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Winningest Bowl Teams of All Time
Nittany Lions, Trojans Top the List

By Tim Hyland, About.com

Penn State 2006 Orange Bowl

Penn State's win in the 2006 Orange Bowl was among its 26 all-time bowl wins.

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Listed among the top 10 winningest bowl teams of all time are some of the usual college football suspects--USC and Alabama, Florida State and Oklahoma, Penn State and Auburn.

But there's also a surprise or two (Ole Miss? Georgia Tech?), and a few of the teams you might expect to be there (Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan) aren't.

Penn State tops the list with a record of 26-12-2, good enough for a .675 winning percentage in the program's 40 all-time bowl appearances. The rest of the top 10, ranked by winning percentage in a minimum of 20 bowl appearances, is as follows:

1. Penn State: 26-12-2 (0.67500)
2. USC: 30-16-0 (0.65217)
3. Mississippi: 19-12-0 (0.61290)
4. Georgia Tech: 22-14-0 (0.61111)
5. Oklahoma: 24-16-1 (0.59756)
6. Georgia: 24-16-3 (0.59302)
7. Alabama: 31-21-3 (0.59091)
8. Auburn: 19-13-2 (0.58824)
9. Florida State: 20-14-2 (0.58333)
10. Miami (Fla.): 18-13-0 (0.58065)

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