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 (32.43): Bowl Record: 9-2

Conference Championship Game: Alabama vs. Florida

SEC over Sunbelt (7-1): Tennessee over Appalachian State, South Alabama over Mississippi State, Auburn over Arkansas St., Arkansas over Texas State, Kentucky over New Mexico State, Auburn over Louisiana-Monroe, Texas A&M over New Mexico St., Mississippi over Georgia Southern

SEC over PAC-12 (2-0): Texas A&M over UCLA, Alabama over USC

SEC even with ACC (2-2): Georgia over North Carolina, Florida State over Mississippi, Tennessee over Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech over Vanderbilt

SEC over American Athletic (2-0): South Carolina over East Carolina, Mississippi over Memphis State

SEC over Conference USA (6-2): Arkansas over Louisiana Tech, Southern Mississippi over Kentucky, Alabama over Western Kentucky, Vanderbilt over Middle Tennessee, Florida over North Texas St., Vanderbilt over Western Kentucky, LSU over Southern Mississippi, Middle Tennessee over Missouri

SEC over Independents (3-1): Florida over Massachusetts, Mississippi State over Massachusetts, BYU over Mississippi State, South Carolina over Massachusetts

SEC over MAC (2-0): Missouri over Eastern Michigan, Tennessee over Ohio Univ., Alabama over Kent State

2-PAC 12-Pacific Athletic Conference (36.25): Bowl Record: 6-4

Conference Championship Game: Washington or Washington State vs. Colorado, Utah or USC

PAC-12 over Big 12 (3-0): Stanford over Kansas State, Arizona State over Texas Tech, California over Texas

PAC-12 over ACC (1-0): Oregon over Virginia

PAC-12 over Mountain West (6-3): California over Hawaii, Colorado over Colorado State, USC over Utah State, San Diego State over Cal, Boise State over Washington State, UCLA over UNLV, Utah over San Jose State, Arizona over Hawaii, Boise State over Oregon State

PAC-12 over Conference USA (1-0): Arizona State over Texas-San Antonio

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

PAC-12 over Sunbelt (2-0): Washington over Idaho, Washington State over Idaho

3-Big Ten (42.43): Bowl Record: 5-5

Conference Championship Game: Michigan or Ohio State or Penn State vs. Wisconsin or Nebraska

Big Ten over MAC (4-2): Penn State over Kent State, Western Michigan over Northwestern, Ohio State over Bowling Green, Wisconsin over Akron, Indiana over Ball State, Western Michigan over Illinois

Big Ten over SEC (1-0): Wisconsin over LSU

Big Ten over Big 12 (1-0): Ohio State over Oklahoma

Big Ten over PAC-12 (3-1): Minnesota over Oregon State, Washington over Rutgers, Michigan over Colorado, Nebraska over Oregon

Big Ten over American Association (4-1): Michigan over Central Florida, Ohio State over Tulsa, Cincinnati over Purdue, Penn State over Temple, Maryland over Central Florida

Big Ten over Mountain West (6-0): Michigan over Hawaii, Nebraska over Fresno State, Nebraska over Wyoming, Rutgers over New Mexico, Purdue over UNLV, Minnesota over Colorado State

Big Ten over Conference USA (2-0): Indiana over Florida International, Maryland over Florida International

Big Ten over Independents (1-1): Michigan State over Notre Dame, BYU over Michigan State

Big Ten over Sunbelt (1-0): Wisconsin over Georgia St.

8-MAC-Mid-American (91.58): Bowl Record 3-4

Conference Championship Game: Ohio University vs. Western Michigan or Toledo

MAC over Sunbelt (3-2): Toledo over Arkansas State, Ball State over Georgia State, Texas State over Ohio University, Appalachian State over Akron, Western Michigan over Georgia Southern

MAC over Big 12 (2-0): Central Michigan over Oklahoma State, Ohio University over Kansas

MAC over Conference USA (3-2): Akron over Marshall, Eastern Michigan over North Carolina Charlotte, Middle Tennessee over Bowling Green, Western Kentucky over Miami-OH, Ball State over Florida Atlantic

MAC even with Independents (1-1): Buffalo over Army, BYU over Toledo

Independents over American Association (2-1): Army over Temple, Tulane over Massachusetts, BYU over Cincinnati

Independents even with Conference USA (3-3): Army over Rice, Massachusetts over Florida International, Army over UTEP, Old Dominion over Massachusetts, Louisiana Tech over Massachusetts, North Texas State over Army

11-Sun Belt Conference (98.27): Bowl Record: 2-2

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