Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Western Conference | 9 | 81 | 44 | 38 | 0 | .537 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.97 | 11.05 | 0 | 3 | Michigan |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 120 | 69 | 44 | 8 | .603 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 10.32 | 6.02 | 0 | 4 | Georgia |
| 3 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 70 | 36 | 30 | 7 | .541 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.74 | 7.81 | 0 | 1 | SMU |
| 4 | Pacific Coast Conference | 10 | 101 | 49 | 48 | 6 | .505 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 3.60 | 3.30 | 0 | 2 | California, Oregon |
| 5 | Independent | 36 | 329 | 178 | 141 | 13 | .556 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.79 | -0.23 | 0 | 5 | |
| 6 | Big Seven Conference | 7 | 69 | 35 | 36 | 0 | .493 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0.98 | 1.53 | 0 | 1 | Oklahoma |
| 7 | Southern Conference | 16 | 151 | 75 | 69 | 11 | .519 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | -0.93 | -1.02 | 0 | 4 | Clemson |
| 8 | Skyline Conference | 6 | 61 | 34 | 26 | 2 | .565 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -4.67 | -7.38 | 0 | 0 | Utah |
| 9 | Missouri Valley Conference | 5 | 48 | 22 | 27 | 2 | .451 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | -8.00 | -6.30 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma State |
| 10 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 9 | 90 | 47 | 43 | 4 | .521 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | -8.05 | -9.11 | 0 | 0 | Texas Tech |
Consensus All-Americans