Record: 162-121-0, .572 W-L% (2nd of 10) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 3.09 (4th of 10) ▪ SOS: 0.83 (6th of 10)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 6 (Florida State, Miami (FL), Notre Dame, Penn State, South Carolina and West Virginia)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Florida State, Miami (FL), Notre Dame, Syracuse and West Virginia)
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| Rk | Player | School | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Major Harris* | West Virginia | 105 | 186 | 56.5 | 1915 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 14 | 8 | 159.2 | 134 | 610 | 4.6 | 6 |
| 2 | Chip Ferguson | Florida State | 122 | 194 | 62.9 | 1714 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 16 | 11 | 153.0 | 18 | -8 | -0.4 | 0 |
| 3 | Todd Philcox* | Syracuse | 157 | 257 | 61.1 | 2206 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 17 | 11 | 146.5 | 81 | 5 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 4 | Mark Kamphaus | Boston College | 100 | 158 | 63.3 | 1323 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 7 | 9 | 136.9 | 23 | -11 | -0.5 | 2 |
| 5 | Steve Walsh | Miami (FL) | 233 | 390 | 59.7 | 3115 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 29 | 12 | 145.2 | 15 | -33 | -2.2 | 0 |
| 6 | Matt Baker | Temple | 101 | 193 | 52.3 | 1539 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 15 | 11 | 133.6 | 98 | 76 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 7 | Darnell Dickerson | Pittsburgh | 104 | 213 | 48.8 | 1599 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7 | 8 | 115.2 | 126 | 555 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 8 | Mike Johnson | Akron | 142 | 299 | 47.5 | 2170 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 11 | 15 | 110.6 | 103 | 262 | 2.5 | 5 |
| 9 | Brett Favre | Southern Mississippi | 178 | 319 | 55.8 | 2271 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 16 | 5 | 129.0 | 51 | -15 | -0.3 | 0 |
| 10 | Terrence Jones | Tulane | 162 | 329 | 49.2 | 2305 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 15 | 18 | 112.2 | 164 | 454 | 2.8 | 5 |
| 11 | Jay Gruden | Louisville | 224 | 382 | 58.6 | 2605 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 17 | 18 | 121.2 | 56 | -182 | -3.3 | 1 |
| 12 | T.J. Rubley | Tulsa | 182 | 374 | 48.7 | 2497 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 17 | 20 | 109.1 | 45 | -81 | -1.8 | 0 |
| 13 | Brian Mitchell | Louisiana-Lafayette | 129 | 273 | 47.3 | 1807 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 8 | 9 | 105.9 | 180 | 743 | 4.1 | 15 |
| 14 | Scott Erney | Rutgers | 188 | 339 | 55.5 | 2123 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 13 | 15 | 111.9 | 42 | 69 | 1.6 | 2 |
| 15 | Glenn Farkas | Cincinnati | 114 | 204 | 55.9 | 1279 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 8 | 7 | 114.6 | 52 | -96 | -1.8 | 1 |
| 16 | Todd Ellis* | South Carolina | 198 | 391 | 50.6 | 2353 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 9 | 21 | 98.0 | 38 | -188 | -4.9 | 0 |
| 17 | Will Furrer | Virginia Tech | 128 | 279 | 45.9 | 1384 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 6 | 16 | 83.2 | 58 | -87 | -1.5 | 0 |
| 18 | Conroy Hines | Louisiana Tech | 116 | 262 | 44.3 | 1286 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5 | 6 | 87.2 | 42 | -236 | -5.6 | 0 |
| 19 | Gene Johnson | Louisiana Tech | 75 | 183 | 41.0 | 870 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 4 | 13 | 73.9 | 32 | -83 | -2.6 | 0 |