Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | Pct | G | W | L | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Southeastern Conference | 14 | 180 | 111 | 69 | .617 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .818 | 8.60 | 4.33 | 8 | 5 | Alabama |
| 2 | Pac-12 Conference | 12 | 157 | 90 | 67 | .573 | 10 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 6.86 | 4.08 | 6 | 3 | Stanford |
| 3 | Big Ten Conference | 14 | 180 | 105 | 75 | .583 | 10 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 6.34 | 4.02 | 3 | 6 | Michigan State |
| 4 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 14 | 180 | 98 | 82 | .544 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.03 | 2.76 | 3 | 3 | Clemson |
| 5 | Big 12 Conference | 10 | 127 | 71 | 56 | .559 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.70 | 2.78 | 3 | 4 | Oklahoma |
| 6 | Independent | 3 | 38 | 21 | 17 | .553 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.34 | 0.29 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | American Athletic Conference | 12 | 154 | 80 | 74 | .519 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 | -0.88 | -1.19 | 0 | 2 | Houston |
| 8 | Mid-American Conference | 13 | 164 | 77 | 87 | .470 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | -3.38 | -2.39 | 0 | 0 | Bowling Green |
| 9 | Mountain West Conference | 12 | 155 | 72 | 83 | .465 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .500 | -5.48 | -4.10 | 1 | 0 | San Diego State |
| 10 | Sun Belt Conference | 11 | 137 | 60 | 77 | .438 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | -7.96 | -5.58 | 0 | 0 | Arkansas State |
| 11 | Conference USA | 13 | 163 | 76 | 87 | .466 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | -8.06 | -6.12 | 0 | 1 | Western Kentucky |
Consensus All-Americans