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 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 9.78 | 5.30 | 6 | 5 | LSU |
| 2 | Pacific-10 Conference | 10 | 127 | 70 | 57 | .551 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 8.70 | 6.38 | 3 | 4 | Arizona State, USC |
| 3 | Big East Conference | 8 | 101 | 60 | 41 | .594 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.83 | 2.50 | 3 | 2 | Connecticut, West Virginia |
| 4 | Big 12 Conference | 12 | 154 | 90 | 64 | .584 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.67 | 2.62 | 4 | 5 | Oklahoma |
| 5 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 12 | 154 | 84 | 70 | .545 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.76 | 2.30 | 2 | 3 | Virginia Tech |
| 6 | Big Ten Conference | 11 | 140 | 82 | 58 | .586 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.42 | 0.03 | 4 | 4 | Ohio State |
| 7 | Mountain West Conference | 9 | 113 | 60 | 53 | .531 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 0.61 | -0.29 | 1 | 1 | BYU |
| 8 | Western Athletic Conference | 9 | 113 | 54 | 59 | .478 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | -5.27 | -4.00 | 2 | 1 | Hawaii |
| 9 | Independent | 4 | 49 | 21 | 28 | .429 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | -6.67 | -3.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Conference USA | 12 | 151 | 67 | 85 | .441 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | -6.80 | -4.28 | 0 | 0 | UCF |
| 11 | Sun Belt Conference | 8 | 96 | 38 | 59 | .392 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | -7.68 | -3.11 | 0 | 0 | Florida Atlantic, Troy |
| 12 | Mid-American Conference | 13 | 161 | 67 | 94 | .416 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | -9.92 | -6.43 | 0 | 0 | Central Michigan |
Consensus All-Americans