Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Champion |
| 1 | Western Conference | 10 | 81 | 45 | 28 | 8 | .605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.12 | 8.26 | Michigan, Purdue | ||
| 2 | Pacific Coast Conference | 10 | 98 | 57 | 35 | 7 | .611 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.93 | 4.55 | USC | |
| 3 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 71 | 36 | 27 | 8 | .563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.33 | 2.28 | Texas Christian | ||
| 4 | Independent | 40 | 344 | 204 | 113 | 28 | .632 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 3.34 | -1.68 | ||
| 5 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 51 | 24 | 23 | 4 | .510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.03 | 2.41 | Nebraska | ||
| 6 | Southern Conference | 23 | 222 | 112 | 93 | 17 | .543 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.12 | 0.54 | |||
| 7 | Rocky Mountain Conference | 12 | 91 | 44 | 41 | 6 | .516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.76 | -3.79 | Utah | ||
| 8 | Missouri Valley Conference | 6 | 52 | 25 | 21 | 6 | .538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6.61 | -6.70 | Oklahoma State | ||
| 9 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 6 | 54 | 26 | 23 | 5 | .528 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10.03 | -10.89 | |||
Consensus All-Americans