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 | 153 | 91 | 62 | .595 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 7.96 | 3.96 | 5 | 5 | Oklahoma |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 154 | 92 | 62 | .597 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 6.83 | 3.31 | 6 | 4 | Florida |
| 3 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 12 | 156 | 90 | 66 | .577 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.41 | 2.96 | 3 | 3 | Virginia Tech |
| 4 | Big Ten Conference | 11 | 139 | 77 | 62 | .554 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.22 | 1.84 | 4 | 4 | Ohio State, Penn State |
| 5 | Pacific-10 Conference | 10 | 126 | 64 | 62 | .508 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.62 | 3.35 | 3 | 3 | USC |
| 6 | Big East Conference | 8 | 103 | 61 | 42 | .592 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.08 | 0.68 | 3 | 2 | Cincinnati |
| 7 | Mountain West Conference | 9 | 113 | 64 | 49 | .566 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | -0.80 | -1.85 | 1 | 3 | Utah |
| 8 | Conference USA | 12 | 152 | 71 | 81 | .467 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | -4.29 | -2.87 | 0 | 0 | East Carolina |
| 9 | Western Athletic Conference | 9 | 114 | 55 | 59 | .482 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | -4.93 | -3.63 | 0 | 1 | Boise State |
| 10 | Independent | 4 | 50 | 20 | 30 | .400 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | -4.99 | -2.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Mid-American Conference | 13 | 163 | 75 | 88 | .460 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | -5.85 | -4.57 | 0 | 0 | Buffalo |
| 12 | Sun Belt Conference | 8 | 97 | 42 | 56 | .429 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | -8.05 | -5.23 | 0 | 0 | Troy |
Consensus All-Americans