DAVETGC's NCAA Division I Football Rankings-January 3, 2026

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NCAA Division I Team Conference Ranking Record Conf. Bowl Loss(es)
Indiana Big Ten 1 15W-0L 10W-0L Peach n/a
Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast 2 13W-3L 6W-2L Fiesta Louisville/SMU/Indiana
Mississippi   SEC 3 13W-2L 7W-1L Fiesta Georgia/Miami-FL
Georgia   SEC 4 12W-2L 8W-1L Sugar Alabama/Mississippi
Oregon   Big Ten 5 13W-1L 8W-1L Peach Indiana 
Ohio State Big Ten 6 12W-2L 9W-1L Cotton Indiana/Miami-FL
Texas A&M SEC 7 11W-2L 7W-1L Playoff Texas/Miami-FL
Notre Dame Independent 8 10W-2L n/a Declined Miami-FL/Texas A&M
Texas Tech Big 12 9 12W-2L 9W-1L Orange Arizona State/Oregon
Texas SEC 10 10W-3L 6W-2L Citrus Ohio State/Florida/Georgia
Alabama SEC 11 11W-4L 7W-2L Rose Florida State/Oklahoma/Georgia/Indiana
Oklahoma   SEC 12 10W-3L 6W-2L Playoff Texas/Mississippi/Alabama
BYU Big 12 13 12W-2L 8W-2L Pop Tarts Texas Tech x 2
Utah Big 12 14 11W-2L 7W-2L Las Vegas Texas Tech/BYU
Iowa Big Ten 15 9W-4L 6W-3L Reliaquest Iowa State/Indiana/Oregon/USC
Vanderbilt SEC 16 10W-3L 6W-2L Reliaquest Alabama/Texas/Iowa
Duke Atlantic Coast 17 9W-5L 7W-2L Sun Illinois/Tulane/Georgia Tech/Connecticut/Virginia
Virginia   Atlantic Coast 18 11W-3L 7W-2L Gator North Carolina State/Wake Forest/Duke
TCU Big 12 19 9W-4L 5W-4L Alamo Arizona State/Kansas State/Iowa State/BYU
Houston Big 12 20 10W-3L 6W-3L Texas Texas Tech/West Virginia/TCU
Illinois Big Ten 21 9W-4L 5W-4L Music City Indiana/Ohio State/Washington/Wisconsin
Tennessee SEC 22 8W-5L 4W-4L Music City Georgia/Alabama/Oklahoma/Vanderbilt/Illinois
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 23 9W-4L 6W-2L Pop Tarts North Carolina State/Pittsburgh/Georgia/BYU
USC Big Ten 24 9W-4L 7W-2L Alamo Illinois/Notre Dame/Oregon/TCU
Missouri SEC 25 8W-5L 4W-4L Gator Alabama/Vanderbilt/Texas A&M/Oklahoma/Virginia
Michigan Big Ten 26 9W-4L 7W-2L Citrus Oklahoma/USC/Ohio State/Texas
Louisville Atlantic Coast 27 9W-4L 4W-4L Boca Raton Virginia/California/Clemson/SMU
LSU SEC 28 7W-6L 3W-5L Texas Mississippi/Vanderbilt/Texas A&M/Alabama/Oklahoma/Houston
Southern Methodist Atlantic Coast 29 9W-4L 7W-2L Holiday Baylor/TCU/Wake Forest/California
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast 30 9W-4L 3W-5L Duke's Mayo North Carolina State/Georgia Tech/Florida State/Duke
Arizona   Big 12 31 9W-4L 6W-3L Holiday Iowa State/BYU/Houston/SMU
Washington Big Ten 32 9W-4L 5W-4L Los Angeles Ohio State/Michigan/Wisconsin/Oregon
Navy American Athletic 33 11W-2L 8W-1L Liberty North Texas State/Notre Dame
Arizona State Big 12 34 8W-5L 6W-3L Sun Mississippi State/Utah/Houston/Arizona/Duke
James Madison Sunbelt-East 35 12W-2L 9W-0L Playoff Louisville/Oregon
Nebraska Big Ten 36 7W-6L 4W-5L Las Vegas Michigan/Minnesota/USC/Penn State/Iowa/Utah
Cincinnati Big 12 37 7W-6L 5W-4L Liberty Nebraska/Utah/Arizona/BYU/TCU/Navy
Iowa State Big 12 38 8W-4L 5W-4L Declined Cincinnati/Colorado/BYU/Arizona State
Tulane American Athletic 39 11W-3L 8W-1L Playoff Mississippi x 2/Texas-San Antonio
East Carolina American Athletic 40 9W-4L 6W-2L Military North Carolina State/BYU/Tulane/Texas-San Antonio
Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast 41 8W-5L 6W-2L Military West Virginia/Louisville/Notre Dame/Miami-FL/East Carolina
North Texas State American Athletic 42 12W-2L 7W-2L New Mexico South Florida/Tulane
Memphis State American Athletic 43 8W-5L 4W-4L Gasparilla UAB/Tulane/East Carolina/Navy/North Carolina State
South Florida American Athletic 44 9W-4L 6W-2L Cure Miami-FL/Memphis State/Navy/Old Dominion
Northwestern Big Ten 45 7W-6L 4W-5L Game Above Tulane/Oregon/Nebraska/USC/Michigan/Illinois
Penn State Big Ten 46 7W-6L 3W-6L Pinstripe Oregon/UCLA/Northwestern/Iowa/Ohio State/Indiana
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast 47 8W-5L 4W-4L Gasparilla Duke/Virginia Tech/Notre Dame/Pittsburgh/Miami-FL
Clemson Atlantic Coast 48 7W-6L 4W-4L Pinstripe LSU/Georgia Tech/Syracuse/SMU/Duke/Penn State
Florida State Atlantic Coast 49 5W-7L 2W-6L Declined Virginia/Miami-FL/Pittsburgh/Stanford/Clemson/North Carolina State/Florida
South Carolina SEC 50 4W-8L 1W-7L Toilet Vanderbilt/Missouri/LSU/Oklahoma/Mississippi/Alabama/Texas A&M/Clemson
Mississippi State SEC 51 5W-8L 1W-7L Duke's Mayo Tennessee/Texas A&M/Florida/Texas/Georgia/Missouri/Mississippi/Wake Forest
Minnesota Big Ten 52 8W-5L 5W-4L Rate California/Ohio State/Iowa/Oregon/Northwestern
Kentucky SEC 53 5W-7L 2W-6L Toilet Mississippi/South Carolina/Georgia/Texas/Tennessee/Vanderbilt/Louisville
Florida SEC 54 4W-8L 2W-6L Toilet South Florida/LSU/Miami-FL/Texas A&M/Georgia/Kentucky/Mississippi/Tennessee
Auburn SEC 55 5W-7L 1W-7L Declined Oklahoma/Texas A&M/Georgia/Missouri/Kentucky/Vanderbilt/Alabama
Wisconsin Big Ten 56 4W-8L 2W-7L Toilet Alabama/Maryland/Michigan/Iowa/Ohio State/Oregon/Indiana/Minnesota
Kansas State Big 12 57 6W-6L 5W-4L Declined Iowa State/Army/Arizona/Baylor/Texas Tech/Utah
Kansas   Big 12 58 5W-7L 3W-6L Declined Missouri/Cincinnati/Texas Tech/Kansas State/Arizona/Iowa State/Utah
Baylor Big 12 59 5W-7L 3W-6L Declined Auburn/Arizona State/TCU/Cincinnati/Utah/Arizona/Houston
New Mexico Mountain West 60 9W-4L 6W-2L Rate Michigan/San Jose State/Boise State/Minnesota
San Diego State Mountain West 61 9W-4L 6W-2L New Mexico Washington State/Hawaii/New Mexico/North Texas State
Fresno State Mountain West 62 9W-4L 5W-3L Arizona Kansas/Colorado State/San Diego State/Utah State
Boise State Mountain West 63 9W-5L 7W-2L Los Angeles South Florida/Notre Dame/Fresno State/San Diego State/Washington
Washington State Pacific 12-North 64 7W-6L 1W-1L Potato North Texas State/Washington/Mississippi/Virginia/Oregon State/James Madison
UNLV Mountain West 65 10W-4L 6W-3L Frisco Boise State x 2/New Mexico/Ohio Univ.
Hawaii Mountain West 66 9W-4L 5W-3L Hawaii Arizona/Fresno State/San Jose State/UNLV
California Atlantic Coast 67 7W-6L 4W-4L Hawaii San Diego State/Duke/Virginia Tech/Virginia/Stanford/Hawaii
Army American Athletic 68 7W-6L 4W-5L Fenway Tarleton State/North Texas State/East Carolina/Tulane/Tulsa/Navy
Connecticut Independent 69 9W-4L n/a Fenway Syracuse/Delaware/Rice/Army
UCLA Big Ten 70 3W-9L 3W-6L Toilet Utah/UNLV/New Mexico/Northwestern/Indiana/Nebraska/Ohio State/Washington/USC
Arkansas SEC 71 2W-10L 0W-8L Toilet Mississippi/Memphis State/Notre Dame/Tennessee/Texas A&M/Auburn/Mississippi State/LSU/Texas/Missouri
Rutgers Big Ten 72 5W-7L 2W-7L Declined Iowa/Minnesota/Washington/Oregon/Illinois/Ohio State/Penn State
Kennesaw State Conference USA 73 10W-4L 8W-1L Myrtle Beach Wake Forest/Indiana/Jacksonville State/Western Michigan
Old Dominion Sunbelt-East 74 10W-3L 6W-2L Cure Indiana/Marshall/James Madison
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast 75 3W-9L 2W-6L Toilet South Carolina/Vanderbilt/Old Dominion/Wake Forest/Georgia Tech/Louisville/Florida State/Miami-FL/Virginia
Texas-San Antonio American Athletic 76 7W-6L 4W-4L First Responder Texas A&M/Texas State/Temple/North Texas St./South Florida/Army
Michigan State Big Ten 77 4W-8L 1W-8L Toilet USC/Nebraska/UCLA/Indiana/Michigan/Minnesota/Penn State/Iowa
Western Michigan Mid-American 78 10W-4L 8W-1L Myrtle Beach Michigan State/North Texas State/Illinois/Miami-OH
Central Florida Big 12 79 5W-7L 2W-7L Declined Kansas State/Kansas/Cincinnati/Baylor/Houston/Texas Tech/BYU
North Carolina Atlantic Coast 80 4W-8L 2W-6L Toilet TCU/Central Florida/Clemson/California/Virginia/Wake Forest/Duke/North Carolina State
Ohio University Mid-American 81 9W-4L 6W-2L Frisco Rutgers/Ohio State/Ball State/Western Michigan
West Virginia Big 12 82 4W-8L 2W-7L Toilet Ohio University/Kansas/Utah/BYU/Central Florida/TCU/Arizona State/Texas Tech
Maryland Big Ten 83 4W-8L 1W-8L Toilet Washington/Nebraska/UCLA/Indiana/Rutgers/Illinois/Michigan/Michigan State
Stanford Atlantic Coast 84 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Hawaii/BYU/Virginia/SMU/Miami-FL/Pittsburgh/North Carolina/Notre Dame
Purdue Big Ten 85 2W-10L 0W-9L Toilet USC/Notre Dame/Illinois/Minnesota/Northwestern/Rutgers/Michigan/Ohio State/Washington/Indiana
Colorado Big 12 86 3W-9L 1W-8L Toilet Georgia Tech/Houston/BYU/TCU/Utah/Arizona/West Virginia/Arizona State/Kansas State
Boston College Atlantic Coast 87 2W-10L 1W-7L Toilet Michigan State/Stanford/California/Pittsburgh/Clemson/Connecticut/Louisville/Notre Dame/SMU/Georgia Tech
Miami-OH Mid-American 88 7W-7L 6W-3L Arizona Wisconsin/Rutgers/UNLV/Ohio Universiy/Toledo/Western Michigan/Fresno State
Delaware Conference USA 89 7W-6L 4W-4L 68 Ventures Colorado/Western Kentucky/Jacksonville State/Liberty/Sam Houston St./Wake Forest
Jacksonville State Conference USA 90 9W-5L 7W-2L Veterans Central Florida/Georgia Southern/Southern Mississippi/Florida International/Kennesaw State
Utah State Mountain West 91 6W-7L 4W-4L Potato Texas A&M/Vanderbilt/Hawaii/New Mexico/UNLV/Boise State/Washington State
Syracuse Atlantic Coast 92 3W-9L 1W-7L Toilet Tennessee/Duke/SMU/Pittsburgh/Georgia Tech/North Carolina/Miami-FL/Notre Dame/Boston College
Coastal Carolina Sunbelt-West 93 6W-7L 5W-3L Independence Virginia/East Carolina/Old Dominion/Georgia Southern/James Madison/Louisiana Tech
Toledo Mid-American 94 8W-5L 6W-2L Boca Raton Kentucky/Western Michigan/Bowling Green/Washington State/Louisville
Western Kentucky Conference USA 95 9W-4L 6W-2L New Orleans Toledo/Florida International/LSU/Jacksonville State
Arkansas State Sunbelt-West 96 7W-6L 5W-3L Xbox Arkansas/Iowa State/Kennesaw State/Louisiana-Monroe/Southern Mississippi/Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana Tech Conference USA 97 8W-5L 5W-3L Independence LSU/Kennesaw State/Western Kentucky/Delaware/Washington State
Troy State Sunbelt-West 98 8W-6L 6W-3L Veterans Clemson/Memphis State/Arkansas State/Old Dominion/James Madison/Jacksonville State
Temple American Athletic 99 5W-7L 3W-5L Declined Oklahoma/Georgia Tech/Navy/East Carolina/Army/Tulane/North Texas State
Southern Mississippi Sunbelt-West 100 7W-6L 5W-3L New Orleans Mississippi State/Louisiana Tech/Texas State/South Alabama/Troy State/Western Kentucky
Florida International Conference USA 101 7W-6L 5W-3L First Responder Penn State/Delaware/Connecticut/Kennesaw State/Missouri State/Texas-San Antonio
Missouri State Conference USA 102 7W-6L 5W-3L Xbox USC/SMU/Western Kentucky/Kennesaw State/Louisiana Tech/Arkansas State
Louisiana-Lafayette Sunbelt-East 103 6W-7L 5W-3L 68 Ventures Rice/Missouri/Eastern Michigan/James Madison/Southern Mississippi/Troy State/Delaware
Central Michigan Mid-American 104 7W-6L 5W-3L Game Above Pittsburgh/Michigan/Akron/Western Michigan/Toledo/Northwestern 
Georgia Southern Sunbelt-East 105 7W-6L 5W-4L Birmingham Fresno State/USC/James Madison/Southern Mississippi/Old Dominion
Air Force Mountain West 106 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Utah State/Boise State/Hawaii/Navy/UNLV/Army/Connecticut/New Mexico
Texas State Sunbelt-West 107 7W-6L 3W-5L Armed Forces Arizona State/Arkansas State/Troy State/Marshall/James Madison/Louisiana-Lafayette
Wyoming Mountain West 108 4W-8L 2W-6L Toilet Utah/Colorado/UNLV/Air Force/San Diego State/Fresno State/Nevada/Hawaii
Colorado State Mountain West 109 2W-10L 1W-7L Toilet Washington/Texas-San Antonio/Washington State/San Diego State/Hawaii/Wyoming/UNLV/New Mexico/Boise State/Air Force
Florida Atlantic American Athletic 110 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Maryland/Florida International/Memphis State/South Florida/Navy/Tulane/Connecticut/East Carolina
Rice American Athletic 111 5W-8L 3W-5L Armed Forces Houston/Navy/Florida Atlantic/Texas-San Antonio/Memphis State/North Texas St./South Florida/Texas State
Alabama-Birmingham American Athletic 112 4W-8L 2W-6L Toilet Navy/Tennessee/Army/Florida Atlantic/Connecticut/Rice/North Texas St./South Florida
Kent State Mid-American 113 5W-7L 4W-4L Toilet Texas Tech/Buffalo/Florida State/Oklahoma/Toledo/Ball State/Central Michigan
Akron Mid-American 114 5W-7L 4W-4L Toilet Wyoming/Nebraska/UAB/Toledo/Miami-OH/Ball State/Kent State
San Jose State Mountain West 115 3W-9L 2W-6L Toilet Central Michigan/Texas/Stanford/Wyoming/Utah State/Air Force/Nevada/San Diego State/Fresno State
Buffalo Mid-American 116 5W-7L 4W-4L Toilet Minnesota/Troy State/Connecticut/Akron/Central Michigan/Miami-OH/Ohio Univ.
Appalachian State Sunbelt-East 117 5W-8L 2W-7L Birmingham Southern Mississippi/Boise State/Coastal Carolina/Old Dominion/Georgia Southern x 2/James Madison/Arkansas State
Marshall Sunbelt-East 118 5W-7L 3W-5L Toilet Georgia/Missouri State/Lousiana-Lafayette/Coastal Carolina/James Madison/Appalachian State/Georgia Southern
New Mexico State Conference USA 119 4W-8L 2W-6L Toilet Louisiana Tech/New Mexico/Liberty/Missouri State/Western Kentucky/Kennesaw State/Tennessee/Middle Tennessee
Eastern Michigan Mid-American 120 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Texas State/Long Island/Kentucky/Central Michigan/Buffalo/Miami-OH/Ohio Univ./Western Michigan
Tulsa American Athletic 121 4W-8L 1W-7L Toilet New Mexico State/Navy/Tulane/Memphis State/East Carolina/Temple/Florida Atlantic/UAB
South Alabama Sunbelt-West 122 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Tulane/Auburn/Coastal Carolina/North Texas Sate/Troy State/Arkansas State/Louisiana-Lafayette/Texas State
Northern Illinois Mid-American 123 3W-9L 2W-6L Toilet Maryland/Mississippi State/San Diego State/Miami-OH/Eastern Michigan/Ohio University/Toledo/Western Michigan/Kent State
Liberty Conference USA 124 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Jacksonville State/Bowling Green/James Madison/Old Dominion/Missouri State/Florida International/Louisiana Tech/Kennesaw State
Middle Tennessee State Conference USA 125 3W-9L 2W-6L Toilet Austin Peay/Wisconsin/Marshall/Kennesaw State/Missouri State/Delaware/Jacksonville State/Florida International/Western Kentucky
Nevada Mountain West 126 3W-9L 2W-6L Toilet Penn State/Middle Tennessee State/Western Kentucky/Fresno State/San Diego State/New Mexico/Boise State/Utah State/UNLV
Louisiana-Monroe Sunbelt-West 127 3W-9L 1W-7L Toilet Alabama/Northwestern/Coastal Carolina/Troy State/Southern Mississippi/Old Dominion/South Alabama/Texas State/Louisiana-Lafayette
Ball State Mid-American 128 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Purdue/Auburn/Connecticut/Western Michigan/Northern Illinois/Eastern Michigan/Toledo/Miami-OH
Bowling Green Mid-American 129 4W-8L 2W-6L Toilet Cincinnati/Louisville/Ohio Univ./Central Michigan/Kent State/Buffalo/Eastern Michigan/Akron
Oklahoma State Big 12 130 1W-11L 0W-9L Toilet Oregon/Tulsa/Baylor/Arizona/Houston/Cincinnati/Texas Tech/Kansas/Kansas State/Central Florida/Iowa State
Texas-El Paso Conference USA 131 2W-10L 1W-7L Toilet Utah State/Texas/Louisiana-Monroe/Louisiana Tech/Liberty/Kennesaw State/Jacksonville State/Missouri State/New Mexico St./Delaware
Georgia State Sunbelt-East 132 1W-11L 0W-8L Toilet Mississippi/Memphis State/Vanderbilt/James Madison/Appalachian State/Georgia Southern/South Alabama/Coastal Carolina/Marshall/Troy St./Old Dominion
Oregon State Pacific 12-North 133 2W-10L 1W-1L Toilet California/Fresno State/Texas Tech/Oregon/Houston/Appalachian State/Wake Forest/Sam Houston State/Tulsa/Washington State
Sam Houston State Conference USA 134 2W-10L 1W-7L Toilet Western Kentucky/UNLV/Hawaii/Texas/New Mexico State/Jacksonville State/Texas-El Paso/Louisiana Tech/Middle Tennessee/Florida Int.
North Carolina-Charlotte American Athletic 135 1W-11L 0W-9L Toilet Appalachian State/North Carolina/Rice/South Florida/Army/Temple/North Texas St./East Carolina/Texas-San Antonio/Georgia/Tulane
Massachusetts Mid-American 136 0W-12L 0W-8L Toilet Temple/Bryant/Iowa/Missouri/Western Michigan/Kent State/Buffalo/Central Michigan/Akron/Northern Illinois/Ohio Univ./Bowling Green

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Top Conferences Big Twelve SEC ACC Big Ten PAC 12 Amer.Ath. MAC Independents Sunbelt Conference USA Mountain West

SEC 29.50

35W-16L

3W-1L SEC 6W-8L 1W-4L 1W-0L 5W-2L 5W-0L 0W-1L 8W-0L 3W-0L 3W-0L

Big Twelve 47.88

23W-14L

Big Twelve 1W-3L 4W-4L 5W-3L 2W-0L 2W-3L 2W-1L 0W-0L 2W-0L 2W-0L 3W-0L

ACC 48.00

31W-23L

4W-4L 8W-6L ACC 1W-4L 2W-0L 4W-1L 4W-0L 2W-6L 3W-0L 2W-0L 1W-2L

Big Ten 41.78

36W-10L

3W-5L 4W-1L 4W-1L Big Ten 2W-0L 1W-1L 9W-0L 0W-1L 4W-0L 4W-0L 5W-1L

American Athletic 76.64

21W-21L

3W-2L 2W-5L 1W-4L 1W-1L 1W-0L Amer.Ath. 2W-0L 2W-3L 4W-3L 1W-2L 5W-0L

PAC-12 98.50

5W-11L

0W-2L 0W-1L 0W-2L 0W-2L PAC 12 0W-0L 1W-0L 0W-0L 0W-2L 1W-1L 3W-1L

Mountain West 86.00

13W-25L

0W-3L 0W-3L 2W-1L 1W-5L 1W-3L 0W-5L 4W-2L 0W-2L 2W-0L 3W-1L MWC

Independents

38.50

16W-4L

0W-0L 1W-0L 6W-2L 1W-0L 0W-0L 3W-2L 2W-0L Independents 0W-0L 1W-0L 2W-0L

MAC 109.54

5W-31L

1W-2L 0W-5L 0W-4L 0W-9L 0W-1L 0W-2L MAC 0W-2L 0W-2L 2W-0L 2W-4L

Conference USA 106.67

11W-25L

0W-2L 0W-3L 0W-2L 0W-4L 1W-1L 2W-1L 0W-2L 0W-1L 7W-6L Conference USA 1W-3L

Sunbelt 101.93

13W-30L

0W-2L 0W-8L 0W-3L 0W-4L 2W-0L 3W-4L 2W-0L 0W-0L Sunbelt 6W-7L 0W-2L

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Venue Bowls/Playoffs-46 Team A Team B Matchup Date Time Sponsor
Atlanta, GA CFP Championship Indiana Miami-FL Rose vs. Sugar 19-Jan-26 7:30 p.m. n/a
Atlanta, GA Peach Bowl Indiana Oregon BCS Semi-Final 9-Jan-26 7:30 p.m. Chick-fil-A
Glendale, AZ Fiesta Bowl Mississippi    Miami-FL BCS Semi-Final 8-Jan-26 7:30 p.m. Playstation
Charlotte, NC Duke's Mayo (Belk) Mississippi St. Wake Forest SEC vs. ACC 2-Jan-26 8:00 p.m. n/a
Memphis, TN Liberty Bowl Navy Cincinnati SEC vs. Big 12 2-Jan-26 4:30 p.m. AutoZone
Fort Worth, TX Armed Forces Bowl Texas State Rice Big 12 vs. Pool 2-Jan-26 1:00 p.m. n/a
San Diego, CA Holiday Arizona SMU PAC 12 vs. ACC 2-Jan-26 8 p.m. n/a
Miami-FL Orange Bowl Texas Tech Oregon BCS Semi-Final 1-Jan-26 12 Noon Capital One
New Orleans, LA Sugar Bowl Mississippi    Georgia BCS Quarterfinal 1-Jan-26 8:00 p.m. Allstate
Arlington, TX Rose Bowl Indiana Alabama BCS Quarterfinal 1-Jan-26 4:00 p.m. Northwestern Mutual
Arlington, TX Cotton Bowl Ohio State Miami-FL BCS Semi-Final 31-Dec-25 7:30 p.m. Goodyear
Orlando, FL Citrus Bowl Michigan Texas Big Ten vs. SEC 31-Dec-25 3:00 p.m. Overton's
Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Bowl Utah Nebraska PAC 12 vs. Big Ten 12/31/25 3:30 p.m. n/a
Tampa, FL Reliaquest Bowl Iowa Vanderbilt Big Ten/ACC vs. SEC 31-Dec-25 12 Noon Reliaquest
El Paso, TX Sun Bowl Arizona State Duke PAC 12 vs. ACC 31-Dec-25 2 p.m. Lockheed Martin
Nashville, TN Music City Bowl Tennessee Illinois Big Ten vs. SEC 30-Dec-25 5:30 p.m. Franklin American Mortgage
San Antonio, TX Alamo Bowl USC TCU PAC 12 vs. Big 12 30-Dec-25 9 p.m. Valero
Shreveport, LA Independence Coastal Carolina Louisiana Tech American vs. PAC-12 12/30/25 2 p.m. n/a
Birmingham, AL Birmingham Bowl Georgia Southern Appalachian St. SEC vs. American/ACC 29-Dec-25 2 p.m. n/a
Jacksonville, FL Gator Bowl Virginia Missouri ACC/Big Ten vs. SEC  27-Dec-25 7:30 p.m. TaxSlayer
Houston, TX Texas Bowl LSU Houston SEC vs. Big 12 27-Dec-25 9:15 p.m. Academy Sports
Albuquerque, NM New Mexico Bowl North Texas St. San Diego State CUSA vs. MWC 27-Dec-25 5:45 p.m. n/a
Tuscon, AZ Arizona Bowl Miami-OH Fresno State MAC vs MWC 27-Dec-25 4:30 p.m. Nova Homes Loans
Orlando, FL Pop Tarts Bowl (Cactus) Georgia Tech BYU ACC vs. Big 12 27-Dec-25 3:30 p.m. Pop Tarts
New York, NY Pinstripe Penn State Clemson Big Ten vs. ACC 12/27/25 12 Noon n/a
Boston, MA Fenway Army Connecticut ACC vs. American 27-Dec-25 2:15 p.m.
Annapolis, MD Military Pittsburgh East Carolina ACC vs. American 27-Dec-25 11:00 a.m. n/a
Dallas, TX First Responder Florida International Texas-San Antonio ACC vs. Pool 26-Dec-25 8 p.m. Servpro
Phoenix, AZ Guaranteed Rate Minnesota New Mexico Big Ten vs. Big 12 26-Dec-25 4:30 p.m. n/a
Detroit, MI GameAbove Central Michigan Northwestern Big Ten vs. MAC 26-Dec-25 1:00 p.m. n/a
Honolulu, Hawaii Hawaii Bowl Hawaii California MWC vs. CUSA 24-Dec-25 8 p.m. n/a
New Orleans, LA New Orleans Bowl Western Kentucky Southern Mississippi CUSA vs. Sunbelt 23-Dec-25 5:30 p.m. R&L Carriers
Boca Raton, LA Boca Raton Bowl Louisville Toledo Pool vs. Pool 12/23/25 2 p.m. n/a
Frisco, TX Frisco Bowl UNLV Ohio University Pool vs. Pool 23-Dec-25 9 p.m. Gildan
Boise, ID Idaho Potato Bowl Utah State Washington State MAC vs. MWC 22-Dec-25 2 p.m. Famous Idaho Potatos
Eugene, Oregon Playoff Oregon James Madison Playoff 20-Dec-25 7:30 p.m. n/a
Oxford, Mississippi Playoff Mississippi    Tulane Playoff 20-Dec-25 3:30 p.m. n/a
College Station, TX Playoff Texas A&M Miami-FL Playoff 20-Dec-25 12 Noon n/a
Norman, OK Playoff Oklahoma Alabama Playoff 20-Dec-25 8 p.m. n/a
Myrtle Beach, SC Myrtle Beach  Kennesaw St. Western Michigan American, Sunbelt, MAC 19-Dec-25 11:00 a.m. n/a
Tampa, FL Gasparilla Bowl North Carolina St. Memphis State ACC/SEC vs. Pool 19-Dec-25 2:30 p.m. Bad Boy Mowers
Frisco, TX Xbox Bowl Arkansas State Missouri State CUSA vs. MAC 12/18/25 9 p.m. n/a
Mobile, AL 68 Ventures Louisiana-Lafayette Delaware Sunbelt vs. MAC 17-Dec-25 8:30 p.m. Dollar General/Lending Tree
Orlando, FL Cure Bowl Old Dominion South Florida Pool vs. Pool 17-Dec-25 12 Noon AutoNation
Montgomery, AL Veterans Bowl Troy State Jacksonville St. Pool vs. Pool 16-Dec-25 9 p.m. Camellia
Inglewood, CA Los Angeles Boise State Washington    MWC vs. PAC-12 13-Dec-25 9 p.m. Jimmy Kimmel
Big Ten (13) Team Pacific 12 (1) Team Big Twelve (6) Team Bowl Eligible Teams
Rose Indiana Potato Washington St. Orange Texas Tech Big Ten 13
Cotton Ohio State Mountain West (7) Team Pop Tarts BYU ACC 11
BCS Quarterfinal Oregon Rate New Mexico Alamo TCU SEC 10
Citrus Michigan New Mexico San Diego St. Las Vegas Utah Sunbelt 10
Reliaquest Iowa Potato Utah State Sun Arizona State American Athletic 8
Music City Illinois Los Angeles Boise State Liberty Cincinnati Conference USA 7
Alamo USC Hawaii Hawaii Declined Kansas St. Mountain West 7
Las Angeles Washington Frisco UNLV Declined Kansas    Big 12 6
Las Vegas Nebraska Arizona Fresno State Declined Iowa State MAC 5
Guaranteed Rate Minnesota MAC  (5) Team Declined Baylor PAC-12 1
Game Above Northwestern Myrtle Beach Western Michigan SEC (10) Team Independents 1
Pinstripe Penn State Arizona Miami-OH Sugar Georgia Totals-42 Bowls-84Teams 79
Declined Rutgers Frisco Ohio Univ. Citrus Texas 
ACC (11) Team Boca Raton Toledo Playoff Alabama 
Playoff Miami-FL Game Above Central Michigan Playoff Mississippi
Duke's Mayo Wake Forest Independents (1) Team Playoff Texas A&M
Gator Virginia    Declined Notre Dame Reliaquest Vanderbilt
Sun Duke  Fenway Connecticut Music City Tennessee
Military Pittsburgh Sunbelt (10) Team Gator Missouri
Holiday SMU Playoff James Madison Texas LSU
Boca Raton Louisville Cure Old Dominion Duke's Mayo Mississippi St.
Hawaii California 68 Ventures Louisiana-Lafayette Declined Auburn
Pinstripe Clemson Birmingham  Georgia Southern American Athletic (8)  Team
Gasparilla North Carolina State Birmingham  Appalachian St. Playoff Tulane
Pop Tarts Georgia Tech Independence  Coastal Carolina Liberty Navy
Declined Florida State Armed Forces Texas State Gasparilla Memphis State
Conference USA (7) Team Xbox Arkansas State Cure South Florida
Myrtle Beach Kennesaw State New Orleans Southern Mississippi New Mexico North Texas State
68 Ventures Delaware Veterans Troy State Fenway Army
Veterans Jacksonville State Military East Carolina
New Orleans Western Kentucky First Responder Texas-San Antonio
Independence  Louisiana Tech Declined Temple
First Responder Florida International
Xbox Missouri State

Best Bowl Records

2026: Big Ten 11-5

2025: American 6-2, Independents 4-1, Big Ten 11-6, MAC 5-2

2024: Big Ten 6-4

2023: MAC 4-2, Independents 3-2, American 4-3, Big Ten 5-4, ACC 5-4, SEC 7-5

2022: Mountain West 5-1

2021: Big Twelve 5-0

2020: SEC 8-2

2019: Conference USA 4-2

2018: Big Ten 7-1

2017: ACC 9-3, Sunbelt 4-2

2016: SEC 9-2

2015: Conference USA 5-1

2014: SEC 7-3

2013: WAC 2-0, Conference USA 4-1

2012: Big Twelve 6-2, MAC 4-1

2011: Mountain West 4-1

2010: Mountain West 4-1

2009: PAC 10 5-0

2008: SEC 7-2

2007: Big East 5-0

2006: ACC, Big Twelve 5-3

2005: Mountain West 2-1

2004: ACC 5-1

2003: Big Ten 5-2

NCAA FB Team Bowl Wins Bowl Games Conference
Alabama 46 78 SEC
USC 36 57 PAC-12
Georgia 38 64 SEC
Oklahoma 31 59 Big 12
Penn State 34 57 Big Ten
Texas 34 63 Big 12
Tennessee 31 58 SEC
Florida State 29 49 ACC
Nebraska 27 55 Big Ten
LSU 31 57 SEC
Georgia Tech 26 48 ACC
Mississippi   28 44 SEC
Ohio State 30 60 Big Ten
Auburn 24 47 SEC
Florida 26 50 SEC
Clemson 27 52 ACC
Michigan 24 54 Big Ten
Miami-FL 22 48 ACC
Notre Dame 23 45 Independent
Oklahoma State 22 34 Big 12
Texas A&M 20 45 Big 12
Washington 21 44 PAC-12
TCU 20 38 Big 12
North Carolina St. 18 37 ACC
Utah 18 28 PAC-12
UCLA 17 38 PAC-12
Arkansas 18 45 SEC
BYU 19 42 Big 12
West Virginia 17 41 Big 12
Missouri 17 38 SEC
Iowa 19 37 Big Ten
Wisconsin 19 35 Big Ten
Syracuse 17 29 ACC
Texas Tech 17 43 Big 12
North Carolina 15 39 ACC
Arizona State 15 35 PAC-12
Stanford 15 30 PAC-12
Boston College 15 29 ACC
Pittsburgh 15 39 ACC
Oregon 19 41 PAC-12
Virginia Tech 14 36 ACC
Mississippi St. 15 27 SEC
Colorado 12 31 PAC-12
Michigan State 14 30 Big Ten
Air Force 16 30 MWC
Baylor 14 28 Big 12
Boise State 13 23 MWC
Fresno State 16 30 MWC
Maryland 14 30 Big Ten
Houston 14 31 American
California 12 27 PAC-12
Navy 14 26 American

So.Mississippi

Marshall

13

13

26

19

Sunbelt

Sunbelt

Louisville 14 28 ACC
Purdue 11 21 Big Ten
Toledo 12 23 MAC
South Carolina 10 26 SEC

Kansas State

Tulsa

12

11

26

23

Big 12

American

Arizona   10 23 PAC-12
Oregon State 10 18 PAC-12
Minnesota 14 26 Big Ten
Illinois 10 22 Big Ten

Kentucky

Wake Forest

12

12

23

18

SEC

ACC

Wyoming

Virginia   

Duke

Cincinnati

10

9

9

9

19

22

18

22

Mountain West

ACC

ACC

Big 12

Washington St.

SMU

8

8

19

21

PAC-12

ACC

Rutgers 7 12 Big Ten
Army  9 12 Independent

Northwestern

Memphis State

8

8

18

17

Big Ten

American

Vanderbilt 5 11 SEC
Indiana 6 17 Big Ten

2010 Conference Re-Alignment

1-SEC-Southeastern 

SEC Champion: Georgia

Mississippi   SEC 3 13W-2L 7W-1L Fiesta Georgia/Miami-FL
Georgia   SEC 4 12W-2L 8W-1L Sugar Alabama/Mississippi
Texas A&M SEC 7 11W-2L 7W-1L Playoff Texas/Miami-FL
Texas SEC 10 10W-3L 6W-2L Citrus Ohio State/Florida/Georgia
Alabama SEC 11 11W-4L 7W-2L Rose Florida State/Oklahoma/Georgia/Indiana
Oklahoma   SEC 12 10W-3L 6W-2L Playoff Texas/Mississippi/Alabama
Vanderbilt SEC 16 10W-3L 6W-2L Reliaquest Alabama/Texas/Iowa
Tennessee SEC 22 8W-5L 4W-4L Music City Georgia/Alabama/Oklahoma/Vanderbilt/Illinois
Missouri SEC 25 8W-5L 4W-4L Gator Alabama/Vanderbilt/Texas A&M/Oklahoma/Virginia
LSU SEC 28 7W-6L 3W-5L Texas Mississippi/Vanderbilt/Texas A&M/Alabama/Oklahoma/Houston
South Carolina SEC 50 4W-8L 1W-7L Toilet Vanderbilt/Missouri/LSU/Oklahoma/Mississippi/Alabama/Texas A&M/Clemson
Mississippi State SEC 51 5W-8L 1W-7L Duke's Mayo Tennessee/Texas A&M/Florida/Texas/Georgia/Missouri/Mississippi/Wake Forest
Kentucky SEC 53 5W-7L 2W-6L Toilet Mississippi/South Carolina/Georgia/Texas/Tennessee/Vanderbilt/Louisville
Florida SEC 54 4W-8L 2W-6L Toilet South Florida/LSU/Miami-FL/Texas A&M/Georgia/Kentucky/Mississippi/Tennessee
Auburn SEC 55 5W-7L 1W-7L Declined Oklahoma/Texas A&M/Georgia/Missouri/Kentucky/Vanderbilt/Alabama
Arkansas SEC 71 2W-10L 0W-8L Toilet Mississippi/Memphis State/Notre Dame/Tennessee/Texas A&M/Auburn/Mississippi State/LSU/Texas/Missouri

SEC over Big 12 (3-1): Auburn over Baylor, Mississippi State over Arizona State, Missouri over Kansas, Houston over LSU

SEC over PAC-12 (1-0): Mississippi over Washington State

SEC over American Athletic (5-2): Texas A&M over Texas-San Antonio, South Florida over Florida, Mississippi over Tulane x 2, Tennessee over UAB, Memphis State over Arkansas, Georgia over North Carolina-Charlotte

SEC over Mountain West (3-0): Texas over San Jose State, Texas A&M over Utah State, Vanderbilt over Utah State

SEC over Sunbelt (8-0): Mississippi over Georgia State, Georgia over Marshall, Mississippi State over Southern Mississippi, Mississippi over Georgia State, Alabama over Louisiana-Monroe, Arkansas over Arkansas State, Vanderbilt over Georgia State, South Carolina over Coastal Carolina

SEC over MAC (5-0): Kentucky over Toledo, Auburn over Ball State, Mississippi State over Northern Illinois, Missouri over Massachusetts, Oklahoma over Kent State

SEC over Conference USA (3-0): LSU over Louisiana Tech, Tennessee over New Mexico State, LSU over Western Kentucky

2-Big Ten

Big Ten and NCAA Champion: Indiana

Indiana Big Ten 1 14W-0L 10W-0L Peach n/a
Oregon   Big Ten 5 13W-1L 8W-1L Peach Indiana 
Ohio State Big Ten 6 12W-2L 9W-1L Cotton Indiana/Miami-FL
Iowa Big Ten 15 9W-4L 6W-3L Reliaquest Iowa State/Indiana/Oregon/USC
Illinois Big Ten 21 9W-4L 5W-4L Music City Indiana/Ohio State/Washington/Wisconsin
USC Big Ten 24 9W-4L 7W-2L Alamo Illinois/Notre Dame/Oregon/TCU
Michigan Big Ten 26 9W-4L 7W-2L Citrus Oklahoma/USC/Ohio State/Texas
Washington Big Ten 32 9W-4L 5W-4L Los Angeles Ohio State/Michigan/Wisconsin/Oregon
Nebraska Big Ten 36 7W-6L 4W-5L Las Vegas Michigan/Minnesota/USC/Penn State/Iowa/Utah
Northwestern Big Ten 45 7W-6L 4W-5L Game Above Tulane/Oregon/Nebraska/USC/Michigan/Illinois
Penn State Big Ten 46 7W-6L 3W-6L Pinstripe Oregon/UCLA/Northwestern/Iowa/Ohio State/Indiana
Minnesota Big Ten 52 8W-5L 5W-4L Rate California/Ohio State/Iowa/Oregon/Northwestern
Wisconsin Big Ten 56 4W-8L 2W-7L Toilet Alabama/Maryland/Michigan/Iowa/Ohio State/Oregon/Indiana/Minnesota
UCLA Big Ten 70 3W-9L 3W-6L Toilet Utah/UNLV/New Mexico/Northwestern/Indiana/Nebraska/Ohio State/Washington/USC
Rutgers Big Ten 72 5W-7L 2W-7L Declined Iowa/Minnesota/Washington/Oregon/Illinois/Ohio State/Penn State
Michigan State Big Ten 77 4W-8L 1W-8L Toilet USC/Nebraska/UCLA/Indiana/Michigan/Minnesota/Penn State/Iowa
Maryland Big Ten 83 4W-8L 1W-8L Toilet Washington/Nebraska/UCLA/Indiana/Rutgers/Illinois/Michigan/Michigan State
Purdue Big Ten 85 2W-10L 0W-9L Toilet USC/Notre Dame/Illinois/Minnesota/Northwestern/Rutgers/Michigan/Ohio State/Washington/Indiana

Big Ten over SEC (4-1): Ohio State over Texas, Illinois over Tennessee, Iowa over Vanderbilt, Texas over Michigan, Indiana over Alabama

Big Ten over ACC (4-1): Illinois over Duke, Michigan State over Boston College, Penn State over Clemson, Miami-FL over Ohio State, Indiana over Miami-FL

Big Ten over PAC-12 (2-0): Oregon over Oregon State, Washington over Washington State

Big Ten even with American (1-1): Tulane over Northwestern, Maryland over Florida Atlantic

Big Ten over Mountain West (5-1): Michigan over New Mexico, Penn State over Nevada, Washington over Colorado State, UNLV over UCLA, Washington over Boise State, Minnesota over New Mexico

Big Ten over MAC (9-0): Purdue over Ball State, Minnesota over Buffalo, Rutgers over Ohio Univ., Michigan State over Western Michigan, Wisconsin over Miami-OH, Maryland over Northern Illinois, Rutgers over Miami-OH, Nebraska over Akron, Northwestern over Central Michigan

Big Ten over Sunbelt (4-0): Indiana over Old Dominion, USC over Georgia Southern, Northwestern over Louisiana-Monroe, Oregon over James Madison

Big Ten over Conference USA (4-0): USC over Missouri State, Penn State over Florida International, Indiana over Kennesaw State, Wisconsin over Middle Tennessee State

3-ACC-Atlantic Coast 

ACC Champion: Duke

Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast 2 13W-2L 6W-2L Fiesta Louisville/SMU
Duke Atlantic Coast 17 9W-5L 7W-2L Sun Illinois/Tulane/Georgia Tech/Connecticut/Virginia
Virginia   Atlantic Coast 18 11W-3L 7W-2L Gator North Carolina State/Wake Forest/Duke
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 23 9W-4L 6W-2L Pop Tarts North Carolina State/Pittsburgh/Georgia/BYU
Louisville Atlantic Coast 27 9W-4L 4W-4L Boca Raton Virginia/California/Clemson/SMU
Southern Methodist Atlantic Coast 29 9W-4L 7W-2L Holiday Baylor/TCU/Wake Forest/California
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast 30 9W-4L 3W-5L Duke's Mayo North Carolina State/Georgia Tech/Florida State/Duke
Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast 41 8W-5L 6W-2L Military West Virginia/Louisville/Notre Dame/Miami-FL/East Carolina
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast 47 8W-5L 4W-4L Gasparilla Duke/Virginia Tech/Notre Dame/Pittsburgh/Miami-FL
Clemson Atlantic Coast 48 7W-6L 4W-4L Pinstripe LSU/Georgia Tech/Syracuse/SMU/Duke/Penn State
Florida State Atlantic Coast 49 5W-7L 2W-6L Declined Virginia/Miami-FL/Pittsburgh/Stanford/Clemson/North Carolina State/Florida
California Atlantic Coast 67 7W-6L 4W-4L Hawaii San Diego State/Duke/Virginia Tech/Virginia/Stanford/Hawaii
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast 75 3W-9L 2W-6L Toilet South Carolina/Vanderbilt/Old Dominion/Wake Forest/Georgia Tech/Louisville/Florida State/Miami-FL/Virginia
North Carolina Atlantic Coast 80 4W-8L 2W-6L Toilet TCU/Central Florida/Clemson/California/Virginia/Wake Forest/Duke/North Carolina State
Stanford Atlantic Coast 84 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Hawaii/BYU/Virginia/SMU/Miami-FL/Pittsburgh/North Carolina/Notre Dame
Boston College Atlantic Coast 87 2W-10L 1W-7L Toilet Michigan State/Stanford/California/Pittsburgh/Clemson/Connecticut/Louisville/Notre Dame/SMU/Georgia Tech
Syracuse Atlantic Coast 92 3W-9L 1W-7L Toilet Tennessee/Duke/SMU/Pittsburgh/Georgia Tech/North Carolina/Miami-FL/Notre Dame/Boston College

ACC over SEC (8-6): South Carolina over Virginia Tech, Tennessee over Syracuse, Florida State over Alabama, LSU over Clemson, Vanderbilt over Virginia Tech, Miami-FL over Florida, Georgia over Georgia Tech, Florida over Florida State, Louisville over Kentucky, Clemson over South Carolina, Miami-FL over Texas A&M, Virginia over Missouri, Wake Forest over Mississippi State, Miami-FL over Mississippi

ACC over PAC-12 (2-0): California over Oregon State, Wake Forest over Oregon State

ACC over American (4-1): North Carolina State over East Carolina, North Carolina over North Carolina-Charlotte, Georgia Tech over Temple, North Carolina State over Memphis State, East Carolina over Pittsburgh

ACC over MAC (4-0): Pittsburgh over Central Michigan, Florida State over Kent State, Louisville over Bowling Green, Louisville over Toledo

ACC over Conference USA (2-0): Wake Forest over Kennesaw State, Wake Forest over Delaware

ACC over Sunbelt (3-0): Virginia over Coastal Carolina, Louisville over James Madison, Clemson over Troy State

4-Big Twelve 

Big 12 Champion: Texas Tech

Texas Tech Big 12 9 12W-2L 9W-1L Orange Arizona State/Oregon
BYU Big 12 13 12W-2L 8W-2L Pop Tarts Texas Tech x 2
Utah Big 12 14 11W-2L 7W-2L Las Vegas Texas Tech/BYU
TCU Big 12 19 9W-4L 5W-4L Alamo Arizona State/Kansas State/Iowa State/BYU
Houston Big 12 20 10W-3L 6W-3L Texas Texas Tech/West Virginia/TCU
Arizona   Big 12 31 9W-4L 6W-3L Holiday Iowa State/BYU/Houston/SMU
Arizona State Big 12 34 8W-5L 6W-3L Sun Mississippi State/Utah/Houston/Arizona/Duke
Cincinnati Big 12 37 7W-6L 5W-4L Liberty Nebraska/Utah/Arizona/BYU/TCU/Navy
Iowa State Big 12 38 8W-4L 5W-4L Declined Cincinnati/Colorado/BYU/Arizona State
Kansas State Big 12 57 6W-6L 5W-4L Declined Iowa State/Army/Arizona/Baylor/Texas Tech/Utah
Kansas   Big 12 58 5W-7L 3W-6L Declined Missouri/Cincinnati/Texas Tech/Kansas State/Arizona/Iowa State/Utah
Baylor Big 12 59 5W-7L 3W-6L Declined Auburn/Arizona State/TCU/Cincinnati/Utah/Arizona/Houston
Central Florida Big 12 79 5W-7L 2W-7L Declined Kansas State/Kansas/Cincinnati/Baylor/Houston/Texas Tech/BYU
West Virginia Big 12 82 4W-8L 2W-7L Toilet Ohio University/Kansas/Utah/BYU/Central Florida/TCU/Arizona State/Texas Tech
Colorado Big 12 86 3W-9L 1W-8L Toilet Georgia Tech/Houston/BYU/TCU/Utah/Arizona/West Virginia/Arizona State/Kansas State
Oklahoma State Big 12 130 1W-11L 0W-9L Toilet Oregon/Tulsa/Baylor/Arizona/Houston/Cincinnati/Texas Tech/Kansas/Kansas State/Central Florida/Iowa State

Big 12 over Big 10 (5-3): Nebraska over Cincinnati, Utah over UCLA, Oklahoma over Michigan, Iowa State over Iowa, Oregon over Oklahoma State, TCU over USC, Utah over Nebraska, Oregon over Texas Tech

Big 12 even with ACC (4-4): Georgia Tech over Colorado, Baylor over SMU, BYU over Stanford, TCU over SMU, Central Florida over North Carolina, BYU over Georgia Tech, Duke over Arizona State, SMU over Arizona

Big 12 over PAC-12 (2-0): Texas Tech over Oregon State, Houston over Oregon State

Big 12 over Mountain West (3-0): Kansas over Fresno State, Arizona over Hawaii, Colorado over Wyoming

Big 12 over MAC (2-1): Texas Tech over Kent State, Cincinnati over Bowling Green, Ohio University over West Virginia

Big 12 over Conference USA (2-0): Central Florida over Jacksonville State, Colorado over Delaware

5-PAC 12-Pacific Athletic Conference

Washington State Pacific 12-North 64 7W-6L 1W-1L Potato North Texas State/Washington/Mississippi/Virginia/Oregon State/James Madison
Oregon State Pacific 12-North 133 2W-10L 1W-1L Toilet California/Fresno State/Texas Tech/Oregon/Houston/Appalachian State/Wake Forest/Sam Houston State/Tulsa/Washington State

PAC-12 over Mountain West (3-1): Fresno State over Oregon State, Washington State over San Diego State, Washington State over Colorado State, Washington State over Utah State

PAC-12 over MAC (1-0): Washington State over Toledo

Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State will move to PAC-12 in 2026

6-American Athletic

American Athletic Champion: Tulane

Navy American Athletic 33 11W-2L 8W-1L Liberty North Texas State/Notre Dame
Tulane American Athletic 39 11W-3L 8W-1L Playoff Mississippi x 2/Texas-San Antonio
East Carolina American Athletic 40 9W-4L 6W-2L Military North Carolina State/BYU/Tulane/Texas-San Antonio
North Texas State American Athletic 42 12W-2L 7W-2L New Mexico South Florida/Tulane
Memphis State American Athletic 43 8W-5L 4W-4L Gasparilla UAB/Tulane/East Carolina/Navy/North Carolina State
South Florida American Athletic 44 9W-4L 6W-2L Cure Miami-FL/Memphis State/Navy/Old Dominion
Army American Athletic 68 7W-6L 4W-5L Fenway Tarleton State/North Texas State/East Carolina/Tulane/Tulsa/Navy
Texas-San Antonio American Athletic 76 7W-6L 4W-4L First Responder Texas A&M/Texas State/Temple/North Texas St./South Florida/Army
Temple American Athletic 99 5W-7L 3W-5L Declined Oklahoma/Georgia Tech/Navy/East Carolina/Army/Tulane/North Texas State
Florida Atlantic American Athletic 110 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Maryland/Florida International/Memphis State/South Florida/Navy/Tulane/Connecticut/East Carolina
Rice American Athletic 111 5W-8L 3W-5L Armed Forces Houston/Navy/Florida Atlantic/Texas-San Antonio/Memphis State/North Texas St./South Florida/Texas State
Alabama-Birmingham American Athletic 112 4W-8L 2W-6L Toilet Navy/Tennessee/Army/Florida Atlantic/Connecticut/Rice/North Texas St./South Florida
Tulsa American Athletic 121 4W-8L 1W-7L Toilet New Mexico State/Navy/Tulane/Memphis State/East Carolina/Temple/Florida Atlantic/UAB
North Carolina-Charlotte American Athletic 135 1W-11L 0W-9L Toilet Appalachian State/North Carolina/Rice/South Florida/Army/Temple/North Texas St./East Carolina/Texas-San Antonio/Georgia/Tulane

American Athletic over Big 12 (3-2): Houston over Rice, Army over Kansas State, Tulsa over Oklahoma State, BYU over East Carolina, Navy over Cincinnati

American over PAC-12 (1-0): Tulsa over Oregon State

American Athletic over Mountain West (5-0): South Florida over Boise State, Texas-San Antonio over Colorado State, Navy over Air Force, Army over Air Force, North Texas State over San Diego State

American Athletic over Sunbelt (4-3): Rice over Louisiana-Lafayette, Appalachian State over North Carolina-Charlotte, Texas State over Texas-San Antonio, Memphis State over Georgia State, Tulane over South Alabama, North Texas State over South Alabama, Texas State over Rice

American Athletic over MAC (2-0): Temple over Massachusetts, North Texas State over Western Michigan

7-Mountain West

Mountain West Champion: Boise State

New Mexico Mountain West 60 9W-4L 6W-2L Rate Michigan/San Jose State/Boise State/Minnesota
San Diego State Mountain West 61 9W-4L 6W-2L New Mexico Washington State/Hawaii/New Mexico/North Texas State
Fresno State Mountain West 62 9W-4L 5W-3L Arizona Kansas/Colorado State/San Diego State/Utah State
Boise State Mountain West 63 9W-5L 7W-2L Los Angeles South Florida/Notre Dame/Fresno State/San Diego State/Washington
UNLV Mountain West 65 10W-4L 6W-3L Frisco Boise State x 2/New Mexico/Ohio Univ.
Hawaii Mountain West 66 9W-4L 5W-3L Hawaii Arizona/Fresno State/San Jose State/UNLV
Utah State Mountain West 91 6W-7L 4W-4L Potato Texas A&M/Vanderbilt/Hawaii/New Mexico/UNLV/Boise State/Washington State
Air Force Mountain West 106 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Utah State/Boise State/Hawaii/Navy/UNLV/Army/Connecticut/New Mexico
Wyoming Mountain West 108 4W-8L 2W-6L Toilet Utah/Colorado/UNLV/Air Force/San Diego State/Fresno State/Nevada/Hawaii
Colorado State Mountain West 109 2W-10L 1W-7L Toilet Washington/Texas-San Antonio/Washington State/San Diego State/Hawaii/Wyoming/UNLV/New Mexico/Boise State/Air Force
San Jose State Mountain West 115 3W-9L 2W-6L Toilet Central Michigan/Texas/Stanford/Wyoming/Utah State/Air Force/Nevada/San Diego State/Fresno State
Nevada Mountain West 126 3W-9L 2W-6L Toilet Penn State/Middle Tennessee State/Western Kentucky/Fresno State/San Diego State/New Mexico/Boise State/Utah State/UNLV

Mountain West over ACC (2-1): San Diego State over California, Stanford over San Jose State, Hawaii over California

Mountain West over MAC (4-2): Central Michigan over San Jose State, Wyoming over Akron, UNLV over Miami-OH, San Diego State over Northern Illinois, Ohio University over UNLV, Fresno State over Miami-OH

Mountain West over Conference USA (3-1): UNLV over Sam Houston State, Utah State over Texas-El Paso, Hawaii over Sam Houston State, Western Kentucky over Nevada, New Mexico over New Mexico State

Mountain West over Sunbelt (2-0): Fresno State over Georgia Southern, Boise State over Appalachian State

8-Sun Belt Conference 

Sunbelt Champion: James Madison

James Madison Sunbelt-East 35 12W-2L 9W-0L Playoff Louisville/Oregon
Old Dominion Sunbelt-East 74 10W-3L 6W-2L Cure Indiana/Marshall/James Madison
Louisiana-Lafayette Sunbelt-East 103 6W-7L 5W-3L 68 Ventures Rice/Missouri/Eastern Michigan/James Madison/Southern Mississippi/Troy State/Delaware
Georgia Southern Sunbelt-East 105 7W-6L 5W-4L Birmingham Fresno State/USC/James Madison/Southern Mississippi/Old Dominion
Appalachian State Sunbelt-East 117 5W-8L 2W-7L Birmingham Southern Mississippi/Boise State/Coastal Carolina/Old Dominion/Georgia Southern x 2/James Madison/Arkansas State
Marshall Sunbelt-East 118 5W-7L 3W-5L Toilet Georgia/Missouri State/Lousiana-Lafayette/Coastal Carolina/James Madison/Appalachian State/Georgia Southern
Georgia State Sunbelt-East 132 1W-11L 0W-8L Toilet Mississippi/Memphis State/Vanderbilt/James Madison/Appalachian State/Georgia Southern/South Alabama/Coastal Carolina/Marshall/Troy St./Old Dominion
Coastal Carolina Sunbelt-West 93 6W-7L 5W-3L Independence Virginia/East Carolina/Old Dominion/Georgia Southern/James Madison/Louisiana Tech
Arkansas State Sunbelt-West 96 7W-6L 5W-3L Xbox Arkansas/Iowa State/Kennesaw State/Louisiana-Monroe/Southern Mississippi/Louisiana-Lafayette
Troy State Sunbelt-West 98 8W-6L 6W-3L Veterans Clemson/Memphis State/Arkansas State/Old Dominion/James Madison/Jacksonville State
Southern Mississippi Sunbelt-West 100 7W-6L 5W-3L New Orleans Mississippi State/Louisiana Tech/Texas State/South Alabama/Troy State/Western Kentucky
Texas State Sunbelt-West 107 7W-6L 3W-5L Armed Forces Arizona State/Arkansas State/Troy State/Marshall/James Madison/Louisiana-Lafayette
South Alabama Sunbelt-West 122 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Tulane/Auburn/Coastal Carolina/North Texas Sate/Troy State/Arkansas State/Louisiana-Lafayette/Texas State
Louisiana-Monroe Sunbelt-West 127 3W-9L 1W-7L Toilet Alabama/Northwestern/Coastal Carolina/Troy State/Southern Mississippi/Old Dominion/South Alabama/Texas State/Louisiana-Lafayette

Sunbelt over PAC-12 (2-0): Appalachian State over Oregon State, James Madison over Washington State

Sunbelt over MAC (2-1): Texas State over Eastern Michigan, Eastern Michigan over Louisiana-Lafayette, Troy State over Buffalo

9-MAC-Mid-American

MAC Champion: Western Michigan

Western Michigan Mid-American 78 10W-4L 8W-1L Myrtle Beach Michigan State/North Texas State/Illinois/Miami-OH
Ohio University Mid-American 81 9W-4L 6W-2L Frisco Rutgers/Ohio State/Ball State/Western Michigan
Miami-OH Mid-American 88 7W-7L 6W-3L Arizona Wisconsin/Rutgers/UNLV/Ohio Universiy/Toledo/Western Michigan/Fresno State
Toledo Mid-American 94 8W-5L 6W-2L Boca Raton Kentucky/Western Michigan/Bowling Green/Washington State/Louisville
Central Michigan Mid-American 104 7W-6L 5W-3L Game Above Pittsburgh/Michigan/Akron/Western Michigan/Toledo/Northwestern 
Kent State Mid-American 113 5W-7L 4W-4L Toilet Texas Tech/Buffalo/Florida State/Oklahoma/Toledo/Ball State/Central Michigan
Akron Mid-American 114 5W-7L 4W-4L Toilet Wyoming/Nebraska/UAB/Toledo/Miami-OH/Ball State/Kent State
Buffalo Mid-American 116 5W-7L 4W-4L Toilet Minnesota/Troy State/Connecticut/Akron/Central Michigan/Miami-OH/Ohio Univ.
Eastern Michigan Mid-American 120 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Texas State/Long Island/Kentucky/Central Michigan/Buffalo/Miami-OH/Ohio Univ./Western Michigan
Northern Illinois Mid-American 123 3W-9L 2W-6L Toilet Maryland/Mississippi State/San Diego State/Miami-OH/Eastern Michigan/Ohio University/Toledo/Western Michigan/Kent State
Ball State Mid-American 128 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Purdue/Auburn/Connecticut/Western Michigan/Northern Illinois/Eastern Michigan/Toledo/Miami-OH
Bowling Green Mid-American 129 4W-8L 2W-6L Toilet Cincinnati/Louisville/Ohio Univ./Central Michigan/Kent State/Buffalo/Eastern Michigan/Akron
Massachusetts Mid-American 136 0W-12L 0W-8L Toilet Temple/Bryant/Iowa/Missouri/Western Michigan/Kent State/Buffalo/Central Michigan/Akron/Northern Illinois/Ohio Univ./Bowling Green

MAC over Conference USA (2-0): Toledo over Western Kentucky, Western Michigan over Kennesaw State

10-Conference USA 

Conference USA Champion: Kennesaw State

Kennesaw State Conference USA 73 10W-4L 8W-1L Myrtle Beach Wake Forest/Indiana/Jacksonville State/Western Michigan
Delaware Conference USA 89 7W-6L 4W-4L 68 Ventures Colorado/Western Kentucky/Jacksonville State/Liberty/Sam Houston St./Wake Forest
Jacksonville State Conference USA 90 9W-5L 7W-2L Veterans Central Florida/Georgia Southern/Southern Mississippi/Florida International/Kennesaw State
Western Kentucky Conference USA 95 9W-4L 6W-2L New Orleans Toledo/Florida International/LSU/Jacksonville State
Louisiana Tech Conference USA 97 8W-5L 5W-3L Independence LSU/Kennesaw State/Western Kentucky/Delaware/Washington State
Florida International Conference USA 101 7W-6L 5W-3L First Responder Penn State/Delaware/Connecticut/Kennesaw State/Missouri State/Texas-San Antonio
Missouri State Conference USA 102 7W-6L 5W-3L Xbox USC/SMU/Western Kentucky/Kennesaw State/Louisiana Tech/Arkansas State
New Mexico State Conference USA 119 4W-8L 2W-6L Toilet Louisiana Tech/New Mexico/Liberty/Missouri State/Western Kentucky/Kennesaw State/Tennessee/Middle Tennessee
Liberty Conference USA 124 4W-8L 3W-5L Toilet Jacksonville State/Bowling Green/James Madison/Old Dominion/Missouri State/Florida International/Louisiana Tech/Kennesaw State
Middle Tennessee State Conference USA 125 3W-9L 2W-6L Toilet Austin Peay/Wisconsin/Marshall/Kennesaw State/Missouri State/Delaware/Jacksonville State/Florida International/Western Kentucky
Texas-El Paso Conference USA 131 2W-10L 1W-7L Toilet Utah State/Texas/Louisiana-Monroe/Louisiana Tech/Liberty/Kennesaw State/Jacksonville State/Missouri State/New Mexico St./Delaware
Sam Houston State Conference USA 134 2W-10L 1W-7L Toilet Western Kentucky/UNLV/Hawaii/Texas/New Mexico State/Jacksonville State/Texas-El Paso/Louisiana Tech/Middle Tennessee/Florida Int.

Conference USA over American Athletic (2-1): New Mexico State over Tulsa, Old Dominion over South Florida, Texas-San Antionio over Florida International

Conference USA even with PAC-12 (1-1): Sam Houston State over Oregon State, Washington State over Louisiana Tech

Conference USA over Sunbelt (7-6): Missouri State over Marshall, James Madison over Liberty, Kennesaw State over Arkansas State, Marshall over Middle Tennessee, Louisiana Tech over Southern Mississippi, Louisiana-Monroe over Texas-El Paso, Old Dominion over Liberty, Southern Mississippi over Jacksonville State, Jacksonville State over Troy State, Delaware over Louisiana-Lafayette, Arkansas State over Missouri State, Western Kentucky over Southern Mississippi, Louisiana Tech over Coastal Carolina

Independents 

Notre Dame Independent 8 10W-2L n/a Declined Miami-FL/Texas A&M
Connecticut Independent 69 9W-4L n/a Fenway Syracuse/Delaware/Rice/Army

Independents over SEC (1-0): Notre Dame over Arkansas

Independents over Big Ten (1-0): Notre Dame over Purdue

Independents over ACC (6-2): Miami-FL over Notre Dame, Syracuse over Connecticut, Notre Dame over North Carolina State, Notre Dame over Boston College, Connecticut over Duke, Notre Dame over Pittsburgh, Notre Dame over Syracuse, Notre Dame over Stanford

Independents over American (3-2): Rice over Connecticut, Connecticut over UAB, Notre Dame over Navy, Connecticut over Florida Atlantic, Army over Connecticut

Independents over Mountain West (2-0): Notre Dame over Boise State, Connecticut over Air Force

Independents over MAC (2-0): Connecticut over Ball State, Connecticut over Buffalo

Independents over Conference USA (1-0): Connecticut over Florida International

Future Notre Dame Schedules 

Bowl Bids, Agreements, Commitments, etc.

BCS Future Bowl Schedule

Jerry Palm Bowl Predictions

Most Division I Football Programs by State

Texas (14)
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
Houston
Rice
North Texas State
Baylor
SMU

Texas El-Paso

Texas State

Texas-San Antonio

Texas-Arlington

Sam Houston State

Ohio (8)
Ohio State
Bowling Green
Toledo
Miami-OH
Cincinnati
Kent State
Ohio Univ.
Akron
Florida (8)
Miami-Florida
Florida State
Florida
Central Florida
South Florida
Florida Atlantic

Florida International

Jacksonville State

California (7)
USC
Stanford
UCLA
Fresno State
California
San Jose State
San Diego State
North Carolina (7)
Wake Forest
No.Carolina State
Duke
North Carolina

East Carolina

North Carolina-Charlotte

Appalachian State

Michigan (5)
Michigan
Michigan State
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Louisiana (5)
LSU
Tulane
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
Alabama (4)
Alabama
Auburn
Troy State

South Alabama

Tennessee (4)
Middle Tennessee State
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Memphis State
New York(4)/New Jersey (1)
Syracuse
Rutgers
Army

Buffalo

Wagner

Virginia(5)/West Virginia (2)
Virginia Tech

Virginia

Old Dominion

Liberty

James Madison

Marshall
West Virginia
Indiana (4)
Purdue
Notre Dame
Ball State
Indiana
Pennsylvania (3)
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Temple
Mississippi (3)
Southern Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Illinois (3)
Northern Illinois
Illinois
Northwestern
Oklahoma (3)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Tulsa
Colorado (4)
Colorado
Colorado State

Air Force

Denver

Utah (3)
Utah
BYU
Utah State
Idaho (2)
Boise State
Idaho
Arkansas (2)
Arkansas
Arkansas State
Georgia (5)
Georgia

Georgia Tech

Georgia State

Georgia Southern

Kennesaw State

Kentucky (3)
Louisville

Kentucky

Western Kentucky

Nevada (2)
UNLV
Nevada
New Mexico (2)
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Washington (3)
Washington State

Washington

Seattle

Arizona (2)
Arizona State
Arizona
Oregon (2)
Oregon
Oregon State
Maryland/District of Columbia (2)
Maryland
Navy
South Carolina (3)
South Carolina

Clemson

Coastal Carolina

Iowa (2)
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas (2)
Kansas State

Kansas

Missouri (2)

Missouri

Missouri State

Delaware (2)

Delaware

Delaware State

1 each from:
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Massachusetts (Boston College), Connecticut, Wyoming and Hawaii
None from Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska or Montana