| Phil Steele Blog • November 5, 2015 |
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Strength of Wins/ Pain of Losses Thru Week 9.
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 8 Blog post on October 29th 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 now holds the lone #1 spot on this list. Michigan St has faced W Michigan, Oregon, Air Force, C Michigan, Purdue, Rutgers, Michigan and Indiana and those teams have a total of 35 wins keeping them at the top of this list. You can also see the quality of opponent LSU has played with 1 less win then Ohio St and Michigan St but still has 31 combined foe wins. At the bottom you will see your winless teams UCF, and Kansas. While there are only 2 winless teams, my chart grades 3 teams 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 10/31/15
| 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 | 8 | 35 | 1 | Washington | 4 | 15 | 38 | Virginia | 3 | 6 | 85 |
| Ohio St | 8 | 32 | 2 | Tennessee | 4 | 15 | 38 | Colorado St | 3 | 6 | 85 |
| LSU | 7 | 31 | 3 | Duke | 6 | 14 | 46 | Rice | 4 | 5 | 89 |
| Alabama | 7 | 30 | 4 | Indiana | 4 | 14 | 46 | Boston College | 3 | 5 | 89 |
| Iowa | 8 | 29 | 5 | Arizona St | 4 | 14 | 46 | Wake Forest | 3 | 5 | 89 |
| Florida | 7 | 29 | 5 | Texas | 3 | 14 | 46 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 5 | 89 |
| Utah | 7 | 29 | 5 | Oregon | 5 | 13 | 50 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 5 | 89 |
| Clemson | 8 | 28 | 8 | Utah St | 5 | 13 | 50 | New Mexico | 4 | 4 | 94 |
| Memphis | 8 | 28 | 8 | Minnesota | 4 | 13 | 50 | FIU | 4 | 4 | 94 |
| Notre Dame | 7 | 28 | 8 | Nebraska | 3 | 13 | 50 | Rutgers | 3 | 4 | 94 |
| Stanford | 7 | 27 | 11 | GA Southern | 6 | 12 | 54 | Akron | 3 | 4 | 94 |
| Penn St | 7 | 25 | 12 | Western Mich | 5 | 12 | 54 | Oregon St | 2 | 4 | 94 |
| UCLA | 6 | 25 | 12 | Missouri | 4 | 12 | 54 | Maryland | 2 | 4 | 94 |
| Florida St | 7 | 24 | 14 | Auburn | 4 | 12 | 54 | Hawaii | 2 | 4 | 94 |
| Texas A&M | 6 | 24 | 14 | Arizona | 5 | 11 | 58 | UNLV | 2 | 4 | 94 |
| USC | 5 | 24 | 14 | Georgia | 5 | 11 | 58 | Georgia St | 2 | 4 | 94 |
| Mississippi | 7 | 23 | 17 | Arkansas | 4 | 11 | 58 | Wyoming | 1 | 4 | 94 |
| Northwestern | 6 | 23 | 17 | Louisville | 4 | 11 | 58 | UMass | 1 | 4 | 94 |
| BYU | 6 | 23 | 17 | Texas Tech | 5 | 10 | 62 | Iowa St | 3 | 3 | 105 |
| TCU | 8 | 22 | 20 | Cincinnati | 5 | 10 | 62 | West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 105 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 22 | 20 | Arkansas St | 5 | 10 | 62 | UTEP | 3 | 3 | 105 |
| Michigan | 6 | 22 | 20 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 10 | 62 | Idaho | 3 | 3 | 105 |
| Miss St | 6 | 22 | 20 | Kentucky | 4 | 10 | 62 | UL Lafayette | 3 | 3 | 105 |
| Oklahoma St | 8 | 20 | 24 | Nevada | 4 | 10 | 62 | Purdue | 2 | 3 | 105 |
| Temple | 7 | 20 | 24 | South Carolina | 3 | 10 | 62 | Texas St | 2 | 3 | 105 |
| Toledo | 7 | 20 | 24 | NC State | 5 | 9 | 69 | New Mexico St | 1 | 3 | 105 |
| North Carolina | 7 | 19 | 27 | Air Force | 5 | 9 | 69 | UTSA | 1 | 3 | 105 |
| WKU | 7 | 19 | 27 | Illinois | 4 | 9 | 69 | Ball St | 3 | 2 | 114 |
| Navy | 6 | 19 | 27 | East Carolina | 4 | 9 | 69 | Kent St | 3 | 2 | 114 |
| California | 5 | 18 | 30 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 9 | 69 | Old Dominion | 3 | 2 | 114 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | 17 | 31 | Southern Miss | 6 | 8 | 74 | Fresno St | 2 | 2 | 114 |
| Houston | 8 | 16 | 32 | San Jose St | 4 | 8 | 74 | Army | 2 | 1 | 118 |
| Marshall | 8 | 16 | 32 | Tulsa | 4 | 8 | 74 | Troy | 2 | 1 | 118 |
| Baylor | 7 | 16 | 32 | Buffalo | 4 | 8 | 74 | Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 118 |
| Pittsburgh | 6 | 16 | 32 | USF | 4 | 8 | 74 | SMU | 1 | 1 | 118 |
| San Diego St | 6 | 16 | 32 | Syracuse | 3 | 8 | 74 | Eastern Mich | 1 | 1 | 118 |
| Washington St | 5 | 16 | 32 | South Alabama | 3 | 8 | 74 | North Texas | 1 | 1 | 118 |
| Boise St | 7 | 15 | 38 | Appalachian St | 7 | 7 | 81 | Tulane | 2 | 0 | 124 |
| Bowling Green | 6 | 15 | 38 | N Illinois | 5 | 7 | 81 | Miami, OH | 1 | 0 | 124 |
| Louisiana Tech | 6 | 15 | 38 | Kansas St | 3 | 7 | 81 | ULM | 1 | 0 | 124 |
| Miami, Fl | 5 | 15 | 38 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 7 | 81 | Kansas | 0 | 0 | 124 |
| Central Mich | 5 | 15 | 38 | Colorado | 4 | 6 | 85 | UCF | 0 | 0 | 124 |
| Ohio | 5 | 15 | 38 | Connecticut | 4 | 6 | 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 11 teams unbeaten, there are an additional 3 teams who have only lost to an unbeaten foe. Wyoming still hanging around at the top of this list with a combined 34 foe losses. Their foe losses include Utah St, Boise St, Nevada, Air Force, Appalachian St, New Mexico, Washington St, E Michigan and North Dakota. 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 10/31/15
| 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 | |||
| Wyoming | 8 | 34 | 128 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 12 | 83 | UCLA | 2 | 5 | 38 |
| New Mexico St | 7 | 32 | 127 | Akron | 5 | 12 | 83 | Boise St | 2 | 5 | 38 |
| ULM | 7 | 31 | 126 | Buffalo | 4 | 12 | 83 | Duke | 2 | 5 | 38 |
| UCF | 9 | 30 | 124 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 11 | 78 | Oklahoma | 1 | 5 | 38 |
| Eastern Mich | 8 | 30 | 124 | Kent St | 5 | 11 | 78 | North Carolina | 1 | 5 | 38 |
| UTSA | 7 | 26 | 123 | Kentucky | 4 | 11 | 78 | Iowa St | 5 | 4 | 32 |
| Miami, OH | 8 | 25 | 121 | Ohio | 3 | 11 | 78 | Miami, Fl | 3 | 4 | 32 |
| FIU | 5 | 25 | 121 | GA Southern | 2 | 11 | 78 | Oregon | 3 | 4 | 32 |
| Georgia St | 5 | 24 | 120 | Maryland | 6 | 10 | 71 | BYU | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| Army | 6 | 23 | 115 | Tulane | 6 | 10 | 71 | WKU | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| Troy | 6 | 23 | 115 | East Carolina | 5 | 10 | 71 | Bowling Green | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| Charlotte | 6 | 23 | 115 | Minnesota | 4 | 10 | 71 | Cincinnati | 3 | 3 | 28 |
| UTEP | 5 | 23 | 115 | Arizona | 4 | 10 | 71 | Texas A&M | 2 | 3 | 28 |
| Idaho | 5 | 23 | 115 | Rice | 4 | 10 | 71 | Utah | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| North Texas | 7 | 21 | 113 | N Illinois | 3 | 10 | 71 | Marshall | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| Florida Atlantic | 6 | 21 | 113 | Texas | 5 | 9 | 65 | Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| UMass | 7 | 20 | 110 | Washington | 4 | 9 | 65 | Miss St | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| Colorado | 5 | 20 | 110 | Arizona St | 4 | 9 | 65 | Alabama | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| Nevada | 4 | 20 | 110 | San Diego St | 3 | 9 | 65 | Stanford | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| Kansas | 8 | 19 | 107 | NC State | 3 | 9 | 65 | Texas Tech | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 19 | 107 | Southern Miss | 3 | 9 | 65 | West Virginia | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| UNLV | 6 | 19 | 107 | Virginia | 5 | 8 | 58 | Penn St | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Hawaii | 7 | 18 | 102 | Central Mich | 4 | 8 | 58 | Mississippi | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Boston College | 6 | 18 | 102 | Auburn | 4 | 8 | 58 | Michigan | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Wake Forest | 6 | 18 | 102 | USF | 4 | 8 | 58 | Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Ball St | 6 | 18 | 102 | Washington St | 3 | 8 | 58 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Old Dominion | 5 | 18 | 102 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 8 | 58 | Temple | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| SMU | 7 | 17 | 99 | Utah St | 3 | 8 | 58 | Navy | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Colorado St | 5 | 17 | 99 | Rutgers | 5 | 7 | 52 | Florida | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Alabama | 4 | 17 | 99 | Tennessee | 4 | 7 | 52 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oregon St | 6 | 16 | 95 | Indiana | 4 | 7 | 52 | Appalachian St | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fresno St | 6 | 16 | 95 | Arkansas | 4 | 7 | 52 | Michigan St | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| San Jose St | 4 | 16 | 95 | Western Mich | 3 | 7 | 52 | Ohio St | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Mexico | 4 | 16 | 95 | Arkansas St | 3 | 7 | 52 | LSU | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Middle Tennessee | 5 | 15 | 92 | Tulsa | 4 | 6 | 45 | Iowa | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Texas St | 5 | 15 | 92 | Kansas St | 4 | 6 | 45 | Clemson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| UL Lafayette | 4 | 15 | 92 | USC | 3 | 6 | 45 | Memphis | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Purdue | 6 | 14 | 90 | California | 3 | 6 | 45 | TCU | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Connecticut | 5 | 14 | 90 | Georgia | 3 | 6 | 45 | Oklahoma St | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Carolina | 5 | 13 | 88 | Air Force | 3 | 6 | 45 | Toledo | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Missouri | 4 | 13 | 88 | Florida St | 1 | 6 | 45 | Houston | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Virginia Tech | 5 | 12 | 83 | Louisville | 4 | 5 | 38 | Baylor | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Syracuse | 5 | 12 | 83 | Illinois | 4 | 5 | 38 | ||||
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 Ohio St, Michigan St and LSU. 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 7-1 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 10/31/15
| Overall | Overall | Overall | |||||||||
| Wins | Losses | % | Wins | Losses | % | Wins | Losses | % | |||
| Michigan St | 35 | 0 | 100.0% | Duke | 14 | 5 | 73.7% | San Jose St | 8 | 16 | 33.3% |
| Ohio St | 32 | 0 | 100.0% | Louisville | 11 | 5 | 68.8% | Rice | 5 | 10 | 33.3% |
| LSU | 31 | 0 | 100.0% | Tennessee | 15 | 7 | 68.2% | South Alabama | 8 | 17 | 32.0% |
| Florida | 29 | 0 | 100.0% | Washington St | 16 | 8 | 66.7% | Connecticut | 6 | 14 | 30.0% |
| Iowa | 29 | 0 | 100.0% | Indiana | 14 | 7 | 66.7% | Maryland | 4 | 10 | 28.6% |
| Notre Dame | 28 | 0 | 100.0% | Central Mich | 15 | 8 | 65.2% | Colorado St | 6 | 17 | 26.1% |
| Clemson | 28 | 0 | 100.0% | Louisiana Tech | 15 | 8 | 65.2% | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 15 | 25.0% |
| Memphis | 28 | 0 | 100.0% | Georgia | 11 | 6 | 64.7% | Akron | 4 | 12 | 25.0% |
| TCU | 22 | 0 | 100.0% | Illinois | 9 | 5 | 64.3% | Colorado | 6 | 20 | 23.1% |
| Oklahoma St | 20 | 0 | 100.0% | San Diego St | 16 | 9 | 64.0% | Boston College | 5 | 18 | 21.7% |
| Toledo | 20 | 0 | 100.0% | Western Mich | 12 | 7 | 63.2% | Wake Forest | 5 | 18 | 21.7% |
| Houston | 16 | 0 | 100.0% | Washington | 15 | 9 | 62.5% | Oregon St | 4 | 16 | 20.0% |
| Baylor | 16 | 0 | 100.0% | Utah St | 13 | 8 | 61.9% | New Mexico | 4 | 16 | 20.0% |
| Appalachian St | 7 | 0 | 100.0% | Arkansas | 11 | 7 | 61.1% | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 21 | 19.2% |
| Penn St | 25 | 1 | 96.2% | Texas | 14 | 9 | 60.9% | Hawaii | 4 | 18 | 18.2% |
| Mississippi | 23 | 1 | 95.8% | Arizona St | 14 | 9 | 60.9% | Purdue | 3 | 14 | 17.6% |
| Michigan | 22 | 1 | 95.7% | Auburn | 12 | 8 | 60.0% | UNLV | 4 | 19 | 17.4% |
| Temple | 20 | 1 | 95.2% | Air Force | 9 | 6 | 60.0% | UMass | 4 | 20 | 16.7% |
| Navy | 19 | 1 | 95.0% | Arkansas St | 10 | 7 | 58.8% | Texas St | 3 | 15 | 16.7% |
| Wisconsin | 17 | 1 | 94.4% | Ohio | 15 | 11 | 57.7% | UL Lafayette | 3 | 15 | 16.7% |
| Pittsburgh | 16 | 1 | 94.1% | Tulsa | 8 | 6 | 57.1% | Kent St | 2 | 11 | 15.4% |
| Alabama | 30 | 2 | 93.8% | Minnesota | 13 | 10 | 56.5% | Georgia St | 4 | 24 | 14.3% |
| Stanford | 27 | 2 | 93.1% | Kansas St | 7 | 6 | 53.8% | FIU | 4 | 25 | 13.8% |
| Northwestern | 23 | 2 | 92.0% | Arizona | 11 | 10 | 52.4% | UTEP | 3 | 23 | 11.5% |
| Miss St | 22 | 2 | 91.7% | GA Southern | 12 | 11 | 52.2% | Idaho | 3 | 23 | 11.5% |
| Texas Tech | 10 | 1 | 90.9% | NC State | 9 | 9 | 50.0% | Fresno St | 2 | 16 | 11.1% |
| Utah | 29 | 3 | 90.6% | USF | 8 | 8 | 50.0% | Wyoming | 4 | 34 | 10.5% |
| Texas A&M | 24 | 3 | 88.9% | Iowa St | 3 | 4 | 50.0% | UTSA | 3 | 26 | 10.3% |
| BYU | 23 | 4 | 85.2% | Missouri | 12 | 13 | 48.0% | Ball St | 2 | 18 | 10.0% |
| Marshall | 16 | 3 | 84.2% | Kentucky | 10 | 11 | 47.6% | Old Dominion | 2 | 18 | 10.0% |
| UCLA | 25 | 5 | 83.3% | East Carolina | 9 | 10 | 47.4% | New Mexico St | 3 | 32 | 8.6% |
| WKU | 19 | 4 | 82.6% | Southern Miss | 8 | 9 | 47.1% | SMU | 1 | 17 | 5.6% |
| Oklahoma | 22 | 5 | 81.5% | Virginia Tech | 10 | 12 | 45.5% | North Texas | 1 | 21 | 4.5% |
| USC | 24 | 6 | 80.0% | Georgia Tech | 9 | 11 | 45.0% | Army | 1 | 23 | 4.2% |
| Florida St | 24 | 6 | 80.0% | South Carolina | 10 | 13 | 43.5% | Charlotte | 1 | 23 | 4.2% |
| North Carolina | 19 | 5 | 79.2% | Virginia | 6 | 8 | 42.9% | Troy | 1 | 21 | 4.5% |
| Miami, Fl | 15 | 4 | 78.9% | N Illinois | 7 | 10 | 41.2% | Eastern Mich | 1 | 30 | 3.2% |
| Bowling Green | 15 | 4 | 78.9% | Nebraska | 13 | 19 | 40.6% | Tulane | 0 | 10 | 0.0% |
| Cincinnati | 10 | 3 | 76.9% | Syracuse | 8 | 12 | 40.0% | Kansas | 0 | 19 | 0.0% |
| Oregon | 13 | 4 | 76.5% | Buffalo | 8 | 12 | 40.0% | Miami, OH | 0 | 25 | 0.0% |
| California | 18 | 6 | 75.0% | Vanderbilt | 7 | 12 | 36.8% | UCF | 0 | 30 | 0.0% |
| Boise St | 15 | 5 | 75.0% | Rutgers | 4 | 7 | 36.4% | ULM | 0 | 31 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | 3 | 1 | 75.0% | Nevada | 10 | 20 | 33.3% | ||||
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