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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 12099 Ohio Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 12099 2 11708 Louisiana Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 11708 3 10145 Howard Payne 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 10145 4 9600 Geneva 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 9600 5 9010 Pittsburg State 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 9010 6 7976 Carnegie Mellon 8 2 - 6 - 0 6 7976 7 7758 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 7758 8 7741 Millsaps College 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 7741 9 7691 Texas 9 2 - 6 - 1 9 7691 10 7643 Waynesburg College 3 0 - 3 - 0 10 7643 11 7607 Bates College 1 0 - 1 - 0 11 7607 12 7607 Providence 1 0 - 1 - 0 12 7607 13 7499 Louisiana Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 13 7499 14 7452 Samford 4 1 - 2 - 1 14 7452 15 7259 Norwich 1 0 - 1 - 0 15 7259 16 7259 Vermont 1 0 - 1 - 0 16 7259 17 7240 Michigan 8 1 - 7 - 0 17 7240 18 7192 West Virginia Wesleyan 2 1 - 1 - 0 18 7192 19 6946 Saint Joseph's PA 1 0 - 1 - 0 19 6946 20 6758 Pittsburgh 10 8 - 1 - 1 20 6758 21 6716 Ohio University 1 0 - 1 - 0 21 6716 22 6675 Louisiana State 11 9 - 1 - 1 22 6675 23 6404 Sam Houston 2 0 - 2 - 0 23 6404 24 6376 Maryville College 2 0 - 2 - 0 24 6376 25 6375 Arkansas 10 7 - 3 - 0 25 6375 26 6339 Western Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 26 6339 27 6213 Rice 12 5 - 7 - 0 27 6213 28 6033 Rutgers 3 0 - 3 - 0 28 6033 29 6021 Ohio State 8 5 - 3 - 0 29 6021 30 6007 Texas Christian 13 9 - 2 - 2 30 6007 31 5988 Davis & Elkins 1 0 - 1 - 0 31 5988 32 5988 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 32 5988 33 5978 Auburn 11 7 - 2 - 2 33 5978 34 5965 Minnesota 8 7 - 1 - 0 34 5965 35 5821 Georgia 10 5 - 4 - 1 35 5821 36 5794 Boston College 4 2 - 1 - 1 36 5794 37 5781 Notre Dame 9 6 - 2 - 1 37 5781 38 5738 Williams College 1 0 - 1 - 0 38 5738 39 5729 North Texas 1 0 - 1 - 0 39 5729 40 5590 Pennsylvania Military 2 0 - 2 - 0 40 5590 41 5579 Texas A&M Kingsville 2 0 - 2 - 0 41 5579 42 5545 Tulane 10 6 - 3 - 1 42 5545 43 5544 Union (Tennessee) 1 0 - 1 - 0 43 5544 44 5507 Stanford 9 2 - 5 - 2 44 5507 45 5470 Duquesne 10 8 - 2 - 0 45 5470 46 5452 Washington 10 7 - 2 - 1 46 5452 47 5439 Occidental 1 0 - 1 - 0 47 5439 48 5439 Pomona-Pitzer 1 0 - 1 - 0 48 5439 49 5416 Lafayette 3 0 - 3 - 0 49 5416 50 5354 Iowa 8 3 - 4 - 1 50 5354 51 5309 Marquette 9 7 - 2 - 0 51 5309 52 5268 Tennessee 10 6 - 2 - 2 52 5268 53 5267 Vanderbilt 9 3 - 5 - 1 53 5267 54 5215 Centre College 4 0 - 4 - 0 54 5215 55 5106 Northwestern 8 7 - 1 - 0 55 5106 56 5087 Southern California 9 4 - 2 - 3 56 5087 57 5070 Mississippi 12 5 - 5 - 2 57 5070 58 4967 North Dakota State 2 0 - 2 - 0 58 4967 59 4925 Alabama 9 8 - 0 - 1 59 4925 60 4907 Temple 11 6 - 3 - 2 60 4907 61 4892 California Davis 1 0 - 1 - 0 61 4892 62 4871 Loyola (New Orleans) 10 4 - 6 - 0 62 4871 63 4800 Central Oklahoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 63 4800 64 4795 Southern Methodist 10 5 - 4 - 1 64 4795 65 4784 Western Reserve 1 1 - 0 - 0 65 4784 66 4758 Sewanee 7 0 - 6 - 1 66 4758 67 4726 Santa Clara 9 8 - 1 - 0 67 4726 68 4704 Nebraska 9 7 - 2 - 0 68 4704 69 4692 Texas A&M 12 8 - 3 - 1 69 4692 70 4686 Fordham 8 5 - 1 - 2 70 4686 71 4642 St. Mary's CA 10 6 - 3 - 1 71 4642 72 4640 Southeast Missouri State 1 0 - 1 - 0 72 4640 73 4638 Wisconsin 8 2 - 6 - 0 73 4638 74 4568 Oregon State 10 4 - 6 - 0 74 4568 75 4550 Purdue 8 5 - 2 - 1 75 4550 76 4546 Illinois 8 4 - 3 - 1 76 4546 77 4458 City College of New York 2 0 - 2 - 0 77 4458 78 4433 Niagara 1 0 - 1 - 0 78 4433 79 4433 Saint Bonaventure 1 0 - 1 - 0 79 4433 80 4422 Pacific 3 0 - 3 - 0 80 4422 81 4412 Mississippi State 11 7 - 3 - 1 81 4412 82 4264 Saint Lawrence 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 4264 83 4201 Baylor 10 6 - 3 - 1 83 4201 84 4168 Georgia Tech 11 5 - 5 - 1 84 4168 85 4094 Portland 4 0 - 4 - 0 85 4094 86 4030 Springfield College 1 0 - 1 - 0 86 4030 87 4030 Hobart College 1 0 - 1 - 0 87 4030 88 4025 Oregon 9 2 - 6 - 1 88 4025 89 4003 North Dakota 3 2 - 1 - 0 89 4003 90 3974 Middle Tennessee 1 0 - 1 - 0 90 3974 91 3949 Northwestern State LA 1 0 - 1 - 0 91 3949 92 3949 Illinois Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 92 3949 93 3949 Louisiana College 1 0 - 1 - 0 93 3949 94 3938 Michigan State 9 6 - 1 - 2 94 3938 95 3885 California 11 6 - 5 - 0 95 3885 96 3884 Holy Cross 10 7 - 2 - 1 96 3884 97 3875 McDaniel College 3 1 - 2 - 0 97 3875 98 3830 Birmingham Southern 3 1 - 2 - 0 98 3830 99 3828 Washington State 10 6 - 3 - 1 99 3828 100 3800 Saint Xavier 3 1 - 2 - 0 100 3800 101 3744 Princeton 8 4 - 2 - 2 101 3744 102 3717 Delaware 1 0 - 1 - 0 102 3717 103 3717 Shenandoah 1 0 - 1 - 0 103 3717 104 3706 West Virginia 10 6 - 4 - 0 104 3706 105 3682 Southwestern (TN) 2 2 - 0 - 0 105 3682 106 3509 Willamette Oregon 1 0 - 1 - 0 106 3509 107 3505 UCLA 10 6 - 3 - 1 107 3505 108 3452 Fort Hays State 1 0 - 1 - 0 108 3452 109 3439 Yale 8 7 - 1 - 0 109 3439 110 3410 Cincinnati 3 0 - 3 - 0 110 3410 111 3401 Penn State 8 3 - 5 - 0 111 3401 112 3390 Spring Hill 1 0 - 1 - 0 112 3390 113 3364 Duke 10 9 - 1 - 0 113 3364 114 3346 Kansas 8 1 - 6 - 1 114 3346 115 3342 Villanova 10 7 - 2 - 1 115 3342 116 3323 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 116 3323 117 3323 Detroit 10 7 - 3 - 0 117 3323 118 3267 Catholic University 3 1 - 2 - 0 118 3267 119 3266 Indiana 8 5 - 2 - 1 119 3266 120 3240 Muhlenberg College 2 0 - 2 - 0 120 3240 121 3232 Idaho 10 3 - 7 - 0 121 3232 122 3227 North Carolina 10 8 - 2 - 0 122 3227 123 3095 Cornell 8 3 - 5 - 0 123 3095 124 3076 Hardin-Simmons 4 2 - 2 - 0 124 3076 125 3076 University of Chicago 8 2 - 5 - 1 125 3076 126 3062 Kentucky 10 6 - 4 - 0 126 3062 127 3057 Manhattan 10 6 - 4 - 0 127 3057 128 2987 Dartmouth 9 7 - 1 - 1 128 2987 129 2877 Centenary 12 6 - 4 - 2 129 2877 130 2868 New York University 9 5 - 3 - 1 130 2868 131 2855 Navy 9 6 - 3 - 0 131 2855 132 2820 North Carolina State 10 3 - 7 - 0 132 2820 133 2818 Pennsylvania 8 7 - 1 - 0 133 2818 134 2807 DePaul 3 2 - 1 - 0 134 2807 135 2758 Boston University 3 1 - 1 - 1 135 2758 136 2707 Puget Sound 1 0 - 1 - 0 136 2707 137 2707 Eastern Washington 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 2707 138 2682 San Francisco 10 4 - 4 - 2 138 2682 139 2676 Clemson 10 5 - 5 - 0 139 2676 140 2670 Saint Mary's (Texas) 1 0 - 0 - 1 140 2670 141 2538 San Jose State 3 1 - 2 - 0 141 2538 142 2502 Harvard 8 3 - 4 - 1 142 2502 143 2497 Davidson 9 5 - 4 - 0 143 2497 144 2470 Kansas State 9 4 - 3 - 2 144 2470 145 2451 Lehigh 1 1 - 0 - 0 145 2451 146 2446 South Dakota 3 0 - 2 - 1 146 2446 147 2394 Oklahoma 9 3 - 3 - 3 147 2394 148 2338 Amherst College 1 0 - 1 - 0 148 2338 149 2291 Brown 10 3 - 7 - 0 149 2291 150 2260 Oklahoma State 10 1 - 9 - 0 150 2260 151 2251 Missouri 9 6 - 2 - 1 151 2251 152 2231 Ursinus College 2 0 - 2 - 0 152 2231 153 2075 Florida 10 4 - 6 - 0 153 2075 154 2014 Elon 3 0 - 3 - 0 154 2014 155 1985 Tulsa 9 5 - 2 - 2 155 1985 156 1941 Texas Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 1941 157 1914 Franklin & Marshall 2 1 - 1 - 0 157 1914 158 1798 Montana 9 6 - 3 - 0 158 1798 159 1729 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 159 1729 160 1712 Missouri Rolla 1 0 - 1 - 0 160 1712 161 1708 Alfred University 1 0 - 1 - 0 161 1708 162 1694 South Carolina 12 5 - 7 - 0 162 1694 163 1684 Oklahoma City 3 1 - 2 - 0 163 1684 164 1625 Colgate 9 6 - 3 - 0 164 1625 165 1618 Tennessee Chattanooga 3 2 - 1 - 0 165 1618 166 1497 Redlands 1 0 - 1 - 0 166 1497 167 1497 San Diego Marines 1 0 - 1 - 0 167 1497 168 1496 Texas Tech 10 5 - 4 - 1 168 1496 169 1359 Columbia 8 5 - 3 - 0 169 1359 170 1355 Army 9 6 - 3 - 0 170 1355 171 1285 Syracuse 8 1 - 7 - 0 171 1285 172 1187 Washington MO 10 3 - 7 - 0 172 1187 173 1180 Gonzaga 8 5 - 3 - 0 173 1180 174 1120 Mercer 10 3 - 6 - 1 174 1120 175 1074 Wake Forest 9 5 - 4 - 0 175 1074 176 1030 Iowa State 8 3 - 3 - 2 176 1030 177 994 George Washington 9 7 - 1 - 1 177 994 178 906 Saint Louis 10 5 - 4 - 1 178 906 179 694 Georgia Southern 2 0 - 2 - 0 179 694 180 692 Creighton 8 4 - 4 - 0 180 692 181 635 Emory & Henry College 2 0 - 2 - 0 181 635 182 616 Georgetown 9 6 - 2 - 1 182 616 183 471 Bucknell 9 4 - 4 - 1 183 471 184 460 Nevada Reno 1 1 - 0 - 0 184 460 185 460 Whitman 1 0 - 1 - 0 185 460 186 403 Utah 9 6 - 3 - 0 186 403 187 399 Butler 1 0 - 0 - 1 187 399 188 399 Lawrence University 1 0 - 1 - 0 188 399 189 199 Washington and Jefferson 1 0 - 1 - 0 189 199 190 199 Lebanon Valley College 1 0 - 1 - 0 190 199 191 144 Saint John's (Maryland) 1 0 - 1 - 0 191 144 192 80 Washington & Lee 9 4 - 5 - 0 192 80 193 0 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 0 - 1 193 0 194 0 Tampa 1 0 - 0 - 1 194 0 195 0 Saint Anselm 1 0 - 0 - 1 195 0 196 -242 Colorado 7 4 - 3 - 0 196 -242 197 -268 Wichita State 3 1 - 2 - 0 197 -268 198 -309 Furman 9 7 - 2 - 0 198 -309 199 -349 Arizona 10 5 - 2 - 3 199 -349 200 -743 Bradley 1 0 - 1 - 0 200 -743 201 -743 McKendree College 1 0 - 1 - 0 201 -743 202 -755 Virginia 9 2 - 7 - 0 202 -755 203 -786 Miami FL 10 6 - 2 - 2 203 -786 204 -809 Loyola Marymount 9 6 - 3 - 0 204 -809 205 -967 Maryland 11 6 - 5 - 0 205 -967 206 -970 Washburn University 9 2 - 6 - 1 206 -970 207 -975 Simpson College 1 0 - 1 - 0 207 -975 208 -1002 Connecticut 1 1 - 0 - 0 208 -1002 209 -1002 Tufts University 1 0 - 1 - 0 209 -1002 210 -1002 Colby College 1 0 - 1 - 0 210 -1002 211 -1002 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 211 -1002 212 -1038 Stetson 3 0 - 3 - 0 212 -1038 213 -1093 Utah State 8 7 - 0 - 1 213 -1093 214 -1101 Colorado State 9 4 - 4 - 1 214 -1101 215 -1173 Fresno State 2 1 - 1 - 0 215 -1173 216 -1269 Brigham Young 9 4 - 5 - 0 216 -1269 217 -1498 Wyoming 8 2 - 5 - 1 217 -1498 218 -1560 Citadel 10 4 - 6 - 0 218 -1560 219 -1704 Whittier College 2 0 - 2 - 0 219 -1704 220 -1706 Presbyterian 9 3 - 6 - 0 220 -1706 221 -1819 Virginia Military 10 6 - 4 - 0 221 -1819 222 -1826 Carleton College 3 2 - 1 - 0 222 -1826 223 -2144 Virginia Tech 10 5 - 5 - 0 223 -2144 224 -2177 Tennessee Wesleyan 1 1 - 0 - 0 224 -2177 225 -2179 Sul Ross State 1 0 - 1 - 0 225 -2179 226 -2186 Denver 9 7 - 1 - 1 226 -2186 227 -2508 Drake 10 6 - 4 - 0 227 -2508 228 -2521 Montana State 8 3 - 5 - 0 228 -2521 229 -2690 New Mexico 9 2 - 7 - 0 229 -2690 230 -2741 Cornell College 2 0 - 2 - 0 230 -2741 231 -2742 Idaho State 3 1 - 2 - 0 231 -2742 232 -2808 California Tech 3 0 - 3 - 0 232 -2808 233 -2830 Grinnell College 9 2 - 7 - 0 233 -2830 234 -3037 San Diego State 1 0 - 0 - 1 234 -3037 235 -3037 Panhandle State Oklahoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 235 -3037 236 -3037 Adams State 1 0 - 1 - 0 236 -3037 237 -3111 Colorado College 8 3 - 4 - 1 237 -3111 238 -3168 Western Colorado 7 1 - 6 - 0 238 -3168 239 -3345 Rollins 2 1 - 1 - 0 239 -3345 240 -3416 Oglethorpe 2 1 - 1 - 0 240 -3416 241 -3438 Baldwin-Wallace College 1 1 - 0 - 0 241 -3438 242 -3438 Clarkson 1 0 - 1 - 0 242 -3438 243 -3547 Western New Mexico 3 1 - 2 - 0 243 -3547 244 -3547 New Mexico Military 3 1 - 2 - 0 244 -3547 245 -3589 Texas El Paso 9 5 - 3 - 1 245 -3589 246 -3694 Coe College 2 1 - 1 - 0 246 -3694 247 -3694 Central College Iowa 2 0 - 2 - 0 247 -3694 248 -3726 Chadron State College 1 0 - 1 - 0 248 -3726 249 -3803 West Texas A&M 2 2 - 0 - 0 249 -3803 250 -3977 Northern Arizona 8 3 - 4 - 1 250 -3977 251 -4021 Arizona State 9 4 - 5 - 0 251 -4021 252 -4026 Santa Barbara 2 2 - 0 - 0 252 -4026 253 -4066 Northern Colorado 9 5 - 4 - 0 253 -4066 254 -4244 William & Mary 9 1 - 8 - 0 254 -4244 255 -4264 Wofford 9 1 - 7 - 1 255 -4264 256 -4460 Emporia State 1 1 - 0 - 0 256 -4460 257 -4509 New Mexico State 11 6 - 4 - 1 257 -4509 258 -4579 Richmond 10 4 - 4 - 2 258 -4579 259 -4684 Montana Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 259 -4684 260 -4717 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 0 - 1 260 -4717 261 -4717 Newport News - Apprentice 1 0 - 1 - 0 261 -4717 262 -5210 Erskine 9 4 - 5 - 0 262 -5210 263 -5374 Newberry College 4 0 - 3 - 1 263 -5374 264 -5900 Lenoir-Rhyne College 1 0 - 1 - 0 264 -5900 265 -6005 Roanoke 3 1 - 1 - 1 265 -6005 266 -6084 Colorado School of Mines 8 2 - 6 - 0 266 -6084 267 -6185 Hampden-Sydney College 3 1 - 2 - 0 267 -6185 268 -6414 Northern Iowa 2 1 - 0 - 1 268 -6414 269 -9012 Piedmont 1 0 - 1 - 0 269 -9012 270 -9409 Guilford College 1 0 - 1 - 0 270 -9409 271 -9563 Regis 1 0 - 1 - 0 271 -9563 272 -9563 South Dakota Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 272 -9563