| Phil Steele Blog • November 24, 2015 |
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Strength of Wins/ Pain of Losses Thru Week 12.
Strength of Wins
I find this chart to be very interesting every year. How it’s devised is if you beat an FBS opponent you get credit for all their wins over their FBS opponents. Week 11 Blog post on November 20th can be found <here> to see the change in records.
In this first chart below you can see Strength of Wins. Here you can see Michigan St took over the lone #1 spot on this list. MSU has wins vs W Michigan, Oregon, Air Force, C Michigan, Purdue, Rutgers, Michigan, Indiana, Maryland and Ohio St and those teams have a total of 60 wins. At the bottom you will see your winless teams UCF, and Kansas. While there are only 2 winless teams, my chart grades only 1 team as having credit with a win but their foes have not won a single game vs a FBS foe.
Here is the Complete list of Strength of Wins with rank:Games Played Thru 11/21/15
| Strength of Wins | Strength of Wins | Strength of Wins | |||||||||
| SU | Combined | SU | Combined | SU | Combined | ||||||
| Wins | Foe Wins | Rank | Wins | Foe Wins | Rank | Wins | Foe Wins | Rank | |||
| Michigan St | 10 | 60 | 1 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 27 | 42 | Georgia St | 4 | 14 | 85 |
| Alabama | 10 | 59 | 2 | Ohio | 7 | 27 | 42 | South Carolina | 3 | 14 | 85 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | 55 | 3 | California | 6 | 27 | 42 | East Carolina | 5 | 12 | 89 |
| Clemson | 11 | 54 | 4 | Auburn | 6 | 27 | 42 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 12 | 89 |
| Notre Dame | 10 | 53 | 5 | Wisconsin | 8 | 26 | 48 | Tulsa | 5 | 11 | 91 |
| Florida | 10 | 50 | 6 | Air Force | 8 | 26 | 48 | Old Dominion | 5 | 11 | 91 |
| Ohio St | 10 | 49 | 7 | San Diego St | 8 | 26 | 48 | UTSA | 3 | 11 | 91 |
| Iowa | 11 | 48 | 8 | Miami, Fl | 7 | 26 | 48 | FIU | 5 | 10 | 94 |
| Stanford | 9 | 46 | 9 | Central Mich | 6 | 25 | 52 | Colorado | 4 | 10 | 94 |
| Michigan | 9 | 45 | 10 | Missouri | 5 | 24 | 53 | New Mexico St | 3 | 10 | 94 |
| Northwestern | 9 | 45 | 10 | Arizona | 6 | 23 | 54 | UTEP | 4 | 9 | 97 |
| Utah | 8 | 45 | 10 | Utah St | 6 | 23 | 54 | Syracuse | 3 | 9 | 97 |
| Navy | 9 | 44 | 13 | Minnesota | 5 | 23 | 54 | Boston College | 3 | 8 | 99 |
| North Carolina | 10 | 42 | 14 | Boise St | 7 | 22 | 57 | UNLV | 3 | 8 | 99 |
| UCLA | 8 | 42 | 14 | Southern Miss | 8 | 21 | 58 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 8 | 99 |
| Oklahoma St | 10 | 41 | 16 | Colorado St | 6 | 21 | 58 | Rutgers | 4 | 7 | 102 |
| Mississippi | 8 | 41 | 16 | Cincinnati | 6 | 21 | 58 | UL Lafayette | 4 | 7 | 102 |
| Miss St | 8 | 41 | 16 | Louisville | 6 | 21 | 58 | Maryland | 2 | 7 | 102 |
| Oregon | 8 | 40 | 19 | Nevada | 6 | 21 | 58 | Texas St | 3 | 6 | 105 |
| USC | 7 | 40 | 19 | Washington | 5 | 21 | 58 | UMass | 2 | 6 | 105 |
| LSU | 7 | 40 | 19 | NC State | 7 | 20 | 64 | Wyoming | 1 | 6 | 105 |
| Florida St | 9 | 39 | 22 | Western Mich | 6 | 20 | 64 | Rice | 4 | 5 | 108 |
| Toledo | 9 | 39 | 22 | Middle Tenn | 6 | 20 | 64 | Wake Forest | 3 | 5 | 108 |
| Washington St | 8 | 39 | 22 | Connecticut | 6 | 20 | 64 | Fresno St | 3 | 5 | 108 |
| Houston | 10 | 37 | 25 | Arkansas St | 7 | 19 | 68 | Kent St | 3 | 5 | 108 |
| BYU | 8 | 37 | 25 | GA Southern | 7 | 19 | 68 | Purdue | 2 | 5 | 108 |
| Memphis | 8 | 37 | 25 | New Mexico | 6 | 19 | 68 | Oregon St | 2 | 5 | 108 |
| Temple | 9 | 36 | 28 | Indiana | 5 | 19 | 68 | Iowa St | 3 | 4 | 114 |
| WKU | 9 | 36 | 28 | Virginia | 5 | 18 | 72 | Idaho | 3 | 4 | 114 |
| Texas A&M | 8 | 36 | 28 | South Alabama | 5 | 18 | 72 | Troy | 3 | 4 | 114 |
| Baylor | 9 | 35 | 31 | Texas | 4 | 18 | 72 | Hawaii | 2 | 4 | 114 |
| Pittsburgh | 8 | 34 | 32 | Appalachian St | 8 | 17 | 75 | SMU | 2 | 4 | 114 |
| Bowling Green | 8 | 33 | 33 | Texas Tech | 6 | 17 | 75 | Miami, OH | 3 | 3 | 119 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 32 | 34 | Duke | 6 | 16 | 77 | Ball St | 3 | 3 | 119 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 32 | 34 | Illinois | 5 | 16 | 77 | Charlotte | 2 | 3 | 119 |
| Penn St | 7 | 31 | 36 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 16 | 77 | North Texas | 1 | 3 | 119 |
| USF | 7 | 31 | 36 | West Virginia | 6 | 15 | 80 | Tulane | 3 | 2 | 123 |
| TCU | 9 | 30 | 38 | Akron | 6 | 15 | 80 | Army | 2 | 1 | 124 |
| N Illinois | 8 | 30 | 38 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 15 | 80 | Eastern Mich | 1 | 1 | 124 |
| Tennessee | 7 | 30 | 38 | Kentucky | 5 | 15 | 80 | ULM | 1 | 0 | 126 |
| Arizona St | 6 | 29 | 41 | Buffalo | 5 | 15 | 80 | Kansas | 0 | 0 | 126 |
| Marshall | 9 | 27 | 42 | San Jose St | 5 | 14 | 85 | UCF | 0 | 0 | 126 |
| Georgia | 8 | 27 | 42 | Kansas St | 4 | 14 | 85 | ||||
Pain of Losses
This next chart we will go over is the Pain of Losses. Here if you lose to an opponent you get credit for all their losses. While there are 2 teams unbeaten, there are an additional 1 team (Notre Dame) who have only lost to an unbeaten foe. Eastern Michigan is still at the top of this list with a combined 60 foe losses. Their foe losses include Old Dominion, Ball St, Army, LSU, Akron, Toledo, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, Miami, Oh and UMass. Unlike the Strength of Wins chart, the Pain of Losses chart does include a loss to an FCS foe. I count that loss a 4 towards the combined foe loss record due to the weakness of the opponent.
Here is your complete Pain of Losses Chart with rank: Games Played Thru 11/21/15
| Pain of Losses | Pain of Losses | Pain of Losses | |||||||||
| SU | Combined | SU | Combined | SU | Combined | ||||||
| Loss | Foe Losses | Rank | Loss | Foe Losses | Rank | Loss | Foe Losses | Rank | |||
| Eastern Mich | 10 | 60 | 128 | Buffalo | 6 | 25 | 85 | Southern Miss | 3 | 11 | 41 |
| ULM | 10 | 57 | 127 | Maryland | 9 | 24 | 83 | Arkansas St | 3 | 11 | 41 |
| UCF | 11 | 54 | 126 | Missouri | 6 | 24 | 83 | UCLA | 3 | 10 | 40 |
| Army | 9 | 51 | 125 | Arizona | 6 | 23 | 81 | Texas Tech | 5 | 9 | 34 |
| Wyoming | 10 | 50 | 123 | Kentucky | 6 | 23 | 81 | Mississippi | 3 | 9 | 34 |
| Charlotte | 9 | 50 | 123 | Washington | 6 | 22 | 80 | LSU | 3 | 9 | 34 |
| Hawaii | 10 | 46 | 122 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 21 | 78 | Texas A&M | 3 | 9 | 34 |
| UMass | 9 | 45 | 121 | Texas | 6 | 21 | 78 | WKU | 2 | 9 | 34 |
| Idaho | 8 | 44 | 120 | Rutgers | 7 | 20 | 74 | Marshall | 2 | 9 | 34 |
| Kansas | 11 | 42 | 118 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 20 | 74 | Tennessee | 4 | 8 | 29 |
| UTSA | 8 | 42 | 118 | Utah St | 5 | 20 | 74 | Miami, Fl | 4 | 8 | 29 |
| Miami, OH | 9 | 41 | 117 | Ohio | 4 | 20 | 74 | Bowling Green | 3 | 8 | 29 |
| Florida Atlantic | 9 | 40 | 116 | Middle Tenn | 5 | 19 | 72 | Florida St | 2 | 8 | 29 |
| North Texas | 10 | 39 | 112 | Connecticut | 5 | 19 | 72 | North Carolina | 1 | 8 | 29 |
| New Mexico St | 7 | 39 | 112 | Iowa St | 8 | 17 | 69 | Penn St | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| UTEP | 7 | 39 | 112 | Tulsa | 6 | 17 | 69 | Miss St | 3 | 7 | 25 |
| Troy | 7 | 39 | 112 | Auburn | 5 | 17 | 69 | Oregon | 3 | 7 | 25 |
| Oregon St | 9 | 38 | 111 | Virginia | 6 | 16 | 60 | Air Force | 3 | 7 | 25 |
| Colorado | 8 | 36 | 109 | Kansas St | 6 | 16 | 60 | Georgia | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| FIU | 7 | 36 | 109 | East Carolina | 6 | 16 | 60 | Michigan St | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| Texas St | 7 | 35 | 108 | Arizona St | 5 | 16 | 60 | Oklahoma | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| UNLV | 8 | 34 | 106 | Central Mich | 5 | 16 | 60 | West Virginia | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| Tulane | 8 | 34 | 106 | Western Mich | 5 | 16 | 60 | Stanford | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| Kent St | 8 | 33 | 105 | Duke | 5 | 16 | 60 | Temple | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| Georgia St | 6 | 32 | 103 | Akron | 5 | 16 | 60 | Houston | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| Nevada | 5 | 32 | 103 | Boise St | 4 | 16 | 60 | Memphis | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| Boston College | 8 | 31 | 100 | Indiana | 6 | 15 | 55 | Michigan | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Fresno St | 8 | 31 | 100 | Illinois | 6 | 15 | 55 | Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Ball St | 8 | 31 | 100 | California | 5 | 15 | 55 | Appalachian St | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 30 | 98 | USF | 4 | 15 | 55 | Alabama | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Rice | 7 | 30 | 98 | GA Southern | 3 | 15 | 55 | Florida | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Purdue | 9 | 29 | 96 | N Illinois | 3 | 14 | 53 | Toledo | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| UL Lafayette | 6 | 29 | 96 | San Diego St | 3 | 14 | 53 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| San Jose St | 6 | 28 | 94 | Minnesota | 6 | 13 | 48 | Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| South Alabama | 5 | 28 | 94 | Arkansas | 5 | 13 | 48 | TCU | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| SMU | 9 | 27 | 89 | Cincinnati | 5 | 13 | 48 | Ohio St | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Syracuse | 8 | 27 | 89 | NC State | 4 | 13 | 48 | Navy | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Wake Forest | 8 | 27 | 89 | Utah | 3 | 13 | 48 | Oklahoma St | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 27 | 89 | USC | 4 | 12 | 47 | Baylor | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 27 | 89 | Louisville | 5 | 11 | 41 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Georgia Tech | 8 | 26 | 86 | Washington St | 3 | 11 | 41 | Clemson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Old Dominion | 6 | 26 | 86 | BYU | 3 | 11 | 41 | Iowa | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colorado St | 5 | 26 | 86 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 11 | 41 | ||||
Overall Wins and Losses
In this last chart below you can see the overall wins and losses. As you can see the top teams are Clemson, Notre Dame, and Iowa. The bottom teams are all the winless teams. One of the most interesting teams here is Notre Dame (highlighted in green). If you take a closer look, Notre Dame has a 10-1 record, but have 0 losses in this list because their only loss came to a unbeaten Clemson team. So Notre Dame does not get credit for any losses.
Here is your complete Overall Wins and Losses Chart with %:Games Played Thru 11/21/15
| Overall | Overall | Overall | |||||||||
| Wins | Losses | % | Wins | Losses | % | Wins | Losses | % | |||
| Clemson | 54 | 0 | 100.0% | Arkansas | 32 | 13 | 71.1% | South Alabama | 18 | 28 | 39.1% |
| Notre Dame | 53 | 0 | 100.0% | Louisiana Tech | 27 | 11 | 71.1% | Buffalo | 15 | 25 | 37.5% |
| Iowa | 48 | 0 | 100.0% | N Illinois | 30 | 14 | 68.2% | San Jose St | 14 | 28 | 33.3% |
| Ohio St | 49 | 1 | 98.0% | USF | 31 | 15 | 67.4% | South Carolina | 14 | 30 | 31.8% |
| Navy | 44 | 1 | 97.8% | Louisville | 21 | 11 | 65.6% | Georgia Tech | 12 | 26 | 31.6% |
| Oklahoma St | 41 | 1 | 97.6% | Southern Miss | 21 | 11 | 65.6% | Georgia St | 14 | 32 | 30.4% |
| Baylor | 35 | 1 | 97.2% | Texas Tech | 17 | 9 | 65.4% | Old Dominion | 11 | 26 | 29.7% |
| Northwestern | 45 | 2 | 95.7% | San Diego St | 26 | 14 | 65.0% | Rutgers | 7 | 20 | 25.9% |
| Alabama | 59 | 3 | 95.2% | Arizona St | 29 | 16 | 64.4% | Syracuse | 9 | 27 | 25.0% |
| Pittsburgh | 34 | 2 | 94.4% | California | 27 | 15 | 64.3% | Maryland | 7 | 24 | 22.6% |
| Florida | 50 | 3 | 94.3% | Minnesota | 23 | 13 | 63.9% | Colorado | 10 | 36 | 21.7% |
| TCU | 30 | 2 | 93.8% | Arkansas St | 19 | 11 | 63.3% | FIU | 10 | 36 | 21.7% |
| Toledo | 39 | 3 | 92.9% | Cincinnati | 21 | 13 | 61.8% | UTSA | 11 | 42 | 20.8% |
| Michigan | 45 | 4 | 91.8% | Auburn | 27 | 17 | 61.4% | Boston College | 8 | 31 | 20.5% |
| Michigan St | 60 | 6 | 90.9% | Central Mich | 25 | 16 | 61.0% | New Mexico St | 10 | 39 | 20.4% |
| Memphis | 37 | 4 | 90.2% | NC State | 20 | 13 | 60.6% | UL Lafayette | 7 | 29 | 19.4% |
| Stanford | 46 | 5 | 90.2% | Boise St | 22 | 16 | 57.9% | UNLV | 8 | 34 | 19.0% |
| Oklahoma | 55 | 6 | 90.2% | Ohio | 27 | 20 | 57.4% | UTEP | 9 | 39 | 18.8% |
| Wisconsin | 26 | 3 | 89.7% | Indiana | 19 | 15 | 55.9% | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 40 | 16.7% |
| Houston | 37 | 5 | 88.1% | GA Southern | 19 | 15 | 55.9% | Wake Forest | 5 | 27 | 15.6% |
| Temple | 36 | 5 | 87.8% | Western Mich | 20 | 16 | 55.6% | Purdue | 5 | 29 | 14.7% |
| Miss St | 41 | 7 | 85.4% | Nebraska | 32 | 27 | 54.2% | Texas St | 6 | 35 | 14.6% |
| Oregon | 40 | 7 | 85.1% | Utah St | 23 | 20 | 53.5% | Rice | 5 | 30 | 14.3% |
| Appalachian St | 17 | 3 | 85.0% | Virginia | 18 | 16 | 52.9% | Fresno St | 5 | 31 | 13.9% |
| North Carolina | 42 | 8 | 84.0% | Illinois | 16 | 15 | 51.6% | Kent St | 5 | 33 | 13.2% |
| Florida St | 39 | 8 | 83.0% | Middle Tenn | 20 | 19 | 51.3% | SMU | 4 | 27 | 12.9% |
| Mississippi | 41 | 9 | 82.0% | Connecticut | 20 | 19 | 51.3% | UMass | 6 | 45 | 11.8% |
| Georgia | 27 | 6 | 81.8% | Duke | 16 | 16 | 50.0% | Oregon St | 5 | 38 | 11.6% |
| LSU | 40 | 9 | 81.6% | Iowa St | 4 | 17 | 50.0% | Wyoming | 6 | 50 | 10.7% |
| Penn St | 31 | 7 | 81.6% | Arizona | 23 | 23 | 50.0% | Troy | 4 | 39 | 9.3% |
| UCLA | 42 | 10 | 80.8% | Missouri | 24 | 24 | 50.0% | Ball St | 3 | 31 | 8.8% |
| Bowling Green | 33 | 8 | 80.5% | Washington | 21 | 22 | 48.8% | Idaho | 4 | 44 | 8.3% |
| Texas A&M | 36 | 9 | 80.0% | Akron | 15 | 16 | 48.4% | Hawaii | 4 | 46 | 8.0% |
| WKU | 36 | 9 | 80.0% | Kansas St | 14 | 16 | 46.7% | North Texas | 3 | 39 | 7.1% |
| Tennessee | 30 | 8 | 78.9% | Texas | 18 | 21 | 46.2% | Miami, OH | 3 | 41 | 6.8% |
| Air Force | 26 | 7 | 78.8% | Colorado St | 21 | 26 | 44.7% | Charlotte | 3 | 50 | 5.7% |
| Washington St | 39 | 11 | 78.0% | Vanderbilt | 16 | 21 | 43.2% | Tulane | 2 | 34 | 5.6% |
| Utah | 45 | 13 | 77.6% | East Carolina | 12 | 16 | 42.9% | Army | 1 | 51 | 1.9% |
| BYU | 37 | 11 | 77.1% | Virginia Tech | 15 | 20 | 42.9% | Eastern Mich | 1 | 60 | 1.6% |
| USC | 40 | 12 | 76.9% | New Mexico | 19 | 27 | 41.3% | Kansas | 0 | 42 | 0.0% |
| Miami, Fl | 26 | 8 | 76.5% | Nevada | 21 | 32 | 39.6% | UCF | 0 | 54 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | 15 | 5 | 75.0% | Kentucky | 15 | 23 | 39.5% | ULM | 0 | 57 | 0.0% |
| Marshall | 27 | 9 | 75.0% | Tulsa | 11 | 17 | 39.3% | ||||
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