Conference Comparison

 
 
 
 
Conference & Independent Bowl Game Comparison ( ranked by winning % ) through 2010 season.
 

 #

Conference * 

W-L-T 

 Win. %

Years 

  1 

Mountain West

29-17-0

0.63043

1999-2010

  2 

Big West

14-8-1

0.63043

1969-2000

  3 

Big East

50-38-0

0.56818

1992-2010

  4

SEC1

201-158-9

0.55842

1935-2010

  5

PAC 102

114-100-5

0.53196

1917-2010

  6

 Independent3

125-119-11

0.51176

1902-2010

  7

Big 84

63-64-1

0.49609

1924-1995

  8

ACC

90-92-2

0.49457

1954-2010

  9

Big 12

52-56-0

0.48148

1996-2010

 10

Big 10

105-120-1

0.46681

1902-2010

 11

Skyline

5-6-0

0.45455

1939-1961

 12

Missouri Valley

9-11-1

0.45238

1942-1976

 13

Southwest

64-81-8

0.44444

1922-1995

 14

Border

13-17-3

0.43939

1936-1960

 15

Sunbelt

7-9-0

0.43750

2001-2010

 16

MAC

30-39-0

0.43478

1948-2010

 17

WAC

46-62-1

0.42661

1964-2010

 18

CUSA

27-40-0

0.50165

1996-2010

 
 *  There  have been many changes over the years with various conference memebers etc.  Also many teams were Independents at one time.  For example Georgia Tech and South Carolina have been members of the ACC, SEC and  Independents.  Penn State (and other teams that are now in conferences) bowl games will show up in the conferences after they joined, and as  Independents before that. 
1. This does not include a few games from the Southern Conference prior to the SEC
2 - Includes the Pac 8 and Pacific Coast Conference - forerunners of Pac 10
3 - This has many teams that are now in conferences
4 - Also has stats from Big 7, Big 6 and a few years from the original Missouri Valley Conference -  (Only  teams that went to Big 6-7-8 from Missouri Valley Conference)  The Big 8 1960-1995 would be 55-52-1, 0.514 %.
 
  Source for most of the tables    cfbtrivia.com
  Also  cfbdatawarehouse.com
 
 
 
National Champions by Conference & Independents 1
AP or Coaches Polls  AP Poll started 1936, Coaches 1950
 

 Conference

 National Titles

 Teams

Independents *

 19

 7

 SEC

 19

 6

 Big 10

 12

 4

 Big 8

 11

 3

 Pac 10

   9

 3

 Southwest

   5

 3

 ACC

   5

 4

 Big 12

   3

 3

 Big East

   2

 1

 WAC

   1

 1

 
I might in the future add titles prior to the first AP title in 1936, and add FWAA and NFF selections.
 
 * This includes many teams that are now in conferences but won their NC as an Independent.
 
1. The purpose of this chart is not only to show how many NC's various conferences have but also how many different conference teams have won a National Championship
 
 
 
 
 
 
                            Tougher Conference ?
 
 
            Big 8 vs Big 10, 1960-1995 = 87-66-4 -- 0.56688
 
            Big 8 Bowl Record   1960-1995 =  55-52-1 -- 0.51389
            Big 10 Bowl Record 1960-1995 =  45-61-1 -- 0.42523
 
            National Championships  Big  8  -   8 by 3 teams
                                                        Big 10  -  3 by 3 teams