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 | 77 | 46 | 27 | 4 | .623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.46 | 2.02 | Illinois, Michigan | ||
| 2 | Pacific Coast Conference | 8 | 72 | 46 | 20 | 7 | .678 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 5.16 | -1.86 | California | |
| 3 | Southern Conference | 21 | 195 | 100 | 70 | 25 | .577 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.87 | 1.36 | |||
| 4 | Independent | 42 | 370 | 223 | 122 | 26 | .636 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 3.70 | -1.29 | ||
| 5 | Rocky Mountain Conference | 11 | 85 | 46 | 36 | 3 | .559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.13 | 0.11 | Colorado | ||
| 6 | Southwest Conference | 8 | 71 | 42 | 24 | 5 | .627 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.65 | -3.79 | SMU | ||
| 7 | Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 9 | 71 | 32 | 28 | 11 | .528 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.70 | -2.54 | Nebraska | ||
Consensus All-Americans