Record: 149-138-8, .519 W-L% (6th of 10) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 0.23 (7th of 10) ▪ SOS: -0.51 (7th of 10)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 6 (Florida State, Miami (FL), Notre Dame, Penn State, Pittsburgh and West Virginia)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Florida State, Louisville, Miami (FL), Notre Dame and Penn State)
| Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Rick Mirer | Notre Dame | 110 | 200 | 55.0 | 1824 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 8 | 6 | 138.8 | 98 | 198 | 2.0 | 6 |
| 2 | Casey Weldon | Florida State | 112 | 182 | 61.5 | 1600 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 12 | 4 | 152.7 | 29 | 21 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 3 | Craig Erickson | Miami (FL) | 225 | 393 | 57.3 | 3363 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 22 | 7 | 144.0 | 46 | 26 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 4 | Marvin Graves | Syracuse | 115 | 200 | 57.5 | 1711 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 9 | 11 | 133.2 | 115 | 155 | 1.3 | 5 |
| 5 | Browning Nagle | Louisville | 146 | 263 | 55.5 | 2150 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 16 | 11 | 135.9 | 43 | -50 | -1.2 | 1 |
| 6 | Bobby Fuller | South Carolina | 171 | 294 | 58.2 | 2372 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 13 | 9 | 134.4 | 57 | -162 | -2.8 | 0 |
| 7 | Tony Sacca | Penn State | 122 | 249 | 49.0 | 1866 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 10 | 9 | 118.0 | 51 | 137 | 2.7 | 1 |
| 8 | Gene Johnson | Louisiana Tech | 165 | 297 | 55.6 | 2129 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 13 | 9 | 124.2 | 46 | 73 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 9 | Will Furrer | Virginia Tech | 173 | 296 | 58.4 | 2122 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 19 | 11 | 132.4 | 33 | -76 | -2.3 | 1 |
| 10 | Tom Tarver | Rutgers | 107 | 188 | 56.9 | 1348 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 8 | 9 | 121.6 | 56 | -54 | -1.0 | 2 |
| 11 | Keith Benton | Memphis | 76 | 176 | 43.2 | 1265 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 7 | 11 | 104.2 | 148 | 612 | 4.1 | 5 |
| 12 | Brad Johnson | Florida State | 109 | 163 | 66.9 | 1136 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 8 | 5 | 135.5 | 21 | 6 | 0.3 | 2 |
| 13 | Alex Van Pelt | Pittsburgh | 201 | 351 | 57.3 | 2427 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 14 | 17 | 118.8 | 24 | 11 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 14 | Jeff Blake | East Carolina | 116 | 219 | 53.0 | 1510 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 13 | 10 | 121.3 | 118 | 414 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 15 | Matt Baker | Temple | 134 | 222 | 60.4 | 1462 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 7 | 9 | 118.0 | 50 | 107 | 2.1 | 1 |
| 16 | Roy Johnson | Arkansas State | 101 | 245 | 41.2 | 1561 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 9 | 14 | 95.4 | 143 | 380 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 17 | James Freeman | Louisiana-Lafayette | 99 | 209 | 47.4 | 1332 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 5 | 8 | 101.1 | 162 | 296 | 1.8 | 3 |
| 18 | Deron Smith | Tulane | 193 | 361 | 53.5 | 2282 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 19 | 15 | 115.6 | 65 | 14 | 0.2 | 2 |
| 19 | Glenn Foley | Boston College | 182 | 349 | 52.1 | 2189 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 11 | 21 | 103.2 | 51 | -66 | -1.3 | 0 |
| 20 | Paul Anderson | Cincinnati | 123 | 238 | 51.7 | 1453 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 8 | 14 | 102.3 | 107 | 103 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | School | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 21 | Jeff Sweitzer | Akron | 87 | 186 | 46.8 | 1133 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 7 | 10 | 99.6 | 69 | 322 | 4.7 | 3 |
| 22 | Greg Jones | West Virginia | 121 | 247 | 49.0 | 1481 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 7 | 9 | 101.4 | 50 | 70 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 23 | Alton Grizzard | Navy | 121 | 240 | 50.4 | 1438 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 12 | 14 | 105.6 | 123 | 396 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 24 | Brett Favre | Southern Mississippi | 150 | 275 | 54.5 | 1572 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 7 | 6 | 106.6 | 42 | -218 | -5.2 | 0 |
| 25 | Gus Frerotte | Tulsa | 97 | 216 | 44.9 | 1066 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 5 | 10 | 84.7 | 22 | -58 | -2.6 | 0 |