The MAC versus other FBS conferences: A historical look

The MAC is a long standing conference that has many football programs dating back to 1900 and even before. As a result, the MAC has played over 2000 games versus the other current FBS conferences. These numbers are based only on current conference affiliation. i.e. Despite Marshall being part of the MAC from 1997-2004, Marshall in in CUSA so those wins and losses are moved to the versus Conference USA pile.



MAC versus the rest of FBS football: 715-1319-36 (.345 winning percentage, .481 versus Group of Five Conferences)

American Athletic Conference: 238-270-12 (.458 winning %)

• Central Florida: 19-27
• Cincinnati: 93-97-10
• Connecticut: 49-60-2
• East Carolina: 5-12
• Houston: 0-2
• Memphis: 1-1
• Navy: 10-16
• South Florida: 2-4
• Temple: 54-43
• Tulane: 2-1
• Tulsa: 3-7

Atlantic Coast Conference: 48-182-2 (.211 winning %)

• Boston College: 8-37
• Clemson: 0-4
• Duke: 0-2
• Florida St.: 0-5
• Louisville: 18-28
• Miami: 0-5
• North Carolina: 3-8
• North Carolina St.: 2-11
• Pittsburgh: 4-29
• Syracuse: 8-20-1
• Virginia: 2-11-1
• Virginia Tech: 2-21
• Wake Forest: 1-1

Big 12 Conference: 17-89-2 (.167 winning %)

• Baylor: 0-6
• Iowa St.: 4-24
• Kansas: 6-9
• Kansas St.: 2-12
• Oklahoma: 0-2
• Oklahoma St.: 0-4
• Texas Christian: 0-3-1
• Texas Tech: 1-1
• West Virginia: 4-28-1

Big Ten Conference: 63-344-5 (.159 winning %)

• Illinois: 4-15
• Indiana: 9-36-1
• Iowa: 4-21
• Maryland: 3-9
• Michigan: 1-34
• Michigan St.: 6-38
• Minnesota: 4-27-1
• Nebraska: 0-5
• Northwestern: 10-17-1
• Ohio St.: 1-32
• Penn St.: 3-23
• Purdue: 11-41-1
• Rutgers: 5-14-1
• Wisconsin: 2-32

Conference USA: 213-176-11 (.546 winning %)

• Florida Atlantic: 0-1
• Florida International: 2-4
• Louisiana Tech: 7-20
• Marshall: 157-119-8
• Middle Tennessee St.: 9-10
• North Texas: 5-3
• Old Dominion: 0-2
• Rice: 0-1
• Southern Mississippi: 4-3
• Texas-El Paso: 5-1
• Western Kentucky: 24-12-3

Division I-A Independent: 21-31-0 (. winning %)

• Army: 18-22
• Brigham Young: 3-4
• Notre Dame: 0-5

Mountain West Conference: 39-68-2 (.367 winning %)

• Air Force: 2-2
• Boise St.: 3-10
• Colorado St.: 3-2-1
• Fresno St.: 5-11
• Hawaii: 2-3
• Nevada: 6-4
• Nevada-Las Vegas: 8-7
• New Mexico: 1-1
• San Diego St.: 0-10-1
• San Jose St.: 4-3
• Utah St.: 2-9
• Wyoming: 3-6

Pacific-12 Conference: 3-16-0 (.158 winning %)

• Arizona: 0-7
• Arizona St.: 2-0
• Colorado: 1-3
• Oregon St.: 0-2
• Washington: 0-3
• Washington St.: 0-1

Southeastern Conference: 19-104-1 (.157 winning %)

• Alabama: 1-2
• Arkansas: 0-3
• Auburn: 0-7
• Florida: 1-13
• Georgia: 1-3
• Kentucky: 7-29-1
• Louisiana St.: 1-5
• Mississippi: 0-2
• Mississippi St.: 0-1
• Missouri: 3-14
• South Carolina: 3-8
• Tennessee: 0-5
• Vanderbilt: 2-12

Sun Belt Conference 54-38-1 (.586 winning %)

• Appalachian St.: 2-1
• Arkansas St.: 14-8
• Georgia Southern: 1-1
• Idaho: 13-7
• Louisiana: 9-12
• Louisiana-Monroe: 6-3-1
• New Mexico St.: 4-2
• South Alabama: 2-2
• Troy: 3-2