Record: 57-44, .564 W-L% (3rd of 12) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 3.19 (5th of 12) ▪ SOS: 0.45 (5th of 12)
Conference Champion: Cincinnati, Louisville and West Virginia
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (West Virginia)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Cincinnati and West Virginia)
| Overall | Conference | Pts/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | W | L | Pct | W | L | Pct | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS | Notes |
| Cincinnati | 10 | 3 | .769 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 33.3 | 20.3 | 7.34 | -0.74 | |
| West Virginia | 10 | 3 | .769 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 37.6 | 26.8 | 8.65 | 0.96 | |
| Louisville | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 21.9 | 20.1 | 2.38 | 0.07 | |
| Rutgers | 9 | 4 | .692 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 26.4 | 18.3 | 6.42 | -0.12 | |
| Pittsburgh | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 24.2 | 22.8 | 1.09 | 1.17 | |
| Connecticut | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 24.3 | 24.3 | -0.42 | 0.58 | |
| South Florida | 5 | 7 | .417 | 1 | 6 | .143 | 29.3 | 22.7 | 3.21 | 0.71 | |
| Syracuse | 5 | 7 | .417 | 1 | 6 | .143 | 24.2 | 28.5 | -3.15 | 1.02 | |
| School | Pre | 9/4 | 9/11 | 9/18 | 9/25 | 10/2 | 10/9 | 10/16 | 10/23 | 10/30 | 11/6 | 11/13 | 11/20 | 11/27 | 12/5 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 24 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 17 | |||
| Cincinnati | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | ||||||||||||
| South Florida | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 |
| Date | Bowl | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-07 | BBVA Compass Bowl | Southern Methodist | 28 | Pittsburgh | 6 | BBVA Compass Bowl (Birmingham, AL) |
| 2012-01-04 | Orange Bowl | West Virginia | 70 | Clemson | 33 | Orange Bowl (Miami, FL) |
| 2011-12-31 | Liberty Bowl | Cincinnati | 31 | Vanderbilt | 24 | Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) |
| 2011-12-30 | Pinstripe Bowl | Rutgers | 27 | Iowa State | 13 | Pinstripe Bowl (Bronx, NY) |
| 2011-12-27 | Belk Bowl | North Carolina State | 31 | Louisville | 24 | Belk Bowl (Charlotte, NC) |