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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 | 83 | 46 | 30 | 7 | .596 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.60 | 5.99 | Michigan Northwestern |
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| 2 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 72 | 42 | 26 | 4 | .611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.01 | 1.11 | Texas | ||
| 3 | Pacific Coast Conference | 10 | 95 | 61 | 33 | 1 | .647 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 5.39 | 0.38 | Washington State | |
| 4 | Independent | 33 | 308 | 194 | 93 | 21 | .664 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.28 | -1.48 | |||
| 5 | Southern Conference | 23 | 225 | 123 | 91 | 11 | .571 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.44 | -0.48 | ||
| 6 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 51 | 21 | 25 | 5 | .461 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.47 | -0.17 | Kansas | ||
| 7 | Missouri Valley Conference | 5 | 44 | 22 | 19 | 3 | .534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.99 | -3.75 | Drake Oklahoma State |
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| 8 | Rocky Mountain Conference | 12 | 98 | 43 | 42 | 13 | .505 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.83 | -7.40 | Utah | ||
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Frank Carideo*, B, Notre Dame Leonard Macaluso, B, Colgate Erny Pinckert, B, Southern California Marchy Schwartz, B, Notre Dame Frank Baker, E, Northwestern Wes Fesler*, E, Ohio State Ted Beckett, L, California Barton Koch, L, Baylor Milo Lubratovich, L, Wisconsin Fred Sington*, L, Alabama Ben Ticknor*, L, Harvard |