Breaking down the numbers against AP top 25 opponents, we see that Noah Fifita of Arizona had a strong season with 16 touchdowns in those six games. Fifita filled in for Jayden De Laura late in the game against Stanford and took over the starting role against Washington. Fifita performed quite well and never relinquished the starting job back to De Laura.
The Pac-12 has a large portion of the quarterbacks on this list that performed well against top 25 teams. Along with Fifita, Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders, Washington QB Michael Penix Jr, Washington State QB Cameron Ward, and Oregon QB Bo Nix all qualified as top passers.
Sanders was not only among the most productive passers, but he was also among the leaders in sacks taken. He was sacked 28 times for a total of 250 yards lost. Ward was among the most sacked passers as well with 16 sacks for 91 yards lost.
Bo Nix and Michael Penix Jr are set to face one more top 25 team as they go head-to-head on Friday night in Las Vegas for the Pac-12 championship. The winner is almost certainly in for the College Football Playoffs.
Here is how the top quarterbacks performed, sorted by touchdown passes.
| Quarterback | Games | Comp% | Yards | YPA | TDs | INTs |
| Noah Fifita | 6 | 74.9 | 1,705 | 8.1 | 16 | 4 |
| Shedeur Sanders | 6 | 67.8 | 1,764 | 7.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Carson Beck | 4 | 74.6 | 1,247 | 10.2 | 11 | 2 |
| Jayden Daniels | 4 | 66.9 | 1,238 | 10.5 | 10 | 2 |
| Michael Penix Jr | 4 | 59.1 | 1,052 | 7.7 | 10 | 2 |
| Tyler Van Dyke | 4 | 62.9 | 1,121 | 9.0 | 10 | 3 |
| Cameron Ward | 4 | 70.4 | 1,371 | 8.5 | 10 | 2 |
| Devin Leary | 5 | 55.1 | 933 | 6.8 | 9 | 2 |
| Bo Nix | 4 | 79.7 | 1,228 | 8.3 | 9 | 1 |
One quarterback that was surprisingly not among the top players was USC Trojans gunslinger Caleb Williams. He finished with just 5 touchdown and 3 interceptions in four games against AP top 25 teams.