Win Chains for Penn State
8:35am (US Mountain) 9 Apr 2022

PL is the length of the shortest path from Penn State to the ending team
#P is the total number of paths of that length
W? is
• W if the weighted win chain is stronger than that from the ending team to Penn State
• L if the ending team has a stronger win chain to Penn State
• T if the weighted win chains have the same value in each direction
[PL #P] is the length and number of the shortest paths back to *
PL#PW?Win Chains from Penn State(*) to...
31W∗→Rutgers→Syracuse→Boston College [4 1]
41L∗→Ball State→Western Michigan→Pittsburgh→Clemson [4 2]
41T∗→Auburn→LSU→Florida→Florida State [4 1]
31W∗→Auburn→Mississippi→Louisville [5 4]
41T∗→Auburn→LSU→Mississippi State→North Carolina State [4 1]
21W∗→Rutgers→Syracuse [4 1]
42L∗→Ball State→Western Michigan→Pittsburgh→Wake Forest [3 2]
∗→Maryland→Virginia Tech→North Carolina→Wake Forest
31W∗→Maryland→Virginia Tech→Duke [4 1]
31W∗→Maryland→Virginia Tech→Georgia Tech [4 1]
42T∗→Wisconsin→Purdue→Michigan State→Miami-Florida [4 2]
∗→Maryland→Virginia Tech→North Carolina→Miami-Florida
31T∗→Maryland→Virginia Tech→North Carolina [3 1]
31T∗→Ball State→Western Michigan→Pittsburgh [3 1]
31L∗→Maryland→Virginia Tech→Virginia [2 1]
21W∗→Maryland→Virginia Tech [3 1]
11W∗→Indiana [6 1]
11W∗→Maryland [2 1]
41L∗→Wisconsin→Purdue→Michigan State→Michigan [1 1]
31L∗→Wisconsin→Purdue→Michigan State [1 1]
51L∗→Wisconsin→Purdue→Michigan State→Michigan→Ohio State [1 1]
11W∗→Rutgers [2 1]
23L∗→Wisconsin→Illinois [1 1]
∗→Maryland→Illinois
∗→Rutgers→Illinois
PL#PW?Win Chains from Penn State(*) to...
21L∗→Wisconsin→Iowa [1 1]
33T∗→Wisconsin→Illinois→Minnesota [3 3]
∗→Maryland→Illinois→Minnesota
∗→Rutgers→Illinois→Minnesota
21W∗→Wisconsin→Nebraska [4 1]
21W∗→Wisconsin→Northwestern [3 1]
21L∗→Wisconsin→Purdue [2 3]
11W∗→Wisconsin [2 2]
41L∗→Maryland→West Virginia→TCU→Baylor [3 1]
32W∗→Wisconsin→Iowa→Iowa State [5 3]
∗→Maryland→West Virginia→Iowa State
31W∗→Maryland→West Virginia→Kansas [6 1]
43W∗→Wisconsin→Iowa→Iowa State→Kansas State [4 1]
∗→Auburn→Arkansas→Texas→Kansas State
∗→Maryland→West Virginia→Iowa State→Kansas State
52L∗→Wisconsin→Iowa→Iowa State→Oklahoma State→Oklahoma [3 1]
∗→Maryland→West Virginia→TCU→Baylor→Oklahoma
42L∗→Wisconsin→Iowa→Iowa State→Oklahoma State [4 3]
∗→Maryland→West Virginia→Iowa State→Oklahoma State
32W∗→Auburn→Arkansas→Texas [5 3]
∗→Maryland→West Virginia→Texas
31W∗→Maryland→West Virginia→TCU [4 1]
42T∗→Auburn→Arkansas→Texas→Texas Tech [4 2]
∗→Maryland→West Virginia→TCU→Texas Tech
21W∗→Maryland→West Virginia [4 1]
PL#PW?Win Chains from Penn State(*) to...
52L∗→Wisconsin→Iowa→Iowa State→Oklahoma State→Notre Dame [3 3]
∗→Maryland→West Virginia→Iowa State→Oklahoma State→Notre Dame
43W∗→Wisconsin→Arizona State→UCLA→California [4 1]
∗→Ball State→Western Michigan→Nevada→California
∗→Maryland→West Virginia→TCU→California
41L∗→Wisconsin→Arizona State→Stanford→Oregon [2 1]
31W∗→Wisconsin→Purdue→Oregon State [4 2]
31T∗→Wisconsin→Arizona State→Stanford [3 1]
31W∗→Wisconsin→Arizona State→Washington [4 1]
42W∗→Wisconsin→Arizona State→Southern California→Washington State [4 1]
∗→Auburn→LSU→Central Michigan→Washington State
31W∗→Wisconsin→Arizona State→Arizona [5 1]
21W∗→Wisconsin→Arizona State [4 1]
31W∗→Wisconsin→Arizona State→Colorado [5 2]
31W∗→Wisconsin→Arizona State→Southern California [5 1]
31W∗→Wisconsin→Arizona State→UCLA [4 1]
41L∗→Wisconsin→Purdue→Oregon State→Utah [3 1]
31W∗→Auburn→LSU→Florida [4 1]
51L∗→Auburn→LSU→Texas A&M→Alabama→Georgia [2 2]
42L∗→Wisconsin→Purdue→Tennessee→Kentucky [2 1]
∗→Auburn→LSU→Mississippi State→Kentucky
33W∗→Wisconsin→Army→Missouri [4 2]
∗→Ball State→Army→Missouri
∗→Auburn→Arkansas→Missouri
43L∗→Wisconsin→Army→Missouri→South Carolina [3 1]
PL#PW?Win Chains from Penn State(*) to...
∗→Ball State→Army→Missouri→South Carolina
∗→Auburn→LSU→Texas A&M→South Carolina
32W∗→Wisconsin→Purdue→Tennessee [3 1]
∗→Auburn→Mississippi→Tennessee
31W∗→Auburn→Mississippi→Vanderbilt [7 1]
41L∗→Auburn→LSU→Texas A&M→Alabama [2 1]
21L∗→Auburn→Arkansas [1 1]
11W∗→Auburn [2 1]
21W∗→Auburn→LSU [4 2]
21T∗→Auburn→Mississippi [2 1]
31L∗→Auburn→LSU→Mississippi State [3 2]
31L∗→Auburn→LSU→Texas A&M [3 2]
41W∗→Auburn→Mississippi→Louisville→UCF [5 3]
51L∗→Auburn→LSU→Texas A&M→Alabama→Cincinnati [4 2]
41W∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Appalachian State→East Carolina [5 2]
41W∗→Auburn→LSU→Florida→South Florida [6 1]
21W∗→Rutgers→Temple [5 1]
52L∗→Auburn→Arkansas→Texas→Texas Tech→Houston [3 1]
∗→Maryland→West Virginia→TCU→Texas Tech→Houston
31W∗→Rutgers→Temple→Memphis [4 1]
44W∗→Wisconsin→Army→Air Force→Navy [6 4]
∗→Ball State→Army→Air Force→Navy
∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Marshall→Navy
∗→Rutgers→Temple→Memphis→Navy
41T∗→Rutgers→Temple→Memphis→SMU [4 1]
PL#PW?Win Chains from Penn State(*) to...
31W∗→Auburn→Mississippi→Tulane [7 1]
55W∗→Wisconsin→Army→Air Force→Navy→Tulsa [5 2]
∗→Ball State→Army→Air Force→Navy→Tulsa
∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Marshall→Navy→Tulsa
∗→Maryland→West Virginia→Iowa State→Oklahoma State→Tulsa
∗→Rutgers→Temple→Memphis→Navy→Tulsa
35W∗→Wisconsin→Illinois→UNC-Charlotte [5 1]
∗→Auburn→Georgia State→UNC-Charlotte
∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→UNC-Charlotte
∗→Maryland→Illinois→UNC-Charlotte
∗→Rutgers→Illinois→UNC-Charlotte
31W∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Florida Atlantic [6 2]
31W∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Florida Intl [0 0]
31W∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Marshall [4 1]
32W∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Middle Tenn State [5 1]
∗→Maryland→Virginia Tech→Middle Tenn State
32W∗→Ball State→Buffalo→Old Dominion [5 1]
∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Old Dominion
21W∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky [5 1]
45W∗→Wisconsin→Army→Liberty→UAB [4 2]
∗→Ball State→Army→Liberty→UAB
∗→Auburn→Arkansas→Rice→UAB
∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Rice→UAB
∗→Rutgers→Syracuse→Liberty→UAB
43W∗→Ball State→Buffalo→Old Dominion→Louisiana Tech [4 1]
PL#PW?Win Chains from Penn State(*) to...
∗→Auburn→LSU→Mississippi State→Louisiana Tech
∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Old Dominion→Louisiana Tech
46L∗→Wisconsin→Eastern Michigan→Miami-Ohio→North Texas [3 1]
∗→Ball State→Army→Miami-Ohio→North Texas
∗→Auburn→Arkansas→Missouri→North Texas
∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Marshall→North Texas
∗→Maryland→Kent State→Miami-Ohio→North Texas
∗→Rutgers→Syracuse→Liberty→North Texas
32W∗→Auburn→Arkansas→Rice [5 2]
∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Rice
43W∗→Auburn→Georgia State→Troy→Southern Miss [5 1]
∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Middle Tenn State→Southern Miss
∗→Maryland→Virginia Tech→Middle Tenn State→Southern Miss
56L∗→Wisconsin→Eastern Michigan→Miami-Ohio→North Texas→Texas-San Antonio [2 1]
∗→Ball State→Army→Miami-Ohio→North Texas→Texas-San Antonio
∗→Auburn→Arkansas→Missouri→North Texas→Texas-San Antonio
∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Marshall→North Texas→Texas-San Antonio
∗→Maryland→Kent State→Miami-Ohio→North Texas→Texas-San Antonio
∗→Rutgers→Syracuse→Liberty→North Texas→Texas-San Antonio
41W∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Florida Atlantic→UTEP [5 1]
22W∗→Wisconsin→Army [5 3]
∗→Ball State→Army
56L∗→Wisconsin→Army→Air Force→Boise State→BYU [3 1]
∗→Ball State→Army→Air Force→Boise State→BYU
∗→Auburn→Arkansas→Rice→UAB→BYU
PL#PW?Win Chains from Penn State(*) to...
∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Rice→UAB→BYU
∗→Maryland→West Virginia→TCU→Baylor→BYU
∗→Rutgers→Syracuse→Liberty→UAB→BYU
32W∗→Wisconsin→Army→Connecticut [0 0]
∗→Ball State→Army→Connecticut
34W∗→Wisconsin→Army→Liberty [4 1]
∗→Ball State→Army→Liberty
∗→Auburn→Mississippi→Liberty
∗→Rutgers→Syracuse→Liberty
32W∗→Wisconsin→Eastern Michigan→Massachusetts [0 0]
∗→Ball State→Army→Massachusetts
41W∗→Ball State→Western Michigan→San Jose State→New Mexico State [0 0]
22W∗→Ball State→Akron [5 1]
∗→Auburn→Akron
34W∗→Wisconsin→Eastern Michigan→Bowling Green [4 1]
∗→Ball State→Eastern Michigan→Bowling Green
∗→Auburn→Akron→Bowling Green
∗→Maryland→Kent State→Bowling Green
21W∗→Ball State→Buffalo [6 3]
21W∗→Maryland→Kent State [5 2]
33W∗→Wisconsin→Eastern Michigan→Miami-Ohio [4 1]
∗→Ball State→Army→Miami-Ohio
∗→Maryland→Kent State→Miami-Ohio
34W∗→Wisconsin→Northwestern→Ohio [5 1]
∗→Ball State→Buffalo→Ohio
PL#PW?Win Chains from Penn State(*) to...
∗→Maryland→Kent State→Ohio
∗→Rutgers→Syracuse→Ohio
11W∗→Ball State [5 1]
31W∗→Auburn→LSU→Central Michigan [5 2]
22W∗→Wisconsin→Eastern Michigan [5 3]
∗→Ball State→Eastern Michigan
32W∗→Ball State→Western Michigan→Northern Illinois [5 2]
∗→Maryland→Kent State→Northern Illinois
32W∗→Wisconsin→Eastern Michigan→Toledo [5 2]
∗→Ball State→Eastern Michigan→Toledo
21W∗→Ball State→Western Michigan [4 1]
32W∗→Wisconsin→Army→Air Force [5 1]
∗→Ball State→Army→Air Force
42W∗→Wisconsin→Army→Air Force→Boise State [4 1]
∗→Ball State→Army→Air Force→Boise State
31W∗→Wisconsin→Iowa→Colorado State [6 1]
43W∗→Wisconsin→Army→Air Force→New Mexico [6 1]
∗→Ball State→Army→Air Force→New Mexico
∗→Auburn→LSU→Texas A&M→New Mexico
52L∗→Wisconsin→Army→Air Force→Wyoming→Utah State [4 1]
∗→Ball State→Army→Air Force→Wyoming→Utah State
42W∗→Wisconsin→Army→Air Force→Wyoming [5 1]
∗→Ball State→Army→Air Force→Wyoming
52L∗→Wisconsin→Army→Air Force→Boise State→Fresno State [4 1]
∗→Ball State→Army→Air Force→Boise State→Fresno State
PL#PW?Win Chains from Penn State(*) to...
42W∗→Wisconsin→Purdue→Oregon State→Hawaii [5 1]
∗→Ball State→Western Michigan→San Jose State→Hawaii
31W∗→Ball State→Western Michigan→Nevada [5 2]
62L∗→Wisconsin→Army→Air Force→Wyoming→Utah State→San Diego State [3 1]
∗→Ball State→Army→Air Force→Wyoming→Utah State→San Diego State
31W∗→Ball State→Western Michigan→San Jose State [6 2]
31W∗→Wisconsin→Arizona State→UNLV [6 1]
31W∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Appalachian State [5 1]
31W∗→Auburn→Georgia State→Coastal Carolina [6 3]
31W∗→Auburn→Georgia State→Georgia Southern [7 2]
21W∗→Auburn→Georgia State [6 3]
31W∗→Auburn→Georgia State→Troy [6 2]
31W∗→Auburn→Georgia State→Arkansas State [6 1]
44W∗→Wisconsin→Eastern Michigan→Texas State→South Alabama [5 1]
∗→Ball State→Eastern Michigan→Texas State→South Alabama
∗→Auburn→Georgia State→UL Monroe→South Alabama
∗→Indiana→Western Kentucky→Appalachian State→South Alabama
33W∗→Wisconsin→Eastern Michigan→Texas State [6 2]
∗→Ball State→Eastern Michigan→Texas State
∗→Auburn→Georgia State→Texas State
42W∗→Auburn→Arkansas→Texas→UL Lafayette [5 2]
∗→Maryland→West Virginia→Texas→UL Lafayette
31W∗→Auburn→Georgia State→UL Monroe [5 1]