Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | Pct | G | W | L | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Pacific-10 Conference | 10 | 125 | 68 | 57 | .544 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8.44 | 6.52 | 3 | 2 | Oregon |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 156 | 95 | 61 | .609 | 10 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 8.21 | 3.69 | 6 | 6 | Auburn |
| 3 | Big 12 Conference | 12 | 154 | 92 | 62 | .597 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.25 | 3.09 | 3 | 5 | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 12 | 155 | 83 | 72 | .535 | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.75 | 2.87 | 5 | 4 | Virginia Tech |
| 5 | Big Ten Conference | 11 | 140 | 82 | 58 | .586 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.31 | 1.31 | 4 | 3 | Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin |
| 6 | Independent | 3 | 39 | 24 | 15 | .615 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.80 | -0.56 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Big East Conference | 8 | 102 | 56 | 46 | .549 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.00 | -0.37 | 2 | 0 | Connecticut, Pitt, West Virginia |
| 8 | Western Athletic Conference | 9 | 116 | 61 | 55 | .526 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | -0.81 | -1.14 | 1 | 2 | Boise State, Hawaii, Nevada |
| 9 | Mountain West Conference | 9 | 114 | 57 | 57 | .500 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | -1.03 | -0.07 | 1 | 1 | Texas Christian |
| 10 | Conference USA | 12 | 152 | 71 | 81 | .467 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | -5.59 | -3.82 | 0 | 2 | UCF |
| 11 | Mid-American Conference | 13 | 162 | 70 | 92 | .432 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | -9.88 | -7.09 | 0 | 0 | Miami (OH) |
| 12 | Sun Belt Conference | 9 | 111 | 42 | 69 | .378 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | -11.14 | -6.71 | 0 | 0 | Florida International, Troy |
Consensus All-Americans