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 | 155 | 96 | 59 | .619 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 9.02 | 4.92 | 5 | 6 | Florida |
| 2 | Big East Conference | 8 | 101 | 65 | 36 | .644 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.54 | 2.34 | 2 | 3 | Louisville |
| 3 | Pacific-10 Conference | 10 | 127 | 70 | 57 | .551 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.30 | 6.05 | 4 | 3 | California, USC |
| 4 | Big Ten Conference | 11 | 140 | 79 | 61 | .564 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.37 | 0.91 | 4 | 4 | Ohio State |
| 5 | Big 12 Conference | 12 | 154 | 85 | 69 | .552 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.21 | 0.88 | 4 | 2 | Oklahoma |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 12 | 154 | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.32 | 1.13 | 4 | 3 | Wake Forest |
| 7 | Mountain West Conference | 9 | 112 | 55 | 57 | .491 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | -1.10 | -1.54 | 1 | 2 | BYU |
| 8 | Western Athletic Conference | 9 | 114 | 57 | 57 | .500 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | -3.00 | -2.42 | 0 | 1 | Boise State |
| 9 | Conference USA | 12 | 150 | 70 | 81 | .464 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | -3.78 | -2.30 | 0 | 0 | Houston |
| 10 | Independent | 4 | 50 | 23 | 27 | .460 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | -3.84 | -1.01 | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 | Mid-American Conference | 12 | 150 | 64 | 86 | .427 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | -8.96 | -6.18 | 0 | 0 | Central Michigan |
| 12 | Sun Belt Conference | 8 | 98 | 39 | 59 | .398 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | -9.30 | -5.17 | 0 | 0 | Middle Tennessee State, Troy |
Consensus All-Americans