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 | 39 | 29 | 4 | .569 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 12.68 | 9.91 | 3 | 2 | Texas Christian |
| 2 | Western Conference | 9 | 81 | 40 | 35 | 7 | .530 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.35 | 10.68 | 4 | 2 | Illinois |
| 3 | Pacific Coast Conference | 9 | 88 | 47 | 40 | 2 | .539 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 8.58 | 7.03 | 2 | 4 | Stanford |
| 4 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 125 | 76 | 48 | 3 | .610 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 8.00 | 4.26 | 3 | 3 | Georgia Tech, Tennessee |
| 5 | Independent | 32 | 294 | 154 | 134 | 8 | .534 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.70 | 0.11 | 5 | 6 | |
| 6 | Big Seven Conference | 7 | 68 | 31 | 34 | 3 | .478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 | 1.33 | 2 | 1 | Oklahoma | |
| 7 | Southern Conference | 17 | 166 | 78 | 87 | 3 | .473 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | -2.71 | -1.73 | 1 | 2 | Maryland, Virginia Military Institute |
| 8 | Skyline Conference | 8 | 80 | 40 | 36 | 4 | .525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.82 | -5.07 | 0 | 0 | Utah | |
| 9 | Missouri Valley Conference | 7 | 69 | 35 | 35 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -7.63 | -7.00 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa |
| 10 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 8 | 80 | 32 | 48 | 1 | .401 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -16.32 | -12.32 | 0 | 0 | Texas Tech |
Consensus All-Americans