| Phil Steele Blog • October 16, 2015 |
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Strength of Wins/ Pain of Losses Thru Week 6.
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. Original Blog post on October 7th can be found <here>.
Here is the updated List thru College Football Week 6.
In this first chart below you can see Strength of Wins. For example Florida on the Strength of Wins list has faced New Mexico St, E Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Missouri and those teams have a total of 19 wins putting them at the top of this list. At the bottom you will see your winless teams Wyoming, UCF, N Texas, New Mexico St and Kansas. While there are only 5 winless teams, my chart grades 15 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:
| 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 | |||
| Florida | 6 | 19 | 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 6 | 44 | Old Dominion | 2 | 3 | 73 |
| Utah | 5 | 17 | 2 | Illinois | 4 | 6 | 44 | Charlotte | 2 | 3 | 73 |
| Ohio St | 6 | 16 | 3 | Wisconsin | 4 | 6 | 44 | UMass | 1 | 3 | 73 |
| Northwestern | 5 | 15 | 4 | Arizona | 4 | 6 | 44 | FIU | 3 | 2 | 90 |
| Texas A&M | 5 | 15 | 4 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 6 | 44 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 90 |
| Michigan | 5 | 15 | 4 | North Carolina | 4 | 6 | 44 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | 90 |
| Iowa | 6 | 14 | 7 | Bowling Green | 4 | 6 | 44 | Maryland | 2 | 2 | 90 |
| TCU | 6 | 14 | 7 | Washington | 3 | 6 | 44 | Western Mich | 2 | 2 | 90 |
| Michigan St | 6 | 13 | 9 | Nebraska | 2 | 6 | 44 | UTSA | 1 | 2 | 90 |
| LSU | 5 | 13 | 9 | Georgia | 4 | 5 | 53 | Appalachian St | 4 | 1 | 96 |
| Alabama | 5 | 13 | 9 | NC State | 4 | 5 | 53 | GA Southern | 4 | 1 | 96 |
| BYU | 4 | 13 | 9 | Kansas St | 3 | 5 | 53 | Connecticut | 3 | 1 | 96 |
| Temple | 5 | 12 | 13 | Syracuse | 3 | 5 | 53 | Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 96 |
| Florida St | 5 | 12 | 13 | Tulsa | 3 | 5 | 53 | Rice | 3 | 1 | 96 |
| Penn St | 5 | 12 | 13 | Auburn | 3 | 5 | 53 | Ball St | 2 | 1 | 96 |
| WKU | 5 | 12 | 13 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 5 | 53 | Kent St | 2 | 1 | 96 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 12 | 13 | Washington St | 3 | 5 | 53 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 96 |
| Oklahoma St | 6 | 11 | 18 | Nevada | 3 | 5 | 53 | Colorado St | 2 | 1 | 96 |
| Toledo | 5 | 11 | 18 | Arkansas | 2 | 5 | 53 | Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 96 |
| California | 5 | 11 | 18 | Oregon | 3 | 4 | 63 | UL Lafayette | 2 | 1 | 96 |
| Indiana | 4 | 11 | 18 | Cincinnati | 3 | 4 | 63 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 96 |
| UCLA | 4 | 11 | 18 | East Carolina | 3 | 4 | 63 | Army | 1 | 1 | 96 |
| Clemson | 5 | 10 | 23 | Wake Forest | 3 | 4 | 63 | New Mexico | 3 | 0 | 109 |
| Notre Dame | 5 | 10 | 23 | Arkansas St | 3 | 4 | 63 | Iowa St | 2 | 0 | 109 |
| Ohio | 5 | 10 | 23 | South Alabama | 3 | 4 | 63 | Rutgers | 2 | 0 | 109 |
| Minnesota | 4 | 10 | 23 | N Illinois | 3 | 4 | 63 | Tulane | 2 | 0 | 109 |
| Arizona St | 4 | 10 | 23 | Louisville | 2 | 4 | 63 | UTEP | 2 | 0 | 109 |
| Memphis | 5 | 9 | 28 | South Carolina | 2 | 4 | 63 | Texas St | 1 | 0 | 109 |
| Navy | 4 | 9 | 28 | Georgia St | 1 | 4 | 63 | Virginia | 1 | 0 | 109 |
| Stanford | 4 | 9 | 28 | West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 73 | Troy | 1 | 0 | 109 |
| Baylor | 5 | 8 | 31 | Air Force | 3 | 3 | 73 | ULM | 1 | 0 | 109 |
| Duke | 5 | 8 | 31 | Boston College | 3 | 3 | 73 | Purdue | 1 | 0 | 109 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 8 | 31 | Miami, Fl | 3 | 3 | 73 | SMU | 1 | 0 | 109 |
| Boise St | 5 | 8 | 31 | Utah St | 3 | 3 | 73 | Fresno St | 1 | 0 | 109 |
| Kentucky | 4 | 8 | 31 | Akron | 3 | 3 | 73 | Miami, OH | 1 | 0 | 109 |
| Missouri | 4 | 8 | 31 | San Diego St | 3 | 3 | 73 | Idaho | 1 | 0 | 109 |
| USC | 3 | 8 | 31 | Colorado | 3 | 3 | 73 | Eastern Mich | 1 | 0 | 109 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 8 | 31 | San Jose St | 3 | 3 | 73 | Kansas | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| Houston | 5 | 7 | 39 | Central Mich | 2 | 3 | 73 | New Mexico St | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| Marshall | 5 | 7 | 39 | Oregon St | 2 | 3 | 73 | North Texas | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| Pittsburgh | 4 | 7 | 39 | Hawaii | 2 | 3 | 73 | UCF | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| Miss St | 4 | 7 | 39 | USF | 2 | 3 | 73 | Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| Texas | 2 | 7 | 39 | UNLV | 2 | 3 | 73 | ||||
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 16 teams unbeaten, there are an additional 12 teams who have only lost to an unbeaten foe. Of those 12, 4 teams have 2 losses to unbeaten foes. Wyoming still hanging around at the top of this list with a combined 21 foe losses. Their foe losses include 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:
| 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 | 6 | 21 | 128 | San Diego St | 3 | 5 | 80 | Indiana | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| UCF | 6 | 18 | 125 | Western Mich | 3 | 5 | 80 | Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| Eastern Mich | 5 | 17 | 125 | Connecticut | 3 | 5 | 80 | Missouri | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| Georgia St | 4 | 17 | 125 | Rice | 3 | 5 | 80 | Illinois | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| North Texas | 5 | 15 | 124 | Tulane | 3 | 5 | 80 | Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| UTEP | 4 | 14 | 123 | Washington St | 2 | 5 | 80 | Tulsa | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| New Mexico St | 5 | 13 | 122 | Ball St | 4 | 4 | 68 | West Virginia | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| Army | 5 | 12 | 121 | Virginia | 4 | 4 | 68 | Air Force | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| Idaho | 4 | 11 | 120 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 4 | 68 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| UTSA | 5 | 10 | 115 | Wake Forest | 3 | 4 | 68 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| Kansas | 5 | 10 | 115 | Arkansas St | 3 | 4 | 68 | Navy | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| Miami, OH | 5 | 10 | 115 | Boston College | 3 | 4 | 68 | Stanford | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| Florida Atlantic | 4 | 10 | 115 | Oregon St | 3 | 4 | 68 | Duke | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| ULM | 4 | 10 | 115 | USF | 3 | 4 | 68 | Marshall | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| Fresno St | 5 | 9 | 111 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 4 | 68 | Miss St | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Troy | 4 | 9 | 111 | Georgia | 2 | 4 | 68 | Texas Tech | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| South Alabama | 3 | 9 | 111 | Oklahoma | 1 | 4 | 68 | Kansas St | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Colorado | 3 | 9 | 111 | North Carolina | 1 | 4 | 68 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Purdue | 5 | 8 | 104 | Arkansas | 4 | 3 | 59 | Michigan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 8 | 104 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 3 | 59 | Penn St | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| UNLV | 4 | 8 | 104 | East Carolina | 3 | 3 | 59 | California | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Colorado St | 4 | 8 | 104 | Akron | 3 | 3 | 59 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Old Dominion | 3 | 8 | 104 | Rutgers | 3 | 3 | 59 | Mississippi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlotte | 3 | 8 | 104 | USC | 2 | 3 | 59 | Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FIU | 3 | 8 | 104 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 3 | 59 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SMU | 5 | 7 | 98 | Bowling Green | 2 | 3 | 59 | Appalachian St | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Middle Tennessee | 4 | 7 | 98 | Syracuse | 2 | 3 | 59 | Florida | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| N Illinois | 3 | 7 | 98 | Texas | 4 | 2 | 43 | Utah | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| San Jose St | 3 | 7 | 98 | Oregon | 3 | 2 | 43 | Ohio St | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Southern Miss | 3 | 7 | 98 | Louisville | 3 | 2 | 43 | Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 7 | 98 | Iowa St | 3 | 2 | 43 | Iowa | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 6 | 91 | BYU | 2 | 2 | 43 | TCU | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| UMass | 4 | 6 | 91 | Arizona St | 2 | 2 | 43 | LSU | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Texas St | 4 | 6 | 91 | Washington | 2 | 2 | 43 | Michigan St | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nevada | 3 | 6 | 91 | Arizona | 2 | 2 | 43 | Temple | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Buffalo | 3 | 6 | 91 | Auburn | 2 | 2 | 43 | Florida St | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| UL Lafayette | 3 | 6 | 91 | Miami, Fl | 2 | 2 | 43 | Toledo | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NC State | 2 | 6 | 91 | Utah St | 2 | 2 | 43 | Oklahoma St | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 5 | 80 | WKU | 1 | 2 | 43 | Clemson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Central Mich | 4 | 5 | 80 | UCLA | 1 | 2 | 43 | Memphis | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maryland | 4 | 5 | 80 | Ohio | 1 | 2 | 43 | Baylor | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kent St | 4 | 5 | 80 | Boise St | 1 | 2 | 43 | Houston | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 5 | 80 | GA Southern | 1 | 2 | 43 | ||||
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 Northwestern, Florida, Texas A&M and Ohio St. The bottom teams are all the winless teams. One of the most interesting teams here is Appalachian St (highlighted in green). If you take a closer look, Appalachian St is the only team that has a win vs a winless team, a win vs a 1 win team, and their only loss was vs Clemson one of the unbeaten teams. So they will have a 1-0 record.
| Overall | Overall | Overall | |||||||||
| Wins | Losses | % | Wins | Losses | % | Wins | Losses | % | |||
| Florida | 19 | 0 | 100.0% | Ohio | 10 | 2 | 83.3% | South Alabama | 4 | 9 | 30.8% |
| Utah | 17 | 0 | 100.0% | Tulsa | 5 | 1 | 83.3% | San Jose St | 3 | 7 | 30.0% |
| Ohio St | 16 | 0 | 100.0% | Boise St | 8 | 2 | 80.0% | Maryland | 2 | 5 | 28.6% |
| Texas A&M | 15 | 0 | 100.0% | Texas | 7 | 2 | 77.8% | Western Mich | 2 | 5 | 28.6% |
| Michigan | 15 | 0 | 100.0% | Oklahoma | 12 | 4 | 75.0% | UNLV | 3 | 8 | 27.3% |
| Iowa | 14 | 0 | 100.0% | Washington | 6 | 2 | 75.0% | Old Dominion | 3 | 8 | 27.3% |
| TCU | 14 | 0 | 100.0% | Arizona | 6 | 2 | 75.0% | Charlotte | 3 | 8 | 27.3% |
| LSU | 13 | 0 | 100.0% | West Virginia | 3 | 1 | 75.0% | Colorado | 3 | 9 | 25.0% |
| Michigan St | 13 | 0 | 100.0% | Air Force | 3 | 1 | 75.0% | FIU | 2 | 8 | 20.0% |
| Temple | 12 | 0 | 100.0% | USC | 8 | 3 | 72.7% | Ball St | 1 | 4 | 20.0% |
| Florida St | 12 | 0 | 100.0% | Auburn | 5 | 2 | 71.4% | Georgia St | 4 | 17 | 19.0% |
| Penn St | 12 | 0 | 100.0% | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | UTSA | 2 | 10 | 16.7% |
| Toledo | 11 | 0 | 100.0% | Bowling Green | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | Connecticut | 1 | 5 | 16.7% |
| Oklahoma St | 11 | 0 | 100.0% | Oregon | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | Kent St | 1 | 5 | 16.7% |
| California | 11 | 0 | 100.0% | Louisville | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | Rice | 1 | 5 | 16.7% |
| Clemson | 10 | 0 | 100.0% | Syracuse | 5 | 3 | 62.5% | Buffalo | 1 | 6 | 14.3% |
| Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 100.0% | Arkansas | 5 | 3 | 62.5% | UL Lafayette | 1 | 6 | 14.3% |
| Memphis | 9 | 0 | 100.0% | Tennessee | 8 | 5 | 61.5% | Southern Miss | 1 | 7 | 12.5% |
| Baylor | 8 | 0 | 100.0% | North Carolina | 6 | 4 | 60.0% | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 7 | 12.5% |
| Mississippi | 8 | 0 | 100.0% | Miami, Fl | 3 | 2 | 60.0% | Colorado St | 1 | 8 | 11.1% |
| Kentucky | 8 | 0 | 100.0% | Utah St | 3 | 2 | 60.0% | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 10 | 9.1% |
| Houston | 7 | 0 | 100.0% | East Carolina | 4 | 3 | 57.1% | Army | 1 | 12 | 7.7% |
| Pittsburgh | 7 | 0 | 100.0% | Georgia | 5 | 4 | 55.6% | Iowa St | 0 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Miss St | 7 | 0 | 100.0% | Virginia Tech | 5 | 4 | 55.6% | Rutgers | 0 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Texas Tech | 6 | 0 | 100.0% | Washington St | 5 | 5 | 50.0% | Virginia | 0 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Kansas St | 5 | 0 | 100.0% | Wake Forest | 4 | 4 | 50.0% | Tulane | 0 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Cincinnati | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | Arkansas St | 4 | 4 | 50.0% | Texas St | 0 | 6 | 0.0% |
| Appalachian St | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | Akron | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | New Mexico | 0 | 7 | 0.0% |
| Northwestern | 15 | 1 | 93.8% | NC State | 5 | 6 | 45.5% | SMU | 0 | 7 | 0.0% |
| Alabama | 13 | 1 | 92.9% | Nevada | 5 | 6 | 45.5% | Purdue | 0 | 8 | 0.0% |
| Indiana | 11 | 1 | 91.7% | South Carolina | 4 | 5 | 44.4% | Fresno St | 0 | 9 | 0.0% |
| Minnesota | 10 | 1 | 90.9% | Nebraska | 6 | 8 | 42.9% | ULM | 0 | 10 | 0.0% |
| Navy | 9 | 1 | 90.0% | Boston College | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | Kansas | 0 | 10 | 0.0% |
| Stanford | 9 | 1 | 90.0% | Oregon St | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | Miami, OH | 0 | 10 | 0.0% |
| Duke | 8 | 1 | 88.9% | USF | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | Troy | 0 | 10 | 0.0% |
| Missouri | 8 | 1 | 88.9% | Georgia Tech | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | Idaho | 0 | 11 | 0.0% |
| Marshall | 7 | 1 | 87.5% | Central Mich | 3 | 5 | 37.5% | New Mexico St | 0 | 13 | 0.0% |
| BYU | 13 | 2 | 86.7% | San Diego St | 3 | 5 | 37.5% | UTEP | 0 | 14 | 0.0% |
| WKU | 12 | 2 | 85.7% | N Illinois | 4 | 7 | 36.4% | North Texas | 0 | 15 | 0.0% |
| Illinois | 6 | 1 | 85.7% | Hawaii | 3 | 6 | 33.3% | Eastern Mich | 0 | 17 | 0.0% |
| Wisconsin | 6 | 1 | 85.7% | UMass | 3 | 6 | 33.3% | UCF | 0 | 18 | 0.0% |
| UCLA | 11 | 2 | 84.6% | Vanderbilt | 2 | 4 | 33.3% | Wyoming | 0 | 21 | 0.0% |
| Arizona St | 10 | 2 | 83.3% | GA Southern | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | ||||
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