Record: 40-49-0, .449 W-L% (10th of 13) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: -0.73 (8th of 13) ▪ SOS: 1.09 (6th of 13)
Conference Champion: North Carolina
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Ken Garrett | Wake Forest | 129 | 864 | 6.7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 133 | 883 | 6.6 | 5 |
| 2 | Lewis Jolley | North Carolina | 117 | 712 | 6.1 | 7 | 23 | 367 | 16.0 | 4 | 140 | 1079 | 7.7 | 11 |
| 3 | Larry Hopkins | Wake Forest | 249 | 1228 | 4.9 | 5 | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 251 | 1224 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 4 | Gary Johnson | Wake Forest | 75 | 369 | 4.9 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 1 | 78 | 406 | 5.2 | 1 |
| 5 | Steve Jones | Duke | 193 | 861 | 4.5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 196 | 865 | 4.4 | 6 |
| 6 | Kent Merritt | Virginia | 188 | 839 | 4.5 | 3 | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 1 | 197 | 912 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 7 | Charlie Young | North Carolina State | 85 | 385 | 4.5 | 2 | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 1 | 93 | 521 | 5.6 | 3 |
| 8 | Geof Hamlin | North Carolina | 134 | 594 | 4.4 | 3 | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 0 | 141 | 663 | 4.7 | 3 |
| 9 | Ike Oglesby | North Carolina | 118 | 504 | 4.3 | 5 | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 1 | 119 | 562 | 4.7 | 6 |
| 10 | Billy Ray Rice | South Carolina | 73 | 317 | 4.3 | 0 | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 0 | 82 | 388 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 11 | Willie Burden | North Carolina State | 227 | 910 | 4.0 | 8 | 22 | 222 | 10.1 | 0 | 249 | 1132 | 4.5 | 8 |
| 12 | Monte Hinkle | Maryland | 117 | 457 | 3.9 | 2 | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 0 | 124 | 547 | 4.4 | 2 |
| 13 | Billy Hite | North Carolina | 91 | 342 | 3.8 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 94 | 380 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 14 | Wade Hughes | Clemson | 87 | 330 | 3.8 | 1 | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 0 | 94 | 401 | 4.3 | 1 |
| 15 | Rick Gilstrap | Clemson | 144 | 514 | 3.6 | 4 | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 146 | 510 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 16 | Smiley Sanders | Clemson | 111 | 386 | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 112 | 395 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 17 | Heide Davis | Clemson | 90 | 318 | 3.5 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 95 | 355 | 3.7 | 1 |
| 18 | John Johnston | Duke | 82 | 286 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 84 | 307 | 3.7 | 0 |
| 19 | Tommy Simmons | South Carolina | 126 | 430 | 3.4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 131 | 443 | 3.4 | 7 |
| 20 | Larry Russell | Wake Forest | 256 | 803 | 3.1 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 257 | 813 | 3.2 | 15 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | School | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 21 | Art Seymore | Maryland | 103 | 309 | 3.0 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | 109 | 346 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 22 | Paul Miller | North Carolina | 104 | 261 | 2.5 | 6 | 104 | 261 | 2.5 | 6 | ||||
| 23 | Rich Searl | Duke | 75 | 186 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 76 | 214 | 2.8 | 1 |
| 24 | Larry Albert | Virginia | 80 | 158 | 2.0 | 2 | 80 | 158 | 2.0 | 2 | ||||
| 25 | Harrison Davis | Virginia | 93 | 139 | 1.5 | 2 | 93 | 139 | 1.5 | 2 | ||||
| 26 | Al Neville | Maryland | 82 | -10 | -0.1 | 4 | 82 | -10 | -0.1 | 4 | ||||