Who had the most bad wins over the last five years? Here are the conference rankings of the teams with the most – and least – wins over the bad teams in each college football season.
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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 have to use as the tune-ups and help the overall record. They’re on the schedule, so you might as well win them.
What does this generally mean? The more Bad Wins means easier schedules and easier paths.
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.
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ACC
1 Duke 18
T2 Boston College 13
T2 Clemson 13
T2 Louisville 13
T2 Virginia Tech 13
T6 NC State 12
T6 Georgia Tech 12
T8 Florida State 11
T8 Syracuse 11
T8 Miami 11
T8 North Carolina 11
T12 Wake Forest 10
T12 Virginia 10
14 Pitt 9
American Athletic
1 Memphis 21
T2 Houston 19
T2 USF 19
T4 Cincinnati 17
T4 Temple 17
6 Tulane 15
T7 East Carolina 13
T7 UCF 13
T9 Navy 12
T9 Tulsa 12
T11 Connecticut 10
T11 SMU 10
Big 12
1 Kansas State 18
T2 Baylor 16
T2 Oklahoma State 16
T2 West Virginia 16
5 TCU 15
6 Texas Tech 13
7 Oklahoma 12
8 Texas 9
9 Iowa State 7
10 Kansas 6
Big Ten
1 Wisconsin 14
T2 Indiana 13
T2 Iowa 13
4 Northwestern 12
T5 Illinois 11
T5 Minnesota 11
T7 Michigan State 10
T7 Rutgers 10
T9 Maryland 9
T9 Penn State 9
T11 Michigan 8
T11 Ohio State 8
T11 Nebraska 8
14 Purdue 5
Conference USA
T1 Marshall 17
T1 Southern Miss 17
T3 Middle Tennessee 16
T3 Old Dominion 16
T5 FIU 15
T5 Louisiana Tech 15
T5 North Texas 15
T8 WKU 12
T8 UAB 12*
T8 UTSA 12
T11 Rice 9
T11 UTEP 9
13 Florida Atlantic 8
14 Charlotte 6**
*UAB didn’t play in 2015 and 2016
**Charlotte not in FBS in 2014
Independents
1 BYU 15
2 Army 14
3 New Mexico State 9
T4 Massachusetts 8
T4 Notre Dame 8
6 Liberty 4*
*2018 was Liberty’s first season in the FBS
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2019 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis: Bad Win Rankings
What’s a Bad Win? It’s a victory over 1) an FCS team or 2) over an FBS team that finished its season with three wins or fewer. The more you have, the easier your season was.
MAC
1 Toledo 20
T2 Ohio 19
T2 Western Michigan 19
4 Akron 18
T5 Buffalo 17
T5 Northern Illinois 17
7 Central Michigan 14
T8 Bowling Green 13
T8 Ball State 13
10 Miami Univ. 11
11 Eastern Michigan 9
12 Kent State 8
Mountain West
1 Colorado State 21
2 San Diego State 20
T3 Air Force 18
T3 Utah State 18
5 Nevada 17
T6 Fresno State 15
T6 Hawaii 15
8 Wyoming 14
9 New Mexico 12
10 Boise State 10
T11 San Jose State 9
T11 UNLV 9
Pac-12
T1 Oregon 14
T1 Washington 14
T3 Arizona 12
T3 Colorado 12
T5 California 11
T5 Stanford 11
7 Washington State 10
T8 Arizona State 9
T8 Utah 9
10 Oregon State 7
11 USC 6
12 UCLA 5
SEC
T1 Alabama 11
T1 Texas A&M 11
T2 Florida 10
T2 Georgia 10
T2 Kentucky 10
T2 Ole Miss 10
T7 Missouri 9
T7 Tennessee 9
T7 Mississippi State 9
T10 South Carolina 8
T10 Arkansas 8
T10 Auburn 8
T10 LSU 8
14 Vanderbilt 7
Sun Belt
T1 Appalachian State 19
T1 Arkansas State 19
T1 Troy 19
T4 Georgia Southern 16
T4 Louisiana 16
6 ULM 14
7 Texas State 13
8 South Alabama 12
9 Georgia State 11
10 Coastal Carolina 3*
*2017 was first year in FBS
