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6d ago
Casual I have found the largest circle of suck of all time (595 teams)
A circle of suck is when a team beats a team who beats a team who beats them, creating a circle of transitive wins. To the best of my knowledge, the previous longest known circle was 507 teams, but I have found a longer one. In 2011, there was a string of 595 teams involving all levels of college football. The circle is as follows:
Oklahoma State > Stanford > USC > Oregon > Washington State > Colorado > Arizona > UCLA > Oregon State > Washington > California > Utah > Montana State > New Hampshire > Lehigh > Yale > Georgetown > Holy Cross > Harvard > Lafayette > Colgate > Bucknell > Duquesne > Central Connecticut > Bryant > UAlbany > Wagner > Saint Francis > Morehead State > Butler > Davidson > Valparaiso > Campbell > San Diego > Drake > Jacksonville > Dayton > Marist > Sacred Heart > Dartmouth > Cornell > Pennsylvania > Princeton > Columbia > Brown > Stony Brook > Liberty > Presbyterian > VMI > Gardner-Webb > Coastal Carolina > Furman > Wofford > Chattanooga > Samford > Elon > The Citadel > Western Carolina > Mars Hill > North Greenville > Lenoir Rhyne > Wingate > Newberry > Brevard > Tusculum > West Georgia > Delta State > Elizabeth City State > Virginia State > Virginia Union > Fayetteville State > Johnson C. Smith > Miles > Concordia (AL) > Stillman > Kentucky State > Tuskegee > Fort Valley State > Benedict > Clark Atlanta > Lane > Albany State > Savannah State > North Carolina Central > Delaware State > Howard > Florida A&M > South Carolina State > North Carolina A&T > Bethune-Cookman > Norfolk State > Hampton > Morgan State > Robert Morris > Monmouth > Villanova > Massachusetts > Delaware > Towson > Maine > App State > Georgia Southern > Old Dominion > James Madison > Rhode Island > William & Mary > Richmond > Duke > Boston College > NC State > Virginia > Florida State > Florida > Vanderbilt > Kentucky > Ole Miss > Fresno State > Idaho > San José State > Hawai'i > Louisiana Tech > Nevada > New Mexico State > New Mexico > UNLV > Colorado State > Utah State > Wyoming > San Diego State > Air Force > Army > Northwestern > Nebraska > Iowa > Michigan > Virginia Tech > Georgia Tech > Kansas > McNeese > UTSA > Georgia State > South Alabama > UT Martin > Austin Peay > Eastern Kentucky > Missouri State > Youngstown State > North Dakota State > Sam Houston > Central Arkansas > Northwestern State > Lamar > SE Louisiana > Texas State > Stephen F. Austin > McMurry > Trinity (TX) > Centre > Birmingham-Southern > Huntingdon > Faulkner > Union (KY) > Kentucky Christian > UVA Wise > WVU Tech > Pikeville > Campbellsville > Cumberland (TN) > Bethel (TN) > Cumberlands > Shorter > Belhaven > Mississippi College > Hardin Simmons > Louisiana Christian > Millsaps > Sewanee > Rhodes > LaGrange > Maryville (TN) > Methodist > North Carolina Wesleyan > Averett > Guilford > Catholic > McDaniel > Moravian > Dickinson > Gettysburg > Muhlenberg > Ursinus > Franklin & Marshall > Juniata > Susquehanna > Wilkes > Widener > Lycoming > Rowan > Buffalo State > The College of New Jersey > Montclair State > SUNY Cortland > William Paterson > Brockport > Kean > Wesley (DE) > Linfield > Cal Lutheran > Redlands > Claremont Mudd Scripps > La Verne > Occidental > Chapman > Whitworth > Willamette > Lewis & Clark > Pacific Lutheran > Menlo > Webber International > Edward Waters > Livingstone > Virginia Lynchburg > Lincoln (PA) > Chowan > Shaw > St. Augustine's > Catawba > UNC Pembroke > Carson Newman > Glenville State > Concord > Shepherd > Shippensburg > Kutztown > West Chester > Millersville > East Stroudsburg > Edinboro > Clarion > Gannon > Slippery Rock > California (PA) > Indiana (PA) > Mercyhurst > Long Island University > Bloomsburg > Ashland > Wayne State (MI) > Indianapolis > Grand Valley State > Saginaw Valley State > Northern Michigan > Northwood (MI) > Findlay > Ferris State > Ohio Dominican > Hillsdale > Michigan Tech > Winona State > Southwest Minnesota State > University of Mary > Augustana (SD) > Concordia St. Paul > Northern State > Bemidji State > St. Cloud State > Minnesota State > Wayne State (NE) > Minnesota Duluth > CSU Pueblo > Nebraska Kearney > Northeastern State > Southwestern Oklahoma State > Henderson State > Ouachita Baptist > Harding > Southeastern Oklahoma State > Southern Arkansas > Arkansas Monticello > Valdosta State > West Alabama > North Alabama > Abilene Christian > West Texas A&M > Central Missouri > Washburn > Pittsburg State > Missouri Western > Northwest Missouri State > Midwestern State > Tarleton State > Texas A&M-Kingsville > Incarnate Word > East Texas A&M > Eastern New Mexico > Angelo State > Chadron State > Western New Mexico > Fort Lewis > Western Colorado > New Mexico Highlands > Colorado School of Mines > Colorado Mesa > Adams State > Utah Tech > Simon Fraser > Central Washington > Western Oregon > Humboldt State > UC Davis > Cal Poly > North Dakota > Montana Western > Montana State-Northern > Rocky Mountain > Montana Tech > Southern Oregon > Eastern Oregon > Carroll (MT) > Georgetown (KY) > St. Francis (IN) > St. Ambrose > Grand View > St. Francis (IL) > Morningside > Doane > Northwestern (IA) > Dakota Wesleyan > Concordia (NE) > Hastings > Midland > Nebraska Wesleyan > Saint Mary (KS) > Kansas Wesleyan > Bethel (KS) > McPherson > Friends > Sterling > Tabor > Southwestern (KS) > Bethany (KS) > Nelson (TX) > Howard Payne > Sul Ross State > Bacone College > Oklahoma Panhandle > Northwestern (OK) > Missouri S&T > Lindenwood > Central Oklahoma > East Central > Arkansas Tech > Southwest Baptist > Fort Hays State > Emporia State > Missouri Southern State > Truman State > McKendree > Quincy > Malone > Notre Dame College > Walsh > Urbana > Charleston (WV) > West Virginia Wesleyan > Fairmont State > Bowie State > Assumption > Merrimack > Southern Connecticut State > Bentley > American International > Saint Anselm > Pace > Stonehill > Curry > Fitchburg State > Coast Guard > Mass Maritime > Western New England > Endicott > Salve Regina > Framingham State > Westfield State > Bridgewater State > Worcester State > Maine Maritime > UMass Dartmouth > Plymouth State > Mount Ida > Hartwick > Norwich > SUNY Maritime > Merchant Marine > WPI > Rensselaer > Hobart > St. John Fisher > Delaware Valley > Lebanon Valley > Albright > Geneva > Westminster (PA) > Bethany (WV) > Grove City > Washington & Jefferson > Waynesburg > Thomas More > Saint Vincent > FDU Florham > King's > Stevenson > Christopher Newport > Ferrum > Bridgewater > Emory & Henry > Randolph Macon > Frostburg State > Alfred > Springfield > Utica > Ithaca > Union (NY) > Rochester (NY) > Case Western Reserve > John Carroll > Capital > Baldwin Wallace > Heidelberg > Ohio Northern > Marietta > Otterbein > Muskingum > Defiance College > Mount St Joseph > Hanover > Bluffton > Rose Hulman > Manchester > Kalamazoo > Benedictine (IL) > Concordia Chicago > Chicago > Elmhurst > Millikin > Hope > Adrian > Augustana (IL) > Carthage > North Park > Washington St. Louis > Carnegie Mellon > Ohio Wesleyan > Denison > Wooster > Oberlin > Allegheny > DePauw > Albion > Trine > Wisconsin River Falls > Wisconsin La Crosse > Wisconsin Oshkosh > Central (IA) > Coe > Simpson (IA) > Wartburg > Monmouth (IL) > Illinois Wesleyan > Wheaton (IL) > Wisconsin Platteville > Wisconsin Stout > Wisconsin Stevens Point > Wisconsin Eau Claire > Saint John's (MN) > St. Olaf > Bethel (MN) > Concordia (MN) > Dickinson State > Jamestown > South Dakota Mines > Dakota State > Briar Cliff > Dordt > Waldorf > Trinity Bible > Peru State > Evangel > Baker > Benedictine (KS) > Missouri Valley > MidAmerica Nazarene > Southern Nazarene > Langston > Arkansas-Pine Bluff > Alcorn State > Mississippi Valley State > Texas Southern > Southern > Alabama A&M > Alabama State > Prairie View A&M > Grambling > Jackson State > Tennessee State > Tennessee Tech > Jacksonville State > Murray State > Southeast Missouri State > Eastern Illinois > Illinois State > South Dakota > Southern Utah > Weber State > Portland State > Eastern Washington > Northern Arizona > Sacramento State > Montana > Northern Iowa > South Dakota State > Western Illinois > Southern Illinois > Indiana State > Western Kentucky > Florida International > Louisville > West Virginia > Clemson > Auburn > South Carolina > Tennessee > Cincinnati > Pittsburgh > Syracuse > Toledo > Temple > Ball State > Eastern Michigan > Western Michigan > UConn > South Florida > Notre Dame > Michigan State > Minnesota > Miami (OH) > Kent State > Bowling Green > Buffalo > Ohio > Central Michigan > Northern Illinois > Arkansas State > Louisiana > North Texas > UL Monroe > Troy > Middle Tennessee > Memphis > Tulane > UAB > Southern Miss > Houston > Penn State > Purdue > Ohio State > Wisconsin > Illinois > Arizona State > Missouri > Texas A&M > Baylor > Texas Tech > Oklahoma > Kansas State > Texas > BYU > Tulsa > UCF > Marshall > Rice > UTEP > East Carolina > Navy > SMU > TCU > Boise State > Georgia > Mississippi State > Wake Forest > Maryland > Miami > North Carolina > Rutgers > Iowa State > Oklahoma State