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

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