In the last 10 years, the SEC is 55-38 ATS in bowl games, by far the best mark of any conference.
The SEC went 8-3 ATS in bowls last season.
In the last 10 years, the Big 12 is 32-44 ATS in bowl games.
In the last 10 years, the MAC is just 16-29 ATS in bowl games.
The OVER went 26-15 in bowl games last year but the UNDER was 163-147 the previous 9 seasons.
Teams playing bowl games in their home state are 29-30-1 ATS in the previous 5 seasons.
Averaged combined points in bowl games since 2011 is 58.7. The average posted over/under on this season's bowls is 57.4.
Bowl Specific ATS Trends (Bowl Games December 17-23)
12/17 New Mexico Bowl: Dating back to his days as a DC at Texas A&M, Bob Davie is 0-9 SU in bowl games. However this year's bowl game will be the first time in that span that his team is favored in a bowl (New Mexico is -7.5 vs UTSA).
12/17 New Mexico Bowl: The OVER is on a 12-2 run in New Mexico games.
12/17 Las Vegas Bowl: San Diego State head coach Rocky Long is just 3-7 SU/ATS in bowl games in his career.
12/17 Las Vegas Bowl: Teams who pulled bowl outright upsets as 6+ point underdogs are just 0-10 ATS as bowl favorites the next season. Houston upset Florida St last year (+7) and are now -4 vs San Diego St this year.
12/17 Las Vegas Bowl: Houston was on a 19-1-1 ATS run in games played away from home but finished this season 0-3 SU/ATS their last 3 road games losing outright as a favorite in each.
12/17 Cure Bowl: Arkansas St and UCF were a combined 16-7-1 to the UNDER this year.
12/17 Cure Bowl: Arkansas St is just 1-9 SU/ATS in their last 10 non-conference games.
12/17 Cure Bowl: Since 2002, no other team has gone from an 0-12 season to a bowl game the next season. UCF has now done it twice.
12/17 Camellia Bowl: In their last 15 games away from home, Toledo is 12-3 SU/12-2-1 ATS. They are -1 vs Appalachian St.
12/17 New Orleans Bowl: From 2011-2014, UL-Lafayette was 4-0 SU/ATS in the New Orleans Bowl winning outright as an underdog 3 times.
12/19 Miami Beach Bowl: Central Michigan finished their season on a 2-7 ATS run.
12/19 Miami Beach Bowl: Tulsa is 10-2-1 ATS away from home under head coach Philip Montgomery.
12/20 Boca Raton Bowl: Excluding non-conference games vs SEC schools, Memphis and WKU combined have only been an underdog 5 times in the last two seasons. WKU is -5.5 over Memphis.
12/21 Poinsettia Bowl: Wyoming was 6-1 ATS as an underdog this season with 5 outright upsets. They are +9 vs BYU.
12/22 Potato Bowl: Both Colorado St and Idaho finished their seasons on 7-game ATS winning streaks.
12/22 Potato Bowl: The underdog is 10-2 ATS in the Potato Bowl with 9 outright upsets.
12/23 Bahamas Bowl: The favorite was a perfect 12-0 ATS in Old Dominion games this year. Old Dominion is -4 vs Eastern Michigan.
12/23 Bahamas Bowl: Eastern Michigan and Old Dominion were a combined 18-6 ATS this year.
12/23 Armed Forces Bowl: Louisiana Tech and Navy are a combined 18-8 to the OVER this year.
12/23 Dollar General Bowl: Each of Ohio's last 12 games have gone UNDER the total. The total in their bowl game vs Troy is 49.
12/23 Dollar General Bowl: Ohio is on an 8-2 ATS run as an underdog. They are +4 vs Troy.
Later Bowl Game ATS Trends (I'll dive deeper into each bowl next week):
Urban Meyer is 10-2 SU/ATS in bowl games in his career.
Urban Meyer is 39-9 ATS with more than a week to prepare.
Alabama went 8-2 ATS against bowl teams this season.
Nine of Alabama's last 11 bowl games have gone over the total.
Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham is 8-1 SU/7-2 ATS in bowl games in his career.
Temple finished the season on a 12-game ATS winning streak.
Each of Pittsburgh's last 11 games have gone OVER the total.
Seven of TCU's last 9 bowl games have gone UNDER the total.
Stanford has covered the spread in 6 of its last 7 bowl games.
Kansas St head coach Bill Snyder is 1-8 ATS in his last 9 bowl games.
The Big 10 as a favorite over the ACC in bowl games is 0-7-1 ATS.
The underdog in Clemson's last 13 bowl games is 12-1 ATS. Clemson is +3 vs Ohio St.