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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 10275 California Davis 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 10275 2 8936 Tennessee Chattanooga 2 0 - 2 - 0 2 8936 3 8885 Upsala 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 8885 4 8407 Wittenberg 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 8407 5 8407 Akron 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 8407 6 7445 Muhlenberg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 6 7445 7 6885 Franklin & Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 6885 8 6862 Rhode Island 2 0 - 2 - 0 8 6862 9 6861 Southern California 11 9 - 2 - 0 9 6861 10 6714 Stanford 9 3 - 6 - 0 10 6714 11 6695 Washington 9 3 - 5 - 1 11 6695 12 6671 Boston University 3 0 - 3 - 0 12 6671 13 6635 Notre Dame 9 8 - 1 - 0 13 6635 14 6572 Saint Lawrence 1 0 - 1 - 0 14 6572 15 6572 Bates College 1 0 - 1 - 0 15 6572 16 6572 Luther College 1 0 - 1 - 0 16 6572 17 6572 Dickinson College 1 0 - 1 - 0 17 6572 18 6567 Providence 2 0 - 2 - 0 18 6567 19 6557 Oregon 9 4 - 5 - 0 19 6557 20 6426 Minnesota 8 6 - 2 - 0 20 6426 21 6408 Honolulu 1 0 - 1 - 0 21 6408 22 6057 Northwestern 8 4 - 2 - 2 22 6057 23 5952 Washington State 10 2 - 8 - 0 23 5952 24 5848 Southern Mississippi 1 0 - 1 - 0 24 5848 25 5686 Georgia Tech 10 3 - 4 - 3 25 5686 26 5683 Northeastern 1 0 - 1 - 0 26 5683 27 5582 Oregon State 9 5 - 3 - 1 27 5582 28 5546 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 28 5546 29 5522 Nebraska 9 3 - 5 - 1 29 5522 30 5147 Wisconsin 8 5 - 3 - 0 30 5147 31 5130 Illinois Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 31 5130 32 5130 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 32 5130 33 5129 Temple 10 3 - 6 - 1 33 5129 34 5013 Canisius College 2 0 - 2 - 0 34 5013 35 4992 California 11 10 - 1 - 0 35 4992 36 4971 Davis & Elkins 2 0 - 2 - 0 36 4971 37 4969 Colgate 7 2 - 5 - 0 37 4969 38 4957 Pittsburgh 10 8 - 2 - 0 38 4957 39 4934 Tufts University 1 0 - 1 - 0 39 4934 40 4923 Marquette 8 1 - 7 - 0 40 4923 41 4877 Waynesburg College 2 0 - 2 - 0 41 4877 42 4842 Southwestern (Texas) 1 0 - 1 - 0 42 4842 43 4815 Samford 2 0 - 2 - 0 43 4815 44 4792 Illinois 8 3 - 5 - 0 44 4792 45 4757 Yale 8 2 - 6 - 0 45 4757 46 4757 Carnegie Mellon 9 7 - 2 - 0 46 4757 47 4737 Mercer 3 0 - 3 - 0 47 4737 48 4715 Purdue 8 5 - 1 - 2 48 4715 49 4708 Texas 9 1 - 8 - 0 49 4708 50 4665 Western Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 50 4665 51 4655 Rice 10 4 - 6 - 0 51 4655 52 4654 Louisiana Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 52 4654 53 4536 Indiana 8 1 - 6 - 1 53 4536 54 4480 Kansas 9 3 - 6 - 0 54 4480 55 4406 Clarkson 1 0 - 1 - 0 55 4406 56 4343 Saint Bonaventure 1 1 - 0 - 0 56 4343 57 4309 Portland 3 1 - 2 - 0 57 4309 58 4276 Fordham 9 6 - 1 - 2 58 4276 59 4265 Ohio State 8 4 - 3 - 1 59 4265 60 4240 UCLA 12 7 - 4 - 1 60 4240 61 4219 Columbia 9 3 - 6 - 0 61 4219 62 4007 Duke 10 9 - 1 - 0 62 4007 63 3961 Kansas State 9 4 - 4 - 1 63 3961 64 3895 North Texas 1 0 - 1 - 0 64 3895 65 3892 Alabama 9 7 - 1 - 1 65 3892 66 3868 Sewanee 9 1 - 8 - 0 66 3868 67 3830 St. Mary's CA 8 6 - 2 - 0 67 3830 68 3806 Butler 3 0 - 3 - 0 68 3806 69 3804 Loyola (New Orleans) 3 0 - 3 - 0 69 3804 70 3787 Tennessee 11 11 - 0 - 0 70 3787 71 3742 Cornell 7 5 - 1 - 1 71 3742 72 3652 Iowa 8 1 - 6 - 1 72 3652 73 3643 Vanderbilt 9 6 - 3 - 0 73 3643 74 3628 Texas A&M Kingsville 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 3628 75 3620 Michigan 8 6 - 1 - 1 75 3620 76 3578 Santa Clara 8 6 - 2 - 0 76 3578 77 3551 Lafayette 4 2 - 2 - 0 77 3551 78 3549 Arkansas 10 2 - 7 - 1 78 3549 79 3542 North Carolina State 11 3 - 7 - 1 79 3542 80 3530 Holy Cross 9 8 - 1 - 0 80 3530 81 3473 Auburn 10 4 - 5 - 1 81 3473 82 3431 Ohio University 1 1 - 0 - 0 82 3431 83 3425 Harvard 8 4 - 4 - 0 83 3425 84 3374 Pennsylvania 8 3 - 2 - 3 84 3374 85 3316 Roanoke 3 1 - 2 - 0 85 3316 86 3304 Tulane 10 7 - 2 - 1 86 3304 87 3284 Louisiana Tech 3 0 - 3 - 0 87 3284 88 3284 Oklahoma 11 10 - 1 - 0 88 3284 89 3260 Missouri 9 6 - 3 - 0 89 3260 90 3196 Syracuse 8 5 - 3 - 0 90 3196 91 3189 Birmingham Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 91 3189 92 3188 Manhattan 9 5 - 4 - 0 92 3188 93 3131 North Dakota State 2 0 - 2 - 0 93 3131 94 3087 Detroit 10 6 - 4 - 0 94 3087 95 3061 Princeton 8 3 - 4 - 1 95 3061 96 3057 Louisiana State 10 6 - 4 - 0 96 3057 97 3024 Elon 1 0 - 1 - 0 97 3024 98 3017 Penn State 8 3 - 4 - 1 98 3017 99 3004 Brown 8 5 - 3 - 0 99 3004 100 2988 Navy 9 4 - 3 - 2 100 2988 101 2985 Hawaii 3 0 - 3 - 0 101 2985 102 2978 Army 10 8 - 2 - 0 102 2978 103 2965 Texas A&M 9 4 - 4 - 1 103 2965 104 2964 Northwestern State LA 1 0 - 1 - 0 104 2964 105 2961 Texas Christian 11 11 - 0 - 0 105 2961 106 2931 Michigan State 9 6 - 3 - 0 106 2931 107 2900 North Dakota 2 1 - 1 - 0 107 2900 108 2890 Iowa State 9 7 - 1 - 1 108 2890 109 2839 Presbyterian 2 0 - 2 - 0 109 2839 110 2825 Southern Methodist 10 6 - 4 - 0 110 2825 111 2788 North Carolina 9 6 - 2 - 1 111 2788 112 2666 Williams College 1 0 - 1 - 0 112 2666 113 2666 Albright 2 0 - 2 - 0 113 2666 114 2657 Centre College 3 1 - 2 - 0 114 2657 115 2636 Rollins 1 0 - 1 - 0 115 2636 116 2636 Spring Hill 1 0 - 1 - 0 116 2636 117 2636 Montana State 4 0 - 4 - 0 117 2636 118 2606 Niagara 2 0 - 2 - 0 118 2606 119 2563 Dartmouth 9 7 - 2 - 0 119 2563 120 2543 West Virginia 10 4 - 5 - 1 120 2543 121 2538 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 121 2538 122 2483 Wake Forest 10 4 - 5 - 1 122 2483 123 2417 Lehigh 2 0 - 2 - 0 123 2417 124 2286 Saint Benedict 1 0 - 1 - 0 124 2286 125 2286 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 125 2286 126 2276 New York University 8 4 - 4 - 0 126 2276 127 2274 Catholic University 4 1 - 3 - 0 127 2274 128 2274 Kentucky 9 2 - 7 - 0 128 2274 129 2206 Gettysburg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 129 2206 130 2138 Clemson 9 7 - 1 - 1 130 2138 131 2136 Mississippi State 10 4 - 6 - 0 131 2136 132 2135 Arkansas State 1 1 - 0 - 0 132 2135 133 2134 Georgia 10 5 - 4 - 1 133 2134 134 2128 Duquesne 10 4 - 6 - 0 134 2128 135 2059 Idaho 10 6 - 3 - 1 135 2059 136 1975 Arizona 9 3 - 6 - 0 136 1975 137 1900 Mississippi 11 9 - 2 - 0 137 1900 138 1868 Tulsa 10 4 - 5 - 1 138 1868 139 1838 Maryland 9 2 - 7 - 0 139 1838 140 1809 Boston College 9 6 - 1 - 2 140 1809 141 1741 Monmouth NJ 1 0 - 1 - 0 141 1741 142 1741 Central College Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 142 1741 143 1728 Western New Mexico 2 0 - 2 - 0 143 1728 144 1718 Baylor 10 7 - 2 - 1 144 1718 145 1679 Fresno State 2 0 - 2 - 0 145 1679 146 1672 Simpson College 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 1672 147 1672 McKendree College 1 0 - 1 - 0 147 1672 148 1669 Pacific 3 1 - 2 - 0 148 1669 149 1562 South Carolina 11 6 - 4 - 1 149 1562 150 1560 Western Reserve 1 1 - 0 - 0 150 1560 151 1560 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 151 1560 152 1523 DePaul 4 1 - 3 - 0 152 1523 153 1426 Villanova 9 8 - 0 - 1 153 1426 154 1359 Virginia 9 4 - 4 - 1 154 1359 155 1328 Florida 11 4 - 6 - 1 155 1328 156 1326 Tampa 2 0 - 2 - 0 156 1326 157 1315 Virginia Tech 10 3 - 5 - 2 157 1315 158 1281 Centenary 11 7 - 4 - 0 158 1281 159 1270 University of Chicago 8 1 - 6 - 1 159 1270 160 1244 Gonzaga 8 1 - 7 - 0 160 1244 161 1215 West Virginia Wesleyan 2 0 - 2 - 0 161 1215 162 1165 Wichita State 5 2 - 2 - 1 162 1165 163 1136 American International 2 0 - 2 - 0 163 1136 164 1134 Eastern Washington 1 0 - 1 - 0 164 1134 165 1007 Saint Xavier 2 1 - 1 - 0 165 1007 166 969 Randolph Macon College 4 1 - 3 - 0 166 969 167 944 George Washington 9 5 - 4 - 0 167 944 168 876 Southwestern (TN) 3 2 - 1 - 0 168 876 169 812 Bucknell 8 5 - 3 - 0 169 812 170 792 Saint Mary's (Texas) 3 1 - 2 - 0 170 792 171 716 Drake 10 5 - 4 - 1 171 716 172 642 Davidson 10 4 - 6 - 0 172 642 173 603 Oklahoma State 10 2 - 8 - 0 173 603 174 558 New Mexico Military 1 0 - 1 - 0 174 558 175 558 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 175 558 176 472 Oklahoma City 2 0 - 2 - 0 176 472 177 455 Erskine 3 0 - 3 - 0 177 455 178 298 Virginia Military 11 6 - 1 - 4 178 298 179 268 Georgetown 8 8 - 0 - 0 179 268 180 170 Colorado College 2 0 - 2 - 0 180 170 181 108 Hardin-Simmons 4 2 - 2 - 0 181 108 182 106 McDaniel College 2 1 - 1 - 0 182 106 183 17 Stetson 1 1 - 0 - 0 183 17 184 10 Rutgers 3 2 - 1 - 0 184 10 185 0 Saint Anselm 1 0 - 0 - 1 185 0 186 -6 Furman 10 2 - 7 - 1 186 -6 187 -30 Saint Louis 10 3 - 5 - 2 187 -30 188 -78 Denver 9 4 - 4 - 1 188 -78 189 -224 Grinnell College 3 0 - 3 - 0 189 -224 190 -370 San Francisco 8 5 - 2 - 1 190 -370 191 -376 Washington MO 10 6 - 3 - 1 191 -376 192 -520 Montana 9 5 - 3 - 1 192 -520 193 -625 Oglethorpe 4 0 - 4 - 0 193 -625 194 -672 Santa Barbara 2 0 - 2 - 0 194 -672 195 -719 Loyola Marymount 9 4 - 5 - 0 195 -719 196 -914 Texas Tech 11 10 - 1 - 0 196 -914 197 -932 Wofford 2 0 - 2 - 0 197 -932 198 -981 Emporia State 1 0 - 1 - 0 198 -981 199 -981 Baker University 1 0 - 1 - 0 199 -981 200 -982 Colorado 8 3 - 4 - 1 200 -982 201 -1024 New Mexico State 9 7 - 2 - 0 201 -1024 202 -1099 Wyoming 8 2 - 5 - 1 202 -1099 203 -1139 Washington & Lee 9 4 - 4 - 1 203 -1139 204 -1164 Central Oklahoma 2 0 - 2 - 0 204 -1164 205 -1184 Redlands 1 0 - 1 - 0 205 -1184 206 -1184 California Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 206 -1184 207 -1215 Maryville College 1 0 - 1 - 0 207 -1215 208 -1286 Citadel 11 6 - 5 - 0 208 -1286 209 -1378 Tennessee Tech 1 1 - 0 - 0 209 -1378 210 -1378 Hiwassee 1 0 - 1 - 0 210 -1378 211 -1434 Bradley 2 1 - 0 - 1 211 -1434 212 -1434 Missouri Rolla 1 0 - 1 - 0 212 -1434 213 -1640 Miami FL 10 8 - 2 - 0 213 -1640 214 -1705 Utah 10 7 - 1 - 2 214 -1705 215 -1788 New Mexico 11 8 - 3 - 0 215 -1788 216 -1789 Texas El Paso 9 6 - 3 - 0 216 -1789 217 -1817 Richmond 10 6 - 3 - 1 217 -1817 218 -1827 Albertson 1 0 - 1 - 0 218 -1827 219 -1955 Brigham Young 8 4 - 3 - 1 219 -1955 220 -1989 Utah State 8 4 - 4 - 0 220 -1989 221 -2047 Colorado State 8 1 - 5 - 2 221 -2047 222 -2116 Creighton 8 6 - 1 - 1 222 -2116 223 -2210 Hampden-Sydney College 8 2 - 6 - 0 223 -2210 224 -2458 Newport News - Apprentice 2 1 - 1 - 0 224 -2458 225 -2587 Emory & Henry College 2 0 - 2 - 0 225 -2587 226 -2592 William & Mary 10 3 - 7 - 0 226 -2592 227 -2762 Arizona State 9 3 - 6 - 0 227 -2762 228 -2939 Puget Sound 1 0 - 1 - 0 228 -2939 229 -2942 Northern Arizona 9 2 - 6 - 1 229 -2942 230 -3028 Washburn University 9 6 - 3 - 0 230 -3028 231 -3096 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 231 -3096 232 -4049 Fort Warren 1 0 - 1 - 0 232 -4049 233 -4083 DePauw University 1 0 - 1 - 0 233 -4083 234 -4145 California Poly 1 0 - 1 - 0 234 -4145 235 -4905 San Jose State 2 2 - 0 - 0 235 -4905 236 -4905 Whittier College 2 1 - 1 - 0 236 -4905 237 -4951 Guilford College 1 0 - 1 - 0 237 -4951 238 -4951 Norfolk Navy 1 0 - 1 - 0 238 -4951 239 -5665 Nevada Reno 1 0 - 0 - 1 239 -5665 240 -5665 Fort Hays State 1 1 - 0 - 0 240 -5665 241 -5665 Panhandle State Oklahoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 241 -5665 242 -6458 Colorado School of Mines 1 0 - 1 - 0 242 -6458