2026 Top Passing Schools Best FBS Passing Offenses

The whole passing game, not just the quarterback. All 138 offenses ranked by EPA per dropback; South Florida ranked first in 2026.

All 138 Offenses

Rk	School	Conf	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	South Florida	American Athletic	Michael Van Buren Jr.	4	59	1	0	19.75	+2.03
2	Miami	ACC	Darian Mensah	156	1,653	18	1	12.06	+0.72
3	Indiana	Big Ten	Josh Hoover	114	1,173	17	0	12.32	+0.66
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	Julian Sayin	160	1,785	16	4	11.17	+0.62
5	Memphis	American Athletic	Marcus Stokes	131	1,419	16	4	10.86	+0.57
6	Georgia	SEC	Gunner Stockton	137	1,327	17	1	11.21	+0.57
7	App State	Sun Belt	Malachi Singleton	142	1,277	8	0	9.80	+0.53
8	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	CJ Carr	142	1,334	14	1	10.97	+0.53
9	Texas State	Pac-12	Brad Jackson	145	1,343	14	3	9.86	+0.51
10	USC	Big Ten	Jayden Maiava	204	1,857	15	4	9.22	+0.51
11	Missouri	SEC	Austin Simmons	152	1,366	13	0	10.37	+0.51
12	Alabama	SEC	Keelon Russell	136	1,411	11	2	10.14	+0.50
13	Houston	Big 12	Conner Weigman	142	1,254	13	1	9.99	+0.50
14	Louisville	ACC	Lincoln Kienholz	145	1,439	10	1	10.02	+0.49
15	Florida	SEC	Aaron Philo	143	1,374	10	3	9.43	+0.49
16	North Texas	American Athletic	Tayven Jackson	182	1,716	12	4	9.50	+0.48
17	Northwestern	Big Ten	Aidan Chiles	89	889	6	0	9.98	+0.46
18	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	David McComb	136	1,354	8	2	9.37	+0.46
19	SMU	ACC	Kevin Jennings	171	1,700	16	5	9.85	+0.46
20	Pittsburgh	ACC	Mason Heintschel	179	1,547	17	1	9.84	+0.45
21	Oregon State	Pac-12	Braden Atkinson	206	1,932	18	2	10.14	+0.44
22	Georgia State	Sun Belt	Cameran Brown	150	1,297	13	5	8.66	+0.44
23	Duke	ACC	Walker Eget	106	885	9	1	9.62	+0.43
24	James Madison	Sun Belt	Camden Coleman	146	1,168	13	2	8.67	+0.42
25	Purdue	Big Ten	Ryan Browne	170	1,526	9	1	8.63	+0.42
26	Boise State	Pac-12	Maddux Madsen	131	1,054	11	0	9.20	+0.42
27	Wake Forest	ACC	Gio Lopez	156	1,432	10	1	9.35	+0.41
28	Oregon	Big Ten	Dante Moore	147	1,397	14	0	10.66	+0.41
29	Toledo	Mid-American	John Alan Richter	160	1,423	14	1	10.12	+0.40
30	Mississippi State	SEC	Kamario Taylor	168	1,519	18	4	9.30	+0.40
31	Utah	Big 12	Devon Dampier	118	1,062	11	1	10.10	+0.40
32	Nebraska	Big Ten	Anthony Colandrea	155	1,211	14	2	8.75	+0.40
33	Kansas State	Big 12	Avery Johnson	138	913	7	1	7.30	+0.38
34	Virginia Tech	ACC	Ethan Grunkemeyer	190	1,561	12	2	8.43	+0.37
35	Ole Miss	SEC	Trinidad Chambliss	153	1,290	8	4	7.96	+0.36
36	LSU	SEC	Sam Leavitt	179	1,538	9	7	7.35	+0.35
37	Fresno State	Pac-12	Jayden Mandal	140	1,048	6	1	7.85	+0.35
38	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	Caden Creel	130	1,158	9	4	8.47	+0.34
39	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Jared Hollins	140	1,229	10	1	9.32	+0.34
40	Massachusetts	Mid-American	William Watson III	104	831	7	2	8.00	+0.34
41	NC State	ACC	CJ Bailey	163	1,271	9	4	7.20	+0.33
42	Rutgers	Big Ten	Dylan Lonergan	145	1,296	13	8	7.36	+0.32
43	West Virginia	Big 12	Michael Hawkins Jr.	87	868	8	1	10.17	+0.32
44	North Dakota State	Mountain West	Nathan Hayes	122	1,034	7	2	8.07	+0.32
45	Marshall	Sun Belt	Carlos Del Rio-Wilson	167	1,204	6	4	6.54	+0.30
46	UConn	FBS Independents	Kalieb Osborne	149	1,350	11	3	8.94	+0.30
47	Liberty	Conference USA	Deshawn Purdie	115	1,043	10	0	9.75	+0.30
48	Penn State	Big Ten	Rocco Becht	150	1,198	10	3	7.93	+0.30
49	Arizona	Big 12	Noah Fifita	177	1,451	13	5	7.33	+0.29
50	Virginia	ACC	Beau Pribula	143	1,179	16	1	8.40	+0.29
51	Cincinnati	Big 12	JC French IV	131	980	6	0	7.72	+0.29
52	Illinois	Big Ten	Katin Houser	158	1,246	11	3	7.91	+0.28
53	Kentucky	SEC	Kenny Minchey	142	1,146	11	1	8.37	+0.27
54	TCU	Big 12	Jaden Craig	155	1,381	8	4	7.72	+0.27
55	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Drew Mestemaker	148	1,310	12	5	8.84	+0.27
56	Oklahoma	SEC	John Mateer	110	885	8	4	7.11	+0.26
57	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	Caden Veltkamp	193	1,518	12	2	8.05	+0.25
58	Texas	SEC	Arch Manning	123	919	7	3	6.51	+0.25
59	Sam Houston	Conference USA	Landyn Locke	150	1,232	12	3	8.24	+0.25
60	Kansas	Big 12	Isaiah Marshall	114	971	6	3	7.92	+0.24
61	San José State	Mountain West	Luke Weaver	173	1,278	11	5	6.88	+0.24
62	Iowa State	Big 12	Jaylen Raynor	122	951	8	3	7.54	+0.24
63	Texas Tech	Big 12	Will Hammond	146	1,101	7	6	6.07	+0.23
64	Baylor	Big 12	DJ Lagway	201	1,438	13	5	6.86	+0.23
65	Louisiana	Sun Belt	Lunch Winfield	119	901	2	3	6.24	+0.23
66	Missouri State	Conference USA	Skyler Locklear	105	841	5	2	7.19	+0.23
67	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	Max Johnson	196	1,296	8	1	6.78	+0.23
68	Colorado State	Pac-12	K'saan Farrar	191	1,382	14	4	7.58	+0.22
69	Washington	Big Ten	Demond Williams Jr.	165	1,340	12	3	7.79	+0.22
70	UTSA	American Athletic	Owen McCown	154	1,057	8	2	7.02	+0.22
71	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Colton Joseph	142	1,132	10	4	7.85	+0.21
72	Florida State	ACC	Ashton Daniels	118	1,123	6	6	6.82	+0.21
73	Temple	American Athletic	Ajani Sheppard	95	747	7	1	7.90	+0.21
74	Michigan	Big Ten	Bryce Underwood	117	904	6	4	6.56	+0.20
75	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	Trey Kukuk	111	904	9	2	8.10	+0.20
76	North Carolina	ACC	Billy Edwards Jr.	111	831	6	3	6.57	+0.20
77	Arizona State	Big 12	Cutter Boley	134	1,084	10	2	8.34	+0.20
78	BYU	Big 12	Bear Bachmeier	89	719	6	2	7.93	+0.18
79	Vanderbilt	SEC	Jared Curtis	149	1,132	5	4	6.57	+0.18
80	Georgia Tech	ACC	Alberto Mendoza	123	978	6	3	6.79	+0.18
81	South Carolina	SEC	LaNorris Sellers	167	1,138	9	4	6.39	+0.18
82	Minnesota	Big Ten	Drake Lindsey	165	1,153	8	4	6.65	+0.17
83	East Carolina	American Athletic	Mitch Griffis	114	824	7	3	6.59	+0.17
84	Stanford	ACC	Davis Warren	181	1,239	5	1	6.56	+0.17
85	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Deuce Bailey	155	1,207	12	2	7.47	+0.16
86	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	Roman Gagliano	156	913	8	1	6.25	+0.16
87	Army	American Athletic	Cale Hellums	53	380	3	1	6.98	+0.15
88	UNLV	Mountain West	Jackson Arnold	141	1,084	8	2	6.97	+0.14
89	Iowa	Big Ten	Hank Brown	160	1,047	6	2	6.40	+0.13
90	UCLA	Big Ten	Nico Iamaleava	100	811	4	2	7.20	+0.13
91	New Mexico State	Conference USA	Trey Hedden	167	1,248	9	6	6.45	+0.13
92	Bowling Green	Mid-American	Jay Kastantin	133	874	4	2	6.18	+0.12
93	New Mexico	Mountain West	Toa Fa'avae	102	887	8	1	8.13	+0.12
94	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Trey Owens	132	1,038	5	4	6.70	+0.11
95	Syracuse	ACC	Steve Angeli	153	1,127	10	6	6.15	+0.11
96	Ball State	Mid-American	Keldric Luster	152	871	6	3	5.03	+0.11
97	Arkansas	SEC	KJ Jackson	187	1,214	7	4	5.58	+0.11
98	Hawai'i	Mountain West	Micah Alejado	222	1,333	5	3	5.28	+0.10
99	UAB	American Athletic	Ryder Burton	112	804	4	3	5.43	+0.10
100	Ohio	Mid-American	Matt Vezza	118	781	7	3	5.98	+0.10
101	Colorado	Big 12	Julian Lewis	180	1,258	8	5	5.91	+0.09
102	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	Noah Kim	202	1,165	8	3	5.51	+0.09
103	Tennessee	SEC	Faizon Brandon	124	872	8	1	6.67	+0.09
104	Florida International	Conference USA	JJ Kohl	152	1,176	6	6	6.50	+0.08
105	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	Rodney Tisdale Jr.	180	1,151	7	3	5.70	+0.08
106	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	Rickie Collins	127	799	2	2	5.53	+0.07
107	California	ACC	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele	211	1,495	10	5	6.56	+0.07
108	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Broc Lowry	119	796	5	1	6.41	+0.06
109	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	Aidan Armenta	164	1,167	9	4	6.44	+0.06
110	Delaware	Conference USA	Nick Minicucci	168	1,277	8	6	6.13	+0.06
111	Tulsa	American Athletic	Baylor Hayes	157	881	7	1	5.71	+0.05
112	Buffalo	Mid-American	Jason Wright	160	806	7	3	4.76	+0.05
113	Maryland	Big Ten	Malik Washington	205	1,386	9	5	6.21	+0.04
114	Troy	Sun Belt	Goose Crowder	135	828	7	4	5.44	+0.04
115	UCF	Big 12	Keyone Jenkins	128	891	6	3	6.26	+0.03
116	Air Force	Mountain West	Liam Szarka	48	372	3	4	4.76	+0.03
117	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	Taron Dickens	138	884	4	2	5.10	+0.02
118	Auburn	SEC	Byrum Brown	163	1,081	8	7	4.70	+0.02
119	Tulane	American Athletic	Kadin Semonza	106	706	3	1	5.71	+0.02
120	Boston College	ACC	Mason McKenzie	139	968	5	5	5.17	+0.02
121	Texas A&M	SEC	Marcel Reed	156	928	7	5	4.74	-0.00
122	Kent State	Mid-American	Dru DeShields	133	801	3	6	4.04	-0.01
123	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	Ethan Hampton	141	966	6	5	5.55	-0.01
124	Clemson	ACC	Tait Reynolds	152	920	2	5	3.95	-0.01
125	Akron	Mid-American	Brayden Roggow	161	978	7	5	4.55	-0.03
126	Sacramento State	Mid-American	Jackson Sharman	190	1,086	5	6	4.54	-0.04
127	Rice	American Athletic	Jacurri Brown	71	420	2	1	4.99	-0.04
128	Wyoming	Mountain West	Tyler Hughes	111	701	2	6	3.72	-0.04
129	Michigan State	Big Ten	Alessio Milivojevic	139	899	3	4	4.44	-0.06
130	Nevada	Mountain West	Carter Jones	106	723	4	5	5.01	-0.06
131	Charlotte	American Athletic	Cole Gonzales	146	886	3	7	4.01	-0.07
132	Navy	American Athletic	Jackson Gutierrez	58	415	3	1	6.02	-0.07
133	Utah State	Pac-12	Grady Brosterhous	154	931	8	10	3.30	-0.10
134	UTEP	Mountain West	EJ Colson Jr.	94	607	6	4	4.16	-0.12
135	San Diego State	Pac-12	Jayden Denegal	132	768	6	5	4.36	-0.13
136	Central Michigan	Mid-American	Angel Flores	87	424	2	4	2.74	-0.15
137	Washington State	Pac-12	Caden Pinnick	141	796	3	5	3.55	-0.15
138	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	Quinn Henicle	120	724	4	3	4.02	-0.16

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