Strength of Wins/ Pain of Losses.

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.

In this first chart below you can see Strength of Wins. Alabama took over the #1 spot on this list by winning the National Championship. Alabama has wins over Florida St, Fresno St, Colorado St, Vanderbilt, Mississippi, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Tennessee, LSU, Mississippi St, Clemson and Georgia and those teams have a total of 93 wins. At the bottom you will see the winless team UTEP. While there are only 1 winless team, my chart grades 4 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: Final 1/11/18

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
Alabama 13 93 1 Michigan 8 38 42 Nebraska 4 20 85
Georgia 13 91 2 Kentucky 7 38 42 Georgia St 7 19 88
Ohio St 12 87 3 Marshall 8 37 46 Western Michigan 6 19 88
Wisconsin 13 84 4 Louisville 8 36 47 California 5 19 88
Clemson 12 84 4 Florida St 7 35 48 Colorado St 7 18 91
UCF 13 83 6 Duke 7 35 48 Utah St 6 17 92
Oklahoma 12 79 7 USF 10 34 50 Louisiana 5 17 92
Notre Dame 10 76 8 Wyoming 8 34 50 Maryland 4 17 92
Boise St 11 74 9 Texas 7 34 50 Tennessee 4 17 92
Penn St 11 72 10 UCLA 6 34 50 ULM 4 16 96
USC 11 69 11 Kansas St 8 33 54 WKU 6 15 97
Florida Atlantic 11 67 12 Central Michigan 8 33 54 Colorado 5 15 97
Auburn 10 65 13 Oregon 7 32 56 Idaho 4 15 97
Michigan St 10 62 14 FIU 8 31 57 UMass 4 15 97
Miami, Fl 10 62 14 Texas A&M 7 31 57 Indiana 5 14 101
TCU 11 60 16 Utah  7 31 57 Eastern Michigan 5 14 101
Iowa 8 55 17 SMU 7 30 60 Old Dominion 5 14 101
Troy 11 54 18 Mississippi 6 30 60 Arkansas 4 13 104
Washington 10 54 18 Virginia 6 29 62 Rutgers 4 13 104
Stanford 9 54 18 Temple 7 28 63 Cincinnati 4 13 104
Washington St 9 54 18 Northern Illinois 8 27 64 UTSA 6 12 107
Northwestern 10 52 22 Southern Miss 8 27 64 Tulsa 2 12 107
Fresno St 10 51 23 West Virginia 7 27 64 East Carolina 3 11 109
Toledo 11 50 24 Akron 7 27 64 BYU 4 10 110
Oklahoma St 10 50 24 Middle Tennessee 7 27 64 Nevada 3 10 110
Miss St 9 50 24 Arizona 7 26 69 North Carolina 3 10 110
Wake Forest 8 50 24 Buffalo 6 26 69 Coastal Carolina 3 10 110
NC State 9 49 28 Georgia Tech 5 25 71 Connecticut 3 9 114
Army West Point 10 48 29 Vanderbilt 5 25 71 GA Southern 2 9 114
South Carolina 9 48 29 Syracuse 4 25 71 Illinois 2 8 116
Iowa St 8 48 29 Louisiana Tech 7 24 74 Ball St 2 8 116
San Diego St 10 45 32 Missouri 7 24 74 San Jose St 2 8 116
North Texas 9 45 32 Pittsburgh 5 24 74 Charlotte 1 8 116
Memphis 10 44 34 Florida 4 24 74 New Mexico 3 7 120
Boston College 7 44 34 Texas Tech 6 23 78 Bowling Green 2 7 120
Arizona St 7 44 34 Miami, OH 5 23 78 Hawaii 3 6 122
LSU 9 43 37 Tulane  5 22 80 Kent St 2 5 123
Virginia Tech 9 43 37 UNLV 5 22 80 Baylor 1 1 124
Purdue 7 43 37 South Alabama 4 22 80 Texas St 2 0 125
Houston 7 42 40 New Mexico St 7 21 83 Oregon St 1 0 125
Navy 7 40 41 Air Force 5 21 83 Rice 1 0 125
Appalachian St 9 38 42 Arkansas St 7 20 85 Kansas 1 0 125
Ohio  9 38 42 Minnesota 5 20 85 UTEP 0 0 125

 

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. Here at the bottom of the list you can see there is only 1 team unbeaten (UCF). San Jose St is at the top of this list with a combined 68 foe losses. Their foe losses include USF, Texas, Utah, Utah St, UNLV, Fresno St, Hawaii, BYU, San Diego St, Nevada, Colorado St and Wyoming. 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: Final 1/11/18

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
San Jose St 11 68 129 Utah St 7 33 86 Temple 6 22 41
UTEP 12 67 128 Arkansas 8 32 80 Marshall 5 22 41
Ball St 10 63 127 Vanderbilt 7 32 80 FIU 5 22 41
Oregon St 11 60 126 Tulane  7 32 80 Florida St 6 21 39
Charlotte 11 59 125 Eastern Michigan 7 32 80 Louisville 5 21 39
Rice 11 58 124 Arizona 6 32 80 Navy 6 20 37
Kansas 11 57 122 New Mexico St 6 32 80 Georgia St 5 20 37
Hawaii 9 57 122 Nebraska 8 31 76 North Texas 5 19 35
Kent St 10 55 121 UCLA 7 31 76 Washington St 4 19 35
Tulsa 10 54 119 Minnesota 7 31 76 Stanford 5 16 33
Texas St 10 54 119 Houston 5 31 76 South Carolina 4 16 33
Baylor 11 52 118 Purdue 6 30 71 Iowa 5 15 31
Coastal Carolina 9 51 116 Duke 6 30 71 Boise St 3 15 31
South Alabama 8 51 116 Mississippi 6 30 71 Fresno St 4 14 27
GA Southern 10 49 113 Southern Miss 5 30 71 NC State 4 14 27
Illinois 10 49 113 Arkansas St 5 30 71 Virginia Tech 4 14 27
Louisiana 7 49 113 Arizona St 6 29 68 Army West Point 3 14 27
Bowling Green 10 48 112 Wyoming 5 29 68 Miss St 4 13 24
Connecticut 9 47 108 Central Michigan 5 29 68 Florida Atlantic 3 13 24
New Mexico 9 47 108 Oregon 6 28 64 Washington 3 13 24
UMass 8 47 108 Georgia Tech 6 28 64 Michigan 5 12 23
Miami, OH 7 47 108 Missouri 6 28 64 Toledo 3 11 21
BYU 9 46 107 Colorado St 6 28 64 Troy 2 11 21
North Carolina 9 45 106 Indiana 7 27 61 LSU 4 10 16
ULM 8 44 105 Kentucky 6 27 61 Notre Dame 3 10 16
Idaho 8 42 104 Utah  6 27 61 Miami, Fl 3 10 16
UNLV 7 41 102 Texas Tech 7 26 56 Oklahoma St 3 10 16
WKU 7 41 102 Texas 6 26 56 San Diego St 3 10 16
Syracuse 8 39 99 Louisiana Tech 6 26 56 USC 3 9 12
Cincinnati 8 39 99 Western Michigan 6 26 56 TCU 3 9 12
Old Dominion 7 39 99 UTSA 5 26 56 Northwestern 3 9 12
Virginia 7 38 98 Akron 7 25 53 Clemson 2 9 12
East Carolina 9 37 93 Texas A&M 6 25 53 Auburn 4 8 10
Nevada 9 37 93 Iowa St 5 25 53 Michigan St 3 8 10
Tennessee 8 37 93 Maryland 8 24 49 Ohio St 2 7 8
Rutgers 8 37 93 West Virginia 6 24 49 Oklahoma 2 7 8
California 7 37 93 Kansas St 5 24 49 Memphis 3 5 4
Pittsburgh 7 36 92 Ohio  4 24 49 Georgia 2 5 4
Colorado 7 35 90 Boston College 6 23 44 Penn St 2 5 4
Buffalo 6 35 90 SMU 6 23 44 USF 2 5 4
Air Force 7 34 88 Wake Forest 5 23 44 Alabama 1 4 3
Middle Tennessee 6 34 88 Northern Illinois 5 23 44 Wisconsin 1 2 2
Florida 7 33 86 Appalachian St 4 23 44 UCF 0 0 1

 

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 UCF, Wisconsin and National Champ Alabama. At the bottom is the winless team.

Here is the Overall Wins and Losses Chart with %: Final 1/11/18

Overall Overall Overall
Wins Losses % Wins Losses % Wins Losses %
UCF 83 0 100.0% Ohio  38 24 61.3% Syracuse 25 39 39.1%
Wisconsin 84 2 97.7% Arizona St 44 29 60.3% Air Force 21 34 38.2%
Alabama 93 4 95.9% Purdue 43 30 58.9% UNLV 22 41 34.9%
Georgia 91 5 94.8% FIU 31 22 58.5% Indiana 14 27 34.1%
Penn St 72 5 93.5% Kentucky 38 27 58.5% Utah St 17 33 34.0%
Ohio St 87 7 92.6% Kansas St 33 24 57.9% California 19 37 33.9%
Oklahoma 79 7 91.9% Houston 42 31 57.5% Miami, OH 23 47 32.9%
Clemson 84 9 90.3% Texas 34 26 56.7% UTSA 12 26 31.6%
Memphis 44 5 89.8% SMU 30 23 56.6% Tennessee 17 37 31.5%
Auburn 65 8 89.0% Temple 28 22 56.0% Eastern Michigan 14 32 30.4%
Michigan St 62 8 88.6% Texas A&M 31 25 55.4% South Alabama 22 51 30.1%
USC 69 9 88.5% Northern Illinois 27 23 54.0% Colorado 15 35 30.0%
Notre Dame 76 10 88.4% Wyoming 34 29 54.0% Arkansas 13 32 28.9%
USF 34 5 87.2% Duke 35 30 53.8% WKU 15 41 26.8%
TCU 60 9 87.0% Utah  31 27 53.4% ULM 16 44 26.7%
Miami, Fl 62 10 86.1% Oregon 32 28 53.3% Old Dominion 14 39 26.4%
Northwestern 52 9 85.2% Central Michigan 33 29 53.2% Idaho 15 42 26.3%
Florida Atlantic 67 13 83.8% West Virginia 27 24 52.9% Rutgers 13 37 26.0%
Oklahoma St 50 10 83.3% UCLA 34 31 52.3% Louisiana 17 49 25.8%
Boise St 74 15 83.1% Akron 27 25 51.9% Cincinnati 13 39 25.0%
Troy 54 11 83.1% Iowa St 48 25 50.0% UMass 15 47 24.2%
Toledo 50 11 82.0% Mississippi 30 30 50.0% East Carolina 11 37 22.9%
San Diego St 45 10 81.8% Georgia St 19 20 48.7% Nevada 10 37 21.3%
LSU 43 10 81.1% Louisiana Tech 24 26 48.0% Tulsa 12 54 18.2%
Washington 54 13 80.6% Southern Miss 27 30 47.4% North Carolina 10 45 18.2%
Miss St 50 13 79.4% Georgia Tech 25 28 47.2% BYU 10 46 17.9%
Iowa 55 15 78.6% Texas Tech 23 26 46.9% Coastal Carolina 10 51 16.4%
Fresno St 51 14 78.5% Missouri 24 28 46.2% Connecticut 9 47 16.1%
NC State 49 14 77.8% Arizona 26 32 44.8% GA Southern 9 49 15.5%
Army West Point 48 14 77.4% Middle Tennessee 27 34 44.3% Illinois 8 49 14.0%
Stanford 54 16 77.1% Vanderbilt 25 32 43.9% New Mexico 7 47 13.0%
Michigan 38 12 76.0% Virginia 29 38 43.3% Bowling Green 7 48 12.7%
Virginia Tech 43 14 75.4% Buffalo 26 35 42.6% Charlotte 8 59 11.9%
South Carolina 48 16 75.0% Western Michigan 19 26 42.2% Ball St 8 63 11.3%
Washington St 54 19 74.0% Florida 24 33 42.1% San Jose St 8 68 10.5%
North Texas 45 19 70.3% Maryland 17 24 41.5% Hawaii 6 57 9.5%
Wake Forest 50 23 68.5% Tulane  22 32 40.7% Kent St 5 55 8.3%
Navy 40 20 66.7% Pittsburgh 24 36 40.0% Baylor 1 52 1.9%
Boston College 44 23 65.7% Arkansas St 20 30 40.0% Texas St 0 54 0.0%
Louisville 36 21 63.2% New Mexico St 21 32 39.6% Oregon St 0 60 0.0%
Marshall 37 22 62.7% Minnesota 20 31 39.2% Rice 0 58 0.0%
Florida St 35 21 62.5% Nebraska 20 31 39.2% Kansas 0 57 0.0%
Appalachian St 38 23 62.3% Colorado St 18 28 39.1% UTEP 0 67 0.0%