For most of college football history, the conference champ(s) were crowned by having the best regular season record. Times are changing and most conferences don't do it that way anymore. Still, I like the idea of keeping track of how things look with the old set-up and setting up some award for that achievement still.

So this thread will be about recognizing the teams in divisional set-up conferences that finish with the best overall record regardless of division.

I'm nicknaming the Big Ten award, the Western Cup in honor of the original nickname for the conference, the Western Conference. If anyone has ideas for the others that go along with their history, feel free to post.


Big Ten Standing (Western Cup)
Michigan State 2-0
Nebraska 2-0
Ohio State 2-0
Wisconsin 2-1
Indiana 1-1
Iowa 1-1
Michigan 1-1
Penn State 1-1
Illinois 0-1
Minnesota 0-2
Northwestern 0-2
Purdue 0-2


ACC Standing
Clemson 4-0
Florida State 3-0
Virginia Tech 3-0
Miami (FL) 1-0
Georgina Tech 2-2
Maryland 1-1
Pitt 2-2
Syracuse 1-1
Boston College 1-2
Wake Forest 1-2
Duke 0-2
North Carolina 0-2
Virgina 0-2
North Carolina State 0-3


Conference USA Standings
Rice 3-0
Tulane 3-0
Marshall 2-0
East Carolina 2-1
Florida International 1-1
Louisiana Tech 1-1
North Texas 1-1
Tulsa 1-1
UAB 1-1
Middle Tennessee 1-2
UTSA 1-2
Southern Miss 0-1
Florida Atlantic 1-4
UTEP 0-3

Mid-American Conference Standings
Ball State 3-0
Bowling Green 3-0
Buffalo 2-0
Northern Illinois 2-0
Central Michigan 2-1
Toledo 2-1
Ohio U. 1-1
Massachusetts 1-1
Kent State 1-3
Eastern Michigan 0-2
Miami (OH) 0-2
Akron 0-3
Western Michigan 0-3

Mountain West Standings
Fresno State 2-0
Utah State 2-1
San Diego State 2-0
UNLV 2-0
Wyoming 2-0
Nevada 2-1
Boise State 2-1
San Jose State 2-1
Colorado State 0-1
New Mexico 0-2
Hawaii 0-4
Air Force 0-5

PAC-12 Standings
Oregon 3-0
Oregon State 3-0
UCLA 2-0
Stanford 3-1
Arizona State 2-1
Washington State 2-2
USC 1-2
Utah 1-2
Washington 1-2
Arizona 0-2
California 0-3
Colorado 0-3

SEC Standings
Alabama 3-0
Missouri 2-0
Florida 3-1
Georgia 3-1
LSU 3-1
South Carolina 3-1
Auburn 2-1
Texas A&M 2-1
Ole Miss 1-3
Mississippi State 0-2
Tennessee 0-2
Arkansas 0-3
Kentucky 0-3
Vanderbilt 0-3

The only conference with a traditional championship is the B12. The others are doing a new setup initiated in 1991 by the SEC...

Yea I know. I'm trying to show how everyone else would look with it still rather than with the CCG model they are currently using (although the size of the conferences make the lists problematic). Big 12 definitely does it best in my opinion.