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 don’t want to finish up high and up top in this ranking.
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T91 Alabama 0
T91 Auburn 0
T91 Boise State 0
T91 Clemson 0
T91 Florida 0
T91 Fresno State 0
T91 Georgia 0
T91 Georgia Tech 0
T91 Indiana 0
T91 Kansas State 0
T91 Kentucky 0
T91 Louisville 0
T91 LSU 0
T91 Marshall 0
T91 Maryland 0
T91 Miami 0
T91 Michigan 0
T91 Minnesota 0
T91 Mississippi State 0
T91 Missouri 0
T91 Navy 0
T91 Ohio State 0
T91 Oklahoma 0
T91 Oklahoma State 0
T91 Ole Miss 0
T91 Oregon 0
T91 Oregon State 0
T91 Penn State 0
T91 Purdue 0
T91 San Diego State 0
T91 Southern Miss 0
T91 Stanford 0
T91 Syracuse 0
T91 Tennessee 0
T91 Texas A&M 0
T91 UCLA 0
T91 Utah State 0
T91 Washington 0
T91 West Virginia 0
T91 Wisconsin 0
T68 Air Force 1
T68 Arizona 1
T68 Arizona State 1
T68 Arkansas 1
T68 BYU 1
T68 Florida Atlantic 1
T68 Florida State 1
T68 Liberty 1
T68 Memphis 1
T68 Michigan State 1
T68 Middle Tennessee 1
T68 NC State 1
T68 Nebraska 1
T68 New Mexico 1
T68 South Alabama 1
T68 TCU 1
T68 Texas Tech 1
T68 Toledo 1
T68 USC 1
T68 USF 1
T68 Vanderbilt 1
T68 Virginia Tech 1
T68 Western Michigan 1
T56 Baylor 1.5
T56 Boston College 1.5
T56 California 1.5
T56 Colorado State 1.5
T56 Duke 1.5
T56 Northwestern 1.5
T56 Notre Dame 1.5
T56 Ohio 1.5
T56 South Carolina 1.5
T56 Troy 1.5
T56 Utah 1.5
T56 Wake Forest 1.5
T51 Cincinnati 2
T51 North Carolina 2
T51 Texas 2
T51 UAB 2
T51 UTSA 2
T44 Appalachian State 2.5
T44 Arkansas State 2.5
T44 Colorado 2.5
T44 Houston 2.5
T44 Northern Illinois 2.5
T44 Pitt 2.5
T44 Virginia 2.5
T35 Bowling Green 3
T35 East Carolina 3
T35 Illinois 3
T35 Iowa 3
T35 Louisiana Tech 3
T35 Temple 3
T35 Tulane 3
T35 ULM 3
T35 Washington State 3
T31 Akron 3.5
T31 Georgia Southern 3.5
T31 SMU 3.5
T31 UCF 3.5
T27 Ball State 4
T27 Coastal Carolina 4
T27 Iowa State 4
T27 North Texas 4
T24 FIU 4.5
T24 Louisiana 4.5
T24 Western Kentucky 4.5
T22 Nevada 5
T22 Rutgers 5
T15 Buffalo 5.5
T15 Hawaii 5.5
T15 Kent State 5.5
T15 New Mexico State 5.5
T15 Rice 5.5
T15 Tulsa 5.5
T15 Wyoming 5.5
T12 Charlotte 6
T12 Eastern Michigan 6
T12 Old Dominion 6
NEXT: 5 Year Program Analysis Top Ten in Bad Losses
2019 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis: FBS Bad Loss Rankings
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.
T10. Miami University
2018: None
2017: Bowling Green, at Kent State
2016: Eastern Illinois
2015: at Kent State
2014: Eastern Kentucky
5 Year Bad Loss Score: 6.5
T10. Texas State
2018: at Rutgers, at South Alabama, at UTSA
2017: None
2016: at Georgia State, at New Mexico State
2015: New Mexico State
2014: None
5 Year Bad Loss Score: 6.5
T7. UConn
2018: at Tulsa, at East Carolina
2017: East Carolina
2016: at East Carolina
2015: None
2014: at Tulane, SMU
5 Year Bad Loss Score: 7
T7. Kansas
2018: Nicholls State
2017: Baylor
2016: Iowa State
2015: South Dakota State, at Iowa State
2014: None
5 Year Bad Loss Score: 7
T7. San Jose State
2018: UC Davis, Colorado State
2017: at Hawaii, at Nevada
2016: at Iowa State
2015: at Oregon State
2014: None
5 Year Bad Loss Score: 7
T5. Central Michigan
2018: Kansas, Bowling Green
2017: None
2016: at Virginia, Kent State
2015: None
2014: Syracuse, at Kansas
5 Year Bad Loss Score: 8
T5. UNLV
2018: New Mexico, at San Jose State
2017: Howard, at Nevada
2016: None
2015: at Fresno State, at Wyoming
2014: at San Jose State
5 Year Bad Loss Score: 8
T3. Army
2018: None
2017: None
2016: at Buffalo
2015: Fordham, Wake Forest, Tulane
2014: at Wake Forest, at Yale, at Kent State
5 Year Bad Loss Score: 8.5
T3. Georgia State
2018: Texas State
2017: Tennessee State
2016: None
2015: Charlotte, Liberty
2014: New Mexico State, at Troy
5 Year Bad Loss Score: 8.5
T1. UMass
2018: None
2017: Hawaii, at Coastal Carolina
2016: None
2015: Kent State, at Ball State, Miami University
2014: Colorado, at Vanderbilt, at Miami University
5 Year Bad Loss Score: 10
T1. UTEP
2018: Northern Arizona, New Mexico State, at UTSA, at WKU
2017: Rice
2016: at Florida Atlantic, at Rice
2015: UTSA
2014: None
5 Year Bad Loss Score: 10
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