How many elite wins did you get? Who came up with the really, really big victories? Here are the 1-130 rankings of the teams with FBS wins over the strongest and best teams each season.
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Coming up with lots of wins always matters, but pulling off the massive victory over the top team in the big game can define a season.
In the CFN Five-Year Program Analysis, an Elite Win is a victory over an FBS team that finished with two losses or fewer, or on the road, neutral site game, or in a bowl game against a team that lost three games. An extra 0.5 is added on to the Elite Win score when a team comes up with a road victory or in a bowl game over a team that finished with two losses or fewer.
As you’ll notice, it’s really, really hard to get a win over a great team – that’s why they’re Elite Wins.
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T71 Akron 0
T71 Arizona State 0
T71 Ball State 0
T71 Boston College 0
T71 Bowling Green 0
T71 Buffalo 0
T71 BYU 0
T71 California 0
T71 Charlotte 0
T71 Cincinnati 0
T71 Coastal Carolina 0
T71 East Carolina 0
T71 Eastern Michigan 0
T71 FIU 0
T71 Florida Atlantic 0
T71 Georgia State 0
T71 Illinois 0
T71 Kansas 0
T71 Kent State 0
T71 Liberty 0
T71 Louisiana 0
T71 Louisiana Tech 0
T71 Louisville 0
T71 Maryland 0
T71 Massachusetts 0
T71 Memphis 0
T71 Miami Univ. 0
T71 Michigan 0
T71 Middle Tennessee 0
T71 Mississippi State 0
T71 NC State 0
T71 Nevada 0
T71 New Mexico 0
T71 New Mexico State 0
T71 North Texas 0
T71 Ohio 0
T71 Old Dominion 0
T71 Oregon State 0
T71 Rice 0
T71 Rutgers 0
T71 San Jose State 0
T71 SMU 0
T71 South Carolina 0
T71 Southern Miss 0
T71 Texas A&M 0
T71 Texas State 0
T71 Texas Tech 0
T71 Toledo 0
T71 Tulane 0
T71 Tulsa 0
T71 UAB 0
T71 ULM 0
T71 UNLV 0
T71 USF 0
T71 Utah State 0
T71 UTEP 0
T71 UTSA 0
T71 Vanderbilt 0
T71 Wake Forest 0
T71 Wyoming 0
T41 Air Force 1
T41 Appalachian State 1
T41 Army 1
T41 Colorado 1
T41 Colorado State 1
T41 Connecticut 1
T41 Duke 1
T41 Florida 1
T41 Georgia Southern 1
T41 Hawaii 1
T41 Kansas State 1
T41 Kentucky 1
T41 Marshall 1
T41 Minnesota 1
T41 Missouri 1
T41 Navy 1
T41 Nebraska 1
T41 North Carolina 1
T41 Northwestern 1
T41 Oklahoma State 1
T41 Purdue 1
T41 San Diego State 1
T41 Syracuse 1
T41 TCU 1
T41 Temple 1
T41 Tennessee 1
T41 Troy 1
T41 Virginia 1
T41 Washington State 1
T41 West Virginia 1
T33 Arizona 1.5
T33 Iowa State 1.5
T33 Northern Illinois 1.5
T33 Pitt 1.5
T33 Virginia Tech 1.5
T33 Washington 1.5
T33 Western Kentucky 1.5
T33 Western Michigan 1.5
T22 Arkansas 2
T22 Auburn 2
T22 Central Michigan 2
T22 Fresno State 2
T22 Georgia Tech 2
T22 Indiana 2
T22 LSU 2
T22 Miami 2
T22 UCF 2
T22 UCLA 2
T22 Utah 2
T18 Arkansas State 2.5
T18 South Alabama 2.5
T18 Stanford 2.5
T18 Wisconsin 2.5
T16 Iowa 3
T16 Notre Dame 3
T14 Florida State 3.5
T14 USC 3.5
T12 Baylor 4
T12 Texas 4
11 Ole Miss 4.5
NEXT: 5 Year Program Analysis Top Ten in Elite Wins
In the CFN Five-Year Program Analysis, an Elite Win is a victory over an FBS team that finished with two losses or fewer, or on the road, neutral site game, or in a bowl game against a team that lost three games. An extra 0.5 is added on to the Elite Win score when a team comes up with a road victory or in a bowl game over a team that finished with two losses or fewer.
T8 Boise State
2018: at Troy, Fresno State, Utah State
2017: Troy, at San Diego State
2016: None
2015: None
2014: None
Five-Year Program Analysis Elite Win Score: 5
T8 Georgia
2018: Florida, at Kentucky
2017: at Notre Dame, Oklahoma (Rose Bowl)
2016: None
2015: None
2014: at Missouri
Five-Year Program Analysis Elite Win Score: 5
T8 Oregon
2018: None
2017: None
2016: None
2015: at Stanford
2014: Michigan State, at UCLA, Florida State (Rose)
Five-Year Program Analysis Elite Win Score: 5
T8 Penn State
2018: Appalachian State
2017: at Northwestern, Washington (Fiesta)
2016: Ohio State, Wisconsin (Big Ten Championship)
2015: None
2014: None
Five-Year Program Analysis Elite Win Score: 5
T6 Houston
2018: None
2017: at USF
2016: Oklahoma
2015: Navy, Florida State (Peach Bowl)
2014: at Memphis
Five-Year Program Analysis Elite Win Score: 5.5
5 Michigan State
2018: Utah State
2017: Penn State
2016: None
2015: at Michigan, at Ohio State, Iowa (Big Ten Championship)
2014: Baylor (Cotton)
Five-Year Program Analysis Elite Win Score: 7
4 Oklahoma
2018: Army
2017: at Ohio State, at Oklahoma State, TCU (Big 12 Championship)
2016: at West Virginia
2015: TCU, at Oklahoma State
2014: None
Five-Year Program Analysis Elite Win Score: 8.5
T2 Alabama
2018: at LSU, Georgia (SEC Championship), Oklahoma (Orange Bowl)
2017: Clemson (Sugar), Georgia (CFP Championship)
2016: Washington (Peach)
2015: at Georgia, Michigan State (Cotton), Clemson (College Football Playoff National Championship)
Five-Year Program Analysis Elite Win Score: 11.5
T2 Clemson
2018: Notre Dame (Cotton), Alabama (College Football Playoff National Championship)
2017: Miami (ACC Championship)
2016: at Florida State, Ohio State (Fiesta), Alabama (College Football Playoff National Championship)
2015: Appalachian State, North Carolina (ACC Championship), Oklahoma (Orange)
2014: None
Five-Year Program Analysis Elite Win Score: 11.5
1 Ohio State
2018: None
2017: Penn State, Wisconsin (Big Ten Championship), USC (Cotton)
2016: at Oklahoma, at Wisconsin
2015: at Michigan, Notre Dame (Fiesta)
2014: at Michigan State, Alabama (Sugar), Oregon (College Football Playoff Championship Game)
Five-Year Program Analysis Elite Win Score: 12
