What Is a Good College Passer Rating? Answered with every college season in our data, 2011-2026

In 2025, college teams had a passer rating of 91.8 overall. Among the 120 qualified quarterbacks the median was 93.4, the top quarter reached 102.8 or better and the top tenth 109.8 or better. So a good passer rating is about 102.8 or higher, and an elite one 109.8 or higher.

Passer rating is the NFL's official formula (completion percentage, yards per attempt, touchdown rate and interception rate, each capped, scaled so a perfect game is 158.3). For college games we apply the same formula so the two leagues can be compared; the NCAA's own passing efficiency formula is on the NCAA Passing Efficiency leaderboard.

Passer Rating by Season

Season	All college teams	Median QB	Top quarter	Top tenth	Qualified QBs
2011	87.8	88.0	98.4	109.2	107
2012	89.0	91.1	100.8	108.3	112
2013	87.1	89.8	98.4	111.0	123
2014	87.0	90.9	98.0	104.0	119
2015	87.7	89.4	100.3	108.5	116
2016	88.9	90.3	99.8	108.5	112
2017	88.6	91.1	99.9	107.6	119
2018	90.3	91.1	101.5	109.0	121
2019	92.2	95.1	103.4	111.0	110
2020	91.6	93.4	104.1	117.1	91
2021	93.4	95.2	105.7	110.3	119
2022	92.4	92.8	102.7	112.1	119
2023	93.3	94.1	103.1	110.7	123
2024	92.0	92.1	100.6	109.0	123
2025	91.8	93.4	102.8	109.8	120
2026 (in progress)	94.7	94.4	107.1	118.1	125

Qualified quarterbacks only (the minimum attempts for each season are on the NFL Passer Rating leaderboard). All college teams in our data, 2011-2026. The 2026 season is included through Week 10.

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