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 | 209 | 128 | 81 | .612 | 15 | 8 | 7 | .533 | 9.86 | 5.11 | 9 | 0 | Georgia |
| 2 | Big Ten Conference | 18 | 235 | 136 | 99 | .579 | 17 | 11 | 6 | .647 | 8.52 | 5.99 | 6 | 0 | Oregon |
| 3 | Big 12 Conference | 16 | 203 | 112 | 91 | .552 | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.47 | 2.59 | 5 | 0 | Arizona State |
| 4 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 17 | 219 | 118 | 101 | .539 | 13 | 2 | 11 | .154 | 4.43 | 2.67 | 4 | 0 | Clemson |
| 5 | Independent | 5 | 66 | 38 | 28 | .576 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 0.57 | -1.59 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | Sun Belt Conference | 14 | 176 | 89 | 87 | .506 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | -3.54 | -3.14 | 0 | 0 | Marshall |
| 7 | American Athletic Conference | 14 | 178 | 91 | 87 | .511 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .750 | -3.75 | -3.79 | 0 | 0 | Army |
| 8 | Mid-American Conference | 12 | 153 | 74 | 79 | .484 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | -4.37 | -3.25 | 0 | 0 | Ohio |
| 9 | Mountain West Conference | 12 | 152 | 72 | 80 | .474 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | -5.61 | -4.52 | 0 | 0 | Boise State |
| 10 | Conference USA | 10 | 126 | 55 | 71 | .437 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | -11.52 | -8.66 | 0 | 0 | Jacksonville State |
Consensus All-Americans