Who had the most elite losses over the last five years? Here are the 1-130 rankings of the teams and their losses to the stars – the defeats to the powerhouses on the slate.
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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 more than acceptable.
So who, over the last five years, had the most Elite Losses – the ones to the teams that finished a season with two losses or fewer?
The point behind all of this is to give some teams a break for having to deal with rough spots on the schedule. It’s not your fault … it’s not your fault …
Losses to FBS teams that finished a season with two losses or fewer.
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130 UTSA 0
T118 Houston 1
T118 Duke 1
T118 North Carolina 1
T118 Virginia 1
T118 Charlotte 1
T118 Marshall 1
T118 Western Kentucky 1
T118 UAB 1
T118 UTEP 1
T118 Liberty 1
T118 Boise State 1
T118 Arizona State 1
T101 Louisiana Tech 2
T101 Rice 2
T101 Army 2
T101 Massachusetts 2
T101 New Mexico State 2
T101 Bowling Green 2
T101 Ball State 2
T101 Western Michigan 2
T101 Utah State 2
T101 Nevada 2
T101 San Diego State 2
T101 UNLV 2
T101 Kentucky 2
T101 Arkansas 2
T101 Appalachian State 2
T101 Coastal Carolina 2
T101 South Alabama 2
T78 UCF 3
T78 Clemson 3
T78 Ohio State 3
T78 FIU 3
T78 Old Dominion 3
T78 Southern Miss 3
T78 BYU 3
T78 Buffalo 3
T78 Central Michigan 3
T78 Air Force 3
T78 Colorado State 3
T78 New Mexico 3
T78 Fresno State 3
T78 California 3
T78 Washington State 3
T78 Colorado 3
T78 Georgia 3
T78 Missouri 3
T78 Alabama 3
T78 Georgia State 3
T78 Texas State 3
T78 Troy 3
T78 ULM 3
T60 Miami 4
T60 Iowa 4
T60 Purdue 4
T60 Florida Atlantic 4
T60 Middle Tennessee 4
T60 North Texas 4
T60 Miami Univ. 4
T60 Ohio 4
T60 Eastern Michigan 4
T60 Northern Illinois 4
T60 Toledo 4
T60 Hawaii 4
T60 Stanford 4
T60 Arizona 4
T60 Utah 4
T60 Ole Miss 4
T60 Arkansas State 4
T60 Georgia Southern 4
T40 Temple 5
T40 Tulsa 5
T40 USF 5
T40 Boston College 5
T40 NC State 5
T40 Virginia Tech 5
T40 Baylor 5
T40 Wisconsin 5
T40 Akron 5
T40 Kent State 5
T40 San Jose State 5
T40 Oregon 5
T40 Oregon State 5
T40 Washington 5
T40 UCLA 5
T40 USC 5
T40 Florida 5
T40 Vanderbilt 5
T40 LSU 5
T40 Louisiana 5
T25 Cincinnati 6
T25 East Carolina 6
T25 Tulane 6
T25 Syracuse 6
T25 Wake Forest 6
T25 Georgia Tech 6
T25 Pitt 6
T25 Oklahoma 6
T25 Texas 6
T25 Michigan State 6
T25 Penn State 6
T25 Notre Dame 6
T25 South Carolina 6
T25 Mississippi State 6
T25 Texas A&M 6
T10 Connecticut 7
T10 Memphis 7
T10 Florida State 7
T10 Louisville 7
T10 Kansas 7
T10 Kansas State 7
T10 Oklahoma State 7
T10 TCU 7
T10 West Virginia 7
T10 Illinois 7
T10 Minnesota 7
T10 Nebraska 7
T10 Northwestern 7
T10 Wyoming 7
T10 Tennessee 7
NEXT: Top Rankings
2019 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis: Elite Loss Rankings
Losses to FBS teams that finished a season with two losses or fewer.
T8. Navy
2018: Notre Dame, at Cincinnati, at UCF, Army
2017: UCF
2016: at USF
2015: at Houston
2014: Ohio State
5 Year Elite Loss Total: 8
T8. Texas Tech
2018: Oklahoma
2017: at Oklahoma, USF (Birmingham)
2016: Oklahoma
2015: TCU, at Oklahoma
2014: at TCU, Baylor
5 Year Elite Loss Total: 8
T4. Auburn
2018: at Alabama
2017: at Clemson, Georgia (SEC Championship), UCF (Peach)
2016: Clemson, at Alabama, Oklahoma (Sugar)
2015: Alabama
2014: at Alabama
5 Year Elite Loss Total: 9
T4. Iowa State
2018: Oklahoma, Washington State (Alamo)
2017: None
2016: Oklahoma
2015: Iowa, at Toledo, TCU, at Oklahoma
2014: Baylor, at TCU
5 Year Elite Loss Total: 9
T4. Rutgers
2018: at Ohio State
2017: Ohio State, at Penn State
2016: at Washington, at Ohio State
2015: Michigan State, Ohio State
2014: at Ohio State, at Michigan State
5 Year Elite Loss Total: 9
T4. SMU
2018: at UCF, Cincinnati
2017: UCF
2016: USF
2015: at TCU, at Houston, at Navy
2014: at Baylor, TCU
5 Year Elite Loss Total: 9
T2. Indiana
2018: at Ohio State
2017: Ohio State, at Penn State, Wisconsin
2016: at Ohio State
2015: Ohio State, at Michigan State, Iowa
2014: Michigan State, at Ohio State
5 Year Elite Loss Total: 10
T2. Michigan
2018: at Notre Dame, at Ohio State
2017: at Penn State, at Wisconsin, Ohio State
2016: at Ohio State
2015: Michigan State, Ohio State
2014: at Michigan State, at Ohio State
5 Year Elite Loss Total: 10
1. Maryland
2018: Ohio State
2017: UCF, at Ohio State, at Wisconsin, Penn State
2016: Ohio State
2015: at Ohio State, at Iowa, at Michigan State
2014: Ohio State, Michigan State
5 Year Elite Loss Total: 11
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