Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Big Ten Conference | 10 | 91 | 52 | 38 | 1 | .577 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.51 | 8.95 | 3 | 3 | Ohio State |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 120 | 70 | 53 | 1 | .569 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 9.78 | 7.29 | 3 | 3 | Alabama, LSU |
| 3 | Southwest Conference | 8 | 80 | 44 | 36 | 4 | .548 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 8.99 | 7.77 | 1 | 2 | Arkansas, Texas |
| 4 | Big Eight Conference | 8 | 80 | 42 | 37 | 3 | .530 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 5.24 | 4.27 | 1 | 1 | Colorado |
| 5 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8 | 80 | 40 | 40 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.30 | 4.59 | 0 | 0 | Duke | |
| 6 | Athletic Association of Western Universities | 5 | 51 | 21 | 27 | 3 | .441 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.61 | 3.59 | 0 | 0 | UCLA |
| 7 | Independent | 27 | 263 | 147 | 117 | 3 | .556 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | -0.81 | -2.47 | 2 | 0 | |
| 8 | Skyline Conference | 7 | 67 | 32 | 34 | 3 | .486 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | -4.09 | -3.93 | 0 | 1 | Utah State, Wyoming |
| 9 | Southern Conference | 9 | 86 | 41 | 45 | 0 | .477 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5.77 | -4.82 | 0 | 0 | The Citadel | |
| 10 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 5 | 50 | 21 | 28 | 1 | .430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10.62 | -8.62 | 0 | 0 | Arizona State | |
| 11 | Missouri Valley Conference | 4 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 1 | .451 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -10.98 | -8.04 | 0 | 0 | Wichita State |
| 12 | Ivy Group | 8 | 72 | 32 | 40 | 0 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11.87 | -10.84 | 0 | 0 | Columbia, Harvard | |
Consensus All-Americans