Helmet Bowl added Muskies, Olfs, Flames, Rattlers, Hatters, and Fighting Saints to the list of Conference Champions for the first time.
Pitt won the ACC by TWO votes!
Texas Permian Basin Falcons won the Lone Star Conference by ONE VOTE!
And, we discovered late Monday we have a TIE! In the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference the Upper Iowa Peacocks TIED with the Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons – both GREAT helmets – but only one can qualify for the Helmet Bowl National Championship.
This, and the playoff for the Mid-South Conference (which had too many teams for our 16-team brackets) will be announced soon.
Later this week, seeding for the Helmet Bowl II National Championship bracket will be revealed and you will be able to fill out your predictive brackets at Helmet Bowl.
The 64 Conference Champions with the most total votes qualify for the National Championships.
The National Championship bracket launches Monday, November 26 at 3 pm CST.
Thanksgiving
At Helmet Tracker, we are thankful for family who support our business and the fun of Helmet Bowl.
We are also thankful for college football Equipment Managers and their efforts to supply Helmet Bowl with the best images of their team's helmet.
We also give thanks for you, the voters in Helmet Bowl. You increased voting in the Helmet Bowl Conference play by more than 5 times the number of votes as last year!
Thank you!
Numbers
You DO NOT want to meet these teams in the National Championship bracket.
One team far outranked others in terms of total votes through the four rounds of the Conference play – the Maine Black Bears.
Other teams nearly within shouting distance:
Iowa State Cyclones
Dickinson Red Devils
Florida International Golden Panthers
We will see some tough regional matchups, some impossible choices, and some great contests in the National bracket.
Conference Champions Repeat
Just 12 teams repeated their Helmet Bowl I Conference Championship. Congratulations to these back-to-back winners!
New Jersey Lions – New Jersey Athletic Conference
Gallaudet Bison (DC) – Eastern Collegiate Football Conference
Ottawa Braves (KS) – Kansas Collegiate Athletic
Oregon Ducks (OR) – Pac 12
Idaho State Bengals (OR) – Big Sky
Northwest Missouri Bearcats (MO) – Mid-America Intercollegiate
College of Idaho Coyotes – Frontier
Finlandia Lions (MI) – Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Misericordia Cougars (PA) – Middle Atlantic Conference
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (MS) –Southerwestern Athletic Conference
Kennesaw State Owls (GA) – Big South
Valdosta State Blazers (GA) – Gulf South
Helmet Bowl II Conference Champions
We start with EVERY college football helmet. In Helmet Bowl II, we seeded the top four teams in every conference and let teams go after each other in head-to-head, single-elimination brackets.
These teams battled through three, sometimes four rounds and emerged victorious and undefeated!
A Helmet Bowl II Conference Championship mini-helmet, courtesy of Schutt Sports and Helmet Tracker, will be sent to the Equipment Manager of each Conference Championship team!
Congratulations!
Lafayette Leopards– (PA) Patriot League
Florida A &M Rattlers – Mid-Eastern Conference
Robert Morris Colonials (PA) – Northeast Conference
Dickinson Red Devils (PA) – Centennial Conference
Maine Black Bears (Maine) – Colonial Athletic Association
Stetson Hatters (FL) – Pioneer Football League
Iowa State Cyclones (IA) -Big 12
Penn Quakers (PA) – Ivy League
Lake Erie Storm (PA) – Great Midwest Athletic
West Virginia State Yellow Jackets – Mountain East
Limestone Saints (SC) – South Atlantic Conference
Kentucky State Thorobreds (KY) – Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
North Central College Cardinals (IL) – College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Rose –Hulman Fightin’ Engineers (IN) – Heartland Collegiate Athletic
Fitchburg State Falcons (MA) – Massachusetts State Collegiate
Alvernia Golden Wolves (PA) – Middle-Atlantic Conference
Tufts Jumbos (Mass) – New England Small College Athletic
Worchester Polytechnic Engineers (Mass) – New England Womens & Mens Athletic
Emory & Henry Wasps (VA) – Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Waynesburg Yellow Jackets (PA) – Presidents’ Athletic Conference
Brevard College Tornados (NC) USA South Athletic Conference
Liberty Flames (VA) – Independent
Redlands Bulldogs (CA) – Southern California Intercollegiate
Grand View Vikings – (Iowa) – Heart of America
Linfield College Wildcats (OR) – Northwest Conference
Colorado Mesa Mavericks – Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Dakota Wesleyan Tigers (SD) – Great Plains Athletic Conference
St. Francis Fighting Saints (IN) – Mid States Football Association
Boise State Broncos (ID) – Mountain West
Southeastern Oklahoma Savage Storm (OK) – Great American Conference
Humbolt State Lumberjacks (CA) – Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Central College Dutch (IA) – American Rivers Conference
Westminster Blue Jays (MO) – Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
Western New England Golden Bears (Mass) – Commonwealth Coast Confer
Missouri S&T Miners – Great Lakes Valley Conference
South Dakota Coyotes – Missouri Valley
Wooster Fighting Scots – (Ohio) – North Coast Athletic Conference
Alfred Saxons – (NY) – Empire 8
Dakota State Trojans (SD) – North Star Athletic Association
Pittsburgh Panthers (PA) – Atlantic Coast Conference
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (NJ) – Big Ten
Western Michigan Broncos (MI) – Mid-American Conference
Northwood Timberwolves (MI) – Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics
Stonehill Skyhawks (Mass) – Northeast 10 Conference
Seton Hill Griffins – Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Rochester Yellowjackets (NY) – Liberty League
Beloit Buccaneers (WI) – Mid-West Athletic Conference
Saint Olaf Oles (MN) – Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic
Lakeland Muskies (WI) – Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
Mount Union Purple Raiders (OH) – Ohio Athletic Conference
Wisconsin (Platteville) Pioneers (WI) – Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
Tulsa Hurricannes– American Athletic Conference
Rhodes Lynx – (TN) – Southern Athletic Association
Vanderbilt Commodores (TN) – SEC
Texas State San Marcos Bobcats (TX) – Sun Belt
Kentucky Christian Knights (KY) – Mid South Conference
Pikeville Bears- Mid South Conference
Florida International Golden Panthers (FL) – Conference USA
Tennessee State Tigers – TN – Ohio Valley Conference
Furman Paladins (SC) – Southern Conference
Lamar Cardinals (TX) – Southland Conference
Saint Augustine Falcons (NC) – Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Texas A&M Commerce Lions – Lone Star Conference
University of Texas Permian Basin Falcons – Lone Star Conference
Howard Payne Yellow Jackets (TX) – American Southwest Conference