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 | 179 | 107 | 72 | .598 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 7.68 | 3.75 | 6 | 6 | Alabama |
| 2 | Pac-12 Conference | 12 | 155 | 89 | 66 | .574 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 6.86 | 4.43 | 5 | 3 | Washington |
| 3 | Big Ten Conference | 14 | 180 | 103 | 77 | .572 | 10 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 6.43 | 4.11 | 5 | 4 | Michigan |
| 4 | Big 12 Conference | 14 | 179 | 99 | 80 | .553 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.92 | 3.70 | 4 | 5 | Texas |
| 5 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 14 | 181 | 101 | 80 | .558 | 11 | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.35 | 2.43 | 3 | 4 | Florida State |
| 6 | Sun Belt Conference | 14 | 182 | 96 | 86 | .527 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .417 | -1.60 | -2.48 | 0 | 0 | Troy |
| 7 | Independent | 4 | 49 | 22 | 27 | .449 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | -2.41 | -1.60 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Mountain West Conference | 12 | 154 | 77 | 77 | .500 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | -3.85 | -3.26 | 0 | 0 | Boise State |
| 9 | American Athletic Conference | 14 | 176 | 84 | 92 | .477 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | -4.45 | -3.49 | 1 | 1 | SMU |
| 10 | Conference USA | 9 | 115 | 57 | 58 | .496 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | -4.97 | -4.36 | 0 | 1 | Liberty |
| 11 | Mid-American Conference | 12 | 152 | 71 | 81 | .467 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | -9.05 | -7.01 | 0 | 0 | Miami (OH) |
Consensus All-Americans