Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Champion |
| 1 | Western Conference | 10 | 74 | 48 | 22 | 4 | .676 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.12 | 5.53 | Ohio State | ||
| 2 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 60 | 40 | 17 | 3 | .692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.08 | -0.94 | Texas A&M | ||
| 3 | Independent | 51 | 420 | 246 | 154 | 21 | .609 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.39 | -1.21 | ||
| 4 | Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 7 | 52 | 29 | 21 | 2 | .577 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.22 | -2.06 | Nebraska | ||
| 5 | Pacific Coast Conference | 5 | 36 | 20 | 12 | 4 | .611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.65 | -3.74 | Washington State | ||
| 6 | Rocky Mountain Conference | 8 | 60 | 35 | 23 | 2 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.91 | -6.39 | Denver | ||
Consensus All-Americans