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Winningest Bowl Teams of All Time

Nittany Lions, Trojans Top the List

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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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