Record: 36-44-1, .451 W-L% (9th of 12) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: -0.43 (8th of 12) ▪ SOS: 1.25 (6th of 12)
Conference Champion: Clemson
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Clemson and North Carolina)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Clemson and South Carolina)
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Johnny Saunders | South Carolina | 128 | 653 | 5.1 | 6 | 128 | 653 | 5.1 | 6 | ||||
| 2 | George Usry | Clemson | 88 | 426 | 4.8 | 4 | 18 | 171 | 9.5 | 0 | 106 | 597 | 5.6 | 4 |
| 3 | Emil DeCantis | North Carolina | 78 | 371 | 4.8 | 1 | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 1 | 86 | 435 | 5.1 | 2 |
| 4 | Alex Hawkins | South Carolina | 100 | 474 | 4.7 | 3 | 10 | 141 | 14.1 | 0 | 110 | 615 | 5.6 | 3 |
| 5 | Neil MacLean | Wake Forest | 139 | 624 | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 140 | 627 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 6 | Ken Trowbridge | North Carolina State | 113 | 495 | 4.4 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 119 | 519 | 4.4 | 2 |
| 7 | Doug Cline | Clemson | 103 | 450 | 4.4 | 2 | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | 104 | 444 | 4.3 | 2 |
| 8 | Wade Smith | North Carolina | 102 | 449 | 4.4 | 3 | 11 | 194 | 17.6 | 2 | 113 | 643 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 9 | Jim Joyce | Maryland | 97 | 406 | 4.2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 99 | 405 | 4.1 | 1 |
| 10 | Rudy Hayes | Clemson | 86 | 365 | 4.2 | 0 | 86 | 365 | 4.2 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Danny Lee | Duke | 68 | 286 | 4.2 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 1 | 72 | 310 | 4.3 | 2 |
| 12 | King Dixon | South Carolina | 79 | 323 | 4.1 | 2 | 10 | 189 | 18.9 | 3 | 89 | 512 | 5.8 | 5 |
| 13 | Bill Mathis | Clemson | 70 | 290 | 4.1 | 2 | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 2 | 78 | 446 | 5.7 | 4 |
| 14 | Wray Carlton | Duke | 164 | 636 | 3.9 | 6 | 17 | 189 | 11.1 | 2 | 181 | 825 | 4.6 | 8 |
| 15 | George Dutrow | Duke | 112 | 442 | 3.9 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | 116 | 503 | 4.3 | 2 |
| 16 | Arnold Nelson | North Carolina State | 84 | 325 | 3.9 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 88 | 348 | 4.0 | 4 |
| 17 | Ron Podwika | North Carolina State | 68 | 221 | 3.3 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | 72 | 262 | 3.6 | 2 |
| 18 | Harvey White | Clemson | 83 | 268 | 3.2 | 5 | 83 | 268 | 3.2 | 5 | ||||
| 19 | Bobby Bunch | South Carolina | 85 | 235 | 2.8 | 5 | 85 | 235 | 2.8 | 5 | ||||
| 20 | John Barger | Virginia | 73 | 198 | 2.7 | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | 80 | 210 | 2.6 | 0 | |