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 | 37 | 31 | 3 | .542 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 11.37 | 9.23 | 2 | 2 | Texas Christian |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 120 | 69 | 48 | 7 | .585 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 8.02 | 5.26 | 3 | 3 | Ole Miss |
| 3 | Big Ten Conference | 10 | 90 | 46 | 41 | 4 | .527 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.41 | 6.74 | 5 | 3 | Ohio State |
| 4 | Pacific Coast Conference | 9 | 88 | 43 | 41 | 5 | .511 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 7.32 | 6.25 | 2 | 3 | UCLA |
| 5 | Big Seven Conference | 7 | 70 | 31 | 37 | 2 | .457 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 2.74 | 1 | 1 | Oklahoma |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8 | 79 | 40 | 37 | 3 | .519 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.85 | 0.83 | 2 | 1 | Duke, Maryland |
| 7 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 7 | 70 | 38 | 27 | 6 | .577 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.12 | -3.25 | 0 | 0 | Texas Tech |
| 8 | Missouri Valley Conference | 5 | 49 | 22 | 24 | 3 | .480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.06 | -1.68 | 0 | 0 | Detroit Mercy, Wichita State | |
| 9 | Independent | 28 | 252 | 121 | 124 | 8 | .494 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -4.22 | -4.18 | 4 | 5 | |
| 10 | Skyline Conference | 8 | 79 | 40 | 40 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -5.31 | -4.42 | 0 | 0 | Colorado State |
| 11 | Southern Conference | 9 | 85 | 36 | 45 | 4 | .447 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8.37 | -6.76 | 1 | 1 | West Virginia | |
Consensus All-Americans