Sports Rivalries

Power Average=Average Conference Rankings (The lower the better)

NCAA Football Bowl Record History

Best Bowl Records

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

2003: Big Ten 5-2

2010 Conference Re-Alignment

1-SEC-Southeastern (34.50): Bowl Record: 9-2

SEC Champion: Alabama

SEC over Big Ten (4-1): Alabama over Wisconsin, Alabama over Michigan State, Michigan over Florida, Tennessee over Northwestern, Georgia over Penn State

SEC over PAC-12 (1-0): Texas A&M over Arizona State

SEC over Big 12 (3-2): Oklahoma over Tennessee, Texas Tech over Arkansas, LSU over Texas Tech, Mississippi over Oklahoma State, Arkansas over Kansas State

SEC over ACC (6-4): South Carolina over North Carolina, Auburn over Louisville, LSU over Syracuse, Clemson over South Carolina, Florida State over Florida, Louisville over Kentucky, Georgia over Georgia Tech, Mississippi State over North Carolina State, Louisville over Texas A&M, Alabama over Clemson

SEC over American Association (3-2): Missouri over Connecticut, South Carolina over Central Florida, Memphis State over Mississippi, Houston over Vanderbilt, Auburn over Memphis State

SEC over Conference USA (9-0): Mississippi State over Southern Mississippi, Arkansas over UTEP, Alabama over Middle Tennessee, Vanderbilt over Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State over Louisiana Tech, LSU over Western Kentucky, Tennessee over North Texas St., Florida over Florida Atlantic, Kentucky over North Carolina-Charlotte

SEC over Mountain West (3-0): Mississippi over Fresno State, Texas A&M over Nevada, Auburn over San Jose St.

SEC over Sunbelt (8-0): Florida over New Mexico St., Georgia over Louisiana-Monroe, Kentucky over Louisiana-Lafayette, Missouri over Arkansas State, Alabama over Louisiana-Monroe, Mississippi over New Mexico State, Auburn over Idaho, Georgia over Georgia Southern

SEC over MAC (2-1): Tennessee over Bowling Green, Toledo over Arkansas, LSU over Eastern Michigan

SEC over Independents (1-0): Missouri over BYU

2-PAC 12-Pacific Athletic Conference (42.75): Bowl Record: 6-4

PAC 12 Champion: Stanford

PAC-12 over ACC (2-0): UCLA over Virginia, Washington State over Miami-FL

PAC-12 over Mountain West (12-2): Hawaii over Colorado, Boise State over Washington, UCLA over UNLV, Arizona over Nevada, California over San Diego State, Utah over Utah State, Arizona State over New Mexico, Washington over Utah State, Colorado over Colorado State, Oregon St. over San Jose St., Washington St. over Wyoming, Utah over Fresno St., Arizona over New Mexico, California over Air Force

PAC-12 over American Association (1-0): Stanford over Central Florida

PAC-12 over Independents (3-1): UCLA over BYU, Notre Dame over USC, Stanford over Notre Dame, Utah over BYU

PAC-12 over MAC (1-0): Colorado over Massachusetts

PAC-12 over Conference USA (2-0): Arizona over Texas-San Antonio, Washington over Southern Mississippi

PAC-12 over Sunbelt (3-0): USC over Arkansas St., USC over Idaho, Oregon over Georgia State

3-Big Ten (44.71): Bowl Record: 5-5

Big Ten Champion: Michigan State

Big Ten over PAC-12 (5-3): Utah over Michigan, Northwestern over Stanford, Michigan over Oregon State, Michigan State over Oregon, Washington State over Rutgers, Nebraska over UCLA, Wisconsin over USC, Stanford over Iowa

Big Ten even with Big 12 (2-2): TCU over Minnesota, Iowa over Iowa State, Rutgers over Kansas, West Virginia over Maryland

Big Ten over MAC (11-2): Illinois over Kent State, Michigan State over Western Michigan, Bowling Green over Maryland, Wisconsin over Miami-OH, Penn State over Buffalo, Minnesota over Kent State, Ohio State over Northern Illinois, Northwestern over Ball State, Michigan State over Central Michigan, Bowling Green over Purdue, Minnesota over Ohio Univ., Ohio State over Western Michigan, Minnesota over Central Michigan

Big Ten even with ACC (4-4): Ohio State over Virginia Tech, North Carolina over Illinois, Northwestern over Duke, Virginia Tech over Purdue, Miami-FL over Nebraska, Iowa over Pittsburgh, Indiana over Wake Forest, Duke over Indiana

Big Ten over Mountain West (6-0): Ohio State over Hawaii, Minnesota over Colorado State, Michigan over UNLV, Michigan State over Air Force, Wisconsin over Hawaii, Penn State over San Diego State

Big Ten over Conference USA (4-1): Marshall over Purdue, Indiana over Florida International, Nebraska over Southern Mississippi, Iowa over North Texas St., Illinois over Middle Tennessee

Big Ten over Independents (4-1): BYU over Nebraska, Michigan over BYU, Penn State over Army, Rutgers over Army, Ohio State over Notre Dame

Big Ten over Sunbelt (3-0): Nebraska over South Alabama, Wisconsin over Troy State, Indiana over Western Kentucky

8-MAC-Mid-American (84.77): Bowl Record 3-4

MAC Champion: Bowling Green

MAC over Mountain West (3-2): Northern Illinois over UNLV, Eastern Michigan over Wyoming, Nevada over Buffalo, Akron over Utah State, Boise State over Northern Illinois

MAC over Conference USA (4-2): Ohio University over Marshall, Buffalo over Florida Atlantic, Marshall over Kent State, Western Kentucky over Miami-OH, Massachusetts over Florida International, Western Michigan over Middle Tennessee

Independents (55.33): Bowl Record: 0-2

Independents over Big 12 (1-0): Notre Dame over Texas

Independents over ACC (5-1): Clemson over Notre Dame, Notre Dame over Wake Forest, Notre Dame over Pittsburgh, Notre Dame over Virginia, Notre Dame over Georgia Tech, Notre Dame over Boston College

Independents over American Association (5-3): Connecticut over Army, BYU over Connecticut, Notre Dame over Navy, BYU over East Carolina, BYU over Cincinnati, Notre Dame over Temple, Tulane over Army, Navy over Army

Independents over Mountain West (5-0): BYU over Boise State, Navy over Air Force, BYU over San Jose State, BYU over Fresno St., BYU over Utah State

Independents over MAC (2-0): Army over Eastern Michigan, Notre Dame over Massachusetts

11-Sun Belt Conference (97.91): Bowl Record: 2-2

Sunbelt Champion: Arkansas State

Sunbelt over Mountain West (2-1): South Alabama over San Diego St., Appalachian State over Wyoming, San Jose State over Georgia State

Sunbelt over MAC (4-3): Ohio Univ. over Idaho, Georgia Southern over Western Michigan, Akron over Louisiana-Lafayette, Toledo over Arkansas State, Georgia State over Ball State, Appalachian State over Ohio University, Georgia Southern over Bowling Green

BCS Future Bowl Schedule

Bowl-39	Team A	Team B	Featuring	Date
BCS Championship	Alabama	Clemson	Cotton Bowl vs. Orange Bowl	11-Jan-16
Alamo	Oregon	TCU	PAC 12 vs. Big 12	2-Jan-16
TaxSlayer (Gator)	Penn State	Georgia	ACC vs. SEC	2-Jan-16
Cactus Bowl	Arizona State	West Virginia	PAC 12 vs. Big 12	2-Jan-16
Liberty	Arkansas	Kansas State	SEC vs. Big 12	2-Jan-16
Sugar	Mississippi	Oklahoma State	SEC vs. At-Large	1-Jan-16
Rose	Iowa	Stanford	Big Ten vs. PAC 12	1-Jan-16
Outback	Northwestern	Tennessee	Big Ten vs. SEC	1-Jan-16
Citrus	Michigan	Florida	Big Ten vs. SEC	1-Jan-16
Fiesta	Ohio State	Notre Dame	At-Large vs. At-Large	1-Jan-16
Cotton	Alabama	Michigan State	BCS #1 vs. BCS #4	31-Dec-15
Orange	Oklahoma	Clemson	BCS #2 vs. BCS #3	31-Dec-15
Chick-fil-A (Peach)	Florida State	Houston	At-Large vs. At-Large	31-Dec-15
Holiday	Wisconsin	USC	PAC 12 vs. Big 10	30-Dec-15
Birmingham Bowl	Auburn	Memphis State	SEC vs. American	30-Dec-15
Music City	Louisville	Texas A&M	ACC vs. SEC	30-Dec-15
Belk	Mississippi St.	North Carolina St.	SEC vs. ACC	30-Dec-15
Armed Forces	California	Air Force	American vs. Big 12	29-Dec-15
Russell Athletic	Baylor	North Carolina	Big 12 vs. ACC	29-Dec-15
Texas	LSU	Texas Tech	SEC vs. Big 12	29-Dec-15
Arizona Bowl	Colorado State	Nevada	CUSA vs. MWC	29-Dec-15
Military	Pittsburgh	Navy	ACC vs. American	28-Dec-15
Quick Lane (Little Caesar's)	Minnesota	Central Michigan	Big Ten vs. ACC	28-Dec-15
Sun	Miami-FL	Washington State	ACC vs. PAC 12	26-Dec-15
Independence	Virginia Tech	Tulsa	ACC vs. SEC	26-Dec-15
Pinstripe Bowl	Duke	Indiana	ACC vs. Big 12	26-Dec-15
Heart of Dallas	Southern Miss.	Washington	CUSA vs. Big Ten	26-Dec-15
Foster Farms	Nebraska	UCLA	Big Ten vs. PAC 12	26-Dec-15
St. Petersburg Bowl	Connecticut	Marshall	American vs. ACC	26-Dec-15
Bahamas Bowl	Middle Tennessee	Western Michigan	CUSA vs. MAC	24-Dec-15
Hawaii	San Diego State	Cincinnati	MWC vs. CUSA	24-Dec-15
GoDaddy.com	Georgia Southern	Bowling Green	Sunbelt vs. MAC	23-Dec-15
Poinsettia	Northern Illinois	Boise State	Navy vs. MWC	23-Dec-15
Boca Raton Bowl	Temple	Toledo	CUSA vs. MAC	22-Dec-15
Idaho Potato Bowl	Akron	Utah State	MAC vs. MWC	22-Dec-15
Miami Beach Bowl	Western Kentucky	South Florida	CUSA vs. American	21-Dec-15
Las Vegas Bowl	Utah	BYU	MWC #1 vs. PAC 12/BYU	19-Dec-15
New Orleans Bowl	Louisiana Tech	Arkansas State	MWC vs. Sunbelt	19-Dec-15
New Mexico	Arizona	New Mexico	CUSA vs. MWC	19-Dec-15
Camellia Bowl	Ohio Univ.	Appalachian State	MAC vs. Sunbelt	19-Dec-15
Cure Bowl	Georgia State	San Jose State	American vs. MAC	19-Dec-15

Big Ten	Team	Pacific 12	Team	Big Twelve	Team	SEC	Team
BCS-Cotton	Michigan State	Rose	Stanford	BCS-Orange	Oklahoma	BCS-Cotton	Alabama
Rose	Iowa	Holiday	USC	Alamo	TCU	Sugar	Mississippi
Fiesta	Ohio State	Foster Farms	UCLA	Sugar	Oklahoma State	Citrus	Florida
Citrus	Michigan	Cactus	Arizona State	Russell Athletic	Baylor	Outback	Tennessee
Outback	Northwestern	Sun	Washington State	Texas	Texas Tech	TaxSlayer (Gator)	Georgia
Foster Farms	Nebraska	Alamo	Oregon	Cactus	West Virginia	Texas	LSU
Holiday	Wisconsin	New Mexico	Arizona	Liberty	Kansas State	Liberty	Arkansas
Quick Lane	Minnesota	Heart of Dallas	Washington	American Athletic	Team	Birmingham	Auburn
TaxSlayer (Gator)	Penn State	Las Vegas	Utah	St. Petersburg	Connnecticut	Belk	Mississippi State
Pinstripe Bowl	Indiana	Armed Forces	California	Miami Beach	South Florida	Independence	Arkansas
ACC	Team	Mountain West	Team	Birmingham	Memphis State	Music City	Texas A&M
BCS-Orange	Clemson	Hawaii	San Diego State	Boca Raton	Temple	Conference USA	Team
Russell Athletic	North Carolina	Poinsettia	Boise State	Military	Navy	Heart of Dallas	Southern Mississippi
Peach	Florida State	New Mexico	New Mexico	Hawaii	Cincinnati	New Orleans	Louisiana Tech
Foster Farms	Duke	Hawaii	Colorado State	Peach	Houston	Bahamas	Middle Tennessee St.
Music City	Louisville	Idaho Potato	Utah State	Independence	Tulsa	Miami Beach	Western Kentucky
Sun	Miami-FL	Arizona	Nevada	Independents	Team	St. Petersburg	Marshall
Independence	Virginia Tech	Armed Forces	Air Force	Las Vegas	BYU
Military	Pittsburgh	MAC	Team	Fiesta	Notre Dame
Belk	North Carolina St.	GoDaddy.com	Bowling Green	Sunbelt	Team
Pinstripe Bowl	Duke	Idaho Potato	Akron	New Orleans	Arkansas State
		Camellia	Ohio University	Camellia	Appalachian St
		Boca Raton	Toledo	GoDaddy.com	Georgia Southern
		Bahamas	Western Michigan	Cure	Georgia State
		Quick Lane	Central Michigan	Poinsettia	Northern Illinois

Conference	Bowl Eligible
SEC	11
ACC	10
Big Twelve	7
Big Ten	10
Conference USA	5
American Ath.	8
PAC 12	10
Mountain West	7
MAC	7
Sunbelt	3
Independents	2
Totals	80

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