{"id":384543,"date":"2026-01-01T10:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/384543\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T10:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:53:08","slug":"track-which-conferences-are-winning-the-2025-26-college-football-bowl-season-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/384543\/","title":{"rendered":"Track which conferences are winning the 2025-26 college football bowl season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Share<\/p>\n<p>            <a id=\"social-share-facebook\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/football\/article\/2025-12-31\/track-which-conferences-are-winning-2025-26-college-football-bowl-season\" data-shareto=\"facebook\" class=\"sharebutton icon-social-facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/football\/article\/2025-12-31\/track-which-conferences-are-winning-2025-26-college-football-bowl-season\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/modules\/custom\/casablanca_social\/modules\/casablanca_social_hanger\/img\/social-facebook.svg\" width=\"30px\" height=\"30px\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a id=\"social-share-twitter\" data-shareto=\"twitter\" class=\"sharebutton icon-social-twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/football\/article\/2025-12-31\/track-which-conferences-are-winning-2025-26-college-football-bowl-season\" title=\"Share on X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"X\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/modules\/custom\/casablanca_social\/modules\/casablanca_social_hanger\/img\/social-twitter.svg\" width=\"30px\" height=\"30px\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The college football bowl season is here. With dozens of bowl games and the 12-team College Football Playoff, we&#8217;re tracking every game to see which conference ends up with the best bowl record.<\/p>\n<p>This article will be updated throughout bowl season. Conference representatives are in bold.\u00a0<br \/>NOTE: Some conferences have more bowl games listed than bowl teams because the CFP allows teams to play more than one bowl game.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tConference (BOWL TEAMS)<br \/>\n\t\t\trecord<br \/>\n\t\t\twinning percentage<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tAMERICAN<br \/>\n\t\t\t4-3<br \/>\n\t\t\t.571<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tACC<br \/>\n\t\t\t6-4<br \/>\n\t\t\t.600<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tBIG 12<br \/>\n\t\t\t4-1<br \/>\n\t\t\t.800<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tBIG TEN<br \/>\n\t\t\t7-4<br \/>\n\t\t\t.636<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tCONFERENCE USA<br \/>\n\t\t\t4-3<br \/>\n\t\t\t.571<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tINDEPENDENTS<br \/>\n\t\t\t0-1<br \/>\n\t\t\t.000<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMAC<br \/>\n\t\t\t2-3<br \/>\n\t\t\t.400<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMOUNTAIN WEST<br \/>\n\t\t\t2-5<br \/>\n\t\t\t.286<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPAC-12<br \/>\n\t\t\t1-0<br \/>\n\t\t\t1.000<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSEC<br \/>\n\t\t\t3-6<br \/>\n\t\t\t.333<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSUN BELT<br \/>\n\t\t\t3-6<br \/>\n\t\t\t.333<\/p>\n<p>AMERICAN \u2014 (9\u00a0teams)<\/p>\n<p>Record: 4-3<\/p>\n<p>ACC\u00a0\u2014 (11 teams)<\/p>\n<p>Record: 6-4<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534500\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NC State\u00a031,\u00a0Memphis 7\u00a0(Gasparilla Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6531848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 10 Miami\u00a010,\u00a0No. 7 Texas A&amp;M 3 | (CFP First Round)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534502\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Louisville 27,\u00a0Toledo 22 (Boca Raton Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534505\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hawai&#8217;i 35, Cal 31 (Hawai&#8217;i Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534509\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">East Carolina 23, Pitt 17 (Military Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Penn State 22, Clemson 10\u00a0(Pinstripe Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534511\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 12 BYU 25, No. 22 Georgia Tech 21\u00a0(Pop Tarts Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534514\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 19 Virginia 13,\u00a0Missouri 7\u00a0(Gator Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534521\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Duke\u00a042,\u00a0Arizona State 39\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6531852\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 10 Miami (Fla.) 24,\u00a0Ohio State 14\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534528\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State| 8 p.m. on Jan. 2 (Duke&#8217;s Mayo Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534527\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SMU vs. Arizona | 8 p.m. on Jan. 2 (Holiday Bowl)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BIG 12\u00a0\u2014 (8 teams)<\/p>\n<p>Record: 4-1<\/p>\n<p>BIG TEN\u00a0\u2014 (12 teams)<\/p>\n<p>Record: 7-4<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534496\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington\u00a038,\u00a0Boise State 10 (LA Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6531841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 5 Oregon 51,\u00a0No. 24 James Madison\u00a034 (CFP first round)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Northwestern 34, Central Michigan 7<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534506\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> (GameAbove Sports Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534507\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minnesota 20, New Mexico 17<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534507\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0(OT) (Rate Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Penn State\u00a022, Clemson 10\u00a0(Pinstripe Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534518\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Illinois 30,\u00a0Tennessee 28\u00a0(Music City Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TCU 30, No. 16 Southern California 27<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534519\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0(Alamo\u00a0Bowl)\u00a0(Alamo\u00a0Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 23 Iowa 34, No. 14 Vanderbilt 27<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534520\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> (ReliaQuest Bowl)<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534523\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 13 Texas 41,\u00a0No. 18 Michigan\u00a027\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534524\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 15 Utah 44,\u00a0Nebraska\u00a022<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534493\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 10 Miami (Fla.) 24,\u00a0No. 2 Ohio State 14<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6534491\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 9 Alabama\u00a0| 4 p.m.\u00a0on Jan. 1 (CFP quarterfinal)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CONFERENCE USA\u00a0\u2014 (7 teams)<\/p>\n<p>Record: 4-3<\/p>\n<p>INDEPENDENTS\u00a0\u2014 (1 team)<\/p>\n<p>Record: 0-1<\/p>\n<p>MAC\u00a0\u2014 (5 teams)<\/p>\n<p>Record: 2-3<\/p>\n<p>MOUNTAIN WEST\u00a0\u2014 (7 teams)<\/p>\n<p>Record: 2-5<\/p>\n<p>PAC-12\u00a0\u2014 (1 team)<\/p>\n<p>Record: 1-0<\/p>\n<p>SEC\u00a0\u2014 (11 teams)<\/p>\n<p>Record: 3-6<\/p>\n<p>SUN BELT \u2014 (10 teams)<\/p>\n<p>Record: 3-6<\/p>\n<p>2024 College Football Bowl Records by Conference<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tCONFERENCE (BOWL TEAMS)<br \/>\n\t\t\tRECORD<br \/>\n\t\t\tWINNING PERCENTAGE<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tAMERICAN (8 teams)<br \/>\n\t\t\t6-2<br \/>\n\t\t\t.750<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tACC (13)<br \/>\n\t\t\t2-11<br \/>\n\t\t\t.153<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tBIG 12 (8)<br \/>\n\t\t\t4-5<br \/>\n\t\t\t.444<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tBIG TEN (12)<br \/>\n\t\t\t11-6<br \/>\n\t\t\t.647<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tCONFERENCE USA (5)*<br \/>\n\t\t\t1-4<br \/>\n\t\t\t.200<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tINDEPENDENTS (2)<br \/>\n\t\t\t4-1<br \/>\n\t\t\t0.800<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMAC (7)<br \/>\n\t\t\t5-2<br \/>\n\t\t\t.714<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMOUNTAIN WEST (5)<br \/>\n\t\t\t1-4<br \/>\n\t\t\t.200<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPAC-12 (1)<br \/>\n\t\t\t0-1<br 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