Odds and Ends 1/6/2021

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Welcome Back!

Here at Odds and Ends, I plan to look at some stats, trends, storylines, etc. as they play out.  I will also give my opinion on some issues, but you can take that for what it's worth.   Today's blog is a little shorter than normal, as I am focused on bowl results and winning/losing streaks.

Conference Standings

This is how the Conferences did in their bowl games, in order of winning percentage.

1) Big 12 5-0 1.000

2) MAC 2-0 1.000

3) SBC 4-1 .800

4) SEC 6-2 .750

5) Big Ten 3-1 .750

T6) MWC 2-1 .667

T6) Independents 2-1 .667

8) AAC 1-5 .167

9) PAC 12 0-2 .000

T10) ACC 0-6 .000

T10) CUSA 0-6 .000

Two conferences- Big 12 and MAC- finished with perfect bowl records.  Three conferences- PAC 12, ACC, and CUSA- lost all of their games.  

Surprisingly, almost all of the conferences did really well or really poorly.  Only the MWC and the Independents had a winning percentage between .167 and .750, and they were both 2-1.

Longest Current Winning Streak

Three teams dropped off this list from last week, leaving us with only 6 teams that have a winning streak of 6 games or longer.

Alabama 13

Oklahoma 8

Texas A&M 8

Ball State 7

Ohio State 7

Iowa 6


Longest Current Losing Streak

This list is obviously unchanged...

Kansas 13

Arizona 12

ODU 11 (DNP in 2020)

ULM 11

UMass 11

Vanderbilt 10

Bowling Green 8

Syracuse 8

USF 8

FIU 7

Northern Illinois 6

South Carolina 6

UNLV 6

That's all for now.  Tomorrow, I will have my pick for the National Championship Game.  Feel free to leave a comment and to follow me on Twitter: @pbanderson. 

Until next time, may you and your loved ones be blessed! 

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