Bowl Challenge Cup
Competition among college football conferences
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The Bowl Challenge Cup is a competition among NCAA college football conferences in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly called Division I-A, based on win–loss records in the bowl games that take place annually during December and January. The winner is the conference that has the highest winning percentage, among conferences with a minimum of three teams appearing in bowl games.
| Awarded for | Best college football bowl record among Division I Football Bowl Subdivision conferences |
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| Country | United States |
| Presented by | ESPN |
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| First award | 2002–03 |
| Most wins | Mountain West (5) |
| Most recent | Big Ten (2025–26) |
The Challenge was created in 2002 by ESPN,[1] who also occasionally refers to it as the "Bowl Cup Challenge" when promoting it.[2] Originally sponsored by Cooper Tire,[3] ESPN went several years without a sponsor; since the 2015–16 bowl season, Progressive has been the sponsor.
Participants
The ten Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) conferences that compete in the Bowl Challenge Cup are:
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† Since the 2024 season, the Pac-12 has lacked a sufficient number of teams to meet the minimum number of bowl games required for Bowl Challenge Cup honors.
Former conferences that competed in the Bowl Challenge Cup were:
- Big East Conference, which reorganized as the American Athletic Conference (now known as the American Conference) after the 2012 season
- Western Athletic Conference, which has not sponsored football in FBS since the 2012 season
Results
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