College Football Stat Leaders

2022 American College Football Passing Yards Per Game Leaders

Average net passing yards gained per game.

Seasons Covered

2012-2025

Current Leader

SMU (316.7)

Best Season

East Carolina 2014 (371.9)

Scope

American • 2022

Browse Metrics

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Total Yards Per Game Passing Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Points Per Game Offensive PPA Defensive PPA Turnover Margin Havoc Rate

Season Selector

All-Time 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

Conference Selector

All Conferences ACC American Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

Summary

Passing yards per game emphasizes how much vertical and intermediate production a team can sustain once sacks are baked into the equation, so it usually favors offenses that can generate chunk plays without becoming one-dimensional.

Passing Yards Per Game pages track American teams in 2022 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2023 through 2025.

SMU sits atop the current leaderboard at 316.7, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

North Texas owns the strongest average across 3 seasons at 316.8, while Florida Atlantic anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

SMU currently headlines this route, while Florida Atlantic supplies the most recent yearly-winner checkpoint in 2025, giving the page both snapshot and trend context.

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Passing Yards Per Game Reads

Passing yards per game highlights how aggressively a team can move the ball through the air after sacks and negative plays are accounted for, which separates explosive passing attacks from volume-only offenses. On this 2022 leaderboard, the visible range runs 316.7 to 280.1, with SMU setting the pace.

American Context

American teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Florida Atlantic is the latest winner at 340.5.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 SMU to No. 5 Memphis is 36.6, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 328.2 in 2024 to 340.5 in 2025, a swing of 12.3. SMU's current mark of 316.7 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 316.8 held by North Texas.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.


1	SMU	American Athletic Conference	2022	316.7
2	Houston	American Athletic Conference	2022	314.0
3	UTSA	American Athletic	2022	300.4
4	East Carolina	American Athletic Conference	2022	290.5
5	Memphis	American Athletic Conference	2022	280.1
6	Tulsa	American Athletic Conference	2022	273.2
7	Temple	American Athletic Conference	2022	268.1
8	Cincinnati	American Athletic Conference	2022	242.7
9	UCF	American Athletic Conference	2022	241.2
10	Tulane	American Athletic Conference	2022	236.6
11	South Florida	American Athletic Conference	2022	192.9
12	Navy	American Athletic Conference	2022	85.8

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference	Value
2025	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic Conference	340.5
2024	North Texas	American Athletic Conference	328.2
2023	Memphis	American Athletic Conference	306.5
2022	SMU	American Athletic Conference	316.7
2021	SMU	American Athletic Conference	304.5
2020	UCF	American Athletic Conference	352.1
2019	UCF	American Athletic Conference	316.7
2018	Houston	American Athletic Conference	295.5
2017	Memphis	American Athletic Conference	335.0
2016	East Carolina	American Athletic Conference	334.7
2015	Cincinnati	American Athletic Conference	359.9
2014	East Carolina	American Athletic Conference	371.9
2013	SMU	American Athletic Conference	341.4
2012	UTSA	American Athletic	231.0

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	North Texas	2025, 2024, 2023	316.8	2024 (328.2)
2	Louisville	2013	314.0	2013 (314.0)
3	East Carolina	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014	280.9	2014 (371.9)
4	SMU	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	280.3	2013 (341.4)
5	Memphis	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	276.1	2017 (335.0)
6	UAB	2025, 2024, 2023	272.0	2023 (288.9)
7	Houston	2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	266.7	2022 (314.0)
8	UCF	2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	261.9	2020 (352.1)
9	Cincinnati	2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	256.2	2015 (359.9)
10	Florida Atlantic	2025, 2024, 2023	254.9	2025 (340.5)
11	Tulsa	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014	244.7	2015 (333.2)
12	Rutgers	2013	235.6	2013 (235.6)
13	Temple	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	231.4	2023 (276.7)
14	UTSA	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012	224.0	2022 (300.4)
15	South Florida	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	217.0	2025 (275.6)
16	UConn	2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	207.8	2017 (269.2)
17	Charlotte	2025, 2024, 2023	198.6	2024 (224.1)
18	Tulane	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014	197.5	2025 (245.1)
19	Rice	2025, 2024, 2023	196.4	2023 (252.5)
20	Navy	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015	97.4	2025 (130.0)
21	Army	2025, 2024	80.7	2025 (80.8)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the American passing yards per game leaderboard in 2022?

SMU ranks first at 316.7 in 2022.

Which American program has the best long-term passing yards per game profile?

North Texas owns the strongest all-time average at 316.8 across 3 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the American race compare with the recent trend?

Florida Atlantic is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.