Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Champion |
| 1 | Pacific Coast Conference | 10 | 93 | 55 | 31 | 7 | .629 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.05 | 5.53 | USC | |
| 2 | Western Conference | 10 | 91 | 49 | 36 | 6 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 4.33 | Michigan, Northwestern, Purdue | ||
| 3 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 71 | 43 | 25 | 3 | .627 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.27 | 1.75 | SMU | ||
| 4 | Independent | 32 | 296 | 180 | 93 | 23 | .647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.35 | -0.71 | |||
| 5 | Southern Conference | 23 | 221 | 108 | 90 | 24 | .541 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 2.47 | 1.00 | ||
| 6 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 60 | 32 | 27 | 1 | .542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.85 | -2.39 | Nebraska | ||
| 7 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 5 | 42 | 21 | 19 | 2 | .524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.42 | -8.00 | Arizona State | ||
| 8 | Rocky Mountain Conference | 12 | 98 | 46 | 49 | 3 | .485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.80 | -6.64 | Utah | ||
| 9 | Missouri Valley Conference | 5 | 48 | 24 | 23 | 1 | .510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8.59 | -7.47 | Drake | ||
Consensus All-Americans