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 | 16 | 195 | 121 | 74 | .621 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.41 | 5.16 | 9 | 0 | Georgia |
| 2 | Big Ten Conference | 18 | 219 | 125 | 94 | .571 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.48 | 4.77 | 6 | 0 | Oregon |
| 3 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 17 | 207 | 116 | 91 | .560 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.13 | 3.61 | 4 | 0 | Clemson |
| 4 | Big 12 Conference | 16 | 195 | 108 | 87 | .554 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.67 | 2.52 | 5 | 0 | Arizona State |
| 5 | Independent | 5 | 61 | 35 | 26 | .574 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.85 | -2.08 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | Sun Belt Conference | 14 | 172 | 87 | 85 | .506 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | -2.78 | -2.64 | 0 | 0 | Marshall |
| 7 | American Athletic Conference | 14 | 172 | 86 | 86 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | -3.95 | -3.83 | 0 | 0 | Army |
| 8 | Mountain West Conference | 12 | 148 | 72 | 76 | .486 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | -4.48 | -3.88 | 0 | 0 | Boise State |
| 9 | Mid-American Conference | 12 | 148 | 70 | 78 | .473 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | -4.87 | -3.57 | 0 | 0 | Ohio |
| 10 | Conference USA | 10 | 124 | 55 | 69 | .444 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | -10.61 | -8.13 | 0 | 0 | Jacksonville State |
Consensus All-Americans