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 | 90 | 48 | 43 | 0 | .527 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.25 | 11.79 | 2 | 2 | Michigan |
| 2 | Athletic Association of Western Universities | 8 | 81 | 43 | 36 | 2 | .543 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 8.80 | 8.35 | 1 | 2 | Oregon State, USC |
| 3 | Southeastern Conference | 11 | 111 | 62 | 47 | 5 | .566 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 8.65 | 6.78 | 3 | 2 | Alabama |
| 4 | Southwest Conference | 8 | 81 | 42 | 39 | 2 | .518 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 7.39 | 7.11 | 1 | 2 | Arkansas |
| 5 | Western Athletic Conference | 6 | 62 | 41 | 17 | 4 | .694 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.20 | -0.33 | 0 | 0 | Arizona, New Mexico, Utah |
| 6 | Big Eight Conference | 8 | 80 | 37 | 42 | 3 | .470 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 4.65 | 5.40 | 1 | 1 | Nebraska |
| 7 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8 | 80 | 35 | 42 | 3 | .456 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.18 | 1.72 | 0 | 0 | North Carolina State | |
| 8 | Independent | 32 | 312 | 145 | 154 | 13 | .486 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | -2.42 | -2.29 | 2 | 1 | |
| 9 | Missouri Valley Conference | 5 | 50 | 24 | 26 | 1 | .480 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -5.10 | -5.00 | 0 | 0 | Cincinnati |
| 10 | Ivy Group | 8 | 72 | 38 | 31 | 3 | .549 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5.97 | -7.74 | 0 | 0 | Princeton | |
| 11 | Mid-American Conference | 7 | 68 | 35 | 30 | 3 | .537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.14 | -8.16 | 0 | 0 | Bowling Green | |
| 12 | Southern Conference | 9 | 89 | 36 | 53 | 0 | .404 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -12.56 | -9.06 | 0 | 0 | West Virginia |
Consensus All-Americans