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 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 119 | 73 | 44 | 7 | .617 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 10.84 | 6.76 | 3 | 5 | Georgia |
| 2 | Big Ten Conference | 10 | 91 | 46 | 40 | 5 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 10.78 | 9.42 | 6 | 2 | Wisconsin |
| 3 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 70 | 39 | 31 | 3 | .555 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 9.75 | 8.88 | 3 | 3 | Arkansas, Texas, Texas Christian |
| 4 | Athletic Association of Western Universities | 5 | 50 | 28 | 22 | 1 | .559 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.50 | 6.28 | 0 | 2 | USC, UCLA, Washington |
| 5 | Big Seven Conference | 7 | 70 | 36 | 35 | 0 | .507 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 5.37 | 4.95 | 1 | 2 | Oklahoma |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8 | 81 | 36 | 45 | 0 | .444 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -0.46 | 1.60 | 3 | 1 | Clemson |
| 7 | Independent | 27 | 264 | 132 | 131 | 3 | .502 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -1.26 | -1.15 | 4 | 4 | |
| 8 | Missouri Valley Conference | 5 | 51 | 27 | 22 | 2 | .549 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -1.43 | -3.23 | 0 | 0 | Houston, North Texas |
| 9 | Skyline Conference | 8 | 80 | 38 | 42 | 0 | .475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6.87 | -6.14 | 0 | 1 | Wyoming | |
| 10 | Ivy Group | 8 | 72 | 37 | 32 | 3 | .535 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.12 | -7.85 | 0 | 0 | Pennsylvania | |
| 11 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 6 | 61 | 29 | 33 | 0 | .468 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -7.40 | -6.38 | 0 | 0 | Arizona State |
| 12 | Southern Conference | 9 | 88 | 38 | 48 | 2 | .443 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10.22 | -8.21 | 0 | 0 | Virginia Military Institute | |
Consensus All-Americans