2022 Strength of Wins/ Pain of Losses. (updated 12/8/22)

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.

Strength of Wins

In this first chart below you can see Strength of Wins. Michigan remained in the #1 spot this week. Michigan has wins over Colorado St, Hawaii, Connecticut, Maryland, Iowa, Indiana, Penn St, Michigan St, Rutgers, Nebraska, Illinois, Ohio St and Purdue and those teams have a total of 71 wins. My chart now 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 12/3/22

  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 13 71 1 Pittsburgh 8 28 45 Memphis 6 18 88
Georgia 13 71 1 Toledo 8 28 45 Iowa St 4 18 88
TCU 12 59 3 Maryland 7 28 45 Arizona 5 17 91
Ohio St 11 57 4 Syracuse 6 28 45 Rice 5 17 91
USC 11 54 5 WKU 8 27 49 Texas A&M 5 17 91
Tulane  11 53 6 Oklahoma St 7 27 49 Georgia St 4 16 94
Clemson 11 53 6 BYU 7 27 49 UNLV 5 15 95
Troy 11 51 8 Kansas 6 27 49 Florida Atlantic 5 15 95
Utah  10 51 8 SMU 7 26 53 Vanderbilt 5 15 95
Kansas St 10 51 8 Iowa 7 26 53 Ball St 5 14 98
Tennessee 10 49 11 Oklahoma 6 26 53 Boston College 3 14 98
Alabama 10 48 12 Bowling Green 6 26 53 Miami, OH 6 13 100
UTSA 11 47 13 Buffalo 6 26 53 Miami, Fl 5 13 100
Texas 8 45 14 North Texas 7 25 58 Nebraska 4 12 102
Penn St 9 44 15 Utah St 6 25 58 ULM 4 12 102
LSU 9 43 16 Florida 6 25 58 Old Dominion 3 12 102
Notre Dame 8 42 17 Air Force 9 24 61 New Mexico St 6 11 105
Washington 10 41 18 East Carolina 7 24 61 Tulsa 5 11 105
UCLA 9 41 18 Wyoming 7 24 61 Northern Illinois 3 11 105
NC State 8 41 18 Georgia Tech 5 24 61 Louisiana Tech 3 11 105
Florida St 9 40 21 Minnesota 8 23 65 California 4 10 109
Boise St 9 40 21 Louisiana 6 23 65 Charlotte 3 10 109
South Carolina 8 40 21 Wisconsin 6 23 65 Virginia Tech 3 10 109
UCF 9 39 24 Baylor 6 23 65 Arizona St 3 10 109
Oregon 9 39 24 Southern Miss 6 23 65 Stanford 3 10 109
Oregon St 9 38 26 Middle Tennessee 7 22 70 Northwestern 2 10 109
Louisville 7 37 27 San Diego St 7 22 70 FIU 4 9 115
North Carolina 9 36 28 UAB 6 22 70 Texas St 4 9 115
Coastal Carolina 9 36 28 Missouri 6 22 70 Central Michigan 4 9 115
Mississippi 8 36 28 UTEP 5 22 70 Army West Point 5 8 118
Fresno St 9 35 31 Auburn 5 22 70 Rutgers 4 7 119
Miss St 8 35 31 San Jose St 7 21 76 Virginia 3 7 119
Purdue 8 33 33 GA Southern 6 21 76 Nevada 2 7 119
Texas Tech 7 33 33 Connecticut 6 21 76 Hawaii 3 6 122
Ohio  9 32 35 Appalachian St 6 21 76 Colorado St 3 5 123
Arkansas 6 32 35 Kent St 5 21 76 New Mexico 2 5 123
South Alabama 10 31 37 Duke 8 20 81 Arkansas St 3 3 125
Illinois 8 31 37 Michigan St 5 20 81 Colorado 1 3 125
Marshall 8 31 37 Navy 4 20 81 Akron 2 2 127
Houston 7 31 37 Washington St 7 19 84 Temple 3 0 128
Kentucky 7 31 37 West Virginia 5 19 84 UMass 1 0 128
Cincinnati 9 30 42 Western Michigan 5 19 84 USF 1 0 128
James Madison 8 30 42 Indiana 4 19 84        
Wake Forest 7 30 42 Eastern Michigan 8 18 88        

 

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. UMass is on top of this list with a combined 63 foe losses. UMass foe losses include Tulane, Toledo, Temple, Eastern Michigan, Liberty, Buffalo, New Mexico St, Connecticut, Arkansas St, Texas A&M and Army. 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 12/3/22

  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
UMass 11 63 130 Miami, Fl 7 29 84 Wake Forest 5 19 40
Northern Illinois 9 59 129 GA Southern 6 29 84 Boise St 4 19 40
USF 11 56 128 Connecticut 6 29 84 UCF 4 19 40
Nevada 10 55 127 Bowling Green 6 28 79 South Carolina 4 18 38
New Mexico 10 53 125 North Texas 6 28 79 Pittsburgh 4 18 38
Akron 10 53 125 Louisiana 6 28 79 Kentucky 5 17 34
Hawaii 10 51 123 UAB 6 28 79 North Carolina 4 17 34
Charlotte 9 51 123 Appalachian St 6 28 79 Marshall 4 17 34
Temple 9 49 122 Georgia Tech 7 27 75 Minnesota 4 17 34
Louisiana Tech 9 48 121 Arizona 7 27 75 Notre Dame 4 16 32
Boston College 9 46 118 Syracuse 6 27 75 Mississippi 4 16 32
Virginia Tech 8 46 118 Utah St 6 27 75 Maryland 5 15 27
FIU 8 46 118 Arkansas 6 26 71 SMU 5 15 27
UTEP 7 45 117 Oklahoma 6 26 71 Fresno St 4 15 27
Old Dominion 9 44 116 Wisconsin 6 26 71 James Madison 3 15 27
Northwestern 10 43 113 Eastern Michigan 4 26 71 Air Force 3 15 27
Arkansas St 9 43 113 Kansas 6 25 62 Coastal Carolina 3 14 26
Texas St 8 43 113 Baylor 6 25 62 Washington St 5 13 24
Arizona St 9 41 109 Southern Miss 6 25 62 Texas 4 13 24
Georgia St 8 41 109 Memphis 6 25 62 LSU 4 12 19
Nebraska 8 41 109 Louisville 5 25 62 Utah  3 12 19
New Mexico St 6 41 109 Houston 5 25 62 UCLA 3 12 19
Colorado 11 40 108 Toledo 5 25 62 Cincinnati 3 12 19
Central Michigan 8 39 107 WKU 5 25 62 Washington 2 12 19
Western Michigan 7 38 105 Middle Tennessee 5 25 62 Miss St 4 11 17
UNLV 7 38 105 Auburn 7 23 55 Florida St 3 11 17
Colorado St 9 36 101 Michigan St 7 23 55 Tulane  2 10 15
Iowa St 8 36 101 Vanderbilt 7 23 55 Troy 2 10 15
Rice 7 36 101 Missouri 6 23 55 UTSA 2 9 14
Florida Atlantic 7 36 101 Army West Point 6 23 55 Penn St 3 8 12
Stanford 9 34 97 Oklahoma St 5 23 55 Clemson 2 8 12
ULM 8 34 97 Ohio  4 23 55 Kansas St 3 7 10
Ball St 7 34 97 NC State 4 22 53 Oregon St 3 7 10
Virginia 7 34 97 San Jose St 4 22 53 USC 2 6 8
Indiana 8 33 93 Florida 6 21 46 Alabama 2 6 8
California 8 33 93 BYU 5 21 46 Oregon 3 5 6
Rutgers 8 33 93 Iowa 5 21 46 South Alabama 2 5 6
Texas A&M 7 33 93 East Carolina 5 21 46 Tennessee 2 4 5
Tulsa 7 32 92 Wyoming 5 21 46 TCU 1 3 4
West Virginia 7 31 89 San Diego St 5 21 46 Ohio St 1 0 1
Buffalo 6 31 89 Duke 4 21 46 Michigan 0 0 1
Miami, OH 6 31 89 Purdue 5 20 44 Georgia 0 0 1
Kent St 7 30 87 Illinois 4 20 44        
Navy 7 30 87 Texas Tech 5 19 40        

 

Overall Wins and Losses

In this last chart below you can see the overall wins and losses. As you can see the top Four teams are Michigan, Georgia, TCU and Ohio St. At the bottom you have Temple.

Here is the Overall Wins and Losses Chart with %:  Games Played thru 12/3/22

  Overall   Overall   Overall
  Wins Losses %   Wins Losses %   Wins Losses %
Michigan 71 0 100.0% Louisville 37 25 59.7% Indiana 19 33 36.5%
Georgia 71 0 100.0% Washington St 19 13 59.4% Texas A&M 17 33 34.0%
Ohio St 57 0 100.0% Ohio  32 23 58.2% Western Michigan 19 38 33.3%
TCU 59 3 95.2% Minnesota 23 17 57.5% Iowa St 18 36 33.3%
Tennessee 49 4 92.5% BYU 27 21 56.3% UTEP 22 45 32.8%
USC 54 6 90.0% Houston 31 25 55.4% Rice 17 36 32.1%
Alabama 48 6 88.9% Iowa 26 21 55.3% Miami, Fl 13 29 31.0%
Oregon 39 5 88.6% Arkansas 32 26 55.2% Miami, OH 13 31 29.5%
Kansas St 51 7 87.9% Florida 25 21 54.3% Florida Atlantic 15 36 29.4%
Clemson 53 8 86.9% Oklahoma St 27 23 54.0% Ball St 14 34 29.2%
South Alabama 31 5 86.1% East Carolina 24 21 53.3% UNLV 15 38 28.3%
Penn St 44 8 84.6% Wyoming 24 21 53.3% Georgia St 16 41 28.1%
Oregon St 38 7 84.4% Toledo 28 25 52.8% ULM 12 34 26.1%
Tulane  53 10 84.1% Kansas 27 25 51.9% Army West Point 8 23 25.8%
UTSA 47 9 83.9% WKU 27 25 51.9% Tulsa 11 32 25.6%
Troy 51 10 83.6% San Diego St 22 21 51.2% Boston College 14 46 23.3%
Utah  51 12 81.0% Syracuse 28 27 50.9% California 10 33 23.3%
Florida St 40 11 78.4% Oklahoma 26 26 50.0% Stanford 10 34 22.7%
LSU 43 12 78.2% Auburn 22 23 48.9% Nebraska 12 41 22.6%
Texas 45 13 77.6% Missouri 22 23 48.9% Old Dominion 12 44 21.4%
UCLA 41 12 77.4% San Jose St 21 22 48.8% New Mexico St 11 41 21.2%
Washington 41 12 77.4% Duke 20 21 48.8% Arizona St 10 41 19.6%
Miss St 35 11 76.1% Bowling Green 26 28 48.1% Northwestern 10 43 18.9%
Notre Dame 42 16 72.4% Utah St 25 27 48.1% Central Michigan 9 39 18.8%
Coastal Carolina 36 14 72.0% Baylor 23 25 47.9% Louisiana Tech 11 48 18.6%
Cincinnati 30 12 71.4% Southern Miss 23 25 47.9% Virginia Tech 10 46 17.9%
Fresno St 35 15 70.0% North Texas 25 28 47.2% Rutgers 7 33 17.5%
Mississippi 36 16 69.2% Georgia Tech 24 27 47.1% Texas St 9 43 17.3%
South Carolina 40 18 69.0% Wisconsin 23 26 46.9% Virginia 7 34 17.1%
North Carolina 36 17 67.9% Middle Tennessee 22 25 46.8% Charlotte 10 51 16.4%
Boise St 40 19 67.8% Michigan St 20 23 46.5% FIU 9 46 16.4%
UCF 39 19 67.2% Buffalo 26 31 45.6% Northern Illinois 11 59 15.7%
James Madison 30 15 66.7% Louisiana 23 28 45.1% Colorado St 5 36 12.2%
Maryland 28 15 65.1% UAB 22 28 44.0% Nevada 7 55 11.3%
NC State 41 22 65.1% Appalachian St 21 28 42.9% Hawaii 6 51 10.5%
Kentucky 31 17 64.6% GA Southern 21 29 42.0% New Mexico 5 53 8.6%
Marshall 31 17 64.6% Connecticut 21 29 42.0% Colorado 3 40 7.0%
Texas Tech 33 19 63.5% Memphis 18 25 41.9% Arkansas St 3 43 6.5%
SMU 26 15 63.4% Kent St 21 30 41.2% Akron 2 53 3.6%
Purdue 33 20 62.3% Eastern Michigan 18 26 40.9% UMass 0 63 0.0%
Air Force 24 15 61.5% Navy 20 30 40.0% USF 0 56 0.0%
Wake Forest 30 19 61.2% Vanderbilt 15 23 39.5% Temple 0 49 0.0%
Pittsburgh 28 18 60.9% Arizona 17 27 38.6%        
Illinois 31 20 60.8% West Virginia 19 31 38.0%        

 

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