DAVETGC's NCAA Division I Football Rankings-December 2, 2012
2 Undefeated Teams; 5 of Top 10 Teams in SEC
| NCAA Division I Team | Conference | Ranking | Record | Conf. | Bowl | Loss(es) |
| Notre Dame | Independent | 1 | 12W-0L | n/a | BCS | n/a |
| Ohio State | Big Ten-Leaders | 2 | 12W-0L | 8W-0L | Ineligible | n/a |
| Alabama | Southeastern-W | 3 | 12W-1L | 8W-1L | BCS | Texas A&M |
| Oregon | Pacific 10-North | 4 | 11W-1L | 8W-1L | Fiesta | Stanford |
| Kansas State | Big 12 | 5 | 11W-1L | 8W-1L | Fiesta | Baylor |
| Georgia | Southeastern-E | 6 | 11W-2L | 7W-2L | Sugar | South Carolina/Alabama |
| Florida | Southeastern-E | 7 | 11W-1L | 7W-1L | Capital One | Georgia |
| LSU | Southeastern-W | 8 | 10W-2L | 6W-2L | Outback | Florida/Alabama |
| Texas A&M | Southeastern-W | 9 | 10W-2L | 6W-2L | Cotton | Florida/LSU |
| Stanford | Pacific 10-North | 10 | 11W-2L | 9W-1L | Rose | Washington/Notre Dame |
| South Carolina | Southeastern-E | 11 | 10W-2L | 6W-2L | Gator | LSU/Florida |
| Oklahoma | Big 12 | 12 | 10W-2L | 8W-1L | Sugar | Kansas State/Notre Dame |
| Florida State | Atlantic Coast-A | 13 | 11W-2L | 7W-1L | Orange | North Carolina State/Florida |
| UCLA | Pacific 10-South | 14 | 9W-4L | 5W-4L | Alamo | Oregon State/California/Stanford x 2 |
| Clemson | Atlantic Coast-A | 15 | 10W-2L | 7W-1L | Chick-fil-A | Florida State/South Carolina |
| Nebraska | Big Ten-Legends | 16 | 10W-3L | 7W-2L | Capital One | UCLA/Ohio State/Wisconsin |
| Michigan | Big Ten-Legends | 17 | 8W-4L | 6W-2L | Outback | Alabama/Notre Dame/Nebraska/Ohio State |
| Northwestern | Big Ten-Legends | 18 | 9W-3L | 5W-3L | Gator | Penn State/Nebraska/Michigan |
| Texas | Big 12 | 20 | 8W-4L | 5W-4L | Cotton | West Virginia/Oklahoma/TCU/Kansas State |
| Oregon State | Pacific 10-North | 21 | 9W-3L | 6W-3L | Las Vegas | Washington/Stanford/Oregon |
| Arizona | Pacific 10-South | 22 | 7W-5L | 4W-5L | Holiday | Oregon/Oregon State/Stanford/UCLA/Arizona State |
| USC | Pacific 10-South | 23 | 7W-5L | 5W-4L | Sun | Stanford/Arizona/Oregon/UCLA/Notre Dame |
| Baylor | Big 12 | 24 | 7W-5L | 4W-5L | Holiday | West Virginia/TCU/Texas/Iowa State/Oklahoma |
| Wisconsin | Big Ten-Leaders | 25 | 8W-5L | 5W-4L | Rose | Oregon State/Nebraska/Michigan State/Ohio State/Penn State |
| Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 26 | 7W-5L | 5W-4L | Alamo | Arizona/Texas/Kansas State/Oklahoma/Baylor |
| Texas Tech | Big 12 | 27 | 7W-5L | 4W-5L | Buffalo WW | Oklahoma/Kansas State/Texas/Oklahoma State/Baylor |
| Washington | Pacific 10-North | 28 | 7W-5L | 5W-4L | Kraft | LSU/Oregon/USC/Arizona/Washington State |
| West Virginia | Big 12 | 29 | 7W-5L | 4W-5L | Meinke | Texas Tech/Kansas State/TCU/Oklahoma State/Oklahoma |
| TCU | Big 12 | 29 | 7W-5L | 4W-5L | Pinstripe | Iowa State/Texas Tech/Oklahoma State/Kansas State/Oklahoma |
| Penn State | Big Ten-Leaders | 30 | 8W-4L | 6W-2L | Ineligible | Ohio University/Virginia/Ohio State/Nebraska |
| Northern Illinois | Mid-American-W | 31 | 12W-1L | 9W-0L | GoDaddy | Iowa |
| Michigan State | Big Ten-Legends | 32 | 6W-6L | 3W-5L | Buffalo WW | Notre Dame/Ohio State/Iowa/Michigan/Nebraska/Northwestern |
| Boise State | Mountain West | 33 | 10W-2L | 7W-1L | Las Vegas | Michigan State/San Diego State |
| Kent State | Mid-American-E | 34 | 11W-2L | 8W-1L | Pizza | Kentucky/Northern Illinois |
| Vanderbilt | Southeastern-E | 35 | 8W-4L | 5W-3L | Music City | South Carolina/Northwestern/Georgia/Florida |
| Utah State | Western Athletic | 36 | 10W-2L | 6W-0L | Potato | Wisconsin/BYU |
| San Jose State | Western Athletic | 37 | 10W-2L | 5W-1L | Military | Stanford/Utah State |
| Louisiana Tech | Western Athletic | 38 | 9W-3L | 4W-2L | Independence | Texas A&M/Utah State/San Jose State |
| Fresno State | Mountain West | 39 | 9W-3L | 7W-1L | Hawaii | Oregon/Tulsa/Boise State |
| San Diego State | Mountain West | 40 | 9W-3L | 7W-1L | Poinsettia | Washington/San Jose State/Fresno State |
| Mississippi State | Southeastern-W | 41 | 8W-4L | 4W-4L | Chick-fil-A | Alabama/Texas A&M/LSU/Mississippi |
| Ball State | Mid-American-W | 42 | 9W-3L | 6W-2L | Potato | Clemson/Kent State/Northern Illinois |
| BYU | Independent | 43 | 7W-5L | n/a | Poinsettia | Utah/Boise State/Oregon State/Notre Dame/San Jose State |
| Louisville | Big East | 44 | 10W-2L | 5W-2L | Orange | Syracuse/Connecticut |
| Rutgers | Big East | 45 | 9W-3L | 5W-2L | Russell | Kent State/Pittsurgh/Louisville |
| Iowa State | Big 12 | 46 | 6W-6L | 3W-6L | Dallas | Texas Tech/Kansas State/Oklahoma State/Oklahoma/West Virginia |
| Toledo | Mid-American-W | 47 | 9W-3L | 6W-2L | Armed Forces | Arizona/Ball State/Northern Illinois |
| Tulsa | Conference USA-W | 48 | 10W-3L | 8W-1L | Liberty | Iowa State/Arkansas/SMU |
| Cincinnati | Big East | 49 | 9W-3L | 5W-2L | Pinstripe | Toledo/Louisville/Rutgers |
| Syracuse | Big East | 50 | 7W-5L | 5W-2L | Belk | Northwestern/USC/Minnesota/Rutgers/Cincinnati |
| Missouri | Southeastern-E | 51 | 5W-7L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Georgia/South Carolina/Vanderbilt/Alabama/Florida/Syracuse/Texas A&M |
| Arizona State | Pacific 10-South | 52 | 7W-5L | 5W-4L | New Mexico | Missouri/Oregon/UCLA/Oregon State/USC |
| North Carolina | Atlantic Coast-C | 53 | 8W-4L | 5W-3L | Ineligible | Wake Forest/Louisville/Duke/Georgia Tech |
| Miami-Florida | Atlantic Coast-C | 54 | 7W-5L | 5W-3L | Russell | Kansas State/Notre Dame/North Carolina/Florida State/Virginia |
| North Carolina State | Atlantic Coast-A | 55 | 7W-5L | 4W-4L | Sun | Tennessee/Miami-FL/North Carolina/Virginia/Clemson |
| Mississippi | Southeastern-W | 56 | 6W-6L | 3W-5L | Liberty | Texas/Alabama/Texas A&M/Georgia/Vanderbilt/LSU |
| Tennessee | Southeastern-E | 57 | 5W-7L | 1W-7L | Toilet | Florida/Georgia/Mississippi State/Alabama/South Carolina/Missouri/Vanderbilt |
| Navy | Independent | 58 | 7W-4L | n/a | Kraft | Notre Dame/Penn State/San Jose State/Troy State |
| Utah | Pacific 10-South | 59 | 5W-7L | 3W-6L | Toilet | Utah State/Arizona State/USC/UCLA/Oregon State/Washington/Arizona |
| Minnesota | Big Ten-Legends | 60 | 6W-6L | 2W-6L | Dallas | Northwestern/Iowa/Wisconsin/Michigan/Nebraska/Michigan State |
| Purdue | Big Ten-Leaders | 61 | 6W-6L | 3W-5L | Meinke | Notre Dame/Michigan/Wisconsin/Minnesota/Penn State |
| Virginia Tech | Atlantic Coast-C | 62 | 6W-6L | 4W-4L | Independence | Pittsburgh/Cincinnati/North Carolina/Clemson/Miami-FL/Florida State |
| Duke | Atlantic Coast-C | 63 | 6W-6L | 3W-5L | Belk | Stanford/Virginia Tech/Florida State/Clemson/Georgia Tech/Miami-FL |
| Indiana | Big Ten-Leaders | 64 | 4W-8L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Ball State/Northwestern/Michigan State/Ohio State/Navy/Wisconsin/Penn State/Purdue |
| Iowa | Big Ten-Legends | 65 | 4W-8L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Iowa State/Central Michigan/Penn State/Northwestern/Indiana/Purdue/Michigan/Nebraska |
| Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 66 | 9W-3L | 7W-1L | GoDaddy | Oregon/Nebraska/Western Kentucky |
| Louisiana-Monroe | Sun Belt | 67 | 8W-4L | 6W-2L | Compass | Auburn/Baylor/Louisiana-Lafayette/Arkansas State |
| Arkansas | Southeastern-W | 68 | 4W-8L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Louisiana-Monroe/Alabama/Rutgers/Texas A&M/Mississippi/South Carolina/Mississippi State/LSU |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | 69 | 8W-4L | 6W-2L | New Orleans | Oklahoma State/North Texas State/Arkansas State/Florida |
| Middle Tennessee State | Sun Belt | 70 | 8W-4L | 6W-2L | Pizza | McNeese State/Louisiana-Monroe/Mississippi State/Arkansas State |
| Georgia Tech | Atlantic Coast-C | 71 | 6W-7L | 5W-4L | Music City | Virginia Tech/Miami-FL/Middle Tennessee/Clemson/BYU/Georgia/Florida State |
| Central Florida | Conference USA-E | 72 | 9W-4L | 7W-2L | Beef O'Brady | Ohio State/Missouri/Tulsa x 2 |
| Pittsburgh | Big East | 73 | 6W-6L | 3W-4L | Compass | Youngstown State/Cincinnati/Syracuse/Louisville/Notre Dame/Connecticut |
| Connecticut | Big East | 74 | 5W-7L | 2W-5L | Toilet | North Carolina State/Western Michigan/Rutgers/Temple/Syracuse/South Florida/Cincinnati |
| Bowling Green | Mid-American-E | 75 | 8W-4L | 6W-2L | Beef O'Brady | Florida/Toledo/Virginia Tech/Kent State |
| Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | 76 | 7W-5L | 4W-4L | Toilet | Alabama/Louisiana-Monroe/Middle Tennessee State/Florida Atlantic/Louisiana-Lafayette |
| Ohio University | Mid-American-E | 77 | 8W-4L | 4W-4L | n/a | Miami-OH/Bowling Green/Ball State/Kent State |
| South Florida | Big East | 78 | 3W-9L | 1W-6L | Toilet | Rutgers/Ball State/Florida State/Temple/Louisville/Syracuse/Miami-FL/Cincinnati/Pittsburgh |
| Nevada | Mountain West | 79 | 7W-5L | 4W-4L | New Mexico | South Florida/San Diego State/Air Force/Fresno State/Boise State |
| Maryland | Atlantic Coast-A | 80 | 4W-8L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Connecticut/West Virginia/North Carolina State/Boston College/Georgia Tech/Clemson/Florida State/North Carolina |
| Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast-A | 81 | 5W-7L | 3W-5L | Toilet | Florida State/Duke/Maryland/Clemson/North Carolina State/Notre Dame/Vanderbilt |
| Virginia | Atlantic Coast-C | 82 | 4W-8L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Georgia Tech/TCU/Louisiana Tech/Duke/Maryland/Wake Forest/North Carolina/Virginia Tech |
| Auburn | Southeastern-W | 83 | 3W-9L | 0W-8L | Toilet | Clemson/Mississippi State/LSU/Arkansas/Mississippi/Vanderbilt/Texas A&M/Georgia/Alabama |
| Temple | Big East | 84 | 4W-7L | 2W-5L | Toilet | Maryland/Penn State/Rutgers/Pittsburgh/Louisville/Cincinnati/Syracuse |
| East Carolina | Conference USA-E | 85 | 8W-4L | 7W-1L | New Orleans | South Carolina/North Carolina/Central Florida/Navy |
| Illinois | Big Ten-Leaders | 86 | 2W-10L | 0W-8L | Toilet | Arizona State/Louisiana Tech/Penn State/Wisconsin/Indiana/Ohio State/Minnesota/Purdue/Northwestern |
| Buffalo | Mid-American-E | 87 | 4W-8L | 3W-5L | Toilet | Georgia/Kent State/Connecticut/Ohio University/Northern Illinois/Pittsburgh/Toledo/Bowling Green |
| California | Pacific 10-North | 88 | 3W-9L | 2W-7L | Toilet | Nevada/Ohio State/Arizona State/UCLA/Stanford/Utah/Washington/Oregon/Oregon State |
| Air Force | Mountain West | 89 | 6W-6L | 5W-3L | Armed Forces | Michigan/UNLV/Navy/Army/San Diego State/Fresno State |
| Kentucky | Southeastern-E | 90 | 2W-10L | 0W-8L | Toilet | Louisville/Western Kentucky/Florida/South Carolina/Mississippi State/Arkansas/Georgia/Missouri/Vanderbilt/Tennessee |
| Central Michigan | Mid-American-W | 91 | 6W-6L | 4W-4L | Toilet | Michigan State/Northern Illinois/Toledo/Navy/Ball State/Western Michigan |
| Wyoming | Mountain West | 92 | 4W-8L | 3W-5L | Toilet | Texas/Toledo/Cal Poly/Nevada/Air Force/Fresno State/Boise State/San Diego State |
| Southern Methodist | Conference USA-W | 93 | 6W-6L | 5W-3L | Hawaii | Baylor/Texas A&M/TCU/Tulane/Central Florida/Rice |
| Texas-San Antonio | Western Athletic | 94 | 8W-4L | 3W-3L | n/a | Rice/San Jose State/Utah State/Louisiana Tech |
| Troy State | Sun Belt | 95 | 5W-7L | 3W-5L | Toilet | Louisiana-Lafayette/Mississippi State/Western Kentucky/Florida Atlantic/Tennessee/Arkansas State/Middle Tennessee |
| Colorado State | Mountain West | 96 | 4W-8L | 3W-5L | Toilet | North Dakota State/San Jose State/Utah State/Air Force/Fresno State/San Diego State/Wyoming/Boise State |
| Western Michigan | Mid-American-W | 97 | 4W-8L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Illinois/Minnesota/Toledo/Ball State/Kent State/Northern Illinois/Buffalo/Eastern Michigan |
| Colorado | Pacific 10-South | 98 | 1W-11L | 1W-8L | Toilet | Colorado State/Sacramento State/Fresno State/UCLA/Arizona State/USC/Oregon/Stanford/Arizona/Washington/Utah |
| Marshall | Conference USA-E | 99 | 5W-7L | 4W-4L | Toilet | West Virginia/Ohio University/Purdue/Tulsa/Central Florida/UAB/East Carolina |
| Rice | Conference USA-W | 100 | 6W-6L | 4W-4L | Military | UCLA/Louisiana Tech/Marshall/Memphis State/Tulsa |
| Eastern Michigan | Mid-American-W | 101 | 2W-10L | 1W-7L | Toilet | Ball State/Illinois State/Purdue/Michigan State/Kent State/Toledo/Bowling Green/Ohio Univ./Central Michigan/Northern Illinois |
| Washington State | Pacific 10-North | 102 | 3W-9L | 1W-8L | Toilet | BYU/Colorado/Oregon/Oregon State/California/Stanford/Utah/UCLA/Arizona State |
| Miami-OH | Mid-American-E | 103 | 4W-8L | 3W-5L | Toilet | Ohio State/Boise State/Cincinnati/Bowling Green/Buffalo/Kent State/Central Michigan/Ball State |
| Texas State | Western Athletic | 104 | 4W-8L | 2W-4L | Toilet | Texas Tech/Nevada/New Mexico/San Jose State/Utah State/Louisiana Tech/Navy/Texas-San Antonio |
| Houston | Conference USA-W | 105 | 5W-7L | 4W-4L | Toilet | Texas State/Louisiana Tech/UCLA/SMU/East Carolina/Tulsa/Marshall |
| New Mexico | Mountain West | 106 | 4W-9L | 1W-7L | Toilet | Texas/Texas Tech/Boise State/Air Force/Fresno State/UNLV/Wyoming/Nevada/Colorado State |
| Texas-El Paso | Conference USA-W | 107 | 3W-9L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Oklahoma/Mississippi/Wisconsin/East Carolina/SMU/Tulsa/Houston/Central Florida/Rice |
| UNLV | Mountain West | 108 | 2W-11L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Minnesota/Northern Arizona/Washington State/Utah State/Louisiana Tech/Nevada/Boise State/San Diego State/Colorado State/Wyoming/Hawaii |
| Hawaii | Mountain West | 109 | 3W-8L | 1W-6L | Toilet | USC/Nevada/BYU/San Diego State/New Mexico/Fresno State/Boise State/Air Force |
| North Texas State | Sun Belt | 110 | 4W-8L | 3W-5L | Toilet | LSU/Kansas State/Troy State/Houston/Middle Tennessee State/Arkansas State/Louisiana-Monroe/Western Kentucky |
| Florida International | Sun Belt | 111 | 3W-9L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Duke/Central Florida/Louisville/Louisiana-Lafayette/Arkansas State/Middle Tennessee State/Troy State/Western Kentucky/Louisiana-Monroe |
| Army | Independent | 112 | 2W-9L | n/a | Toilet | San Diego State/Northern Illinois/Wake Forest/Stony Brook/Kent State/Eastern Michigan/Ball State/Rutgers/Temple |
| Boston College | Atlantic Coast-A | 113 | 2W-10L | 1W-7L | Toilet | Miami-FL/Northwestern/Clemson/Army/Florida State/Georgia Tech/Wake Forest/Notre Dame/Virginia Tech/North Carolina State |
| Florida Atlantic | Sun Belt | 114 | 3W-9L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Middle Tennessee State/Georgia/Alabama/North Texas St./Louisiana-Monroe/South Alabama/Navy/Florida International |
| Kansas | Big 12 | 115 | 1W-11L | 0W-9L | Toilet | Rice/TCU/Northern Illinois/Kansas State/Oklahoma State/Oklahoma/Texas/Baylor/Texas Tech/Iowa State/West Virginia |
| Massachusetts | Mid-American-E | 116 | 1W-11L | 1W-7L | Toilet | Connecticut/Indiana/Michigan/Miami-OH/Ohio University/Western Michigan/Bowling Green/Northern Illinois/Buffalo/Central Michigan |
| Memphis State | Conference USA-E | 117 | 4W-8L | 4W-4L | Toilet | Tennessee-Martin/Arkansas State/Middle Tennessee/Duke/East Carolina/Central Florida/SMU/Marshall |
| Tulane | Conference USA-W | 118 | 2W-10L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Rutgers/Tulsa/Mississippi/Louisiana-Monroe/Louisiana-Lafayette/UTEP/Rice/Memphis State/East Carolina/Houston |
| Alabama-Birmingham | Conference USA-E | 119 | 3W-9L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Troy State/South Carolina/Ohio State/Tulsa/Houston/East Carolina/Tulane/Memphis State/Central Florida |
| South Alabama | Sun Belt | 120 | 2W-11L | 1W-7L | Toilet | Texas-San Antonio/North Carolina State/Mississippi State/Troy State/Arkansas State/Louisiana-Monroe/Florida International/North Texas St./Middle Tennessee/Louisiana-Lafayette/Hawaii |
| Idaho | Western Athletic | 121 | 1W-11L | 1W-5L | Toilet | Eastern Washington/Bowling Green/LSU/Wyoming/North Carolina/Texas State/Louisiana Tech/San Jose State/BYU/UTSA/Utah State |
| New Mexico State | Western Athletic | 122 | 1W-11L | 0W-6L | Toilet | Ohio University/Texas El-Paso/New Mexico/Texas-San Antonio/Idaho/Utah State/Louisiana Tech/Auburn/San Jose State/BYU/Texas State |
| Akron | Mid-American-E | 123 | 1W-11L | 0W-8L | Toilet | Central Florida/Florida International/Tennessee/Miami-OH/Bowling Green/Ohio University/Northern Illinois/Central Michigan/Kent State/Massachusetts/Toledo |
| Southern Mississippi | Conference USA-E | 124 | 0W-12L | 0W-8L | Toilet | Nebraska/East Carolina/Western Kentucky/Louisville/Boise State/Central Florida/Marshall/Rice/UAB/SMU/UTEP/Memphis State |
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| Top Conferences | Power Average | Undefeated Teams | Bowl Record 2011-12 |
| SEC | 37.50 | 5W-3L | |
| Big Twelve | 31.80 | 6W-2L | |
| Big Ten | 40.00 | Ohio State | 4W-6L |
| ACC | 62.17 | 2W-6L | |
| Big East | 62.13 | 3W-2L | |
| PAC-10 | 43.25 | 2W-5L | |
| Mountain West | 79.00 | 2W-3L | |
| Independents | 53.50 | Notre Dame | 1W-1L |
| WAC | 78.86 | 0W-3L | |
| MAC | 78.77 | 4W-1L | |
| Conference USA | 98.92 | 4W-1L | |
| Sunbelt | 89.80 | 1W-2L |
Power Average=Average Conference Rankings (The lower the better)
| Top Conferences | Big Twelve | SEC | ACC | Big Ten | PAC 10 | Big East | WAC | MAC | Independents | Sunbelt | Conference USA | Mountain West |
SEC W-L |
0W-1L | SEC | 5W-1L | 1W-1L | 2W-0L | 0W-3L | 3W-0L | 5W-0L | 0W-0L | 8W-2L | 6W-0L | 0W-0L |
| Big Twelve W-L | Big Twelve | 1W-0L | 2W-0L | 1W-0L | 0W-1L | 1W-1L | 1W-0L | 0W-1L | 0W-1L | 3W-0L | 5W-1L | 1W-0L |
ACC W-L |
1W-3L | 1W-5L | ACC | 0W-1L | 0W-2L | 4W-4L | 1W-1L | 1W-0L | 1W-5L | 2W-1L | 2W-0L | 0W-0L |
Big Ten W-L |
0W-1L | 1W-1L | 1W-0L | Big Ten | 1W-3L | 3W-0L | 1W-1L | 9W-3L | 1W-4L | 1W-0L | 5W-0L | 3W-0L |
Big East W-L |
1W-1L | 3W-0L | 4W-4L | 0W-3L | 0W-2L | Big East | 2W-0L | 4W-4L | 2W-1L | 2W-0L | 2W-0L | 0W-0L |
PAC-10 W-L |
1W-0L | 0W-2L | 2W-0L | 3W-1L | PAC 10 | 2W-0L | 1W-1L | 0W-0L | 2W-3L | 1W-0L | 2W-0L | 4W-3L |
Mountain West W-L |
0W-2L | 1W-1L | 0W-0L | 0W-3L | 3W-4L | 0W-0L | 4W-5L | 1W-0L | 1W-3L | 1W-1L | 1W-1L | MWC |
Independents W-L |
0W-1L | 0W-2L | 5W-1L | 4W-1L | 3W-2L | 1W-2L | 3W-2L | 1W-4L | Independents | 1W-0L | 4W-2L | 3W-1L |
WAC W-L |
0W-1L | 0W-3L | 0W-1L | 1W-1L | 1W-1L | 0W-2L | WAC | 0W-2L | 2W-3L | 1W-0L | 2W-2L | 5W-4L |
MAC W-L |
1W-0L | 0W-5L | 1W-1L | 3W-9L | 0W-0L | 4W-4L | 2W-0L | MAC | 4W-1L | 1W-2L | 1W-1L | 0W-1L |
Conference USA W-L |
0W-5L | 0W-3L | 2W-4L | 0W-5L | 1W-0L | 3W-3L | 2W-2L | 1W-1L | 2W-4L | 2W-6L | Conference USA | 1W-1L |
Sunbelt W-L |
0W-3L | 0W-6L | 1W-2L | 0W-1L | 0W-1L | 0W-2L | 0W-1L | 0W-1L | 0W-1L | Sunbelt | 6W-2L | 1W-1L |
Best Bowl Records
2012: Big Twelve 6-2, MAC 4-1
2011: Mountain West 4-1
2010: Mountain West 4-1
2003: Big Ten 5-2
1-SEC-Southeastern (37.50): Bowl Record: 5-3
| Georgia | Southeastern-E | 6 | 11W-2L | 7W-2L | Sugar | South Carolina/Alabama |
| Florida | Southeastern-E | 7 | 11W-1L | 7W-1L | Capital One | Georgia |
| South Carolina | Southeastern-E | 11 | 10W-2L | 6W-2L | Gator | LSU/Florida |
| Vanderbilt | Southeastern-E | 35 | 8W-4L | 5W-3L | Music City | South Carolina/Northwestern/Georgia/Florida |
| Missouri | Southeastern-E | 51 | 5W-7L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Georgia/South Carolina/Vanderbilt/Alabama/Florida/Syracuse/Texas A&M |
| Tennessee | Southeastern-E | 57 | 5W-7L | 1W-7L | Toilet | Florida/Georgia/Mississippi State/Alabama/South Carolina/Missouri/Vanderbilt |
| Kentucky | Southeastern-E | 90 | 2W-10L | 0W-8L | Toilet | Louisville/Western Kentucky/Florida/South Carolina/Mississippi State/Arkansas/Georgia/Missouri/Vanderbilt/Tennessee |
| Alabama | Southeastern-W | 3 | 12W-1L | 8W-1L | BCS | Texas A&M |
| LSU | Southeastern-W | 8 | 10W-2L | 6W-2L | Outback | Florida/Alabama |
| Texas A&M | Southeastern-W | 9 | 10W-2L | 6W-2L | Cotton | Florida/LSU |
| Mississippi State | Southeastern-W | 41 | 8W-4L | 4W-4L | Chick-fil-A | Alabama/Texas A&M/LSU/Mississippi |
| Mississippi | Southeastern-W | 56 | 6W-6L | 3W-5L | Liberty | Texas/Alabama/Texas A&M/Georgia/Vanderbilt/LSU |
| Arkansas | Southeastern-W | 68 | 4W-8L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Louisiana-Monroe/Alabama/Rutgers/Texas A&M/Mississippi/South Carolina/Mississippi State/LSU |
| Auburn | Southeastern-W | 83 | 3W-9L | 0W-8L | Toilet | Clemson/Mississippi State/LSU/Arkansas/Mississippi/Vanderbilt/Texas A&M/Georgia/Alabama |
SEC Champion: Alabama (3rd BCS Championship Game in a Row)
SEC even with Big Ten (1-1): Alabama over Michigan, Northwestern over Vanderbilt
SEC over MAC (5-0): Florida over Bowling Green, Georgia over Buffalo, Kentucky over Kent State, Tennessee over Akron, Vanderbilt over Massachusetts
SEC over ACC (5-1): Clemson over Auburn, Tennessee over North Carolina State, South Carolina over Clemson, Georgia over Georgia Tech, Florida over Florida State, Vanderbilt over Wake Forest
SEC over WAC (3-0): LSU over Idaho, Texas A&M over Louisiana Tech, Auburn over New Mexico State
SEC over PAC-10 (2-0): LSU over Washington, Missouri over Arizona State
SEC over Sunbelt (9-2): Alabama over Western Kentucky, Louisiana-Monroe over Arkansas, LSU over North Texas State, Auburn over Louisiana-Monroe, Mississippi State over Troy State, Western Kentucky over Kentucky, Georgia over Florida Atlantic, Alabama over Florida Atlantic, Mississippi State over South Alabama, Tennessee over Troy State, Florida over Louisiana-Lafayette
SEC over Conference USA (6-0): Mississippi over Texas-El Paso, South Carolina over East Carolina, South Carolina over UAB, Mississippi over Tulane, Missouri over Central Florida, Arkansas over Tulsa
Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, Oklahma, Texas Tech to SEC ???
2-Big Twelve (31.80): Bowl Record: 6-2
| Kansas State | Big 12 | 5 | 11W-1L | 8W-1L | Fiesta | Baylor |
| Oklahoma | Big 12 | 12 | 10W-2L | 8W-1L | Sugar | Kansas State/Notre Dame |
| Texas | Big 12 | 20 | 8W-4L | 5W-4L | Cotton | West Virginia/Oklahoma/TCU/Kansas State |
| Baylor | Big 12 | 24 | 7W-5L | 4W-5L | Holiday | West Virginia/TCU/Texas/Iowa State/Oklahoma |
| Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 26 | 7W-5L | 5W-4L | Alamo | Arizona/Texas/Kansas State/Oklahoma/Baylor |
| Texas Tech | Big 12 | 27 | 7W-5L | 4W-5L | Buffalo WW | Oklahoma/Kansas State/Texas/Oklahoma State/Baylor |
| West Virginia | Big 12 | 29 | 7W-5L | 4W-5L | Meinke | Texas Tech/Kansas State/TCU/Oklahoma State/Oklahoma |
| TCU | Big 12 | 29 | 7W-5L | 4W-5L | Pinstripe | Iowa State/Texas Tech/Oklahoma State/Kansas State/Oklahoma |
| Iowa State | Big 12 | 46 | 6W-6L | 3W-6L | Dallas | Texas Tech/Kansas State/Oklahoma State/Oklahoma/West Virginia |
| Kansas | Big 12 | 115 | 1W-11L | 0W-9L | Toilet | Rice/TCU/Northern Illinois/Kansas State/Oklahoma State/Oklahoma/Texas/Baylor/Texas Tech/Iowa State/West Virginia |
Big Twelve Champion: Kansas State (Fiesta Bowl)
Big Twelve over Conference USA (5-1): Iowa State over Tulsa, Oklahoma over UTEP, West Virginia over Marshall, Baylor over SMU, Rice over Kansas, TCU over SMU
Big 12 over Big Ten (1-0): Iowa State over Iowa
Big 12 over ACC (2-0): West Virginia over Maryland, TCU over Virginia
Big 12 over SEC (1-0): Texas over Mississippi
Big 12 over WAC (1-0): Texas Tech over Texas State
Big 12 over Mountain West (1-0): Texas Tech over New Mexico
Big 12 over Sunbelt (3-0): Oklahoma State over Louisiana-Lafayette, Kansas State over North Texas State, Baylor over Louisiana-Monroe
BYU, Florida State, Houston, Louisville, Notre Dame, Cincinnati to Big 12???
3-Big Ten (40.00): Bowl Record: 4-6
| Ohio State | Big Ten-Leaders | 2 | 12W-0L | 8W-0L | Ineligible | n/a |
| Wisconsin | Big Ten-Leaders | 25 | 8W-5L | 5W-4L | Rose | Oregon State/Nebraska/Michigan State/Ohio State/Penn State |
| Penn State | Big Ten-Leaders | 30 | 8W-4L | 6W-2L | Ineligible | Ohio University/Virginia/Ohio State/Nebraska |
| Purdue | Big Ten-Leaders | 61 | 6W-6L | 3W-5L | Meinke | Notre Dame/Michigan/Wisconsin/Minnesota/Penn State |
| Indiana | Big Ten-Leaders | 64 | 4W-8L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Ball State/Northwestern/Michigan State/Ohio State/Navy/Wisconsin/Penn State/Purdue |
| Illinois | Big Ten-Leaders | 86 | 2W-10L | 0W-8L | Toilet | Arizona State/Louisiana Tech/Penn State/Wisconsin/Indiana/Ohio State/Minnesota/Purdue/Northwestern |
| Nebraska | Big Ten-Legends | 16 | 10W-3L | 7W-2L | Capital One | UCLA/Ohio State/Wisconsin |
| Michigan | Big Ten-Legends | 17 | 8W-4L | 6W-2L | Outback | Alabama/Notre Dame/Nebraska/Ohio State |
| Northwestern | Big Ten-Legends | 18 | 9W-3L | 5W-3L | Gator | Penn State/Nebraska/Michigan |
| Michigan State | Big Ten-Legends | 32 | 6W-6L | 3W-5L | Buffalo WW | Notre Dame/Ohio State/Iowa/Michigan/Nebraska/Northwestern |
| Minnesota | Big Ten-Legends | 60 | 6W-6L | 2W-6L | Dallas | Northwestern/Iowa/Wisconsin/Michigan/Nebraska/Michigan State |
| Iowa | Big Ten-Legends | 65 | 4W-8L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Iowa State/Central Michigan/Penn State/Northwestern/Indiana/Purdue/Michigan/Nebraska |
Big Ten Champion: Wisconsin (Rose Bowl)
Big Ten over Mountain West (3-0): Minneosota over UNLV, Michigan State over Boise State, Michigan over Air Force
Big Ten over Conference USA (5-0): Nebraska over Southern Mississippi, Ohio State over Central Florida, Ohio State over UAB, Wisconsin over UTEP, Purdue over Marshall
Big Ten over ACC (1-0): Northwestern over Boston College
Big Ten over Big East (3-0): Northwestern over Syracuse, Penn State over Temple, Minnesota over Syracuse
Big Ten over Sunbelt (1-0): Nebraska over Arkansas State
Big Ten even with WAC (1-1): Wisconsin over Utah State, Louisiana Tech over Illinois
Big Ten over MAC (9-3): Iowa over Northern Illinois, Illinois over Western Michigan, Ohio University over Penn State, Ohio State over Miami-OH, Michigan State over Central Michigan, Indiana over Massachusetts, Minnesota over Western Michigan, Purdue over Eastern Michigan, Michigan over Massachusetts, Ball State over Indiana, Central Michigan over Iowa, Michigan State over Eastern Michigan
Maryland and Rutgers to join Big Ten in 2014 Who will be the 15th and 16th teams? Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Iowa State, Missouri???
4-PAC 12-Pacific Athletic Conference (43.25): Bowl Record: 2-4
| Oregon | Pacific 10-North | 4 | 11W-1L | 8W-1L | Fiesta | Stanford |
| Stanford | Pacific 10-North | 10 | 11W-2L | 9W-1L | Rose | Washington/Notre Dame |
| Oregon State | Pacific 10-North | 21 | 9W-3L | 6W-3L | Las Vegas | Washington/Stanford/Oregon |
| Washington | Pacific 10-North | 28 | 7W-5L | 5W-4L | Kraft | LSU/Oregon/USC/Arizona/Washington State |
| California | Pacific 10-North | 88 | 3W-9L | 2W-7L | Toilet | Nevada/Ohio State/Arizona State/UCLA/Stanford/Utah/Washington/Oregon/Oregon State |
| Washington State | Pacific 10-North | 102 | 3W-9L | 1W-8L | Toilet | BYU/Colorado/Oregon/Oregon State/California/Stanford/Utah/UCLA/Arizona State |
| UCLA | Pacific 10-South | 14 | 9W-4L | 5W-4L | Alamo | Oregon State/California/Stanford x 2 |
| Arizona | Pacific 10-South | 22 | 7W-5L | 4W-5L | Holiday | Oregon/Oregon State/Stanford/UCLA/Arizona State |
| USC | Pacific 10-South | 23 | 7W-5L | 5W-4L | Sun | Stanford/Arizona/Oregon/UCLA/Notre Dame |
| Arizona State | Pacific 10-South | 52 | 7W-5L | 5W-4L | New Mexico | Missouri/Oregon/UCLA/Oregon State/USC |
| Utah | Pacific 10-South | 59 | 5W-7L | 3W-6L | Toilet | Utah State/Arizona State/USC/UCLA/Oregon State/Washington/Arizona |
| Colorado | Pacific 10-South | 98 | 1W-11L | 1W-8L | Toilet | Colorado State/Sacramento State/Fresno State/UCLA/Arizona State/USC/Oregon/Stanford/Arizona/Washington/Utah |
PAC 12 Champion: Stanford (Rose Bowl)
PAC-10 over Conference USA (2-0): UCLA over Rice, UCLA over Houston
PAC-10 even with WAC (1-1): Stanford over San Jose State, Utah State over Utah
PAC-10 over Big 12 (1-0): Arizona over Oklahoma State
PAC-10 over Big Ten (3-1): Oregon State over Wisconsin, Arizona State over Illinois, UCLA over Nebraska, Ohio State over California
PAC-10 over Big East (2-0): USC over Syracuse, Stanford over Duke
PAC-10 over Mountain West (4-3): USC over Hawaii, Colorado State over Colorado, Washington over San Diego State, Nevada over California, Oregon over Fresno State, Washington State over UNLV, Fresno State over Colorado
PAC-10 over Sunbelt (1-0): Oregon over Arkansas State
BYU, Boise State to PAC-10???
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and/or Texas Tech to PAC-10???
5-ACC-Atlantic Coast (62.17): Bowl Record: 2-6
| Florida State | Atlantic Coast-A | 13 | 11W-2L | 7W-1L | Orange | North Carolina State/Florida |
| Clemson | Atlantic Coast-A | 15 | 10W-2L | 7W-1L | Chick-fil-A | Florida State/South Carolina |
| North Carolina State | Atlantic Coast-A | 55 | 7W-5L | 4W-4L | Sun | Tennessee/Miami-FL/North Carolina/Virginia/Clemson |
| Maryland | Atlantic Coast-A | 80 | 4W-8L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Connecticut/West Virginia/North Carolina State/Boston College/Georgia Tech/Clemson/Florida State/North Carolina |
| Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast-A | 81 | 5W-7L | 3W-5L | Toilet | Florida State/Duke/Maryland/Clemson/North Carolina State/Notre Dame/Vanderbilt |
| Boston College | Atlantic Coast-A | 113 | 2W-10L | 1W-7L | Toilet | Miami-FL/Northwestern/Clemson/Army/Florida State/Georgia Tech/Wake Forest/Notre Dame/Virginia Tech/North Carolina State |
| North Carolina | Atlantic Coast-C | 53 | 8W-4L | 5W-3L | Ineligible | Wake Forest/Louisville/Duke/Georgia Tech |
| Miami-Florida | Atlantic Coast-C | 54 | 7W-5L | 5W-3L | Russell | Kansas State/Notre Dame/North Carolina/Florida State/Virginia |
| Virginia Tech | Atlantic Coast-C | 62 | 6W-6L | 4W-4L | Independence | Pittsburgh/Cincinnati/North Carolina/Clemson/Miami-FL/Florida State |
| Duke | Atlantic Coast-C | 63 | 6W-6L | 3W-5L | Belk | Stanford/Virginia Tech/Florida State/Clemson/Georgia Tech/Miami-FL |
| Georgia Tech | Atlantic Coast-C | 71 | 6W-7L | 5W-4L | Music City | Virginia Tech/Miami-FL/Middle Tennessee/Clemson/BYU/Georgia/Florida State |
| Virginia | Atlantic Coast-C | 82 | 4W-8L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Georgia Tech/TCU/Louisiana Tech/Duke/Maryland/Wake Forest/North Carolina/Virginia Tech |
ACC Champion: Florida State (Orange Bowl)
ACC over Sunbelt (2-1): Duke over Florida International, North Carolina State over South Alabama, Middle Tennessee State over Georgia Tech
ACC over Conference USA (2-0): North Carolina over East Carolina, Duke over Memphis State
ACC over MAC (1-0): Virginia Tech over Bowling Green
ACC even with WAC (1-1): North Carolina over Idaho, Louisiana Tech over Virginia
ACC Accepts Pittsburgh, Syracuse for 2014 moving to 14 teams. Notre Dame to ACC, is Connecticut next? Louisville to ACC
Independents (53.50): Bowl Record: 1-1
| Notre Dame | Independent | 1 | 12W-0L | n/a | BCS | n/a |
| BYU | Independent | 43 | 7W-5L | n/a | Poinsettia | Utah/Boise State/Oregon State/Notre Dame/San Jose State |
| Navy | Independent | 58 | 7W-4L | n/a | Kraft | Notre Dame/Penn State/San Jose State/Troy State |
| Army | Independent | 112 | 2W-9L | n/a | Toilet | San Diego State/Northern Illinois/Wake Forest/Stony Brook/Kent State/Eastern Michigan/Ball State/Rutgers/Temple |
Independents over PAC-10 (3-2): BYU over Washington State, Utah over BYU, Notre Dame over Stanford, Oregon State over BYU, Notre Dame over USC
Independents over Mountain West (3-1): BYU over Hawaii, Navy over Air Force, Boise State over BYU, Army over Air Force
Independents over ACC (5-1): Wake Forest over Army, Army over Boston College, Notre Dame over Miami-FL, BYU over Georgia Tech, Notre Dame over Boston College, Notre Dame over Wake Forest
Independents over Big Ten (4-1): Notre Dame over Purdue, Penn State over Navy, Notre Dame over Michigan State, Notre Dame over Michigan, Navy over Indiana
Independents over Big 12 (1-0): Notre Dame over Oklahoma
Independents even with Sunbelt (1-1): Navy over Florida Atlantic, Troy State over Navy
Independents over WAC (3-2): San Jose State over Navy, BYU over Utah State, BYU over Idaho, San Jose State over BYU, BYU over New Mexico State
Independents over Conference USA (1-0): Navy over East Carolina
Future Notre Dame Schedules Notre Dame to ACC
Navy, Army to Big East???
6-Big East (62.13): Bowl Record: 3-2
| Louisville | Big East | 44 | 10W-2L | 5W-2L | Orange | Syracuse/Connecticut |
| Rutgers | Big East | 45 | 9W-3L | 5W-2L | Russell | Kent State/Pittsurgh/Louisville |
| Cincinnati | Big East | 49 | 9W-3L | 5W-2L | Pinstripe | Toledo/Louisville/Rutgers |
| Syracuse | Big East | 50 | 7W-5L | 5W-2L | Belk | Northwestern/USC/Minnesota/Rutgers/Cincinnati |
| Pittsburgh | Big East | 73 | 6W-6L | 3W-4L | Compass | Youngstown State/Cincinnati/Syracuse/Louisville/Notre Dame/Connecticut |
| Connecticut | Big East | 74 | 5W-7L | 2W-5L | Toilet | North Carolina State/Western Michigan/Rutgers/Temple/Syracuse/South Florida/Cincinnati |
| South Florida | Big East | 78 | 3W-9L | 1W-6L | Toilet | Rutgers/Ball State/Florida State/Temple/Louisville/Syracuse/Miami-FL/Cincinnati/Pittsburgh |
| Temple | Big East | 84 | 4W-7L | 2W-5L | Toilet | Maryland/Penn State/Rutgers/Pittsburgh/Louisville/Cincinnati/Syracuse |
Big East Champion: Rutgers
Big East over SEC (3-0): Louisville over Kentucky, Rutgers over Arkansas, Syracuse over Missouri
Big East even with ACC (4-4): North Carolina State over Connecticut, Maryland over Temple, Pittsburgh over Virginia Tech, Connecticut over Maryland, Louisville over North Carolina, Cincinnati over Virginia Tech, Florida State over South Florida, Miami-FL over South Florida
Big East even with MAC (4-4): Connecticut over Massachusetts, Western Michigan over Connecticut, Ball State over South Florida, Connecticut over Buffalo, Cincinnati over Miami-OH, Pittsburgh over Buffalo, Toledo over Cincinnati, Kent State over Rutgers
Big East over Independents (2-1): Notre Dame over Pittsburgh, Rutgers over Army, Temple over Army
Big East over Mountain West (1-0): South Florida over Nevada
Big East over Conference USA (2-0): Rutgers over Tulane, Louisville over Southern Mississippi
Pittsburgh, Syracuse to ACC in 2014 Big East adds SMU, Central Florida for 2013 season; Navy and Temple possible Big East additions Louisville to ACC
Air Force, BYU, East Carolina, Marshall, Richmond, Villanova, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State to Big East???
7-Mountain West (79.00): Bowl Record: 2-3
Mountain West Champion(s): Boise State, Fresno State and San Diego State
Mountain West over MAC (1-0): Boise State over Miami-OH
Mountain West and Conference USA to merge??? UTEP to Mountain West???
8-Conference USA (98.92): Bowl Record: 3-1
| Central Florida | Conference USA-E | 72 | 9W-4L | 7W-2L | Beef O'Brady | Ohio State/Missouri/Tulsa x 2 |
| East Carolina | Conference USA-E | 85 | 8W-4L | 7W-1L | New Orleans | South Carolina/North Carolina/Central Florida/Navy |
| Marshall | Conference USA-E | 99 | 5W-7L | 4W-4L | Toilet | West Virginia/Ohio University/Purdue/Tulsa/Central Florida/UAB/East Carolina |
| Memphis State | Conference USA-E | 117 | 4W-8L | 4W-4L | Toilet | Tennessee-Martin/Arkansas State/Middle Tennessee/Duke/East Carolina/Central Florida/SMU/Marshall |
| Alabama-Birmingham | Conference USA-E | 119 | 3W-9L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Troy State/South Carolina/Ohio State/Tulsa/Houston/East Carolina/Tulane/Memphis State/Central Florida |
| Southern Mississippi | Conference USA-E | 124 | 0W-12L | 0W-8L | Toilet | Nebraska/East Carolina/Western Kentucky/Louisville/Boise State/Central Florida/Marshall/Rice/UAB/SMU/UTEP/Memphis State |
| Tulsa | Conference USA-W | 48 | 10W-3L | 8W-1L | Liberty | Iowa State/Arkansas/SMU |
| Southern Methodist | Conference USA-W | 93 | 6W-6L | 5W-3L | Hawaii | Baylor/Texas A&M/TCU/Tulane/Central Florida/Rice |
| Rice | Conference USA-W | 100 | 6W-6L | 4W-4L | Military | UCLA/Louisiana Tech/Marshall/Memphis State/Tulsa |
| Houston | Conference USA-W | 105 | 5W-7L | 4W-4L | Toilet | Texas State/Louisiana Tech/UCLA/SMU/East Carolina/Tulsa/Marshall |
| Texas-El Paso | Conference USA-W | 107 | 3W-9L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Oklahoma/Mississippi/Wisconsin/East Carolina/SMU/Tulsa/Houston/Central Florida/Rice |
| Tulane | Conference USA-W | 118 | 2W-10L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Rutgers/Tulsa/Mississippi/Louisiana-Monroe/Louisiana-Lafayette/UTEP/Rice/Memphis State/East Carolina/Houston |
Conference USA Champion: Tulsa
Conference USA even with MAC (1-1): Central Florida over Akron, Ohio University over Marshall
Conference USA even with Mountain West (1-1): Tulsa over Fresno State, Boise State over Southern Mississippi
Big East adds Houston, SMU, Central Florida for 2013 season; Mountain West and Conference USA to merge??? Appalachian State to Conference USA
9-WAC-Western Athletic Conference (78.86): Bowl Record: 0-3
| Utah State | Western Athletic | 36 | 10W-2L | 6W-0L | Potato | Wisconsin/BYU |
| San Jose State | Western Athletic | 37 | 10W-2L | 5W-1L | Military | Stanford/Utah State |
| Louisiana Tech | Western Athletic | 38 | 9W-3L | 4W-2L | Independence | Texas A&M/Utah State/San Jose State |
| Texas-San Antonio | Western Athletic | 94 | 8W-4L | 3W-3L | n/a | Rice/San Jose State/Utah State/Louisiana Tech |
| Texas State | Western Athletic | 104 | 4W-8L | 2W-4L | Toilet | Texas Tech/Nevada/New Mexico/San Jose State/Utah State/Louisiana Tech/Navy/Texas-San Antonio |
| Idaho | Western Athletic | 121 | 1W-11L | 1W-5L | Toilet | Eastern Washington/Bowling Green/LSU/Wyoming/North Carolina/Texas State/Louisiana Tech/San Jose State/BYU/UTSA/Utah State |
| New Mexico State | Western Athletic | 122 | 1W-11L | 0W-6L | Toilet | Ohio University/Texas El-Paso/New Mexico/Texas-San Antonio/Idaho/Utah State/Louisiana Tech/Auburn/San Jose State/BYU/Texas State |
WAC Champion: Utah State
WAC even with Conference USA (2-2): Texas State over Houston, Louisiana Tech over Rice, Texas El-Paso over New Mexico State, Rice over Texas-San Antonio
WAC over Sunbelt (1-0): Texas-San Antonio over South Alabama
WAC over Mountain West (5-4): San Jose State over Colorado State, Wyoming over Idaho, Utah State over Colorado State, San Jose State over San Diego State, New Mexico over New Mexico State, Nevada over Texas State, Utah State over UNLV, New Mexico over Texas State, Louisiana Tech over UNLV
Hawaii to Big West in 2012; San Diego State to Big West in 2013
Utah Valley, Lamar, Montana, Montana State, Sacramento State, Cal Poly, California-Davis, Louisiana-Lafayette to WAC???
10-MAC-Mid-American (78.77): Bowl Record 4-1
| Kent State | Mid-American-E | 34 | 11W-2L | 8W-1L | Pizza | Kentucky/Northern Illinois |
| Bowling Green | Mid-American-E | 75 | 8W-4L | 6W-2L | Beef O'Brady | Florida/Toledo/Virginia Tech/Kent State |
| Ohio University | Mid-American-E | 77 | 8W-4L | 4W-4L | n/a | Miami-OH/Bowling Green/Ball State/Kent State |
| Buffalo | Mid-American-E | 87 | 4W-8L | 3W-5L | Toilet | Georgia/Kent State/Connecticut/Ohio University/Northern Illinois/Pittsburgh/Toledo/Bowling Green |
| Miami-OH | Mid-American-E | 103 | 4W-8L | 3W-5L | Toilet | Ohio State/Boise State/Cincinnati/Bowling Green/Buffalo/Kent State/Central Michigan/Ball State |
| Massachusetts | Mid-American-E | 116 | 1W-11L | 1W-7L | Toilet | Connecticut/Indiana/Michigan/Miami-OH/Ohio University/Western Michigan/Bowling Green/Northern Illinois/Buffalo/Central Michigan |
| Akron | Mid-American-E | 123 | 1W-11L | 0W-8L | Toilet | Central Florida/Florida International/Tennessee/Miami-OH/Bowling Green/Ohio University/Northern Illinois/Central Michigan/Kent State/Massachusetts/Toledo |
| Northern Illinois | Mid-American-W | 31 | 12W-1L | 9W-0L | GoDaddy | Iowa |
| Ball State | Mid-American-W | 42 | 9W-3L | 6W-2L | Potato | Clemson/Kent State/Northern Illinois |
| Toledo | Mid-American-W | 47 | 9W-3L | 6W-2L | Armed Forces | Arizona/Ball State/Northern Illinois |
| Central Michigan | Mid-American-W | 91 | 6W-6L | 4W-4L | Toilet | Michigan State/Northern Illinois/Toledo/Navy/Ball State/Western Michigan |
| Western Michigan | Mid-American-W | 97 | 4W-8L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Illinois/Minnesota/Toledo/Ball State/Kent State/Northern Illinois/Buffalo/Eastern Michigan |
| Eastern Michigan | Mid-American-W | 101 | 2W-10L | 1W-7L | Toilet | Ball State/Illinois State/Purdue/Michigan State/Kent State/Toledo/Bowling Green/Ohio Univ./Central Michigan/Northern Illinois |
MAC Champion: Northern Illinois
Ohio University at Kent State on November 23
MAC over WAC (2-0): Ohio University over New Mexico State, Bowling Green over Idaho
MAC over Big 12 (1-0): Northern Illinois over Kansas
MAC over Independents (4-1): Northern Illinois over Army, Navy over Central Michigan, Kent State over Army, Eastern Michigan over Army, Ball State over Army
11-Sun Belt Conference (89.80): Bowl Record: 1-2
| Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 66 | 9W-3L | 7W-1L | GoDaddy | Oregon/Nebraska/Western Kentucky |
| Louisiana-Monroe | Sun Belt | 67 | 8W-4L | 6W-2L | Compass | Auburn/Baylor/Louisiana-Lafayette/Arkansas State |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | 69 | 8W-4L | 6W-2L | New Orleans | Oklahoma State/North Texas State/Arkansas State/Florida |
| Middle Tennessee State | Sun Belt | 70 | 8W-4L | 6W-2L | Pizza | McNeese State/Louisiana-Monroe/Mississippi State/Arkansas State |
| Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | 76 | 7W-5L | 4W-4L | Toilet | Alabama/Louisiana-Monroe/Middle Tennessee State/Florida Atlantic/Louisiana-Lafayette |
| Troy State | Sun Belt | 95 | 5W-7L | 3W-5L | Toilet | Louisiana-Lafayette/Mississippi State/Western Kentucky/Florida Atlantic/Tennessee/Arkansas State/Middle Tennessee |
| North Texas State | Sun Belt | 110 | 4W-8L | 3W-5L | Toilet | LSU/Kansas State/Troy State/Houston/Middle Tennessee State/Arkansas State/Louisiana-Monroe/Western Kentucky |
| Florida International | Sun Belt | 111 | 3W-9L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Duke/Central Florida/Louisville/Louisiana-Lafayette/Arkansas State/Middle Tennessee State/Troy State/Western Kentucky/Louisiana-Monroe |
| Florida Atlantic | Sun Belt | 114 | 3W-9L | 2W-6L | Toilet | Middle Tennessee State/Georgia/Alabama/North Texas St./Louisiana-Monroe/South Alabama/Navy/Florida International |
| South Alabama | Sun Belt | 120 | 2W-11L | 1W-7L | Toilet | Texas-San Antonio/North Carolina State/Mississippi State/Troy State/Arkansas State/Louisiana-Monroe/Florida International/North Texas St./Middle Tennessee/Louisiana-Lafayette/Hawaii |
Sunbelt Champion: Arkansas State
Sunbelt over Conference USA (6-2): Troy State over Alabama-Birmingham, Arkansas State over Memphis State, Central Florida over Florida International, Middle Tennessee over Memphis State, Western Kentucky over Southern Mississippi, Louisiana-Monroe over Tulane, Louisiana-Lafayette over Tulane, Houston over North Texas State
New Mexico State, Liberty, Jacksonville State to Sunbelt???
Bowl Bids, Agreements, Commitments, etc.
Bowl Schedule 2011-2012 CBS Sports
Bowl Predictions 2012-2013
| Bowl-35 | Team A | Team B | Featuring | |
| BCS Championship | Notre Dame | Alabama | BCS #1 vs. #2 | |
| GoDaddy.com | Arkansas State | Northern Illinois | Sunbelt #2 vs. MAC #1 | |
| Compass | Western Kentucky | Pittsburgh | SEC #9 vs. Big East #5 | |
| Cotton | Texas | Texas A&M | Big 12 #2 vs. SEC #3 | |
| Fiesta | Kansas State | Oregon | Big 12 vs. BCS | |
| Sugar | Georgia | Oklahoma | SEC vs. BCS | |
| Orange | Florida State | Louisville | ACC vs. Big East | |
| Rose | Wisconsin | Stanford | Big 10 #1 vs. PAC 10 #1 | |
| Gator | Northwestern | South Carolina | Big 10 #4 vs. SEC #6 | |
| Capital One | Nebraska | Florida | Big 10 #2 vs. SEC #2 | |
| Outback | Michigan | LSU | Big 10 #3 vs. SEC #4 | |
| Heart of Dallas | Iowa State | Minnesota | Big 12 #8 vs. Big Ten #7 | |
| Chick-fil-A | Clemson | Mississippi State | ACC #2 vs. SEC #5 | |
| Sun | North Carolina State | USC | ACC #4 vs. PAC 10 #4 | |
| Liberty | Mississippi | Tulsa | SEC #7/8 vs. CUSA #1 | |
| Music City | Georgia Tech | Vanderbilt | ACC #6 vs. SEC #7/8 | |
| Kraft Fight Hunger | Navy | Washington | ACC #9 vs. PAC 10 #6 | |
| Buffalo Wild Wings | Michigan State | Texas Tech | Big 10 #5 vs. Big 12 #4 | |
| Armed Forces | Air Force | Rice | BYU vs. CUSA #3 | |
  
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Cincinnati | TCU | Big East #4 vs. Big 12 #7 | |
| Alamo | UCLA | Oklahoma State | PAC 10 #2 vs. Big 12 #3 | |
| Meinke | Purdue | West Virginia | Big Ten #6 vs. Big 12 #6 | |
| Russell Athletic | Rutgers | Miami-FL | Big East #2 vs. ACC #3 | |
| Independence | Virginia Tech | Louisiana-Monroe | ACC #7 vs. SEC #10 | |
| Holiday | Arizona | Baylor | PAC 10 #3 vs. Big 12 #5 | |
| Military | Toledo | San Jose State | ACC #8 vs. CUSA #5 | |
| Belk | Syracuse | Duke | Big East #3 vs. ACC #5 | |
| Little Caesar's | Middle Tennessee | Kent State | Big 10 #8 vs. MAC #2 | |
| Hawaii | Fresno State | SMU | MWC#4 vs. Conference USA #2 | |
| Las Vegas Maaco | Boise State | Oregon State | MWC #1 vs. PAC 10 #5 | |
| New Orleans | Louisiana-Lafayette | East Carolina | Sunbelt #1 vs. CUSA #4 | |
| Beef O'Brady | Bowling Green | Central Florida | Big East #6 vs. CUSA #3 | |
| Poinsettia | BYU | San Diego State | BYU vs. WAC #1 | |
| New Mexico | Arizona State | Nevada | PAC 10 #7 vs. MWC #5 | |
| Idaho Potato | Ball State | Utah State | MAC #3 vs. WAC #2 |
| Big Ten | Team | Pacific Ten | Team | Big Twelve | Team | SEC | Team |
| Rose #1 | Wisconsin | Rose | Stanford | Fiesta | Kansas State | BCS | Alabama |
| Capital One #2 | Nebraska | BCS-Fiesta | Oregon | Sugar | Oklahoma | BCS-Sugar | Georgia |
| Outback #3 | Michigan | Alamo #2 | UCLA | Cotton #2 | Texas | Capital One #2 | Florida |
| Gator #4 | Northwestern | Holiday #3 | Arizona | Alamo #3 | Oklahoma State | Cotton #3 | Texas A&M |
| Buffalo Wild Wings #5 | Michigan State | Sun #4 | USC | Buffalo Wild Wings #4 | Texas Tech | Outback #4 | LSU |
| Meinke #6 | Purdue | Las Vegas/Maaco #5 | Oregon State | Holiday #5 | Baylor | Chick-fil-A #5 | Mississippi State |
| Heart of Dallas #7 | Minnesota | Kraft Fight Hunger #6 | Washington | Meinke #6 | West Virginia | Gator #6 | South Carolina |
| ACC | Team | New Mexico #7 | Arizona State | Pinstripe #7 | TCU | Music City #7 | Vanderbilt |
| Orange #1 | Florida State | Mountain West | Team | Heart of Dallas #8 | Iowa State | Liberty #8 | Mississippi |
| Chick-fil-A (Peach) #2 | Clemson | Las Vegas #1 | Boise State | Big East | Team | Compass #9 | Western Kentucky |
| Russell Athletic #3 | Miami-FL | Poinsettia #2 | San Diego State | Orange #1 | Louisville | Independence #10 | n/a |
| Sun #4 | North Carolina State | Armed Forces #3 | Air Force | Russell Athletic #2 | Rutgers | Conference USA | Team |
| Belk #5 | Duke | Hawaii #4 | Fresno State | Belk #3 | Syracuse | Liberty #1 | Tulsa |
| Music City #6 | Georgia Tech | New Mexico #5 | Nevada | Pinstripe #4 | Cincinnati | Beef O'Brady #3 | Central Florida |
| Independence #7 | Virginia Tech | WAC | Team | Compass #5 | Pittsburgh | New Orleans | East Carolina |
| Military #8 (MAC #4) | Toledo | Idaho Potato #1 | Utah State | Beef O' Brady #6 | Bowling Green | Hawaii #2 | SMU |
| Kraft Fight Hunger #9 | Navy | Armed Forces #2 | San Jose State | Independents | Team | Military #5 | Rice |
| Hawaii #3 | Louisiana Tech | Poinsettia | BYU | MAC | Team | ||
| BCS | Notre Dame | Little Caesar's #2 | Kent State | ||||
| Kraft Fight Hunger | Navy | GoDaddy.com #1 | Northern Illinois | ||||
| Sunbelt | Team | Idaho Potato #3 | Ball State | ||||
| New Orleans #1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Military #4 | Toledo | ||||
| GoDaddy.com #2 | Arkansas State | Beef O'Brady #5 | Bowling Green | ||||
| Independence | Louisiana-Monroe | Compass #6 | Ohio University |
Most Division I Football Programs by State
| Texas (13) |
| 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 |
| Ohio (8) |
| Ohio State |
| Bowling Green |
| Toledo |
| Miami-OH |
| Cincinnati |
| Kent State |
| Ohio Univ. |
| Akron |
| California (7) |
| USC |
| Stanford |
| UCLA |
| Fresno State |
| California |
| San Jose State |
| San Diego State |
| Florida (7) |
| Miami-Florida |
| Florida State |
| Florida |
| Central Florida |
| South Florida |
| Florida Atlantic |
| Florida International |
| Michigan (5) |
| Michigan |
| Michigan State |
| Western Michigan |
| Central Michigan |
| Eastern Michigan |
| North Carolina (5) |
| Wake Forest |
| No.Carolina State |
| Duke |
| North Carolina |
| East Carolina |
| Louisiana (5) |
| LSU |
| Tulane |
| Louisiana Tech |
| Louisiana-Lafayette |
| Louisiana-Monroe |
| Alabama (5) |
| Alabama |
| Auburn |
| Troy State |
Alabama-Birmingham South Alabama |
| Tennessee (4) |
| Middle Tennessee State |
| Vanderbilt |
| Tennessee |
| Memphis State |
| New York(3)/New Jersey (1) |
| Syracuse |
| Rutgers |
| Army |
| Buffalo |
| Virginia(2)/West Virginia (2) |
| Virginia Tech |
| Virginia |
| 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 (2) |
| Georgia |
| Georgia Tech |
| 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 (2) |
| South Carolina |
| Clemson |
| Iowa (2) |
| Iowa |
| Iowa State |
| Kansas (2) |
| Kansas State |
| Kansas |