SECOND ROUND - Conference Report

Now that all the second round games have been played, and the field has been trimmed from 2,048 teams down to 512, it's time to take a look at how the conferences are doing. Since this tournament spans 32 seasons of football, and there have been countless conference alignments over that time, we're going to base these records on the current conference alignments.

So here we go, in order of the number of teams left in the field, here are the conference reports.

Rk. Conference - # of teams left (% of the Final 512)

1. Big XII - 94 (18.4%)
(Nebraska - 25; Oklahoma - 19; Texas - 15; Colorado, Kansas State, Texas A&M - 8; Baylor, Missouri - 3; Oklahoma St., Kansas - 2, Texas Tech - 1)

2. SEC - 92 (18.0%)
(Alabama - 18; Florida - 17; Georgia - 14; Auburn, Tennessee - 13; LSU - 8; Arkansas - 6; South Carolina - 2; Kentucky - 1)

3. ACC - 88 (17.2%)
(Florida State - 23; Miami - 21; Clemson - 11; Virginia Tech - 10; North Carolina - 6; Maryland - 5; Boston College, Virginia - 4; Georgia Tech - 3; N.C. State - 1)

4. Big Ten - 78 (15.2%)
(Michigan - 21; Penn State - 20; Ohio State - 17; Iowa, Wisconsin - 6; Illinois, Michigan State - 3; Northwestern, Purdue - 1)

5. Pac-10 - 57 (11.1%)
(USC - 16; Washington - 10; UCLA - 9; Arizona State - 5; Oregon, Washington State - 4; California, Stanford - 3; Arizona - 2; Oregon State - 1)

6. Mountain West - 26 (5.1%)
(BYU - 11; Utah - 5; TCU - 3; Air Force, Colorado St. - 2; New Mexico, San Diego State, Wyoming - 1)

7. Big East - 25 (4.9%)
(West Virginia - 8; Syracuse - 7; Pittsburgh - 6; Louisville - 2; Cincinnati, Rutgers - 1)

8. WAC - 13 (2.5%)
(Boise State - 5; Hawaii - 4; Fresno State - 2; Louisiana Tech, San Jose State - 1)

9-t. Independents - 12 (2.3%)
(Notre Dame - 12)

9-t. Conference USA - 12 (2.3%)
(Houston - 4; SMU - 3; Southern Miss - 2; Marshall, Tulane, Tulsa - 1)

11. MAC - 11 (2.2%)
(Bowling Green - 3; Toledo, Miami(OH) - 2; Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, Temple, Western Michigan - 1)

12. Sun Belt - 2 (0.4%)
(North Texas - 2)

Others - 2 (0.4%)
(Grambling, McNeese State - 1)