National Champion: Oklahoma (AP, UPI)
Heisman Memorial Trophy: Vic Janowicz (Ohio State)
AP Preseason #1: Notre Dame ▪ AP Final #1: Oklahoma
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 72 | 42 | 30 | 0 | .583 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 11.52 | 8.06 | 2 | 1 | Texas |
| 2 | Western Conference | 9 | 82 | 40 | 38 | 4 | .512 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.75 | 10.36 | 4 | 3 | Michigan |
| 3 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 128 | 73 | 49 | 6 | .594 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 5.87 | 1.94 | 2 | 4 | Kentucky |
| 4 | Pacific Coast Conference | 9 | 86 | 41 | 37 | 8 | .523 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 5.74 | 4.99 | 3 | 2 | California |
| 5 | Big Seven Conference | 7 | 71 | 35 | 31 | 5 | .528 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 4.67 | 3.43 | 2 | 2 | Oklahoma |
| 6 | Independent | 38 | 352 | 173 | 166 | 13 | .510 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.30 | -0.48 | 4 | 4 | |
| 7 | Missouri Valley Conference | 6 | 61 | 35 | 21 | 5 | .615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.44 | -3.89 | 0 | 1 | Tulsa | |
| 8 | Southern Conference | 17 | 169 | 76 | 83 | 10 | .479 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | -4.34 | -3.69 | 3 | 2 | Washington & Lee |
| 9 | Skyline Conference | 6 | 62 | 28 | 29 | 5 | .492 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -5.67 | -5.35 | 0 | 1 | Wyoming |
| 10 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 9 | 91 | 44 | 47 | 0 | .484 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | -7.61 | -6.76 | 0 | 0 | West Texas A&M |
| School | Conf | Pre | 10/2 | 10/9 | 10/16 | 10/23 | 10/30 | 11/6 | 11/13 | 11/20 | Final |
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| Oklahoma | Big 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Army | Ind | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Texas | SWC | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Tennessee | SEC | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | |
| California | PCC | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Princeton | Ind | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | |||||
| Kentucky | SEC | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Michigan State | Ind | 19 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | |
| Michigan | Western | 3 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 9 | |||||
| Clemson | Southern | 18 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | |
| Washington | PCC | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 11 | ||
| Wyoming | Skyline | 18 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Illinois | Western | 8 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Ohio State | Western | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | |
| Miami (FL) | Ind | 14 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 15 | |||
| Alabama | SEC | 12 | 17 | 16 | |||||||
| Nebraska | Big 7 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 | ||||||
| Tulsa | MVC | 18 | |||||||||
| Washington & Lee | Southern | 19 | 18 | ||||||||
| Tulane | SEC | 20 | |||||||||
| School | Conf | Pre | 10/2 | 10/9 | 10/16 | 10/23 | 10/30 | 11/6 | 11/13 | 11/20 | Final |
| Cornell | Ind | 9 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 10 | |||||
| Duke | Southern | 16 | 14 | ||||||||
| Florida | SEC | 20 | 17 | ||||||||
| Indiana | Western | 19 | |||||||||
| Iowa | Western | 17 | |||||||||
| Kansas | Big 7 | 19 | |||||||||
| Lehigh | 19 | ||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | Ind | 20 | |||||||||
| Maryland | Southern | 15 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 18 | |||||
| Minnesota | Western | 18 | |||||||||
| Missouri | Big 7 | 17 | |||||||||
| North Carolina | Southern | 20 | 11 | ||||||||
| Northwestern | Western | 20 | 9 | ||||||||
| Notre Dame | Ind | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
| Pennsylvania | Ind | 20 | 15 | 20 | 13 | ||||||
| Purdue | Western | 9 | |||||||||
| Rice | SWC | 15 | 15 | ||||||||
| Southern California | PCC | 12 | |||||||||
| Southern Methodist | SWC | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 15 | |
| Stanford | PCC | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Texas A&M | SWC | 13 | 12 | ||||||||
| UCLA | PCC | 13 | 18 | 19 | 19 | ||||||
| Vanderbilt | SEC | 19 | 13 | ||||||||
| Wake Forest | Southern | 19 | 17 | 16 | |||||||
| Wisconsin | Western | 15 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 15 |
| Heisman Memorial Trophy: | Vic Janowicz (Ohio State) |
| John Outland Trophy: | Bob Gain (Kentucky) |
| Maxwell Award: | Reds Bagnell (Pennsylvania) |
| AFCA Coach of the Year Award: | Charles Caldwell (Princeton) |
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Leon Heath, B, Oklahoma Vic Janowicz*, B, Ohio State Babe Parilli, B, Kentucky Kyle Rote, B, Southern Methodist Dan Foldberg*, E, Army Bill Mccoll, E, Stanford Bob Gain, L, Kentucky Jerry Groom, L, Notre Dame Bud Mcfadin, L, Texas Les Richter, L, California Jim Weatherall, L, Oklahoma |