| 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 | 82 | 50 | 28 | 4 | .634 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.85 | 3.60 | Illinois | ||
| 2 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 67 | 43 | 22 | 2 | .657 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.75 | -1.21 | Texas | ||
| 3 | Pacific Coast Conference | 10 | 100 | 63 | 30 | 7 | .665 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 5.63 | -0.67 | Southern California | |
| 4 | Southern Conference | 23 | 218 | 121 | 82 | 15 | .589 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.89 | 1.31 | ||
| 5 | Independent | 27 | 243 | 143 | 84 | 16 | .621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.93 | -1.82 | |||
| 6 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 49 | 23 | 22 | 4 | .510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.87 | -1.83 | Nebraska | ||
| 7 | Rocky Mountain Conference | 12 | 94 | 45 | 43 | 6 | .511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5.04 | -4.87 | Utah | ||
| 8 | Missouri Valley Conference | 5 | 41 | 17 | 21 | 3 | .451 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.48 | -5.09 | Drake | ||
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Red Cagle*, B, Army Charles Carroll, B, Washington Howard Harpster, B, Carnegie Mellon Paul Scull, B, Pennsylvania Ken Strong, B, New York University Wes Fesler, E, Ohio State Irv Phillips, E, California Edward Burke, L, Navy Mike Getto, L, Pittsburgh Otto Pommerening, L, Michigan Seraphim Post, L, Stanford Pete Pund, L, Georgia Tech Don Robesky, L, Stanford |