Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Southeastern Conference | 13 | 125 | 76 | 46 | 6 | .617 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 7.55 | 3.06 | 0 | 3 | Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Tulane |
| 2 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 71 | 37 | 31 | 3 | .542 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.63 | 4.43 | 0 | 1 | Texas A&M |
| 3 | Western Conference | 10 | 80 | 35 | 36 | 9 | .494 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.04 | 5.96 | 0 | 3 | Ohio State | |
| 4 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 53 | 29 | 23 | 2 | .556 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 5.74 | 3.86 | 0 | 3 | Missouri |
| 5 | Independent | 42 | 365 | 192 | 145 | 29 | .564 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 2.96 | 0.52 | 0 | 6 | |
| 6 | Southern Conference | 15 | 143 | 75 | 61 | 8 | .549 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.41 | 0.25 | 0 | 2 | Duke |
| 7 | Pacific Coast Conference | 10 | 92 | 43 | 41 | 9 | .511 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -0.22 | 0.19 | 0 | 2 | USC, UCLA |
| 8 | Missouri Valley Conference | 7 | 69 | 35 | 29 | 5 | .543 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5.75 | -6.68 | 0 | 0 | Washington (MO) | |
| 9 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 7 | 67 | 36 | 29 | 3 | .551 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | -6.43 | -7.72 | 0 | 0 | Arizona State |
| 10 | Mountain States Athletic Conference | 7 | 60 | 26 | 27 | 7 | .492 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.62 | -7.38 | 0 | 0 | Colorado | |
Award Winners
| Award | Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| Heisman Memorial Trophy | Nile Kinnick | Iowa |
| Maxwell Award | Nile Kinnick | Iowa |
| AFCA Coach of the Year Award | Edward Anderson | Iowa |
Consensus All-Americans