Bowl Challenge Cup

The Bowl Challenge Cup was created by ESPN in 2002 as a competition among the conferences in the NCAA's Division I-A, now called the Football Bowl Subdivision, to see which one was the best in the college football bowl games that take place. The competition has been used as a gauge to compare which conference has done the best in the post-season bowl matchups.
Originally sponsored by Cooper Tire, ESPN no longer has a sponsor for the Bowl Challenge Cup. However, the network has continued to post the standings during college bowl games on ESPN and the Cup makes regular appearances during the bowl season.
Conferences competing
The ten Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) conferences that compete in the Bowl Challenge Cup are:

American Athletic Conference (formerly the Big East Conference)
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Big Ten Conference
Big 12 Conference
Conference USA (C-USA)
Mid
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