# Which FBS Conference will have the best Percentage of Bowl Wins? -- Part 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 7, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins-part-2/608729 "2012-01-07T14:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins-part-2/608729/1 "2012-01-07T14:38:46Z")
Things are getting a little clearer in this department after the Cotton Bowl. See [Which FBS Conference will have the best Percentage of Bowl Wins?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=636939) for the earlier picture. Using these two sources: > **[2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season)** > > The 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). > The regular season began on September 1, 2011 and ended on December 10, 2011. The postseason concluded on January 9, 2012 with the BCS National Championship Game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the No. 1 LSU Tigers 21–0. For the first time since 2007, and fo... > **[2011–12 NCAA football bowl games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_NCAA_football_bowl_games)** > > The 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football bowl games. They concluded the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and included 35 team-competitive games and five all-star games. The games began on December 17, 2011 and, aside from the all-star games, concluded with the 2012 BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans, that was played on January 9, 2012. > The total of 35 team-competitive bowls was unchanged from the previous year. While bowl games had been the pur... I have constructed this table: ```auto Jan/7/2012 After Cotton Bowl: Conference Bowl Records Conference Bowl Teams Record % Bowls Remaining Best W-L Best % Worst W-L Worst % Conference USA 5 3-1 0.750 Compass 4-1 .800 3-2 .600 MAC 5 3-1 0.750 GoDaddy 4-1 .800 3-2 .600 Big East 5 3-1 0.667 Compass 4-1 .800 3-2 .600 Big 12 8 6-2 0.750 SEC 9 5-2 0.714 BCS 6-3 .667 6-3 .667 Sun Belt 3 1-1 0.500 GoDaddy 2-1 .667 1-2 .333 Independents 2 1-1 0.500 Big Ten 10 4-6 0.400 Mountain West 5 2-3 0.400 Pac-12 7 2-5 0.286 ACC 8 2-6 0.250 WAC 3 0-3 0.000 ``` And you can see that the race is down to the schools in the poll (on its way). Who gets the trophy? Public poll. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins-part-2/608729/2 "2012-01-08T19:13:50Z")
Come on, y’all! Somebody vote for C-USA or MAC. It’s down to those two! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins-part-2/608729/3 "2012-01-09T12:41:38Z")
Well, it’s all over now, except for the BCSCG which won’t change things from this picture: ```auto Bowl Challenge Cup standings Conference Wins Losses Yet To Play Pct. C-USA 4 1 0 .800 MAC 4 1 0 .800 Big 12 6 2 0 .750 SEC (now) 5 2 2 .714 SEC (after BCSCG) 6 3 0 .667 Big East 3 2 0 .600 Division I FBS Independents 1 1 0 .500 Big 10 4 6 0 .400 MWC 2 3 0 .400 Sun Belt 1 2 0 .333 Pac-12 2 5 0 .286 ACC 2 6 0 .250 WAC 0 3 0 .000 ```