| Overall | Bowls | SRS | ||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Champion |
| 1 | Western Conference | 10 | 80 | 50 | 28 | 2 | .638 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.95 | 5.14 | Michigan Northwestern |
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| 2 | Pacific Coast Conference | 9 | 78 | 50 | 25 | 3 | .660 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 6.40 | 0.53 | Stanford | |
| 3 | Independent | 26 | 237 | 153 | 68 | 16 | .679 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.93 | -2.01 | |||
| 4 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 65 | 39 | 20 | 6 | .646 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | -1.46 | Southern Methodist | ||
| 5 | Southern Conference | 22 | 204 | 105 | 88 | 11 | .542 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 1.54 | -0.38 | ||
| 6 | Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 10 | 80 | 39 | 35 | 6 | .525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.68 | 0.08 | Oklahoma State | ||
| 7 | Rocky Mountain Conference | 12 | 95 | 44 | 43 | 8 | .505 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.77 | -7.98 | Utah | ||
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Ralph Baker, B, Northwestern Benny Friedman, B, Michigan Herb Joesting, B, Minnesota Mort Kaer, B, Southern California Vic Hanson, E, Syracuse Bennie Oosterbaan, E, Michigan Bud Boeringer, L, Notre Dame Harry Connaughton, L, Georgetown Bernie Shively, L, Illinois Bud Sprague, L, Army Frank Wickhorst*, L, Navy |