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
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
CFN 5-Year Program Analysis: 1 Bad Loss Score
Losses to teams that finished with three losses or fewer or FCS programs. An extra 0.5 added to a Bad Loss at home.
T69 Air Force
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 Arizona
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 Arizona State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 Arkansas
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 BYU
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 Florida Atlantic
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 Florida State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 Houston
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T44
T69 Memphis
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 Michigan State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 Missouri
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T69 Nebraska
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 New Mexico
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 Syracuse
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T69 TCU
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 Texas Tech
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 Toledo
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 USC
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T69 UTSA
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T51
T69 Vanderbilt
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
NEXT: CFN 5-Year Program Analysis: 1.5 Bad Loss Score
CFN 5-Year Program Analysis: 1.5 Bad Loss Score
Losses to teams that finished with three losses or fewer or FCS programs. An extra 0.5 added to a Bad Loss at home.
T56 Ball State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T27
T56 Baylor
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56
T56 California
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56
T56 Duke
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56
T56 Georgia Tech
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T56 Iowa
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
T56 Iowa State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T27
T56 Louisiana Tech
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
T56 Miami
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T91
T56 Northwestern
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56
T56 Notre Dame
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56
T56 Ohio
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56
T56 South Carolina
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 1.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56
NEXT: CFN 5-Year Program Analysis: 2 to 2.5 Bad Loss Score
CFN 5-Year Program Analysis: 2 to 2.5 Bad Loss Score
Losses to teams that finished with three losses or fewer or FCS programs. An extra 0.5 added to a Bad Loss at home.
T47 Cincinnati
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T51
T47 Liberty
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T47 NC State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T47 North Carolina
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T51
T47 South Alabama
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T47 Texas
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T51
T47 Tulane
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
T47 UAB
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T51
T47 USF
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T40 Colorado
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T44
T40 Colorado State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56
T40 Middle Tennessee
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T68
T40 Pitt
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T44
T40 SMU
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
T40 UCF
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
T40 Virginia
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 2.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T44
NEXT: CFN 5-Year Program Analysis: 3 – 3.5 Bad Loss Score
CFN 5-Year Program Analysis: 3 – 3.5 Bad Loss Score
Losses to teams that finished with three losses or fewer or FCS programs. An extra 0.5 added to a Bad Loss at home.
T31 Boston College
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T56
T31 Bowling Green
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
T31 East Carolina
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
T31 FIU
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T24
T31 Illinois
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
T31 Kent State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T15
T31 Temple
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
T31 ULM
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
T31 Washington State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T35
T27 Arkansas State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T44
T27 Georgia Southern
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
T27 North Texas
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T27
T27 Northern Illinois
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 3.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T44
NEXT: CFN 5-Year Program Analysis: 4 – 5.5 Bad Loss Score
CFN 5-Year Program Analysis: 4 – 5.5 Bad Loss Score
Losses to teams that finished with three losses or fewer or FCS programs. An extra 0.5 added to a Bad Loss at home.
T25 Coastal Carolina
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 4
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T27
T25 Wyoming
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 4
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T15
T18 Akron
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 4.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
T18 Buffalo
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 4.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T15
T18 Hawaii
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 4.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T15
T18 Louisiana
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 4.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T24
T18 New Mexico State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 4.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T15
T18 Tulsa
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 4.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T15
T18 UConn
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 4.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T7
T13 Eastern Michigan
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T12
T13 Miami Univ.
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T10
T13 Nevada
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T22
T13 Old Dominion
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T12
T13 WKU
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T24
T10 Army
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 5.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T3
T10 Central Michigan
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 5.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T5
T10 Rice
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 5.5
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T15
NEXT: CFN 5-Year Program Analysis: The Bottom 9
CFN 5-Year Program Analysis: The Bottom 9
Losses to teams that finished with three losses or fewer or FCS programs. An extra 0.5 added to a Bad Loss at home.
9 Charlotte
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 6
2019: 0
2018: 0
2017: 1.5 NC A&T
2016: 1.5 Rice
2015: 3 Florida Atlantic, UTSA
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T12
T7 Rutgers
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 6.5
2019: 1.5 Maryland
2018: 1 at Kansas
2017: 0
2016: 2.5 Illinois, at Michigan State
2015: 1.5 Maryland
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T22
T7 Texas State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 6.5
2019: 0
2018: 3 at Rutgers, at South Alabama, at UTSA,
2017: 0
2016: 2 at Georgia State, at New Mexico State
2015: 1.5 New Mexico State
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T10
T4 Georgia State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 7
2019: 1 at Texas State
2018: 1.5 Texas State
2017: 1.5 Tennessee State
2016: 0
2015: 3 Charlotte, Liberty
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T3
T4 Kansas
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 7
2019: 0
2018: 1.5 Nicholls State
2017: 1.5 Baylor
2016: 1.5 Iowa State
2015: 2.5 South Dakota State, at Iowa State
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T7
T4 San Jose State
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 7
2019: 0
2018: 3 UC Davis, Colorado State
2017: 2 at Hawaii, at Nevada
2016: 1 at Iowa State
2015: 1 at Oregon State
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T7
3 UNLV
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 8
2019: 1 at Northwestern
2018: 2.5 New Mexico, at San Jose State
2017: 2.5 Howard, at Nevada
2016: 0
2015: 2 at Fresno State, at Wyoming
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T5
2 UMass
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 11.5
2019: 5 at Rutgers, Southern Illinois, UConn, at Northwestern
2018: 0
2017: 2.5 Hawaii, at Coastal Carolina
2016: 0
2015: 4 Kent State, at Ball State, Miami University
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T1
1 UTEP
5-Year Conference Bad Loss Score: 12.5
2019: 2.5 at New Mexico State, Rice
2018: 5 Northern Arizona, New Mexico State, at UTSA, at WKU
2017: 1.5 Rice
2016: 2 at Florida Atlantic, at Rice
2015: 1.5 UTSA
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T1
