Who had the most elite losses over the last five years? Here are the rankings of the teams by conference, and their losses to the stars.
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Some losses are forgivable.
If you’re dealing with a top team in a year – or in the case of Tennessee and the SEC West, Alabama every year – you’re going to get tagged with a tough defeat that’s hard to get too angry over.
So who, over the last five years, had the most Elite Losses – the ones over the teams that finished a season with two losses or fewer?
Losses to FBS teams that finished a season with two losses or fewer.
– CFN Preview 2019: Team Previews, Rankings, Features
ACC
T1 Florida State 7
T1 Louisville 7
T3 Syracuse 6
T3 Wake Forest 6
T3 Georgia Tech 6
T3 Pitt 6
T7 Boston College 5
T7 NC State 5
T7 Virginia Tech 5
10 Miami 4
11 Clemson 3
T12 Duke 1
T12 North Carolina 1
T12 Virginia 1
American Athletic
1 SMU 9
2 Navy 8
T3 Connecticut 7
T3 Memphis 7
T5 Cincinnati 6
T5 East Carolina 6
T5 Tulane 6
T8 Temple 5
T8 Tulsa 5
T8 USF 5
11 UCF 3
12 Houston 1
Big Ten
1 Maryland 11
T2 Indiana 10
T2 Michigan 10
4 Rutgers 8
T5 Illinois 7
T5 Minnesota 7
T5 Nebraska 7
T5 Northwestern 7
T9 Michigan State 6
T9 Penn State 6
11 Wisconsin 5
T12 Iowa 4
T12 Purdue 4
14 Ohio State 3
Big 12
1 Iowa State 9
2 Texas Tech 8
T3 Kansas 7
T3 Kansas State 7
T3 Oklahoma State 7
T3 TCU 7
T3 West Virginia 7
T8 Oklahoma 6
T8 Texas 6
10 Baylor 5
Conference USA
T1 Florida Atlantic 4
T1 Middle Tennessee 4
T1 North Texas 4
T4 FIU 3
T4 Old Dominion 3
T4 Southern Miss 3
T7 Louisiana Tech 2
T7 Rice 2
T9 Charlotte 1
T9 Marshall 1
T9 WKU 1
T9 UAB 1
T9 UTEP 1
14 UTSA 0
Independents
1 Notre Dame 6
2 BYU 3
T3 Army 2
T3 Massachusetts 2
T3 New Mexico State 2
6 Liberty 1
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2018 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis: Elite Loss Rankings
Losses to FBS teams that finished a season with two losses or fewer.
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