| Phil Steele Blog • October 22, 2015 |
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Strength of Wins/ Pain of Losses Thru Week 7.
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 6 Blog post on October 16th can be found <here> to see the change in records.
In this first chart below you can see Strength of Wins. For example Utah on the Strength of Wins list has faced Michigan, Utah St, Fresno St, Oregon, California and Arizona St and those teams have a total of 24 wins putting them at the top of this list. At the bottom you will see your winless teams UCF, North Texas, New Mexico St and Kansas. While there are only 4 winless teams, my chart grades 9 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 | |||
| Utah | 6 | 24 | 1 | Houston | 6 | 9 | 44 | New Mexico | 4 | 3 | 87 |
| Ohio St | 7 | 23 | 2 | Duke | 5 | 9 | 44 | West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 87 |
| LSU | 6 | 22 | 3 | Arizona | 5 | 9 | 44 | Akron | 3 | 3 | 87 |
| Michigan St | 7 | 22 | 3 | North Carolina | 5 | 9 | 44 | Old Dominion | 3 | 3 | 87 |
| Iowa | 7 | 21 | 5 | Bowling Green | 5 | 9 | 44 | Oregon St | 2 | 3 | 87 |
| Alabama | 6 | 21 | 5 | Kentucky | 4 | 9 | 44 | Hawaii | 2 | 3 | 87 |
| Florida | 6 | 20 | 7 | Illinois | 4 | 9 | 44 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 3 | 87 |
| BYU | 5 | 18 | 8 | Auburn | 4 | 9 | 44 | Virginia | 2 | 3 | 87 |
| TCU | 7 | 17 | 9 | Wisconsin | 5 | 8 | 52 | Maryland | 2 | 3 | 87 |
| Florida St | 6 | 16 | 10 | Texas | 2 | 8 | 52 | UNLV | 2 | 3 | 87 |
| Memphis | 6 | 16 | 10 | Western Mich | 3 | 8 | 52 | UMass | 1 | 3 | 87 |
| Northwestern | 5 | 16 | 10 | Oregon | 4 | 7 | 55 | Wyoming | 1 | 3 | 87 |
| Texas A&M | 5 | 16 | 10 | East Carolina | 4 | 7 | 55 | Southern Miss | 4 | 2 | 99 |
| Michigan | 5 | 16 | 10 | Miami, Fl | 4 | 7 | 55 | Connecticut | 3 | 2 | 99 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 15 | 15 | Arkansas St | 4 | 7 | 55 | Kent St | 3 | 2 | 99 |
| Penn St | 5 | 15 | 15 | San Diego St | 4 | 7 | 55 | FIU | 3 | 2 | 99 |
| Toledo | 6 | 14 | 17 | Washington | 3 | 7 | 55 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 99 |
| Clemson | 6 | 14 | 17 | South Carolina | 3 | 7 | 55 | Fresno St | 2 | 2 | 99 |
| Notre Dame | 6 | 14 | 17 | Texas Tech | 5 | 6 | 62 | UTSA | 1 | 2 | 99 |
| Stanford | 5 | 14 | 17 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 6 | 62 | Appalachian St | 5 | 1 | 106 |
| UCLA | 4 | 14 | 17 | Syracuse | 3 | 6 | 62 | GA Southern | 5 | 1 | 106 |
| WKU | 6 | 13 | 22 | Tulsa | 3 | 6 | 62 | Rice | 3 | 1 | 106 |
| California | 5 | 13 | 22 | Central Mich | 3 | 6 | 62 | Ball St | 2 | 1 | 106 |
| Miss St | 5 | 13 | 22 | USF | 3 | 6 | 62 | Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 106 |
| Temple | 6 | 12 | 25 | Nevada | 3 | 6 | 62 | UL Lafayette | 2 | 1 | 106 |
| Oklahoma St | 6 | 12 | 25 | NC State | 4 | 5 | 69 | Idaho | 2 | 1 | 106 |
| Baylor | 6 | 12 | 25 | N Illinois | 4 | 5 | 69 | Army | 2 | 1 | 106 |
| Ohio | 5 | 12 | 25 | Kansas St | 3 | 5 | 69 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 106 |
| Indiana | 4 | 12 | 25 | Cincinnati | 3 | 5 | 69 | Eastern Mich | 1 | 1 | 106 |
| Minnesota | 4 | 12 | 25 | Wake Forest | 3 | 5 | 69 | Iowa St | 2 | 0 | 116 |
| Arizona St | 4 | 11 | 31 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 5 | 69 | Tulane | 2 | 0 | 116 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 11 | 31 | South Alabama | 3 | 5 | 69 | UTEP | 2 | 0 | 116 |
| Marshall | 6 | 10 | 33 | Arkansas | 2 | 5 | 69 | Texas St | 1 | 0 | 116 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 10 | 33 | Air Force | 3 | 4 | 77 | Troy | 1 | 0 | 116 |
| Pittsburgh | 5 | 10 | 33 | Boston College | 3 | 4 | 77 | ULM | 1 | 0 | 116 |
| Georgia | 5 | 10 | 33 | Louisville | 2 | 4 | 77 | Purdue | 1 | 0 | 116 |
| Boise St | 5 | 10 | 33 | Rutgers | 3 | 4 | 77 | SMU | 1 | 0 | 116 |
| Navy | 4 | 10 | 33 | Colorado | 3 | 4 | 77 | Miami, OH | 1 | 0 | 116 |
| Missouri | 4 | 10 | 33 | Middle Tenn | 3 | 4 | 77 | Kansas | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| Utah St | 4 | 10 | 33 | Charlotte | 2 | 4 | 77 | New Mexico St | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| Washington St | 4 | 10 | 33 | San Jose St | 3 | 4 | 77 | North Texas | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| USC | 3 | 10 | 33 | Colorado St | 3 | 4 | 77 | UCF | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 10 | 33 | Georgia St | 2 | 4 | 77 | ||||
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 14 teams unbeaten, there are an additional 8 teams who have only lost to an unbeaten foe. Of those 8, 3 teams have 2 losses to unbeaten foes. Wyoming still hanging around at the top of this list with a combined 24 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 | 24 | 128 | Texas St | 4 | 7 | 83 | GA Southern | 1 | 3 | 42 |
| New Mexico St | 6 | 22 | 127 | Syracuse | 3 | 7 | 83 | Texas | 4 | 2 | 31 |
| UCF | 7 | 21 | 126 | Southern Miss | 3 | 7 | 83 | Louisville | 4 | 2 | 31 |
| Eastern Mich | 6 | 20 | 125 | Central Mich | 4 | 6 | 69 | Iowa St | 4 | 2 | 31 |
| Georgia St | 4 | 19 | 124 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 6 | 69 | Oregon | 3 | 2 | 31 |
| ULM | 5 | 18 | 123 | Akron | 4 | 6 | 69 | Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 31 |
| North Texas | 6 | 16 | 120 | Virginia | 4 | 6 | 69 | Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 31 |
| UNLV | 5 | 16 | 120 | Kent St | 4 | 6 | 69 | Auburn | 2 | 2 | 31 |
| UTEP | 4 | 16 | 120 | Tulane | 4 | 6 | 69 | Alabama | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| UTSA | 6 | 15 | 115 | Minnesota | 3 | 6 | 69 | Stanford | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| Miami, OH | 6 | 15 | 115 | Tennessee | 3 | 6 | 69 | Marshall | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| Army | 5 | 15 | 115 | Western Mich | 3 | 6 | 69 | Duke | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| Charlotte | 4 | 15 | 115 | Washington | 3 | 6 | 69 | Kansas St | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| FIU | 4 | 15 | 115 | Arkansas St | 3 | 6 | 69 | West Virginia | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| Nevada | 4 | 14 | 113 | San Diego St | 3 | 6 | 69 | Miss St | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| Idaho | 4 | 14 | 113 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 6 | 69 | Mississippi | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| Kansas | 6 | 13 | 109 | Ohio | 2 | 6 | 69 | Illinois | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| Florida Atlantic | 5 | 13 | 109 | Boston College | 4 | 5 | 62 | Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| Troy | 5 | 13 | 109 | Indiana | 3 | 5 | 62 | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Colorado | 4 | 13 | 109 | Missouri | 3 | 5 | 62 | Navy | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Purdue | 6 | 12 | 104 | USC | 3 | 5 | 62 | Michigan | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ball St | 5 | 12 | 104 | Air Force | 3 | 5 | 62 | Penn St | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| San Jose St | 4 | 12 | 104 | Rice | 3 | 5 | 62 | Texas Tech | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Buffalo | 4 | 12 | 104 | Washington St | 2 | 5 | 62 | Florida | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| UL Lafayette | 4 | 12 | 104 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 4 | 49 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| UMass | 5 | 11 | 101 | Arkansas | 4 | 4 | 49 | California | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fresno St | 5 | 11 | 101 | Arizona St | 3 | 4 | 49 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Colorado St | 4 | 11 | 101 | East Carolina | 3 | 4 | 49 | Appalachian St | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hawaii | 5 | 10 | 99 | Tulsa | 3 | 4 | 49 | Utah | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 10 | 99 | USF | 3 | 4 | 49 | Ohio St | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vanderbilt | 4 | 9 | 95 | Rutgers | 3 | 4 | 49 | LSU | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 9 | 95 | BYU | 2 | 4 | 49 | Michigan St | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Alabama | 3 | 9 | 95 | UCLA | 2 | 4 | 49 | Iowa | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Old Dominion | 3 | 9 | 95 | Georgia | 2 | 4 | 49 | TCU | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 8 | 91 | Boise St | 2 | 4 | 49 | Florida St | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Middle Tenn | 4 | 8 | 91 | Oklahoma | 1 | 4 | 49 | Memphis | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| N Illinois | 3 | 8 | 91 | North Carolina | 1 | 4 | 49 | Toledo | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NC State | 2 | 8 | 91 | Utah St | 2 | 3 | 42 | Clemson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SMU | 5 | 7 | 83 | Kentucky | 2 | 3 | 42 | Temple | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 7 | 83 | Arizona | 2 | 3 | 42 | Oklahoma St | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wake Forest | 4 | 7 | 83 | Bowling Green | 2 | 3 | 42 | Baylor | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oregon St | 4 | 7 | 83 | Miami, Fl | 2 | 3 | 42 | Houston | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maryland | 4 | 7 | 83 | WKU | 1 | 3 | 42 | ||||
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 Utah, Ohio St, LSU and Michigan 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 | % | |||
| Utah | 24 | 0 | 100.0% | Arizona | 9 | 3 | 75.0% | Nevada | 6 | 14 | 30.0% |
| Ohio St | 23 | 0 | 100.0% | Bowling Green | 9 | 3 | 75.0% | Oregon St | 3 | 7 | 30.0% |
| LSU | 22 | 0 | 100.0% | West Virginia | 3 | 1 | 75.0% | Maryland | 3 | 7 | 30.0% |
| Michigan St | 22 | 0 | 100.0% | Arizona St | 11 | 4 | 73.3% | Colorado St | 4 | 11 | 26.7% |
| Iowa | 21 | 0 | 100.0% | Georgia | 10 | 4 | 71.4% | San Jose St | 4 | 12 | 25.0% |
| Florida | 20 | 0 | 100.0% | Boise St | 10 | 4 | 71.4% | Vanderbilt | 3 | 9 | 25.0% |
| TCU | 17 | 0 | 100.0% | Cincinnati | 5 | 2 | 71.4% | Old Dominion | 3 | 9 | 25.0% |
| Michigan | 16 | 0 | 100.0% | Indiana | 12 | 5 | 70.6% | Kent St | 2 | 6 | 25.0% |
| Florida St | 16 | 0 | 100.0% | Miami, Fl | 7 | 3 | 70.0% | GA Southern | 1 | 3 | 25.0% |
| Memphis | 16 | 0 | 100.0% | North Carolina | 9 | 4 | 69.2% | Colorado | 4 | 13 | 23.5% |
| Penn St | 15 | 0 | 100.0% | Minnesota | 12 | 6 | 66.7% | Hawaii | 3 | 10 | 23.1% |
| Notre Dame | 14 | 0 | 100.0% | Ohio | 12 | 6 | 66.7% | New Mexico | 3 | 10 | 23.1% |
| Toledo | 14 | 0 | 100.0% | Missouri | 10 | 5 | 66.7% | Southern Miss | 2 | 7 | 22.2% |
| Clemson | 14 | 0 | 100.0% | USC | 10 | 5 | 66.7% | UMass | 3 | 11 | 21.4% |
| California | 13 | 0 | 100.0% | Washington St | 10 | 5 | 66.7% | Charlotte | 4 | 15 | 21.1% |
| Temple | 12 | 0 | 100.0% | Louisville | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | Connecticut | 2 | 9 | 18.2% |
| Oklahoma St | 12 | 0 | 100.0% | East Carolina | 7 | 4 | 63.6% | Georgia St | 4 | 19 | 17.4% |
| Baylor | 12 | 0 | 100.0% | Tennessee | 10 | 6 | 62.5% | Rice | 1 | 5 | 16.7% |
| Pittsburgh | 10 | 0 | 100.0% | Tulsa | 6 | 4 | 60.0% | UNLV | 3 | 16 | 15.8% |
| Houston | 9 | 0 | 100.0% | USF | 6 | 4 | 60.0% | Fresno St | 2 | 11 | 15.4% |
| Texas Tech | 6 | 0 | 100.0% | Nebraska | 11 | 8 | 57.9% | UTSA | 2 | 15 | 11.8% |
| Appalachian St | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | Western Mich | 8 | 6 | 57.1% | FIU | 2 | 15 | 11.8% |
| Texas A&M | 16 | 1 | 94.1% | Arkansas | 5 | 4 | 55.6% | Wyoming | 3 | 24 | 11.1% |
| Miss St | 13 | 1 | 92.9% | Washington | 7 | 6 | 53.8% | Ball St | 1 | 12 | 7.7% |
| Alabama | 21 | 2 | 91.3% | Arkansas St | 7 | 6 | 53.8% | Buffalo | 1 | 12 | 7.7% |
| Mississippi | 10 | 1 | 90.9% | San Diego St | 7 | 6 | 53.8% | UL Lafayette | 1 | 12 | 7.7% |
| Navy | 10 | 1 | 90.9% | South Carolina | 7 | 7 | 50.0% | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 13 | 7.1% |
| Illinois | 9 | 1 | 90.0% | Central Mich | 6 | 6 | 50.0% | Idaho | 1 | 14 | 6.7% |
| Northwestern | 16 | 2 | 88.9% | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 6 | 50.0% | Army | 1 | 15 | 6.3% |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 1 | 88.9% | Rutgers | 4 | 4 | 50.0% | Eastern Mich | 1 | 20 | 4.8% |
| Stanford | 14 | 2 | 87.5% | Iowa St | 0 | 2 | 50.0% | Tulane | 0 | 6 | 0.0% |
| Marshall | 10 | 2 | 83.3% | Syracuse | 6 | 7 | 46.2% | SMU | 0 | 7 | 0.0% |
| Kansas St | 5 | 1 | 83.3% | Virginia Tech | 5 | 6 | 45.5% | Texas St | 0 | 7 | 0.0% |
| BYU | 18 | 4 | 81.8% | Boston College | 4 | 5 | 44.4% | Purdue | 0 | 12 | 0.0% |
| Auburn | 9 | 2 | 81.8% | Air Force | 4 | 5 | 44.4% | Kansas | 0 | 13 | 0.0% |
| Duke | 9 | 2 | 81.8% | Wake Forest | 5 | 7 | 41.7% | Miami, OH | 0 | 15 | 0.0% |
| WKU | 13 | 3 | 81.3% | N Illinois | 5 | 8 | 38.5% | Troy | 0 | 12 | 0.0% |
| Texas | 8 | 2 | 80.0% | NC State | 5 | 8 | 38.5% | North Texas | 0 | 16 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | 15 | 4 | 78.9% | South Alabama | 5 | 9 | 35.7% | UTEP | 0 | 16 | 0.0% |
| UCLA | 14 | 4 | 77.8% | Middle Tenn | 4 | 8 | 33.3% | ULM | 0 | 18 | 0.0% |
| Oregon | 7 | 2 | 77.8% | Akron | 3 | 6 | 33.3% | UCF | 0 | 21 | 0.0% |
| Utah St | 10 | 3 | 76.9% | Virginia | 3 | 6 | 33.3% | New Mexico St | 0 | 22 | 0.0% |
| Kentucky | 9 | 3 | 75.0% | Georgia Tech | 2 | 4 | 33.3% | ||||
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