Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Western Conference | 9 | 82 | 41 | 35 | 6 | .537 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 16.78 | 15.50 | 0 | 3 | Michigan, Ohio State |
| 2 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 70 | 41 | 27 | 3 | .599 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.54 | 9.30 | 0 | 2 | Rice |
| 3 | Pacific Coast Conference | 10 | 95 | 53 | 41 | 2 | .563 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 9.87 | 7.82 | 0 | 1 | California |
| 4 | Big Seven Conference | 7 | 68 | 37 | 32 | 1 | .536 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 4.67 | 3.30 | 0 | 2 | Oklahoma |
| 5 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 120 | 63 | 49 | 10 | .557 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 4.41 | 2.06 | 0 | 3 | Tulane |
| 6 | Independent | 36 | 329 | 184 | 141 | 6 | .565 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 2.05 | -0.59 | 0 | 7 | |
| 7 | Southern Conference | 16 | 153 | 66 | 83 | 6 | .445 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | -4.98 | -3.24 | 0 | 2 | North Carolina |
| 8 | Missouri Valley Conference | 7 | 68 | 30 | 32 | 6 | .485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.65 | -6.50 | 0 | 0 | Detroit Mercy | |
| 9 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 9 | 88 | 42 | 45 | 4 | .484 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | -9.70 | -8.90 | 0 | 0 | Texas Tech |
| 10 | Skyline Conference | 6 | 61 | 27 | 33 | 1 | .451 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10.68 | -9.52 | 0 | 0 | Wyoming | |
Consensus All-Americans