We've tallied up the final regular-season numbers for how the six BCS conferences fared in games against each other, but those 50 games likely won't be remembered as well as the 19 upcoming bowl games that will pit one BCS conference team against another.

Last year, the SEC and the Pac-10 were the dominant conferences in bowl play, with the SEC going 6-2 and the Pac-10 going 5-0. Next came the Big East (4-2) and Big Ten (4-3), though the Big East went 2-2 against BCS opponents. Bringing up the rear were the ACC (4-6), which went 2-6 against BCS opponents, and the Big Ten, which went 1-6.

Nearly half of the 19 BCS-on-BCS bowls involve the SEC, which clearly had the best regular-season record against other BCS teams, going 10-4 in such games. The three leagues with the worst records against BCS teams -- the Big 12 (4-7), Big Ten (5-9) and ACC (9-11) -- each have seven bowl games against BCS opponents. And that leaves four BCS games each for the Big East (9-7) and Pac-10 (8-7).

Will a non-BCS team beat a team from one of the big six conferences? The only bowl team to do that last year was Utah, which beat Alabama. With TCU and Boise State going head-to-head, the BCS outsiders lose two good chances at such a win -- as it stands, there are seven bowls that pit non-BCS teams against BCS opponents.

Two have direct ties to this blog -- USF facing Northern Illinois in Toronto, and Rutgers facing UCF here in St. Petersburg. BYU could certainly get a win against Oregon State, and Utah is ranked higher than California. Can Temple beat UCLA? Can East Carolina knock off Arkansas? We'll consider Navy an outsider against Missouri as well ...

The BCS vs. BCS bowl games don't begin until Dec. 26, when the ACC can set the tone with UNC facing Pittsburgh and Boston College taking on Southern Cal. We'll update the standings going into New Year's Day and see which conferences are holding their own ...