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 | 147 | 76 | 71 | .517 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 7.82 | 8.17 | 7 | 4 | Alabama |
| 2 | Mid-American Conference | 12 | 66 | 34 | 32 | .515 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.66 | 5.34 | 0 | 2 | Ball State |
| 3 | Big 12 Conference | 10 | 102 | 55 | 47 | .539 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.26 | 4.37 | 4 | 4 | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Big Ten Conference | 14 | 105 | 53 | 52 | .505 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.32 | 4.51 | 6 | 4 | Ohio State |
| 5 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 15 | 163 | 83 | 80 | .509 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0.07 | -0.18 | 3 | 4 | Clemson |
| 6 | American Athletic Conference | 11 | 105 | 53 | 52 | .505 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | -2.63 | -2.37 | 2 | 1 | Cincinnati |
| 7 | Sun Belt Conference | 10 | 113 | 59 | 54 | .522 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | -3.09 | -3.65 | 0 | 2 | Coastal Carolina |
| 8 | Pac-12 Conference | 12 | 65 | 32 | 33 | .492 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | -3.24 | -2.43 | 3 | 1 | Oregon |
| 9 | Mountain West Conference | 12 | 82 | 40 | 42 | .488 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | -6.09 | -4.73 | 0 | 1 | San Jose State |
| 10 | Independent | 6 | 41 | 31 | 10 | .756 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | -7.08 | -8.81 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | Conference USA | 14 | 115 | 52 | 63 | .452 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .000 | -9.77 | -7.69 | 0 | 0 | UAB |
Consensus All-Americans