Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | Pct | G | W | L | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Big 12 Conference | 12 | 136 | 82 | 61 | .573 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 8.03 | 5.24 | 3 | 5 | Texas A&M |
| 2 | Big Ten Conference | 11 | 128 | 74 | 56 | .569 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.74 | 4.37 | 5 | 5 | Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin |
| 3 | Pacific-10 Conference | 10 | 115 | 65 | 52 | .556 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.82 | 4.64 | 4 | 2 | UCLA |
| 4 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 134 | 80 | 62 | .563 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.52 | 3.62 | 5 | 4 | Tennessee |
| 5 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 9 | 100 | 57 | 48 | .543 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.06 | 2.10 | 3 | 3 | Florida State, Georgia Tech |
| 6 | Big East Conference | 8 | 89 | 47 | 45 | .511 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.92 | 0.97 | 2 | 3 | Syracuse |
| 7 | Conference USA | 8 | 89 | 42 | 49 | .462 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | -2.58 | -1.47 | 1 | 1 | Tulane |
| 8 | Western Athletic Conference | 16 | 184 | 87 | 101 | .463 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | -2.98 | -1.73 | 1 | 1 | Air Force |
| 9 | Independent | 8 | 91 | 42 | 49 | .462 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | -6.32 | -3.99 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Big West Conference | 6 | 66 | 30 | 37 | .448 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | -8.88 | -6.16 | 0 | 0 | Idaho |
| 11 | Mid-American Conference | 12 | 135 | 62 | 73 | .459 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | -11.05 | -8.86 | 0 | 0 | Marshall |
Consensus All-Americans