2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 8 | 292 | 208 | 71.2 | 2171 | 7.4 | 14 | 8 | 144.02 | 36.5 | 271.4 |
| 2 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 10 | 385 | 271 | 70.4 | 3003 | 7.8 | 18 | 13 | 144.59 | 38.5 | 300.3 |
| 3 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 11 | 298 | 191 | 64.1 | 2465 | 8.3 | 21 | 5 | 153.47 | 27.1 | 224.1 |
| 4 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 11 | 371 | 234 | 63.1 | 3193 | 8.6 | 29 | 9 | 156.31 | 33.7 | 290.3 |
| 5 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 12 | 403 | 244 | 60.5 | 3221 | 8.0 | 32 | 8 | 149.92 | 33.6 | 268.4 |
| 6 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 8 | 244 | 144 | 59.0 | 1704 | 7.0 | 5 | 6 | 119.53 | 30.5 | 213.0 |
| 7 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 8 | 272 | 155 | 57.0 | 1548 | 5.7 | 8 | 4 | 111.56 | 34.0 | 193.5 |
| 8 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 12 | 340 | 191 | 56.2 | 2800 | 8.2 | 21 | 12 | 138.67 | 28.3 | 233.3 |
| 9 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 10 | 339 | 187 | 55.2 | 2351 | 6.9 | 15 | 11 | 121.52 | 33.9 | 235.1 |
| 10 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 11 | 225 | 98 | 43.6 | 1292 | 5.7 | 10 | 8 | 99.35 | 20.5 | 117.5 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 15.0 pass attempts per game played.