikey Keene	467	3,209	26	10	6.17	+0.17
67	Georgia State	Sun Belt	Darren Grainger	340	2,406	17	6	6.88	+0.17
68	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Alan Bowman	511	3,435	16	13	5.91	+0.16
69	UConn	FBS Independents	Ta'Quan Roberson	360	2,234	12	4	6.02	+0.16
70	Syracuse	ACC	Garrett Shrader	288	2,123	17	11	5.92	+0.15
71	UTEP	Conference USA	Cade McConnell	323	2,569	13	12	6.12	+0.15
72	Tulsa	American Athletic	Cardell Williams	325	2,467	20	16	5.66	+0.15
73	West Virginia	Big 12	Garrett Greene	293	2,421	17	6	8.07	+0.14
74	Kentucky	SEC	Devin Leary	342	2,283	23	10	5.95	+0.14
75	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Rocky Lombardi	325	2,204	12	6	6.18	+0.14
76	Clemson	ACC	Cade Klubnik	428	2,709	20	7	6.12	+0.14
77	Virginia	ACC	Anthony Colandrea	391	3,020	19	13	5.99	+0.13
78	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	Hank Bachmeier	404	2,990	16	9	6.53	+0.13
79	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Jase Bauer	302	2,194	15	9	5.91	+0.13
80	San Diego State	Mountain West	Jalen Mayden	312	2,088	9	8	5.39	+0.12
81	Hawai'i	Mountain West	Brayden Schager	514	3,523	27	11	6.04	+0.12
82	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	Davis Brin	525	3,543	24	17	5.60	+0.11
83	Rutgers	Big Ten	Gavin Wimsatt	273	1,686	10	4	5.70	+0.11
84	Utah State	Mountain West	Cooper Legas	398	3,042	32	17	6.30	+0.11
85	NC State	ACC	Brennan Armstrong	342	2,341	19	10	5.84	+0.11
86	Wake Forest	ACC	Mitch Griffis	316	2,379	14	11	5.41	+0.11
87	Cincinnati	Big 12	Emory Jones	352	2,420	21	9	6.12	+0.10
88	Northwestern	Big Ten	Ben Bryant	334	2,393	18	7	5.69	+0.10
89	Pittsburgh	ACC	Christian Veilleux	352	2,514	17	10	5.90	+0.10
90	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	Nicholas Vattiato	430	3,199	23	13	6.34	+0.10
91	Sam Houston	Conference USA	Keegan Shoemaker	439	2,663	15	12	5.14	+0.09
92	Auburn	SEC	Payton Thorne	274	1,907	17	10	5.40	+0.09
93	Baylor	Big 12	Blake Shapen	424	3,188	15	5	6.70	+0.09
94	Boston College	ACC	Tommy Castellanos	320	2,188	13	13	5.21	+0.09
95	UCLA	Pac-12	Dante Moore	378	2,764	21	11	5.87	+0.08
96	Bowling Green	Mid-American	Connor Bazelak	305	2,246	16	13	5.57	+0.08
97	California	Pac-12	Fernando Mendoza	389	2,560	21	11	5.77	+0.08
98	Minnesota	Big Ten	Athan Kaliakmanis	290	1,813	14	7	5.34	+0.08
99	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	Taisun Phommachanh	337	2,481	13	10	6.12	+0.07
100	South Florida	American Athletic	Byrum Brown	411	3,156	24	11	6.45	+0.07
101	Michigan State	Big Ten	Katin Houser	372	2,314	14	12	4.82	+0.07
102	Kent State	Mid-American	Michael Alaimo	289	1,999	11	5	5.46	+0.07
103	Houston	Big 12	Donovan Smith	401	2,911	24	14	6.03	+0.05
104	Nevada	Mountain West	Brendon Lewis	296	2,075	6	9	4.65	+0.05
105	Temple	American Athletic	E.J. Warner	499	3,216	23	15	5.57	+0.05
106	Indiana	Big Ten	Brendan Sorsby	363	2,584	17	10	6.05	+0.04
107	Purdue	Big Ten	Hudson Card	386	2,507	14	9	5.42	+0.04
108	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Tanner Mordecai	420	2,443	11	5	5.40	+0.04
109	Buffalo	Mid-American	Cole Snyder	350	2,101	14	9	5.26	+0.04
110	Utah	Pac-12	Bryson Barnes	308	2,043	15	8	5.68	+0.04
111	Mississippi State	SEC	Will Rogers	340	2,101	15	8	5.26	+0.03
112	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	Zion Webb	312	1,979	11	8	5.43	+0.03
113	Vanderbilt	SEC	AJ Swann	382	2,677	23	9	6.33	+0.02
114	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	Daniel Richardson	400	2,635	19	13	5.19	+0.01
115	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Hayden Wolff	389	2,505	13	8	5.43	+0.01
116	Stanford	Pac-12	Ashton Daniels	419	2,762	11	8	5.29	+0.00
117	Marshall	Sun Belt	Cam Fancher	365	2,681	12	17	5.04	+0.00
118	Texas Tech	Big 12	Behren Morton	421	2,673	21	16	5.00	+0.00
119	Florida International	Conference USA	Keyone Jenkins	361	2,567	10	11	4.97	-0.00
120	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	Billy Wiles	357	2,295	15	8	5.26	-0.01
121	BYU	Big 12	Kedon Slovis	388	2,423	17	8	5.59	-0.02
122	Nebraska	Big Ten	Chubba Purdy	252	1,622	10	15	3.53	-0.03
123	Ball State	Mid-American	Kiael Kelly	295	1,631	9	8	4.02	-0.03
124	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Austin Smith	317	1,833	9	10	4.01	-0.03
125	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	Grant Wilson	325	2,361	18	8	5.39	-0.04
126	Iowa	Big Ten	Deacon Hill	316	1,617	9	9	3.50	-0.05
127	Navy	American Athletic	Tai Lavatai	195	1,187	10	4	5.17	-0.06
128	Akron	Mid-American	Jeff Undercuffler Jr.	363	2,213	9	13	3.80	-0.06
129	Arizona State	Pac-12	Trenton Bourguet	429	2,614	8	12	4.62	-0.08
130	Army	FBS Independents	Bryson Daily	160	1,238	7	11	4.73	-0.09
131	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Jiya Wright	335	2,075	15	10	4.75	-0.10
132	East Carolina	American Athletic	Alex Flinn	383	2,001	7	14	3.36	-0.14
133	Charlotte	American Athletic	Trexler Ivey	321	1,998	7	13	3.77	-0.14

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