Drew Montag's 2003-2004 College Football States Challenge Cup

During the 2002-2003 bowl season, for the first (and apparently, last) time, ABC/ESPN sponsored the Bowl Challenge Cup, which compared the winning percentages for each of the conferences in the bowl games, with a minimum of 3 teams required.

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 (4-9)
Alaska       Has a team from Alaska ever played in a bowl?
Arizona       MIA: Arizona (2-10)
MIA: Arizona State (5-7)
Arkansas 1-0 (1.000) Arkansas    
California 3-1 (0.750) California
Fresno State
USC
UCLA MIA: Stanford (4-7)
Colorado 0-1 (0.000)   Colorado State MIA: Air Force (7-5)
MIA: Colorado (5-7)
Connecticut        
Delaware        
Florida 1-2 (0.333) Miami (FL) Florida
Florida State
 
Georgia 2-0 (1.000) Georgia
Georgia Tech
   
Hawaii 1-0 (1.000) Hawaii    
Idaho 1-0 (1.000) Boise State    
Illinois 0-1 (0.000)   Northwestern MIA: Illinois (1-11)
Indiana 0-1 (0.000)   Purdue MIA: Notre Dame (5-7)
Iowa 1-0 (1.000) Iowa   MIA: Iowa State (2-10)
Kansas 0-2 (0.000)   Kansas
Kansas State
 
Kentucky 0-1 (0.000)   Louisville  
Louisiana 1-0 (1.000) LSU   MIA: Tulane (5-7)
Maine       Has a team from Maine ever played in a bowl?
Maryland 1-1 (0.500) Maryland Navy  
Massachussetts 1-0 (1.000) Boston College    
Michigan 0-2 (0.000)   Michigan
Michigan State
 
Minnesota 1-0 (1.000) Minnesota    
Mississippi 1-1 (0.500) Mississippi Southern Mississippi MIA: Mississippi State (2-10)
Missouri 0-1 (0.000)   Missouri  
Montana        
Nebraska 1-0 (1.000) Nebraska    
Nevada        
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 (6-6)
North Carolina 1-0 (1.000) N.C. State   MIA: Wake Forest (5-7)
North Dakota       Has a team from North Dakota ever played in a bowl?
Ohio 3-0 (1.000) Bowling Green
Miami (OH)
Ohio State
  MIA: Cincinnati (5-7)
MIA: Toledo (8-4)
Oklahoma 0-3 (0.000)   Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Tulsa
 
Oregon 1-1 (0.500) Oregon State Oregon  
Pennsylvania 0-1 (0.000)   Pittsburgh MIA: Penn State (3-9)
Rhode Island       Has a team from Rhode Island ever played in a bowl?
South Carolina 1-0 (0.000) Clemson   MIA: South Carolina (5-7)
South Dakota       Has a team from South Dakota ever played in a bowl?
Tennessee 1-1 (0.500) Memphis Tennessee  
Texas 1-4 (0.200) Texas Tech Houston
North Texas
Texas
Texas Christian
MIA: Texas A&M (4-8)
Utah 1-0 (1.000) Utah   MIA: BYU (4-8)
Vermont       Has a team from Vermont ever played in a bowl?
Virginia 1-1 (0.500) Virginia Virginia Tech  
Washington 1-0 (1.000) Washington State   MIA: Washington (6-6)
West Virginia 0-1 (0.000)   West Virginia MIA: Marshall (8-4)
Wisconsin 0-1 (0.000)   Wisconsin  
Wyoming        

Teams Per State:

Number of Teams Number of States List of States
5 1 Texas
4 1 California
3 3 Florida
Ohio
Oklahoma
2 8 Georgia
Kansas
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Oregon
Tennessee
Virginia
1 22 Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachussetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Utah
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
0 15 Alaska
Arizona
Connecticut
Delaware
Maine
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
Wyoming

Results:

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


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