Category: 2020 Preview

Group Of Five Teams In New Year’s Six Bowl Chase: 20 For 2020 Offseason Topics No. 10

20 for 2020 key college football offseason topics: The top Group of Five teams that should be in the New Year’s Six bowl chase.

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20 for 2020 key offseason topics: No. 10 The top Group of Five teams that should be in the New Year’s Six bowl chase.

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Okay, so we whiffed in last year’s preseason 5 Teams In the New Year’s Six bowl chase piece – didn’t get Memphis, and didn’t have Appalachian State on the list – but that’s a good thing. It’s more fun when it’s not an automatic call.

Houston, Boise State, Western Michigan, UCF twice, and then Memphis. Those are your Group of Five champions who got the automatic bids to the available New Year’s Six game in the College Football Playoff era.

It’s not the CFP, but it’s still a high honor.

All five teams represented themselves well, with the Group of Fivers going 3-3 since the bowl slot was created.

This year, the highest-ranked conference champion from the American Athletic, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt will automatically get one spot in either the College Football Playoff, GoodYear Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl or Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.

To be the team that gets the job done, unless things go totally wacky, 1) it has to go unbeaten or finish with one loss, 2) it will need at least one signature win, and 3) as part of the requirement, it has to win its Group of Five championship.

Which six teams this season have the best shot at getting into the spotlight game?

6. San Diego State Aztecs

Brady Hoke is inheriting a nice team to play around with.

The Aztecs might not have the defense of the last several seasons, but the offense should be stronger, Georgia Tech’s Lucas Johnson is transferring in to battle for the quarterback job, and the offensive front should be among the best in the Mountain West.

Last year’s team had a few whiffs along the way when the offense didn’t work, but all three losses came by six points or fewer.

Going to Toledo won’t be easy, and a run of four road games in six will be tough, but the one Power Five game is at home against UCLA, and there’s no Boise State to deal with in the regular season.

The road games at Nevada, Utah State, Wyoming, BYU and Fresno State might be too much to go unbeaten, but the team should be in the hunt throughout the year.

– San Diego State Schedule Analysis

NEXT: Group Of Five Teams In New Year’s Six Bowl Chase, No. 5

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Most College Football Wins Rankings 1-130: 2020 CFN 5-Year Program Analysis

Ranking every college football team on how many FBS they have over the last five years – 2020 CFN 5-Year Program Analysis.

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How many wins did you get? It’s what the games are all about – the wins. Ranking every college football team on how many FBS they have over the last five years, it’s the 2020 CFN 5-Year Program Analysis.

Contact @PeteFiutak

Did you win? For all the talk about the student in student-athlete, and for all the pomp and circumstance, all that matters is whether or not you win college football games.

Who won the most games over the last five years against other FBS teams? Wins against FCS programs don’t count here – you don’t get credit for the cupcake in the CFN 5-Year Program Analysis.

Remember, these are ONLY the wins over the FBS teams.

130 Kansas

5-Year FBS Win Total: 6
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 130

T128 UTEP

5-Year FBS Win Total: 8
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 118

T128 Texas State

5-Year FBS Win Total: 8
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T122

127 Oregon State

5-Year FBS Win Total: 9
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 126

T125 UConn

5-Year FBS Win Total: 10
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 124

T125 Rutgers

5-Year FBS Win Total: 10
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 117

T122 Rice

5-Year FBS Win Total: 11
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T113

T122 UMass

5-Year FBS Win Total: 11
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T120

T122 Coastal Carolina

5-Year FBS Win Total: 11
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T128

T120 Liberty

5-Year FBS Win Total: 12
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T128

T120 Kent State

5-Year FBS Win Total: 12
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 127

119 Ball State

5-Year FBS Win Total: 13
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T120

T117 East Carolina

5-Year FBS Win Total: 14
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T106

T117 San Jose State

5-Year FBS Win Total: 14
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T122

T115 Charlotte

5-Year FBS Win Total: 15
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 125

T115 South Alabama

5-Year FBS Win Total: 15
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T101

T113 New Mexico State

5-Year FBS Win Total: 16
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T113

T113 UNLV

5-Year FBS Win Total: 16
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 119

T110 Maryland

5-Year FBS Win Total: 17
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T97

T110 Illinois

5-Year FBS Win Total: 17
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T113

T110 ULM

5-Year FBS Win Total: 17
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T110

109 Arkansas

5-Year FBS Win Total: 18
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T88

T105 UTSA

5-Year FBS Win Total: 19
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T101

T105 Bowling Green

5-Year FBS Win Total: 19
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T82

T105 New Mexico

5-Year FBS Win Total: 19
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T88

T105 Vanderbilt

5-Year FBS Win Total: 19
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T106

104 Akron

5-Year FBS Win Total: 20
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T82

NEXT: 5 Year Program Analysis Top 100 in FBS Wins

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Most College Football Wins Rankings By Conference: 2020 CFN 5-Year Program Analysis

It’s what the games are all about – the wins. The rankings of the college football teams with the most FBS wins by conference. 

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Winning is everything. It’s what the games are all about – the wins. How many did you get? Here are the rankings of the college football teams with the most FBS wins by conference. 

Contact @PeteFiutak

Who won the most games over the last five years against other FBS teams? Wins against FCS program don’t count here – you don’t get credit for the cupcake in the CFN Five-Year Program Analysis.

This is why we’re all here … you play to win the game.

Who had the most FBS wins over the last five years by conference?

American Athletic East

1 Temple

5-Year FBS Win Total: 40
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T28

2 UCF

5-Year FBS Win Total: 37
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T36

3 USF

5-Year FBS Win Total: 35
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T39

4 Cincinnati

5-Year FBS Win Total: 33
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T58

5 East Carolina

5-Year FBS Win Total: 14
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T106

6 UConn

5-Year FBS Win Total: 10
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 124

American Athletic West

1 Memphis

5-Year FBS Win Total: 42
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T21

T2 Houston

5-Year FBS Win Total: 37
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T17

T2 Navy

5-Year FBS Win Total: 37
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T46

4 SMU

5-Year FBS Win Total: 26
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T110

5 Tulsa

5-Year FBS Win Total: 23
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T97

6 Tulane

5-Year FBS Win Total: 21
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T110

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ACC Atlantic

1 Clemson

5-Year FBS Win Total: 64
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 3

2 Florida State

5-Year FBS Win Total: 33
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T21

T3 NC State

5-Year FBS Win Total: 31
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T39

T3 Louisville

5-Year FBS Win Total: 31
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T52

5 Wake Forest

5-Year FBS Win Total: 28
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T88

6 Boston College

5-Year FBS Win Total: 25
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T76

7 Syracuse

5-Year FBS Win Total: 22
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T101

ACC Coastal

1 Miami

5-Year FBS Win Total: 35
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T39

2 Virginia Tech

5-Year FBS Win Total: 34
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T46

3 Pitt

5-Year FBS Win Total: 31
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T68

4 Duke

5-Year FBS Win Total: 27
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T58

5 North Carolina

5-Year FBS Win Total: 26
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 81

6 Virginia

5-Year FBS Win Total: 25
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T97

7 Georgia Tech

5-Year FBS Win Total: 23
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T63

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Big Ten East

1 Ohio State

5-Year FBS Win Total: 61
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 2

2 Penn State

5-Year FBS Win Total: 48
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 9

3 Michigan

5-Year FBS Win Total: 47
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T12

4 Michigan State

5-Year FBS Win Total: 38
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T17

5 Indiana

5-Year FBS Win Total: 27
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T88

6 Maryland

5-Year FBS Win Total: 17
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T97

7 Rutgers

5-Year FBS Win Total: 10
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 117

Big Ten West

1 Wisconsin

5-Year FBS Win Total: 52
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): 5

2 Iowa

5-Year FBS Win Total: 45
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T17

3 Northwestern

5-Year FBS Win Total: 38
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T26

4 Minnesota

5-Year FBS Win Total: 36
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T49

5 Nebraska

5-Year FBS Win Total: 27
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T63

6 Purdue

5-Year FBS Win Total: 21
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T106

7 Illinois

5-Year FBS Win Total: 17
2019 FBS Win National Ranking (2018 season): T113

NEXT: Big 12, Conference USA, Independents FBS Wins

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Great Players About To Go Nuclear: 20 For 2020 Offseason Topics No. 11

20 for 2020, 20 key offseason topics: No. 11 The college football players who are already terrific, but are about to go to another level.

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20 for 2020 key offseason topics: No. 11 The college football players who are already terrific, but are about to go to a whole other level.

– Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak

They were among the best players in college football in 2019, but they either flew a bit under the radar or they didn’t become household names. That’s about to change.

The perfect player who fits the description was on last year’s list. Oklahoma State RB Chuba Hubbard is back, but he’s an established superstar. These five are on the verge of being there.

5. QB Sam Howell, Soph. North Carolina

He’s not all that big, and he’s not all that mobile, and he doesn’t have the biggest arm, but as a true freshman, he showed it.

Originally a key part of Willie Taggart’s 2019 Florida State recruiting class, Mack Brown and company swooped in and flipped Howell to be the main man to run the North Carolina offense. In a rebuilding job, the hope was for the true freshman to be ready right away, and then let him work through his mistakes as the team matured and the talent started to come in.

Instead, Howell came out rocking, bombing away for 245 yards and two touchdowns in the season-opening win over South Carolina, and hitting Miami for 274 yards and two scores with no picks in either one.

The Tar Heels won both games, and the season was off and running.

There were a string of losses the middle of the season, but Howell handled himself like a seasoned pro in close game after close game.

There were a few multi-interception games – the two in the loss to Appalachian State were a problem – but he only threw seven picks on the season and had two or more touchdown passes in every game.

He needs to be more consistent, he took a few too many chances, and there were too many misfires in key moments, but for a true freshman to hit 61% of his passes for 3,641 yards and 38 touchdowns with just seven interceptions in his first year, he wasn’t bad.

NEXT: The best pass rusher you probably don’t know, Part 1

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Bad Wins Rankings 1-130: 2020 CFN 5-Year Program Analysis

Who had the most bad wins? The 1-130 rankings of the schools with the most – and least – wins over the bad teams over the last five years.

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Who had the most bad wins? The 1-130 rankings of the schools with the most – and least – wins over the bad teams over the last five years.

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They’re the wins that don’t really do much for college football as a whole, but they’re also the ones you must have to help the overall record.

They’re on the schedule, so you might as well win them.

What does it generally mean to come up with a Bad Win? You probably have an easier schedule and path if you have a few sure-things on the slate. Having a low Bad Win count, though, isn’t necessarily a horrible thing – maybe a team didn’t have a whole lot of cupcakes to eat.

Or, a team couldn’t hit the layups.

What’s a Bad Win? It’s a victory over 1) an FCS team or 2) an FBS team that finished its season with three wins or fewer.

T129 UCLA

5-Year Bad Win Total: 4
2019 Total (2018 season): 5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T127

T129 USC

5-Year Bad Win Total: 4
2019 Total (2018 season): 6
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T124

128 Kansas

5-Year Bad Win Total: 5
2019 Total (2018 season): 6
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T124

T126 Oregon State

5-Year Bad Win Total: 6
2019 Total (2018 season): 7
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T121

T126 Vanderbilt

5-Year Bad Win Total: 6
2019 Total (2018 season): 7
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T121

T122 Purdue

5-Year Bad Win Total: 7
2019 Total (2018 season): 5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T127

T122 UMass

5-Year Bad Win Total: 7
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T111

T122 Arizona State

5-Year Bad Win Total: 7
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95

T122 Coastal Carolina

5-Year Bad Win Total: 7
2019 Total (2018 season): 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): 130

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T113 Rutgers

5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T82

T113 Nebraska

5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T111

T113 UTEP

5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95

T113 Notre Dame

5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T111

T113 Utah

5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95

T113 South Carolina

5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T111

T113 Arkansas

5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T111

T113 Auburn

5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T111

T113 Mississippi State

5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95

NEXT: CFN 5-Year Program Analysis Bad Wins Top 100

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Bad Wins Rankings By Conference: 2020 CFN 5-Year Program Analysis

Who had the most bad wins over the last five years? The conference rankings of the teams with the most – and least – wins over the bad teams

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Who had the most bad wins over the last five years? The conference rankings of the teams with the most – and least – wins over the bad teams in the last five college football seasons.

Contact @PeteFiutak

They’re the fluff.

They’re the games that teams are supposed to win, they’re they ones that pad the final records, and they’re the games you HAVE to put away.

They’re the bad wins – wins over the easy teams on the slate. They might get ignored as the college football seasons go on, but they can be the difference between a winning and losing campaign, or they could be the reason why a team gets to go bowling.

What does this generally mean? The more Bad Wins means the easier the schedule and path to come up with a good year.

What’s a Bad Win? It’s a victory over 1) an FCS team or 2) an FBS team that finished its season with three wins or fewer.

By conference, which teams came up with the most clunkers over the last five years?

American Athletic East

1 USF

5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019 Total (2018 season): 20

2 Temple

5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 17

3 Cincinnati

5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 17

T4 East Carolina

5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13

T4 UCF

5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13

6 UConn

5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 10

American Athletic West

1 Memphis

5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019 Total (2018 season): 21

2 Houston

5-Year Bad Win Total: 17
2019 Total (2018 season): 19

3 Tulane

5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 15

4 Navy

5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 12

T5 SMU

5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 10

T5 Tulsa

5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 12

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ACC Atlantic

1 Clemson

5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13

T2 Boston College

5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 13

T2 Louisville

5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 13

T2 Wake Forest

5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 10

T5 NC State

5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 12

T5 Syracuse

5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 11

7 Florida State

5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 11

ACC Coastal

1 Virginia Tech

5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 13

2 Duke

5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 18

3 North Carolina

5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 11

T4 Miami

5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 11

T4 Virginia

5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 10

6 Georgia Tech

5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 12

7 Pitt

5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 9

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Big Ten East

1 Indiana

5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 13

2 Penn State

5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 9

T3 Maryland

5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 9

T3 Michigan State

5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 10

T3 Ohio State

5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 8

6 Michigan

5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 8

7 Rutgers

5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 10

Big Ten West

T1 Illinois

5-Year Bad Win Total: 13
2019 Total (2018 season): 11

T1 Iowa

5-Year Bad Win Total: 13
2019 Total (2018 season): 13

3 Wisconsin

5-Year Bad Win Total: 13
2019 Total (2018 season): 14

4 Minnesota

5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 11

5 Northwestern

5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 12

6 Nebraska

5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 8

7 Purdue

5-Year Bad Win Total: 7
2019 Total (2018 season): 5

NEXT: Big 12, Conference USA, Independents Bad Wins

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Bad Loss Rankings: 2020 CFN 5-Year Program Analysis

Who had the most bad losses over the last five years? Which college football teams came up with the most clunkers?

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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?

Contact @PeteFiutak

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?

CFN 5-Year Program Analysis: 0 Bad Losses

Losses to teams that finished with three losses or fewer or FCS programs. An extra 0.5 added to a Bad Loss at home.

T89 Alabama

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Appalachian State

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T44

T89 Auburn

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Boise State

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Clemson

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Florida

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Fresno State

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Georgia

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Indiana

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Kansas State

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

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T89 Kentucky

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Louisville

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 LSU

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Marshall

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Maryland

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Michigan

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Minnesota

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Mississippi State

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Navy

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Ohio State

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Oklahoma

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Oklahoma State

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Ole Miss

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Oregon

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Oregon State

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Penn State

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Purdue

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 San Diego State

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Southern Miss

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Stanford

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Tennessee

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Texas A&M

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Troy

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56

T89 UCLA

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Utah

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56

T89 Utah State

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Virginia Tech

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68

T89 Wake Forest

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56

T89 Washington

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 West Virginia

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

T89 Western Michigan

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68

T89 Wisconsin

5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 0
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91

NEXT: CFN 5-Year Program Analysis: 1 Bad Loss Score

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Bad Loss Rankings By Conference: 2020 CFN 5-Year Program Analysis

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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Who had the most bad losses over the last five years? Which college football teams came up with the most clunkers in each conference?

Contact @PeteFiutak

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

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College Football Conference Winning Percentage Rankings 1-130: 2020 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis

How good were the teams in conference play over the last five years? CFN 5-Year Program analysis, every team’s conference winning percentage

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How good were the teams in conference play over the last five years? In the CFN 5-Year Program analysis, here are the rankings of the teams and how well they did in their respective leagues.

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Out of all 130 FBS college football teams, how do they rank when they have to crank up the conference action?

For the independents – like Notre Dame, BYU and Army – the overall record is counted like a conference record.

The league championship games aren’t a part of this – regular season conference records only – with the winning percentage the element of the Five-Year Program Analysis.

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130 Kansas

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.067
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 130
5-Year Conference Record: 3-42

129 Rutgers

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.091
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 128
5-Year Conference Record: 4-40

T127 UTEP

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.150
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T117
5-Year Conference Record: 6-34

T127 Texas State

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.150
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T123
5-Year Conference Record: 6-34

126 UConn

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.175
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 126
5-Year Conference Record: 7-33

125 Oregon State

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.178
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 129
5-Year Conference Record: 8-37

124 East Carolina

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.200
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T108
5-Year Conference Record: 8-32

123 Arkansas

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.225
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T108
5-Year Conference Record: 9-31

T121 Maryland

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.227
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 107
5-Year Conference Record: 10-34

T121 Illinois

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.227
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 125
5-Year Conference Record: 10-34

T118 Rice

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.250
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T108
5-Year Conference Record: 10-30

T118 Ball State

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.250
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T121
5-Year Conference Record: 10-30

T118 Vanderbilt

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.250
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T123
5-Year Conference Record: 10-30

T115 Kent State

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.275
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 127
5-Year Conference Record: 11-29

T115 San Jose State

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.275
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T108
5-Year Conference Record: 11-29

T115 South Alabama

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.275
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T93
5-Year Conference Record: 11-29

114 UMass

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.288
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 115
5-Year Conference Record: 13-43

113 New Mexico State

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.292
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 113
5-Year Conference Record: 14-34

112 Purdue

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.318
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 116
5-Year Conference Record: 14-30

T108 Tulane

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.325
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T108
5-Year Conference Record: 13-27

T108 Charlotte

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.325
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T121
5-Year Conference Record: 13-27

T108 New Mexico

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.325
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T93
5-Year Conference Record: 13-27

T108 UNLV

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.325
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T108
5-Year Conference Record: 13-27

T105 Texas Tech

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.333
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T100
5-Year Conference Record: 15-30

T105 Arizona

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.333
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T83
5-Year Conference Record: 15-30

T105 Coastal Carolina

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.333
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T83
5-Year Conference Record: 10-20

104 Indiana

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.341
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 120
5-Year Conference Record: 15-29

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Conference Winning Percentage Rankings By League: 2020 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis

How good were the teams in conference play over the last 5 years? In the 2020 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis, how well did all the teams do?

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How good were the teams in conference play over the last five years? In the 2020 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis, how well did all the teams do in their respective conferences?

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Of course everyone wants to win the big national games, but to a whole lot of fans, winning the conference games on a weekly basis means even more.

How good have the teams been when league play gets going? Come up with a good conference season, and the world is okay. Struggle against the familiar family members, and there’s a problem.

For the independents – like Notre Dame, BYU and Army – the overall record is counted like a conference record.

The league championship games aren’t a part of this – regular season conference records only – with the winning percentage the element of the Five-Year Program Analysis.

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ACC Atlantic

1 Clemson

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.950
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 3
5-Year Conference Record: 38-2

T2 Florida State

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.525
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T34
5-Year Conference Record: 21-19

T2 Louisville

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.525
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T59
5-Year Conference Record: 21-19

4 NC State

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.450
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T64
5-Year Conference Record: 18-22

5 Wake Forest

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.375
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T108
5-Year Conference Record: 15-25

T6 Boston College

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.350
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T97
5-Year Conference Record: 14-26

T6 Syracuse

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.350
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T102
5-Year Conference Record: 14-26

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ACC Coastal

1 Miami

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.625
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T42
5-Year Conference Record: 25-15

T2 Pitt

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.600
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T42
5-Year Conference Record: 24-16

T2 Virginia Tech

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.600
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 56
5-Year Conference Record: 24-16

4 North Carolina

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.475
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T72
5-Year Conference Record: 19-21

5 Virginia

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.425
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T97
5-Year Conference Record: 17-23

6 Georgia Tech

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.400
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T64
5-Year Conference Record: 16-24

7 Duke

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.350
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T88
5-Year Conference Record: 14-26

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American Athletic Conference East

1 Temple

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.750
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T11
5-Year Conference Record: 30-10

2 UCF

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.650
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T21
5-Year Conference Record: 26-14

3 USF

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.600
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T34
5-Year Conference Record: 24-16

4 Cincinnati

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.500
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T64
5-Year Conference Record: 20-20

5 East Carolina

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.200
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T108
5-Year Conference Record: 8-32

6 UConn

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.175
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 126
5-Year Conference Record: 7-33

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American Athletic Conference West

1 Memphis

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.725
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T11
5-Year Conference Record: 29-11

2 Navy

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.675
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T40
5-Year Conference Record: 27-13

3 Houston

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.600
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T25
5-Year Conference Record: 27-18

4 SMU

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.450
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T102
5-Year Conference Record: 18-22

5 Tulsa

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.350
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T97
5-Year Conference Record: 14-26

6 Tulane

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.325
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T108
5-Year Conference Record: 13-27

Big 12

1 Oklahoma

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.911
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 5
5-Year Conference Record: 41-4

2 Oklahoma State

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.622
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T42
5-Year Conference Record: 28-17

T3 TCU

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.556
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T25
5-Year Conference Record: 25-20

T3 West Virginia

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.556
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T42
5-Year Conference Record: 25-20

5 Texas

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.533
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T57
5-Year Conference Record: 24-21

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T6 Baylor

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.489
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 71
5-Year Conference Record: 22-23

T6 Kansas State

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.489
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T57
5-Year Conference Record: 22-23

8 Iowa State

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.444
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T100
5-Year Conference Record: 20-25

9 Texas Tech

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.333
2019 Ranking (2018 season): T100
5-Year Conference Record: 15-30

10 Kansas

5-Year Conference Win %: 0.067
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 130
5-Year Conference Record: 3-42

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