Conference Index
23 Conferences
W-L-T record of major schools
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | From | To | W | L | T | W-L% | W | L | T | W-L% | SRS | SOS | AP |
| 1 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 1953 | 2011 | 2880 | 2740 | 87 | .512 | 92 | 98 | 2 | .484 | 3.08 | 3.44 | 112 |
| 2 | Big 12 Conference | 1996 | 2011 | 1344 | 1000 | 0 | .573 | 58 | 58 | 0 | .500 | 5.95 | 4.09 | 66 |
| 3 | Big East Conference | 1991 | 2011 | 1104 | 892 | 7 | .553 | 53 | 40 | 0 | .570 | 3.19 | 2.07 | 50 |
| 4 | Big Ten Conference | 1896 | 2011 | 6035 | 4643 | 394 | .563 | 109 | 126 | 1 | .464 | 7.87 | 7.38 | 236 |
| 5 | Conference USA | 1996 | 2011 | 944 | 1053 | 0 | .473 | 31 | 41 | 0 | .431 | -3.88 | -1.82 | 11 |
| 6 | Independent | 1869 | 2011 | 20671 | 15271 | 1809 | .572 | 130 | 124 | 13 | .511 | 1.62 | 1.72 | 269 |
| 7 | Mid-American Conference | 1962 | 2011 | 2616 | 2837 | 82 | .480 | 31 | 38 | 0 | .449 | -8.43 | -6.86 | 13 |
| 8 | Mountain West Conference | 1999 | 2011 | 688 | 651 | 0 | .514 | 31 | 20 | 0 | .608 | -0.76 | -0.20 | 17 |
| 9 | Pacific-12 Conference | 1916 | 2011 | 4777 | 3890 | 306 | .549 | 116 | 104 | 5 | .527 | 5.80 | 5.47 | 170 |
| 10 | Southeastern Conference | 1933 | 2011 | 5629 | 3927 | 293 | .586 | 207 | 161 | 9 | .561 | 8.09 | 5.96 | 291 |
| 11 | Sun Belt Conference | 2001 | 2011 | 436 | 676 | 0 | .392 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .421 | -10.60 | -5.28 | 0 |
| 12 | Western Athletic Conference | 1962 | 2011 | 2524 | 2630 | 43 | .490 | 46 | 65 | 1 | .415 | -2.36 | -1.22 | 41 |
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Conference | From | To | W | L | T | W-L% | W | L | T | W-L% | SRS | SOS | AP |
| 13 | Big West Conference | 1969 | 2000 | 1119 | 1336 | 24 | .456 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .630 | -8.37 | -6.01 | 0 |
| 14 | Big Eight Conference | 1907 | 1995 | 3265 | 2796 | 293 | .537 | 63 | 64 | 1 | .496 | 4.01 | 4.63 | 117 |
| 15 | Southwest Conference | 1914 | 1995 | 3478 | 2796 | 279 | .552 | 64 | 81 | 8 | .444 | 5.95 | 5.55 | 122 |
| 16 | Missouri Valley Conference | 1928 | 1985 | 1557 | 1696 | 122 | .479 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .452 | -6.20 | -4.27 | 8 |
| 17 | Ivy Group | 1956 | 1981 | 944 | 892 | 48 | .514 | -7.83 | -7.91 | 2 | ||||
| 18 | Southern Conference | 1921 | 1981 | 3686 | 3469 | 404 | .514 | 15 | 18 | 2 | .457 | -2.04 | -0.44 | 36 |
| 19 | Southland Conference | 1975 | 1981 | 232 | 222 | 12 | .511 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | -5.36 | -5.62 | 0 |
| 20 | Southwest Athletic Conference | 1977 | 1977 | 38 | 36 | 2 | .513 | -9.11 | -9.32 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 1931 | 1961 | 992 | 921 | 91 | .518 | 14 | 16 | 3 | .470 | -7.36 | -6.33 | 4 |
| 22 | Skyline Conference | 1938 | 1961 | 740 | 766 | 78 | .492 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | -6.65 | -5.23 | 3 |
| 23 | Rocky Mountain Conference | 1910 | 1937 | 1038 | 936 | 116 | .524 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -4.53 | -1.14 | 1 |