all time bowl records for all major conference teams

[HungaryGator]

Some of these are pretty surprising. eg Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio State and Notre Dame all have losing bowl records......none of the original 10 charter members of the SEC have a losing bowl record....all 4 of the programs added since then have losing bowl records.

By Conference

The Big 10 is 5-9. They were 3-9 before the most recent expansion

The PAC is 6-6

The ACC is 7-7

The Big 12 is 5-5

The SEC is 10-4 with all of the original 10 having winning records and none of the expansion teams having a winning bowl record.

* records include current year bowl results so far

Big 10 W L
Illinois 8 9
Indiana 3 6
Iowa 14 11
Maryland 11 11
Michigan 20 22
Michigan State 9 14
Minnesota 5 10
Nebraska 24 25
Northwestern 2 9
Ohio State 19 23
Penn State 21 15
Purdue 9 8
Rutgers 5 3
Wisconsin 11 13

PAC W L
Arizona 8 9
ASU 13 12
Cal 10 10
Colorado 12 16
Oregon 10 15
Oregon State 8 6
Southern Cal 31 17
Stanford 11 12
UCLA 14 17
Utah 13 4
Washington 15 16
Washington State 6 4

BIG 12 W L
Baylor 10 9
Iowa State 3 9
Kansas 6 6
Kansas State 6 9
Oklahoma 27 17
Oklahoma State 15 8
Texas 27 22
TCU 13 15
Texas Tech 13 21
West Virginia 14 18

ACC W L
Boston College 13 9
Clemson 17 18
Duke 3 6
fsu 24 14
Georgia Tech 23 18
Louisville 7 8
miami 18 16
North Carolina 13 16
NC State 14 12
Pitt 12 16
Syracuse 14 9
Virginia 7 11
Va Tech 10 16
Wake Forest 6 4

SEC W L
Alabama 33 22
Arkansas 13 23
Auburn 22 13
Florida 20 19
Georgia 27 18
Kentucky 8 7
LSU 22 21
Ole Miss 21 12
MSU 9 7
Missouri 13 16
South Carolina 6 12
Tennessee 25 24
Texas A&M 14 19
Vanderbilt 3 2

Independent W L
BYU 13 17
Notre Dame 15 16

[gatorbogey]

interesting. thanks for the compilation.
email this to sec offices and espn

[ThePlayer]

We should have a better W/L record than the likes of FSU, Auburn, Boston College & Utah.

Glad that Meyer & Muschamp treated these games important.

[Gator515151]

Just for the record there were 13 charter members of the SEC. Tulane is the only one with a losing bowl record. Sewanee never played a bowl game so they are 0-0.

We knew what you meant though, the 10 remaining original charter members.

[Gatorrick22]

I can't believe we're only 20 -19... And Michigan, OSU, and Nebraska all have losing records too.

[corpgator]

Being a big name means you get picked for better bowls, which can lead to playing against tougher teams and thus more losses.

[HungaryGator]

Originally Posted by Gatorrick22

I can't believe we're only 20 -19... And Michigan, OSU, and Nebraska all have losing records too.

Theoretically being around .500 makes sense. These aren't random matchups but instead matchups against teams that are supposed to be fairly even. Thus you see the PAC, ACC and Big 12 all having an equal number of teams with winning and losing bowl records.

The outliers are the SEC which has way more winners and the Big 10 which has way more losers.

and in addition to Michigan, Ohio State and Nebraska, another big name with a losing bowl record is Notre Dame. Bama and Southern Cal have gaudy winning bowl records.

[luciaboy]

looks like usc is king of the big boys. hopefully, kiffin will change that. bama could get closer tonight

[GatorSean]

Interesting. Looks like USC has the best winning percentage? Oklahoma, Bama, and uga are also quite good. A little surprised uga's is as good as it is.

[whitelakegator]

I was wondering why Notre Dame's bowl record was such as it was...prior to the 90's they were THE PROGRAM. After some research....

"In his first year the Irish improved their record to 9–1, earning Parseghian coach of the year honors and a cover story in Time magazine. It was under Parseghian as well that Notre Dame lifted its 40-plus year-old "no bowl games" policy, beginning with the season of 1969, after which the Irish played the #1 Texas Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl Classic, losing in the final minutes in a closely contested game. The following year, Parseghian's 9–1 squad ended Texas' Southwest Conference record 30 game winning streak in the 1971 Cotton Bowl Classic."

That answered my question. They should have had the most bowl games played by far and I never knew they had some weird self imposed bowl ban. Way weird.

[HungaryGator]

Originally Posted by whitelakegator

I was wondering why Notre Dame's bowl record was such as it was...prior to the 90's they were THE PROGRAM. After some research....

"In his first year the Irish improved their record to 9–1, earning Parseghian coach of the year honors and a cover story in Time magazine. It was under Parseghian as well that Notre Dame lifted its 40-plus year-old "no bowl games" policy, beginning with the season of 1969, after which the Irish played the #1 Texas Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl Classic, losing in the final minutes in a closely contested game. The following year, Parseghian's 9–1 squad ended Texas' Southwest Conference record 30 game winning streak in the 1971 Cotton Bowl Classic."

That answered my question. They should have had the most bowl games played by far and I never knew they had some weird self imposed bowl ban. Way weird.

For a long time the Big 10 had an idiotic policy that only allowed the champ to go to the Rose Bowl and nobody else could go to a bowl game....and I think there was even some ridiculous nonsense about the same team not being allowed to go twice in a row or something like that.

It made no sense and it cost the schools a lot of money-as well as costing their fans a chance to get the hell out of the Midwest at the end of December which is something any sane person who has ever spent so much as a single Winter in the Midwest knows is vital for maintaining their sanity....all driven by misguided and outdated idiocy from the professional Academics on campuses but...that's what they did....in other words, the Big 10 has always been hidebound and backwards.

[coleg]

Originally Posted by GatorSean

Interesting. Looks like USC has the best winning percentage? Oklahoma, Bama, and uga are also quite good. A little surprised uga's is as good as it is.

Looks like the Noles are better than all but USC and are only one game behind thanks too GT!

[SCGator52]

Originally Posted by GatorSean

Interesting. Looks like USC has the best winning percentage? Oklahoma, Bama, and uga are also quite good. A little surprised uga's is as good as it is.

33 of their 49 bowl games have basically been home games since they played in the Rose Bowl 33 times. Its a lot easier to stay at home and play than it is to travel across the country.

[SoonerDean]

Originally Posted by HungaryGator

For a long time the Big 10 had an idiotic policy that only allowed the champ to go to the Rose Bowl and nobody else could go to a bowl game....and I think there was even some ridiculous nonsense about the same team not being allowed to go twice in a row or something like that.

It made no sense and it cost the schools a lot of money-as well as costing their fans a chance to get the hell out of the Midwest at the end of December which is something any sane person who has ever spent so much as a single Winter in the Midwest knows is vital for maintaining their sanity....all driven by misguided and outdated idiocy from the professional Academics on campuses but...that's what they did....in other words, the Big 10 has always been hidebound and backwards.

For a period of time the Big 12 wouldn't allow their champ to go the the Orange Bowl in back to back seasons. A different team would be sent.

Based upon the records listed, here are the conference W/L%
1st Pac12 - 52.25
2nd SEC - 52.22
3rd ACC - 51.13
4th Big12 - 50.00
5th Big10 - 47.35

[Gator8239]

Way to go Vandy. Worst AQ team in college football history, although do have back to back bowls now.

[HungaryGator]

Originally Posted by SoonerDean

For a period of time the Big 12 wouldn't allow their champ to go the the Orange Bowl in back to back seasons. A different team would be sent.

Based upon the records listed, here are the conference W/L%
1st Pac12 - 52.25
2nd SEC - 52.22
3rd ACC - 51.13
4th Big12 - 50.00
5th Big10 - 47.35

I come up with different numbers

SEC 236-215 = 52.33%
PAC 151-138 = 52.25%
ACC 181-173 = 51.13%
Big 12 134-134 = 50.00%
Big 10 161-179 = 47.35%

[citygator]

Originally Posted by Gator8239

Way to go Vandy. Worst AQ team in college football history, although do have back to back bowls now.

Now have same number of wins as Duke, ISU, and Indiana.... 1 more than Northwestern. Go Vandy.