2025 Top Passing Schools Best FBS Passing Offenses

2025 is a partial season for depth and direction: the play-by-play started recording where passes went in Week 9.

The whole passing game, not just the quarterback. All 136 offenses ranked by EPA per dropback; Ohio State ranked first in 2025.

All 136 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	Julian Sayin	405	3,774	33	7	9.52	+0.52
2	Indiana	Big Ten	Fernando Mendoza	406	3,811	47	7	10.06	+0.52
3	USC	Big Ten	Jayden Maiava	411	3,776	26	10	9.05	+0.46
4	Vanderbilt	SEC	Diego Pavia	395	3,732	30	7	9.37	+0.45
5	UConn	FBS Independents	Joe Fagnano	448	3,602	30	1	8.84	+0.42
6	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	CJ Carr	319	3,021	25	5	9.71	+0.41
7	Ole Miss	SEC	Trinidad Chambliss	521	4,677	26	8	8.88	+0.40
8	North Texas	American Athletic	Drew Mestemaker	478	4,455	35	9	9.31	+0.40
9	Miami	ACC	Carson Beck	488	4,009	32	11	8.00	+0.38
10	Air Force	Mountain West	Liam Szarka	163	1,695	13	6	9.30	+0.38
11	Tennessee	SEC	Joey Aguilar	431	3,824	27	8	8.63	+0.37
12	Cincinnati	Big 12	Brendan Sorsby	364	3,011	29	6	8.82	+0.37
13	Oregon	Big Ten	Dante Moore	429	3,756	30	9	8.57	+0.37
14	Georgia Tech	ACC	Haynes King	389	3,472	16	6	8.68	+0.36
15	South Florida	American Athletic	Byrum Brown	401	3,579	33	9	8.87	+0.35
16	Marshall	Sun Belt	Carlos Del Rio-Wilson	333	2,664	18	5	7.88	+0.34
17	Illinois	Big Ten	Luke Altmyer	370	3,086	23	6	7.71	+0.34
18	Utah	Big 12	Devon Dampier	373	2,749	27	5	7.79	+0.33
19	Duke	ACC	Darian Mensah	503	3,917	34	6	7.97	+0.32
20	Navy	American Athletic	Blake Horvath	181	1,699	12	6	8.55	+0.32
21	Texas State	Sun Belt	Brad Jackson	374	3,421	19	8	8.38	+0.31
22	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	Colton Joseph	332	2,824	21	7	8.16	+0.31
23	Tulane	American Athletic	Jake Retzlaff	423	3,423	18	9	7.60	+0.31
24	Rutgers	Big Ten	Athan Kaliakmanis	388	3,242	22	4	7.83	+0.31
25	Texas Tech	Big 12	Behren Morton	480	3,801	33	9	7.80	+0.30
26	Temple	American Athletic	Evan Simon	324	2,249	25	2	7.56	+0.30
27	Alabama	SEC	Ty Simpson	523	3,983	32	5	7.59	+0.29
28	Army	American Athletic	Cale Hellums	123	1,083	6	5	7.58	+0.29
29	UNLV	Mountain West	Anthony Colandrea	416	3,502	22	9	7.68	+0.29
30	Arkansas	SEC	Taylen Green	377	3,129	22	11	7.22	+0.28
31	East Carolina	American Athletic	Katin Houser	435	3,582	22	7	7.99	+0.28
32	Missouri State	Conference USA	Jacob Clark	432	3,809	32	9	8.01	+0.28
33	Texas A&M	SEC	Marcel Reed	401	3,310	26	10	7.90	+0.27
34	Georgia	SEC	Gunner Stockton	416	3,132	25	7	7.45	+0.27
35	Washington	Big Ten	Demond Williams Jr.	361	3,156	26	7	8.18	+0.26
36	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Joe Labas	255	2,137	16	7	7.08	+0.26
37	SMU	ACC	Kevin Jennings	458	3,738	26	14	7.30	+0.26
38	Hawai'i	Mountain West	Micah Alejado	524	3,850	30	11	6.87	+0.26
39	TCU	Big 12	Josh Hoover	457	3,665	29	15	7.21	+0.26
40	Florida State	ACC	Tommy Castellanos	333	3,038	20	9	8.34	+0.26
41	Texas	SEC	Arch Manning	416	3,253	27	8	7.62	+0.26
42	NC State	ACC	CJ Bailey	410	3,199	26	10	7.29	+0.25
43	Iowa State	Big 12	Rocco Becht	343	2,568	16	8	6.59	+0.25
44	UTSA	American Athletic	Owen McCown	430	3,148	33	4	7.91	+0.24
45	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	Amari Odom	420	3,380	26	9	7.71	+0.24
46	LSU	SEC	Garrett Nussmeier	309	2,224	17	5	6.78	+0.24
47	Utah State	Mountain West	Bryson Barnes	407	3,177	26	5	7.31	+0.24
48	Toledo	Mid-American	Tucker Gleason	396	3,099	27	10	7.63	+0.23
49	Houston	Big 12	Conner Weigman	386	2,766	26	9	7.01	+0.22
50	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	JC French IV	427	3,205	26	8	7.10	+0.22
51	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Noah Kim	413	2,962	18	10	6.67	+0.22
52	BYU	Big 12	Bear Bachmeier	402	3,131	16	7	7.46	+0.21
53	Delaware	Conference USA	Nick Minicucci	534	3,702	24	8	6.61	+0.21
54	Kansas	Big 12	Jalon Daniels	341	2,632	23	8	7.35	+0.21
55	Pittsburgh	ACC	Mason Heintschel	458	3,532	29	15	6.55	+0.20
56	Penn State	Big Ten	Drew Allar	328	2,345	15	6	6.55	+0.20
57	Clemson	ACC	Cade Klubnik	469	3,490	22	6	7.28	+0.18
58	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Jaylen Raynor	518	3,340	20	9	5.82	+0.18
59	California	ACC	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele	517	3,607	20	9	6.22	+0.18
60	James Madison	Sun Belt	Alonza Barnett III	375	2,912	25	10	7.10	+0.18
61	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	Maverick McIvor	487	3,478	21	13	6.27	+0.17
62	Ohio	Mid-American	Parker Navarro	303	2,408	14	9	6.63	+0.16
63	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	Braylon Braxton	442	3,461	26	10	7.33	+0.16
64	Arizona	Big 12	Noah Fifita	442	3,264	26	8	6.87	+0.15
65	Minnesota	Big Ten	Drake Lindsey	406	2,473	19	7	5.65	+0.15
66	Nebraska	Big Ten	Dylan Raiola	378	3,015	23	7	7.22	+0.15
67	Michigan State	Big Ten	Aidan Chiles	381	2,661	23	5	6.57	+0.15
68	Boston College	ACC	Dylan Lonergan	459	3,400	22	11	6.42	+0.15
69	Virginia	ACC	Chandler Morris	486	3,335	18	9	6.40	+0.14
70	Wake Forest	ACC	Robby Ashford	402	3,104	18	11	6.96	+0.13
71	North Carolina	ACC	Gio Lopez	348	2,259	13	6	6.02	+0.13
72	Mississippi State	SEC	Blake Shapen	388	3,131	20	8	6.87	+0.13
73	Kansas State	Big 12	Avery Johnson	341	2,382	18	7	6.66	+0.13
74	Baylor	Big 12	Sawyer Robertson	512	3,583	29	13	6.51	+0.13
75	New Mexico	Mountain West	Jack Layne	358	2,748	17	10	6.23	+0.13
76	Missouri	SEC	Beau Pribula	364	2,474	16	11	5.59	+0.13
77	Memphis	American Athletic	Brendon Lewis	416	3,031	17	9	6.13	+0.12
78	Georgia State	Sun Belt	TJ Finley	462	3,076	23	10	6.26	+0.12
79	Kent State	Mid-American	Dru DeShields	289	2,351	20	6	7.69	+0.12
80	Michigan	Big Ten	Bryce Underwood	339	2,419	11	10	5.78	+0.12
81	Oklahoma	SEC	John Mateer	426	3,049	17	11	6.01	+0.12
82	Arizona State	Big 12	Sam Leavitt	426	2,932	20	9	6.10	+0.11
83	Iowa	Big Ten	Mark Gronowski	286	1,888	12	8	5.58	+0.11
84	Boise State	Mountain West	Maddux Madsen	469	3,384	22	15	6.07	+0.11
85	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	Caden Veltkamp	559	3,927	25	21	5.81	+0.11
86	Maryland	Big Ten	Malik Washington	483	3,044	18	8	6.07	+0.10
87	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	Nicholas Vattiato	497	3,272	23	7	6.11	+0.10
88	Stanford	ACC	Ben Gulbranson	377	2,636	14	11	5.16	+0.10
89	Kentucky	SEC	Cutter Boley	362	2,445	15	11	5.50	+0.10
90	Louisville	ACC	Miller Moss	417	2,871	18	10	6.00	+0.10
91	Fresno State	Mountain West	E.J. Warner	366	2,378	14	13	5.17	+0.09
92	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Bishop Davenport	313	2,206	14	5	6.62	+0.09
93	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	Blake Baker	312	2,125	8	10	5.19	+0.09
94	Washington State	Pac-12	Zevi Eckhaus	408	2,745	19	15	5.45	+0.09
95	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Lunch Winfield	329	2,060	12	10	5.11	+0.09
96	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	Caden Creel	322	2,288	13	6	6.25	+0.09
97	Auburn	SEC	Jackson Arnold	359	2,355	11	4	5.58	+0.09
98	Northwestern	Big Ten	Preston Stone	380	2,455	17	12	5.46	+0.09
99	South Carolina	SEC	LaNorris Sellers	336	2,665	13	8	6.13	+0.08
100	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Aidan Armenta	296	1,975	15	11	5.29	+0.08
101	App State	Sun Belt	AJ Swann	503	3,194	23	14	5.50	+0.08
102	UAB	American Athletic	Jalen Kitna	420	3,060	19	16	5.65	+0.08
103	Akron	Mid-American	Ben Finley	401	2,610	20	8	5.75	+0.08
104	Tulsa	American Athletic	Baylor Hayes	417	2,701	15	9	5.66	+0.08
105	UCF	Big 12	Tayven Jackson	397	2,670	12	8	5.96	+0.07
106	Buffalo	Mid-American	Ta'Quan Roberson	416	2,668	20	13	5.43	+0.07
107	Liberty	Conference USA	Ethan Vasko	305	2,300	11	13	5.62	+0.07
108	San José State	Mountain West	Walker Eget	486	3,383	17	16	5.98	+0.07
109	Virginia Tech	ACC	Kyron Drones	312	2,011	17	9	5.28	+0.06
110	Purdue	Big Ten	Ryan Browne	400	2,549	15	12	5.34	+0.06
111	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Dequan Finn	364	2,559	17	11	5.85	+0.06
112	Oregon State	Pac-12	Maalik Murphy	432	2,757	15	12	5.13	+0.05
113	UCLA	Big Ten	Nico Iamaleava	359	2,003	14	6	4.86	+0.04
114	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Tad Hudson	387	2,215	16	11	4.75	+0.04
115	Florida International	Conference USA	Keyone Jenkins	429	2,798	20	13	5.62	+0.03
116	Troy	Sun Belt	Tucker Kilcrease	427	2,887	21	10	5.24	+0.03
117	Colorado	Big 12	Kaidon Salter	354	2,415	17	10	5.18	+0.03
118	New Mexico State	Conference USA	Logan Fife	493	3,167	18	14	5.15	+0.02
119	Colorado State	Mountain West	Jackson Brousseau	391	2,603	15	12	5.21	+0.02
120	Florida	SEC	DJ Lagway	362	2,418	18	13	5.54	+0.02
121	Charlotte	American Athletic	Grayson Loftis	370	2,380	14	13	4.80	+0.02
122	Syracuse	ACC	Rickie Collins	396	2,581	16	12	5.11	+0.02
123	Rice	American Athletic	Chase Jenkins	214	1,202	10	4	4.69	+0.02
124	Wyoming	Mountain West	Kaden Anderson	398	2,298	14	8	5.05	+0.01
125	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Broc Lowry	307	1,902	9	6	5.14	+0.00
126	San Diego State	Mountain West	Jayden Denegal	289	2,075	10	11	5.46	-0.02
127	West Virginia	Big 12	Scotty Fox Jr.	323	2,224	10	10	5.21	-0.02
128	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Zane Flores	370	2,027	7	9	4.28	-0.06
129	Bowling Green	Mid-American	Drew Pyne	282	1,831	13	12	4.53	-0.07
130	Ball State	Mid-American	Kiael Kelly	272	1,648	11	8	4.02	-0.09
131	Nevada	Mountain West	Carter Jones	300	1,777	10	15	3.84	-0.10
132	Sam Houston	Conference USA	Hunter Watson	394	2,122	13	10	3.91	-0.11
133	UTEP	Conference USA	Skyler Locklear	409	2,551	21	18	4.67	-0.13
134	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Hunter Simmons	271	1,657	9	13	3.62	-0.13
135	Massachusetts	Mid-American	AJ Hairston Jr	418	2,032	8	8	3.60	-0.14
136	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Josh Holst	241	1,190	7	6	3.84	-0.17

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