Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 70 | 42 | 30 | 0 | .583 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 11.52 | 8.06 | 2 | 1 | Texas |
| 2 | Western Conference | 9 | 82 | 40 | 38 | 4 | .512 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.75 | 10.36 | 4 | 3 | Michigan |
| 3 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 126 | 73 | 49 | 6 | .594 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 5.87 | 1.94 | 2 | 4 | Kentucky |
| 4 | Pacific Coast Conference | 9 | 85 | 41 | 37 | 8 | .523 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 5.74 | 4.99 | 3 | 2 | California |
| 5 | Big Seven Conference | 7 | 70 | 35 | 31 | 5 | .528 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 4.67 | 3.43 | 2 | 2 | Oklahoma |
| 6 | Independent | 38 | 351 | 173 | 166 | 13 | .510 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.30 | -0.48 | 4 | 4 | |
| 7 | Missouri Valley Conference | 6 | 61 | 35 | 21 | 5 | .615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.44 | -3.89 | 0 | 1 | Tulsa | |
| 8 | Southern Conference | 17 | 167 | 76 | 83 | 10 | .479 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | -4.34 | -3.69 | 3 | 2 | Washington & Lee |
| 9 | Skyline Conference | 6 | 61 | 28 | 29 | 5 | .492 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -5.67 | -5.35 | 0 | 1 | Wyoming |
| 10 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 9 | 89 | 44 | 47 | 0 | .484 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | -7.61 | -6.76 | 0 | 0 | West Texas State |
Consensus All-Americans