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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?

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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

NEXT: Big 12, Conference USA, Independents Bad Losses

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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

NEXT: College Football Conference Winning Percentage Rankings: Top 100

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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

NEXT: Big Ten, Conference USA

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Attendance Rankings By Conference: 2020 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis

How many people show up to college football games? As a part of the CFN Five-Year Program Analysis, the attendance is a factor.

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How many people show up? As a part of the CFN Five-Year Program Analysis, the attendance is a factor. Here are the rankings by conference.

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How many people showed up in the stands? More importantly, how many tickets were sold? Averaged out over the last five seasons, here are the attendance rankings for each team, school, and conference.

Attendance is based on the average per game over the last five years.

11. MAC

Attendance 5-Year Average: 15,697.78

1 Toledo

5-Year Average: 20721.20
2019 National Ranking: 90

2 Western Michigan

5-Year Average: 19079.00
2019 National Ranking: 100

3 Akron

5-Year Average: 18981.80
2019 National Ranking: 101

4 Ohio

5-Year Average: 18939.20
2019 National Ranking: 102

5 Buffalo

5-Year Average: 16819.40
2019 National Ranking: 110

6 Miami Univ.

5-Year Average: 16261.60
2019 National Ranking: 112

7 Bowling Green

5-Year Average: 16193.60
2019 National Ranking: 115

8 Central Michigan

5-Year Average: 14597.60
2019 National Ranking: 122

9 Eastern Michigan

5-Year Average: 14053.60
2019 National Ranking: 123

10 Kent State

5-Year Average: 12516.80
2019 National Ranking: 126

11 Northern Illinois

5-Year Average: 11034.80
2019 National Ranking: 129

12 Ball State

5-Year Average: 9174.80
2019 National Ranking: 130

10. Sun Belt

Attendance 5-Year Average: 17,583.04

1 Appalachian State

5-Year Average: 23831.60
2019 National Ranking: 84
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 86

2 Arkansas State

5-Year Average: 22023.80
2019 National Ranking: 87
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 87

3 Troy

5-Year Average: 20600.60
2019 National Ranking: 91
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 102

4 Louisiana

5-Year Average: 18865.00
2019 National Ranking: 103
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 94

5 Georgia Southern

5-Year Average: 17524.60
2019 National Ranking: 107
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 105

6 Texas State

5-Year Average: 16797.60
2019 National Ranking: 109
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 108

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7 South Alabama

5-Year Average: 16404.00
2019 National Ranking: 111
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 111

8 Georgia State

5-Year Average: 15016.80
2019 National Ranking: 120
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 120

9 ULM

5-Year Average: 13201.80
2019 National Ranking: 124
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 124

10 Coastal Carolina

5-Year Average: 11564.60
2019 National Ranking: 127
2019 Ranking (2018 season): 129

9. Conference USA

Attendance 5-Year Average: 19,593.21

1 Southern Miss

5-Year Average: 25002.80
2019 National Ranking: 81

2 Marshall

5-Year Average: 23997.20
2019 National Ranking: 83

3 UTSA

5-Year Average: 22696.20
2019 National Ranking: 86

4 Louisiana Tech

5-Year Average: 21945.60
2019 National Ranking: 88

5 Rice

5-Year Average: 20500.40
2019 National Ranking: 92

6 North Texas

5-Year Average: 20116.80
2019 National Ranking: 95

7 Old Dominion

5-Year Average: 19644.20
2019 National Ranking: 97

8 UTEP

5-Year Average: 19401.80
2019 National Ranking: 99

9 Tulsa

5-Year Average: 18630.80
2019 National Ranking: 104

10 WKU

5-Year Average: 16158.60
2019 National Ranking: 114

11 Middle Tennessee

5-Year Average: 15980.60
2019 National Ranking: 116

12 FIU

5-Year Average: 15203.00
2019 National Ranking: 118

13 UAB

5-Year Average: 15078.40
2019 National Ranking: 119

14 Charlotte

5-Year Average: 12948.60
2019 National Ranking: 125

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Attendance Rankings, Averages For Every School: 2020 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis

How many people show up? As a part of the CFN 5-Year Program Analysis, the attendance is a factor. Here are the rankings of all 130 schools.

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How many people show up? As a part of the CFN Five-Year Program Analysis, the attendance is a factor. Here are the rankings of all 130 schools.

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2020 Five-Year Program Analysis
Attendance Rankings
76-100 | 51-75 | 26-50 | Top 25 | Top 10

Beyond wins and losses, attendance might be the most important factor in a program’s success. Put butts in the seats, support the non-revenue sports. When the stands have empty sections, athletic directors get fired – especially at the power program schools.

Below are the rankings of all 130 college football programs based on their five-year attendance averages, including how full the stadiums are.

Basically, for the teams at the top of the list, there are no excuses when it comes to revenue and infrastructure. Attendance – and the revenue that comes from it – is why these schools usually have the major football programs.

With the 2020 college football season a question mark in so many ways, this is a massive factor for athletic directors to deal with. Not finishing up the spring and winter sports hurt, but don’t have fans in the football stands – or if games get cancelled or postponed – and there’s a huge problem.

130 Ball State

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 130
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 127
5-Year Average: 9174.80
Filled Stadium Capacity 40.78%

129 Northern Illinois

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 128
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 114
5-Year Average: 11034.80
Filled Stadium Capacity 46.77%

128 UMass

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 127
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 122
5-Year Average: 11244.80
Filled Stadium Capacity 66.15%

127 Coastal Carolina

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 129
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 130
5-Year Average: 11564.60
Filled Stadium Capacity 57.82%

126 Kent State

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 126
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 119
5-Year Average: 12516.80
Filled Stadium Capacity 49.44%

125 Charlotte

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 125
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 126
5-Year Average: 12948.60
Filled Stadium Capacity 84.55%

124 ULM

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 124
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 111
5-Year Average: 13201.80
Filled Stadium Capacity 43.39%

123 Eastern Michigan

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 123
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 129
5-Year Average: 14053.60
Filled Stadium Capacity 46.54%

122 Central Michigan

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 117
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 116
5-Year Average: 14597.60
Filled Stadium Capacity 48.25%

121 San Jose State

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 118
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 118
5-Year Average: 14917.60
Filled Stadium Capacity 69.29%

120 Georgia State

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 120
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 123
5-Year Average: 15016.80
Filled Stadium Capacity 60.07%

119 UAB

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 121
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 128
5-Year Average: 15078.40
Filled Stadium Capacity 20.94%

118 FIU

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 119
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 117
5-Year Average: 15203.00
Filled Stadium Capacity 76.02%

117 New Mexico State

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 122
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 121
5-Year Average: 15376.20
Filled Stadium Capacity 50.67%

116 Middle Tennessee

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 112
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 108
5-Year Average: 15980.60
Filled Stadium Capacity 51.91%

115 Bowling Green

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 114
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 113
5-Year Average: 16193.60
Filled Stadium Capacity 67.47%

114 WKU

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 113
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 109
5-Year Average: 16158.60
Filled Stadium Capacity 73.07%

113 Florida Atlantic

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 116
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 120
5-Year Average: 16257.20
Filled Stadium Capacity 55.12%

112 Miami Univ.

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 115
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 115
5-Year Average: 16261.60
Filled Stadium Capacity 66.96%

111 South Alabama

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 111
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 112
5-Year Average: 16404.00
Filled Stadium Capacity 49.01%

110 Buffalo

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 106
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 105
5-Year Average: 16819.40
Filled Stadium Capacity 57.97%

109 Texas State

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 108
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 103
5-Year Average: 16797.60
Filled Stadium Capacity 55.99%

108 Liberty

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 110
2018 Ranking (2017 season): NR
5-Year Average: 17298.40
Filled Stadium Capacity 69.19%

107 Georgia Southern

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 105
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 107
5-Year Average: 17524.60
Filled Stadium Capacity 70.10%

106 Nevada

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 100
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 90
5-Year Average: 18150.80
Filled Stadium Capacity 60.50%

105 UNLV

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 107
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 110
5-Year Average: 18379.20
Filled Stadium Capacity 49.94%

104 Tulsa

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 103
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 101
5-Year Average: 18630.80
Filled Stadium Capacity 62.10%

103 Louisiana

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 94
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 89
5-Year Average: 18865.00
Filled Stadium Capacity 45.54%

102 Ohio

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 98
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 95
5-Year Average: 18939.20
Filled Stadium Capacity 78.91%

101 Akron

2019 Ranking (2018 season): 109
2018 Ranking (2017 season): 124
5-Year Average: 18981.80
Filled Stadium Capacity 63.27%

2020 Five-Year Program Analysis
Attendance Rankings
76-100 | 51-75 | 26-50 | Top 25 | Top 10

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Hoops And Helmets: Ranking The Combination Of Football And Basketball Schools 1-130: 2019-2020

Which schools had the best and worst years in the two major sports? Ranked from 1 to 130, all college football and basketball combinations.

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Which schools had the best and worst years in the two major sports? Ranked from 1 to 130, all college football and basketball combinations. Who had the most fun? 

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On the field and court – at least in the regular season – whose fans had the most fun?

When it comes to what athletic departments need, even though everyone has some other sport to brag about, it’s really all about college football and men’s basketball.

There are 130 schools that played Division I college basketball and FBS football. How do they all rank?

The biggest emphasis is on the schools whose football teams went bowling and with basketball teams that almost certainly would’ve gone to the NCAA Tournament. However, with the hoops post-season cancelled, the rankings skew heavily towards the stronger teams on the football side.

Do something massive in football this past year, and that’s worth almost everything. Be totally miserable on one side, and that’s reflected here. This isn’t about talent – it’s about the success in both sports.

There are a few huge exceptions, though, if a school was amazing in one sport and struggled in the other. Win or at least share a piece of a conference title, and you get ranked accordingly.

Broken down by categories – the schools that did the most in the two major sports, to the schools that did nothing – here we go with Hoops & Helmets 2019-2012.

2019-2020 Hoops & Helmets 
Losers in Both Sports | No Bowl, No Buckets
Bowls, No Buckets | Bowls, No Buckets, Part 2
Bowls & Buckets | Top Ten

Losers In Both Sports

These schools suffered the indignity of failing to come up with a winning season in either of the two major sports. The fans didn’t get to have any fun.

130. UMass Minutemen

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 126
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 122
Football: 1-11 overall, 6th among Independents
Basketball: 14-17 overall, 8-10 in conference, T8th in Atlantic 10

129. Northwestern Wildcats

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 62
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 64
Football: 3-9 overall, 1-8 in conference, 7th in Big Ten West
Basketball: 8-23 overall, 3-17 in conference, 13th in Big Ten

128. Vanderbilt

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 91
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 108
Football: 3-9 overall, 1-7 in conference, 7th in SEC East
Basketball: 11-21 overall, 3-15 in conference, 14th in SEC

127. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 79
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 47
Football: 4-8 overall, 3-5 in conference, T5th in C-USA East
Basketball: 8-23 overall, 4-14 in conference, 14th in C-USA

126. Old Dominion Monarchs

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 74
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 65
Football: 1-11 overall, 0-8 in conference, 7th in C-USA East
Basketball: 13-19 overall, 9-9 in conference, T6th in C-USA

125. San Jose State Spartans

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 130
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 128
Football: 5-7 overall, 2-6 in conference, T4th in MW West
Basketball: 7-24 overall, 3-15 in conference, 10th in MW

124. Nebraska Cornhuskers

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 96
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 101
Football: 5-7 overall, 3-6 in conference, 5th in Big Ten West
Basketball: 7-25 overall, 2-18 in conference, 14th in Big Ten

123. Troy Trojans

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 71
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 63
Football: 5-7 overall, 3-5 in conference, 4th in Sun Belt East
Basketball: 9-22 overall, 5-15 in conference, T11th in Sun Belt

122. ULM Warhawks

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 94
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 113
Football: 5-7 overall, 4-4 in conference, 3rd in Sun Belt West
Basketball: 9-20 overall, 5-15 in conference, T11th in Sun Belt

121. UTSA Roadrunners

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 109
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 88
Football: 4-8 overall, 3-5 in conference, T4th in C-USA West
Basketball: 13-19 overall, 7-11 in conference, T11th in C-USA

120. East Carolina Pirates

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 127
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 126
Football: 4-8 overall, 1-7 in conference, 5th in AAC East
Basketball: 11-20 overall, 5-13 in conference, 13th in AAC

119. Fresno State Bulldogs

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 34
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 45
Football: 4-8 overall, 2-6 in conference, T4th in MW West
Basketball: 11-19 overall, 7-11 in conference, T7th in MW

118. Rice Owls

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 128
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 127
Football: 3-9 overall, 3-5 in conference, T4th in C-USA West
Basketball: 15-17 overall, 7-11 in conference, T11th in C-USA

117. USF Bulls

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 47
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 78
Football: 4-8 overall, 2-6 in conference, 4th in AAC East
Basketball: 14-17 overall, 7-11 in conference, 8th in AAC

116. Ole Miss Rebels

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 93
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 106
Football: 4-8 overall, 2-6 in conference, 6th in SEC West
Basketball: 15-17 overall, 6-12 in conference, 12th in SEC

115. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 113
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 123
Football: 5-7 overall, 2-6 in conference, 5th in Sun Belt East
Basketball: 16-17 overall, 8-12 in conference, T8th in Sun Belt

114. Army Black Knights

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 66
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 72
Football: 5-8 overall, 4th among Independents
Basketball: 15-15 overall, 10-8 in conference, T4th in Patriot League

113. TCU Horned Frogs

2019 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 41
2018 Hoops & Helmets National Ranking: 10
Football: 5-7 overall, 3-6 in conference, T7th in Big 12
Basketball: 16-16 overall, 7-11 in conference, T7th in Big 12

NEXT UP: No Post-Season, But …

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College Football Tournament Of College Football Things

What makes college football, college football? Welcome to the Tournament of College Football Things. You decide what makes it what it is.

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What makes college football, college football? Welcome to the Tournament of College Football Things. You decide what makes the sport what it is.

What makes college football the sport it is?

When you think college football, what matters? What’s great about it? What makes the game special?

They can be great games, historic teams, legendary coaches and players, the atmosphere – however you want to define this uniquely American sport.

We’ve created a Tournament of College Football Things, and we’re going to let you vote and decide what goes forward and what or who gets knocked out.

In general, we try to keep this as positive and fun as possible – yes, there are a slew of massive scandals that could be on here – so there’s just one NCAA sanction thing that makes the tournament, partially because it seems quaint by comparison to other controversies.

Go on Twitter to @ColFootballNews and vote throughout the entire process. The First Four voting is up now, and then the rest of the tournament will get started on Monday afternoon.

First Four Out

– Redshirting, 1945 Army, 2-point conversions, Steve Spurrier

College Football Tournament of College Football Things

PLAY-IN THINGS

11 Boise State’s Blue Turf vs. 11 Toomer’s Corner

Line: Toomer’s Corner -21.5
Final Score: COMING
Go on Twitter to @ColFootballNews to vote

12 Washington Tailgate Flotilla vs. 12 Tennessee Vol Navy

Line: Tennessee Vol Navy -25.5
Final Score: COMING
Go on Twitter to @ColFootballNews to vote

16 2018 Cheez-It Bowl vs. SMU Death Penalty

Line: SMU Death Penalty -16
Final Score: COMING
Go on Twitter to @ColFootballNews to vote

16 #MACtion vs. #Pac12AfterDark

Line: #MACtion -4.5
Final Score: COMING
Go on Twitter to @ColFootballNews to vote

COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT of COLLEGE FOOTBALL THINGS: POP WARNER REGION

1 Heisman Trophy vs. 16 Homecoming

Line: Heisman -45.5
Final Score: COMING
Go on Twitter to @ColFootballNews to vote

8 Death Valley: Clemson vs. 9 Death Valley: LSU

Line: Death Valley: LSU -2.5
Final Score: COMING
Go on Twitter to @ColFootballNews to vote

5 Tim Tebow vs. 12 Washington Tailgate Flotilla/Tennessee Vol Navy

Line: COMING
Final Score: COMING
Go on Twitter to @ColFootballNews to vote

4 Cheerleaders vs. 13 USC vs. UCLA

Line: Cheerleaders -29.5
Final Score: COMING
Go on Twitter to @ColFootballNews to vote

6 Woody vs. Bo vs. 11 Boise State’s Blue Turf/Toomer’s Corner

Line: COMING
Final Score: COMING
Go on Twitter to @ColFootballNews to vote

3 Rose Bowl vs. 14 Oklahoma 47 Game Winning Streak

Line: Rose Bowl -31
Final Score: COMING
Go on Twitter to @ColFootballNews to vote

7 All Things Notre Dame vs. 10 Mascots

Line: All Things Notre Dame -21.5
Final Score: COMING
Go on Twitter to @ColFootballNews to vote

2 Polls vs. 15 Option/Wishbone Offenses

Line: Polls -37.5
Final Score: COMING
Go on Twitter to @ColFootballNews to vote

NEXT: EDDIE ROBINSON REGION

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2020 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket. What Might Have Happened?

What if the 2020 NCAA Basketball Tournament went off like normal? What the bracket might have been, and what would’ve happened in each game?

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What if the 2020 NCAA Basketball Tournament went off like normal? What the bracket might have been, and what would’ve happened in each game?

Let’s just pretend this whole global nightmare thing didn’t happen, and let’s just assume that the 2020 NCAA Basketball Tournament went off as normal.

Everyone is healthy, there are crowds, there are bands, everyone is playing – including Duke and Kansas – and there’s all the fun of what’s normally this most glorious time on the sports calendar.

We’re going to play this out over the next several days from the First Four right up to the national championship with our own brackets, seedings, and game outcomes.

Let’s have some fun.

We try to figure out what the best overall matchups might be, throw in games that would make geographic sense, NET Rankings, and – sorry for being boring – we go chalk on who the conference tournament champions might have been.

And then it’s Game On.

Just so there’s absolutely no confusion – of course the real NCAA Tournament is cancelled – these are all our seedings, matchups, lines, brackets and projections. Nothing about this comes from the NCAA selection committee. 

The 2020 NCAA Basketball Tournament bracket might have been (trying to get it as close to the pin as possible) …

First Four Out

-Wichita State, Texas, Northern Iowa, NC State

2020 NCAA Basketball Tournament First Four. What Might Have Happened?

11 Xavier vs. 11 Stanford

Game Site: Dayton, OH
Line: Xavier -3.5, o/u: 133
Game Analysis, What Would’ve Happened COMING
Final Score: COMING

12 UCLA vs. 12 Liberty

Game Site: Dayton, OH
Line: UCLA -5.5 o/u: 128.5
Game Analysis, What Would’ve Happened COMING
Final Score: COMING

16 Robert Morris vs. Prairie View A&M

Game Site: Dayton, OH
Line: Robert Morris -7.5, o/u: 138
Game Analysis, What Would’ve Happened COMING
Final Score: COMING

16 NC Central vs. Siena

Game Site: Dayton, OH
Line: Siena -8.5, o/u: 141
Game Analysis, What Would’ve Happened COMING
Final Score: COMING

2020 NCAA Basketball Tournament First Round. What Might Have Happened?

2020 NCAA TOURNAMENT EAST REGION

1 Dayton vs. 16 North Dakota State

Game Site: Cleveland, Ohio
Line: Dayton -18.5, o/u: 157
Game Analysis, What Would’ve Happened COMING
Final Score: COMING

8 Florida vs. 9 Arizona State

Game Site: Cleveland, Ohio
Line: Florida -3.5, o/u: 144.5
Game Analysis, What Would’ve Happened COMING
Final Score: COMING

5 Auburn vs. 12 UCLA/Liberty

Game Site: Greensboro, NC
Line: COMING, o/u: COMING
Game Analysis, What Would’ve Happened COMING
Final Score: COMING

4 Louisville vs. 13 New Mexico State

Game Site: Greensboro, NC
Line: Louisville -5.5, o/u: 137
Game Analysis, What Would’ve Happened COMING
Final Score: COMING

6 Illinois vs. 11 Xavier/Stanford

Game Site: Greensboro, NC
Line: COMING, o/u: COMING
Game Analysis, What Would’ve Happened COMING
Final Score: COMING

3 Duke vs. 14 North Texas

Game Site: Greensboro, NC
Line: Duke -21, o/u: 138.5
Game Analysis, What Would’ve Happened COMING
Final Score: COMING

7 Iowa vs. 10 ETSU

Game Site: St. Louis, MO
Line: Iowa -3, o/u: 140.5
Game Analysis, What Would’ve Happened COMING
Final Score: COMING

2 Creighton vs. 15 Eastern Washington

Game Site: St. Louis, MO
Line: Creighton -13, o/u: 146
Game Analysis, What Would’ve Happened COMING
Final Score: COMING

NEXT: 2020 NCAA TOURNAMENT MIDWEST REGION

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College Football Future Win Total Projections For All 130 Teams: Spring Version

We’re still months away from the start of the college football season, but where should Vegas set the early win projections for every team?

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Spring football is just getting going, the transfer portal is still a factor, and we’re still several months away from the start of the college football season, but where should Vegas be setting the early win projections for every team?

– Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak

The line doesn’t lie.

With a whole lot of factors still to be figured out – how the depth charts will shake out, which new players will rise up, where are the key injuries, etc. – where should the win total bar be set for every college football team?

The idea is to get it as close to the pin as possible, set the line for the market, and then let the investment public make the call.

Returning talent, schedules, when the big games come, here’s where the oddsmakers should be setting the win total lines. Once they’re released for real, then it’s about trying to find where the discrepancies are and where the value might be.

One note, the win total line projections are based on the regular season only – bowl games and conference championships don’t count.

As we do this, two things to note.

1) The 3 Key Games are NOT the biggest games on each team’s schedule – these are the 50/50 games on the slate that could go either way. Of course giant rivalry battles are the ones that truly matter, but for the most part, the Key Games are going to be the ones everyone has to figure out to get the right totals.

2) These are NOT our predictions for each team. Those will come this summer when we make a call. These are the projections of where we think the win total lines are going to be set.

Future Win Total Team Projections
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt

ACC Future Win Total Projections

ATLANTIC

Boston College

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 5
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 6.5
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 6
3 Key Games: 1) at Kansas, Sept. 19, 2) Syracuse, Sept. 4, 3) at Wake Forest, Nov. 28
– Schedule Analysis

Clemson

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 11
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 10.5
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 12
3 Key Games: 1) at Notre Dame, Nov. 7, 2) at Florida State, Oct. 10, 3) South Carolina, Nov. 28
– Schedule Analysis

Florida State

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 6.5
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 7.5
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 6
3 Key Games: 1) at Miami, Nov. 7, 2) at Boise State, Sept. 19, 3) at Louisville, Oct. 24
– Schedule Analysis

Louisville

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 7
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 6
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 7
3 Key Games: 1) NC State, Sept. 3, 2) Florida State, Oct. 24, 3) at Syracuse, Oct. 3
– Schedule Analysis

NC State

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 7.5
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 8.5
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 4
3 Key Games: 1) at Syracuse, Nov. 14, 2) at North Carolina, Nov. 27, 3) Mississippi State, Sept. 12
– Schedule Analysis

Syracuse

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 6.5
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 8.5
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 5
3 Key Games: 1) at Pitt, Nov. 28, 2) at Boston College, Sept. 4, 3) at Wake Forest, Nov. 7
– Schedule Analysis

Wake Forest

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 6.5
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 5.5
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 8
3 Key Games: 1) Appalachian State, Sept. 11, 2) at Duke, Oct. 3, 3) Boston College, Nov. 28
– Schedule Analysis

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COASTAL

Duke

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 6
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 6.5
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 5
3 Key Games: 1) at Georgia Tech, Nov. 7, 2) Wake Forest, Oct. 3, 3) North Carolina, Oct. 17
– Schedule Analysis

Georgia Tech

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 4
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 6.5
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 3
3 Key Games: 1) Duke, Nov. 7, 2) at Syracuse, Oct. 31, 3) Miami, Nov. 21
– Schedule Analysis

Miami

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 7.5
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 9
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 6
3 Key Games: 1) North Carolina, Oct. 24, 2) Florida State, Nov. 7, 3) at Virginia, Oct. 31
– Schedule Analysis

North Carolina

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 6.5
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 5.5
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 6
3 Key Games: 1) at Miami, Oct. 24, 2) NC State, Nov. 27, 3) Virginia Tech, Oct. 10
– Schedule Analysis

Pitt

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 7
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 6
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 7
3 Key Games: 1) Virginia Tech, Nov. 6, 2) at North Carolina, Nov. 14, 3) at Marshall, Sept. 12
– Schedule Analysis

Virginia

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 8
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 8
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 9
3 Key Games: 1) at Virginia Tech, Nov. 28, 2) Miami, Oct. 31, 3) Louisville, Nov. 7
– Schedule Analysis

Virginia Tech

2020 Future Win Total Projection: 8
2019 Spring Win Total Projection: 8.5
2019 Regular Season Win Total: 8
3 Key Games: 1) Penn State, Sept. 12, 2) at Louisville, Oct. 31, 3) Virginia, Nov. 28
– Schedule Analysis

Future Win Total Team Projections
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt

NEXT: American Athletic Conference Future Win Totals

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5 Instant Impact New Head Coaches: 20 For 2020 College Football Topics, No. 16

The five new head coaches who’ll rock right away this season. 20 for 2020 College Football Topics, No. 16

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20 for 2020 College Football Topics, No. 16: The five new head coaches who’ll rock right away this season.

– Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak

24 college football teams are starting the season with a new full-time head coach.

It’s an interesting group with 12 first time FBS head men, a few retreads getting another shot (Brady Hoke at San Diego State and Karl Dorrell at Colorado), and a few brand-name upgrades (Mike Leach at Mississippi State and Steve Addazio at Colorado State).

Which five might just turn around their respective programs right away?

Who doesn’t make this list? Coaches inheriting heaters (Shawn Clark at Appalachian State and Ryan Silverfield at Memphis) and coaches who aren’t likely to make the team better than it was last year (Dave Aranda at Baylor and Willie Taggart at Florida Atlantic).

We did a decent job with last year’s 5 Instant Impact New Head Coaches, and these five have a whole lot to live up to in their new gigs.

The five new coaches about to make the biggest instant impact are …

5. Danny Gonzalez, New Mexico

It’s been a rough run for New Mexico football.

Rocky Long was able to make the program a regular on the bowl circuit with five post-season appearances in six years in the 2000s, and then came one bad year in 2008. That was it for Long, the program was stale, it couldn’t make that next step, and …

Long made San Diego State a Mountain West powerhouse.

Meanwhile, Mike Locksley had a miserable run, Bob Davie went to two bowls in eight years – going 8-28 in his final three seasons – and it’s up to new head man Danny Gonzalez to try reviving his alma mater.

Getting Long to help the cause is terrific, too.

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Long returns to Albuquerque as the Lobo’s defensive coordinator under the 44-year-old former defensive back/punter/jack-of-all-trades, but they both have a whole lot of work to do.

You’re not going to have New Mexico football to push around anymore … eventually.

The team will need the positive injury-luck on offense it hasn’t had over the last few seasons, it needs to improve on the nation’s worst pass defenses, and it has to be a whole lot better than the second-worst overall D in America.

He’s bringing a nastiness to the defense, a no-excuses attitude, and he’s bringing a whole lot of talent.

And he’s bringing back Rocky Long, too.

There might not be a Mountain West title right away, but with Idaho State, New Mexico State and UMass on the slate, beating last year’s win total shouldn’t be a problem.

With this coaching staff, New Mexico might just win more than five games, not just five weeks of off-season practices.

NEXT: Oh this will be fun …

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