Drew Montag's 2002-2003 College Football States Challenge Cup

This year, for the first time, ABC/ESPN is sponsoring the Bowl Challenge Cup, which compares the winning percentages for each of the conferences in the bowl games, with a minimum of 3 teams required.

The Big Ten won it this year!

Apparently, they stopped sponsoring it after just one year. I looked, but I couldn't find it anywhere on ESPN.com or ABCSports.com.

Since they didn't keep it up, I did it for them. Here are all the Bowl Challenge Cup lists:


The Bowl Challenge Cup got me to thinking about how the individual states did, so I put together my States Challenge Cup.

Here are the States Challenge Cup lists for other seasons:

State Record Winners Losers Comments
Alabama 1-0 (1.000) Auburn   MIA: Alabama (10-3, probation)
Alaska       Has a team from Alaska ever played in a bowl?
Arizona 0-1 (0.000)   Arizona State MIA: Arizona (4-8)
Arkansas 0-1 (0.000)   Arkansas  
California 3-0 (1.000) Fresno State
UCLA
USC
  MIA: Stanford (2-9)
Colorado 0-3 (0.000)   Air Force
Colorado
Colorado State
 
Connecticut        
Delaware        
Florida 0-3 (0.000)   Florida
Florida State
Miami (FL)
 
Georgia 1-1 (0.500) Georgia Georgia Tech  
Hawaii 0-1 (0.000)   Hawaii  
Idaho 1-0 (1.000) Boise State    
Illinois       MIA: Illinois (5-7)
Indiana 1-1 (0.500) Purdue Notre Dame  
Iowa 0-2 (0.000)   Iowa
Iowa State
 
Kansas 1-0 (1.000) Kansas State    
Kentucky 0-1 (0.000)   Louisville  
Louisiana 1-1 (0.500) Tulane LSU  
Maine       Has a team from Maine ever played in a bowl?
Maryland 1-0 (1.000) Maryland    
Massachussetts 1-0 (1.000) Boston College    
Michigan 1-0 (1.000) Michigan   MIA: Michigan State (4-8)
Minnesota 1-0 (1.000) Minnesota    
Mississippi 1-1 (0.500) Mississippi Southern Mississippi MIA: Mississippi State (3-9)
Missouri        
Montana        
Nebraska 0-1 (0.000)   Nebraska  
Nevada       MIA: UNLV (5-7)
New Hampshire       Has a team from New Hampshire ever played in a bowl?
New Jersey        
New Mexico 0-1 (0.000)   New Mexico  
New York       MIA: Syracuse (4-8)
North Carolina 2-0 (1.000) N.C. State
Wake Forest
   
North Dakota       Has a team from North Dakota ever played in a bowl?
Ohio 1-2 (0.333) Ohio State Cincinnati
Toledo
 
Oklahoma 2-0 (1.000) Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
   
Oregon 0-2 (0.000)   Oregon
Oregon State
 
Pennsylvania 1-1 (0.500) Pittsburgh Penn State  
Rhode Island       Has a team from Rhode Island ever played in a bowl?
South Carolina 0-1 (0.000)   Clemson MIA: South Carolina (5-7)
South Dakota       Has a team from South Dakota ever played in a bowl?
Tennessee 0-1 (0.000)   Tennessee  
Texas 4-0 (1.000) North Texas
Texas
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
  MIA: Texas A&M (6-6)
Utah       MIA: BYU (5-7)
MIA: Utah (5-6)
Vermont       Has a team from Vermont ever played in a bowl?
Virginia 2-0 (1.000) Virginia
Virginia Tech
   
Washington 0-2 (0.000)   Washington
Washington State
 
West Virginia 1-1 (0.500) Marshall West Virginia  
Wisconsin 1-0 (1.000) Wisconsin    
Wyoming        

Teams Per State:

Number of Teams Number of States List of States
4 1 Texas
3 4 California
Colorado
Florida
Ohio
2 12 Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
1 16 Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Hawaii
Idaho
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachussetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Mexico
South Carolina
Tennessee
Wisconsin
0 17 Alaska
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Maine
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Wyoming

Results:

Please send any updates or corrections to Drew Montag (dmontag@umgoblue.com)


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