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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.

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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?

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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?

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?

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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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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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ESPN’s FPI ranks Georgia, LSU football lower than expected

The Georgia Bulldogs made the FPI’s preseason top ten once again, but the Dawgs and Tigers are rated too lowly by ESPN’s FPI.

The Georgia Bulldogs made the FPI’s preseason top ten once again. The Dawgs check in tenth in the rankings. LSU comes in at twelfth. Here’s a description of ESPN’s FPI:

The Football Power Index (FPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team’s performance going forward for the rest of the season. FPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Projected results are based on 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season using FPI, results to date, and the remaining schedule. Ratings and projections update daily.

Here’s the rankings of the top 25 SEC teams:

Should Georgia be ranked higher? I think so. The Dawgs return so many studs on defense that they deserve to be a few spots higher than Texas and Texas A&M.

Both Georgia and LSU should be ranked above Texas A&M. It’s rare to take the side of the Tigers, but they’re defending national champions and return lots of talent.

FPI, to put it simply, is not an extremely accurate measure of the college football universe. For instance, who was first in FPI after last season? You’d think 15-0 LSU would be, but they’re third behind first-rated Ohio State and second-rated Clemson.

In last season’s preseason FPI rankings, Georgia was rated third. It did correctly pick two of the four playoff teams (LSU and Clemson), but it missed on numerous teams like Michigan (5th), UCLA (20th), Tennessee (15th), and South Carolina (18th).

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Notre Dame’s Highest “Top Early Top 25” Ranking We’ve Seen

The Irish also come in one spot behind Florida who is fresh-off an Orange Bowl victory and 11-2 season.

We tend to react when national college voices weigh in on Notre Dame gets mentioned, whether it’s good or bad.

This week you’ve seen us post a few different “Too Early Top 25” rankings that various college football writers have offered.  We reacted to one by considering firing it into the sun while the other we dissected, we pretty much fell in line with.

Now we have one that has ranked Notre Dame higher than any we’ve seen this week.

From Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde:

9. Notre Dame

There are two attractive but difficult additions to the schedule: Clemson at home and Wisconsin at Lambeau Field. Those are in addition to games at USC and Pittsburgh. But with Ian Book and most of the offensive line returning, Brian Kelly has some building blocks. There are a lot of good players to replace on defense. The recruiting consistency of the Fighting Irish will come into play there.

Notre Dame coming in at nine placed them a spot ahead of national champion LSU which may come as a shock to some.  The Irish also come in one spot behind Florida who is fresh-off an Orange Bowl victory and 11-2 season.

Three 2020 Notre Dame opponents show up on the list with Clemson being top-rated in the nation and Wisconsin checking in at 13 and USC at 16.  Simple logic leads you to understand why the November 7 showdown with Clemson could very easily be the biggest game at Notre Dame Stadium since The Game of the Century versus Florida State in 1993.

Notre Dame Top 10 in ESPN’s “Way Too Early Top 25 Poll”

Today ESPN released their same list and the Irish were shown significantly more respect by writer Mark Schlabach who has Notre Dame at number 10.

Welcome to one of the worst sports-days of the year.

College football concluded for the season last night and now we have to wait until the end of August to recap actual games and live and die with every first down, touchdown and coaches decision we agree with or hate.

With that however, the nation is putting out their “Way Too Early Top 25” polls for the 2020 season, before we even know who is staying in school and who all is entering the NFL Draft.

Yesterday we reacted to Brett McMurphy of Stadium who had Notre Dame ranked laughably low.

Today ESPN released their same list and the Irish were shown significantly more respect by writer Mark Schlabach who has Notre Dame at number 10.

Outlook: After suffering early losses at Georgia and Michigan, the Irish were never serious contenders for a CFP spot this past season. They still won 11 games and blasted Iowa State 33-9 in the Camping World Bowl. With quarterback Ian Book and all five starting offensive linemen returning, the Irish have a good nucleus coming back on offense. But they must replace leading receivers Claypool and Finke, leading rusher Jones and Kmet, who was a matchup nightmare. Northwestern graduate transfer Bennett Skowronek and incoming four-star receiver Jordan Johnson might be able to help right away. Brian Kelly is also looking for a new offensive coordinator after Chip Long was pushed out. It might be former quarterback Tom Rees, who called plays in the bowl game. The Irish will also have to replace all four starters in the secondary after Gilman decided to bypass his fourth season. Notre Dame plays Wisconsin at Lambeau Field and hosts Clemson, but it might be favored in its 10 other regular-season games.

That’s how Schlabach looks at Notre Dame in 2020.

For the record he has Clemson, Ohio State, Alabama and LSU as his top-four.

No. 1 Clemson and No. 14 Wisconsin are the only two Notre Dame opponents for 2020 who can be found in this particular top-25.