National football championships by conference is the most for the SEC with a total of 13 BCS and CFB championship wins from 2007 to 2022.
SEC has won seven BCS National Championship Games out of eight it has played in. Alabama won three times and Florida won twice. Big-12 has won 0 BCS Championship games. It was in the finals in the years 2008 and 2009.
- 2006 – Florida
- 2007 – Louisiana State
- 2008 – Florida
- 2009 – Alabama
- 2010 – Auburn
- 2011 – Alabama
- 2012 – Alabama
Georgia is the first back-to-back CFB Playoff National Champion. The team defeated Alabama 33-18 in 2021 and it made history when it beat Texas Christian in 2022 with a score of 65-7. It was the most points scored in a CFB National Championship. There were 72,628 fans in attendance.
The 2024 National Championship is scheduled for Monday, January 8 at Houston’s NRG Stadium. The 2025 Championship will be held in Atlanta while the 2025-26 College Football Playoff will finish off on Monday, January 19 at Hard Rock Stadium.
What Conference Has The Most National Championships In Football?
SEC has the most national championships in football with a total officially claimed titles of 39. Big 12 has had three wins since its inception.
Most National Championships by conference are Alabama in SEC and USC in Pac-12. Alabama has won six times from 2007 to 2022.
Since the CFB National Championship introduction in 2014, SEC has been awarded victorious six times in the years 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
- 2015 – Alabama
- 2017 – Alabama
- 2019 – Louisiana State
- 2020 – Alabama
- 2021 – Georgia
- 2022 – Georgia
Big 12 won the national championships in football in 1997, 2000, and 2005.
- 1997 – Nebraska
- 2000 – Oklahoma
- 2005 – Texas
SEC Bowl Record Last 10 Years
SEC bowl record last 10 years was 7-2 in 2013 and 6-5 in 2022. It had the best record in 2015 with 8-2 and a winning percentage of 0.800.
It did poorly in 2021 after gaining triumph in 5 matches out of 12. The winning percentage was the lowest in the last decade at 0.417.
| Year | Record |
| 2013 | 7-2 |
| 2014 | 7-5 |
| 2015 | 8-2 |
| 2016 | 6-6 |
| 2017 | 4-5 |
| 2018 | 6-5 |
| 2019 | 7-2 |
| 2020 | 6-2 |
| 2021 | 5-7 |
| 2022 | 6-5 |
Teams that have not won the SEC or have not won in the past two decades are:
- Arkansas
- Kentucky
- Miss St
- Missouri
- Ole Miss
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas A&M
- Vanderbilt
SEC bowl record winning percentage in last 10 years:
2013 – 0.778
2014 – 0.583
2015 – 0.800
2016 – 0.500
2017 – 0.444
2018 – 0.545
2019 – 0.778
2020 – 0.75
2021 – 0.417
2022 – 0.545
Pac 12 National Championships Football
Most Pac 12 football championships is claimed by USC with 11. USC was recognized 6 times out of 10 consensus national champions recognition.
Pac-12 recently were recognized as consensus National Champions in 2003 and 2004. USC won in both years.
Pac-12 schools have won 553 NCAA national championships by June 2023. It is 254 more titles than Big Ten.
[image-1]Despite their stellar record, Pac-12 will dissolve in 2024 after losing five teams last week. Stanford, California, Washington State, and Oregon State are the only remaining teams. ACC is in talks to add Stanford and California. American Athletic Conference is interested in adding all Pac-12 teams that are left.
The Power 5 college sports conference lost Arizona State, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Utah, after Commissioner George Kliavkoff proposed an Apple TV media deal with a base pay of $23M for 5 seasons.
College Football Bowl Rankings By Conference
College football bowl games wins by conference in 2022 was the highest for MAC with a winning percentage of 0.667 and lowest for Big 12 with 0.250.
MAC won four games out of six while Big 12 won two out of eight. American Athletic Conference had victory in four matches out of seven total.
Sun Belt, Pac-12, and Mountain West all won three matches out of seven. Conference USA was the only one who had a 0.500 winning percentage after winning and losing three games each.
| Conference | Wins |
| MAC | 0.667 |
| Independent | 0.600 |
| American | 0.574 |
| Big 10 | 0.556 |
| ACC | 0.556 |
| SEC | 0.545 |
| C-USA | 0.500 |
| Sun Belt | 0.428 |
| Mountain West | 0.428 |
| PAC-12 | 0.428 |
| Big 12 | 0.250 |
College Football Bowl Game Records By Conference
Bowl record by conference last 10 years is 62-41 for SEC. It had 62 wins/ties and 41 losses. Pac-12 has a record of 32-38 for past decade.
SEC has the greatest win record of 62, followed by Big Ten with 45 and ACC with 43. MAC and Independent have 19 wins each.
Bowl game record for each conference are:
SEC: 62-41
Pac-12: 32-38
ACC: 43-49
Independent: 19-11
MAC: 19-38
Big Ten: 45-41
Big 12: 34-33
College Football Bowl Results By Conference
College football bowl scores by conference were 2-6 for Big 12, 3-4 for Pac-12, and 6-5 for SEC. MAC had the best winning percentage.
American Athletic Conference (4-3)
Won
Independence Bowl: Houston 23, Louisiana 16
First Responder Bowl: Memphis 38, Utah State 10
Birmingham Bowl: East Carolina 53, Coastal Carolina 29
Cotton Bowl: Tulane 46, USC 45
Lost
Fenway Bowl: Cincinnati 7, Louisville 24
New Mexico Bowl: SMU 23, BYU 24
Military Bowl: UCF 13, Duke 30
Atlantic Coast Conference (5-4)
Won
Fenway Bowl: Louisville 24, Cincinnati 7
Gasparilla Bowl: Wake Forest 27, Missouri 17
Military Bowl: Duke 30, UCF 13
Cheez-It Bowl: Florida State 35, Oklahoma 32
Sun Bowl: Pittsburgh 37, UCLA 35
Lost
Holiday Bowl: North Carolina 27, Oregon 28
Pinstripe Bowl: Syracuse 20, Minnesota 28
Duke’s Mayo Bowl: NC State 12, Maryland 16
Orange Bowl: Clemson 14, Tennessee 31
Big 12 (2-6)
Won
Texas Bowl: Texas Tech 42, Ole Miss 25
College Football Playoff Fiesta Bowl: TCU 51, Michigan 45
Lost
Armed Forces Bowl: Baylor 15 Air Force 30
Guaranteed Rate Bowl: Oklahoma State 17, Wisconsin 24
Liberty Bowl: Kansas 53, Arkansas 55
Cheez-It Bowl: Oklahoma 32, Florida State 35
Alamo Bowl: Texas 20, Washington 27
Sugar Bowl: Kansas State 20, Alabama 45
Big Ten (5-4)
Won
Guaranteed Rate Bowl: Wisconsin 24, Oklahoma State 17
Pinstripe Bowl: Minnesota 28, Syracuse 20
Duke’s Mayo Bowl: Maryland 16, NC State 12
Music City Bowl: Iowa 21, Kentucky 0
Rose Bowl: Penn State 35, Utah 21
Lost
College Football Playoff Fiesta Bowl: Michigan 45, TCU 51
College Football Playoff Peach Bowl: Ohio State 41, Georgia 42
ReliaQuest Bowl: Illinois 10, Mississippi State 19
Citrus Bowl: Purdue 7, LSU 63
Conference USA (3-3)
Won
Bahamas Bowl: UAB 24, Miami (OH), 20
New Orleans Bowl: Western Kentucky 44, South Alabama 23
Hawaii Bowl: MTSU 25, San Diego State 23
Lost
Cure Bowl: UTSA 12, Troy 18
LendingTree Bowl: Rice 24, Southern Miss 38
Frisco Bowl: North Texas 32, Boise State 35
Independents( 3-2)
Won
New Mexico Bowl: BYU 24, SMU 23
Quick Lane Bowl: New Mexico State 24, Bowling Green 19
Gator Bowl: Notre Dame 45, South Carolina 38
Lost
Myrtle Beach Bowl: UConn 14, Marshall 28
Boca Raton Bowl: Liberty 19, Toledo 21
MAC (4-2)
Won
Potato Bowl: Eastern Michigan 41, San Jose State 27
Boca Raton Bowl: Toledo 21, Liberty 19
Camellia Bowl: Buffalo 23, Georgia Southern 21
Arizona Bowl: Ohio 30, Wyoming 27
Lost
Bahamas Bowl: Miami 20, UAB 24
Quick Lane Bowl: Bowling Green 19, New Mexico State 24
Mountain West (3-4)
Won
L.A. Bowl: Fresno State 29, Washington State 6
Frisco Bowl: Boise State 35, North Texas 32
Armed Forces Bowl: Air Force 30, Baylor 15
Lost
Potato Bowl: San Jose State 27, Eastern Michigan 41
Hawaii Bowl: San Diego State 23, MTSU 25
First Responder Bowl: Utah State 10, Memphis 38
Arizona Bowl: Wyoming 27, Ohio 30
Pac-12 (3-4)
Won
Las Vegas Bowl: Oregon State 30, Florida 3
Holiday Bowl: Oregon 28, North Carolina 27
Alamo Bowl: Washington 27, Texas 20
Lost
L.A. Bowl: Washington State 6, Fresno State 29
Sun Bowl: UCLA 35, Pittsburgh 37
Cotton Bowl: USC 45, Tulane 46
Rose Bowl: Utah 21, Penn State 35
SEC (6-5)
Won
Liberty Bowl: Arkansas 55, Kansas 53
Orange Bowl: Tennessee 31, Clemson 14
Sugar Bowl: Alabama 45, Kansas State 20
College Football Playoff Peach Bowl: Georgia 42, Ohio State 41
ReliaQuest Bowl: Mississippi State 19, Illinois 10
Citrus Bowl: LSU 63, Purdue 7
Lost
Las Vegas Bowl: Florida 3, Oregon State 30
Gasparilla Bowl: Missouri 17, Wake Forest 27
Texas Bowl: Ole Miss 25, Texas Tech 42
Gator Bowl: South Carolina 38, Notre Dame 45
Music City Bowl: Kentucky 0, Iowa 21
Sun Belt (3-4)
Won
Cure Bowl: Troy 18, UTSA 12
LendingTree Bowl: Southern Miss 38, Rice 24
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Marshall 28 UConn 14
Lost
New Orleans Bowl: South Alabama 23, Western Kentucky 44
Independence Bowl: Louisiana 16, Houston 23
Camellia Bowl: Georgia Southern 21, Buffalo 23
Birmingham Bowl: Coastal Carolina 29, East Carolina 53
NCAA Football Conferences 2024
NCAA football conference realignment 2024 sees changes in eight conferences. Big 12 will have 16 schools after adding four teams in 2024.
The current NCAA football conference Pac-12 will dissolve in 2024. Pac-12 only has four teams left after four schools left for Big 10 and four left for Big 12. The remaining schools are Cal, Stanford, Oregon State, and Washington State.
New NCAA football conferences in 2024:
| Conference | Teams In 2024 |
| Big 12 | 16 |
| Big 10 | 18 |
| Pac-12 | 4 |
| SEC | 16 |
| AAC | 14 |
| C-USA | 10 |
| MAC | 12 |
| Mountain West | 12 |
| Sun Belt | 14 |
| ACC | 14 |
| Independents | 4 |
Big 12
Big 12 will be joined by Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah in 2024. It will loose Oklahoma and Texas to SEC.
It added four colleges in 2023. The conference will have 16 teams in 2024-25 season.
Big 12 teams in 2024:
- BYU
- Cincinnati
- Houston
- UCF
- Arizona
- Arizona State
- Colorado
- Utah
- Baylor
- Iowa State
- Kansas
- Kansas State
- Oklahoma State
- TCU
- Texas Tech
- West Virginia
SEC
SEC will have 16 teams in 2024 after adding Oklahoma and Texas. It will not introduce divisions.
- Alabama
- Missouri
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Auburn
- Ole Miss
- Florida
- South Carolina
- Georgia
- Tennessee
- Kentucky
- Texas
- LSU
- Texas A&M
- Mississippi State
- Vanderbilt
Independents
Only four Independents are left in college football after BYU, Liberty and New Mexico State joined conferences in 2023-24 season.
Notre Dame, Army, UConn and UMass will remain Independent.
AAC
AAC will have fourteen schools in 2024 after adding six teams from C-USA and losing three to Big 12 in 2023.
Lost: Cincinnati, Houston and UCF
Added: Charlotte, FAU, North Texas, Rice, UAB and UTSA.
Big 10
Big 10 will add Pac-12 teams Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington in 2024. It will have the highest number of teams of 18.
- Indiana
- Ohio State
- Illinois
- Oregon
- Iowa
- Penn State
- Maryland
- Purdue
- Michigan
- Rutgers
- Michigan State
- UCLA
- Minnesota
- USC
- Nebraska
- Wisconsin
- Northwestern
- Washington
C-USA
C-USA will add Kennesaw State in 2024. It welcomed four schools in 2023 including New Mexico State and Liberty.
Lost: Charlotte, FAU, North Texas, Rice, UAB and UTSA
Added: Kennesaw State, New Mexico State, Liberty, Sam Houston and Jacksonville State
MAC
Mountain West Conference will have 12 teams in 2024 after San Diego State withdrew its intention to leave MWC on July 3.
- Air Force
- New Mexico
- Boise State
- San Diego State
- Colorado State
- San Jose State
- Fresno State
- UNLV
- Hawaii
- Utah State
- Nevada
- Wyoming
Sun Belt
Sun Belt did not expand the conference in 2023 after adding four schools in 2022. It will continue to have 14 colleges.
- Appalachian State
- Arkansas State
- Coastal Carolina
- Louisiana
- Georgia Southern
- UL-Monroe
- Georgia State
- South Alabama
- James Madison
- Southern Miss
- Marshall
- Texas State
- Old Dominion
- Troy