SECOND ROUND - All Schools (A-H)

Second round results for all schools (A-H):

                                          best
SCHOOL                  W-L      Win%     team
                                          left
Air Force               2-5     28.6%     '85
Alabama                18-4     81.8%     '92
Arizona                 2-8     20.0%     '98
Arizona State           5-7     41.7%     '96
Arkansas                6-11    35.3%     '79
Army                    0-2      0.0%      --
Auburn                 13-9     59.1%     '83
Ball State              0-3      0.0%      --
Baylor                  3-1     75.0%     '80
Boise State             5-4     55.6%     '06
Boston College          4-10    28.6%     '84
Bowling Green           3-6     33.3%     '85
Brown                   0-1      0.0%      --
BYU                    11-9     55.0%     '83
California              3-2     60.0%     '04
Central Florida         0-2      0.0%      --
Central Michigan        1-8     11.1%     '79
Cincinnati              1-2     33.3%     '07
Clemson                11-8     57.9%     '81
Colorado                8-5     61.5%     '90
Colorado State          2-5     28.6%     '94
Connecticut             0-2      0.0%      --
Drake                   0-1      0.0%      --
Duke                    0-2      0.0%      --
East Carolina           0-9      0.0%      --
Florida                17-9     65.4%     '06
Florida State          23-6     79.3%     '99
Fresno State            2-9     18.2%     '01
Fullerton State         0-1      0.0%      --
Furman                  0-1      0.0%      --
Georgia                14-9     60.9%     '02
Georgia Tech            3-5     37.5%     '90
Grambling               1-0    100.0%     '77
Hawaii                  4-2     66.7%     '92
Houston                 4-3     57.1%     '79

SECOND ROUND - All Schools (I-Q)

Second round results for all schools (I-Q):

                                          best
SCHOOL                  W-L      Win%     team
                                          left
Illinois                3-5     37.5%     '89
Indiana                 0-3      0.0%      --
Iowa                    6-9     40.0%     '04
Kansas                  2-2     50.0%     '07
Kansas State            8-2     80.0%     '97
Kentucky                1-2     33.3%     '77
Long Beach State        0-1      0.0%      --
Louisiana Tech          1-0    100.0%     '77
Louisville              2-6     25.0%     '06
LSU                     8-12    40.0%     '07
Marshall                1-4     20.0%     '99
Maryland                5-6     45.5%     '01
McNeese State           1-1     50.0%     '79
Miami                  21-4     84.0%     '01
Miami(OH)               2-6     25.0%     '03
Michigan               21-9     70.0%     '97
Michigan State          3-4     42.9%     '99
Minnesota               0-3      0.0%      --
Mississippi             0-7      0.0%      --
Mississippi State       0-6      0.0%      --
Missouri                3-5     37.5%     '07
Navy                    0-1      0.0%      --
Nebraska               25-4     86.2%     '95
New Mexico              1-1     50.0%     '82
North Carolina          6-7     46.2%     '80
North Carolina State    1-7     12.5%     '02
North Texas             2-0    100.0%     '77
Northern Illinois       1-2     33.3%     '83
Northwestern            1-2     33.3%     '95
Notre Dame             12-10    54.5%     '89
Ohio                    0-1      0.0%      --
Ohio State             17-9     65.4%     '02
Oklahoma               19-5     79.2%     '00
Oklahoma State          2-7     22.2%     '84
Oregon                  4-10    28.6%     '01
Oregon State            1-6     14.3%     '00
Penn State             20-5     80.0%     '82
Pittsburgh              6-6     50.0%     '81
Purdue                  1-8     11.1%     '79

SECOND ROUND - All Schools (R-Z)

Second round results for all schools (R-Z):

                                          best
SCHOOL                  W-L      Win%     team
                                          left
Rice                    0-1      0.0%      --
Rutgers                 1-2     33.3%     '06
San Diego State         1-2     33.3%     '77
San Jose State          1-2     33.3%     '90
SMU                     3-2     60.0%     '82
South Carolina          2-4     33.3%     '87
South Florida           0-2      0.0%      --
Southern Miss           2-10    16.7%     '88
Stanford                3-3     50.0%     '92
Syracuse                7-4     63.6%     '87
TCU                     3-3     50.0%     '05
Temple                  1-0    100.0%     '79
Tennessee              13-7     65.0%     '98
Texas                  15-7     68.2%     '05
Texas A&M               8-8     50.0%     '94
Texas Tech              1-8     11.1%     '08
Texas-Arlington         0-1      0.0%      --
Toledo                  2-8     20.0%     '95
Tulane                  1-1     50.0%     '98
Tulsa                   1-3     25.0%     '82
UCLA                    9-8     52.9%     '82
UNLV                    0-2      0.0%      --
USC                    16-7     69.6%     '78
Utah                    5-5     50.0%     '08
UT-Chattanooga          0-1      0.0%      --
UTEP                    0-1      0.0%      --
Virginia                4-10    28.6%     '89
Virginia Tech          10-7     58.8%     '00
Wake Forest             0-2      0.0%      --
Washington             10-10    50.0%     '91
Washington State        4-4     50.0%     '97
West Virginia           8-6     57.1%     '93
Western Michigan        1-1     50.0%     '00
Wisconsin               6-4     60.0%     '98
Wyoming                 1-4     20.0%     '88
Yale                    0-3      0.0%      --

SECOND ROUND - Top Schools Remaining

These are the top 25 Schools based on the number of teams remaining in the tournament after two rounds of play. You can get a pretty good idea about some of the best programs in college football over the past 32 seasons based on this ranking.

1. Nebraska             25
2. Florida State        23
3-t. Michigan           21
3-t. Miami              21
5. Penn State           20
6. Oklahoma             19
7. Alabama              18
8-t. Ohio State         17
8-t. Florida            17
10. USC                 16
11. Texas               15
12. Georgia             14
13-t. Auburn            13
13-t. Tennessee         13
15. Notre Dame          12
16-t. Clemson           11
16-t. BYU               11
18-t. Washington        10
18-t. Virginia Tech     10
20. UCLA                 9
21-t. Kansas State       8
21-t. Colorado           8
21-t. Texas A&M          8
21-t. West Virginia      8
21-t. LSU                8

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)

SECOND ROUND - Schools Eliminated

We started out with 2,048 total teams in the field, which included 146 different schools. The second round began with 1,024 total teams and 110 different schools. Now that the second round games have been completed, there are but 512 total teams and 85 schools still alive.

The following is a list of the 25 schools that were eliminated in the second round.

SCHOOL                2nd RD.   TOURNEY
                      RECORD     RECORD
Army                    0-2       2-5
Ball State              0-3       3-12
Brown                   0-1       1-4
Central Florida         0-2       2-6
Connecticut             0-2       2-4
Drake                   0-1       1-2
Duke                    0-2       2-6
East Carolina           0-9       9-18
Cal State Fullerton     0-1       1-2
Furman                  0-1       1-3
Indiana                 0-3       3-10
Long Beach State        0-1       1-5
Minnesota               0-3       3-17
Mississippi             0-7       7-16
Mississippi State       0-6       6-17
Navy                    0-1       1-14
Ohio                    0-1       1-3
Rice                    0-1       1-9
South Florida           0-2       2-7
Texas-Arlington         0-1       1-2
UNLV                    0-2       2-9
UT-Chattanooga          0-1       1-3
UTEP                    0-1       1-5
Wake Forest             0-2       2-13
Yale                    0-3       3-5