2021 Big Ten Conference Leaders Passing - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/10/2022
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C.J. Stroud | Ohio State | FR | QB | 8 | 257 | 179 | 69.6 | 2552 | 9.9 | 27 | 4 | 184.62 | 32.1 | 319.0 |
| 2 | Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | SO | QB | 9 | 325 | 236 | 72.6 | 2896 | 8.9 | 19 | 2 | 165.53 | 36.1 | 321.8 |
| 3 | Payton Thorne | Mich St | SO | QB | 10 | 273 | 173 | 63.4 | 2524 | 9.2 | 23 | 7 | 163.70 | 27.3 | 252.4 |
| 4 | Aidan O'Connell | Purdue | SR | QB | 8 | 275 | 194 | 70.5 | 2307 | 8.4 | 19 | 9 | 157.27 | 34.4 | 288.4 |
| 5 | Adrian Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 7 | 188 | 112 | 59.6 | 1791 | 9.5 | 9 | 6 | 149.02 | 26.9 | 255.9 |
| 6 | Cade McNamara | Michigan | JR | QB | 10 | 221 | 142 | 64.3 | 1759 | 8.0 | 12 | 1 | 148.13 | 22.1 | 175.9 |
| 7 | Sean Clifford | Penn State | SR | QB | 8 | 242 | 151 | 62.4 | 1887 | 7.8 | 15 | 3 | 145.87 | 30.3 | 235.9 |
| 8 | Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | SR | QB | 11 | 195 | 121 | 62.1 | 1656 | 8.5 | 8 | 9 | 137.69 | 17.7 | 150.5 |
| 9 | Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | SO | QB | 10 | 206 | 132 | 64.1 | 1499 | 7.3 | 7 | 7 | 129.62 | 20.6 | 149.9 |
| 10 | Spencer Petras | Iowa | JR | QB | 10 | 236 | 137 | 58.1 | 1532 | 6.5 | 9 | 6 | 120.09 | 23.6 | 153.2 |
| 11 | Noah Vedral | Rutgers | SR | QB | 9 | 202 | 122 | 60.4 | 1210 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 115.92 | 22.4 | 134.4 |
| 12 | Ryan Hilinski | N'western | SO | QB | 8 | 147 | 81 | 55.1 | 864 | 5.9 | 3 | 3 | 107.14 | 18.4 | 108.0 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 15.0 pass attempts per game played.