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 | 180 | 103 | 77 | .572 | 10 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 7.86 | 5.37 | 5 | 4 | Michigan |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | 14 | 184 | 111 | 73 | .603 | 14 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 7.52 | 3.55 | 5 | 5 | Alabama |
| 3 | Big 12 Conference | 10 | 129 | 75 | 54 | .581 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.57 | 3.40 | 3 | 3 | Baylor |
| 4 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 14 | 176 | 94 | 82 | .534 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.27 | 1.52 | 3 | 4 | Pitt |
| 5 | Pac-12 Conference | 12 | 151 | 71 | 80 | .470 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0.58 | 0.69 | 5 | 2 | Utah |
| 6 | American Athletic Conference | 11 | 138 | 73 | 65 | .529 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0.31 | -0.26 | 1 | 2 | Cincinnati |
| 7 | Mountain West Conference | 12 | 153 | 84 | 69 | .549 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .833 | -0.83 | -2.12 | 0 | 2 | Utah State |
| 8 | Independent | 7 | 88 | 42 | 46 | .477 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | -3.34 | -1.48 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun Belt Conference | 10 | 126 | 65 | 61 | .516 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | -4.56 | -4.33 | 2 | 1 | Louisiana |
| 10 | Conference USA | 14 | 178 | 84 | 94 | .472 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | -4.86 | -3.90 | 0 | 0 | UTSA |
| 11 | Mid-American Conference | 12 | 154 | 73 | 81 | .474 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | -5.60 | -4.34 | 0 | 0 | Northern Illinois |
Consensus All-Americans