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 | 105 | 76 | .580 | 13 | 6 | 7 | .462 | 7.17 | 4.11 | 6 | 5 | Alabama |
| 2 | Pac-12 Conference | 12 | 152 | 84 | 68 | .553 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.64 | 4.80 | 5 | 5 | Washington |
| 3 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 14 | 182 | 108 | 74 | .593 | 12 | 9 | 3 | .750 | 6.39 | 3.13 | 4 | 5 | Clemson |
| 4 | Big Ten Conference | 14 | 180 | 99 | 81 | .550 | 10 | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.13 | 3.60 | 4 | 4 | Penn State |
| 5 | Big 12 Conference | 10 | 126 | 68 | 58 | .540 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.74 | 1.86 | 4 | 3 | Oklahoma |
| 6 | American Athletic Conference | 12 | 153 | 82 | 71 | .536 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | -0.65 | -1.86 | 1 | 1 | Temple |
| 7 | Independent | 4 | 50 | 23 | 27 | .460 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | -0.89 | -1.28 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | Mountain West Conference | 12 | 154 | 79 | 75 | .513 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | -2.97 | -3.10 | 0 | 1 | San Diego State |
| 9 | Mid-American Conference | 12 | 152 | 72 | 80 | .474 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .000 | -4.97 | -4.42 | 0 | 1 | Western Michigan |
| 10 | Sun Belt Conference | 11 | 138 | 66 | 72 | .478 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | -5.30 | -3.73 | 0 | 0 | Appalachian State, Arkansas State |
| 11 | Conference USA | 13 | 165 | 77 | 88 | .467 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | -6.99 | -5.34 | 0 | 0 | Western Kentucky |
Consensus All-Americans