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Track which conferences are winning the 2025-26 college football bowl season

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The college football bowl season is here. With dozens of bowl games and the 12-team College Football Playoff, we’re tracking every game to see which conference ends up with the best bowl record.

This article will be updated throughout bowl season. Conference representatives are in bold. 
NOTE: Some conferences have more bowl games listed than bowl teams because the CFP allows teams to play more than one bowl game.

Conference (BOWL TEAMS)
record
winning percentage

AMERICAN
4-3
.571

ACC
6-4
.600

BIG 12
4-2
.667

BIG TEN
8-4
.667

CONFERENCE USA
4-3
.571

INDEPENDENTS
0-1
.000

MAC
2-3
.400

MOUNTAIN WEST
2-5
.286

PAC-12
1-0
1.000

SEC
3-6
.333

SUN BELT
3-6
.333

AMERICAN — (9 teams)

Record: 4-3

ACC — (11 teams)

Record: 6-4

  • NC State 31, Memphis 7 (Gasparilla Bowl)
  • No. 10 Miami 10, No. 7 Texas A&M 3 | (CFP First Round)
  • Louisville 27, Toledo 22 (Boca Raton Bowl)
  • Hawai’i 35, Cal 31 (Hawai’i Bowl)
  • East Carolina 23, Pitt 17 (Military Bowl)
  • Penn State 22, Clemson 10 (Pinstripe Bowl)
  • No. 12 BYU 25, No. 22 Georgia Tech 21 (Pop Tarts Bowl)
  • No. 19 Virginia 13, Missouri 7 (Gator Bowl)
  • Duke 42, Arizona State 39 
  • No. 10 Miami (Fla.) 24, Ohio State 14 
  • Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State| 8 p.m. on Jan. 2 (Duke’s Mayo Bowl)
  • SMU vs. Arizona | 8 p.m. on Jan. 2 (Holiday Bowl)

BIG 12 — (8 teams)

Record: 4-2

BIG TEN — (12 teams)

Record: 8-4

  • Washington 38, Boise State 10 (LA Bowl)
  • No. 5 Oregon 51, No. 24 James Madison 34 (CFP first round)
  • Northwestern 34, Central Michigan 7 (GameAbove Sports Bowl)
  • Minnesota 20, New Mexico 17 (OT) (Rate Bowl)
  • Penn State 22, Clemson 10 (Pinstripe Bowl)
  • Illinois 30, Tennessee 28 (Music City Bowl)
  • TCU 30, No. 16 Southern California 27 (Alamo Bowl) (Alamo Bowl)
  • No. 23 Iowa 34, No. 14 Vanderbilt 27 (ReliaQuest Bowl)
  • No. 13 Texas 41, No. 18 Michigan 27 
  • No. 15 Utah 44, Nebraska 22
  • No. 10 Miami (Fla.) 24, No. 2 Ohio State 14
  • No. 5 Oregon 23, No. 4 Texas Tech 0  
  • No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 9 Alabama | 4 p.m. on Jan. 1 (CFP quarterfinal)

CONFERENCE USA — (7 teams)

Record: 4-3

INDEPENDENTS — (1 team)

Record: 0-1

MAC — (5 teams)

Record: 2-3

MOUNTAIN WEST — (7 teams)

Record: 2-5

PAC-12 — (1 team)

Record: 1-0

SEC — (11 teams)

Record: 3-6

SUN BELT — (10 teams)

Record: 3-6

2024 College Football Bowl Records by Conference

CONFERENCE (BOWL TEAMS)
RECORD
WINNING PERCENTAGE

AMERICAN (8 teams)
6-2
.750

ACC (13)
2-11
.153

BIG 12 (8)
4-5
.444

BIG TEN (12)
11-6
.647

CONFERENCE USA (5)*
1-4
.200

INDEPENDENTS (2)
4-1
0.800

MAC (7)
5-2
.714

MOUNTAIN WEST (5)
1-4
.200

PAC-12 (1)
0-1
.000

SEC (13)
8-7
.533

SUN BELT (7)*
4-3
.571

*Louisiana Tech replaced Marshall in the Independence Bowl

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