Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | Pct | G | W | L | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 135 | 83 | 59 | .585 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 8.57 | 5.48 | 6 | 5 | LSU |
| 2 | Big 12 Conference | 12 | 136 | 85 | 59 | .590 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.46 | 3.56 | 4 | 4 | Colorado |
| 3 | Pacific-10 Conference | 10 | 113 | 66 | 49 | .574 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.41 | 4.20 | 4 | 4 | Oregon |
| 4 | Big East Conference | 8 | 89 | 54 | 40 | .574 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 6.25 | 3.34 | 2 | 4 | Miami (FL) |
| 5 | Big Ten Conference | 11 | 125 | 68 | 60 | .531 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.79 | 4.33 | 4 | 2 | Illinois |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 9 | 102 | 59 | 49 | .546 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.41 | 2.61 | 3 | 3 | Maryland |
| 7 | Mountain West Conference | 8 | 91 | 48 | 46 | .511 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | -1.74 | -1.94 | 1 | 1 | BYU |
| 8 | Conference USA | 10 | 112 | 53 | 63 | .457 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | -4.22 | -3.11 | 0 | 1 | Louisville |
| 9 | Western Athletic Conference | 10 | 117 | 56 | 62 | .475 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | -5.56 | -3.76 | 0 | 0 | Louisiana Tech |
| 10 | Independent | 7 | 76 | 32 | 44 | .421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5.63 | -3.51 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Mid-American Conference | 13 | 145 | 71 | 76 | .483 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | -6.63 | -5.46 | 0 | 1 | Toledo |
| 12 | Sun Belt Conference | 7 | 78 | 26 | 53 | .329 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | -14.96 | -8.26 | 0 | 0 | Middle Tennessee State, North Texas |
Consensus All-Americans