And the Winner Is ...

So who is the king of the hill? Which conference won postseason bragging rights? Certainly, the Big East can make a claim, going 5-0 in bowl games. Then again, who did the Big East beat? The Southeastern won the most games, but outside of the big score in the BCS title game, it lost two of three matchups against the Big Ten. Maybe one should look West. How about the Western Athletic or Mountain West? Each conference went 3-1. Here is breakdown of how the conferences fared in the postseason:

BCS Conferences
Conference........Bowl Record
Atlantic Coast.....4-4
Big East............5-0
Big Ten.............2-5
Big 12..............3-5
Pac-10..............3-3
Southeastern.......6-3

Non-BCS Conferences
Conference.........Bowl Record
Conference USA.....1-4
Mid-American.......1-3
Mountain West......3-1
Sun Belt..............1-1
Western Athletic....3-1
Independents........0-2

But as everybody knows, the real business of record-keeping is kept in Las Vegas. So here is a look at how the conferences fared against the all-important point spread:

BCS Conferences
Conference........ATS
Atlantic Coast.....3-5
Big East............3-2
Big Ten............4-3
Big 12..............2-6
Pac-10.............2-4
Southeastern......6-3

Non-BCS Conferences
Conference.........ATS
Conference USA....1-4
Mid-American......2-2
Mountain West.....3-1
Sun Belt.............1-1
Western Athletic...4-0
Independents.......1-1

And here is a look at postseason records (straight-up) from last season:
Atlantic Coast........5-3
Big 12.................5-3
Pacific 10.............3-2
Conference USA......3-3
Southeastern.........3-3
Mountain West.......2-2
Independents.........1-1
Mid-American........1-1
Big Ten...............3-4
Western Athletic.....1-2
Big East...............1-3
Sun Belt...............0-1