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 | 10 | 128 | 78 | 50 | .609 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 10.50 | 7.02 | 4 | 4 | Oklahoma State |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 155 | 97 | 58 | .626 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 8.73 | 4.03 | 8 | 5 | LSU |
| 3 | Big Ten Conference | 12 | 156 | 88 | 68 | .564 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.42 | 1.85 | 4 | 4 | Wisconsin |
| 4 | Pac-12 Conference | 12 | 154 | 81 | 73 | .526 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.69 | 2.75 | 3 | 3 | Oregon |
| 5 | Big East Conference | 8 | 101 | 57 | 44 | .564 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.19 | 0.45 | 1 | 2 | Cincinnati, Louisville, West Virginia |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 12 | 154 | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 | 1.67 | 0.37 | 2 | 3 | Clemson |
| 7 | Independent | 4 | 50 | 26 | 24 | .520 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.40 | -0.51 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | Mountain West Conference | 8 | 101 | 52 | 49 | .515 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | -3.44 | -3.23 | 2 | 2 | Texas Christian |
| 9 | Mid-American Conference | 13 | 163 | 79 | 84 | .485 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | -3.68 | -3.01 | 0 | 0 | Northern Illinois |
| 10 | Conference USA | 12 | 152 | 74 | 78 | .487 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | -4.39 | -3.10 | 0 | 2 | Southern Mississippi |
| 11 | Western Athletic Conference | 8 | 102 | 43 | 59 | .422 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | -5.63 | -3.73 | 0 | 0 | Louisiana Tech |
| 12 | Sun Belt Conference | 9 | 111 | 49 | 62 | .441 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | -9.66 | -6.33 | 0 | 0 | Arkansas State |
Consensus All-Americans