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 | 80 | 41 | 26 | 13 | .594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.18 | 8.48 | Michigan, Minnesota | ||
| 2 | Pacific Coast Conference | 10 | 97 | 62 | 28 | 8 | .673 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 8.78 | 3.51 | Oregon, Stanford | |
| 3 | Southeastern Conference | 13 | 128 | 71 | 45 | 12 | .602 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 3.18 | Alabama | ||
| 4 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 55 | 27 | 24 | 4 | .527 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.33 | 3.22 | Nebraska | ||
| 5 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 76 | 39 | 32 | 6 | .545 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 4.09 | 1.69 | Arkansas | |
| 6 | Independent | 46 | 401 | 221 | 146 | 36 | .593 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .750 | 2.57 | -0.88 | ||
| 7 | Southern Conference | 10 | 99 | 38 | 47 | 14 | .455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.03 | -1.18 | Duke | ||
| 8 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 6 | 47 | 26 | 20 | 1 | .564 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.99 | -7.26 | |||
| 9 | Missouri Valley Conference | 6 | 53 | 21 | 28 | 4 | .434 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6.35 | -4.88 | Drake, Oklahoma State | ||
| 10 | Rocky Mountain Conference | 12 | 92 | 42 | 46 | 4 | .478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11.43 | -10.01 | Colorado State, Denver, Utah | ||
Consensus All-Americans