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

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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

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