2024 Strength of Wins/ Pain of Losses. (updated 12/10/24)

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. Oregon is #1 with wins vs Boise St, Oregon St, UCLA,Michigan St, Ohio St, Purdue, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, Wisconsin, Washington, and Penn St for a total of 72 Foe Wins. My chart now 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: Games Played thru 12/7/24

  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
Oregon 13 72 1 Kansas 5 32 43 San Jose St 7 18 91
Notre Dame 11 65 2 UCLA 5 32 43 USF 6 18 91
Ohio St 10 64 3 Washington St 8 31 48 New Mexico 5 18 91
Georgia 11 62 4 East Carolina 7 31 48 Rice 4 17 94
Boise St 12 56 5 Boston College 7 31 48 Kentucky 4 17 94
Syracuse 9 56 5 Georgia Tech 7 30 51 Arkansas St 7 16 96
Texas 11 55 7 UTSA 6 30 51 West Virginia 6 16 96
SMU 11 55 7 Coastal Carolina 6 30 51 Oregon St 5 16 96
Clemson 10 55 7 Northern Illinois 7 29 54 Temple 3 16 96
Arizona St 11 54 10 Baylor 7 29 54 California 6 15 100
Alabama 9 53 11 Connecticut 8 28 56 Wisconsin 5 15 100
Louisville 8 50 12 Minnesota 7 28 56 Stanford 3 15 100
Army West Point 11 49 13 Colorado St 8 27 58 Louisiana Tech 5 14 103
Marshall 10 49 13 Rutgers 7 27 58 Utah  5 14 103
Penn St 11 48 15 Toledo 7 27 58 Wake Forest 4 14 103
Iowa St 10 46 16 Pittsburgh 7 27 58 Air Force 5 13 106
Indiana 11 45 17 South Alabama 6 27 58 Arizona 4 13 106
South Carolina 9 45 17 NC State 6 27 58 Hawaii 5 12 108
BYU 10 43 19 Oklahoma 6 27 58 ULM 5 12 108
Miami, Fl 10 43 19 Old Dominion 5 27 58 Eastern Michigan 5 12 108
Mississippi 9 41 21 TCU 8 26 66 Troy 4 12 108
LSU 8 41 21 Buffalo 8 26 66 FIU 4 11 112
GA Southern 8 41 21 Cincinnati 5 26 66 Northwestern 4 11 112
Louisiana 10 40 24 Western Michigan 7 25 69 Georgia St 3 11 112
Michigan 7 40 24 North Texas 6 25 69 Ball St 3 11 112
Texas Tech 8 39 26 Washington 6 25 69 Kennesaw St 2 11 112
Virginia Tech 6 39 26 Liberty 8 24 72 Central Michigan 4 10 117
Ohio  10 38 28 North Carolina 6 24 72 Akron 4 10 117
Illinois 9 38 28 Maryland 4 24 72 Utah St 4 9 119
Tulane  9 37 30 Texas St 7 23 75 Tulsa 3 9 119
Jacksonville St 9 37 30 Florida 7 23 75 UTEP 3 8 121
Tennessee 10 36 32 Vanderbilt 6 23 75 San Diego St 3 7 122
Colorado 9 36 32 James Madison 8 22 78 Nevada 3 7 122
USC 6 36 32 Fresno St 6 22 78 Oklahoma St 3 7 122
Iowa 8 35 35 Arkansas 6 22 78 Florida Atlantic 3 6 125
Texas A&M 8 35 35 Nebraska 6 21 81 New Mexico St 3 6 125
Miami, OH 8 35 35 Michigan St 5 21 81 Middle Tennessee 3 5 127
Sam Houston St 9 34 38 Houston 4 21 81 UAB 3 5 127
Kansas St 8 34 38 Bowling Green 7 20 84 Florida St 2 5 127
UNLV 10 33 40 Virginia 5 20 84 UMass 2 0 130
Missouri 9 33 40 Appalachian St 5 20 84 Miss St 2 0 130
WKU 8 33 40 Charlotte 4 20 84 Southern Miss 1 0 130
Memphis 10 32 43 Auburn 5 19 88 Purdue 1 0 130
Duke 9 32 43 UCF 4 19 88 Kent St 0 0 130
Navy 8 32 43 Wyoming 4 19 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. Kent St is on top of this list with a combined 59 foe losses. Kent St foe losses include Pittsburgh, St Francis, Tennessee, Penn St, Eastern Michigan,Ball St, Bowling Green, Western Michigan,Ohio, Miami, Oh, Akron and Buffalo. 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 12/7/24

  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
Kent St 12 59 132 Virginia 7 30 87 LSU 4 18 43
Southern Miss 11 59 132 Utah  7 30 87 Colorado St 4 18 43
Tulsa 9 59 132 UTSA 6 30 87 Oklahoma 6 17 38
Kennesaw St 10 55 131 Cincinnati 7 29 83 Mississippi 3 17 38
Florida Atlantic 9 52 130 Coastal Carolina 6 29 83 Colorado 3 17 38
San Diego St 9 51 129 Northern Illinois 5 29 83 Sam Houston St 3 17 38
New Mexico St 9 49 128 Rutgers 5 29 83 Liberty 3 17 38
UMass 10 48 127 North Carolina 6 28 81 Washington 6 16 34
Louisiana Tech 7 45 126 California 6 28 81 Georgia Tech 5 16 34
Purdue 11 44 121 Kansas 7 27 77 Texas Tech 4 16 34
Nevada 10 44 121 USC 6 27 77 Ohio  3 16 34
Georgia St 9 44 121 South Alabama 6 27 77 Kansas St 4 15 32
Middle Tennessee 9 44 121 Western Michigan 5 27 77 Buffalo 4 15 32
New Mexico 7 44 121 Wisconsin 7 26 76 Louisville 4 14 30
UTEP 9 43 119 Arkansas 6 25 73 Alabama 3 14 30
FIU 8 43 119 Appalachian St 6 25 73 Tulane  4 13 25
Ball St 9 42 117 Toledo 5 25 73 Texas A&M 4 13 25
Troy 8 42 117 UCLA 7 24 69 Iowa St 3 13 25
Temple 9 41 111 NC State 6 24 69 Louisiana 3 13 25
Stanford 9 41 111 Miami, OH 5 24 69 Navy 3 13 25
UAB 9 41 111 Texas St 5 24 69 Michigan 5 12 22
Houston 8 41 111 Vanderbilt 6 23 62 Florida 5 12 22
Central Michigan 8 41 111 Nebraska 6 23 62 Marshall 3 12 22
Utah St 8 41 111 West Virginia 6 23 62 Arizona St 2 11 21
Rice 8 39 110 Bowling Green 5 23 62 South Carolina 3 10 19
Oklahoma St 9 37 109 Arkansas St 5 23 62 Missouri 3 10 19
Eastern Michigan 7 36 108 Washington St 4 23 62 Clemson 3 9 15
Charlotte 8 35 105 TCU 4 23 62 Duke 3 9 15
UCF 8 35 105 Virginia Tech 6 22 53 BYU 2 9 15
Hawaii 7 35 105 North Texas 6 22 53 Memphis 2 9 15
Florida St 10 34 103 USF 6 22 53 Miami, Fl 2 8 13
Miss St 10 34 103 WKU 5 22 53 Tennessee 2 8 13
Wyoming 8 33 97 Boston College 5 22 53 Illinois 3 7 12
Wake Forest 8 33 97 Baylor 5 22 53 Georgia 2 6 11
Arizona 8 33 97 Minnesota 5 22 53 UNLV 3 5 7
Old Dominion 7 33 97 Jacksonville St 4 22 53 Ohio St 2 5 7
Air Force 7 33 97 Connecticut 4 22 53 SMU 2 5 7
Fresno St 6 33 97 Michigan St 7 21 50 Notre Dame 1 5 7
Maryland 8 32 93 East Carolina 5 21 50 Texas 2 4 6
Akron 8 32 93 Pittsburgh 5 21 50 Penn St 2 2 4
Auburn 7 32 93 James Madison 4 20 49 Indiana 1 2 4
Oregon St 7 32 93 GA Southern 4 19 46 Army West Point 1 1 3
Kentucky 8 31 90 Iowa 4 19 46 Boise St 1 0 1
Northwestern 8 31 90 Syracuse 3 19 46 Oregon 0 0 1
ULM 7 31 90 San Jose St 5 18 43        

 

 

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 Oregon, Boise St, Army and Penn St. At the bottom you have Southern Miss.

Here is the Overall Wins and Losses Chart with %:  Games Played thru 12/7/24

  Overall   Overall   Overall
  Wins Losses %   Wins Losses %   Wins Losses %
Oregon 72 0 100.0% Oklahoma 27 17 61.4% Wisconsin 15 26 36.6%
Boise St 56 0 100.0% Washington 25 16 61.0% Wyoming 19 33 36.5%
Army West Point 49 1 98.0% Colorado St 27 18 60.0% Charlotte 20 35 36.4%
Penn St 48 2 96.0% WKU 33 22 60.0% Kentucky 17 31 35.4%
Indiana 45 2 95.7% East Carolina 31 21 59.6% UCF 19 35 35.2%
Texas 55 4 93.2% Miami, OH 35 24 59.3% California 15 28 34.9%
Notre Dame 65 5 92.9% Liberty 24 17 58.5% Houston 21 41 33.9%
Ohio St 64 5 92.8% Boston College 31 22 58.5% Oregon St 16 32 33.3%
SMU 55 5 91.7% Washington St 31 23 57.4% Utah  14 30 31.8%
Georgia 62 6 91.2% UCLA 32 24 57.1% Rice 17 39 30.4%
UNLV 33 5 86.8% USC 36 27 57.1% Wake Forest 14 33 29.8%
Clemson 55 9 85.9% Baylor 29 22 56.9% New Mexico 18 44 29.0%
Illinois 38 7 84.4% Pittsburgh 27 21 56.3% Arizona 13 33 28.3%
Miami, Fl 43 8 84.3% Minnesota 28 22 56.0% Air Force 13 33 28.3%
Arizona St 54 11 83.1% Connecticut 28 22 56.0% Temple 16 41 28.1%
BYU 43 9 82.7% Kansas 32 27 54.2% ULM 12 31 27.9%
Tennessee 36 8 81.8% North Texas 25 22 53.2% Stanford 15 41 26.8%
South Carolina 45 10 81.8% TCU 26 23 53.1% Northwestern 11 31 26.2%
Marshall 49 12 80.3% NC State 27 24 52.9% Hawaii 12 35 25.5%
Alabama 53 14 79.1% James Madison 22 20 52.4% Eastern Michigan 12 36 25.0%
Louisville 50 14 78.1% Toledo 27 25 51.9% Akron 10 32 23.8%
Duke 32 9 78.0% Coastal Carolina 30 29 50.8% Louisiana Tech 14 45 23.7%
Memphis 32 9 78.0% San Jose St 18 18 50.0% Troy 12 42 22.2%
Iowa St 46 13 78.0% Michigan St 21 21 50.0% Ball St 11 42 20.8%
Michigan 40 12 76.9% Vanderbilt 23 23 50.0% FIU 11 43 20.4%
Missouri 33 10 76.7% South Alabama 27 27 50.0% Georgia St 11 44 20.0%
Louisiana 40 13 75.5% Northern Illinois 29 29 50.0% Central Michigan 10 41 19.6%
Syracuse 56 19 74.7% UTSA 30 30 50.0% Utah St 9 41 18.0%
Tulane  37 13 74.0% Texas St 23 24 48.9% Kennesaw St 11 55 16.7%
Texas A&M 35 13 72.9% Rutgers 27 29 48.2% Oklahoma St 7 37 15.9%
Navy 32 13 71.1% Western Michigan 25 27 48.1% UTEP 8 43 15.7%
Texas Tech 39 16 70.9% Nebraska 21 23 47.7% Nevada 7 44 13.7%
Mississippi 41 17 70.7% Cincinnati 26 29 47.3% Tulsa 9 59 13.2%
Ohio  38 16 70.4% Arkansas 22 25 46.8% Florida St 5 34 12.8%
LSU 41 18 69.5% Bowling Green 20 23 46.5% San Diego St 7 51 12.1%
Kansas St 34 15 69.4% North Carolina 24 28 46.2% New Mexico St 6 49 10.9%
GA Southern 41 19 68.3% USF 18 22 45.0% UAB 5 41 10.9%
Colorado 36 17 67.9% Old Dominion 27 33 45.0% Florida Atlantic 6 52 10.3%
Sam Houston St 34 17 66.7% Appalachian St 20 25 44.4% Middle Tennessee 5 44 10.2%
Florida 23 12 65.7% Maryland 24 32 42.9% Miss St 0 34 0.0%
Georgia Tech 30 16 65.2% West Virginia 16 23 41.0% Purdue 0 44 0.0%
Iowa 35 19 64.8% Arkansas St 16 23 41.0% UMass 0 48 0.0%
Virginia Tech 39 22 63.9% Virginia 20 30 40.0% Kent St 0 59 0.0%
Buffalo 26 15 63.4% Fresno St 22 33 40.0% Southern Miss 0 59 0.0%
Jacksonville St 37 22 62.7% Auburn 19 32 37.3%        

 

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