Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | Pct | G | W | L | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Big Ten Conference | 14 | 178 | 103 | 75 | .579 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .875 | 9.26 | 6.74 | 4 | 5 | Ohio State |
| 2 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 14 | 178 | 100 | 78 | .562 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 7.98 | 5.03 | 5 | 4 | Clemson |
| 3 | Southeastern Conference | 14 | 180 | 107 | 73 | .594 | 11 | 5 | 6 | .455 | 6.99 | 3.91 | 6 | 5 | Georgia |
| 4 | Big 12 Conference | 10 | 130 | 71 | 59 | .546 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.97 | 3.65 | 5 | 3 | Oklahoma |
| 5 | Pac-12 Conference | 12 | 155 | 84 | 71 | .542 | 9 | 1 | 8 | .111 | 3.92 | 2.41 | 4 | 3 | USC |
| 6 | Independent | 4 | 51 | 28 | 23 | .549 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.42 | -0.61 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | American Athletic Conference | 12 | 149 | 78 | 71 | .523 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | -0.25 | -0.74 | 1 | 3 | UCF |
| 8 | Mountain West Conference | 12 | 153 | 73 | 80 | .477 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | -4.11 | -3.15 | 0 | 1 | Boise State |
| 9 | Mid-American Conference | 12 | 151 | 71 | 80 | .470 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | -5.76 | -4.43 | 0 | 0 | Toledo |
| 10 | Conference USA | 14 | 178 | 85 | 93 | .478 | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | -8.50 | -6.70 | 0 | 0 | Florida Atlantic |
| 11 | Sun Belt Conference | 12 | 147 | 65 | 82 | .442 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | -10.03 | -7.71 | 0 | 0 | Appalachian State, Troy |
Consensus All-Americans