Who had the most bad wins over the last five years? The conference rankings of the teams with the most – and least – wins over the bad teams in the last five college football seasons.
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They’re the fluff.
They’re the games that teams are supposed to win, they’re they ones that pad the final records, and they’re the games you HAVE to put away.
They’re the bad wins – wins over the easy teams on the slate. They might get ignored as the college football seasons go on, but they can be the difference between a winning and losing campaign, or they could be the reason why a team gets to go bowling.
What does this generally mean? The more Bad Wins means the easier the schedule and path to come up with a good year.
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.
By conference, which teams came up with the most clunkers over the last five years?
American Athletic East
1 USF
5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019 Total (2018 season): 20
2 Temple
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
3 Cincinnati
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
T4 East Carolina
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
T4 UCF
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
6 UConn
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
American Athletic West
1 Memphis
5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019 Total (2018 season): 21
2 Houston
5-Year Bad Win Total: 17
2019 Total (2018 season): 19
3 Tulane
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
4 Navy
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
T5 SMU
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
T5 Tulsa
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
ACC Atlantic
1 Clemson
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
T2 Boston College
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
T2 Louisville
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
T2 Wake Forest
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
T5 NC State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
T5 Syracuse
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
7 Florida State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
ACC Coastal
1 Virginia Tech
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2 Duke
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 18
3 North Carolina
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
T4 Miami
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
T4 Virginia
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
6 Georgia Tech
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
7 Pitt
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
Big Ten East
1 Indiana
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
2 Penn State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
T3 Maryland
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
T3 Michigan State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
T3 Ohio State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
6 Michigan
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
7 Rutgers
5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
Big Ten West
T1 Illinois
5-Year Bad Win Total: 13
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
T1 Iowa
5-Year Bad Win Total: 13
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
3 Wisconsin
5-Year Bad Win Total: 13
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
4 Minnesota
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
5 Northwestern
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
6 Nebraska
5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
7 Purdue
5-Year Bad Win Total: 7
2019 Total (2018 season): 5
NEXT: Big 12, Conference USA, Independents Bad Wins
Big 12
1 Kansas State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019 Total (2018 season): 18
T2 Baylor
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
T2 Oklahoma State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
T2 West Virginia
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
5 TCU
5-Year Bad Win Total: 13
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
6 Texas Tech
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
7 Oklahoma
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
T8 Iowa State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 7
T8 Texas
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
10 Kansas
5-Year Bad Win Total: 5
2019 Total (2018 season): 6
Conference USA East
1 FIU
5-Year Bad Win Total: 17
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
2 Marshall
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
T3 Middle Tennessee
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
T3 Old Dominion
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
5 WKU
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
6 Charlotte
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 6
7 Florida Atlantic
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
Conference USA West
T1 Louisiana Tech
5-Year Bad Win Total: 19
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
T1 Southern Miss
5-Year Bad Win Total: 19
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
3 UTSA
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
T4 North Texas
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
T4 UAB
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
6 Rice
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
7 UTEP
5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
Independents
1 Army
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
2 BYU
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
3 Liberty
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 4
4 New Mexico State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
5 Notre Dame
5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
6 UMass
5-Year Bad Win Total: 7
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
NEXT: MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12 Bad Wins
MAC East
1 Ohio
5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019 Total (2018 season): 19
2 Buffalo
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
3 Akron
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 18
T4 Bowling Green
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
T4 Miami Univ.
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
6 Kent State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
MAC West
T1 Toledo
5-Year Bad Win Total: 17
2019 Total (2018 season): 20
T1 Western Michigan
5-Year Bad Win Total: 17
2019 Total (2018 season): 19
3 Central Michigan
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
4 Northern Illinois
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
5 Ball State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
6 Eastern Michigan
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
Mountain West Mountain
1 Colorado State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 19
2019 Total (2018 season): 21
2 Air Force
5-Year Bad Win Total: 17
2019 Total (2018 season): 18
3 Utah State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 18
4 Wyoming
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
5 New Mexico
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
6 Boise State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
Mountain West West
1 San Diego State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019 Total (2018 season): 20
2 Nevada
5-Year Bad Win Total: 16
2019 Total (2018 season): 17
3 Fresno State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
4 Hawaii
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 15
T5 San Jose State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
T5 UNLV
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
Pac-12 North
1 Oregon
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
T2 Washington
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
T2 Washington State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
4 Stanford
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
5 California
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
6 Oregon State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 6
2019 Total (2018 season): 7
Pac-12 South
1 Colorado
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
2 Arizona
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
3 Utah
5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
4 Arizona State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 7
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
T5 UCLA
5-Year Bad Win Total: 4
2019 Total (2018 season): 5
T5 USC
5-Year Bad Win Total: 4
2019 Total (2018 season): 6
NEXT: SEC, Sun Belt Bad Wins
SEC East
1 Kentucky
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
T2 Florida
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
T2 Georgia
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
T4 MIssouri
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
T4 Tennessee
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
6 South Carolina
5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
7 Vanderbilt
5-Year Bad Win Total: 6
2019 Total (2018 season): 7
SEC West
T1 Ole Miss
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 10
T1 Texas A&M
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
3 Alabama
5-Year Bad Win Total: 11
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
4 LSU
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
T5 Arkansas
5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
T5 Auburn
5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 8
T5 Mississippi State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 8
2019 Total (2018 season): 9
Sun Belt East
1 Troy
5-Year Bad Win Total: 20
2019 Total (2018 season): 19
2 Appalachian State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 17
2019 Total (2018 season): 18
3 Georgia Southern
5-Year Bad Win Total: 14
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
4 Georgia State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 12
2019 Total (2018 season): 11
5 Coastal Carolina
5-Year Bad Win Total: 7
2019 Total (2018 season): 3
Sun Belt West
1 Arkansas State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 18
2019 Total (2018 season): 20
2 Louisiana
5-Year Bad Win Total: 15
2019 Total (2018 season): 16
3 ULM
5-Year Bad Win Total: 13
2019 Total (2018 season): 14
4 Texas State
5-Year Bad Win Total: 10
2019 Total (2018 season): 13
5 South Alabama
5-Year Bad Win Total: 9
2019 Total (2018 season): 12
