2025 Strength of Wins/ Pain of Losses. (updated 12/10/25)

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. Indiana is #1 with wins vs Old Dominion, Kennesaw St, Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, Michigan St, UCLA, Maryland, Penn St, Wisconsin, Purdue And Ohio St for a total of 71 Foe 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 12/6/25

  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
Indiana 13 71 1 Miami, OH 7 33 46 Marshall 5 16 93
James Madison 13 67 2 UNLV 10 32 48 Rice 5 16 93
Georgia 12 65 3 Georgia Tech 9 32 48 Baylor 5 16 93
Ohio St 12 62 4 Iowa 8 32 48 Utah St 6 15 96
Tulane  11 62 4 FIU 7 32 48 Ball St 4 15 96
Texas Tech 12 58 6 Houston 9 31 52 San Jose St 3 15 96
BYU 11 58 6 Pittsburgh 8 31 52 Kansas 5 14 99
Alabama 10 56 8 Fresno St 8 30 54 UAB 4 14 99
Oklahoma 10 56 8 Ohio  8 30 54 Syracuse 3 14 99
USC 9 52 10 Arkansas St 6 30 54 Akron 5 13 102
Notre Dame 10 49 11 Hawaii 8 26 57 UCF 5 13 102
Texas A&M 11 48 12 Minnesota 7 26 57 Liberty 4 13 102
Oregon 11 48 12 LSU 7 26 57 Stanford 4 13 102
Boise St 9 47 14 GA Southern 6 26 57 Michigan St 4 12 106
Michigan 9 47 14 Troy 8 25 61 Virginia Tech 3 12 106
North Texas 11 46 16 California 7 25 61 Buffalo 5 11 108
Mississippi 11 46 16 Clemson 7 25 61 Auburn 5 11 108
Miami, Fl 10 46 16 Penn St 6 25 61 South Carolina 4 11 108
USF 9 45 19 Washington 8 24 65 UCLA 3 11 108
Virginia 10 43 20 Nebraska 7 24 65 Bowling Green 4 10 112
Kennesaw St 10 43 20 Louisiana Tech 7 24 65 Florida Atlantic 4 10 112
Western Michigan 9 43 20 Delaware 6 24 65 Sam Houston St 2 10 112
Texas 9 42 23 Miss St 5 24 65 Temple 5 8 115
Navy 9 42 23 Maryland 4 24 65 South Alabama 4 8 115
Vanderbilt 10 41 25 UTSA 6 23 71 Tulsa 4 7 117
San Diego St 9 41 25 Washington St 6 23 71 Wyoming 4 7 117
Wake Forest 8 41 25 Wisconsin 4 23 71 Middle Tennessee 3 7 117
Toledo 8 40 28 Cincinnati 7 22 74 Colorado St 2 7 117
Duke 8 40 28 Florida St 5 22 74 New Mexico St 4 6 121
Arizona St 8 40 28 Missouri 8 21 76 North Carolina 4 6 121
NC State 7 39 31 Eastern Michigan 4 21 76 Air Force 4 6 121
Utah  10 38 32 Tennessee 8 20 78 ULM 3 6 121
SMU 8 38 32 Missouri St 7 20 78 Appalachian St 5 5 125
Louisville 8 38 32 Texas St 6 20 78 Nevada 3 5 125
Connecticut 9 37 35 Army West Point 6 20 78 Oregon St 2 5 125
Illinois 8 37 35 Louisiana 6 19 82 Arkansas 2 5 125
Arizona 9 36 37 Coastal Carolina 6 19 82 Northern Illinois 3 3 129
Iowa St 8 36 37 Colorado 3 19 82 Purdue 2 3 129
East Carolina 8 35 39 Kansas St 6 18 85 UTEP 2 2 131
New Mexico 9 34 40 Kentucky 5 18 85 Boston College 2 2 131
Old Dominion 9 34 40 West Virginia 4 18 85 Charlotte 1 0 133
Jax State 8 34 40 Central Michigan 7 17 88 Oklahoma St 1 0 133
WKU 8 34 40 Northwestern 6 17 88 Georgia St 1 0 133
TCU 8 34 40 Kent St 5 17 88 UMass 0 0 133
Southern Miss 7 34 40 Rutgers 5 17 88        
Memphis 8 33 46 Florida 4 17 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 70 foe losses. UMass foe losses include Temple, Bryant, Iowa, Missouri, Western Michigan, Kent St, Buffalo, Central Mich, Akron, Northern Illinois, Ohio and Bowling Green. 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 12/6/25

  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
UMass 12 70 136 Stanford 8 29 89 TCU 4 16 41
Sam Houston St 10 56 135 Texas St 6 29 89 Memphis 4 16 41
San Jose St 9 54 134 Rice 7 28 86 Pittsburgh 4 16 41
UTEP 10 53 133 Baylor 7 28 86 New Mexico 3 16 41
Charlotte 11 52 131 California 5 28 86 Duke 5 15 38
Oklahoma St 11 52 131 UCLA 9 27 85 Arizona St 4 15 38
Northern Illinois 9 51 129 Jax State 5 26 82 East Carolina 4 15 38
Ball St 8 51 129 Clemson 5 26 82 Virginia 3 14 37
Georgia St 11 50 128 Fresno St 4 26 82 Illinois 4 13 33
Colorado St 10 49 126 Wisconsin 8 25 77 Washington 4 13 33
Oregon St 10 49 126 Rutgers 7 25 77 San Diego St 3 13 33
ULM 9 48 125 Kansas 7 25 77 Houston 3 13 33
Bowling Green 8 47 124 Coastal Carolina 6 25 77 Boise St 4 12 32
Boston College 10 46 122 Toledo 4 25 77 UNLV 3 11 31
Akron 7 46 122 Florida 8 24 75 Alabama 3 10 28
Eastern Michigan 8 43 120 UTSA 6 24 75 Texas 3 10 28
Tulsa 8 43 120 South Carolina 8 23 73 Georgia Tech 3 10 28
Syracuse 9 42 116 Kentucky 7 23 73 LSU 5 9 25
Middle Tennessee 9 42 116 Miss St 7 22 68 Kennesaw St 3 9 25
Nevada 9 42 116 GA Southern 6 22 68 Arizona 3 9 25
Wyoming 8 42 116 Kansas St 6 22 68 Iowa 4 8 19
Maryland 8 40 113 NC State 5 22 68 Missouri 4 8 19
South Alabama 8 40 113 Central Michigan 5 22 68 Tennessee 4 8 19
Delaware 6 40 113 Penn St 6 21 64 USF 3 8 19
New Mexico St 8 39 112 Washington St 6 21 64 Old Dominion 3 8 19
Arkansas 10 38 110 Nebraska 5 21 64 Miami, Fl 2 8 19
North Carolina 8 38 110 Louisiana Tech 5 21 64 USC 3 7 17
Arkansas St 6 37 109 Auburn 7 20 56 Tulane  2 7 17
Virginia Tech 9 36 108 Temple 7 20 56 Michigan 3 6 15
Purdue 10 35 103 Army West Point 5 20 56 Vanderbilt 2 6 15
Colorado 9 35 103 Western Michigan 4 20 56 North Texas 2 5 14
Michigan St 8 35 103 Wake Forest 4 20 56 Oklahoma 2 4 10
Florida St 7 35 103 SMU 4 20 56 Navy 2 4 10
Buffalo 7 35 103 Iowa St 4 20 56 James Madison 1 4 10
UAB 8 34 101 Ohio  4 20 56 Texas Tech 1 4 10
Kent St 7 34 101 Troy 5 19 51 Notre Dame 2 3 6
Liberty 8 33 100 Missouri St 5 19 51 Utah  2 3 6
West Virginia 8 31 95 WKU 4 19 51 Georgia 1 3 6
Florida Atlantic 8 31 95 Hawaii 4 19 51 Texas A&M 1 3 6
UCF 7 31 95 Connecticut 3 19 51 BYU 2 2 5
Appalachian St 7 31 95 Northwestern 6 18 49 Mississippi 1 1 4
Southern Miss 5 31 95 FIU 5 18 49 Ohio St 1 0 1
Air Force 8 30 91 Utah St 6 17 46 Oregon 1 0 1
Marshall 7 30 91 Minnesota 5 17 46 Indiana 0 0 1
Miami, OH 6 30 91 Louisville 4 17 46        
Louisiana 6 30 91 Cincinnati 5 16 41        

 

 

Overall Wins and Losses

In this last chart below you can see the overall wins and losses. As you can see the top Three teams are Indiana, Ohio St and Oregon. At the bottom you have UMass.

Here is the Overall Wins and Losses Chart with %:  Games Played thru 12/6/25

  Overall   Overall   Overall
  Wins Losses %   Wins Losses %   Wins Losses %
Indiana 71 0 100.0% Pittsburgh 31 16 66.0% Kansas 14 25 35.9%
Ohio St 62 0 100.0% SMU 38 20 65.5% Auburn 11 20 35.5%
Oregon 48 0 100.0% Washington 24 13 64.9% Colorado 19 35 35.2%
Mississippi 46 1 97.9% Iowa St 36 20 64.3% Marshall 16 30 34.8%
BYU 58 2 96.7% WKU 34 19 64.2% Kent St 17 34 33.3%
Georgia 65 3 95.6% FIU 32 18 64.0% Eastern Michigan 21 43 32.8%
James Madison 67 4 94.4% NC State 39 22 63.9% South Carolina 11 23 32.4%
Notre Dame 49 3 94.2% Toledo 40 25 61.5% Stanford 13 29 31.0%
Texas A&M 48 3 94.1% Minnesota 26 17 60.5% UCF 13 31 29.5%
Texas Tech 58 4 93.5% Ohio  30 20 60.0% UAB 14 34 29.2%
Oklahoma 56 4 93.3% Cincinnati 22 16 57.9% UCLA 11 27 28.9%
Utah  38 3 92.7% Hawaii 26 19 57.8% Temple 8 20 28.6%
Navy 42 4 91.3% Troy 25 19 56.8% Liberty 13 33 28.3%
North Texas 46 5 90.2% Jax State 34 26 56.7% Michigan St 12 35 25.5%
Tulane  62 7 89.9% Penn St 25 21 54.3% Syracuse 14 42 25.0%
Michigan 47 6 88.7% GA Southern 26 22 54.2% Virginia Tech 12 36 25.0%
USC 52 7 88.1% Fresno St 30 26 53.6% Florida Atlantic 10 31 24.4%
Vanderbilt 41 6 87.2% Nebraska 24 21 53.3% Buffalo 11 35 23.9%
Miami, Fl 46 8 85.2% Louisiana Tech 24 21 53.3% Ball St 15 51 22.7%
USF 45 8 84.9% Miami, OH 33 30 52.4% Akron 13 46 22.0%
Alabama 56 10 84.8% Southern Miss 34 31 52.3% San Jose St 15 54 21.7%
Kennesaw St 43 9 82.7% Washington St 23 21 52.3% Bowling Green 10 47 17.5%
Old Dominion 34 8 81.0% Miss St 24 22 52.2% South Alabama 8 40 16.7%
Texas 42 10 80.8% Missouri St 20 19 51.3% Air Force 6 30 16.7%
Arizona 36 9 80.0% Army West Point 20 20 50.0% Sam Houston St 10 56 15.2%
Iowa 32 8 80.0% Clemson 25 26 49.0% Middle Tennessee 7 42 14.3%
Boise St 47 12 79.7% UTSA 23 24 48.9% Wyoming 7 42 14.3%
Georgia Tech 32 10 76.2% Northwestern 17 18 48.6% Tulsa 7 43 14.0%
San Diego St 41 13 75.9% Wisconsin 23 25 47.9% Appalachian St 5 31 13.9%
Virginia 43 14 75.4% California 25 28 47.2% North Carolina 6 38 13.6%
UNLV 32 11 74.4% Utah St 15 17 46.9% New Mexico St 6 39 13.3%
LSU 26 9 74.3% Kansas St 18 22 45.0% Colorado St 7 49 12.5%
Illinois 37 13 74.0% Arkansas St 30 37 44.8% Arkansas 5 38 11.6%
Arizona St 40 15 72.7% Kentucky 18 23 43.9% ULM 6 48 11.1%
Duke 40 15 72.7% Central Michigan 17 22 43.6% Nevada 5 42 10.6%
Missouri 21 8 72.4% Coastal Carolina 19 25 43.2% Oregon St 5 49 9.3%
Tennessee 20 8 71.4% Florida 17 24 41.5% Purdue 3 35 7.9%
Houston 31 13 70.5% Texas St 20 29 40.8% Northern Illinois 3 51 5.6%
East Carolina 35 15 70.0% Rutgers 17 25 40.5% Boston College 2 46 4.2%
Louisville 38 17 69.1% Louisiana 19 30 38.8% UTEP 2 53 3.6%
Western Michigan 43 20 68.3% Florida St 22 35 38.6% Georgia St 0 50 0.0%
TCU 34 16 68.0% Delaware 24 40 37.5% Charlotte 0 52 0.0%
New Mexico 34 16 68.0% Maryland 24 40 37.5% Oklahoma St 0 52 0.0%
Memphis 33 16 67.3% West Virginia 18 31 36.7% UMass 0 70 0.0%
Wake Forest 41 20 67.2% Rice 16 28 36.4%        
Connecticut 37 19 66.1% Baylor 16 28 36.4%        

 

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