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 | 86 | 52 | 28 | 6 | .640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.05 | 3.99 | Purdue | ||
| 2 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 67 | 41 | 18 | 8 | .672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.36 | -1.67 | Texas Christian | ||
| 3 | Pacific Coast Conference | 10 | 97 | 61 | 34 | 3 | .638 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.18 | -0.15 | USC | |
| 4 | Independent | 27 | 246 | 153 | 75 | 19 | .658 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 4.40 | -2.04 | ||
| 5 | Southern Conference | 23 | 216 | 118 | 85 | 13 | .576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.23 | -0.61 | |||
| 6 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 48 | 20 | 22 | 6 | .479 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.99 | 2.32 | Nebraska | ||
| 7 | Rocky Mountain Conference | 12 | 89 | 49 | 38 | 2 | .562 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.03 | -2.54 | Utah | ||
| 8 | Missouri Valley Conference | 5 | 42 | 19 | 17 | 6 | .524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.07 | -4.69 | Drake | ||
Consensus All-Americans