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 | Big Ten Conference | 10 | 90 | 47 | 42 | 2 | .527 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 14.10 | 12.19 | 3 | 2 | Wisconsin |
| 2 | Athletic Association of Western Universities | 6 | 60 | 33 | 25 | 3 | .566 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.12 | 6.28 | 1 | 1 | USC |
| 3 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 118 | 63 | 52 | 8 | .545 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 8.08 | 6.59 | 3 | 3 | Ole Miss |
| 4 | Southwest Conference | 8 | 80 | 36 | 43 | 3 | .457 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 4.54 | 5.77 | 1 | 2 | Texas |
| 5 | Big Eight Conference | 8 | 80 | 42 | 38 | 3 | .524 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 3.56 | 3.66 | 0 | 1 | Oklahoma |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8 | 80 | 35 | 43 | 2 | .450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.65 | 0.77 | 1 | 0 | Duke | |
| 7 | Independent | 34 | 333 | 173 | 159 | 7 | .521 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | -1.23 | -1.62 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Western Athletic Conference | 6 | 60 | 32 | 25 | 3 | .558 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.57 | -4.41 | 0 | 0 | New Mexico | |
| 9 | Mid-American Conference | 7 | 66 | 38 | 28 | 2 | .574 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | -2.22 | -4.04 | 0 | 0 | Bowling Green |
| 10 | Missouri Valley Conference | 4 | 40 | 16 | 24 | 0 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6.11 | -4.43 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | |
| 11 | Southern Conference | 9 | 88 | 42 | 44 | 2 | .489 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.71 | -6.33 | 0 | 0 | Virginia Military Institute | |
| 12 | Ivy Group | 8 | 72 | 35 | 33 | 4 | .514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11.33 | -11.48 | 0 | 0 | Dartmouth | |
Consensus All-Americans