FOOTBALL CONFERENCE STANDINGS AND CHAMPIONS

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1 FOOTBALL CONFERENCE STANDINGS AND CHAMPIONS 2015 Standings 2 Major College Alignment History 8 Alignment History 9 All-Time Champions 12 Discontinued s 36

2 2015 CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Full-season records include postseason play; ties in standings broken by full-season records unless otherwise noted.) eligible for postseason competition. FBS American Athletic West Full Season Houston & Navy Memphis Tulsa Tulane SMU East Full Season Temple South Fla Cincinnati UConn East Carolina UCF Championship Game: Houston 24, Temple 13, Dec. 5, in Houston. Atlantic Coast Atlantic Full Season Clemson & Florida St Louisville North Carolina St Syracuse Wake Forest Boston College Coastal Full Season North Carolina Pitt Miami (FL) Duke Virginia Tech Virginia Georgia Tech Championship Game: Clemson 45, North Carolina 37, Dec. 5, in Charlotte, N.C. Big Ten East Full Season Michigan St. & Ohio St Michigan Penn St Indiana Rutgers Maryland West Full Season Iowa Northwestern Wisconsin Nebraska Minnesota Illinois Purdue Championship Game: Michigan St. 16, Iowa 13, Dec. 5, in Indianapolis. Big 12 Full Season Oklahoma & Oklahoma St TCU Baylor West Virginia Texas Tech Texas Kansas St Iowa St Kansas USA East Full Season Western Ky. & Middle Tenn Marshall FIU Fla. Atlantic Old Dominion Charlotte #@ West Full Season Southern Miss Louisiana Tech UTSA UTEP Rice North Texas Championship Game: Western Ky. 45, Southern Miss. 28, Dec. 5, in Bowling Green, Ky. Mid-American East Full Season Bowling Green & Ohio Akron Buffalo Massachusetts Miami (OH) Kent St West Full Season Toledo Western Mich Northern Ill Central Mich Ball St Eastern Mich Championship Game: Bowling Green 34, Northern Ill. 14, Dec. 4, in Detroit. Mountain West Mountain Full Season Air Force Boise St Colorado St New Mexico Utah St Wyoming West Full Season San Diego St. & Nevada San Jose St UNLV Fresno St Hawaii Championship Game: San Diego St. 27, Air Force 24, Dec. 5, in San Diego. PAC-12 North Full Season Stanford & Oregon Washington St California Washington Oregon St Standings 2

3 South Full Season Southern California Utah UCLA Arizona St Arizona Colorado Championship Game: Stanford 44, Southern California 22, Dec. 5, in Santa Clara, Calif. Southeastern East Full Season Florida Tennessee Georgia Vanderbilt Kentucky Missouri South Carolina West Full Season Alabama & Ole Miss Arkansas LSU Texas A&M Mississippi St Auburn Championship Game: Alabama 29, Florida 15, Dec. 5, in Atlanta. Sun Belt Full Season Arkansas St. & Appalachian St Ga. Southern Georgia St South Ala Idaho Troy UL Lafayette New Mexico St Texas St La.-Monroe Independents Full Season W L Pct. Army West Point BYU Notre Dame FCS Big Sky Full Season Southern Utah & Portland St Montana Northern Ariz North Dakota Eastern Wash Weber St Northern Colo Montana St Cal Poly UC Davis Idaho St Sacramento St Big South Full Season Charleston So. & Coastal Caro Liberty Monmouth Kennesaw St Gardner-Webb Presbyterian Colonial Athletic Association Full Season James Madison Richmond & William & Mary Towson New Hampshire Villanova Stony Brook Delaware Elon Maine Albany (NY) Rhode Island The Ivy League Full Season Harvard & Dartmouth & Penn & Yale Brown Princeton Columbia Cornell Mid-Eastern Athletic Full Season N.C. A&T & Bethune-Cookman & N.C. Central & South Carolina St Hampton Morgan St Norfolk St Howard Delaware St Savannah St Florida Missouri Valley Football Full Season Illinois St. & North Dakota St. & Western Ill UNI South Dakota St Indiana St South Dakota Youngstown St Southern Ill Missouri St Northeast Full Season Duquesne & Saint Francis (PA) Sacred Heart Bryant Central Conn. St Robert Morris Wagner Ohio Valley Full Season Jacksonville St. & Eastern Ill UT Martin Eastern Ky Southeast Mo. St Tennessee Tech Murray St Tennessee St Austin Peay Patriot League Full Season Colgate & Fordham Lehigh Holy Cross Georgetown Standings 3

4 Full Season Bucknell Lafayette Pioneer Football League Full Season Dayton & San Diego & Morehead S Butler Drake Marist Campbell Davidson Stetson Valparaiso Southern Full Season Chattanooga & The Citadel & Western Caro Samford Wofford Mercer Furman VMI Southland Full Season McNeese & Sam Houston St Central Ark Incarnate Word #@ Lamar University Northwestern St SFA Southeastern La Nicholls St Abilene Christian #@ Houston Baptist Southwestern Athletic East Full Season Alcorn St. & Alabama St Jackson St Alabama A&M Mississippi Val West Full Season Grambling St Prairie View Full Season Southern U Texas Southern Ark.-Pine Bluff Independents Full Season W L Pct. ETSU DIVISION II Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Northern Full Season Bowie St Virginia Union Virginia St Chowan Elizabeth City St Lincoln (PA) Southern Full Season Winston-Salem & Livingstone Fayetteville St Johnson C. Smith Shaw Saint Augustine's Championship Game: Winston-Salem 17, Bowie St. 14, Nov. 14, in Durham, N.C. Great American Full Season Henderson St. & Southwestern Okla Arkansas Tech Southern Ark Harding Ouachita Baptist Southeastern Okla East Central Northwestern Okla Oklahoma Baptist!@ Ark.-Monticello Southern Nazarene Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic North Full Season Ferris St. & Grand Valley St Michigan Tech Wayne St. (MI) Hillsdale Northwood Northern Mich Saginaw Valley South Full Season Ashland & Ohio Dominican Findlay Tiffin Walsh Lake Erie Malone Great Lakes Valley Full Season UIndy & McKendree Missouri S&T Truman St William Jewell Southwest Baptist St. Joseph's (IN) Quincy Lincoln (MO) Great Northwest Athletic Full Season Humboldt St. & Western Ore Azusa Pacific Central Wash South Dakota Mines Dixie St Simon Fraser Gulf South Full Season West Ga. & North Ala. & Valdosta St Florida Tech West Ala Delta St Shorter Mississippi Col. #@ Standings 4

5 Lone Star Full Season Tex. A&M-Commerce & Midwestern St Angelo St West Tex. A&M Eastern N.M Tarleton St Tex. A&M-Kingsville playoff champion. Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Full Season Northwest Mo. St. & Emporia St Fort Hays St Central Mo Central Okla Pittsburg St Mo. Western St Washburn Northeastern St Lindenwood (MO) Mo Southern St Neb.-Kearney Mountain East Full Season Shepherd & Charleston Glenville St Fairmont St Concord Notre Dame (OH) West Virginia St West Liberty West Va. Wesleyan Urbana Uva-Wise Northeast-10 Full Season Assumption & New Haven Merrimack LIU Post Stonehill Bentley American Int'l Southern Conn. St St. Anselm Pace Championship Game: Assumption 17, New Haven 14, Nov. 14, in Worcester, Mass. Northern Sun Intercollegiate North Full Season Minn. Duluth Bemidji St Northern St St. Cloud St MSU Moorhead Minn.-Crookston Minot St Mary South Full Season Minnesota St. & Augustana (SD) Sioux Falls Southwest Minn. St Upper Iowa Winona St Wayne St. (NE) Concordia-St. Paul Pennsylvania State Athletic East Full Season West Chester Shippensburg Bloomsburg Kutztown East Stroudsburg Lock Haven Millersville Cheyney West Full Season Slippery Rock & Indiana (PA) California (PA) Clarion Gannon Mercyhurst Seton Hill Edinboro Championship Game: Slippery Rock 61, West Chester 12, Nov. 14, West Chester, Pa. Rocky Mountain Full Season Colorado Mesa & Colorado St.-Pueblo ^ Colorado Mesa Colorado Mines Full Season Fort Lewis Chadron St Western St Western N.M Adams St N.M. Highlands Black Hills St ^ Colorado St.-Pueblo had its conference championship rescinded by the RMAC. The RMAC adjusted Colorado St.-Pueblo s winning percentage based on DII bylaws and its 2-1 post-season record was removed by the committee on infractions. South Atlantic Full Season Catawba & Carson-Newman Mars Hill Newberry Wingate Lenoir-Rhyne Tusculum Brevard Southern Intercollegiate Athletic East Full Season Albany St. (GA) Fort Valley St Morehouse Clark Atlanta Benedict West Full Season Miles & Tuskegee Central St Kentucky St Stillman Lane Championship Game: Miles 20, Albany St. (GA) 7, Nov. 14, Montgomery, Ala. Independents Full Season W L Pct. Alderson Broaddus Ky. Wesleyan Limestone North Greenville Okla. Panhandle UNC Pembroke Standings 5

6 DIVISION III American Southwest Full Season Mary Hardin-Baylor & Hardin-Simmons & East Tex. Baptist & Louisiana Col Sul Ross St Howard Payne McMurry #@ Belhaven!@ Centennial Full Season Johns Hopkins & Muhlenberg Moravian Gettysburg Frank. & Marsh Susquehanna Dickinson Juniata Ursinus McDaniel College of Illinois & Wisconsin Full Season Wheaton (IL) & North Central (IL) Ill. Wesleyan Carthage Augustana (IL) North Park Elmhurst Millikin Eastern Collegiate Football Full Season Norwich & Husson Becker Castleton SUNY Maritime Mount Ida Anna Maria Gallaudet Championship Game: Norwich 20, Husson 17, Nov. 7, in Northfield, Vt. Empire 8 Full Season SUNY Cortland & St. John Fisher & Full Season Alfred Buffalo St Morrisville St Utica Brockport Ithaca Hartwick Heartland Collegiate Athletic Full Season Franklin & Rose-Hulman Mt. St. Joseph Bluffton Manchester Anderson Defiance Hanover Earlham Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Full Season Dubuque & Wartburg Central (IA) Coe Loras Simpson Luther Buena Vista Liberty League Full Season St. Lawrence & Rensselaer & Hobart WPI Rochester (NY) Springfield Merchant Marine Union (NY) Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Full Season Framingham St. & Fitchburg St Bridgewater St Worcester St Western Conn. St Mass. Maritime Plymouth St Westfield St Umass Dartmouth Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Full Season Olivet & Albion & Adrian Trine Alma Kalamazoo Hope Middle Atlantic s Full Season Albright & Delaware Valley Stevenson Widener Lebanon Valley Lycoming King's (PA) FDU-Florham Wilkes Misericordia Midwest North Full Season St. Norbert & Carroll (WI) Ripon Macalester Beloit Lawrence South Full Season Monmouth (IL) Illinois Col Cornell College Lake Forest Knox Grinnell Championship Game: St. Norbert 16, Monmouth (IL) 7, Nov. 14, in De Pere, Wis. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Full Season St. Thomas (MN) & Saint John's (MN) Concordia-M'head Gust. Adolphus Augsburg Bethel (MN) Hamline St. Olaf Carleton Standings 6

7 New England Football Full Season Western New Eng. & Salve Regina Endicott Coast Guard Curry Maine Maritime MIT Nichols New England Small College Athletic Full Season Amherst & Trinity (CT) Tufts Middlebury Wesleyan (CT) Bates Bowdoin Hamilton Williams Colby New Jersey Athletic Full Season Wesley & Salisbury Kean Frostburg St Rowan TCNJ Montclair St Chris. Newport Wm. Paterson Southern Va.!@ North Coast Athletic Full Season Wabash & DePauw Wittenberg Denison Ohio Wesleyan Hiram Oberlin Kenyon Wooster Allegheny Northern Athletics Collegiate Full Season Lakeland & Benedictine (IL) Wis. Lutheran Concordia Wisconsin Aurora Rockford Concordia Chicago Northwest Full Season Linfield & Whitworth Puget Sound Pacific (OR) George Fox Pacific Lutheran Willamette Lewis & Clark Ohio Athletic Full Season Mount Union & John Carroll Ohio Northern Baldwin Wallace Heidelberg Otterbein Capital Marietta Muskingum Wilmington (OH) Old Dominion Athletic Full Season Wash. & Lee & Guilford Emory & Henry Hampden-Sydney Randolph-Macon Bridgewater (VA) Shenandoah Catholic Presidents Athletic Full Season Thomas More & Westminster (PA) Wash. & Jeff Carnegie Mellon CWRU Bethany (WV) Full Season Saint Vincent Waynesburg Geneva Thiel Grove City Southern Athletic Association Full Season Hendrix & Centre Berry Chicago Washington-St. Louis Birmingham-So Rhodes Millsaps Sewanee Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Full Season La Verne & Claremont-M-S Occidental Chapman Redlands Cal Lutheran Pomona-Pitzer Whittier Southern Collegiate Athletic Full Season Texas Lutheran & Trinity (TX) Austin Southwestern (TX) University Athletic Association Full Season Carnegie Mellon & Washington-St. Louis & CWRU Chicago Upper Midwest Athletic Full Season St. Scholastica & Northwestern-St. Paul Westminster (MO) Standings 7

8 Full Season MacMurray Eureka Crown Minn.-Morris Greenville Martin Luther Iowa Wesleyan!@ USA South Athletic Full Season Huntingdon & Maryville (TN) N.C. Wesleyan Full Season Averett LaGrange Methodist Greensboro Ferrum Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Full Season Wis.-Oshkosh & Wis.-Whitewater Wis.-Platteville Full Season Wis.-Stevens Point Wis.-River Falls Wis.-La Crosse Wis.-Stout Wis.-Eau Claire Independents Full Season W L Pct. Alfred St. #@ Maranatha Baptist Neb. Wesleyan MAJOR COLLEGE ALIGNMENT HISTORY (Originally called Major College, now Football Bowl Subdivision. Indicated years are for when schools are a full-fledged member of FBS. Schools may be in an FBS conference while reclassifying to full membership.) Years Major Air Force 1957-present Akron 1987-present Alabama Alcorn 1977 Appalachian St Arizona , 46-present Arizona St , 50-54, 56-present Arkansas Arkansas St , 92-present Army West Point Auburn Ball St , 83-present Baylor Boise St present Boston College , 46-present Boston U , Bowling Green , 83-present Brown , Bucknell , Buffalo , 99-present BYU , 46-present Cal St. Fullerton California Carnegie Tech Centenary (LA) Central Mich present Chattanooga , 50, Chicago Cincinnati 1946, 48-81, 83-present Citadel 1939, 46-52, Clemson Colgate , Colorado Colorado Col Colorado St. 1940, 46-present Columbia , Cornell , Years Major Creighton CWRU 1948 Dartmouth , Davidson , 46-53, Dayton Denver Detroit Drake , 46-58, Duke Duquesne , East Carolina 1966-present Eastern Mich , 83-present ETSU FIU 2006-present Fla. Atlantic 2006-present Florida Florida St present Fordham , Fresno St present Furman , 55-57, 65, George Washington Georgetown , Georgia Georgia Tech Gonzaga Grambling 1977 Hardin-Simmons , Harvard , Haskell Hawaii 1974-present Holy Cross , Houston 1949-present Idaho , 46-67, 69-77, 97-present Illinois Illinois St Indiana Indiana St Iowa Iowa St. Jackson St Kansas Years Major Kansas St. Kent St , 83-present Kentucky 1937, 40-present La.-Monroe , 94-present Lafayette , Lamar University Lehigh , Long Beach St Louisiana Tech , 89-present Louisville 1951, 62-present Loyola Chicago 1940 Loyola Marymount LSU Manhattan Marquette Marshall , 98-present Maryland 1937, 40, 46-present Massachusetts McNeese Memphis 1960-present Merchant Marine Miami (FL) 1946-present Miami (OH) , 61-81, 83-present Michigan Michigan St. Middle Tenn present Minnesota Mississippi St. Missouri Montana , Montana St Navy Nebraska Nevada , 92-present New Hampshire 1940 New Mexico 1940, 46-present New Mexico St , 52-53, 59-present North Carolina North Carolina St. 1940, 46-present North Texas , 95-present Northern Ariz Northern Colo Major College Alignment History 8

9 Years Major Northern Ill , 83-present Northwestern Northwestern St Notre Dame NYU , Ohio 1948, 61-81, 83-present Ohio St. Oklahoma Oklahoma St , 46-present Ole Miss Oregon Oregon St. Pacific , 62-63, 66, Penn , Penn St , 46-present Pittsburgh Portland Princeton , Purdue Rice Richmond 1940, Rutgers 1946-present Saint Louis San Diego St present San Francisco San Jose St , 50-present Santa Clara , Sewanee 1937 SMU , 46-86, 89-present Years Major South Ala. South Carolina , 46-present South Fla present Southern California Southern Ill Southern Miss. 1960, 63-present Southern U St. Mary s (CA) , Stanford Syracuse Tampa TCU Temple , 46-53, 71-present Tennessee Tennessee St Texas Texas A&M Texas Southern 1977 Texas St. Texas Tech Toledo 1962-present Trinity (TX) 1960 Troy 2002-present Tulane Tulsa UAB 1996-present UCF 1996-present UCLA UConn 2002-present Years Major UL Lafayette 1974-present UNLV 1978-present UT Arlington Utah , 46-present Utah St , 46-present UTEP 1940, 46-present Vanderbilt Villanova , Virginia 1940, 46-present Virginia Tech 1940, 46-present VMI , Wake Forest , 46-present Wash. & Lee 1940, Washington Washington St. Washington-St. Louis West Tex. A&M , 51-53, West Virginia , 46-present Western Caro Western Ky present Western Mich present Wichita St William & Mary 1940, Wisconsin Wyoming 1940, 46-present Xavier Yale , CONFERENCE ALIGNMENT HISTORY FBS American Athletic () Cincinnati East Carolina 2014-present Houston Louisville 2013 Memphis Navy 2015-present Rutgers 2013 SMU South Fla. Temple Tulane 2014-present Tulsa 2014-present UCF UConn Atlantic Coast (1953-present) Boston College Clemson Duke 2005-present 1953-present 1953-present Florida St present Georgia Tech 1978-present Louisville 2014-present Maryland Miami (FL) 2004-present North Carolina 1953-present North Carolina St present Pittsburgh South Carolina Syracuse Virginia 1953-present Virginia Tech 2004-present Wake Forest 1953-present Big Ten (1895-present) Intercollegiate of Faculty Representatives Western Big Ten ( , 53-present) Big Nine ( ) Chicago Illinois 1895-present Indiana 1899-present Iowa 1899-present Maryland 2014-present Michigan , 17-present Michigan St present Minnesota 1895-present Nebraska 2011-present Northwestern 1895-present Ohio St present Penn St present Purdue 1895-present Rutgers 2014-present Wisconsin 1895-present Note: Iowa Belonged To Both The Missouri Valley And Western s From 1907 To Big 12 (1996-present) Baylor 1996-present Colorado Iowa St present Kansas 1996-present Kansas St present Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma 1996-present Oklahoma St present Texas 1996-present Texas A&M TCU 2012-present Texas Tech 1996-present West Virginia 2012-present Alignment History 9

10 USA (1996-present) Army West Point Charlotte 2015-present Cincinnati East Carolina FIU Fla. Atlantic Houston Louisiana Tech Louisville Marshall 2005-present Memphis Middle Tenn. North Texas Rice 2005-present SMU t South Fla Southern Miss present TCU Tulane Tulsa UAB UCF UTEP 2005-present UTSA Western Ky present Mid-American (1964-present) Akron 1992-present Ball St present Bowling Green 1952-present Buffalo 1999-present Butler Central Mich present Cincinnati CWRU Eastern Mich present Kent St present Marshall , Massachusetts Miami (OH) 1946-present Northern Ill , 97-present Ohio 1946-present Temple Toledo 1951-present UCF Western Mich present Mountain West (1999-present) Air Force 1999-present Boise St present BYU Colorado St present Fresno St present Hawaii 2012-present Nevada 2012-present New Mexico 1999-present San Diego St present San Jose St. TCU UNLV 1999-present Utah Utah St. Wyoming 1999-present Pac-12 (1915-present) Pacific Coast ( ) Big Five ( ) Big Six (1962) Athletic Association of Western Universities ( ) Pacific-8 ( ) Pacific-10 ( ) Pac-12 (2011-present) Arizona 1978-present Arizona St present California 1915-present Colorado 2011-present Idaho Montana Oregon , 64-present Oregon St , 64-present Southern California 1922-present Stanford 1918-present UCLA 1928-present Utah 2011-present Washington 1915-present Washington St , 62-present Southeastern (1933-present) Alabama 1933-present Arkansas 1992-present Auburn 1933-present Florida 1933-present Georgia 1933-present Georgia Tech Kentucky 1933-present LSU 1933-present Mississippi St present Missouri 2012-present Ole Miss 1933-present Sewanee South Carolina 1992-present Tennessee 1933-present Texas A&M 2012-present Tulane Vanderbilt 1933-present Sun Belt (2001-present) Appalachian St present Arkansas St present FIU Fla. Atlantic Ga. Southern 2014-present Georgia St. Idaho , 2014-present La.-Monroe 2001-present Middle Tenn New Mexico St , 2014-present North Texas South Ala present Texas St. Troy 2004-present UL Lafayette 2001-present Utah St Western Ky FCS Big Sky (1963-present) Boise St Cal Poly 2012-present CSUN Eastern Wash present Gonzaga Idaho Idaho St present Montana 1963-present Montana St present Nevada North Dakota 2012-present Northern Ariz present Northern Colo present Portland St present Sacramento St present Southern Utah 2012-present UC Davis 2012-present Weber St present Big South (2002-present) Charleston So present Coastal Caro Elon 2002 Gardner-Webb 2002-present Kennesaw St present Liberty 2002-present Monmouth 2014-present Presbyterian 2008-present Stony Brook VMI Colonial Athletic Association (2007-present) Albany (NY) Delaware 2007-present Elon 2014-present Georgia St Hofstra James Madison 2007-present Maine 2007-present Massachusetts New Hampshire 2007-present Northeastern Old Dominion Rhode Island 2007-present Richmond 2007-present Stony Brook Towson 2007-present Villanova 2007-present William & Mary 2007-present The Ivy League (1956-present) Brown 1956-present Alignment History 10

11 Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Penn Princeton Yale Mid-Eastern Athletic (1971-present) 1956-present 1956-present 1956-present 1956-present 1956-present 1956-present 1956-present Bethune-Cookman 1979-present Delaware St present Florida A&M , , 05-present Hampton 1996-present Howard 1971-present Morgan St , 84-present N.C. A&T 1971-present N.C. Central , 2011-present Norfolk St present Savannah St present South Carolina St present UMES Missouri Valley (1985-present) Gateway Collegiate Athletic ( ) Gateway Football ( ) Eastern Ill Illinois St present Indiana St present Missouri St present North Dakota St present South Dakota 2012-present South Dakota St present Southern Ill present UNI 1985-present Western Ill present Western Ky Youngstown St present Northeast (1996-present) Albany (NY) Bryant 2009-present Central Conn. St present Duquesne 2008-present Monmouth Robert Morris 1996-present Sacred Heart 1998-present Saint Francis (PA) 1996-present St. John s (NY) Stony Brook Wagner 1996-present Ohio Valley (1948-present) Akron Austin Peay , 2007-present Eastern Ill present Eastern Ky present ETSU Evansville Jacksonville St present Louisville Marshall Middle Tenn Morehead St Murray St present Samford Southeast Mo. St present Tennessee St present Tennessee Tech 1949-present UT Martin 1992-present Western Ky , 99 Youngstown St Patriot League (1984-present) Bucknell 1984-present Colgate 1984-present Davidson Fordham 1990-present Georgetown 2001-present Holy Cross 1984-present Lafayette 1984-present Lehigh 1984-present Towson Pioneer Football League (1993-present) Austin Peay Butler 1993-present Campbell 2008-present Davidson 2001-present Dayton 1993-present Drake 1993-present Evansville Jacksonville 2001-present Marist 2009-present Mercer 2013 Morehead St present San Diego 1993-present Stetson Valparaiso 1993-present Southern (1922-present) Alabama Appalachian St Auburn Chattanooga 1976-present Citadel , 46-present Clemson Davidson , Duke East Carolina Elon ETSU Florida Furman , 46-present Ga. Southern George Washington , Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky LSU Marshall Maryland Mercer 2014-present Mississippi St North Carolina North Carolina St Ole Miss Richmond Samford 2008-present Sewanee South Carolina Tennessee Tulane Vanderbilt Virginia Virginia Tech , VMI , 2014-present Wake Forest Wash. & Lee , 46-53, West Virginia Western Caro present William & Mary , Wofford 1997-present Southland (1963-present) Abilene Christian , 2015-present Arkansas St Central Ark present Houston Baptist 2014-present Incarnate Word 2015-present Jacksonville St La.-Monroe Lamar University , 2011-present Louisiana Tech McNeese 1972-present Nicholls St present North Texas Northwestern St present Sam Houston St present SFA 1987-present Southeastern La present Texas St Trinity (TX) Troy UL Lafayette UT Arlington Southwestern Athletic (1920-present) Alabama A&M 1999-present Alabama St present Alcorn 1962-present Ark.-Pine Bluff 1998-present Arkansas AM&N Bishop Grambling 1958-present Huston-Tillotson Jackson St present Langston Mississippi Val present Morris Brown 2001 Paul Quinn Prairie View 1920-present Southern U present Texas Col Texas Southern 1954-present Wiley Alignment History 11

12 ALL-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS FBS American Athletic 2013 UCF (8-0)) 2014 Cincinnati (7-1) Memphis (7-1) UCF (7-1) 2015 Houston (7-1) Atlantic Coast 1953 Duke (4-0) Maryland (3-0) 1954 Duke (4-0) 1955 Maryland (4-0) Duke (4-0) 1956 Clemson (4-0-1) 1957 North Carolina St. (5-0-1) 1958 Clemson (5-1) 1959 Clemson (6-1) 1960 Duke (5-1) 1961 Duke (5-1) 1962 Duke (6-0) 1963 North Carolina (6-1) North Carolina St. (6-1) 1964 North Carolina St. (5-2) 1965 Clemson (5-2) North Carolina St. (5-2) 1966 Clemson (6-1) 1967 Clemson (6-0) 1968 North Carolina St. (6-1) 1969 South Carolina (6-0) 1970 Wake Forest (5-1) 1971 North Carolina (6-0) 1972 North Carolina (6-0) 1973 North Carolina St. (6-0) 1974 Maryland (6-0) 1975 Maryland (5-0) 1976 Maryland (5-0) 1977 North Carolina (5-0-1) 1978 Clemson (6-0) 1979 North Carolina St. (5-1) 1980 North Carolina (6-0) 1981 Clemson (6-0) 1982 Clemson (6-0) 1983 Maryland (5-0) 1984 Maryland (5-0) 1985 Maryland (6-0) 1986 Clemson (5-1-1) 1987 Clemson (6-1) 1988 Clemson (6-1) 1989 Virginia (6-1) Duke (6-1) 1990 Georgia Tech (6-0-1) 1991 Clemson (6-0-1) 1992 Florida St. (8-0) 1993 Florida St. (8-0) 1994 Florida St. (8-0) 1995 Virginia (7-1) Florida St. (7-1) 1996 Florida St. (8-0) 1997 Florida St. (8-0) 1998 Florida St. (7-1) Georgia Tech (7-1) 1999 Florida St. (8-0) 2000 Florida St. (8-0) 2001 Maryland (7-1) 2002 Florida St. (7-1) 2003 Florida St. (7-1) 2004 Virginia Tech (7-1) 2005 Florida St. * & Boston College (Atlantic, 5-3) Virginia Tech (Coastal, 7-1) 2006 Wake Forest (Atlantic, 6-2) Georgia Tech (Coastal, 7-1) 2007 Boston College (Atlantic, 6-2) Virginia Tech (Coastal, 7-1) 2008 Boston College* & Florida St. (Atlantic, 5-3) Virginia Tech* & Georgia Tech (Coastal, 5-3) 2009 Clemson (Atlantic, 6-2) Georgia Tech (Coastal, 7-1) 2010 Florida St. (Atlantic, 6-2) Virginia Tech (Coastal, 8-0) 2011 Clemson (Atlantic, 6-2) Virginia Tech (Coastal, 7-1) 2012 Clemson & Florida St.* (Atlantic, 7-1) Georgia Tech*, Miami (FL) & North Carolina (Coastal, 5-3) 2013 Florida St. (Atlantic, 8-0) Duke (Coastal, 6-2) 2014 Florida St. (Atlantic, 8-0) Georgia Tech (Coastal, 6-2) 2015 Clemson (Atlantic, 8-0) North Carolina (Coastal, 8-0) *Won tiebreaker to represent division in ACC championship game. In 2005, the Atlantic Coast began a championship game to determine the league s representative in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowls. Following are the results of the Atlantic Division Champion (A) vs. the Coastal Division Champion (C). Year Championship Game Result 2005 Florida St. (A) 27, Virginia Tech (C) Wake Forest (A) 9, Georgia Tech (C) Virginia Tech (C) 30, Boston College (A) Virginia Tech (C) 30, Boston College (A) Georgia Tech (C) 39, Clemson (A) Virginia Tech (C) 44, Florida St. (A) Clemson (A) 38, Virginia Tech (C) Florida St. (A) 21, Georgia Tech (C) Florida St. (A) 45, Duke (C) Florida St. (A) 37, Georgia Tech (C) Clemson (A) 45, North Carolina (C) 37 Big Ten 1896 Wisconsin (2-0-1) 1897 Wisconsin (3-0) 1898 Michigan (3-0) 1899 Chicago (4-0) 1900 Iowa (3-0-1) Minnesota (3-0-1) 1901 Michigan (4-0) Wisconsin (2-0) 1902 Michigan (5-0) 1903 Michigan (3-0-1) Minnesota (3-0-1) Northwestern (1-0-2) 1904 Minnesota (3-0) Michigan (2-0) 1905 Chicago (7-0) 1906 Wisconsin (3-0) Minnesota (2-0) Michigan (1-0) 1907 Chicago (4-0) 1908 Chicago (5-0) 1909 Minnesota (3-0) 1910 Illinois (4-0) Minnesota (2-0) 1911 Minnesota (3-0-1) 1912 Wisconsin (6-0) 1913 Chicago (7-0) 1914 Illinois (6-0) 1915 Minnesota (3-0-1) Illinois (3-0-2) 1916 Ohio St. (4-0) 1917 Ohio St. (4-0) 1918 Illinois (4-0) Michigan (2-0) Purdue (1-0) 1919 Illinois (6-1) 1920 Ohio St. (5-0) 1921 Iowa (5-0) 1922 Iowa (5-0) Michigan (4-0) 1923 Illinois (5-0) Michigan (4-0) 1924 Chicago (3-0-3) 1925 Michigan (5-1) 1926 Michigan (5-0) Northwestern (5-0) 1927 Illinois (5-0) 1928 Illinois (4-1) 1929 Purdue (5-0) 1930 Michigan (5-0) Northwestern (5-0) 1931 Purdue (5-1) Michigan (5-1) Northwestern (5-1) 1932 Michigan (6-0) 1933 Michigan (5-0-1) 1934 Minnesota (5-0) 1935 Minnesota (5-0) Ohio St. (5-0) 1936 Northwestern (6-0) 1937 Minnesota (5-0) 1938 Minnesota (4-1) 1939 Ohio St. (5-1) 1940 Minnesota (6-0) 1941 Minnesota (5-0) 1942 Ohio St. (5-1) All-Time Champions 12

13 1943 Purdue (6-0) Michigan (6-0) 1944 Ohio St. (6-0) 1945 Indiana (5-0-1) 1946 Illinois (6-1) 1947 Michigan (6-0) 1948 Michigan (6-0) 1949 Ohio St. (4-1-1) Michigan (4-1-1) 1950 Michigan (4-1-1) 1951 Illinois (5-0-1) 1952 Wisconsin (4-1-1) Purdue (4-1-1) 1953 Michigan St. (5-1) Illinois (5-1) 1954 Ohio St. (7-0) 1955 Ohio St. (6-0) 1956 Iowa (5-1) 1957 Ohio St. (7-0) 1958 Iowa (5-1) 1959 Wisconsin (5-2) 1960 Minnesota (5-1) Iowa (5-1) 1961 Ohio St. (6-0) 1962 Wisconsin (6-1) 1963 Illinois (5-1-1) 1964 Michigan (6-1) 1965 Michigan St. (7-0) 1966 Michigan St. (7-0) 1967 Indiana (6-1) Purdue (6-1) Minnesota (6-1) 1968 Ohio St. (7-0) 1969 Ohio St. (6-1) Michigan (6-1) 1970 Ohio St. (7-0) 1971 Michigan (8-0) 1972 Ohio St. (8-0) Michigan (7-1) 1973 Ohio St. (7-0-1) Michigan (7-0-1) 1974 Ohio St. (7-1) Michigan (7-1) 1975 Ohio St. (8-0) 1976 Michigan (7-1) Ohio St. (7-1) 1977 Michigan (7-1) Ohio St. (7-1) 1978 Michigan (7-1) Michigan St. (7-1) 1979 Ohio St. (8-0) 1980 Michigan (8-0) 1981 Iowa (6-2) Ohio St. (6-2) 1982 Michigan (8-1) 1983 Illinois (9-0) 1984 Ohio St. (7-2) 1985 Iowa (7-1) 1986 Michigan (7-1) Ohio St. (7-1) 1987 Michigan St. (7-0-1) 1988 Michigan (7-0-1) 1989 Michigan (8-0) 1990 Iowa (6-2) Michigan (6-2) Michigan St. (6-2) Illinois (6-2) 1991 Michigan (8-0) 1992 Michigan (6-0-2) 1993 Ohio St. (6-1-1) Wisconsin (6-1-1) 1994 Penn St. (8-0) 1995 Northwestern (8-0) 1996 Ohio St. (7-1) Northwestern (7-1) 1997 Michigan (8-0) 1998 Ohio St. (7-1) Wisconsin (7-1) Michigan (7-1) 1999 Wisconsin (7-1) 2000 Michigan (6-2) Northwestern (6-2) Purdue (6-2) 2001 Illinois (7-1) 2002 Iowa (8-0) Ohio St. (8-0) 2003 Michigan (7-1) 2004 Iowa (7-1) Michigan (7-1) 2005 Penn St. (7-1) Ohio St. (7-1) 2006 Ohio St. (8-0) 2007 Ohio St. (7-1) 2008 Penn St. (7-1) Ohio St. (7-1) 2009 Ohio St. (7-1) 2010 Wisconsin (7-1) Ohio St. (7-1) Michigan St. (7-1) 2011 Michigan St. (Legends, 7-1) Wisconsin & Penn St. (Leaders, 6-2) 2012 Nebraska (Legends, 7-1) Ohio St.* (Leaders, 8-0) 2013 Michigan St. (Legends, 8-0) Ohio St. (Leaders, 8-0) 2014 Ohio St. (East, 8-0) Wisconsin (West, 7-1) 2015 Michigan St.* & Ohio St. (East, 7-1) Iowa (West, 8-0) *Not eligible for postseason, so Wisconsin competed in Big Ten championship game. In 2011, the Big Ten began a Championship game to determine a league Champion. Following are the results of the Legends Division (G) vs. the Leaders Division (D) ( ) and East Division (E) vs. West Division (W) (since 2014). Year Championship Game Result 2011 Wisconsin (D) 42, Michigan St. (G) Wisconsin (D) 70, Nebraska (G) Michigan St. (G) 34, Ohio St. (D) Ohio St. (E) 59, Wisconsin (W) Michigan St. (E) 16, Iowa (W) 13 Big Nebraska (North, 8-0) Texas (South, 6-2) 1997 Nebraska (North, 8-0) Texas A&M (South, 6-2) 1997 Nebraska (North, 8-0) Texas A&M (South, 6-2) 1998 Kansas St. (North, 8-0) Texas A&M (South, 7-1) 1999 Nebraska* & Kansas St. (North, 7-1) Texas (South, 6-2) 2000 Kansas St. * & Nebraska (North, 6-2) Oklahoma (South, 8-0) 2001 Colorado* & Nebraska (North, 7-1) Texas (South, 7-1) 2002 Colorado (North, 7-1) Oklahoma* & Texas (South, 6-2) 2003 Kansas St. (North, 6-2) Oklahoma (South, 8-0) 2004 Colorado* & Iowa St. (North, 4-4) Oklahoma (South, 8-0) 2005 Colorado (South, 5-3) Texas (South, 8-0) 2006 Nebraska (North, 6-2) Oklahoma (South, 7-1) 2007 Kansas & Missouri* (North, 7-1) Oklahoma (South, 6-2) 2008 Missouri* & Nebraska (North, 5-3) Oklahoma*, Texas & Texas Tech (South, 7-1) 2009 Nebraska (North, 6-2) Texas (South, 8-0) 2010 Nebraska* & Missouri (North, 6-2) Oklahoma*, Oklahoma St. & Texas A&M (South, 6-2) 2011 Oklahoma St. (8-1) 2012 Kansas St. Oklahoma (8-1) 2013 Baylor (8-1) 2014 Baylor (8-1) TCU (8-1) 2015 Oklahoma St. (8-1) *Won tiebreaker to represent division in Big 12 championship game. From 1996 to 2010, the Big 12 held a championship game to determine the league s representative in the BCS bowls. Following are the results of the North Division Champion (N) vs. the South Division Champion (S). Year Championship Game Result 1996 Texas (S) 37, Nebraska (N) Nebraska (N) 54, Texas A&M (S) Texas A&M (S) 36, Kansas St. (N) 33 (2 OT) 1999 Nebraska (N) 22, Texas (S) Oklahoma (S) 27, Kansas St. (N) Colorado (N) 39, Texas (S) Oklahoma (S) 29, Colorado (N) Kansas St. (N) 35, Oklahoma (S) Oklahoma (S) 42, Colorado (N) Texas (S) 70, Colorado (N) Oklahoma (S) 21, Nebraska (N) Oklahoma (S) 38, Missouri (N) Oklahoma (S) 62, Missouri (N) Texas (S) 13, Nebraska (N) Oklahoma (S) 23, Nebraska (N) 20 All-Time Champions 13

14 USA Year 1996 Houston (4-1) Southern Miss. (4-1) 1997 Southern Miss. (6-0) 1998 Tulane (6-0) 1999 Southern Miss. (6-0) 2000 Louisville (6-1) 2001 Louisville (6-1) 2002 Cincinnati (6-2) TCU (6-2) 2003 Southern Miss. (8-0) 2004 Louisville (8-0) 2005 UCF (East, 7-1) Tulsa (West, 6-2) 2006 Southern Miss. (East, 6-2) Houston (West, 7-1) 2006 Southern Miss. (East, 6-2) Houston (West, 7-1) 2007 UCF (East, 7-1) Houston & Tulsa* (West, 6-2) 2008 East Carolina (East, 6-2) Tulsa* & Rice (West, 7-1) 2009 East Carolina (East, 7-1) Houston* & SMU (West, 6-2) 2010 UCF (East, 7-1) SMU* & Tulsa (West, 6-2) 2011 Southern Miss. (East, 6-2) Houston (West, 8-0) 2012 UCF* & East Carolina (East, 7-1) Tulsa (West, 7-1) 2013 Marshall (East, 7-1) Rice (West, 7-1) 2014 Marshall (East, 7-1) Louisiana Tech (West, 7-1) 2015 Western Ky. (East, 8-0) Southern Miss. (West, 7-1) *Won tiebreaker to represent division in USA championship game. In 2005, USA began a championship game to determine a league champion. Following are the results of the East Division Champion (E) vs. the West Division Champion (W). Year Championship Game Result 2005 Tulsa (W) 44, UCF (E) Houston (W) 34, Southern Miss. (E) UCF (E) 44, Tulsa (W) East Carolina (E) 27, Tulsa (W) East Carolina (E) 38, Houston (W) UCF (E) 17, SMU (W) Southern Miss. (E) 49, Houston (W) Tulsa (W) 33, UCF (E) 27 (OT) 2013 Rice (W) 41, Marshall (E) Marshall (E) 26, Louisiana Tech (W) Western Ky. (E) 45, Southern Miss. (W) 28 Mid-American 1947 Cincinnati (3-1) 1948 Miami (OH) (4-0) 1949 Cincinnati (4-0) 1950 Miami (OH) (4-0) 1951 Cincinnati (3-0) 1952 Cincinnati (3-0) 1953 Ohio (5-0-1) 1954 Miami (OH) (4-0) 1955 Miami (OH) (5-0) 1956 Bowling Green (5-0-1) 1957 Miami (OH) (5-0) 1958 Miami (OH) (5-0) 1959 Bowling Green (6-0) 1960 Ohio (6-0) 1961 Bowling Green (5-1) 1962 Bowling Green (5-0-1) 1963 Ohio (5-1) 1964 Bowling Green (5-1) 1965 Bowling Green (5-1) Miami (OH) (5-1) 1966 Miami (OH) (5-1) Western Mich. (5-1) 1967 Toledo (5-1) Ohio (5-1) 1968 Ohio (6-0) 1969 Toledo (5-0) 1970 Toledo (5-0) 1971 Toledo (5-0) 1972 Kent St. (4-1) 1973 Miami (OH) (5-0) 1974 Miami (OH) (5-0) 1975 Miami (OH) (6-0) 1976 Ball St. (4-1) 1977 Miami (OH) (5-0) 1978 Ball St. (8-0) 1979 Central Mich. (8-0-1) 1980 Central Mich. (7-2) 1981 Toledo (8-1) 1982 Bowling Green (7-2) 1983 Northern Ill. (8-1) 1984 Toledo (7-1-1) 1985 Bowling Green (9-0) 1986 Miami (OH) (6-2) 1987 Eastern Mich. (7-1) 1988 Western Mich. (7-1) 1989 Ball St. (6-1-1) 1990 Central Mich. (7-1) 1991 Bowling Green (8-0) 1992 Bowling Green (8-0) 1993 Ball St. (7-0-1) 1994 Central Mich. (8-1) 1995 Toledo (7-0-1) 1996 Ball St. (7-1) 1997 Marshall (East, 7-1) Toledo (West, 7-1) 1999 Marshall (East, 8-0) Western Mich. (West, 6-2) 2000 Marshall* & Akron (East, 5-1) Western Mich.* & Toledo (West, 4-1) 2001 Marshall (East, 6-0) Toledo*, Northern Ill. & Ball St. (West, 4-1) 2002 Marshall (East, 7-1) Toledo* & Northern Ill. (West, 7-1) 2003 Miami (OH) (East, 8-0) Bowling Green (West, 7-1) 2004 Miami (OH) (East, 7-1) Toledo* & Northern Ill. (West, 7-1) 2005 Akron*, Miami (OH) & Bowling Green (East, 5-3) Northern Ill.* & Toledo (West, 6-2) 2006 Ohio (East, 7-1) Central Mich. (West, 7-1) 2007 Bowling Green, Buffalo & Miami (OH)* (East, 4-2) Ball St. & Central Mich.* (West, 4-1) 2008 Buffalo (East, 5-3) Ball St. (West, 8-0) 2009 Ohio* & Temple (East, 7-1) Central Mich. (West, 8-0) 2010 Miami (OH) (East, 7-1) Northern Ill. (West, 8-0) 2011 Ohio (East, 6-2) Northern Ill.* & Toledo (West, 7-1) 2012 Kent St. (East, 8-0) Northern Ill. (West, 8-0) 2013 Bowling Green (East, 7-1) Northern Ill. (West, 8-0) 2014 Bowling Green (East, 5-3) Northern Ill.* & Toledo (West, 7-1) 2015 Bowling Green (East, 7-1) Northern Ill.*, Toledo & Western Mich. (West, 6-2) *Won tiebreaker to represent division in MAC championship game. Since 1997, the MAC has conducted a championship game between the East and West division champions to determine a league champion. Following are the results of the East Division champion (E) vs. the West Division champion (W). Year Championship Game Result 1997 Marshall (E) 34, Toledo (W) Marshall (E) 23, Toledo (W) Marshall (E) 34, Western Mich. (W) Marshall (E) 19, Western Mich. (W) Toledo (W) 41, Marshall (E) Marshall (E) 49, Toledo (W) Miami (OH) (E) 49, Bowling Green (W) Toledo (W) 35, Miami (OH) (E) Akron (E) 31, Northern Ill. (W) Central Mich. (W) 31, Ohio (E) Central Mich. (W) 35, Miami (OH) (E) Buffalo (E) 42, Ball St. (W) Central Mich. (W) 20, Ohio (E) Miami (OH) (E) 26, Northern Ill. (W) Northern Ill. (W) 23, Ohio (E) Northern Ill. (W) 44, Kent St. (E) 37 (2 OT) 2013 Bowling Green (E) 47, Northern Ill. (W) Northern Ill. (W) 51, Bowling Green (E) Bowling Green (E) 34, Northern Ill. (W) 14 Mountain West 1999 BYU (5-2) Colorado St. (5-2) Utah (5-2) 2000 Colorado St. (6-1) 2001 BYU (7-0) 2002 Colorado St. (6-1) 2003 Utah (6-1) 2004 Utah (7-0) 2005 TCU (8-0) 2006 BYU (8-0) 2007 BYU (8-0) 2008 Utah (8-0) 2009 TCU (8-0) 2010 TCU (8-0) All-Time Champions 14