Washington Post - Big Ten overlords

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The counts depend on what the definition of P5 we use. Which years were some teams considered P5? Big East teams like Temple, Cincy, UConn etc.... but the top teams BG, NIU and Toledo would still be the same 3 with the most wins.

I remember that BG used to tout wins over Temple, then a Big East member, in 2001 and 2004 as wins over "BCS AQ" schools. I guess with the Big East's demise came the term "P5". (In 2005 they were Independent and in 2007 they were an affiliate MAC member.)

Yeh, we posted 70 on Temple two straight years and then lost the following year ending their 19 or 20 game losing streak. If you count the Big East as part of the "haves" (P5 or BCS or whatever), BG has 14 wins since Urban Meyer took over.

Meyer
at Missouri (2001) - Win, 20-13 4-7
Temple (2001) - Win, 42-23 4-7
at Northwestern (2001) - Win, 43-42 4-7
Missouri (2002) - Win, 51-28 5-7
at Kansas (2002) - Win, 39-16 2-10

Brandon
at #16 Purdue (2003) - Win, 27-26 – Bowl, 9-4 Loss to UGA
at #4 Ohio St (2003) - Loss, 17-24 – BCS, 11-2 Win over Kansas St
vs. Northwestern (2003) - Win, 28-24 – Bowl, 6-7 Loss to BG
at #2 Oklahoma (2004) - Loss, 24-40 – NCG, 12-1 Loss to USC
at Temple (2004) - Win, 70-16 2-9
at #24 Wisconsin (2005) - Loss, 42-56 – Bowl,10-3 Win over Auburn
Temple (2005) - Win, 70-7 0-11 might be during their transition year.
vs #12 Wisconsin (2006) - Loss, 14-35 – Bowl,12-1 Win over Arkansas
at #1 Ohio St (2006) – Loss, 7-35 – NCG, 12-1 Loss to Florida
at Minnesota (2007) - Win, 32-31 - 1-11
at Michigan St (2007) - Loss, 17-28 – Bowl, 7-6 Loss to Boston College
at #7 Boston college(2007) – Loss, 24-55 – Bowl,11-3 Win over Michigan St
at #23 Pittsburgh (2008) - Win, 27-17 – Bowl, 9-4 Loss to Oregon St
Minnesota (2008) - Loss, 17-42 – Bowl, 7-6 Loss to Kansas

Clawson
at #25 Missouri (2009) – Loss, 20-27 – Bowl, 8-5 Loss to Navy
at #24 Michigan (2010) - Loss, 21-65 – Bowl, ?-? ?
at #22 WVU (2011) – Loss, 10-55 - Bowl,10-3 Win over Clemson
at #4 Florida (2012) – Loss, 14-27 – BCS, 11-2 Loss to Louisville
at # Va Tech (2012) – Loss, 00-37 – Bowl, 7-6
at Indiana (2013) – Loss, 10-42 - 5-7
at #? Mississippi St(2013) – Loss, 20-21 – Bowl, 6-6
vs. Pittsburgh (2013) - Loss, 27-30 – Bowl, 7-6 Beat BG

Babers
Indiana (2014) – Win, 45-42
at #19 Wisconsin (2014) – Loss, 17-68 – Bowl,10-4 Win over Auburn
at #25 Tennessee (2015) – Loss, 30-59
at Maryland (2015) – Win, 48-27
at Purdue (2015) – Win, 35-28

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at #4 Ohio St (2003) - Loss, 17-24 – BCS, 11-2 Win over Kansas St

That was BG's game all day. The derisive "haven't lost to a MAC team since 1894" statistic the announcers haughtily cite and cackle at whenever they play a MAC team is one of the most irritating aspects about the school that needs to continuously remind those with 10 times less resources how superior they are in comparison. Not that day and not in many, many other ways...