2012 College Football Final Conference Rankings
2012 College Football Final Conference Rankings
2012 season of my non conference record goes to the SEC for the seventh straight season along with there six national titles in a row and going for number seven this year. It is with out a dout that the SEC is the top conference in college football. They always take care of business in there marquee non conference games as well as playing in the toughest conference in the nation. Here are my 2012 regular season top conferences in college football this season along with there top non conference wins and the bowl games wins as well.
1) SEC (54-11) - TOP NON CONFERENCE WINS - LSU 41, Washington 3/ Alabama 41, Michigan 14/ Auburn 31, La. Monroe 28, OT/ Florida 37, Florida State 26/ Texas A&M 59, La. Tech 57/ Georgia 42, Georgia Tech 10/ South Carolina 27, Clemson 17/ Tennessee 35, NC State 21/ Missouri 24, Arizona State 20/ Kentucky 47, Kent State 14/ Vanderbilt 55, Wake Forest 21 BOWL WINS - Music City Bowl - Vanderbilt 38, NC State 24/ BBVA Compass Bowl - Ole Miss 38, Pittsburgh 17/ Outback Bowl - South Carolina 33, Michigan 28/ Capital One Bowl - Georgia 45, Nebraska 31/ Cotton Bowl - Texas A&M 41, Oklahoma 13/ BCS National Title - Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14
2) Big 12 (30-9) - TOP NON CONFERENCE WINS - Texas A&M 66, Ole Miss 31/ Oklahoma State 65, Louisiana 24/ West Virginia 31, Maryland 21/ TCU 27, Virginia 7/ TCU 24, SMU 16/ Kansas State 52, Miami(FL) 13/ Baylor 59, SMU 24/ Baylor 47, Louisiana-Monroe 42/ Iowa State 38, Tulsa 23/ Iowa State 9, Iowa 6/ Holiday Bowl - Baylor 49, UCLA 26/ Meineke Car Care Bowl - Texas Tech 34, Minnesota 31/ Alamo Bowl - Texas 31, Oregon State 27/ Heart of Dallas Bowl - Oklahoma State 58, Purdue 14
3) Big Ten (36-19) - TOP NON CONFERENCE WINS - Wisconsin 16, Utah State 14/ Ohio State 31, Central Florida 16/ Penn State 34, Navy 7/ Nebraska 42, Arkansas State 13/ Michigan State 17, Boise State 13/ Iowa 18, Northern Illinois 17/ Northwestern 42, Syracuse 41/ Northwestern 23, Vanderbilt 13/ Minnesota 17, Syracuse 10/ Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl - Michigan State 17, TCU 16/ Gator Bowl - Northwestern 34, Mississippi State 20
4) Independents (30-21) - Notre Dame 50, Navy 10/ Notre Dame 20, Michigan State 3/ Notre Dame 13, Michigan 6/ Notre Dame 41, Miami(FL) 3/ Notre Dame 20, Stanford, OT/ Notre Dame 17, BYU 14/ Notre Dame 30, Oklahoma 13/ Notre Dame 22, USC 13/ BYU 6, Utah State 3/ BYU 41, Georgia Tech 17/ Army 41, Air Force 21/ Navy 28, Air Force 21, OT/ Navy 56, East Carolina 28/ Poinsetta Bowl - BYU 23, San Diego State 6
5) ACC (31-23) - TOP NON CONFERENCE WINS - Clemson 52, Ball State 27/ Maryland 36, Temple 27/ North Carolina 27, East Carolina 6/ Virginia 17, Penn State 16/ Florida State 30, South Florida 17/ NC State 10, Connecticut 7/ Virginia Tech 37, Bowling Green 0/ Miami(FL) 40, South Florida 9/ Russell Athletic Bowl - Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10, OT/ Sun Bowl - Georgia Tech 21, USC 7/ Chick-Fil-A Bowl - Clemson 25, LSU 24/ Orange Bowl - Florida State 31, Northern Illinois 10
6) Pac 12 (29-15) - TOP NON CONFERENCE WINS - USC 49, Hawaii 10/ USC 42, Syracuse 29/ UCLA 36, Nebraska 30/ Utah 24, BYU 21/ Arizona 59, Oklahoma State 38/ Arizona 24, Toledo 17, OT/ Oregon 57, Arkansas State 34/ Oregon 42, Fresno State 25/ Stanord 20, San Jose State 17/ Stanford 50, Duke 13/ New Mexico Bowl - Arizona 49, Nevada 48/ Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl - Arizona State 62, Navy 28/ Rose Bowl - Stanford 20, Wisconsin 14/ Fiesta Bowl - Oregon 35, Kansas State 17
7) MAC (28-31) - TOP NON CONFERENCE WINS - Western Michigan 30, Connecticut 24/ Toledo 34, Wyoming 31/ Central Michigan 31, Iowa 31/ Ball State 41, Indiana 39/ Ball State 31, South Florida 27/ Ohio 24, Penn State 14/ Kent State 35, Rutgers 23/ Little Caesars Bowl - Central Michigan 24, Western Kentucky 21/ Independence Bowl - Ohio 45, Louisiana-Monroe 14
8) Big East (28-16) - TOP NON CONFERENCE WINS - South Florida 32, Nevada 31/ Louisville 32, Kentucky 14/ Louisville 39, North Carolina 34/ Rutgers 35, Arkansas 26/ Pittsburgh 35, Virginia Tech 17/ Cincinnati 27, Virginia Tech 24/ Syracuse 31, Missouri 27/ Belk Bowl - Cincinnati 48, Duke 34/ Pinstripe Bowl - Syracuse 38, West Virginia 14/ Sugar Bowl - Louisville 33, Florida 23
9) WAC (21-20) - TOP NON CONFERENCE WINS - Louisiana Tech 44, Virgina 38/ Louisiana Tech 52, Illinois 24/ Utah State 27, Utah 20, OT/ San Jose State 38, San Diego State 34/ San Jose State 12, Navy 0/ San Jose State 20, BYU 14/ Texas State 30, Houston 13/ Idaho Potato Bowl - Utah State 41, Todeo 15/ Military Bowl - San Jose State 29, Bowling Green 20
10) Mt West (18-23) - TOP NON CONFERENCE WINS - Boise State 7, BYU 6/ Nevada 31, California 24/ Colorado State 22, Colorado 17/ Fresno State 69, Colorado 14/ Las Vegas Bowl - Boise State 28, Washington 26
11) Sun Belt (19-24) - TOP NON CONFERENCE WINS - Western Kentucky 32, Kentucky 31, OT/ Louisiana-Monroe 34, Arkansas 31, OT/ Middle Tennessee 49, Georgia Tech 28/ New Orleans Bowl - Louisiana 43, East Carolina 34/ GoDaddy.com Bowl - Arkansas State 17, Kent State 13
12) CUSA (17-36) - TOP NON CONFERENCE WINS - Tulsa 27, Fresno State 26/ Rice 25, Kansas 24/ Beef O'Brady's Bowl - Central Florida 38, Ball State 17/ Hawaii Bowl - SMU 43, Fresno State 10/ Armed Forces Bowl - Rice 33, Air Force 14/ Liberty Bowl - Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17