College Football Stat Leaders

2023 Pac-12 College Football Passing Yards Per Game Leaders

Average net passing yards gained per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Oregon (346.9)

Best Season

Washington State 2014 (477.7)

Scope

Pac-12 • 2023

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

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 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Conference Selector

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

Summary

When a team rises to the top of passing yards per game, it usually means the offense can keep throwing efficiency alive across downs and field position, which is why this page pairs single-season leaders with longer historical context.

Passing Yards Per Game pages track Pac-12 teams in 2023 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2004 through 2025.

Oregon sits atop the current leaderboard at 346.9, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

Washington State owns the strongest average across 22 seasons at 308.8, while Oregon State anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Oregon currently headlines this route, while Oregon State 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 2023 leaderboard, the visible range runs 346.9 to 308.3, with Oregon setting the pace.

Pac-12 Context

Pac-12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Oregon State is the latest winner at 225.4.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Oregon to No. 5 Arizona is 38.6, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 276.1 in 2024 to 225.4 in 2025, a swing of 50.7. Oregon's current mark of 346.9 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 308.8 held by Washington State.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.


1	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	2023	346.9
2	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	2023	343.7
3	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	2023	335.7
4	USC	Pac-12 Conference	2023	333.0
5	Arizona	Pac-12 Conference	2023	308.3
6	Colorado	Pac-12 Conference	2023	294.7
7	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	2023	242.2
8	Stanford	Pac-12 Conference	2023	233.0
9	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	2023	229.2
10	California	Pac-12 Conference	2023	218.2
11	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	2023	210.3
12	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	2023	165.8

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference	Value
2025	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	225.4
2024	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	276.1
2023	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	346.9
2022	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	369.8
2021	USC	Pac-12 Conference	298.3
2020	USC	Pac-12 Conference	319.3
2019	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	436.8
2018	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	373.5
2017	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	366.8
2016	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	362.5
2015	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	389.2
2014	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	477.7
2013	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	372.6
2012	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	330.4
2011	Arizona	Pac-12 Conference	386.1
2010	Arizona	Pac-12 Conference	324.7
2009	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	288.3
2008	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	261.8
2007	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	335.1
2006	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	274.8
2005	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	391.8
2004	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	338.2

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Washington State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	308.8	2014 (477.7)
2	USC	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	293.8	2019 (335.8)
3	Arizona State	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	264.1	2005 (391.8)
4	Arizona	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	257.0	2011 (386.1)
5	Oregon	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	251.0	2023 (346.9)
6	California	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	250.4	2015 (376.3)
7	Oregon State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	249.4	2013 (372.6)
8	UCLA	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	245.1	2017 (341.5)
9	Washington	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	239.9	2022 (369.8)
10	Colorado	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	232.6	2023 (294.7)
11	Stanford	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	230.1	2020 (287.7)
12	Utah	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	211.3	2017 (249.4)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Pac-12 passing yards per game leaderboard in 2023?

Oregon ranks first at 346.9 in 2023.

Which Pac-12 program has the best long-term passing yards per game profile?

Washington State owns the strongest all-time average at 308.8 across 22 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Pac-12 race compare with the recent trend?

Oregon State 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.