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 | 44 | 33 | 3 | .569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.15 | 6.22 | Minnesota | ||
| 2 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 76 | 41 | 27 | 8 | .592 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.39 | 4.25 | Rice | ||
| 3 | Southeastern Conference | 13 | 128 | 72 | 54 | 4 | .569 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.18 | 2.88 | Alabama, Tulane | |
| 4 | Pacific Coast Conference | 10 | 96 | 50 | 40 | 7 | .552 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 3.75 | 1.08 | Stanford, Washington | |
| 5 | Independent | 45 | 401 | 239 | 144 | 20 | .618 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 2.97 | -1.27 | ||
| 6 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 56 | 24 | 24 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.10 | 1.75 | Kansas State | ||
| 7 | Southern Conference | 10 | 93 | 49 | 42 | 2 | .538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.56 | -0.39 | Washington & Lee | ||
| 8 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 6 | 52 | 31 | 14 | 7 | .663 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.12 | -5.47 | |||
| 9 | Rocky Mountain Conference | 12 | 97 | 46 | 46 | 5 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.97 | -4.47 | Colorado, Colorado State, Northern Colorado | ||
| 10 | Missouri Valley Conference | 5 | 48 | 18 | 28 | 2 | .396 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.81 | -5.03 | Washington (MO) | ||
Consensus All-Americans