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
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
NEXT: CFN 5-Year Program Analysis Bad Wins Top 100
T100 Florida State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T71
T100 Pitt
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95
T100 Iowa State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 7
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T121
T100 Texas
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95
T100 Michigan
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T111
T100 Florida Atlantic
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T111
T100 Rice
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95
T100 New Mexico State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95
T100 California
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T71
T100 MIssouri
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95
T100 Tennessee
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95
T100 LSU
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T111
T100 South Alabama
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T58
T82 SMU
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T82
T82 Tulsa
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T58
T82 NC State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T58
T82 Syracuse
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T71
T82 Georgia Tech
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T58
T82 Maryland
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95
T82 Michigan State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T82
T82 Ohio State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T111
T82 Charlotte
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 6
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T124
T82 Liberty
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 4
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): 129
T82 Eastern Michigan
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95
T82 San Jose State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95
T82 UNLV
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95
T82 Stanford
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T71
T82 Arizona
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T58
T82 Florida
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T82
T82 Georgia
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T82
T82 Texas State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T46
NEXT: CFN 5-Year Program Analysis Bad Wins Top 67
T67 UConn
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T82
T67 Boston College
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T46
T67 Louisville
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T46
T67 Wake Forest
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T82
T67 Miami
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T71
T67 Virginia
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T82
T67 Oklahoma
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T58
T67 Penn State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T95
T67 Northwestern
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T58
T67 Kent State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T111
T67 Boise State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T82
T67 Washington
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T39
T67 Washington State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T82
T67 Colorado
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T58
T67 Alabama
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T71
T51 East Carolina
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T46
T51 UCF
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T46
T51 Navy
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T58
T51 Clemson
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T46
T51 North Carolina
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T71
T51 Texas Tech
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T46
T51 Minnesota
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T71
T51 Bowling Green
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T46
T51 Miami Univ.
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T71
T51 Ball State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T46
T51 New Mexico
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T58
T51 Oregon
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T39
T51 Kentucky
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T82
T51 Ole Miss
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T82
T51 Texas A&M
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T71
T51 Georgia State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T71
NEXT: CFN 5-Year Program Analysis Bad Wins Top 50
T46 TCU
5-Year Bad Win Total: 13
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
T46 Illinois
5-Year Bad Win Total: 13
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T71
T46 Iowa
5-Year Bad Win Total: 13
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T46
T46 Wisconsin
5-Year Bad Win Total: 13
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T39
T46 ULM
5-Year Bad Win Total: 13
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T39
T35 Cincinnati
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T17
T35 Duke
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 18
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T12
T35 WKU
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T58
T35 North Texas
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
T35 UAB
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T58
T35 BYU
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
T35 Akron
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 18
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T12
T35 Central Michigan
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T39
T35 Northern Illinois
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T17
T35 Hawaii
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
T35 Georgia Southern
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T24
NEXT: CFN 5-Year Program Analysis Bad Wins Top 25
T25 Tulane
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
T25 Baylor
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T24
T25 Oklahoma State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T24
T25 West Virginia
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T24
T25 Middle Tennessee
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T24
T25 Old Dominion
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T24
T25 UTSA
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T58
T25 Wyoming
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T39
T25 Fresno State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
T25 Louisiana
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T24
T17 Temple
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T17
T17 Virginia Tech
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T46
T17 Indiana
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T46
T17 Marshall
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T17
T17 Army
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T39
T17 Buffalo
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T17
T17 Utah State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 18
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T12
T17 Nevada
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T17
T11 Houston
5-Year Bad Win Total: 17
2019 Total (2018 season): 19
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T6
T11 FIU
5-Year Bad Win Total: 17
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
T11 Toledo
5-Year Bad Win Total: 17
2019 Total (2018 season): 20
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T3
T11 Western Michigan
5-Year Bad Win Total: 17
2019 Total (2018 season): 19
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T6
T11 Air Force
5-Year Bad Win Total: 17
2019 Total (2018 season): 18
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T12
T11 Appalachian State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 17
2019 Total (2018 season): 18
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T6
NEXT: CFN 5-Year Program Analysis Bad Wins Top Ten
CFN 5-Year Program Analysis Bad Wins Top Ten
T5 Arkansas State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019: Southern Illinois, Texas State
2018: SE Missouri State, at Tulsa, Georgia State, South Alabama, at Texas State
2017: Arkansas-Pine Bluff, at Georgia Southern, Coastal Carolina, Texas State
2016: at Georgia State, New Mexico State, at Texas State
2015: Missouri State, at ULM, at New Mexico State, Texas State
2019 Total (2018 season): 20
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T6
T5 Kansas State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019: Nicholls State, Bowling Green, at Kansas
2018: South Dakota, UTSA, Kansas
2017: Central Arkansas, Charlotte, Baylor, at Kansas
2016: Florida Atlantic, Missouri State, at Iowa State, Kansas
2015: South Dakota, at UTSA, Iowa State, at Kansas
2019 Total (2018 season): 18
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T12
T5 Memphis
5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019: Southern, at South Alabama
2018: Mercer, Georgia State, South Alabama, UConn, at East Carolina, Tulsa
2017: Southern Illinois, at UConn, at Tulsa, East Carolina
2016: SE Missouri State, Kansas
2015: Missouri State, at Kansas, Tulane, SMU
2019 Total (2018 season): 21
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T1
T5 Ohio
5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019: Rhode Island, at Bowling Green, at Akron
2018: Howard, at Kent State, Bowling Green
2017: Hampton, Kansas, at Bowling Green, Kent State
2016: at Kansas, Gardner-Webb, at Kent State, Buffalo
2015: SE Louisiana, Miami University, Kent State, Ball State
2019 Total (2018 season): 19
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T6
T5 San Diego State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019: Weber State, at New Mexico State
2018: Sacramento State, San Jose State, at New Mexico
2017: UC Davis, at Hawaii, at San Jose State, Nevada, New Mexico
2016: New Hampshire, at Fresno State, at Utah State
2015: San Diego, Fresno State, at Hawaii, Wyoming, at UNLV
2019 Total (2018 season): 20
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T3
T5 USF
5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019: South Carolina State, at UConn
2018: Elon, East Carolina, at Tulsa, UConn
2017: at San Jose State, Stony Brook, Illinois, at East Carolina, at UConn, Tulsa
2016: Towson, East Carolina, UConn
2015: Florida A&M, SMU, at UCF
2019 Total (2018 season): 20
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T3
T2 Louisiana Tech
5-Year Bad Win Total: 19
2019: Grambling State, at Bowling Green, at Rice, UMass, at UTEP
2018: at South Alabama, Southern, at UTSA, UTEP, Rice
2017: Northwestern State, at Rice, at UTEP
2016: South Carolina State, UMass, Rice
2015: Southern, at UTSA, North Texas
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T31
T2 Southern Miss
5-Year Bad Win Total: 19
2019: Alcorn State, UTEP, at Rice
2018: Jackson State, Rice, UTSA, at UTEP
2017: Southern, UTEP, at Rice, Charlotte
2016: Savannah State, Rice, Marshall
2015: Austin Peay, at Texas State, North Texas, UTSA, at Charlotte
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T17
T2 Colorado State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 19
2019: Western Illinois, at New Mexico
2018: Arkansas, at San Jose State, New Mexico
2017: Oregon State, Abilene Christian, at Hawaii, Nevada, at New Mexico, San Jose State
2016: Northern Colorado, Utah State, Fresno State
2015: Savannah State, at UTSA, at Wyoming, UNLV, at Fresno State
2019 Total (2018 season): 21
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T1
1 Troy
5-Year Bad Win Total: 20
2019: Campbell, at Akron, South Alabama, at Texas State
2018: Florida A&M, Georgia State, at South Alabama, Texas State
2017: Alabama State, Georgia Southern, at Coastal Carolina, Texas State
2016: Austin Peay, New Mexico State, Georgia State, UMass, at Texas State
2015: Charleston Southern, at New Mexico State, ULM
2019 Total (2018 season): 19
2019 National Ranking (2018 season): T6
