Winning college football games are fun, but how many of them are quality victories? Here are the 1-130 rankings of the programs with FBS wins over teams with winning records.
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Did you beat the good teams? It’s easy to have a great record with a schedule full of cream-puffs, but coming up with quality wins matters more.
In the CFN Five-Year Program Analysis, a Quality Win is a victory over an FBS team that finished the season with a winning record. Who had the most of those over the last five years?
T129 Rice
5-Year Quality Win Total: 0
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T124
T129 UTEP
5-Year Quality Win Total: 0
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T129
T126 Kansas
5-Year Quality Win Total: 1
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T119
T126 New Mexico State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 1
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T124
T126 UMass
5-Year Quality Win Total: 1
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T124
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T119 Akron
5-Year Quality Win Total: 2
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T119
T119 East Carolina
5-Year Quality Win Total: 2
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T110
T119 Kent State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 2
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T129
T119 Oregon State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 2
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T119
T119 San Jose State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 2
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T119
T119 Texas State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 2
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T119
T119 UConn
5-Year Quality Win Total: 2
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T110
T111 Ball State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 3
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T102
T111 Bowling Green
5-Year Quality Win Total: 3
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T110
T111 Coastal Carolina
5-Year Quality Win Total: 3
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T110
T111 Georgia Southern
5-Year Quality Win Total: 3
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T124
T111 Liberty
5-Year Quality Win Total: 3
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T124
T111 Rutgers
5-Year Quality Win Total: 3
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T102
T111 ULM
5-Year Quality Win Total: 3
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T110
T111 UTSA
5-Year Quality Win Total: 3
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T102
T103 Charlotte
5-Year Quality Win Total: 4
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T110
T103 Colorado State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 4
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T85
T103 Eastern Michigan
5-Year Quality Win Total: 4
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T110
T103 Illinois
5-Year Quality Win Total: 4
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T92
T103 Indiana
5-Year Quality Win Total: 4
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T97
T103 Maryland
5-Year Quality Win Total: 4
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T92
T103 New Mexico
5-Year Quality Win Total: 4
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T102
T103 Old Dominion
5-Year Quality Win Total: 4
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T92
NEXT: 5 Year Program Analysis Quality Win Rankings: Top 102
2020 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis: Quality Win Rankings Top 102
T98 Arkansas State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 5
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T97
T98 FIU
5-Year Quality Win Total: 5
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T102
T98 Tulane
5-Year Quality Win Total: 5
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T97
T98 Tulsa
5-Year Quality Win Total: 5
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T110
T98 UNLV
5-Year Quality Win Total: 5
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T102
T91 Arizona
5-Year Quality Win Total: 6
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T57
T91 Central Michigan
5-Year Quality Win Total: 6
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T85
T91 Hawaii
5-Year Quality Win Total: 6
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T110
T91 Louisiana
5-Year Quality Win Total: 6
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T102
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T91 Missouri
5-Year Quality Win Total: 6
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T39
T91 Nevada
5-Year Quality Win Total: 6
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T97
T91 South Alabama
5-Year Quality Win Total: 6
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T85
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T85 Arkansas
5-Year Quality Win Total: 7
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T65
T85 Georgia State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 7
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T85
T85 Iowa State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 7
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T76
T85 Middle Tennessee
5-Year Quality Win Total: 7
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T85
T85 Purdue
5-Year Quality Win Total: 7
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T76
T85 USF
5-Year Quality Win Total: 7
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T92
T79 Cincinnati
5-Year Quality Win Total: 8
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T85
T79 Colorado
5-Year Quality Win Total: 8
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T92
T79 Miami Univ.
5-Year Quality Win Total: 8
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T102
T79 North Texas
5-Year Quality Win Total: 8
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T76
T79 SMU
5-Year Quality Win Total: 8
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T97
T79 Vanderbilt
5-Year Quality Win Total: 8
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T76
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T71 Air Force
5-Year Quality Win Total: 9
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T57
T71 California
5-Year Quality Win Total: 9
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T76
T71 Georgia Tech
5-Year Quality Win Total: 9
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T34
T71 Kansas State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 9
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T65
T71 Louisiana Tech
5-Year Quality Win Total: 9
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T47
T71 South Carolina
5-Year Quality Win Total: 9
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T65
T71 Southern Miss
5-Year Quality Win Total: 9
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T72
T71 Wyoming
5-Year Quality Win Total: 9
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T76
NEXT: 5 Year Program Analysis Quality Win Rankings: Top 70
2020 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis: Quality Win Rankings Top 70
T60 Baylor
5-Year Quality Win Total: 10
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T65
T60 Buffalo
5-Year Quality Win Total: 10
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T85
T60 Marshall
5-Year Quality Win Total: 10
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T72
T60 Nebraska
5-Year Quality Win Total: 10
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T47
T60 North Carolina
5-Year Quality Win Total: 10
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T47
T60 Northern Illinois
5-Year Quality Win Total: 10
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T57
T60 Ole Miss
5-Year Quality Win Total: 10
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T22
T60 Texas Tech
5-Year Quality Win Total: 10
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T65
T60 Troy
5-Year Quality Win Total: 10
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T72
T60 UCLA
5-Year Quality Win Total: 10
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T34
T60 Utah State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 10
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T65
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T54 Army
5-Year Quality Win Total: 11
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T57
T54 Fresno State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 11
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T47
T54 NC State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 11
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T42
T54 UAB
5-Year Quality Win Total: 11
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T57
T54 Virginia
5-Year Quality Win Total: 11
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T76
T54 West Virginia
5-Year Quality Win Total: 11
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T42
T46 Boston College
5-Year Quality Win Total: 12
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T42
T46 BYU
5-Year Quality Win Total: 12
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T76
T46 Florida Atlantic
5-Year Quality Win Total: 12
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T76
T46 Kentucky
5-Year Quality Win Total: 12
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T57
T46 Louisville
5-Year Quality Win Total: 12
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T47
T46 Ohio
5-Year Quality Win Total: 12
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T72
T46 Temple
5-Year Quality Win Total: 12
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T57
T46 Wake Forest
5-Year Quality Win Total: 12
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T57
T42 Duke
5-Year Quality Win Total: 13
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T42
T42 Minnesota
5-Year Quality Win Total: 13
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T47
T42 Syracuse
5-Year Quality Win Total: 13
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T65
T42 Texas A&M
5-Year Quality Win Total: 13
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T22
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T38 Navy
5-Year Quality Win Total: 14
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T42
T38 San Diego State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 14
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T47
T38 Toledo
5-Year Quality Win Total: 14
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T34
T38 Western Michigan
5-Year Quality Win Total: 14
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T47
T31 Arizona State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 15
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T22
T31 Houston
5-Year Quality Win Total: 15
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T29
T31 Memphis
5-Year Quality Win Total: 15
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T47
T31 Northwestern
5-Year Quality Win Total: 15
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T19
T31 Pitt
5-Year Quality Win Total: 15
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T39
T31 Virginia Tech
5-Year Quality Win Total: 15
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T29
T31 WKU
5-Year Quality Win Total: 15
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T29
NEXT: 5 Year Program Analysis Quality Win Rankings: Top 30
2020 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis: Quality Win Rankings Top 30
T26 Appalachian State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 16
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T47
T26 TCU
5-Year Quality Win Total: 16
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: 12
T26 Tennessee
5-Year Quality Win Total: 16
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T22
T26 Texas
5-Year Quality Win Total: 16
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T39
T26 Washington State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 16
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T22
T20 Florida
5-Year Quality Win Total: 17
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T29
T20 Michigan
5-Year Quality Win Total: 17
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T34
T20 Michigan State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 17
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T14
T20 Mississippi State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 17
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T19
T20 UCF
5-Year Quality Win Total: 17
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T29
T20 Utah
5-Year Quality Win Total: 17
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T22
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T17 Oklahoma State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 18
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T19
T17 Oregon
5-Year Quality Win Total: 18
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T14
T17 USC
5-Year Quality Win Total: 18
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T14
T13 Auburn
5-Year Quality Win Total: 19
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: 13
T13 Florida State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 19
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: 6
T13 Iowa
5-Year Quality Win Total: 19
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T34
T13 Miami
5-Year Quality Win Total: 19
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T14
T11 Penn State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 21
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T22
T11 Wisconsin
5-Year Quality Win Total: 21
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T10
NEXT: 5 Year Program Analysis Top Ten in Quality Wins
2020 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis: FBS Quality Win Rankings
In the CFN Five-Year Program Analysis, a Quality Win is a victory over an FBS team that finished the season with a winning record. Who had the most of those over the last five years?
10 Stanford
5-Year Quality Win Total: 22
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: 8
2019: Washington: 1
2018: San Diego State, at Oregon, at Arizona State, at Cal: 4
2017: Arizona State, at Utah, Oregon, Washington, Notre Dame: 5
2016: Kansas State, USC, North Carolina (Sun): 3
2015: at USC, Arizona, UCLA, Washington, at Washington State, California, Notre Dame, USC (Pac-12 Championship), Iowa (Rose): 9
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9 Washington
5-Year Quality Win Total: 23
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T14
2019: Hawaii, at BYU, USC, Boise State (Las Vegas Bowl): 4
2018: at Utah, Arizona State, BYU, Stanford, at Washington State, Utah (Pac-12 Championship): 6
2017: Fresno State, Oregon, Utah, Washington State: 4
2016: Idaho, Stanford, at Utah, at Washington State, Colorado (Pac-12 Championship): 5
2015: at USC, Arizona, Washington State, Southern Miss (Heart of Dallas Bowl): 4
8 Boise State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 24
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: 7
2019: Marshall, Air Force, Hawaii, Wyoming, at Utah State, Hawaii (Mountain West Championship): 6
2018: at Troy, at Nevada, BYU, Fresno State, Utah State: 5
2017: Troy, at San Diego State, Wyoming, at Colorado State, Fresno State (Mountain West Championship), Oregon (Las Vegas Bowl): 6
2016: Washington State, at New Mexico, Colorado State, BYU: 4
2015: Washington, at Colorado State, Northern Illinois (Poinsettia Bowl): 3
7 Notre Dame
5-Year Quality Win Total: 25
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: 9
2019: at Louisville, Virginia, USC, Virginia Tech, Navy, Iowa State (Camping World Bowl): 6
2018: Michigan, at Wake Forest, Stanford, at Northwestern, Syracuse: 5
2017: Temple, at Boston College, at Michigan State, USC, NC State, Wake Forest, Navy, LSU (Citrus Bowl): 8
2016: Miami, Army: 2
2015: Navy, USC, at Temple, at Pitt: 4
T5 Georgia
5-Year Quality Win Total: 28
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: 5
2019: Arkansas State, Notre Dame, at Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, at Auburn, Texas A&M, Baylor (Sugar Bowl): 8
2018: at South Carolina, Middle Tennessee, at Missouri, Florida, at Kentucky, Auburn, Georgia Tech:7
2017: Appalachian State, at Notre Dame, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Kentucky, Auburn (SEC Championship), Oklahoma (Rose Bowl): 8
2016: North Carolina, at Kentucky, Auburn: 3
2015: at Auburn, Georgia Southern, Penn State (TaxSlayer Bowl): 3
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T5 LSU
5-Year Quality Win Total: 28
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: T10
2019: Georgia Southern, at Texas, Utah State, Florida, Auburn, at Alabama, Texas A&M, Georgia (SEC Championship), Oklahoma (Peach Bowl), Clemson (College Football Playoff National Championship): 10
2018: Miami, at Auburn, Louisiana Tech, Georgia, Mississippi State, UCF (Fiesta Bowl): 6
2017: Auburn, Texas A&M: 2
2016: Southern Miss, at Arkansas, at Texas A&M, Louisville: 4
2015: at Mississippi State, Auburn, Florida, WKU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech (Texas Bowl): 6
4 Oklahoma
5-Year Quality Win Total: 31
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: 4
2019: Texas, Iowa State, at Baylor, at Oklahoma State, Baylor (Big 12 Championship): 5
2018: at Iowa State, Army, Baylor, at TCU, Oklahoma State, at West Virginia, Texas (Big 12 Championship): 7
2017: at Ohio State, Texas, at Kansas State, at Oklahoma State, TCU, West Virginia, TCU (Big 12 Championship: 7
2016: Kansas State, Baylor, at West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Auburn (Sugar): 5
2015: Akron, at Tennessee, West Virginia, at Kansas State, Texas Tech, at Baylor, TCU, at Oklahoma State: 8
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3 Ohio State
5-Year Quality Win Total: 35
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: 3
2019: Florida Atlantic, Cincinnati, at Indiana, Miami University, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Penn State, at Michigan, Wisconsin (Big Ten Championship): 9
2018: TCU, Tulane, at Penn State, Minnesota, at Michigan State, Michigan, Northwestern (Big Ten Championship), Washington (Rose Bowl): 8
2017: Army, Penn State, Michigan State, at Michigan, Wisconsin (Big Ten Championship), USC (Cotton Bowl): 6
2016: Tulsa, at Oklahoma, at Wisconsin, Northwestern, Nebraska, Michigan: 6
2015: at Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, Penn State, at Michigan, Notre Dame (Fiesta): 6
2 Alabama
5-Year Quality Win Total: 42
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: 1
2019: Southern Miss, at Texas A&M, Tennessee, Michigan (Citrus Bowl): 4
2018: Arkansas State, Texas A&M, Missouri, at LSU, Mississippi State, Auburn, Georgia (SEC Championship), Oklahoma (Orange Bowl): 8
2017: Florida State, Fresno State, Colorado State, at Texas A&M, LSU, at Mississippi State, Clemson (Sugar Bowl), Georgia (College Football Playoff National Championship): 8
2016: USC, WKU, Kentucky, at Arkansas, at Tennessee, Texas A&M, at LSU, Auburn, Florida (SEC Championship), Washington (Peach): 10
2015: Wisconsin, Middle Tennessee, at Georgia, Arkansas, at Texas A&M, Tennessee, LSU, at Mississippi State, at Auburn, Florida (SEC Championship), Michigan State (Cotton), Clemson (CFP Championship): 12
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1 Clemson
5-Year Quality Win Total: 46
2019 Quality Win Total Ranking: 2
2019: Texas A&M, Charlotte, at North Carolina, at Louisville, Wake Forest, Virginia (ACC Championship), Ohio State (Fiesta Bowl): 7
2018: at Texas A&M, Georgia Southern, at Georgia Tech, Syracuse, at Wake Forest, NC State, at Boston College, Duke, South Carolina, Notre Dame (Cotton Bowl), Alabama (College Football Playoff National Championship): 11
2017: Auburn, at Louisville, Boston College, at Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, at NC State, Florida State, at South Carolina, Miami (ACC Championship): 9
2016: at Auburn, Troy, at Georgia Tech, Louisville, at Boston College, NC State, at Florida State, at Wake Forest, Virginia Tech (ACC Championship), Ohio State (Fiesta), Alabama (SEC Championship): 11
2015: Appalachian State, at Louisville, Notre Dame, at Miami, at NC State, Florida State, North Carolina (ACC Championship), Oklahoma (Orange): 8
