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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 23880 California 11 10 - 0 - 1 46 5075 2 23662 Pittsburgh 10 9 - 0 - 1 41 5369 3 22990 Fordham 8 7 - 0 - 1 50 4963 4 21100 Santa Clara 9 9 - 0 - 0 87 3586 5 20935 Lafayette 2 2 - 0 - 0 74 4076 6 20666 San Diego State 1 1 - 0 - 0 97 3394 7 20006 Villanova 9 8 - 0 - 1 122 2930 8 19288 Dartmouth 9 7 - 0 - 2 73 4101 9 18850 Louisiana State 11 9 - 2 - 0 51 4952 10 18447 Yale 8 6 - 1 - 1 49 4979 11 18274 Auburn 11 6 - 2 - 3 39 5550 12 17717 Notre Dame 9 6 - 2 - 1 32 5851 13 17518 Alabama 10 9 - 1 - 0 90 3495 14 17502 Arkansas 10 6 - 2 - 2 36 5615 15 16750 Hardin-Simmons 1 1 - 0 - 0 135 2144 16 16638 Stanford 9 4 - 3 - 2 16 7324 17 16554 Rice 11 6 - 3 - 2 20 6948 18 16454 Ohio State 8 6 - 2 - 0 65 4411 19 16231 Holy Cross 10 8 - 0 - 2 138 2009 20 15970 Texas A&M 9 5 - 2 - 2 31 5928 21 15897 Washington 11 7 - 2 - 2 67 4371 22 15390 Baylor 10 7 - 3 - 0 62 4474 23 15363 Minnesota 8 6 - 2 - 0 77 3963 24 14976 Nebraska 9 6 - 1 - 2 105 3293 25 14937 Vanderbilt 9 7 - 2 - 0 79 3946 26 14849 Texas Christian 10 4 - 4 - 2 18 7222 27 14845 Harvard 8 5 - 2 - 1 71 4181 28 14288 Albright 1 1 - 0 - 0 164 979 29 14181 St. Mary's CA 9 4 - 3 - 2 29 6227 30 13893 North Carolina 9 7 - 1 - 1 137 2070 31 13447 Southern California 10 4 - 4 - 2 23 6703 32 13436 Cornell 8 5 - 2 - 1 61 4476 33 13347 Michigan State 10 8 - 2 - 0 112 3165 34 13313 Washington State 9 3 - 3 - 3 25 6614 35 13240 Army 9 7 - 2 - 0 103 3302 36 13071 Tulsa 10 6 - 2 - 2 104 3294 37 12307 Tennessee 10 6 - 3 - 1 113 3164 38 12165 Duke 10 7 - 2 - 1 134 2259 39 12057 Elon 1 1 - 0 - 0 169 823 40 11631 Georgia Tech 10 6 - 3 - 1 107 3227 41 11600 Manhattan 10 6 - 3 - 1 81 3913 42 11431 Oregon State 9 3 - 3 - 3 38 5553 43 11431 West Virginia 10 8 - 1 - 1 154 1258 44 11155 Indiana 8 5 - 3 - 0 78 3949 45 10959 Temple 9 3 - 2 - 4 55 4772 46 10798 Purdue 8 4 - 3 - 1 57 4594 47 10640 Boston University 3 2 - 1 - 0 70 4239 48 10379 Oklahoma 9 5 - 2 - 2 128 2496 49 10314 Tampa 1 1 - 0 - 0 207 -1376 50 10083 Northwestern 8 4 - 4 - 0 48 5025 51 9868 Southern Methodist 11 5 - 6 - 0 43 5317 52 9845 Idaho 8 4 - 3 - 1 59 4540 53 9638 Penn State 8 5 - 3 - 0 110 3213 54 9346 Colorado 9 8 - 1 - 0 201 -908 55 9169 Maryland 10 8 - 2 - 0 171 701 56 9112 New York University 9 5 - 4 - 0 80 3918 57 8889 Detroit 10 7 - 3 - 0 158 1243 58 8801 Tulane 10 5 - 4 - 1 94 3454 59 8551 Texas 9 2 - 6 - 1 19 7104 60 8524 Texas Tech 12 8 - 4 - 0 142 1910 61 8486 Montana 8 7 - 1 - 0 199 -766 62 8413 Ohio Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 11831 63 8344 Arizona 10 8 - 2 - 0 177 462 64 8094 Centenary 12 6 - 3 - 3 130 2419 65 8087 Wisconsin 8 4 - 3 - 1 117 3060 66 7864 Georgia 11 6 - 3 - 2 141 1924 67 7802 UCLA 9 2 - 6 - 1 27 6329 68 7795 Carnegie Mellon 8 2 - 5 - 1 26 6572 69 7699 Franklin & Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 11495 70 7192 Georgetown 8 2 - 4 - 2 47 5056 71 7107 Oregon 10 4 - 6 - 0 42 5348 72 6858 Illinois 8 3 - 3 - 2 118 2983 73 6789 New Mexico State 9 7 - 2 - 0 189 -132 74 6704 Mississippi State 10 5 - 4 - 1 116 3064 75 6666 Syracuse 8 5 - 2 - 1 160 1171 76 6650 Princeton 8 4 - 4 - 0 96 3403 77 6447 Drake 10 8 - 2 - 0 204 -1121 78 6420 Duquesne 10 6 - 4 - 0 145 1644 79 6378 Michigan 8 4 - 4 - 0 83 3859 80 6132 Hawaii 2 1 - 1 - 0 68 4364 81 5967 Amherst College 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 9644 82 5890 Mississippi 10 4 - 5 - 1 106 3261 83 5698 Tennessee Tech 1 1 - 0 - 0 215 -1833 84 5687 San Francisco 10 4 - 5 - 1 91 3493 85 5448 San Jose State 3 2 - 1 - 0 170 784 86 5111 Brown 9 5 - 4 - 0 129 2470 87 4926 Florida 11 4 - 7 - 0 93 3455 88 4838 Colgate 8 3 - 5 - 0 102 3311 89 4665 Boston College 9 4 - 4 - 1 140 1926 90 4485 Birmingham Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 9137 91 4373 Bates College 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 9644 92 4289 Loyola Marymount 11 4 - 7 - 0 84 3856 93 4262 North Carolina State 9 5 - 3 - 1 161 1112 94 4170 Kentucky 10 4 - 6 - 0 85 3615 95 4124 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 9223 96 3770 Providence 1 0 - 1 - 0 11 8115 97 3732 Pacific 3 0 - 2 - 1 6 9331 98 3674 Northwestern State LA 2 0 - 1 - 1 5 9425 99 3590 Navy 9 4 - 4 - 1 150 1359 100 3536 Clemson 9 4 - 4 - 1 146 1610 101 3336 Southwestern (TN) 1 0 - 1 - 0 15 7468 102 3118 Columbia 9 2 - 5 - 2 101 3329 103 2976 Pennsylvania 8 2 - 5 - 1 58 4555 104 2929 George Washington 8 3 - 4 - 1 132 2359 105 2511 Texas El Paso 10 7 - 1 - 2 224 -2425 106 2353 Missouri 10 3 - 6 - 1 115 3107 107 2315 Centre College 2 1 - 1 - 0 153 1269 108 2273 Saint Anselm 1 0 - 1 - 0 10 8115 109 2054 Honolulu 1 0 - 1 - 0 12 7948 110 2000 Portland 4 1 - 2 - 1 88 3500 111 1958 Bucknell 8 3 - 3 - 2 167 966 112 1877 Springfield College 2 0 - 2 - 0 9 8533 113 1754 Kansas 9 3 - 4 - 2 144 1774 114 1735 Utah 8 5 - 3 - 0 205 -1196 115 1647 Virginia Military 10 5 - 5 - 0 179 345 116 1562 Denver 9 6 - 3 - 0 218 -1865 117 1378 Brigham Young 9 6 - 3 - 0 214 -1823 118 1340 Niagara 1 0 - 1 - 0 33 5800 119 936 Central Oklahoma 2 0 - 2 - 0 14 7643 120 764 Washington MO 10 4 - 6 - 0 149 1529 121 741 Southwestern (Texas) 1 0 - 1 - 0 13 7695 122 656 Santa Barbara 3 1 - 1 - 1 192 -363 123 560 DePaul 2 0 - 0 - 2 181 280 124 560 Saint Louis 10 7 - 2 - 1 228 -2569 125 241 Louisiana Tech 2 0 - 1 - 1 89 3496 126 0 Saint Xavier 3 1 - 2 - 0 148 1552 127 0 Kansas State 9 4 - 5 - 0 176 498 128 -349 Iowa 8 1 - 7 - 0 60 4528 129 -395 Pennsylvania Military 2 0 - 2 - 0 17 7279 130 -437 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 24 6673 131 -449 Loyola (New Orleans) 2 0 - 2 - 0 21 6843 132 -606 Nevada Reno 2 1 - 1 - 0 159 1237 133 -848 Wichita State 3 2 - 1 - 0 230 -2650 134 -1040 Waynesburg College 3 0 - 3 - 0 22 6806 135 -1052 Marquette 9 3 - 6 - 0 131 2366 136 -1094 Oklahoma State 10 4 - 6 - 0 168 927 137 -1244 Iowa State 9 3 - 6 - 0 139 1955 138 -1478 Gonzaga 10 2 - 6 - 2 119 2963 139 -1620 New Mexico 9 4 - 4 - 1 193 -377 140 -1766 South Carolina 12 5 - 6 - 1 191 -267 141 -1881 New Mexico Military 2 1 - 1 - 0 196 -587 142 -2311 San Diego Marines 2 1 - 1 - 0 203 -1093 143 -2442 Willamette Oregon 1 0 - 1 - 0 35 5715 144 -2492 Lehigh 2 0 - 2 - 0 56 4687 145 -2707 Butler 1 0 - 1 - 0 40 5399 146 -2753 Miami FL 9 4 - 4 - 1 211 -1518 147 -2945 Western Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 64 4444 148 -2983 University of Chicago 7 1 - 6 - 0 114 3150 149 -3225 Cincinnati 1 0 - 1 - 0 37 5577 150 -3302 Toledo 1 0 - 1 - 0 34 5715 151 -3306 Samford 2 0 - 2 - 0 30 6055 152 -3421 North Texas 1 0 - 1 - 0 52 4934 153 -3513 Washington & Lee 9 4 - 5 - 0 195 -574 154 -3528 Virginia Tech 10 5 - 5 - 0 213 -1735 155 -3555 McDaniel College 4 0 - 4 - 0 45 5187 156 -3659 California Davis 2 0 - 2 - 0 28 6314 157 -3667 Sewanee 9 2 - 7 - 0 143 1908 158 -3759 Citadel 11 7 - 4 - 0 241 -3787 159 -3962 Gettysburg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 54 4819 160 -4220 Saint John's (Maryland) 3 0 - 3 - 0 44 5253 161 -4416 Mercer 2 0 - 2 - 0 53 4873 162 -4431 Furman 9 4 - 3 - 2 238 -3549 163 -4442 Rutgers 2 0 - 2 - 0 121 2940 164 -4504 Wake Forest 9 3 - 6 - 0 180 342 165 -4634 North Dakota State 3 1 - 2 - 0 152 1292 166 -4730 Saint Bonaventure 2 0 - 2 - 0 72 4109 167 -4742 Saint Mary's (Texas) 2 1 - 1 - 0 232 -2719 168 -4842 North Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 69 4343 169 -4861 Western Colorado 8 5 - 3 - 0 237 -3487 170 -4911 Northern Arizona 10 5 - 5 - 0 231 -2687 171 -5107 Louisiana College 1 0 - 1 - 0 75 4047 172 -5280 Ohio University 1 0 - 1 - 0 95 3429 173 -5575 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 126 2555 174 -5736 West Virginia Wesleyan 3 0 - 3 - 0 92 3463 175 -5902 Catholic University 4 1 - 3 - 0 172 616 176 -5917 West Texas A&M 1 0 - 1 - 0 155 1255 177 -6078 Davidson 10 2 - 8 - 0 163 1008 178 -6155 Emporia State 1 1 - 0 - 0 254 -8282 179 -6286 Creighton 9 2 - 7 - 0 185 88 180 -6316 Clarkson 1 0 - 1 - 0 99 3333 181 -6362 Hillsdale College 1 0 - 1 - 0 63 4444 182 -6435 Western Reserve 1 0 - 1 - 0 100 3333 183 -6443 Colorado College 9 5 - 4 - 0 233 -3351 184 -6535 Mississippi College 1 0 - 1 - 0 66 4400 185 -6562 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 76 4043 186 -6919 Oklahoma City 4 0 - 4 - 0 82 3859 187 -6961 Newport News - Apprentice 1 0 - 0 - 1 235 -3480 188 -6961 Richmond 10 5 - 4 - 1 242 -3793 189 -7115 Utah State 8 2 - 4 - 2 206 -1345 190 -7687 Shenandoah 1 0 - 1 - 0 86 3596 191 -7722 Virginia 9 2 - 7 - 0 187 -114 192 -7799 Coe College 1 0 - 1 - 0 109 3223 193 -7898 Saint Vincent PA 1 0 - 1 - 0 111 3210 194 -8202 Delta State 1 0 - 1 - 0 98 3352 195 -8267 Daniel Baker 1 0 - 1 - 0 124 2843 196 -8520 Sul Ross State 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 1255 197 -8647 Central College Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 108 3223 198 -8674 Tufts University 1 0 - 1 - 0 125 2555 199 -8701 Saint Lawrence 2 0 - 2 - 0 123 2876 200 -8762 Connecticut 1 0 - 1 - 0 127 2555 201 -9189 Ouachita 1 0 - 1 - 0 120 2945 202 -9231 Wyoming 8 3 - 5 - 0 240 -3624 203 -9749 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 197 -622 204 -9807 Northeastern 1 0 - 1 - 0 133 2332 205 -10010 Oglethorpe 2 0 - 2 - 0 162 1026 206 -10091 Redlands 1 0 - 1 - 0 136 2144 207 -10195 Bradley 2 0 - 2 - 0 184 103 208 -10464 William & Mary 9 4 - 5 - 0 247 -4813 209 -10502 Montana State 8 3 - 4 - 1 246 -4728 210 -10540 Northern Colorado 8 2 - 6 - 0 222 -2303 211 -10679 Grinnell College 4 1 - 3 - 0 219 -1980 212 -10771 South Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 188 -123 213 -11040 Williams College 1 0 - 1 - 0 147 1559 214 -11063 Saint Benedict 2 1 - 1 - 0 252 -5712 215 -11078 Saint Edward's 1 0 - 1 - 0 157 1255 216 -11093 Eastern Washington 1 0 - 1 - 0 198 -739 217 -11224 Lebanon Valley College 1 0 - 1 - 0 166 979 218 -11473 Stetson 2 0 - 2 - 0 173 543 219 -11481 Arizona State 9 0 - 8 - 1 186 30 220 -11696 Western New Mexico 2 0 - 2 - 0 151 1292 221 -11996 Ursinus College 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 979 222 -12579 Whitman 2 0 - 2 - 0 175 510 223 -12936 _Unknown Team 1 0 - 1 - 0 225 -2430 224 -13040 Missouri Rolla 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 280 225 -13121 Colorado State 8 1 - 7 - 0 202 -941 226 -13140 California Tech 2 0 - 2 - 0 190 -155 227 -13259 Colorado School of Mines 7 2 - 5 - 0 234 -3376 228 -14288 James Milliken 1 0 - 1 - 0 182 280 229 -14292 William Jewell 1 0 - 1 - 0 178 382 230 -14346 Ripon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 194 -526 231 -14361 Whittier College 2 0 - 1 - 1 244 -4098 232 -14426 Presbyterian 5 0 - 5 - 0 174 521 233 -15256 Beloit College 1 0 - 1 - 0 210 -1491 234 -16051 Emory & Henry College 1 0 - 1 - 0 200 -883 235 -16565 Washburn University 10 0 - 10 - 0 212 -1641 236 -16753 LaVerne 1 0 - 1 - 0 227 -2455 237 -16922 Roanoke 2 0 - 2 - 0 229 -2622 238 -17076 Spring Hill 1 0 - 1 - 0 209 -1376 239 -17698 Georgia Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 208 -1376 240 -17925 Tennessee Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 217 -1833 241 -18255 Erskine 3 0 - 3 - 0 223 -2390 242 -18378 Newberry College 2 0 - 2 - 0 221 -2047 243 -18600 Wofford 4 0 - 4 - 0 220 -2025 244 -18608 Hiwassee 1 0 - 1 - 0 216 -1833 245 -18900 Idaho State 2 0 - 2 - 0 243 -3840 246 -19292 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 236 -3480 247 -19503 Hampden-Sydney College 4 0 - 4 - 0 239 -3584 248 -19672 New Mexico Highlands 1 0 - 1 - 0 226 -2455 249 -23105 Fort Warren 1 0 - 1 - 0 245 -4615 250 -23216 South Dakota Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 253 -6629 251 -24875 Montana Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 250 -5251 252 -25313 Guilford College 1 0 - 1 - 0 248 -5232 253 -25347 American University 1 0 - 1 - 0 249 -5232 254 -25824 Carroll WI 1 0 - 1 - 0 251 -5251