Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Champion |
| 1 | Southern Conference | 21 | 197 | 116 | 70 | 11 | .617 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.02 | 1.79 | |||
| 2 | Western Conference | 10 | 70 | 35 | 27 | 8 | .557 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3.86 | Chicago, Iowa, Michigan | ||
| 3 | Pacific Coast Conference | 8 | 66 | 43 | 22 | 2 | .657 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.89 | -2.05 | California | |
| 4 | Independent | 45 | 413 | 234 | 156 | 26 | .594 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 2.50 | -1.47 | ||
| 5 | Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 9 | 70 | 35 | 28 | 7 | .550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.97 | -0.32 | Nebraska | ||
| 6 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 65 | 38 | 25 | 2 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.39 | -4.05 | Baylor | ||
| 7 | Rocky Mountain Conference | 9 | 70 | 36 | 30 | 4 | .543 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5.07 | -5.78 | Utah | ||
Consensus All-Americans