ACC making progress in football

• 2008 ACC results and BCS results
• 2007 BCS records
• 2006 BCS records

It wasn't great but it was better. After the 2008 college football season, the ACC can at least claim progress.

While the SEC won its third straight national title, the ACC can claim more wins (17) against teams from the Bowl Championship Series than the SEC or any of the other major conference during the 2008 season.

The ACC went 17-14 against teams from the six BCS conferences and Notre Dame, despite a 2-6 bowl record in the group. The '08 record is up from 13-16 in '07 and 6-16 in '06.

The ACC went 6-6 against the SEC and also broke even with the Big Ten (1-1). It had a winning record against the Big 12 (4-1) and losing records against the Big East (3-4) and Pac-10 (1-2).

The Big East (11-9) had the best winning percentage (.550) amongst BCS conferences, edging the ACC (.548). (Solid bowl work, UNC and N.C. State.)

The Big Ten (7-13) was the only BCS conference with a losing record against its brethren. A 1-6 bowl record didn't help.

The Pac-10 (7-9) was the only BCS conference to have a losing record against the other five Division I-A conferences. A 2-5 record against the Mountain West didn't help (hooray, Utah fans!)

And, finally, to get back to (settle?) a point from August, teams from the BCS went 50-0 against Division I-AA teams.

Note: BCS records include Notre Dame; I-A records include teams from Conference-USA, Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, Western Athletic Conference, Sun Belt Conference and Independents other than Notre Dame.