Conference Summary
| 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 | Southeastern Conference | 12 | 125 | 76 | 45 | 7 | .621 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 9.67 | 5.56 | 2 | 6 | Georgia Tech |
| 2 | Western Conference | 9 | 81 | 35 | 41 | 6 | .463 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 9.33 | 9.91 | 3 | 3 | Purdue, Wisconsin |
| 3 | Pacific Coast Conference | 9 | 88 | 49 | 37 | 2 | .568 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.14 | 7.10 | 5 | 2 | USC |
| 4 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 70 | 31 | 34 | 6 | .479 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.36 | 8.23 | 2 | 1 | Texas |
| 5 | Big Seven Conference | 7 | 69 | 35 | 30 | 4 | .536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.05 | 5.00 | 2 | 1 | Oklahoma | |
| 6 | Independent | 33 | 304 | 159 | 129 | 18 | .549 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0.09 | -1.42 | 5 | 5 | |
| 7 | Missouri Valley Conference | 5 | 49 | 25 | 23 | 2 | .520 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -0.78 | -2.42 | 0 | 1 | Houston |
| 8 | Southern Conference | 15 | 144 | 63 | 76 | 5 | .455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6.33 | -4.04 | 1 | 1 | Duke | |
| 9 | Skyline Conference | 8 | 79 | 36 | 40 | 3 | .475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8.48 | -7.73 | 0 | 0 | Utah | |
| 10 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 8 | 76 | 33 | 38 | 5 | .467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9.96 | -8.99 | 0 | 0 | Arizona State | |
Consensus All-Americans