# Which FBS Conference will have the best Percentage of Bowl Wins? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 1, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075 "2012-01-01T19:56:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **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 1, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075/1 "2012-01-01T19:56:51Z")
After 23 of the 35 Bowl games according to > **[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... here’s where things stand by conference: ```auto Bowl Challenge Cup standings Conference Wins Losses Yet To Play Pct. Big 12 5 1 3 .833 MAC 3 1 1 .750 Big East 2 1 2 .666 C-USA 2 1 2 .666 SEC 2 1 6 .666 Big 10 2 2 6 .500 Division I FBS Independents 1 1 0 .500 Sun Belt 1 1 1 .500 MWC 2 3 0 .400 ACC 2 4 2 .333 Pac-12 1 4 2 .200 WAC 0 3 0 .000 23 23 25 ``` The remaining games can be seen at > **[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... Which conference will wind up with the highest percantage? Public poll on the way. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075/2 "2012-01-01T20:23:33Z")
SEC is guaranteed another loss and will most likely lose a 3rd. Big 12 only has 2 remaining games, so even if they split them, they will be 6-2 for an equal percentage as MAC with more wins. MAC could take it if Northern Illinois beats Arkansas State. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075/3 "2012-01-01T21:07:23Z")
MWC? that is not what I meant to pick, ignore that vote. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075/4 "2012-01-01T22:21:55Z")
For as bad a reputation as the Big East has, the teams seem to do well in the bowl season (19-7 since 2006). With that, they have one loss this year (Louisville) and two wins (Cincinnati and Rutgers), That leaves WVU vs. Clemson in the Orange Bowl and Pitt vs. SMU in the Who the Fuck Cares Bowl. Pitt can easily win their game and, while it would be an upset, it’s not out of the realm of possibility for WVU to beat Clemson. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075/5 "2012-01-02T12:46:55Z")
> [@Wolverine](#): > > SEC is guaranteed another loss and will most likely lose a 3rd. Big 12 only has 2 remaining games, so even if they split them, they will be 6-2 for an equal percentage as MAC with more wins. MAC could take it if Northern Illinois beats Arkansas State. Good catch! I had held off doing the dirty work of building an accurate tally of where things stood after the Auburn game and just assumed that since their total for the games was right that the other stuff would be too. But the “number of games left” is off for at least the Big XII. Your analysis is solid! > [@wolfman](#): > > MWC? that is not what I meant to pick, ignore that vote. I wish I could help there, but I can’t. I almost decided not to include the ones whose time has passed, but figured others would see that they were hopeless. Sorry! > [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > For as bad a reputation as the Big East has, the teams seem to do well in the bowl season (19-7 since 2006). With that, they have one loss this year (Louisville) and two wins (Cincinnati and Rutgers), That leaves WVU vs. Clemson in the Orange Bowl and Pitt vs. SMU in the Who the Fuck Cares Bowl. > > Pitt can easily win their game and, while it would be an upset, it’s not out of the realm of possibility for WVU to beat Clemson. I’m with you on renaming that Pitt-SMU bowl’s name! Truth in advertising? And it would be nice to prevent Clemson from going into next year with The Belt! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075/6 "2012-01-02T16:28:50Z")
Well the next 12 hours should show us what the Big 10 really has, after a confusing mess of a year. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075/7 "2012-01-02T16:57:26Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Well the next 12 hours should show us what the Big 10 really has, after a confusing mess of a year. So true! With all the observations about being “up” and “down” floating around it will be at least exciting (one must hope) to see how Reality rears its ugly head. Today’s fare is the one I had expected to be in on from 11 (Central) until whenever. Just let it be some football to rival that amazing Alamo Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075/8 "2012-01-02T20:05:38Z")
And so far the Big Ten is taking it’s customary New years day(ish) crap in the middle of the field. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075/9 "2012-01-02T20:11:23Z")
Really strange to have three matchups between the SEC and B1G. All at the same time! :smack: Who is responsible for that? :smack: all on the ABC/ESPN family :smack: Georgia vs Michigan St - - -ABC South Carolina vs Nebraska - - - ESPN Florida vs Ohio St - - - ESPN2 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075/10 "2012-01-03T16:10:08Z")
For those who have delayed voting thus far, the situation after the Fiesta Bowl looks like this: ```auto Jan/3/2012 After Fiesta Bowl: Conference Bowl Records Conference Bowl Teams Record % Bowls Remaining Best W-L Best % Big 12 8 6-1 0.857 Cotton 7-1 .875 Conference USA 5 3-1 0.750 Compass 4-1 .800 MAC 5 3-1 0.750 GoDaddy 4-1 .800 SEC 9 4-2 0.667 Cotton BCS 6-3 .667 Big East 5 2-1 0.667 Compass Orange 4-1 .800 Independents 2 1-1 0.500 1-1 .500 Sun Belt 3 1-1 0.500 GoDaddy 2-1 .667 Mountain West 5 2-3 0.400 2-3 .400 ACC 8 2-4 0.333 Sugar Orange 4-4 .500 Big Ten 10 3-6 0.333 Sugar 4-6 .400 Pac-12 7 2-5 0.286 2-5 .286 WAC 3 0-3 0.000 0-3 .000 ``` The “Best W-L” is not an actual figure but a “best possible” for that conference. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075/11 "2012-01-03T17:06:23Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > all on the ABC/ESPN family :smack: It’s annoying, but it’s the new normal. ESPN has the broadcast rights sewn up for nearly all the bowls. I’m not absolutely sure, but I think most of the games shown on other networks are castoffs from ESPN. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075/12 "2012-01-04T04:37:12Z")
Well I’m glad to see Michigan ahead with 3 minutes to go. But this is a sad, sad game. Blues ineptness on offense, and shitty tackling have been matched by Constant Va Tech special teams fuck ups. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fbs-conference-will-have-the-best-percentage-of-bowl-wins/608075/13 "2012-01-04T04:55:52Z")
And an assist from the Refs in OT(I thought he caught it) and Michigan has a decent look again.