2020 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis: Elite Win Rankings
In the CFN Five-Year Program Analysis, an Elite Win is a victory over an FBS team that finished with two losses or fewer, or three losses or fewer on the road, neutral site game, conference championship or bowl game. An extra 0.5 is added on to the Elite Win score when a team comes up with a road victory or in a bowl game over a team that finished with two losses or fewer.
10 Texas
5-Year Elite Win Total: 5
2019 Elite Win Total Ranking: T12
2019: Utah (Alamo)
2018: Oklahoma, Georgia (Sugar)
2017: None
2016: None
2015: Oklahoma, at Baylor
9 Michigan State
5-Year Elite Win Total: 5.5
2019 Elite Win Total Ranking: 5
2019: None
2018: Utah State
2017: Penn State
2016: None
2015: at Michigan, at Ohio State, Iowa (Big Ten Championship)
8 Boise State
5-Year Elite Win Total: 6
2019 Elite Win Total Ranking: T8
2019: Air Force
2018: at Troy, Fresno State, Utah State
2017: Troy, at San Diego State
2016: None
2015: None
T6 Georgia
5-Year Elite Win Total: 7
2019 Elite Win Total Ranking: T6
2019: Notre Dame, Florida, Baylor (Sugar Bowl)
2018: Florida, at Kentucky
2017: at Notre Dame, Oklahoma (Rose Bowl)
2016: None
2015: None
T6 Penn State
5-Year Elite Win Total: 7
2019 Elite Win Total Ranking: T8
2019: at Iowa, Memphis (Cotton)
2018: Appalachian State
2017: at Northwestern, Washington (Fiesta)
2016: Ohio State, Wisconsin (Big Ten Championship)
2015: None
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5 Ohio State
5-Year Elite Win Total: 8.5
2019 Elite Win Total Ranking: 1
2019: Penn State
2018: None
2017: Penn State, Wisconsin (Big Ten Championship), USC (Cotton)
2016: at Oklahoma, at Wisconsin
2015: at Michigan, Notre Dame (Fiesta)
4 LSU
5-Year Elite Win Total: 9
2019 Elite Win Total Ranking: T22
2019: Florida, at Alabama, Georgia (SEC Championship), Oklahoma (Peach Bowl), Clemson (College Football Playoff National Championship)
2018: UCF (Fiesta Bowl)
2017: None
2016: None
2015: WKU
3 Oklahoma
5-Year Elite Win Total: 10.5
2019 Elite Win Total Ranking: 4
2019: at Baylor, Baylor (Big 12 Championship)
2018: Army
2017: at Ohio State, at Oklahoma State, TCU (Big 12 Championship)
2016: at West Virginia
2015: TCU, at Oklahoma State
– CFN Preview: Big 12 Preseason Rankings
2 Clemson
5-Year Elite Win Total: 13
2019 Elite Win Total Ranking: T2
2019: Ohio State (Fiesta)
2018: Notre Dame (Cotton), Alabama (College Football Playoff National Championship)
2017: Miami (ACC Championship)
2016: at Florida State, Ohio State (Fiesta), Alabama (College Football Playoff National Championship)
2015: Appalachian State, North Carolina (ACC Championship), Oklahoma (Orange)
– CFN Preview: SEC Preseason Rankings
1 Alabama
5-Year Elite Win Total: 14
2019 Elite Win Total Ranking: T2
2019: None
2018: at LSU, Georgia (SEC Championship), Oklahoma (Orange Bowl)
2017: Clemson (Sugar), Georgia (CFP Championship)
2016: USC, Washington (Peach)
2015: Wisconsin, at Georgia, Michigan State (Cotton), Clemson (College Football Playoff National Championship)
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