Drew Montag's 2004-2005 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 1-3 (0.250) Auburn Alabama
Troy
UAB
 
Alaska       Has a team from Alaska ever played in a bowl?
Arizona 1-0 (1.000) Arizona State   MIA: Arizona (3-8)
Arkansas       MIA: Arkansas (5-6)
California 2-2 (0.500) Fresno State
USC
California
UCLA
MIA: Stanford (4-7)
Colorado 1-0 (1.000) Colorado   MIA: Air Force (5-6)
MIA: Colorado State (4-7)
Connecticut 1-0 (1.000) Connecticut    
Delaware       Has a team from Delaware ever played in a bowl?
Florida 2-1 (0.667) Florida State
Miami (FL)
Florida  
Georgia 2-0 (1.000) Georgia
Georgia Tech
   
Hawaii 1-0 (1.000) Hawaii    
Idaho 0-1 (0.000)   Boise State  
Illinois 1-0 (1.000) Northern Illinois   MIA: Illinois (3-8)
MIA: Northwestern (6-6)
Indiana 0-2 (0.000)   Notre Dame
Purdue
 
Iowa 2-0 (1.000) Iowa
Iowa State
   
Kansas       MIA: Kansas (4-7)
MIA: Kansas State (4-7)
Kentucky 1-0 (1.000) Louisville    
Louisiana 0-1 (0.000)   LSU MIA: Tulane (5-7)
Maine       Has a team from Maine ever played in a bowl?
Maryland 1-0 (1.000) Navy   MIA: Maryland (5-6)
Massachussetts 1-0 (1.000) Boston College    
Michigan 0-1 (0.000)   Michigan MIA: Michigan State (5-7)
Minnesota 1-0 (1.000) Minnesota    
Mississippi 1-0 (1.000) Southern Mississippi   MIA: Mississippi (4-7)
MIA: Mississippi State (3-8)
Missouri       MIA: Missouri (5-6)
Montana        
Nebraska       MIA: Nebraska (5-6)
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 0-1 (0.000)   Syracuse  
North Carolina 0-1 (0.000)   North Carolina MIA: N.C. State (5-6)
MIA: Wake Forest (4-7)
North Dakota       Has a team from North Dakota ever played in a bowl?
Ohio 3-2 (0.600) Bowling Green
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Miami (OH)
Toledo
 
Oklahoma 0-2 (0.000)   Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
MIA: Tulsa (4-8)
Oregon 1-0 (1.000) Oregon State   MIA: Oregon (5-6)
Pennsylvania 0-1 (0.000)   Pittsburgh MIA: Penn State (4-7)
Rhode Island       Has a team from Rhode Island ever played in a bowl?
South Carolina       MIA: Clemson (6-5)
MIA: South Carolina (6-5)
South Dakota       Has a team from South Dakota ever played in a bowl?
Tennessee 1-1 (0.500) Tennessee Memphis  
Texas 2-3 (0.400) Texas
Texas Tech
North Texas
Texas A&M
Texas-El Paso
MIA: Houston (3-8)
MIA: Texas Christian (5-6)
Utah 1-0 (1.000) Utah   MIA: BYU (5-6)
Vermont       Has a team from Vermont ever played in a bowl?
Virginia 0-2 (0.000)   Virginia
Virginia Tech
 
Washington       MIA: Washington (1-10)
MIA: Washington State (5-6)
West Virginia 0-2 (0.000)   Marshall
West Virginia
 
Wisconsin 0-1 (0.000)   Wisconsin  
Wyoming 1-0 (1.000) Wyoming    

Teams Per State:

Number of Teams Number of States List of States
5 2 Ohio
Texas
4 2 Alabama
California
3 1 Florida
2 7 Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
1 21 Arizona
Colorado
Connecticut
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachussetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
0 17 Alaska
Arkansas
Delaware
Kansas
Maine
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Vermont
Washington

Results:

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


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