The ten Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) conferences that compete in the Bowl Challenge Cup are:
Power conferences •
Atlantic Coast Conference •
Big Ten Conference •
Big 12 Conference •
Southeastern Conference Other conferences •
American Conference •
Conference USA •
Mid-American Conference •
Mountain West Conference •
Pac-12 Conference •
Sun Belt Conference Since the 2024 season, the Pac-12 has lacked a sufficient number of teams to meet the minimum number of bowl games required for Bowl Challenge Cup honors. Former conferences that competed in the Bowl Challenge Cup were: •
Big East Conference, which reorganized as the American Athletic Conference (now known as the American Conference) after the 2012 season •
Western Athletic Conference, which has not sponsored football in FBS since the 2012 season ==Results==