Pac-12 Has the Best Bowl Record for 2023-24 – So Far

In the Pac-12’s final season of existence in its present state, the conference is demonstrating with its success in the postseason that it might be the best football conference in the country this season. It’s a shame it has to end this way.

With only Monday’s national championship game remaining to be played, the Pac-12 has the best bowl record at 5-3. If Washington beats Michigan in the title game, Cal will walk away with the best conference postseason record at 6-3. If Michigan wins, the Big Ten will have the best postseason record at 6-4 to the Pac-12’s 5-4. Interestingly, the Huskies will be members of the Big Ten in 2024. In fact, four of the Pac-12's five bowl wins came from the four teams headed to the Big Ten next season.

Of course, bowl records don’t necessarily provide an accurate measure of a conference’s strength, but it has become a barometer that people point to when declaring which conference is best.

The NCAA must think the conference bowl records have some significance since it keeps track of them on its site.

A roundup of the Pac-12’s bowl results and summaries have been posted earlier, and here is a ranking of each FBS conference’s bowl records this season as of January 2:

Pac-12: 5-3

Wins: Washington, Oregon, USC, Arizona, UCLA
Losses: Cal, Utah, Oregon State

Big Ten: 5-4 

Wins: Northwestern, Minnesota, Rutgers, Maryland, Michigan Losses: Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Iowa

Big 12: 5-4

Wins: Texas Tech, Kansas, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
Losses: UCF, Oklahoma, Iowa State, Texas

SEC: 5-4

Wins: Missouri, Mississippi, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee
Losses: Texas A&M, Kentucky, Auburn, Alabama

American: 3-3

Wins: UTSA, South Florida, Memphis
Losses: Rice, Tulane, SMU

Conference USA: 2-2

Wins: Jacksonville State, Western Kentucky
Losses: New Mexico State, Liberty

ACC: 5-6

Wins: Georgia Tech, Duke, Virginia Tech, Boston College, Clemson
Losses: Syracuse, North Carolina, Louisville, Miami, NC State, Florida State

Mountain West: 3-4

Wins: Fresno State, Air Force, Wyoming
Losses: Boise State, Utah State, San Jose State, UNLV

Sun Belt: 5-7

Wins: Appalachian State, Georgia State, South Alabama, Coastal Carolina, Texas State
Losses: Georgia Southern, Louisiana-Lafayette, Old Dominion, Marshall, Troy, Arkansas State, James Madison

MAC: 2-4

Wins: Ohio, Northern Illinois
Losses: Miami (Ohio), Eastern Michigan, Bowling Green, Toledo

Independent

Wins: Notre Dame
Losses: