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 | Big Ten Conference | 10 | 91 | 47 | 35 | 9 | .566 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.10 | 10.84 | 4 | 4 | Iowa |
| 2 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 71 | 37 | 33 | 1 | .528 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 8.74 | 7.69 | 4 | 2 | Texas Christian |
| 3 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 120 | 69 | 45 | 8 | .598 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 8.60 | 5.04 | 3 | 4 | LSU |
| 4 | Big Seven Conference | 7 | 70 | 35 | 34 | 2 | .507 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.60 | 2.66 | 1 | 1 | Oklahoma |
| 5 | Missouri Valley Conference | 5 | 49 | 29 | 16 | 4 | .633 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.13 | -2.20 | 0 | 0 | North Texas | |
| 6 | Pacific Coast Conference | 9 | 89 | 40 | 48 | 2 | .456 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.68 | 2.98 | 1 | 1 | California |
| 7 | Independent | 23 | 222 | 120 | 97 | 7 | .551 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .375 | 1.22 | -0.33 | 5 | 6 | |
| 8 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8 | 80 | 36 | 44 | 1 | .451 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -0.43 | 1.25 | 2 | 2 | Clemson |
| 9 | Skyline Conference | 8 | 82 | 36 | 46 | 0 | .439 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -7.05 | -5.53 | 0 | 0 | Wyoming |
| 10 | Ivy Group | 8 | 72 | 36 | 36 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.51 | -7.28 | 0 | 0 | Dartmouth | |
| 11 | Southern Conference | 9 | 85 | 34 | 46 | 5 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9.80 | -7.11 | 0 | 0 | West Virginia | |
| 12 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 6 | 59 | 23 | 37 | 0 | .383 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -12.22 | -7.60 | 0 | 0 | Hardin-Simmons |
Consensus All-Americans