2025 Combined College Football and Basketball Rankings: Bowl Game, NCAA Tournament - These Schools Had Fun

Who had fun this season?

These schools didn't win any national titles, but a few won conference championships, one played in the biggest game of the season, and the respective fan bases of these ten were spoiled during the football and men's basketball seasons.

Bowl Game and NCAA Tournament, Part 1

2024-2025 Football and Basketball
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | SEC
AAC, CUSA, MAC, MW, Sun Belt
Blue Bloods: Football | Basketball

20 Arkansas Razorbacks

Basketball: 22-14, 9th in SEC (8-10), Sweet 16 Loss in NCAA Tournament
Football: 7-6, 11th in SEC (3-5), Won Liberty Bowl
2024: 121 2023: 12

19 Louisville Cardinals

Basketball: 27-8, 2nd in ACC (18-2), First Round Loss in NCAA Tournament
Football: 9-4, 4th in ACC (5-3), Win Sun Bowl
2024: 70 2023: 101

18 Alabama Crimson Tide

Basketball: 28-9, 3rd in SEC (13-5), Elite Eight Loss in NCAA Tournament
Football: 9-4, 4th in SEC (5-3), Lost in ReliaQuest Bowl
2024: 1 2023: 1

17 Missouri Tigers

Basketball: 22-12, 6th in SEC (10-8), First Round Loss in NCAA Tournament
Football: 10-3, 4th in SEC (5-3), Won Music City Bowl
2024: 64 2023: 32

16 UConn Huskies

Basketball: 24-11, 3rd in Big East (14-6), Second Round Loss in NCAA Tournament
Football: 9-4, Won Fenway Bowl
2024: 12 2023: 2

15 Illinois Fighting Illini

Basketball: 22-13, 7th in Big Ten (12-8), Second Round Loss in NCAA Tournament
Football: 10-3, 5th in Big Ten (6-3), Won Citrus Bowl
2024: 52 2023: 27