Boise State Second in the Nation in Conference Championships

The gymnastics title in the Western Athletic Conference last night gave Boise State its record sixth conference championship of the season, putting the Broncos all alone in second place in the nation among major colleges.  Stanford is #1 with seven championships, although the Cardinal missed out on an eighth in wrestling because Boise State was in the Pac-10.  Wrestling is the only sport that the Pac-10 allows Boise State to compete in, and the Broncos won.

Boise State has also captured WAC titles in football, men's cross country, women's swimming and diving and men's indoor track.  That breaks the overall record of five set back in 2005 and ties the WAC record of five championships, also set in 2005.

Stanford has won Pac-10 championships in men's and women's cross country, women's soccer, women's volleyball, women's basketball and men's and women's swimming.

Louisville and Ohio State are third behind Boise State with five conference titles each; the Cardinals have won Big East championships in men's soccer, women's volleyball, men's and women's swimming and women's indoor track while Ohio State has won Big Ten titles in football, women's soccer, women's indoor track and men's and women's basketball.  Michigan (field hockey, men's soccer, men's swimming and women's gymnastics) and Connecticut (football, men's indoor track and men's and women's basketball) are in fourth with four conference championships each.  Several schools are tied with three conference championships, including Arkansas-Little Rock and Middle Tennessee of the Sun Belt, Florida of the SEC, Oklahoma State and Nebraska of the Big 12, Akron and Central Michigan from the MAC, BYU of the Mountain West Conference, Connecticut of the Big East, Central Florida of Conference USA and Duke and Maryland of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Click on the link to take a look at the championships won in each major conference:



Here is a list of the complete conference championships in each conference:

ACC:
Maryland (3--Field Hockey, Men's Soccer and Wrestling)
Duke:  (3--Volleyball, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball)
Florida State (2--Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country)
Virginia (2--Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving)
Virginia Tech (2--Football, Men's Indoor Track)
Clemson (1--Women's Indoor Track)
Wake Forest (1--Women's Soccer)

Big 12:
Nebraska (3--Volleyball, Women's Indoor Track, Women's Gymnastics)
Oklahoma State (3--Soccer, Men's Cross Country, Wrestling)
Texas (2--Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving)
Baylor (1--Women's Basketball)
Kansas (1--Men's Basketball)
Oklahoma (1--Football)
Texas A&M (1--Men's Indoor Track)
Texas Tech (1--Women's Cross Country)

Big East:
Louisville (5--Men's Soccer, Volleyball, Women's Indoor Track, Men's and Women's Swimming)
Connecticut (4--Football, Men's Indoor Track, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball)
Syracuse (2--Men's Cross Country, Field Hockey)
West Virginia (2--Football, Women's Soccer)
Pittsburgh (1--Football)
Villanova (1--Women's Cross Country)

Big Ten:
Ohio State (5--Football, Women's Soccer, Women's Indoor Track, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball)
Michigan (4--Field Hockey, Men's Soccer, Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Gymnastics)
Penn State (2--Volleyball, Wrestling)
Indiana (1--Women's Swimming & Diving)
Michigan State (1--Women's Cross Country)
Minnesota (1--Women's Indoor Track
Wisconsin (1--Men's Cross Country)

Conference USA:
Central Florida (3--Football, Women's Indoor Track, Women's Basketball)
Memphis (2--Women's Soccer, Men's Basketball)
Tulsa:  (2--Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country)
Houston:  (1--Men's Indoor Track)
Rice:  (1--Women's Swimming & Diving)
South Carolina (1--Men's Soccer)

MAC:
Akron (3--Men's Soccer, Men's Indoor Track, Men's Basketball)
Central Michigan (3--Women's Soccer, Gymnastics, Wrestling)
Eastern Michigan (2--Men's Cross Country, Women's Indoor Track)
Ohio (2--Volleyball, Women's Swimming & Diving)
Bowling Green (1--Women's Basketball)
Buffalo (1--Men's Swimming & Diving)
Kent State (1--Men's Basketball)
Miami of Ohio (1--Football)
Toledo (1--Women's Cross Country

Mountain West:
BYU (3--Soccer, Men's Indoor Track, Women's Indoor Track)
New Mexico (2--Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country)
San Diego State (2--Women's Swimming & Diving, Men's Basketball)
Colorado State (1--Volleyball)
TCU (1--Football)
Utah (1--Women's Basketball)
UNLV (1--Men's Swimming & Diving)

Pac-10:
Stanford (7--Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving)
California (2--Men's Soccer, Volleyball)
Boise State (1--Wrestling)
Oregon (1--Football)
Oregon State (1--Gymnastics)
Washington (1--Men's Basketball)

SEC:
Florida (3--Women's Cross Country, Soccer, Men's Indoor Track)
Auburn (2--Football, Men's Swimming & Diving)
Alabama (1--Gymnastics)
Arkansas (1--Men's Cross Country)
Georgia (1--Women's Swimming & Diving)
Kentucky:  (1--Men's Basketball)
LSU:  (1--Women's Indoor Track)
Tennessee (1--Women's Basketball)

Sun Belt:
Arkansas-Little Rock:  (3--Men's Cross Country, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball)
Middle Tennessee:  (3--Soccer, Volleyball, Men's Indoor Track)
Denver:  (2--Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving)
Western Kentucky:  (2--Women's Cross Country, Women's Indoor Track)

WAC:
Boise State:  (5--Football, Men's Cross Country, Men's Indoor Track, Wrestling, Gymnastics)
Utah State:  (3--Volleyball, Men's Indoor Track, Men's Basketball)
Fresno State:  (2--Soccer, Women's Basketball)
Hawai'i:  (1--Football)
Idaho:  (1--Women's Cross Country)
Louisiana Tech:  (1--Women's Indoor Track)
Nevada:  (1--Football)