2. BYU
The Flag-Bearer – Steve Young
The Ensemble – Jim McMahon, Ty Detmer, Marc Wilson, Robbie Bosco, Gifford Nielsen, Virgil Carter, Steve Sarkisian, Gary Sheide, John Walsh, Brandon Doman and Kevin Feterik

No university was more synonymous with prolific passing attacks in the 1970s and 1980s than BYU. Under the innovative eyes of LaVell Edwards and Norm Chow, the Cougars rose to national prominence and cranked out All-American quarterbacks like a Pez dispenser. Nielsen, Wilson, Young, McMahon, Bosco and Detmer all ascended to the height of the sport, bagging a heap of records along the way. Cougar quarterbacks finished in the top 10 of the Heisman vote an unthinkable 11 times between 1974 and 1991.

While the drop-off at the position has been steep since Detmer became the NCAA’s all-time leading passer in 1991, BYU was still home to Walsh, Sarkisian, Feterik and Doman, each of whom threw for more than 3,500 yards at least once over the past decade.