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Who had the most bad losses over the last five years? Which college football teams came up with the most clunkers in each conference?
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They’re the season-cripplers.
The bad losses can ruin a campaign, crush momentum, and kill a team hoping to come up with a win against someone it’s probably supposed to beat.
So what’s a Bad Loss?
In the CFN Five-Year Program Analysis, a Bad Loss is counted as a loss to an FCS team or to a team that finishes with three wins or fewer. An extra 0.5 penalty is added on to a Bad Loss at home – those really hurt.
You do NOT want to be ranked high on this.
Again, these are losses to FCS teams or teams that finished with three wins or fewer. It’s a BAD thing to be high on the list – the lower the score, the better.
By conference, which teams came up with the most clunkers over the last five years?
American Athletic East
1 UConn
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 4.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T7
T2 East Carolina
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
T2 Temple
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
4 UCF
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
T5 Cincinnati
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T51
T5 USF
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
American Athletic West
1 Tulsa
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 4.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T15
2 SMU
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
3 Tulane
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
T4 Houston
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T44
T4 Memphis
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
6 Navy
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
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ACC Atlantic
1 Boston College
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56
2 NC State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T3 Florida State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T3 Syracuse
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T5 Clemson
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T5 Louisville
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T5 Wake Forest
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56
ACC Coastal
T1 Pitt
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T44
T1 Virginia
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T44
3 North Carolina
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T51
T4 Duke
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56
T4 Georgia Tech
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T4 Miami
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
7 Virginia Tech
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
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Big Ten East
1 Rutgers
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 6.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T22
2 Michigan State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T3 Indiana
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T3 Maryland
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T3 Michigan
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T3 Ohio State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T3 Penn State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
Big Ten West
1 Illinois
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
T2 Iowa
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
T2 Northwestern
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56
4 Nebraska
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T5 Minnesota
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T5 Purdue
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T5 Wisconsin
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91