2025 Strength of Wins/ Pain of Losses. (updated 11/25/25)

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, Indiana St, Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, Michigan St, UCLA, Maryland, Penn St and Wisconsin for a total of 51 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 11/22/25

  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 11 51 1 FIU 6 27 43 Akron 5 13 92
BYU 10 49 2 Houston 8 26 48 Kansas 5 13 92
Ohio St 11 48 3 Fresno St 7 25 49 Marshall 5 13 92
Alabama 9 47 4 New Mexico 8 24 50 Ball St 4 13 92
Tulane  9 47 4 Ohio  7 24 50 San Jose St 3 13 92
Oklahoma 9 46 6 East Carolina 7 24 50 Syracuse 3 13 92
Texas A&M 11 45 7 Nebraska 7 23 53 UCF 5 12 99
Georgia 10 44 8 LSU 7 23 53 Army West Point 5 12 99
Michigan 9 44 8 Miss St 5 23 53 Florida 3 12 99
USC 8 43 10 Washington 8 22 56 Auburn 5 11 102
Texas Tech 10 40 11 Jax State 7 22 56 Liberty 4 11 102
Notre Dame 9 40 11 Hawaii 7 22 56 Stanford 4 11 102
James Madison 10 39 13 Maryland 4 22 56 South Carolina 4 11 102
North Texas 10 37 14 Cincinnati 7 21 60 UAB 3 11 102
Mississippi 10 37 14 UTSA 6 20 61 Buffalo 5 10 107
Oregon 10 37 14 Minnesota 6 20 61 Virginia Tech 3 10 107
San Diego St 9 37 14 Duke 6 20 61 Bowling Green 4 9 109
Virginia 9 36 18 Delaware 5 20 61 Florida Atlantic 4 9 109
Wake Forest 8 36 18 Florida St 5 20 61 UCLA 3 9 109
USF 8 36 18 GA Southern 5 20 61 Temple 5 8 112
Miami, Fl 9 35 21 Washington St 5 20 61 South Alabama 4 8 112
Arizona St 8 35 21 Wisconsin 4 20 61 Sam Houston St 2 8 112
Western Michigan 8 34 23 Iowa 7 19 69 Wyoming 4 7 115
NC State 6 34 23 Missouri 7 19 69 Kent St 4 7 115
Utah  9 33 25 Clemson 6 19 69 Michigan St 3 7 115
SMU 8 32 26 Eastern Michigan 4 19 69 Tulsa 4 6 118
Old Dominion 8 31 27 Tennessee 8 18 73 North Carolina 4 6 118
Navy 8 31 27 Missouri St 7 18 73 New Mexico St 4 6 118
Toledo 7 31 27 Coastal Carolina 6 18 73 Colorado St 2 6 118
Iowa St 7 31 27 Penn St 5 18 73 Appalachian St 5 5 122
Connecticut 9 30 31 Troy 7 17 77 ULM 3 5 122
Vanderbilt 9 30 31 Arkansas St 5 17 77 Nevada 3 5 122
Memphis 8 30 31 Texas St 5 17 77 Air Force 3 5 122
Texas 8 30 31 West Virginia 4 17 77 Oregon St 2 4 126
Pittsburgh 8 29 35 Central Michigan 7 16 81 Middle Tennessee 2 4 126
Southern Miss 7 29 35 Kentucky 5 16 81 Arkansas 2 4 126
Louisville 7 29 35 Colorado 3 16 81 Northern Illinois 3 3 129
Boise St 7 29 35 California 6 15 84 Purdue 2 3 129
Georgia Tech 9 28 39 Louisiana Tech 6 15 84 UTEP 2 2 131
WKU 8 28 39 Northwestern 6 15 84 Charlotte 1 0 132
Illinois 7 28 39 Louisiana 5 15 84 Oklahoma St 1 0 132
Miami, OH 6 28 39 Baylor 5 15 84 Boston College 1 0 132
UNLV 9 27 43 Rutgers 5 15 84 Georgia St 1 0 132
Arizona 8 27 43 Kansas St 5 14 90 UMass 0 0 132
Kennesaw St 8 27 43 Rice 5 14 90        
TCU 7 27 43 Utah St 6 13 92        

 

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 66 foe losses. UMass foe losses include Temple, Bryant, Iowa, Missouri, Western Michigan, Kent St, Buffalo, Central Mich, Akron, Northern Illinois and Ohio. 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 11/22/25

  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 66 136 Appalachian St 6 23 89 Pittsburgh 3 13 43
Sam Houston St 9 46 135 Miami, OH 5 23 89 WKU 3 13 43
UTEP 9 45 134 Stanford 7 22 82 Northwestern 5 12 40
Charlotte 10 44 131 Baylor 6 22 82 Missouri St 4 12 40
San Jose St 8 44 131 Kansas 6 22 82 Houston 3 12 40
Bowling Green 8 44 131 Marshall 6 22 82 Utah St 5 11 37
Oklahoma St 10 43 130 Clemson 5 22 82 Boise St 4 11 37
Boston College 10 42 127 Coastal Carolina 5 22 82 Arizona St 3 11 37
Ball St 7 42 127 Fresno St 4 22 82 Illinois 4 10 34
Akron 7 42 127 GA Southern 6 21 78 Cincinnati 4 10 34
Georgia St 10 41 126 Kansas St 6 21 78 San Diego St 2 10 34
Northern Illinois 8 40 125 Rice 6 21 78 Texas 3 9 32
Oregon St 9 39 123 Jax State 4 21 78 Washington 3 9 32
Eastern Michigan 8 39 123 Florida 8 20 76 Iowa 4 8 27
Middle Tennessee 9 38 122 NC State 5 20 76 Arizona 3 8 27
Colorado St 9 36 119 UCLA 8 19 73 Alabama 2 8 27
ULM 8 36 119 Miss St 6 19 73 Virginia 2 8 27
Nevada 8 36 119 Louisiana Tech 5 19 73 Georgia Tech 2 8 27
Wyoming 7 34 116 Penn St 6 18 69 USC 3 7 21
Delaware 6 34 116 FIU 5 18 69 USF 3 7 21
Arkansas St 6 34 116 Army West Point 5 18 69 Old Dominion 3 7 21
Michigan St 8 32 115 Western Michigan 4 18 69 Kennesaw St 3 7 21
Tulsa 7 31 114 Washington St 6 17 61 Miami, Fl 2 7 21
Purdue 9 30 109 Kentucky 6 17 61 UNLV 2 7 21
UAB 8 30 109 Rutgers 6 17 61 Missouri 4 6 19
South Alabama 7 30 109 Temple 6 17 61 Tulane  2 6 19
Kent St 7 30 109 Ohio  4 17 61 LSU 4 5 15
North Carolina 7 30 109 Hawaii 4 17 61 Tennessee 3 5 15
Virginia Tech 8 29 107 Troy 4 17 61 Michigan 2 5 15
Liberty 7 29 107 Connecticut 3 17 61 Vanderbilt 2 5 15
Arkansas 9 28 104 Wisconsin 7 16 56 Oklahoma 2 4 13
Air Force 8 28 104 UTSA 5 16 56 James Madison 1 4 13
Buffalo 6 28 104 Iowa St 4 16 56 Navy 2 3 10
Syracuse 8 27 100 Nebraska 4 16 56 Texas Tech 1 3 10
Maryland 7 27 100 Central Michigan 4 16 56 North Texas 1 3 10
New Mexico St 7 27 100 South Carolina 7 15 52 Notre Dame 2 2 7
Louisiana 6 27 100 Auburn 6 15 52 Utah  2 2 7
West Virginia 7 26 97 Minnesota 5 15 52 Georgia 1 2 7
Texas St 6 26 97 Louisville 4 15 52 BYU 1 1 5
UCF 6 26 97 TCU 4 14 49 Mississippi 1 1 5
Colorado 8 25 95 Memphis 3 14 49 Oregon 1 0 1
Florida Atlantic 7 25 95 New Mexico 3 14 49 Indiana 0 0 1
Florida St 6 24 91 Duke 5 13 43 Ohio St 0 0 1
California 5 24 91 East Carolina 4 13 43 Texas A&M 0 0 1
Toledo 4 24 91 Wake Forest 3 13 43        
Southern Miss 4 24 91 SMU 3 13 43        

 

 

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, Texas A&M and Ohio St. At the bottom you have UMass.

Here is the Overall Wins and Losses Chart with %:  Games Played thru 11/22/25

  Overall   Overall   Overall
  Wins Losses %   Wins Losses %   Wins Losses %
Indiana 51 0 100.0% TCU 27 14 65.9% Kansas 13 22 37.1%
Ohio St 48 0 100.0% Western Michigan 34 18 65.4% Marshall 13 22 37.1%
Texas A&M 45 0 100.0% East Carolina 24 13 64.9% Delaware 20 34 37.0%
Oregon 37 0 100.0% Connecticut 30 17 63.8% Louisiana 15 27 35.7%
BYU 49 1 98.0% New Mexico 24 14 63.2% Arkansas St 17 34 33.3%
Mississippi 37 1 97.4% NC State 34 20 63.0% Stanford 11 22 33.3%
Georgia 44 2 95.7% Duke 20 13 60.6% Eastern Michigan 19 39 32.8%
Notre Dame 40 2 95.2% FIU 27 18 60.0% Syracuse 13 27 32.5%
Utah  33 2 94.3% Missouri St 18 12 60.0% UCLA 9 19 32.1%
Texas Tech 40 3 93.0% Nebraska 23 16 59.0% Temple 8 17 32.0%
North Texas 37 3 92.5% Ohio  24 17 58.5% UCF 12 26 31.6%
Oklahoma 46 4 92.0% Minnesota 20 15 57.1% Liberty 11 29 27.5%
Navy 31 3 91.2% Hawaii 22 17 56.4% UAB 11 30 26.8%
James Madison 39 4 90.7% Toledo 31 24 56.4% Florida Atlantic 9 25 26.5%
Michigan 44 5 89.8% UTSA 20 16 55.6% Buffalo 10 28 26.3%
Tulane  47 6 88.7% Wisconsin 20 16 55.6% Virginia Tech 10 29 25.6%
USC 43 7 86.0% Northwestern 15 12 55.6% Ball St 13 42 23.6%
Vanderbilt 30 5 85.7% Miami, OH 28 23 54.9% Akron 13 42 23.6%
Alabama 47 8 85.5% Miss St 23 19 54.8% San Jose St 13 44 22.8%
USF 36 7 83.7% Southern Miss 29 24 54.7% South Alabama 8 30 21.1%
Miami, Fl 35 7 83.3% Utah St 13 11 54.2% Kent St 7 30 18.9%
LSU 23 5 82.1% Washington St 20 17 54.1% New Mexico St 6 27 18.2%
Virginia 36 8 81.8% Fresno St 25 22 53.2% Michigan St 7 32 17.9%
Old Dominion 31 7 81.6% Jax State 22 21 51.2% Appalachian St 5 23 17.9%
UNLV 27 7 79.4% Penn St 18 18 50.0% Wyoming 7 34 17.1%
Kennesaw St 27 7 79.4% Troy 17 17 50.0% Bowling Green 9 44 17.0%
San Diego St 37 10 78.7% Central Michigan 16 16 50.0% North Carolina 6 30 16.7%
Tennessee 18 5 78.3% GA Southern 20 21 48.8% Tulsa 6 31 16.2%
Georgia Tech 28 8 77.8% Kentucky 16 17 48.5% Air Force 5 28 15.2%
Arizona 27 8 77.1% Rutgers 15 17 46.9% Sam Houston St 8 46 14.8%
Texas 30 9 76.9% Clemson 19 22 46.3% Colorado St 6 36 14.3%
Arizona St 35 11 76.1% Florida St 20 24 45.5% Arkansas 4 28 12.5%
Missouri 19 6 76.0% Coastal Carolina 18 22 45.0% ULM 5 36 12.2%
Illinois 28 10 73.7% Maryland 22 27 44.9% Nevada 5 36 12.2%
Wake Forest 36 13 73.5% Louisiana Tech 15 19 44.1% Middle Tennessee 4 38 9.5%
Boise St 29 11 72.5% Auburn 11 15 42.3% Oregon St 4 39 9.3%
SMU 32 13 71.1% South Carolina 11 15 42.3% Purdue 3 30 9.1%
Washington 22 9 71.0% Baylor 15 22 40.5% Northern Illinois 3 40 7.0%
Iowa 19 8 70.4% Kansas St 14 21 40.0% UTEP 2 45 4.3%
Pittsburgh 29 13 69.0% Rice 14 21 40.0% Georgia St 0 41 0.0%
Houston 26 12 68.4% Army West Point 12 18 40.0% Boston College 0 42 0.0%
WKU 28 13 68.3% West Virginia 17 26 39.5% Oklahoma St 0 43 0.0%
Memphis 30 14 68.2% Texas St 17 26 39.5% Charlotte 0 44 0.0%
Cincinnati 21 10 67.7% Colorado 16 25 39.0% UMass 0 66 0.0%
Iowa St 31 16 66.0% California 15 24 38.5%        
Louisville 29 15 65.9% Florida 12 20 37.5%        

 

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