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 | 82 | 50 | 28 | 4 | .634 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.85 | 3.60 | Illinois | ||
| 2 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 67 | 43 | 22 | 2 | .657 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.75 | -1.21 | Texas | ||
| 3 | Pacific Coast Conference | 10 | 99 | 63 | 30 | 7 | .665 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 5.63 | -0.67 | USC | |
| 4 | Southern Conference | 23 | 217 | 121 | 82 | 15 | .589 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.88 | 1.30 | ||
| 5 | Independent | 27 | 243 | 143 | 84 | 16 | .621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.94 | -1.82 | |||
| 6 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 49 | 23 | 22 | 4 | .510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.86 | -1.82 | Nebraska | ||
| 7 | Rocky Mountain Conference | 12 | 94 | 45 | 43 | 6 | .511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5.04 | -4.87 | Utah | ||
| 8 | Missouri Valley Conference | 5 | 41 | 17 | 21 | 3 | .451 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.47 | -5.08 | Drake | ||
Consensus All-Americans