How many quality wins did you get? Who came up with the good victories? Here are the rankings by conference of the teams with FBS wins over teams with winning record.
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Did you beat the good teams? It’s easy to finish with a good record after facing a slew of weak and sad squads, 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 with a winning record. Who had the most of those in each conference over the last five years?
– CFN Preview 2019: Team Previews, Rankings, Features
ACC
1 Clemson 44
2 Florida State 26
3 Miami 19
4 Virginia Tech 16
5 Georgia Tech 15
6 Pitt 14
T7 Boston College 13
T7 NC State 13
T7 Duke 13
T10 Louisville 12
T10 North Carolina 12
12 Wake Forest 11
13 Syracuse 10
14 Virginia 8
American Athletic
T1 UCF 16
T1 Houston 16
3 Navy 13
4 Memphis 12
5 Temple 11
6 Cincinnati 7
7 USF 6
T8 SMU 5
T8 Tulane 5
T10 Connecticut 3
T10 East Carolina 3
T10 Tulsa 3
Big Ten
1 Ohio State 36
2 Wisconsin 22
3 Michigan State 19
4 Northwestern 18
5 Penn State 17
T6 Michigan 15
T6 Iowa 15
T8 Minnesota 12
T8 Nebraska 12
10 Purdue 8
T11 Maryland 6
T11 Illinois 6
13 Indiana 5
14 Rutgers 4
Big 12
1 Oklahoma 29
2 TCU 21
3 Oklahoma State 18
4 Texas 14
5 West Virginia 13
T6 Baylor 10
T6 Kansas State 10
T6 Texas Tech 10
9 Iowa State 8
10 Kansas 2
Conference USA
1 WKU 16
2 Louisiana Tech 12
3 UAB 11
T4 Marshall 9
T4 Southern Miss 9
T6 Florida Atlantic 8
T6 North Texas 8
8 Middle Tennessee 7
9 Old Dominion 6
T10 FIU 4
T10 UTSA 4
12 Charlotte 3
13 Rice 1
14 UTEP 0
Independents
1 Notre Dame 23
2 Army 11
3 BYU 8
T4 Liberty 1
T4 UMass 1
T4 New Mexico State 1
NEXT: 5 Year Program Analysis Top Ten in Quality Wins
MAC
1 Toledo 15
2 Western Michigan 12
3 Northern Illinois 11
4 Ohio 9
T5 Buffalo 7
T5 Central Michigan 7
T7 Miami Univ. 4
T7 Ball State 4
T9 Bowling Green 3
T9 Eastern Michigan 3
11 Akron 2
12 Kent State 0
Mountain West
1 Boise State 25
T2 Fresno State 12
T2 San Diego State 12
4 Air Force 11
5 Utah State 10
6 Wyoming 8
7 Colorado State 7
8 Nevada 5
T9 New Mexico 4
T9 UNLV 4
11 Hawaii 3
12 San Jose State 2
Pac-12
1 Stanford 24
T2 Oregon 19
T2 Washington 19
T2 USC 19
T5 Washington State 17
T5 Arizona State 17
T5 Utah 17
8 UCLA 15
9 Arizona 11
10 California 8
11 Colorado 6
12 Oregon State 2
SEC
1 Alabama 47
2 Georgia 27
3 LSU 22
4 Auburn 20
5 Mississippi State 18
T6 Tennessee 17
T6 Ole Miss 17
T6 Texas A&M 17
9 Florida 16
10 Missouri 14
11 Kentucky 11
T12 South Carolina 10
T12 Arkansas 10
14 Vanderbilt 8
Sun Belt
1 Appalachian State 12
2 Troy 9
T3 Georgia State 7
T3 South Alabama 7
5 Arkansas State 5
6 Louisiana 4
T7 Coastal Carolina 3
T7 ULM 3
9 Texas State 2
10 Georgia Southern 1
– CFN Preview 2019: Team Previews, Rankings, Features
