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 | 53 | 36 | 2 | .593 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 16.28 | 12.65 | 5 | 5 | Iowa, Minnesota |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 119 | 70 | 43 | 9 | .611 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .833 | 10.74 | 6.67 | 4 | 4 | Ole Miss |
| 3 | Southwest Conference | 8 | 80 | 38 | 38 | 8 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .125 | 9.78 | 9.43 | 3 | 2 | Arkansas |
| 4 | Big Eight Conference | 8 | 80 | 41 | 38 | 2 | .519 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.16 | 7.83 | 1 | 2 | Missouri |
| 5 | Athletic Association of Western Universities | 5 | 50 | 23 | 26 | 2 | .471 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.66 | 4.43 | 2 | 1 | Washington |
| 6 | Independent | 27 | 264 | 129 | 126 | 11 | .506 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | -2.02 | -2.58 | 4 | 3 | |
| 7 | Skyline Conference | 8 | 81 | 42 | 40 | 0 | .512 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -3.09 | -3.46 | 0 | 0 | Utah State, Wyoming |
| 8 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 6 | 60 | 32 | 28 | 1 | .533 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -4.29 | -5.74 | 0 | 1 | New Mexico State |
| 9 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8 | 81 | 34 | 45 | 2 | .432 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -4.87 | -2.03 | 1 | 1 | Duke |
| 10 | Southern Conference | 9 | 87 | 39 | 42 | 7 | .483 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -9.12 | -7.62 | 0 | 0 | Virginia Military Institute |
| 11 | Missouri Valley Conference | 4 | 39 | 19 | 19 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9.45 | -7.73 | 0 | 0 | Wichita State | |
| 12 | Ivy Group | 8 | 72 | 37 | 35 | 0 | .514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9.49 | -9.39 | 0 | 1 | Yale | |
Consensus All-Americans