Who had the most bad losses over the last five years? Here are the 1-130 rankings of the teams with the most-to-least bad losses – the real clunkers.
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They’re the season-cripplers. The bad losses can ruin a season, 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.
Losses to FCS teams or teams that finish with three wins or fewer. It’s a BAD thing to be high on the list – the lower the score, the better.
ACC
T1 Virginia 2.5
T1 Pitt 2.5
3 North Carolina 2
T4 Boston College 1.5
T4 Wake Forest 1.5
T4 Duke 1.5
T7 Florida State 1
T7 NC State 1
T7 Virginia Tech 1
T10 Clemson 0
T10 Louisville 0
T10 Syracuse 0
T10 Georgia Tech 0
T10 Miami 0
American Athletic
1 Connecticut 7
2 Tulsa 5.5
T3 UCF 3.5
T3 SMU 3.5
T5 East Carolina 3
T5 Temple 3
T5 Tulane 3
T8 Houston 2.5
Big Ten
1 Rutgers 5
T2 Illinois 3
T2 Iowa 3
4 Northwestern 1.5
T5 Michigan State 1
T5 Nebraska 1
T7 Indiana 0
T5 Maryland 0
T5 Michigan 0
T5 Ohio State 0
T5 Penn State 0
T5 Minnesota 0
T5 Purdue 0
T5 Wisconsin 0
Big 12
1 Kansas 7
2 Iowa State 4
3 Texas 2
4 Baylor 1.5
T5 TCU 1
T5 Texas Tech 1
T7 Kansas State 0
T7 Oklahoma 0
T7 Oklahoma State 0
T7 West Virginia 0
Conference USA
1 UTEP 10
T2 Charlotte 6
T2 Old Dominion 6
4 Rice 5.5
T5 FIU 4.5
T5 Western Kentucky 4.5
7 North Texas 4
8 Louisiana Tech 3
T9 UAB 2
T9 UTSA 2
T11 Florida Atlantic 1
T11 Middle Tennessee 1
T13 Marshall 0
T13 Southern Miss 0
Independents
1 Massachusetts 10
2 Army 8.5
3 New Mexico State 5.5
4 Notre Dame 1.5
T5 BYU 1
T5 Liberty 1
– CFN Preview 2019: Team Previews, Rankings, Features
MAC
1 Central Michigan 8
2 Miami Univ. 6.5
3 Eastern Michigan 6
T4 Buffalo 5.5
T4 Kent State 5.5
6 Ball State 4
7 Akron 3.5
8 Bowling Green 3
9 Northern Illinois 2.5
10 Ohio 1.5
T11 Toledo 1
T11 Western Michigan 1
NEXT: 5 Year Program Analysis Top Ten in Bad Losses
2019 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis: FBS Bad Loss Rankings by Conference
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.
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