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The discussion about the "Mount Rushmore of WIS" qualifications prompted me to break out the school history scraper tool yatzr wrote for me. I did something like this about a year ago, but here's some updated numbers:

Number of Unique User ID's to have played GD : 25,790
Number of User IDs with only one season : 11,226

Total number of non-exhibition games played (as of 6/25/2019) : 6.396,563 (one full GD season has 4151 games if I counted right)

Most NC by School
D1-A Penn State 194
D1-AA Northern Iowa 79
D-II St.Joseph's College 92
D-III St. Olaf College 123

Most Wins by School
D1-A USC 18,561
D1-AA Northern Iowa 16,720
D-II Humboldt State 20,964
D-III Huntingdon College 19,669

Most Losses by School
D1-A Indiana 14,683
D1-AA Idaho State 12.332
D-II North Dakota 12,072
D-III DePauw University 11,802

(The top 34 schools with the most losses, and 44 of the top 50, are all in D1-A. When you consider that there are only 120 teams in D1-A, it really is the land of the haves and the have nots.)

Number of Teams without a NC

D-1A : 37
D-1AA : 0
D-II : 12
D-III : 29

Every team has won a Conference Championship. Air Force and Indiana have the least, at 6 each.
6/25/2019 7:59 PM (edited)
Coach with the Most Seasons : dawgnuts 941
Coach with the Most Seasons, no NC : sjurat 774
Coach with the Most Seasons, no CC : ell3 130

Coach with the Most Wins : mfnmeyers 11,126 (all at D3 St Olaf, across all eleven worlds)
Coach with the Most Wins (multiple divisions) : dawgnuts 10,724
Coach with the Most NC : mfnmeyers 120
Coach with the Most NC (multiple divisions) cebrake 99
Coach with the Most NC per Seasons*: azcowboy1 (5 NC in 11 Seasons)
Honorable Mention : hoovcats (36 NC in 107 Season.)
Honorable Mention : slid64er (74 NC in 264 Seasons)
* Technically speaking, brygold50 won 2 NC in 3 Seasons at Wisconsin-Platteville, however it looks to be an account specifically created to allow the same user to keep the team when his primary account moved up to D2.
6/25/2019 7:57 PM (edited)
D1-A Schools with No NC (Alphabetical Order)
Arkansas State University
Ball State University
Boise State University
California State University, Fresno
DePaul University
Eastern Michigan University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Iowa State University
Kent State University
Louisiana Tech University
Marshall University
Miami University (Ohio)
Mississippi State University
New Mexico State University
North Carolina State University
Ohio University
Oklahoma State University
Purdue University
Rice University
San Jose State University
Texas Tech University
Troy State University
Tulane University
University of Akron
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Hawaii
University of Idaho
University of Kentucky
University of Montana
University of Nevada
University of New Mexico
University of Southern Mississippi
University of Toledo
University of Utah
University of Wyoming
US Air Force Academy
Utah State University
6/25/2019 7:59 PM (edited)
D2 Teams with No NC -- Alphabetical Order
Augustana College
Chadron State College
Henderson State University
Minnesota State University, Moorhead
New Mexico Highlands University
Ouachita Baptist University
Saginaw Valley State University
Southern Connecticut State University
St. Cloud State University
University of Central Arkansas
University of North Dakota
University of West Alabama
6/25/2019 8:01 PM (edited)
D3 Schools with No NC -- Alphabetical Order
Carthage College
Colby College
Concordia University (Illinois)
Cornell College
DePauw University
Earlham College
Elmhurst College
Franklin College
Hanover College
Hartwick College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Husson College
Juniata College
Kean University
Lawrence University
Macalester College
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
McMurry University
Mount Ida College
Norwich University
Pacific Lutheran University
Principia College
Springfield College
St. John Fisher College
University of Dubuque
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
University of Puget Sound
Wesley College
Westminster College (Pennsylvania)
6/25/2019 8:02 PM (edited)
Hawaii may be the hardest place to recruit from, but historically, these are the hardest to win in: (Worst five winning percentages at each division)
Division Conference Team W L Win Pct CC NC
D-IA Big Ten Indiana University, Bloomington 5574 14683 .275 6 1
D-IA PAC-10 US Air Force Academy 5991 14296 .295 6 0
D-IA Big Ten Purdue University 6105 14212 .300 8 0
D-IA SEC Mississippi State University 6243 14076 .307 7 0
D-IA ACC Wake Forest University 6741 13638 .331 13 2
D-IAA Big Sky Idaho State University 8123 12332 .397 37 4
D-IAA PFL Virginia Military Institute 8121 12321 .397 37 1
D-IAA Big Sky Weber State University 8250 12193 .404 28 6
D-IAA Big Sky Montana State University 8584 11940 .418 32 3
D-IAA MEAC Delaware State University 8573 11855 .420 49 5
D-II NCC University of North Dakota 8193 12072 .404 17 0
D-II GLIAC Saginaw Valley State University 8271 12035 .407 16 0
D-II LSC East Central University 8421 11960 .413 35 2
D-II NCC University of South Dakota 8468 11976 .414 60 14
D-II RMAC New Mexico Highlands University 8435 11865 .416 16 0
D-III NJAC Mount Ida College 8362 11763 .416 9 0
D-III SCAC DePauw University 8472 11802 .418 35 0
D-III NWC Eastern Oregon University 8469 11760 .419 25 6
D-III NJAC Wesley College 8495 11652 .422 19 0
D-III NWC Principia College 8585 11657 .424 40 0
D-III ODAC Franklin College 8642 11628 .426 41 0


Special Shout Out to lyonzfan37, who managed to win the NC with Indiana in Warner Season 123. Given the fact that Indiana has the worst overall record across all worlds, AND is in a conference with four Elites, I think this is an outstanding accomplishment.
6/25/2019 8:30 PM (edited)
Top 25 coaches in terms of Winning Percentage (25 Seasons Min)
Coach Seasons W L Win Pct CC NC
hoovcats 107 1784 102 .946 91 36
pups4sale 26 416 29 .935 23 1
tbolt21 31 500 37 .931 23 10
VOLPRIDE 31 498 39 .927 27 7
wcochran 46 721 60 .923 38 12
richramirez 43 608 52 .921 34 10
gators06 171 2655 241 .917 136 36
bugeaters11 106 1638 152 .915 78 20
jim19_72 71 1065 99 .915 53 4
ku1986 40 616 58 .914 35 10
mcbethbr 354 4902 471 .912 239 96
Drakuul 36 521 51 .911 30 0
mallen70 58 886 91 .907 50 2
bigpoppa85 311 4653 502 .903 221 65
GoldenHomer2 33 490 53 .902 29 1
impala1995ss 91 1407 153 .902 81 9
jpk2 31 472 52 .901 22 4
gottswood 177 2557 284 .900 126 5
rmkelley15 133 1999 224 .899 100 8
barbersham 31 464 52 .899 19 10
WillEphs 31 461 52 .899 24 1
pds65 220 3168 359 .898 130 32
brygold 39 581 66 .898 27 4
crunkjuice 34 485 56 .896 26 8
vzone 52 763 89 .896 36 11


Coaches with more than 5,000 wins in their career:
Coach Seasons W L Win Pct CC NC
mfnmyers 753 11126 1443 .885 534 120
dawgnuts 941 10724 3350 .762 288 26
champ83 722 9914 1478 .870 415 26
scottso14 831 9721 2648 .786 260 43
jjl58 696 9648 1407 .873 437 34
mpmershon 797 8758 2706 .764 184 22
cebrake 610 8180 1046 .887 331 99
gabby123 803 8077 3358 .706 154 3
slider4480 737 8076 3006 .729 245 8
sjurat 774 7977 3066 .722 137 0
mrfortune3 781 7716 3477 .689 97 7
mojolad 603 7677 1645 .824 256 46
mmacharg 704 7473 2628 .740 142 4
plague 603 7442 1625 .821 242 51
2000champou 580 7423 1538 .828 268 19
vhoward415 639 7002 2373 .747 172 12
warrior0510 686 6831 2755 .713 74 0
bremiro 685 6803 2965 .696 100 1
bulldog80 633 6669 2464 .730 146 3
ozzzball19 575 6489 1899 .774 171 14
Doublesteal2 519 6405 1481 .812 233 11
z32fanatic 511 6389 1137 .849 219 66
shonmurphy20 465 6276 1099 .851 231 37
chetty1963 520 6240 1664 .789 148 25
jdtilt 523 6224 1707 .785 161 3
sternes9 488 6175 1407 .814 232 24
cravedogg 505 6149 1385 .816 183 28
tomcecil 509 6149 1557 .798 195 12
plk311 463 5833 1381 .809 238 7
dublinuf 472 5800 1321 .814 169 26
polarsi 437 5766 1129 .836 188 11
bullfrog333 489 5747 1427 .801 161 23
robert porta 630 5732 2985 .658 79 0
bhouska 426 5663 1001 .850 213 47
tmburton 514 5661 1927 .746 154 9
wareagletom 595 5556 2782 .666 54 0
bkdries 456 5552 1129 .831 163 27
aubietom 549 5332 2407 .689 54 0
captb71 465 5303 1594 .769 118 12
superv97 391 5158 1009 .836 191 27
c_wolvesfan 437 5077 1289 .798 121 1
A Dawg 500 5004 2120 .702 89 9

Coaches with > 40 NC
Coach Seasons W L Win Pct CC NC
mfnmyers 753 11126 1443 .885 534 120
cebrake 610 8180 1046 .887 331 99
mcbethbr 354 4902 471 .912 239 96
gt_deuce 288 4167 514 .890 181 74
slid64er 264 3843 474 .890 163 74
nelsonba25 329 4405 792 .848 147 70
z32fanatic 511 6389 1137 .849 219 66
bigpoppa85 311 4653 502 .903 221 65
ddingo 376 4745 825 .852 168 62
pete_61 258 3367 699 .828 126 58
miami_jefe 319 4442 672 .869 186 54
plague 603 7442 1625 .821 242 51
bhouska 426 5663 1001 .850 213 47
mojolad 603 7677 1645 .824 256 46
jasonfreeman 217 2929 477 .860 108 45
scottso14 831 9721 2648 .786 260 43

Coaches with > 150 Conference Championships
Coach Seasons W L Win Pct CC NC
mfnmyers 753 11126 1443 .885 534 120
jjl58 696 9648 1407 .873 437 34
champ83 722 9914 1478 .870 415 26
cebrake 610 8180 1046 .887 331 99
dawgnuts 941 10724 3350 .762 288 26
2000champou 580 7423 1538 .828 268 19
scottso14 831 9721 2648 .786 260 43
mojolad 603 7677 1645 .824 256 46
slider4480 737 8076 3006 .729 245 8
plague 603 7442 1625 .821 242 51
mcbethbr 354 4902 471 .912 239 96
plk311 463 5833 1381 .809 238 7
Doublesteal2 519 6405 1481 .812 233 11
sternes9 488 6175 1407 .814 232 24
shonmurphy20 465 6276 1099 .851 231 37
bigpoppa85 311 4653 502 .903 221 65
z32fanatic 511 6389 1137 .849 219 66
bhouska 426 5663 1001 .850 213 47
tomcecil 509 6149 1557 .798 195 12
superv97 391 5158 1009 .836 191 27
polarsi 437 5766 1129 .836 188 11
miami_jefe 319 4442 672 .869 186 54
mpmershon 797 8758 2706 .764 184 22
cravedogg 505 6149 1385 .816 183 28
gt_deuce 288 4167 514 .890 181 74
cubnation7 381 4864 961 .835 180 24
vhoward415 639 7002 2373 .747 172 12
ozzzball19 575 6489 1899 .774 171 14
dublinuf 472 5800 1321 .814 169 26
ddingo 376 4745 825 .852 168 62
slid64er 264 3843 474 .890 163 74
bkdries 456 5552 1129 .831 163 27
bullfrog333 489 5747 1427 .801 161 23
jdtilt 523 6224 1707 .785 161 3
holdaway 221 3178 383 .892 158 14
tmburton 514 5661 1927 .746 154 9
gabby123 803 8077 3358 .706 154 3
Humdogs 415 4985 1263 .798 153 8
hallgren 412 4698 1352 .777 153 4

6/25/2019 8:21 PM (edited)
Thanks Bob!
6/25/2019 7:50 PM
Sweet. Thanks for the memories :)
6/25/2019 11:03 PM
One of the main reasons I think lyonzfan is one of the best coaches of all time. He won a NC at Indiana against mpmersheron (Ohio St.) and Ben (Penn St.).

Freaking amazing.
D-IA Big Ten Indiana University, Bloomington 5574 14683 .275 6 1
6/26/2019 2:02 PM
Love it!

One day maybe I will make it somewhere on these lists.
6/26/2019 3:35 PM
Great read Bob. Thanks for the effort.
6/27/2019 5:05 PM
Posted by bhazlewood on 6/25/2019 7:59:00 PM (view original):
D1-A Schools with No NC (Alphabetical Order)
Arkansas State University
Ball State University
Boise State University
California State University, Fresno
DePaul University
Eastern Michigan University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Iowa State University
Kent State University
Louisiana Tech University
Marshall University
Miami University (Ohio)
Mississippi State University
New Mexico State University
North Carolina State University
Ohio University
Oklahoma State University
Purdue University
Rice University
San Jose State University
Texas Tech University
Troy State University
Tulane University
University of Akron
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Hawaii
University of Idaho
University of Kentucky
University of Montana
University of Nevada
University of New Mexico
University of Southern Mississippi
University of Toledo
University of Utah
University of Wyoming
US Air Force Academy
Utah State University
Does your list include Sim coaches?
6/28/2019 9:51 PM
Yeah, it does - obviously some NC's were won by SimAI back in the early days of each world, before human coaches reached the higher divisions. I should be able to filter those out.
6/28/2019 10:07 PM
These D-1A teams have never won a NC with a human coach:
Michigan State
Northwestern
Oregon State
Texas Christian
Louisiana Monroe
UTEP
6/28/2019 10:26 PM
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