The state of Texas had more wins from their FBS teams during the 2017 college football season than any other state. But the Lone Star State only achieved the honor because it has five more teams than any other state. It was actually a miserable season for most Texas teams.
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Texas is one of 41 different states with at least one FBS teams and the only one with more than seven, therefore it's not surprising the state had the most wins last year. It is, however, surprising it only earned the honor by two wins despite having four more teams that the next most FBS-rich state.
While Texas ranks first in total wins, it ranks 32nd in win percentage. The 12 FBS teams combined for a 64-86 record. Only two teams finished with more than seven wins (North Texas, 9-5; TCU, 11-3) and four had two or fewer wins (UTEP, 0-12; Baylor, 1-11; Rice, 1-11; Texas State, 2-10). And Texas also ranked 32nd in average scoring margin (minus-29.6 points per team), largely due to minus-300 and minus-196 margins from UTEP and Texas State, respectively.
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Here's an interactive map breakdown of Total Wins, Average Wins Per Team, Win Percentage and Average Scoring Margin for each of the 41 states with at least one FBS team.
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Total Wins
They were the only two states with at least 60 wins last year. California (53 wins from seven teams) and Ohio (51 wins from eight teams) were third and fourth, respectively.
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Average Wins Per Team
There are eight states with one FBS team. Only three of those states had more than five wins and only one — Wisconsin (12) — had more than eight. The Badger State is the only state that averaged 10 or more wins per team.
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Win Percentage
Thanks to the Badgers' 13-1 mark, Wisconsin also wins highest win percentage.
The .923 clip is more 16 percentage points higher than the second-place state, Washington (.731), who had Washington and Washington State go 10-3 and 9-4, respectively.
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Average Scoring Margin
Wisconsin also had the best scoring margin. The Badgers scored 439 points while allowing just 171 (plus-268). They are one of six states with a margin of plus-100 or higher, a group that includes Florida, whose seven teams had an average margin of plus-117.9.
Five states had a margin of minus-100 or worse, though only one has multiple teams: Kansas (minus-102). Guess which team is responsible for that?
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