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 | 182 | 113 | 69 | .621 | 12 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 9.58 | 5.18 | 6 | 6 | Georgia |
| 2 | Big 12 Conference | 10 | 131 | 73 | 58 | .557 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .222 | 9.32 | 6.48 | 3 | 3 | Kansas State |
| 3 | Big Ten Conference | 14 | 179 | 101 | 78 | .564 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.88 | 3.27 | 4 | 3 | Michigan |
| 4 | Pac-12 Conference | 12 | 153 | 84 | 69 | .549 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.48 | 3.10 | 3 | 6 | Utah |
| 5 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 14 | 176 | 98 | 78 | .557 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.08 | 2.27 | 5 | 3 | Clemson |
| 6 | American Athletic Conference | 11 | 141 | 73 | 68 | .518 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.30 | -0.07 | 2 | 1 | Tulane |
| 7 | Sun Belt Conference | 14 | 175 | 91 | 84 | .520 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | -2.57 | -3.18 | 0 | 1 | Troy |
| 8 | Independent | 7 | 89 | 45 | 44 | .506 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | -3.34 | -3.32 | 2 | 1 | |
| 9 | Mountain West Conference | 12 | 153 | 72 | 81 | .471 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | -6.52 | -5.14 | 0 | 1 | Fresno State |
| 10 | Conference USA | 11 | 141 | 67 | 74 | .475 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | -6.77 | -5.40 | 0 | 0 | UTSA |
| 11 | Mid-American Conference | 12 | 152 | 71 | 81 | .467 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | -7.77 | -5.83 | 0 | 0 | Toledo |
Consensus All-Americans