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 | 154 | 86 | 68 | .558 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 7.10 | 4.54 | 4 | 5 | LSU |
| 2 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 9 | 114 | 63 | 51 | .553 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 7.04 | 4.75 | 4 | 3 | Florida State |
| 3 | Big Ten Conference | 11 | 140 | 77 | 63 | .550 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.83 | 3.91 | 4 | 5 | Michigan |
| 4 | Big 12 Conference | 12 | 154 | 88 | 67 | .568 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.29 | 2.88 | 4 | 4 | Kansas State |
| 5 | Pacific-10 Conference | 10 | 126 | 69 | 57 | .548 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.07 | 3.63 | 3 | 2 | USC |
| 6 | Big East Conference | 8 | 101 | 55 | 46 | .545 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.02 | 1.53 | 3 | 1 | Miami (FL), West Virginia |
| 7 | Mountain West Conference | 8 | 98 | 52 | 46 | .531 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.21 | 0.07 | 1 | 1 | Utah |
| 8 | Independent | 4 | 49 | 28 | 21 | .571 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | -0.51 | -2.00 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | Conference USA | 11 | 137 | 68 | 69 | .496 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | -5.08 | -3.96 | 1 | 1 | Southern Mississippi |
| 10 | Western Athletic Conference | 10 | 127 | 60 | 67 | .472 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | -6.09 | -4.19 | 0 | 1 | Boise State |
| 11 | Mid-American Conference | 14 | 172 | 83 | 89 | .483 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | -6.42 | -4.84 | 0 | 2 | Miami (OH) |
| 12 | Sun Belt Conference | 8 | 96 | 32 | 65 | .330 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | -11.51 | -5.83 | 0 | 0 | North Texas |
Consensus All-Americans