2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - Games vs. Ranked 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 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 2 | 84 | 48 | 57.1 | 554 | 6.6 | 4 | 0 | 128.25 | 42.0 | 277.0 |
| 2 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 2 | 83 | 47 | 56.6 | 579 | 7.0 | 4 | 4 | 121.49 | 41.5 | 289.5 |
| 3 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 2 | 72 | 46 | 63.9 | 505 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 133.78 | 36.0 | 252.5 |
| 4 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 1 | 32 | 15 | 46.9 | 127 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 55.22 | 32.0 | 127.0 |
| 5 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 2 | 55 | 39 | 70.9 | 495 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 148.87 | 27.5 | 247.5 |
| 6 | Gunner Kiel | Cincinnati | SR | QB | 2 | 38 | 18 | 47.4 | 166 | 4.4 | 2 | 0 | 101.43 | 19.0 | 83.0 |
| 7 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 2 | 33 | 16 | 48.5 | 347 | 10.5 | 3 | 2 | 154.70 | 16.5 | 173.5 |
| 8 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 2 | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 333 | 12.3 | 1 | 1 | 167.67 | 13.5 | 166.5 |
| 9 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 1 | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 17 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 36.90 | 12.0 | 17.0 |
| 10 | Nick Patti | UCF | SR | QB | 3 | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 37 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 55.53 | 3.7 | 12.3 |
| 11 | Ke'Mon Freeman | SMU | FR | RB | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 43 | 14.3 | 1 | 0 | 263.73 | 1.5 | 21.5 |
| 12 | Johnathan Brantley | Tulane | FR | QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 158.80 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 13 | Tristan Payton | UCF | SO | WR | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 72 | 36.0 | 1 | 0 | 517.40 | 0.7 | 24.0 |
| 14 | Linell Bonner | Houston | JR | WR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 50 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 850.00 | 0.5 | 25.0 |
| 14 | Dane Roy | Houston | FR | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 226.00 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.