2004–05 NCAA football bowl games
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The 2004–05 NCAA football bowl games were a series of 32 post-season games (including the
A total of 28 team-competitive games, and five all-star games, were played. For the first time in three years, the 56 available bowl slots were filled by teams with winning records, as no teams with non-winning seasons (6–6, or .500) were invited to participate in bowl games.
Schedule
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Date | Time | Game | Site | Matchup | Ref. | ||
Dec 14 | 7:30 PM | New Orleans Bowl | New Orleans, LA
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Southern Miss 31, North Texas 10 | |||
Dec 21 | 7:45 PM | Champs Sports Bowl | Orlando, FL
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Georgia Tech 51, Syracuse 14 | |||
Dec 22 | 8:00 PM | GMAC Bowl | Mobile, AL
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Bowling Green 52, Memphis 35 | |||
Dec 23 | 6:30 PM | Fort Worth Bowl | Fort Worth, TX
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Cincinnati 32, Marshall 14 | |||
9:45 PM | Las Vegas Bowl | Whitney, NV
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Wyoming 24, UCLA 21 | ||||
Dec 24 | 7:00 PM | Hawaii Bowl | Honolulu, HI
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Hawaii 59, UAB 40 | |||
Dec 27 | 2:00 PM | MPC Computers Bowl | Boise, ID
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Fresno State 37, No. 18 Virginia 34 | |||
5:30 PM | Motor City Bowl | Detroit, MI
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Connecticut 39, Toledo 10 | ||||
Dec 28 | 6:30 PM | Independence Bowl | Shreveport, LA
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Iowa State 17, Miami (OH) 13 | |||
9:45 PM | Insight Bowl | Phoenix, AZ
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Oregon State 38, Notre Dame 21 | ||||
Dec 29 | 4:30 PM | Houston Bowl | Houston, TX
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Colorado 33, UTEP 28 | |||
8:00 PM | Alamo Bowl | San Antonio, TX
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No. 24 Ohio State 33, Oklahoma State 7 | ||||
Dec 30 | 1:00 PM | Continental Tire Bowl | Charlotte, NC
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No. 25 Boston College 37, North Carolina 24 | |||
4:30 PM | Emerald Bowl | San Francisco, CA
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Navy 34, New Mexico 19 | ||||
8:00 PM | Holiday Bowl | San Diego, CA
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No. 23 Texas Tech 45, No. 4 California 31 | ||||
11:00 PM | Silicon Valley Football Classic | San Jose, CA
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Troy 21
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Dec 31 | 12:00 PM | Music City Bowl | Nashville, TN
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Minnesota 20, Alabama 16 | |||
2:00 PM | Sun Bowl | El Paso, TX
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No. 21 Arizona State 27, Purdue 23 | ||||
3:30 PM | Liberty Bowl | Memphis, TN
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No. 7 Louisville 44, No. 10 Boise State 40 | ||||
7:30 PM | Peach Bowl | Atlanta, GA
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No. 13 Miami (FL) 27, No. 20 Florida 10 | ||||
Jan 1 | 11:00 AM | Outback Bowl | Tampa, FL
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No. 8 Georgia 24, No. 16 Wisconsin 21 | |||
11:00 AM | Cotton Bowl
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Dallas, TX
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No. 15 Tennessee 38, No. 22 Texas A&M 7 | ||||
12:30 PM | Gator Bowl | Jacksonville, FL
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No. 17 Florida State 30, West Virginia 18 | ||||
1:00 PM | Capital One Bowl | Orlando, FL
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No. 11 Iowa 30, No. 12 LSU 25 | ||||
BCS Bowls | |||||||
Jan 1 | 5:00 PM | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, CA
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No. 6 Texas 38, No. 13 Michigan 37 | |||
8:30 PM | Fiesta Bowl | Tempe, AZ
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No. 5 Utah 35, No. 19 Pittsburgh 7 | ||||
Jan 3 | 8:00 PM | Sugar Bowl | New Orleans, LA
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No. 3 Auburn 16, No. 9 Virginia Tech 13 | |||
Jan 4 | 8:00 PM | Orange Bowl (BCS National Championship Game) |
Miami Gardens, FL
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No. 1 USC 55, No. 2 Oklahoma 19 | |||
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.[1] |
Non-BCS bowls
Of the 59 Division I-A football teams with winning records, 56 were invited to the various bowl games. This season, bowl officials had more difficulty than usual filling their slots. Because the regular season was only 11 games, teams had to finish at least 6–5 to qualify. Teams that were allowed under NCAA rules to play a 12th regular-season game in return for playing at
Four conferences – the
The main beneficiary of this unexpected chaos was the Mid-American Conference, which received five bowl bids instead of its contracted two. The only bowl-eligible team willing to accept an invitation that was left out of this season's bowl games was another MAC school, Akron. The Zips would make their first bowl appearance the next season.
Three schools made their first-ever bowl appearance this season: UAB (Hawaii Bowl), UConn (2004 Motor City Bowl), and Troy State (Silicon Valley Football Classic). Of these three, only UConn won its game. For the first time since the 1968–1969 bowl season Nebraska did not go to a bowl game.
Records shown are pre-bowl.
New Orleans Bowl
- Southern Miss (6–5) 31, North Texas (7–4) 10
The bowl season kicked off on December 14 with the fourth annual
Champs Sports Bowl
- Georgia Tech (6–5) 51, Syracuse (6–5) 14
The first of two bowl games at the
GMAC Bowl
- Bowling Green (8–3) 52, Memphis (8–3) 35
The Bowling Green Falcons (MAC) met the Memphis Tigers (C-USA) on December 22 in
Fort Worth Bowl
- Cincinnati (6–5) 32, Marshall (6–5) 14
The
Las Vegas Bowl
The first matchup of the bowl season that pitted a team from a
Hawaii Bowl
On December 24, the Hawaii Warriors (WAC) played the Hawaii Bowl on their home field, Aloha Stadium in Honolulu for the third time in the bowl's three-year existence. The Warriors faced a first-time bowl participant in the UAB Blazers (C-USA). In an offensive shootout that saw both quarterbacks (Hawaii's Timmy Chang and UAB's Darrell Hackney) throw for over 400 yards, the homestanding Warriors won 59–40. The Warriors' Chad Owens caught two of Chang's four touchdown passes and returned a punt for a TD. Chang finished his career as the first Division I-A quarterback to throw for over 17,000 yards in his career, and also finished with career records for pass attempts, completions, and total offense.
MPC Computers Bowl
- Fresno State (8–3) 37, Virginia (8–3) 34
On December 27, the second matchup between BCS AQ and BCS non-AQ conference teams took place in the
Motor City Bowl
The other bowl on December 27, the
Independence Bowl
- Iowa State (8–4) 17, Miami (Ohio) (8–4) 13
On December 28 in Shreveport, Louisiana, another BCS AQ/non-AQ matchup took place in the Independence Bowl between the Iowa State Cyclones (Big 12) and the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks (MAC). Iowa State went out to a 10–0 lead in the second quarter, but Miami scored a touchdown late in that quarter to reduce the Cyclones' halftime lead to 10–7. The RedHawks scored a TD to take a 13–10 lead in the third quarter, but missed the extra point. The Cyclones' Ryan Kock scored the winning TD early in the fourth quarter, and the Cyclones defense held on for the 17–13 win. Two Cyclones, quarterback Bret Meyer and running back Stevie Hicks, rushed for over 100 yards each. RedHawks receiver Michael Larkin extended his NCAA record of consecutive games with a reception to 50. This was the last game for RedHawks head coach Terry Hoeppner, who took the head job at Indiana.
Insight Bowl
- Oregon State (6–5) 38, Notre Dame (6–5) 21
The second bowl on December 28, the
The game was a rematch of the
Houston Bowl
On December 29, the Colorado Buffaloes (
Alamo Bowl
- Ohio State (7–4) 33, Oklahoma State (7–4) 7
In the other game on December 29, the
Continental Tire Bowl
- Boston College (8–3) 37, North Carolina (6–5) 24
In the first of four games on December 30, the Boston College Eagles, which left the Big East in July 2005 to join the ACC, played one of its future conference rivals, the North Carolina Tar Heels, in the
Emerald Bowl
- Navy (9–2) 34, New Mexico (7–4) 19
The second game on December 30, the
Holiday Bowl
- Texas Tech (7–4) 45, California (10–1) 31
In the third game on December 30 (also the second of three in California), the Holiday Bowl was held at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, pitting the Pac-10's California Golden Bears and the Big 12's Texas Tech Red Raiders. Cal, edged out for a BCS bowl berth by Texas in the last week of the regular season, was out to prove that it deserved a BCS bowl berth. The Bears played well at first, finishing the first quarter with a 14–7 lead. However, the second and third quarters belonged to the Red Raiders, who outscored the Bears 31–3 in those periods, going on to score the biggest upset of the bowl season with a 45–31 win. Raiders QB Sonny Cumbie torched the Bears defense for 520 passing yards, going 40-for-60 with three TDs and no interceptions. The brightest spot for Cal was running back J.J. Arrington, who ran for 173 yards and a touchdown, making him only the third Pac-10 runner to reach 2,000 yards rushing in a season.
Silicon Valley Football Classic
- Troy State(7–4) 21
The last game of December 30 was the
Music City Bowl
The first game on December 31, the
Sun Bowl
- Arizona State (8–3) 27, Purdue (7–4) 23
The next game on New Year's Eve, the
Liberty Bowl
- Louisville (10–1) 44, Boise State (11–0) 40
The third game on December 31, and the last of the bowl season to feature two BCS non-AQ conference schools, was the Liberty Bowl, held in the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis. One of the most intriguing matchups of the bowl season pitted the two top-ranked offenses in NCAA Division I-A. The Louisville Cardinals (C-USA) led the nation in scoring and total yardage per game; their opponents, WAC champion the Boise State Broncos, were second in both categories. The Broncos also took their undefeated regular season record and Division I-A's then-longest winning streak of 22 games into the contest. In a wild game that saw five lead changes, the Cardinals won 44–40, ending the Broncos' streak, despite a season-high four turnovers. The Cardinals racked up 564 yards of total offense, surpassing the 500-yard mark for the ninth time this season. Starting Louisville QB Stefan LeFors threw for two touchdowns, ran for a third, and made the key block allowing a fourth touchdown to score, but also had an interception run back for a TD. The Broncos went into the game averaging 511 yards per game on offense, but could only manage 281. This was the last game for Louisville in C-USA; in July 2005, they joined a BCS AQ conference as a new member of the Big East.
Peach Bowl
- Miami (Florida) (8–3) 27, Florida (7–4) 10
The final game on December 31 was the Peach Bowl, held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. It matched the Florida Gators of the SEC with one of their two bitter in-state rivals, the Miami Hurricanes from the ACC. The Hurricanes did most of their damage on special teams and defense, returning a blocked field goal and a punt for touchdowns, and intercepting Gators QB Chris Leak twice. Miami won 27–10, extending their winning streak against Florida to six games and giving 'Canes senior QB Brock Berlin (a former Florida player) a 5–0 record as a starter against Miami's two major in-state rivals (Florida and Florida State).
Cotton Bowl Classic
The Cotton Bowl Classic, held in the stadium of the same name in Dallas on January 1, matched the Tennessee Volunteers (SEC) and the Texas A&M Aggies (Big 12). On the game's seventh play from scrimmage, Vols QB Rick Clausen, a third-stringer for most of the season, completed a short pass to C.J. Fayton, who promptly turned the reception into a 57-yard touchdown to give the Vols an early lead. Clausen passed for two more TDs with no interceptions, Vols running back Gerald Riggs racked up 102 yards and a touchdown on the ground, and the Vols defense pressured the Aggies into five turnovers. Tennessee ended with a 38–7 win, their most one-sided bowl win ever.
Outback Bowl
Also on New Year's Day, the
Gator Bowl
- Florida State (8–3) 30, West Virginia (8–3) 18
The third bowl game on January 1 was the
Capital One Bowl
The fourth bowl game on January 1, the second of the bowl season held at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, and the other Big Ten vs. SEC contest on New Year's Day was the
Bowl Championship Series games
Records shown are pre-bowl.
Rose Bowl
The
Nonetheless, the match-up promised to be highly entertaining, as well as historic for being the first ever game between Michigan and Texas, the winningest and third-winningest college football programs, respectively, of all time. The 2,271 games played by the two teams mark the most games ever played by two teams before they met for the first time. It was also the Longhorns' first trip ever to the Rose Bowl, and the game itself proved to be a record-setting performance as well—16 Rose Bowl individual or team records were set or tied during the game, as well as numerous team and conference records.
The game proved to be an offensive showcase. Longhorns QB Vince Young had 372 yards of total offense, rushing for 192 yards and four TDs and passing for 180 yards and a fifth TD, setting new Rose Bowl record for most total touchdowns. He became the first Texas quarterback to throw for over 1,000 yards and rush for over 1,000 yards in a single season. Together with Doak Walker Award-winning running back Cedric Benson, the two became the first Texas duo to each run for 1,000 yards in the same season.
Wolverines freshman QB Chad Henne threw for four TDs, tying both the Michigan and Rose Bowl single-game record. Three of Henne's TDs went to All-American receiver and Fred Biletnikoff Award winner Braylon Edwards. Edwards set a Rose Bowl record for touchdown passes caught in a game, and also set Michigan and Big Ten records for career touchdown receptions (39). Another Wolverines receiver, Steve Breaston, amassed 310 all-purpose yards, breaking a Rose Bowl record set by O. J. Simpson in 1969.
By midway through the third quarter, the teams had been tied at 7, 14, and 21, but the Wolverines took a 31–21 lead going into the fourth quarter. In that quarter, Young ran for TDs before and after a Michigan field goal, giving the Longhorns a 35–34 lead. The Wolverines retook the lead with 3:04 remaining on Garrett Rivas' third field goal of the day. On the ensuing possession, Young led the 'Horns into position for a 37-yard field goal with 2 seconds left. Michigan took both of its remaining timeouts in an attempt to "ice" Texas kicker Dusty Mangum. He finally put a wobbly kick through the uprights as time expired, giving the Longhorns a 38–37 win. The thrilling come-from-behind fourth quarter victory marked their sixth such victory of the year. The game was won on the final play for the first time in Rose Bowl history, and only the third time in Longhorns history.
Fiesta Bowl
- Utah (11–0) 35, Pittsburgh (8–3) 7
The final game on January 1 was the
The matchup was fairly controversial, though not because of the Utes' presence; in their 11–0 regular season, they had defeated three schools from BCS AQ conferences, two of which participated in bowl games, by an average of 22 points. No opponent came within two touchdowns of the Utes. The controversy surrounded the presence of Pittsburgh, or more to the point, the Big East, in the BCS AQ pool. The Panthers finished 8–3 in a conference that had just lost its two strongest programs (Miami-Florida and Virginia Tech) to the ACC—a tiebreaker among four teams granted Pittsburgh the Big East championship. However, the BCS was still contractually obligated to place the Big East champion in one of its bowls.
Utah's vaunted offense started the game slowly, but the Utes nonetheless went into halftime leading 14–0. The tone for the game was initially set by the Utes defense, which mercilessly pressured Panthers QB Tyler Palko, and special teams, which blocked a Pittsburgh field goal attempt and nearly blocked a punt. In the third quarter, the Utah offense came alive, with QB
Smith went 29-for-37 passing for 328 yards and three TDs with no interceptions, and also led the Utes in rushing with 68 yards. Warren caught 15 passes for 180 yards and a TD, as well as scoring on the pass-and-lateral play. The Utes defense sacked Palko nine times.
Sugar Bowl
- Auburn (12–0) 16, Virginia Tech (10–1) 13
In the second game of the bowl season held at the Superdome in New Orleans, the SEC champion Auburn Tigers took on the Virginia Tech Hokies, the ACC champions in the Sugar Bowl on January 3.
Despite finishing the regular season 12–0 and winning the SEC, Auburn was not able to crack the top two in the BCS rankings, shutting the Tigers out of the BCS title game. Their main hope for a split national championship (as happened the season before with LSU and Southern California) was to score a resounding win over the Hokies and hope that
The Tigers had a chance to blow the game open in the first half, but were unable to score a touchdown in three trips inside the Hokies' 10-yard line, settling for three field goals from John Vaughn. Auburn's defense was more than up to the challenge from the Hokies, shutting them out in the first half. Tech did not help itself, as Jesse Allen dropped an easy touchdown reception on fourth-and-goal at the Auburn 1 in the second quarter.
Auburn finally drove for a TD on the first possession of the second half, and kept their 16–0 lead into the fourth quarter. However, two second-half turnovers kept the Hokies in the game, and their offense finally awakened in the fourth quarter. Tech QB Bryan Randall threw two TD passes to Josh Howard, the last an 80-yard bomb, in the fourth quarter, cutting the Auburn lead to 16–13. The Hokies then attempted an onside kick, but the Tigers recovered and chose to run out the clock to instead of trying to score again. This preserved the Tigers' perfect 13–0 season; however, it effectively ended Auburn's faint hopes for a split national championship.
Tigers QB Jason Campbell was the game's MVP, completing 11 of his 16 pass attempts for 189 yards and a touchdown. However, he was intercepted once. For the Hokies, Randall went 21-for-38 passing for 299 yards and two TDs, but was intercepted twice.
Orange Bowl
- Southern Cal (12–0) 55, Oklahoma (12–0) 19
In the final major bowl game of the BCS, the
An Orange Bowl record five touchdown passes were thrown by Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, and 38 points were scored by the Trojans in the first 20 minutes of the first half alone to effectively seal the victory.
The game was billed as the Game of the Century by many. It was the first time that two teams went wire-to-wire ranked #1 and #2. It featured the winner (Leinart) and the runner-up (Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson) in that year's Heisman Trophy voting. USC came into the game as a slight underdog after opening as a 3-point favorite. Most of the "experts" predicted an Oklahoma win, calling the Trojans thin at all positions except for all-purpose threat Reggie Bush. The Sooners looked to prove the experts correct by driving the field on their first possession for a 7–0 lead. The Trojans tied the score 7–7 on a spectacular diving catch by tight end Dominique Byrd. It looked like it would be a classic back-and-forth battle until a key turnover turned the tide to USC for good. USC had just punted to Oklahoma and got a good roll inside Oklahoma's 10-yard line. Inexplicably, Senior Mark Bradley tried to pick up the ball and promptly fumbled it away. LenDale White scored on the next play and USC never looked back. From that point on, Matt Leinart was on fire as was his primary target, Sophomore WR Steve Smith. Smith caught 3 TD passes on the night, also an Orange Bowl record. Oklahoma continued turning the ball over as the Trojan defense proved too tough all night. Freshman RB sensation Adrian Peterson was held to well under 100 yards, despite having been the first freshman to finish second in the Heisman balloting.
Many fans left after the third quarter at which point the score was 48–10, USC. After the Trojans took a 55–10 lead, Oklahoma got a safety on USC QB Matt Leinart. The Sooners followed it up with a short drive for the final points.
USC Sanctions
On June 10, 2010, the NCAA placed the University of Southern California (USC) on a probation period of four years, with two years without any bowl game appearances, and forfeiture of all games in which Reggie Bush (an ineligible player because of accepting payments from an agent) participated in beginning in December 2004, and therefore, includes the Orange Bowl BCS National Championship game.[2][3] On June 6, 2011, the NCAA officially vacated USC's Orange Bowl BCS National Championship game win.
All-Star Games
Gridiron Classic
In the Gridiron Classic, the first of the four post-BCS bowl games played January 15, 2005, at The Villages retirement center in Lady Lake, Florida, Marcus Randall (quarterback for LSU) ran seven out of eleven passes for 88 yards as he led the South squad to a win over the North by the score of 24–21. Randall was also declared the game's Most Valuable Player.
East–West Shrine Game
The 80th
, propel the East squad to a 45–27 win over the West team. The two teams combined for 1,013 yards of offense in the highest-scoring Shrine Game since 1979.LeFors was named the MVP for the offense, while Alex Green of Duke won the MVP for the defense.
Las Vegas All-American Classic
The 4th edition of the Las Vegas All-American Classic was played January 22, 2005, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The West won the game by a score of 21–16 over the East.
Hula Bowl
A total 92 of the best seniors in college football were represented in the January 22, 2005, version of the Hula Bowl game played in Wailuku, Hawaii. Michigan State's Ronald Stanley scored with two defensive touchdowns to help win the game for the East over the West by the score of 20–13. For his efforts, Stanley won Most Valuable Player. This was the first time since 1996 that the Hula Bowl used the East and West squads format.
Senior Bowl
In the Senior Bowl, the final game of the 2004–05 college football season, Kansas State's Darren Sproles, Akron's Charlie Frye, and Ohio State's Mike Nugent led the North to a 23–13 victory over the South in the annual bowl game played January 29, 2005, in Mobile, Alabama. Frye won the Most Valuable Player honors for his completion of 10 to 12 passes and making possible a 22-yard touchdown at the game's conclusion to seal the victory for the North. Nugent scored three field goals from 25, 36, and 41 yards, respectively, while Sproles earned the North's defensive player of the game for five carries gaining 55 yards. Leroy Hill of Clemson earned the defensive player honors for the South team.
Conference standings
In the following table of teams that played in bowl games, winners are marked in bold and losers are marked in italics. The table is sorted by winning percentage, then by number of competing teams, and finally alphabetically by conference name.
Conf | # | W | L | Pct | Teams |
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Mountain West | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming |
C-USA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis, Southern Miss, UAB |
Pac-10 |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | Arizona State, California, Oregon State, UCLA, USC |
ACC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech |
Big Ten | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin |
SEC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee |
WAC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.500 | Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, UTEP |
Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | Navy, Notre Dame |
Big 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.571 | Colorado, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech |
Big East | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | Boston College, UConn, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, West Virginia |
MAC | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | Bowling Green, Marshall, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois, Toledo |
Sun Belt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | North Texas, Troy State |
References
- ^ "2004-2005 Bowl Game Schedule". NationalChamps.net.
- ^ "USC punished with two-year postseason ban". ESPN.com. June 10, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "NCAA infraction report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2010.