2024 Strength of Wins/ Pain of Losses. (updated 1/23/25)

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. National Champion Ohio St is #1 with wins vs Akron, Western Michigan, Marshall, Michigan St, Iowa, Nebraska, Penn St, Purdue, Northwestern, Indiana, Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame for a total of 121 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 1/20/25

  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
Ohio St 14 121 1 Colorado 9 37 45 Auburn 5 19 91
Notre Dame 14 107 2 Buffalo 9 37 45 Wyoming 4 19 91
Oregon 13 83 3 Toledo 8 37 45 Kentucky 4 19 91
Texas 13 80 4 Northern Illinois 8 36 49 Temple 3 19 91
Penn St 13 75 5 Minnesota 8 36 49 San Jose St 7 18 95
Georgia 11 70 6 Kansas 5 36 49 New Mexico 5 18 95
Syracuse 10 66 7 TCU 9 35 52 Western Michigan 6 17 97
Clemson 10 61 8 WKU 8 35 52 Stanford 3 17 97
Arizona St 11 60 9 South Alabama 7 35 52 West Virginia 6 16 99
SMU 11 60 9 UCLA 5 35 52 Oregon St 5 16 99
Army West Point 12 58 11 Baylor 8 34 56 California 6 15 101
Boise St 12 58 11 Duke 9 33 57 Utah  5 15 101
Iowa St 11 58 11 Florida 8 33 57 Wake Forest 4 15 101
Louisville 9 58 11 Coastal Carolina 6 33 57 Louisiana Tech 5 14 104
Alabama 9 56 15 Boston College 7 32 60 Wisconsin 5 14 104
Michigan 8 55 16 Arkansas 7 32 60 Ball St 3 14 104
BYU 11 53 17 Washington St 8 31 62 Air Force 5 13 107
Marshall 10 52 18 Texas St 8 31 62 ULM 5 13 107
LSU 9 52 18 Georgia Tech 7 30 64 Arizona 4 13 107
Ohio  11 51 20 NC State 6 30 64 Georgia St 3 13 107
Navy 10 51 20 James Madison 9 29 66 Eastern Michigan 5 12 111
Mississippi 10 50 22 Vanderbilt 7 29 66 Hawaii 5 12 111
Illinois 10 50 22 North Texas 6 29 66 Troy 4 12 111
Indiana 11 49 24 Old Dominion 5 29 66 Northwestern 4 12 111
South Carolina 9 47 25 Maryland 4 29 66 FIU 4 11 115
USC 7 47 25 Rutgers 7 28 71 Akron 4 11 115
Miami, Fl 10 46 27 Pittsburgh 7 28 71 Kennesaw St 2 11 115
Miami, OH 9 46 27 North Carolina 6 28 71 Tulsa 3 10 118
GA Southern 8 46 27 Colorado St 8 27 74 Utah St 4 9 119
Louisiana 10 45 30 Nebraska 7 27 74 Central Michigan 4 9 119
Missouri 10 43 31 USF 7 27 74 UTEP 3 8 121
Sam Houston St 10 42 32 Washington 6 27 74 Oklahoma St 3 8 121
Virginia Tech 6 42 32 Oklahoma 6 27 74 San Diego St 3 7 123
Tulane  9 40 34 Cincinnati 5 27 74 Nevada 3 7 123
Kansas St 9 40 34 Liberty 8 25 80 New Mexico St 3 6 125
Texas Tech 8 40 34 Michigan St 5 24 81 Florida Atlantic 3 6 125
East Carolina 8 40 34 Charlotte 4 24 81 Middle Tennessee 3 5 127
Texas A&M 8 39 38 Arkansas St 8 23 83 UAB 3 5 127
Iowa 8 39 38 Houston 4 23 83 Florida St 2 5 127
UTSA 7 39 38 Fresno St 6 22 85 UMass 2 0 130
Memphis 11 38 41 Appalachian St 5 22 85 Miss St 2 0 130
UNLV 11 38 41 Rice 4 21 87 Southern Miss 1 0 130
Tennessee 10 38 41 UCF 4 21 87 Purdue 1 0 130
Jacksonville St 9 38 41 Bowling Green 7 20 89 Kent St 0 0 130
Connecticut 9 37 45 Virginia 5 20 89        

 

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 65 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 1/20/25

  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 65 134 Kentucky 8 35 86 Connecticut 4 23 44
Southern Miss 11 61 132 Northwestern 8 35 86 Texas A&M 5 22 41
Tulsa 9 61 132 Virginia 7 35 86 Iowa 5 22 41
Kennesaw St 10 60 131 California 7 35 86 Liberty 4 22 41
San Diego St 9 54 128 NC State 7 33 82 Alabama 4 21 38
New Mexico St 9 54 128 Cincinnati 7 33 82 James Madison 4 21 38
Florida Atlantic 9 54 128 ULM 7 33 82 Syracuse 3 21 38
Nevada 10 50 126 Rutgers 6 33 82 Tulane  5 20 35
UMass 10 50 126 Utah  7 32 80 Baylor 5 20 35
Middle Tennessee 9 49 124 UTSA 6 32 80 LSU 4 20 35
Louisiana Tech 8 49 124 Virginia Tech 7 31 78 Colorado 4 19 33
Purdue 11 48 121 WKU 6 31 78 Sam Houston St 3 19 33
Stanford 9 48 121 North Texas 7 30 72 Louisiana 4 18 32
UTEP 9 48 121 Wisconsin 7 30 72 Florida 5 17 28
Georgia St 9 47 120 USC 6 30 72 Louisville 4 17 28
Temple 9 46 116 Boston College 6 30 72 Buffalo 4 17 28
Ball St 9 46 116 Bowling Green 6 30 72 Mississippi 3 17 28
FIU 8 46 116 Northern Illinois 5 30 72 Michigan 5 16 25
New Mexico 7 46 116 Kansas 7 29 68 Kansas St 4 16 25
Troy 8 44 114 South Alabama 6 29 68 Ohio  3 16 25
Utah St 8 44 114 Pittsburgh 6 29 68 Duke 4 15 21
UAB 9 43 113 Appalachian St 6 29 68 Arizona St 3 15 21
Florida St 10 42 110 UCLA 7 28 65 Iowa St 3 15 21
Houston 8 42 110 West Virginia 7 28 65 Navy 3 15 21
Central Michigan 8 42 110 San Jose St 6 28 65 Clemson 4 14 18
Oklahoma St 9 41 108 Arkansas 6 27 61 South Carolina 4 14 18
Rice 8 41 108 Jacksonville St 5 27 61 Marshall 3 14 18
Miss St 10 39 104 Toledo 5 27 61 Missouri 3 13 17
Wake Forest 8 39 104 Washington St 5 27 61 Miami, Fl 3 12 16
Fresno St 7 39 104 Washington 7 26 56 Tennessee 3 11 15
Eastern Michigan 7 39 104 Vanderbilt 6 26 56 BYU 2 10 14
Charlotte 8 38 101 Minnesota 5 26 56 Georgia 3 9 10
UCF 8 38 101 Texas St 5 26 56 SMU 3 9 10
Wyoming 8 38 101 Colorado St 5 26 56 Illinois 3 9 10
Maryland 8 37 94 Michigan St 7 25 51 Memphis 2 9 10
Arizona 8 37 94 Georgia Tech 6 25 51 Texas 3 8 9
Akron 8 37 94 Nebraska 6 25 51 UNLV 3 7 7
Coastal Carolina 7 37 94 USF 6 25 51 Notre Dame 2 7 7
North Carolina 7 37 94 Miami, OH 5 25 51 Ohio St 2 6 6
Western Michigan 7 37 94 Texas Tech 5 24 48 Penn St 3 5 4
Hawaii 7 37 94 Arkansas St 5 24 48 Army West Point 2 5 4
Old Dominion 7 36 90 TCU 4 24 48 Boise St 2 4 2
Auburn 7 36 90 Oklahoma 7 23 44 Indiana 2 4 2
Oregon St 7 36 90 GA Southern 5 23 44 Oregon 1 2 1
Air Force 7 36 90 East Carolina 5 23 44        

 

 

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, Ohio St, Notre Dame, and Penn St. At the bottom you have Kent St.

Here is the Overall Wins and Losses Chart with %:  Games Played thru 1/20/25

  Overall   Overall   Overall
  Wins Losses %   Wins Losses %   Wins Losses %
Oregon 83 2 97.6% Connecticut 37 23 61.7% Houston 23 42 35.4%
Ohio St 121 6 95.3% USC 47 30 61.0% Kentucky 19 35 35.2%
Notre Dame 107 7 93.9% TCU 35 24 59.3% Auburn 19 36 34.5%
Penn St 75 5 93.8% Jacksonville St 38 27 58.5% Rice 21 41 33.9%
Boise St 58 4 93.5% Minnesota 36 26 58.1% Wyoming 19 38 33.3%
Indiana 49 4 92.5% James Madison 29 21 58.0% Utah  15 32 31.9%
Army West Point 58 5 92.1% Toledo 37 27 57.8% Wisconsin 14 30 31.8%
Texas 80 8 90.9% Virginia Tech 42 31 57.5% Western Michigan 17 37 31.5%
Georgia 70 9 88.6% UCLA 35 28 55.6% Oregon St 16 36 30.8%
SMU 60 9 87.0% Kansas 36 29 55.4% California 15 35 30.0%
Illinois 50 9 84.7% UTSA 39 32 54.9% Temple 19 46 29.2%
UNLV 38 7 84.4% South Alabama 35 29 54.7% ULM 13 33 28.3%
BYU 53 10 84.1% Georgia Tech 30 25 54.5% New Mexico 18 46 28.1%
Clemson 61 14 81.3% Northern Illinois 36 30 54.5% Wake Forest 15 39 27.8%
Memphis 38 9 80.9% Texas St 31 26 54.4% Air Force 13 36 26.5%
Arizona St 60 15 80.0% Arkansas 32 27 54.2% Stanford 17 48 26.2%
Iowa St 58 15 79.5% Oklahoma 27 23 54.0% Arizona 13 37 26.0%
Miami, Fl 46 12 79.3% Washington St 31 27 53.4% Northwestern 12 35 25.5%
Marshall 52 14 78.8% Liberty 25 22 53.2% Hawaii 12 37 24.5%
Tennessee 38 11 77.6% WKU 35 31 53.0% Eastern Michigan 12 39 23.5%
Michigan 55 16 77.5% Vanderbilt 29 26 52.7% Ball St 14 46 23.3%
Louisville 58 17 77.3% Nebraska 27 25 51.9% Akron 11 37 22.9%
Navy 51 15 77.3% USF 27 25 51.9% Louisiana Tech 14 49 22.2%
South Carolina 47 14 77.0% Boston College 32 30 51.6% Georgia St 13 47 21.7%
Missouri 43 13 76.8% Washington 27 26 50.9% Troy 12 44 21.4%
Ohio  51 16 76.1% Colorado St 27 26 50.9% FIU 11 46 19.3%
Syracuse 66 21 75.9% North Texas 29 30 49.2% Central Michigan 9 42 17.6%
Mississippi 50 17 74.6% Pittsburgh 28 29 49.1% Utah St 9 44 17.0%
Alabama 56 21 72.7% Michigan St 24 25 49.0% Oklahoma St 8 41 16.3%
LSU 52 20 72.2% Arkansas St 23 24 48.9% Kennesaw St 11 60 15.5%
Kansas St 40 16 71.4% NC State 30 33 47.6% UTEP 8 48 14.3%
Louisiana 45 18 71.4% Coastal Carolina 33 37 47.1% Tulsa 10 61 14.1%
Sam Houston St 42 19 68.9% Rutgers 28 33 45.9% Nevada 7 50 12.3%
Duke 33 15 68.8% Cincinnati 27 33 45.0% San Diego St 7 54 11.5%
Buffalo 37 17 68.5% Old Dominion 29 36 44.6% Florida St 5 42 10.6%
Tulane  40 20 66.7% Maryland 29 37 43.9% UAB 5 43 10.4%
GA Southern 46 23 66.7% Appalachian St 22 29 43.1% New Mexico St 6 54 10.0%
Colorado 37 19 66.1% North Carolina 28 37 43.1% Florida Atlantic 6 54 10.0%
Florida 33 17 66.0% Bowling Green 20 30 40.0% Middle Tennessee 5 49 9.3%
Miami, OH 46 25 64.8% San Jose St 18 28 39.1% Miss St 0 39 0.0%
Texas A&M 39 22 63.9% Charlotte 24 38 38.7% Purdue 0 48 0.0%
Iowa 39 22 63.9% West Virginia 16 28 36.4% UMass 0 50 0.0%
East Carolina 40 23 63.5% Virginia 20 35 36.4% Southern Miss 0 61 0.0%
Baylor 34 20 63.0% Fresno St 22 39 36.1% Kent St 0 65 0.0%
Texas Tech 40 24 62.5% UCF 21 38 35.6%        

 

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