Sports Rivalries

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

NCAA Football Bowl Record History

Best Bowl Records

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 (25.71): Bowl Record: 7-3

SEC over Conference USA (7-0): Mississippi State over Southern Mississippi, Alabama over Florida Atlantic, Mississippi State over UAB, Texas A&M over Rice, Auburn over Louisiana Tech, Arkansas over UAB, Vanderbilt over Old Dominion

SEC over American Athletic (4-1): Temple over Vanderbilt, South Carolina over East Carolina, Missouri over Central Florida, Texas A&M over SMU, Mississippi over Memphis State

SEC even with Big Ten (1-1): LSU over Wisconsin, Indiana over Missouri

SEC over ACC (1-0): Georgia over Clemson

SEC over Mountain West (3-0): Mississippi over Boise State, Tennessee over Utah State, Auburn over San Jose State

SEC over Big 12 (3-1): Alabama over West Virginia, Arkansas over Texas Tech, Oklahoma over Tennessee, Auburn over Kansas State

SEC over Sunbelt (6-0): Tennessee over Arkansas State, Mississippi over Louisiana-Lafayette, Mississippi State over South Alabama, LSU over Louisiana-Monroe, LSU over New Mexico State, Texas A&M over Louisiana-Monroe

SEC over MAC (5-0): Missouri over Toledo, Kentucky over Ohio Univ., Florida over Eastern Michigan, Vanderbilt over Massachusetts, Arkansas over Northern Illinois

2-PAC 12-Pacific Athletic Conference (36.42): Bowl Record: 4-3

PAC-12 over Mountain West (10-2): Washington over Hawaii, Colorado State over Colorado, Arizona over UNLV, USC over Fresno State, Nevada over Washington State, Utah over Fresno State, Arizona State over New Mexico, Oregon State over Hawaii, Oregon over Wyoming, Arizona over Nevada, Colorado over Hawaii, Oregon State over San Diego State

PAC-12 over Big Ten (4-1): California over Northwestern, Oregon over Michigan State, Washington over Illinois, Rutgers over Washington State, Utah over Michigan

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

PAC-12 over Big Twelve (1-0): UCLA over Texas

PAC-12 over American Association (1-0): UCLA over Memphis State

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

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

PAC-12 over Independents (2-0): Stanford over Army, Arizona State over Notre Dame

PAC-12 over Sunbelt (1-0): Washington over Georgia State

3-Big Ten (42.79): Bowl Record: 2-5

Mountain West Over American Association (2-1): Boise State over Connecticut, Houston over UNLV, Colorado State over Tulsa

Mountain West over Sunbelt (3-1): Air Force over Georgia State, Arkansas State over Utah State, New Mexico over New Mexico State, San Diego State over Idaho

Mountain West even with Conference USA (2-2): UTEP over New Mexico, Wyoming over Florida Atlantic, New Mexico over Texas-San Antonio, Rice over Hawaii

Mountain West over Independents (4-1): Utah State over BYU, Air Force over Navy, Nevada over BYU, Boise State over BYU, Navy over San Jose State

Hawaii, Fresno State, Boise State and Nevada to join Mountain West in 2011: Denver, Texas State and the University of Texas at San Antonio to WAC in 2012

8-MAC-Mid-American (92.00): Bowl Record 0-5

MAC over Sunbelt (2-1): South Alabama over Kent State, Western Michigan over Idaho, Ohio University over Idaho

MAC over Mountain West (1-0) Northern Illinois over UNLV

Independents (66.50): Bowl Record: 2-1

11-Sun Belt Conference (102.18): Bowl Record: 2-0

Bowl-39	Team A	Team B	Featuring	Date
BCS Championship	Ohio State	Florida State	Rose Bowl vs. Sugar Bowl	12-Jan-15
GoDaddy.com	Arkansas State	Toledo	Sunbelt vs. MAC	4-Jan-15
Birmingham Bowl	Florida	Memphis State	SEC vs. American	3-Jan-15
Armed Forces	Temple	Air Force	American vs. Big 12 (Army)	2-Jan-15
Alamo	UCLA	Kansas State	PAC 12 vs. Big 12	2-Jan-15
TaxSlayer (Gator)	Nebraska	Missouri	ACC/Big Ten vs. SEC	2-Jan-15
Cactus Bowl	Utah	Oklahoma State	PAC 12 vs. Big 12	2-Jan-15
Sugar	Florida State	Alabama	SEC vs. BCS	1-Jan-15
Rose	Ohio State	Oregon	Big Ten vs. PAC 12	1-Jan-15
Outback	Michigan State	Auburn	Big Ten vs. SEC	1-Jan-15
Cotton	TCU	Mississippi State	At-Large vs. At-Large	1-Jan-15
Citrus	Wisconsin	Georgia	Big Ten/ACC vs. SEC	1-Jan-15
Orange	Marshall	Mississippi	Big Ten/SEC/ND vs. ACC Champ/At-Large	31-Dec-14
Fiesta	Arizona State	Baylor	At-Large vs. At-Large	31-Dec-14
Chick-fil-A (Peach)	Duke	LSU	At-Large vs. At-Large	31-Dec-14
Music City	Miami-FL	Texas A&M	ACC/Big Ten vs. SEC	30-Dec-14
Belk	Notre Dame	Clemson	SEC vs. ACC	30-Dec-14
San Francisco Bowl	Iowa	Washington	Big Ten vs. PAC 12	30-Dec-14
Liberty	Kentucky	West Virginia	SEC vs. Big 12	29-Dec-14
Russell Athletic	Oklahoma	Stanford	Big 12 vs. ACC	29-Dec-14
Texas	Michigan	Texas	SEC vs. Big 12	29-Dec-14
Sun	Boston College	California	ACC vs. PAC 12	27-Dec-14
Independence	Louisville	Tennessee	ACC vs. SEC	27-Dec-14
Holiday	Arizona	Maryland	PAC 12 vs. Big 10	27-Dec-14
Pinstripe Bowl	Georgia Tech	Penn State	ACC vs. Big 12	27-Dec-14
Military	Georgia Tech	Houston	ACC vs. American	27-Dec-14
Heart of Dallas	Louisiana Tech	Minnesota	CUSA vs. Big Ten	26-Dec-14
Quick Lane (Little Caesar's)	Rutgers	North Carolina St.	Big Ten vs. ACC	26-Dec-14
St. Petersburg Bowl	Central Florida	North Carolina	American vs. ACC	26-Dec-14
Bahamas Bowl	UTEP	Western Michigan	CUSA vs. MAC	24-Dec-14
Hawaii	Nevada	Rice	MWC vs. CUSA	24-Dec-14
Poinsettia	Navy	Utah State	Navy vs. MWC	23-Dec-14
Boca Raton Bowl	UAB	Central Michigan	CUSA vs. MAC	23-Dec-14
Beach Bowl	BYU	Cincinnati	BYU vs. American	22-Dec-14
Las Vegas Bowl	Colorado State	USC	MWC #1 vs. PAC 12 #6	20-Dec-14
New Orleans Bowl	East Carolina	Louisiana-Lafayette	MWC vs. Sunbelt	20-Dec-14
New Mexico	Middle Tennessee	Boise State	CUSA vs. MWC	20-Dec-14
Idaho Potato Bowl	Bowling Green	San Diego State	MAC vs. MWC	20-Dec-14
Camellia Bowl	Northern Illinois	Georgia Southern	MAC vs. Sunbelt	20-Dec-14

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