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 | 181 | 112 | 69 | .619 | 12 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 10.80 | 5.80 | 8 | 6 | Alabama |
| 2 | Pac-12 Conference | 12 | 156 | 92 | 64 | .590 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 8.41 | 5.41 | 6 | 6 | Oregon |
| 3 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 14 | 181 | 103 | 78 | .569 | 11 | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.67 | 2.94 | 3 | 4 | Florida State |
| 4 | Big 12 Conference | 10 | 127 | 69 | 58 | .543 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.10 | 3.41 | 3 | 3 | Baylor, Texas Christian |
| 5 | Big Ten Conference | 14 | 180 | 105 | 76 | .580 | 11 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.52 | 2.29 | 4 | 3 | Ohio State |
| 6 | Independent | 4 | 50 | 28 | 23 | .549 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.55 | -0.82 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | Mountain West Conference | 12 | 156 | 79 | 77 | .506 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | -2.95 | -2.48 | 0 | 1 | Boise State |
| 8 | Conference USA | 13 | 163 | 81 | 82 | .497 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | -3.19 | -2.91 | 0 | 1 | Marshall |
| 9 | American Athletic Conference | 11 | 137 | 62 | 75 | .453 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | -5.35 | -3.25 | 0 | 1 | UCF, Cincinnati, Memphis |
| 10 | Mid-American Conference | 13 | 163 | 73 | 88 | .453 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | -8.72 | -6.78 | 0 | 0 | Northern Illinois |
| 11 | Sun Belt Conference | 11 | 135 | 56 | 78 | .418 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | -9.75 | -6.83 | 0 | 0 | Georgia Southern |
Consensus All-Americans