This years conference bowl records seem to be pretty even across the country. It shows how much parity was in college football outside of the top 2 teams. 

AAC:

Record: 2-5
Wins: Tulane, Cincinnati
Losses: South Florida, Memphis, Houston, Temple, UCF 

Atlantic Coast Conference

Record: 5-5
Wins: Wake Forest, Duke, Syracuse, Virginia, Clemson
Losses: Georgia Tech, Miami, Virginia Tech, Pitt, North Carolina State

Big Ten Conference

Record: 5-4
Wins: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Iowa, Ohio State
Losses: Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State

Mid-American Conference

Record: 1-5
Wins: Ohio
Losses: Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan, Buffalo

Mountain West Conference

Record: 3-2
Wins: Fresno State, Utah State, Nevada
Losses: San Diego State, Hawaii

Big 12 Conference

Record: 4-3
Wins: TCU, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas
Losses: West Virginia, Iowa State, Oklahoma

Conference USA

Record: 4-2
Wins: UAB, Marshall, Florida International, Louisiana Tech
Losses: Middle Tennessee State, North Texas

Pac-12 Conference

Record: 3-4
Wins: Washington State, Stanford, Oregon
Losses: Arizona State, California, Utah, Washington

Southeastern Conference

Record: 6-5
Wins: Auburn, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, LSU, Texas A&M
Losses: Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Missouri, Mississippi State, Georgia

Sun Belt Conference

Record: 3-2
Wins: Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Troy
Losses: Louisiana, Arkansas State

ndependents

Record: 2-1
Wins: BYU, Army 
Losses: Notre Dame