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 | 14 | 179 | 111 | 68 | .620 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 10.06 | 5.37 | 6 | 7 | Alabama |
| 2 | Big 12 Conference | 10 | 129 | 75 | 54 | .581 | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 8.37 | 5.10 | 6 | 3 | Kansas State, Oklahoma |
| 3 | Pac-12 Conference | 12 | 154 | 84 | 70 | .545 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.34 | 4.66 | 3 | 3 | Stanford |
| 4 | Big Ten Conference | 12 | 153 | 85 | 68 | .556 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.74 | 1.82 | 5 | 4 | Wisconsin |
| 5 | Independent | 4 | 51 | 30 | 21 | .588 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.44 | -0.33 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 12 | 152 | 80 | 72 | .526 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.92 | 0.80 | 3 | 2 | Florida State |
| 7 | Big East Conference | 8 | 100 | 56 | 44 | .560 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0.98 | -1.34 | 1 | 1 | Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers, Syracuse |
| 8 | Western Athletic Conference | 7 | 86 | 45 | 41 | .523 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | -3.85 | -4.15 | 0 | 2 | Utah State |
| 9 | Sun Belt Conference | 10 | 125 | 59 | 66 | .472 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | -4.16 | -3.01 | 0 | 0 | Arkansas State |
| 10 | Mountain West Conference | 10 | 127 | 59 | 68 | .465 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | -5.56 | -4.67 | 1 | 1 | Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State |
| 11 | Conference USA | 12 | 151 | 65 | 86 | .430 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | -5.76 | -3.24 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa |
| 12 | Mid-American Conference | 13 | 165 | 81 | 84 | .491 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | -6.79 | -5.21 | 0 | 1 | Northern Illinois |
Consensus All-Americans