Drew Montag's 2009-2010 College Football States Challenge Cup (as of 01/08/2010 09:50:14)

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 List:

State Record Winners Losers Comments
Alabama 2-1 (0.667) Alabama
Auburn
Troy  
Alaska       Has a team from Alaska ever played in a bowl?
Arizona 0-1 (0.000)   Arizona MIA: Arizona State (4-8)
Arkansas 1-0 (1.000) Arkansas    
California 2-3 (0.400) UCLA
USC
California
Fresno State
Stanford
 
Colorado 1-0 (1.000) Air Force   MIA: Colorado (3-9)
MIA: Colorado State (3-9)
Connecticut 1-0 (1.000) Connecticut    
Delaware       Has a team from Delaware ever played in a bowl?
Florida 3-2 (0.600) Florida
Florida State
South Florida
Central Florida
Miami (FL)
 
Georgia 1-1 (0.500) Georgia Georgia Tech  
Hawaii       MIA: Hawaii (6-7)
Idaho 2-0 (1.000) Boise State
Idaho
   
Illinois 0-2 (0.000)   Northern Illinois
Northwestern
MIA: Illinois (3-9)
Indiana       MIA: Indiana (4-8)
MIA: Notre Dame (6-6)
MIA: Purdue (5-7)
Iowa 2-0 (1.000) Iowa
Iowa State
   
Kansas       MIA: Kansas (5-7)
Kentucky 0-1 (0.000)   Kentucky  
Louisiana 0-1 (0.000)   LSU  
Maine       Has a team from Maine ever played in a bowl?
Maryland 1-0 (1.000) Navy   MIA: Maryland (2-10)
Massachussetts 0-1 (0.000)   Boston College  
Michigan 1-1 (0.500) Central Michigan Michigan State MIA: Michigan (5-7)
Minnesota 0-1 (0.000)   Minnesota  
Mississippi 1-1 (0.500) Mississippi Southern Mississippi  
Missouri 0-1 (0.000)   Missouri  
Montana        
Nebraska 1-0 (1.000) Nebraska    
Nevada 0-1 (0.000)   Nevada  
New Hampshire       Has a team from New Hampshire ever played in a bowl?
New Jersey 1-0 (1.000) Rutgers    
New Mexico        
New York        
North Carolina 0-2 (0.000)   East Carolina
North Carolina
MIA: N.C. State (5-7)
MIA: Wake Forest (5-7)
North Dakota       Has a team from North Dakota ever played in a bowl?
Ohio 1-3 (0.250) Ohio State Bowling Green
Cincinnati
Ohio
 
Oklahoma 1-1 (0.500) Oklahoma Oklahoma State  
Oregon 0-2 (0.000)   Oregon
Oregon State
 
Pennsylvania 2-1 (0.667) Penn State
Pittsburgh
Temple  
Rhode Island       Has a team from Rhode Island ever played in a bowl?
South Carolina 1-1 (0.500) Clemson South Carolina  
South Dakota       Has a team from South Dakota ever played in a bowl?
Tennessee 1-1 (0.500) Middle Tennessee State Tennessee  
Texas 2-4 (0.333) SMU
Texas Tech
Houston
Texas
Texas A&M
TCU
 
Utah 2-0 (1.000) BYU
Utah
   
Vermont       Has a team from Vermont ever played in a bowl?
Virginia 1-0 (1.000) Virginia Tech    
Washington        
West Virginia 1-1 (0.500) Marshall West Virginia  
Wisconsin 1-0 (1.000) Wisconsin    
Wyoming 1-0 (1.000) Wyoming    

Teams Per State:

Number of Teams Number of States List of States
6 1 Texas
5 2 California
Florida
4 1 Ohio
3 2 Alabama
Pennsylvania
2 13 Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
West Virginia
1 16 Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachussetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
0 15 Alaska
Delaware
Hawaii
Indiana
Kansas
Maine
Montana
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
Washington

Good Results (0.500 and above):

Bad Results (below 0.500):

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


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