2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing Offense - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | 5 | 183 | 127 | 69.4 | 1523 | 8.3 | 9 | 3 | 152.25 | 36.6 | 304.6 |
| 2 | East Carolina | 4 | 168 | 123 | 73.2 | 1472 | 8.8 | 9 | 3 | 160.92 | 42.0 | 368.0 |
| 3 | Connecticut | 5 | 156 | 97 | 62.2 | 1134 | 7.3 | 3 | 2 | 127.03 | 31.2 | 226.8 |
| 4 | Cincinnati | 4 | 143 | 87 | 60.8 | 1063 | 7.4 | 7 | 6 | 131.05 | 35.8 | 265.8 |
| 5 | SMU | 4 | 138 | 68 | 49.3 | 982 | 7.1 | 4 | 8 | 107.03 | 34.5 | 245.5 |
| 6 | South Florida | 4 | 107 | 57 | 53.3 | 975 | 9.1 | 10 | 3 | 155.04 | 26.8 | 243.8 |
| 7 | Tulsa | 4 | 130 | 77 | 59.2 | 973 | 7.5 | 9 | 6 | 135.72 | 32.5 | 243.3 |
| 8 | Memphis | 3 | 97 | 64 | 66.0 | 879 | 9.1 | 11 | 2 | 175.40 | 32.3 | 293.0 |
| 9 | Temple | 4 | 117 | 65 | 55.6 | 875 | 7.5 | 5 | 5 | 123.93 | 29.3 | 218.8 |
| 10 | UCF | 4 | 115 | 59 | 51.3 | 806 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 122.79 | 28.8 | 201.5 |
| 11 | Tulane | 4 | 67 | 30 | 44.8 | 348 | 5.2 | 4 | 2 | 102.14 | 16.8 | 87.0 |
| 12 | Navy | 3 | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 312 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 185.45 | 8.0 | 104.0 |