College Football Stat Leaders
Average net passing yards gained per game.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
Bowling Green (366.8)
Best Season
Bowling Green 2015 (366.8)
Scope
MAC
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
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 MAC leaderboard, the visible range runs 366.8 to 328.4, with Bowling Green setting the pace.
MAC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Toledo is the latest winner at 238.1.
The gap from No. 1 Bowling Green to No. 5 Miami (OH) is 38.4, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 253.1 in 2024 to 238.1 in 2025, a swing of 15.0. Bowling Green's current mark of 366.8 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 246.8 held by Western Michigan.
Top 25 rows for the current route scope.
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Toledo | Mid-American Conference | 238.1 |
| 2024 | Toledo | Mid-American Conference | 253.1 |
| 2023 | Toledo | Mid-American Conference | 220.2 |
| 2022 | Ohio | Mid-American Conference | 278.1 |
| 2021 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American Conference | 278.5 |
| 2020 | Toledo | Mid-American Conference | 325.8 |
| 2019 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American Conference | 283.2 |
| 2018 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 298.0 |
| 2017 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 297.5 |
| 2016 | Toledo | Mid-American Conference | 322.8 |
| 2015 | Bowling Green | Mid-American Conference | 366.8 |
| 2014 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 311.8 |
| 2013 | Ball State | Mid-American Conference | 324.2 |
| 2012 | Akron | Mid-American Conference | 312.8 |
| 2011 | Western Michigan | Mid-American Conference | 336.7 |
| 2010 | Central Michigan | Mid-American Conference | 301.5 |
| 2009 | Bowling Green | Mid-American Conference | 329.4 |
| 2008 | Central Michigan | Mid-American Conference | 305.7 |
| 2007 | Bowling Green | Mid-American Conference | 296.2 |
| 2006 | Ball State | Mid-American Conference | 276.8 |
| 2005 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American Conference | 305.2 |
| 2004 | Bowling Green | Mid-American Conference | 346.2 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Michigan | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 246.8 | 2011 (336.7) |
| 2 | Toledo | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 246.4 | 2020 (325.8) |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 241.8 | 2015 (366.8) |
| 4 | Central Michigan | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 241.6 | 2008 (305.7) |
| 5 | Miami (OH) | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 238.0 | 2011 (328.4) |
| 6 | Marshall | 2004 | 224.8 | 2004 (224.8) |
| 7 | Ball State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 224.7 | 2013 (324.2) |
| 8 | Akron | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 222.3 | 2012 (312.8) |
| 9 | Eastern Michigan | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 216.7 | 2016 (296.1) |
| 10 | UCF | 2004 | 214.5 | 2004 (214.5) |
| 11 | Buffalo | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 212.3 | 2017 (290.8) |
| 12 | Ohio | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 207.8 | 2022 (278.1) |
| 13 | Massachusetts | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 206.1 | 2014 (311.8) |
| 14 | Northern Illinois | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 199.4 | 2005 (252.4) |
| 15 | Kent State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 197.8 | 2020 (323.5) |
| 16 | Temple | 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 | 183.9 | 2008 (220.2) |
Bowling Green ranks first at 366.8.
Western Michigan owns the strongest all-time average at 246.8 across 22 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Toledo 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.