Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | Pct | G | W | L | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Big Ten Conference | 11 | 127 | 74 | 56 | .569 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 7.94 | 5.58 | 5 | 5 | Northwestern, Ohio State |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 134 | 81 | 58 | .583 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.04 | 3.70 | 5 | 5 | Florida |
| 3 | Pacific-10 Conference | 10 | 112 | 62 | 53 | .539 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.52 | 3.98 | 2 | 2 | Arizona State |
| 4 | Big 12 Conference | 12 | 135 | 74 | 66 | .529 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.33 | 3.94 | 6 | 4 | Texas |
| 5 | Big East Conference | 8 | 91 | 48 | 45 | .516 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.95 | 2.92 | 3 | 3 | Miami (FL), Syracuse, Virginia Tech |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 9 | 100 | 51 | 52 | .495 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.60 | 3.02 | 3 | 2 | Florida State |
| 7 | Conference USA | 6 | 66 | 32 | 35 | .478 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.50 | 2.41 | 0 | 0 | Houston, Southern Mississippi |
| 8 | Western Athletic Conference | 16 | 184 | 91 | 95 | .489 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | -3.66 | -2.43 | 0 | 2 | BYU |
| 9 | Independent | 11 | 121 | 66 | 57 | .537 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | -4.07 | -4.45 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Big West Conference | 6 | 67 | 29 | 39 | .426 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | -11.54 | -8.80 | 0 | 0 | Nevada, Utah State |
| 11 | Mid-American Conference | 10 | 111 | 47 | 65 | .420 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | -12.04 | -9.30 | 0 | 0 | Ball State |
Consensus All-Americans