Lot of reruns in conference titles this year.

ACC, Big 12, Big 10, American and Sun Belt all had repeat winners.
SEC and Pac 12 had their 2016 champs return to the throne.
MWC had a 2013 champ return to the throne who happens to be one of only four current members to ever win an MWC title (and one of those 4 was back in 2002).

MAC and CUSA were different. MAC titles continue to be pretty spread out. <edit> NIU won for the first time since 2014. 8 of the 12 teams have won since 2005. In CUSA, UAB won their first conference title ever.

(12-05-2018 10:27 PM)bullet Wrote:  Lot of reruns in conference titles this year.

ACC, Big 12, Big 10, American and Sun Belt all had repeat winners.
SEC and Pac 12 had their 2016 champs return to the throne.
MWC had a 2013 champ return to the throne who happens to be one of only four current members to ever win an MWC title (and one of those 4 was back in 2002).

MAC and CUSA were different. MAC titles continue to be pretty spread out. Buffalo won for the first time in 10 years. In CUSA, UAB won their first conference title ever.

Buffalo lost.

(12-05-2018 10:32 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(12-05-2018 10:27 PM)bullet Wrote:  Lot of reruns in conference titles this year.

ACC, Big 12, Big 10, American and Sun Belt all had repeat winners.
SEC and Pac 12 had their 2016 champs return to the throne.
MWC had a 2013 champ return to the throne who happens to be one of only four current members to ever win an MWC title (and one of those 4 was back in 2002).

MAC and CUSA were different. MAC titles continue to be pretty spread out. Buffalo won for the first time in 10 years. In CUSA, UAB won their first conference title ever.

Buffalo lost.

Yeah, the MAC was not so different that it decided to crown the loser of the championship game.

It was still a little bit different, since it was four years since the last NIU championship (even if NIU has been 4/10 over the past ten years).

Since 1998 (start of BCS era; including shared titles; current members and conferences only):

PAC
8 - USC
6 - Oregon
4 - Stanford
3 - Washington
1 - Arizona St, California, Oregon St, UCLA, Washington St
0 - Arizona, Colorado, Utah

XII
12 - Oklahoma
3 - Texas
2 - Baylor, Kansas St
1 - Oklahoma St, TCU
0 - Iowa St, Kansas, Texas Tech, West Virginia

SEC
7 - Alabama
4 - LSU
3 - Auburn, Florida, Georgia
1 - Tennessee
0 - Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Mississippi St, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt

B1G
10 - Ohio St
5 - Wisconsin
4 - Michigan
3 - Michigan St, Penn St
2 - Iowa
1 - Illinois, Northwestern, Purdue
0 - Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Rutgers

ACC
9 - Florida St
5 - Clemson
4 - Virginia Tech
2 - Georgia Tech
1 - Wake Forest
0 - Boston College, Duke, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina St, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia

AAC (since 2013)
4 - Central Florida
1 - Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, Temple
0 - Connecticut, East Carolina, Navy, SMU, South Florida, Tulane, Tulsa

MWC
3 - Boise St, Colorado St, Fresno St, San Diego St
0 - Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose St, UNLV, Utah St, Wyoming

CUSA
3 - Southern Miss
2 - Louisiana Tech
1 - North Texas, Rice, UAB
0 - Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Marshall, Middle Tennessee St, Old Dominion, UTEP, UTSA, Western Kentucky

MAC
4 - Northern Illinois
3 - Central Michigan, Toledo
2 - Bowling Green St, Miami OH
1 - Akron, Buffalo, Western Michigan
0 - Ball St, Eastern Michigan, Kent St, Ohio

SBC (since 2001)
6 - Arkansas St, Troy
3 - Appalachian St
2 - UL Lafayette
1 - Georgia Southern, UL Monroe
0 - Coastal Carolina, Georgia St, South Alabama, Texas St

(12-05-2018 10:32 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(12-05-2018 10:27 PM)bullet Wrote:  Lot of reruns in conference titles this year.

ACC, Big 12, Big 10, American and Sun Belt all had repeat winners.
SEC and Pac 12 had their 2016 champs return to the throne.
MWC had a 2013 champ return to the throne who happens to be one of only four current members to ever win an MWC title (and one of those 4 was back in 2002).

MAC and CUSA were different. MAC titles continue to be pretty spread out. Buffalo won for the first time in 10 years. In CUSA, UAB won their first conference title ever.

Buffalo lost.

Updated. Forgot they lost it in the 4th quarter.

(12-06-2018 12:27 AM)BePcr07 Wrote:  Since 1998 (start of BCS era; including shared titles; current members and conferences only):

PAC
8 - USC
6 - Oregon
4 - Stanford
3 - Washington
1 - Arizona St, California, Oregon St, UCLA, Washington St
0 - Arizona, Colorado, Utah

XII
12 - Oklahoma
3 - Texas
2 - Baylor, Kansas St
1 - Oklahoma St, TCU
0 - Iowa St, Kansas, Texas Tech, West Virginia

SEC
7 - Alabama
4 - LSU
3 - Auburn, Florida, Georgia
1 - Tennessee
0 - Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Mississippi St, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt

B1G
10 - Ohio St
5 - Wisconsin
4 - Michigan
3 - Michigan St, Penn St
2 - Iowa
1 - Illinois, Northwestern, Purdue
0 - Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Rutgers

ACC
9 - Florida St
5 - Clemson
4 - Virginia Tech
2 - Georgia Tech
1 - Wake Forest
0 - Boston College, Duke, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina St, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia

AAC (since 2013)
4 - Central Florida
1 - Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, Temple
0 - Connecticut, East Carolina, Navy, SMU, South Florida, Tulane, Tulsa

MWC
3 - Boise St, Colorado St, Fresno St, San Diego St
0 - Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose St, UNLV, Utah St, Wyoming

CUSA
3 - Southern Miss
2 - Louisiana Tech
1 - North Texas, Rice, UAB
0 - Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Marshall, Middle Tennessee St, Old Dominion, UTEP, UTSA, Western Kentucky

MAC
4 - Northern Illinois
3 - Central Michigan, Toledo
2 - Bowling Green St, Miami OH
1 - Akron, Buffalo, Western Michigan
0 - Ball St, Eastern Michigan, Kent St, Ohio

SBC (since 2001)
6 - Arkansas St, Troy
3 - Appalachian St
2 - UL Lafayette
1 - Georgia Southern, UL Monroe
0 - Coastal Carolina, Georgia St, South Alabama, Texas St

CUSA titles were pretty spread out, its just that most of the winners are now in the AAC. Tulane, Tulsa, ECU, UCF and Houston, along with Louisville and TCU won titles in that era.

(12-06-2018 09:37 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(12-06-2018 12:27 AM)BePcr07 Wrote:  Since 1998 (start of BCS era; including shared titles; current members and conferences only):

PAC
8 - USC
6 - Oregon
4 - Stanford
3 - Washington
1 - Arizona St, California, Oregon St, UCLA, Washington St
0 - Arizona, Colorado, Utah

XII
12 - Oklahoma
3 - Texas
2 - Baylor, Kansas St
1 - Oklahoma St, TCU
0 - Iowa St, Kansas, Texas Tech, West Virginia

SEC
7 - Alabama
4 - LSU
3 - Auburn, Florida, Georgia
1 - Tennessee
0 - Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Mississippi St, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt

B1G
10 - Ohio St
5 - Wisconsin
4 - Michigan
3 - Michigan St, Penn St
2 - Iowa
1 - Illinois, Northwestern, Purdue
0 - Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Rutgers

ACC
9 - Florida St
5 - Clemson
4 - Virginia Tech
2 - Georgia Tech
1 - Wake Forest
0 - Boston College, Duke, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina St, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia

AAC (since 2013)
4 - Central Florida
1 - Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, Temple
0 - Connecticut, East Carolina, Navy, SMU, South Florida, Tulane, Tulsa

MWC
3 - Boise St, Colorado St, Fresno St, San Diego St
0 - Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose St, UNLV, Utah St, Wyoming

CUSA
3 - Southern Miss
2 - Louisiana Tech
1 - North Texas, Rice, UAB
0 - Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Marshall, Middle Tennessee St, Old Dominion, UTEP, UTSA, Western Kentucky

MAC
4 - Northern Illinois
3 - Central Michigan, Toledo
2 - Bowling Green St, Miami OH
1 - Akron, Buffalo, Western Michigan
0 - Ball St, Eastern Michigan, Kent St, Ohio

SBC (since 2001)
6 - Arkansas St, Troy
3 - Appalachian St
2 - UL Lafayette
1 - Georgia Southern, UL Monroe
0 - Coastal Carolina, Georgia St, South Alabama, Texas St

CUSA titles were pretty spread out, its just that most of the winners are now in the AAC. Tulane, Tulsa, ECU, UCF and Houston, along with Louisville and TCU won titles in that era.

Same with the MAC. The MAC was Marshall until they moved to CUSA.

Interesting statistic is that the MWC has only had 7 champions and all are multiple champions:

4x - BYU, TCU, Utah
3x - Boise St, Colorado St, Fresno St, San Diego St

No bizarre one-off seasons by a school to win a championship

NIU has now played everyone in the East division in the conference championship game, since 2005.

(12-06-2018 10:48 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  NIU has now played everyone in the East division in the conference championship game, since 2005.

That's an interesting stat. It also shows how balanced the MAC has become. 2 or 3 consistent schools and everybody else rising at some point.