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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 7872 Williams College 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 7872 2 7436 Waynesburg College 2 0 - 2 - 0 2 7436 3 6894 Saint Anselm 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 6894 4 6894 Lebanon Valley College 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 6894 5 6894 Saint Joseph's PA 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 6894 6 6672 North Texas 1 0 - 1 - 0 6 6672 7 6153 Hawaii All-Stars 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 6153 8 6113 Millsaps College 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 6113 9 6103 Lehigh 1 0 - 1 - 0 9 6103 10 5967 Providence 1 0 - 1 - 0 10 5967 11 5954 Mercer 3 0 - 3 - 0 11 5954 12 5938 Tulane 10 8 - 1 - 1 12 5938 13 5764 Northwestern 8 3 - 4 - 1 13 5764 14 5760 Saint Xavier 1 0 - 1 - 0 14 5760 15 5760 Oglethorpe 1 0 - 1 - 0 15 5760 16 5757 Columbia 8 2 - 4 - 2 16 5757 17 5748 Birmingham Southern 2 0 - 2 - 0 17 5748 18 5735 Southwestern (Texas) 1 0 - 1 - 0 18 5735 19 5483 Indiana 8 2 - 4 - 2 19 5483 20 5364 Minnesota 8 3 - 4 - 1 20 5364 21 5331 Notre Dame 9 7 - 2 - 0 21 5331 22 5258 Cornell 8 8 - 0 - 0 22 5258 23 5237 Auburn 11 5 - 5 - 1 23 5237 24 5229 Illinois Wesleyan 2 0 - 2 - 0 24 5229 25 5218 Southern Mississippi 1 0 - 1 - 0 25 5218 26 5176 North Carolina State 10 2 - 8 - 0 26 5176 27 5081 Ohio State 8 6 - 2 - 0 27 5081 28 5081 Alabama 9 5 - 3 - 1 28 5081 29 5059 Western Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 29 5059 30 5059 Central Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 30 5059 31 5042 Purdue 8 3 - 3 - 2 31 5042 32 5036 Samford 4 0 - 4 - 0 32 5036 33 4928 Elon 1 0 - 1 - 0 33 4928 34 4793 Boston University 2 0 - 2 - 0 34 4793 35 4793 Stanford 9 1 - 7 - 1 35 4793 36 4716 Roanoke 2 0 - 2 - 0 36 4716 37 4713 Pennsylvania 8 4 - 4 - 0 37 4713 38 4675 Georgia Tech 10 8 - 2 - 0 38 4675 39 4631 Saint Mary's (Texas) 1 1 - 0 - 0 39 4631 40 4630 Illinois 8 3 - 4 - 1 40 4630 41 4629 Navy 9 3 - 5 - 1 41 4629 42 4594 Wisconsin 8 1 - 6 - 1 42 4594 43 4577 Colgate 8 2 - 5 - 1 43 4577 44 4555 Pittsburgh 9 5 - 4 - 0 44 4555 45 4510 San Diego Marines 1 1 - 0 - 0 45 4510 46 4510 California Poly 1 0 - 1 - 0 46 4510 47 4510 San Diego State 1 0 - 1 - 0 47 4510 48 4462 Tennessee Chattanooga 2 1 - 1 - 0 48 4462 49 4453 Southern Methodist 10 6 - 3 - 1 49 4453 50 4408 Rice 11 1 - 9 - 1 50 4408 51 4345 Texas 9 5 - 4 - 0 51 4345 52 4288 Hawaii 2 0 - 2 - 0 52 4288 53 4243 Syracuse 8 3 - 3 - 2 53 4243 54 4242 Texas A&M 11 11 - 0 - 0 54 4242 55 4214 Fordham 8 6 - 2 - 0 55 4214 56 4141 Lafayette 3 0 - 3 - 0 56 4141 57 4132 West Texas A&M 2 0 - 2 - 0 57 4132 58 4130 Louisiana State 9 4 - 5 - 0 58 4130 59 4120 Vanderbilt 10 2 - 7 - 1 59 4120 60 4116 Southern California 10 8 - 0 - 2 60 4116 61 4096 Missouri 10 8 - 2 - 0 61 4096 62 4037 Clarkson 1 0 - 1 - 0 62 4037 63 4011 Michigan 8 6 - 2 - 0 63 4011 64 3997 Arkansas 10 4 - 5 - 1 64 3997 65 3991 San Francisco 10 4 - 3 - 3 65 3991 66 3989 Oregon 8 3 - 4 - 1 66 3989 67 3981 Iowa 8 6 - 1 - 1 67 3981 68 3954 Duke 9 8 - 1 - 0 68 3954 69 3937 Yale 8 3 - 4 - 1 69 3937 70 3927 Nebraska 9 7 - 1 - 1 70 3927 71 3901 Temple 9 2 - 7 - 0 71 3901 72 3838 Pennsylvania Military 1 0 - 1 - 0 72 3838 73 3769 Texas Christian 10 3 - 7 - 0 73 3769 74 3755 Howard Payne 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 3755 75 3755 Saint Edward's 1 0 - 1 - 0 75 3755 76 3750 Washington 9 4 - 5 - 0 76 3750 77 3743 Oklahoma 9 6 - 2 - 1 77 3743 78 3718 Princeton 8 7 - 1 - 0 78 3718 79 3614 South Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 79 3614 80 3555 Northwest Missouri State 1 1 - 0 - 0 80 3555 81 3547 Santa Clara 9 5 - 1 - 3 81 3547 82 3427 Baylor 10 7 - 3 - 0 82 3427 83 3408 East Central Oklahoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 83 3408 84 3320 Detroit 9 5 - 3 - 1 84 3320 85 3317 Washington State 9 4 - 5 - 0 85 3317 86 3233 New York University 9 5 - 4 - 0 86 3233 87 3191 North Carolina 10 8 - 1 - 1 87 3191 88 3119 Saint Lawrence 2 0 - 2 - 0 88 3119 89 3052 Fresno State 2 2 - 0 - 0 89 3052 90 3029 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 90 3029 91 3027 Tennessee 11 10 - 1 - 0 91 3027 92 3005 California 10 3 - 7 - 0 92 3005 93 2945 Villanova 8 6 - 2 - 0 93 2945 94 2943 South Carolina 10 3 - 6 - 1 94 2943 95 2937 Eastern Washington 1 0 - 1 - 0 95 2937 96 2937 St. Mary's CA 8 3 - 4 - 1 96 2937 97 2925 Butler 2 1 - 0 - 1 97 2925 98 2886 Kentucky 9 6 - 2 - 1 98 2886 99 2848 Marshall 2 1 - 1 - 0 99 2848 100 2829 Georgia 11 5 - 6 - 0 100 2829 101 2812 Michigan State 9 4 - 4 - 1 101 2812 102 2767 Manhattan 8 4 - 4 - 0 102 2767 103 2735 Kansas 8 2 - 6 - 0 103 2735 104 2716 Penn State 8 5 - 1 - 2 104 2716 105 2691 Saint Bonaventure 1 0 - 1 - 0 105 2691 106 2600 Portland 4 1 - 3 - 0 106 2600 107 2565 Kansas State 9 4 - 5 - 0 107 2565 108 2534 Dayton 1 0 - 0 - 1 108 2534 109 2510 Marquette 8 4 - 4 - 0 109 2510 110 2505 Carnegie Mellon 8 3 - 5 - 0 110 2505 111 2486 Clemson 10 9 - 1 - 0 111 2486 112 2465 Boston College 11 9 - 2 - 0 112 2465 113 2429 Centenary 12 2 - 9 - 1 113 2429 114 2391 Presbyterian 2 0 - 2 - 0 114 2391 115 2390 Loyola Marymount 9 2 - 6 - 1 115 2390 116 2328 Sewanee 8 3 - 5 - 0 116 2328 117 2296 Davis & Elkins 1 0 - 1 - 0 117 2296 118 2284 Muhlenberg College 2 0 - 2 - 0 118 2284 119 2250 Stetson 1 0 - 1 - 0 119 2250 120 2229 Holy Cross 9 7 - 2 - 0 120 2229 121 2204 Florida 11 5 - 5 - 1 121 2204 122 2118 UCLA 10 6 - 0 - 4 122 2118 123 2097 Mississippi State 10 8 - 2 - 0 123 2097 124 2043 Memphis 2 0 - 2 - 0 124 2043 125 2039 Wake Forest 10 7 - 3 - 0 125 2039 126 2020 Iowa State 9 2 - 7 - 0 126 2020 127 2013 Newport News - Apprentice 2 0 - 2 - 0 127 2013 128 1923 Northwest Oklahoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 128 1923 129 1905 Virginia Military 10 6 - 3 - 1 129 1905 130 1890 Davidson 9 2 - 7 - 0 130 1890 131 1877 Duquesne 9 8 - 0 - 1 131 1877 132 1841 Catholic University 5 4 - 0 - 1 132 1841 133 1811 Army 9 3 - 4 - 2 133 1811 134 1786 Missouri Rolla 2 0 - 2 - 0 134 1786 135 1744 Oregon State 11 9 - 1 - 1 135 1744 136 1666 Dartmouth 9 5 - 3 - 1 136 1666 137 1650 Tampa 2 0 - 2 - 0 137 1650 138 1576 Oklahoma State 10 5 - 4 - 1 138 1576 139 1498 Maryland 9 2 - 7 - 0 139 1498 140 1469 Tulsa 10 4 - 5 - 1 140 1469 141 1416 Case Western Reserve 1 0 - 1 - 0 141 1416 142 1416 Wittenberg 1 0 - 1 - 0 142 1416 143 1415 Connecticut 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 1415 144 1415 Amherst College 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 1415 145 1415 Tufts University 1 0 - 1 - 0 145 1415 146 1415 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 1415 147 1331 Mississippi 9 7 - 2 - 0 147 1331 148 1324 Washington MO 10 6 - 3 - 1 148 1324 149 1303 Pomona-Pitzer 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 1303 150 1295 San Jose State 3 3 - 0 - 0 150 1295 151 1274 New Hampshire 1 0 - 1 - 0 151 1274 152 1274 Bates College 1 0 - 1 - 0 152 1274 153 1157 Virginia Tech 10 4 - 5 - 1 153 1157 154 1050 Rollins 1 0 - 1 - 0 154 1050 155 929 Virginia 9 5 - 4 - 0 155 929 156 908 George Washington 8 5 - 3 - 0 156 908 157 894 Miami FL 10 5 - 5 - 0 157 894 158 892 Ursinus College 1 0 - 1 - 0 158 892 159 887 Washington & Lee 8 3 - 4 - 1 159 887 160 882 Rutgers 3 1 - 1 - 1 160 882 161 830 Centre College 2 0 - 2 - 0 161 830 162 751 University of Chicago 8 2 - 6 - 0 162 751 163 751 Montana 9 3 - 6 - 0 163 751 164 648 Texas El Paso 9 5 - 4 - 0 164 648 165 625 Tennessee Tech 2 0 - 1 - 1 165 625 166 604 Harvard 8 4 - 4 - 0 166 604 167 551 Gettysburg College 2 1 - 1 - 0 167 551 168 541 West Virginia 9 2 - 6 - 1 168 541 169 487 McDaniel College 3 0 - 3 - 0 169 487 170 444 Loyola (New Orleans) 4 0 - 4 - 0 170 444 171 414 Southwestern (TN) 9 3 - 5 - 1 171 414 172 412 California Davis 1 0 - 1 - 0 172 412 173 396 Pacific 3 1 - 1 - 1 173 396 174 382 Sam Houston 1 1 - 0 - 0 174 382 175 315 Georgetown 8 7 - 0 - 1 175 315 176 262 Arizona State 11 8 - 2 - 1 176 262 177 203 Randolph Macon College 4 0 - 4 - 0 177 203 178 114 Idaho 8 2 - 6 - 0 178 114 179 82 Citadel 11 3 - 8 - 0 179 82 180 0 Bradley 2 0 - 0 - 2 180 0 181 0 Santa Barbara 1 0 - 0 - 1 181 0 182 -9 Furman 9 5 - 4 - 0 182 -9 183 -17 Texas Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -17 184 -61 Arizona 10 6 - 4 - 0 184 -61 185 -108 Louisiana Tech 2 0 - 2 - 0 185 -108 186 -122 Gonzaga 8 6 - 2 - 0 186 -122 187 -199 Fort Hays State 2 0 - 2 - 0 187 -199 188 -220 Brown 9 5 - 3 - 1 188 -220 189 -239 Drake 10 5 - 5 - 0 189 -239 190 -277 Hardin-Simmons 9 7 - 1 - 1 190 -277 191 -391 Colorado 8 5 - 3 - 0 191 -391 192 -429 Texas Tech 11 5 - 5 - 1 192 -429 193 -459 Wichita State 5 1 - 3 - 1 193 -459 194 -526 Redlands 1 0 - 1 - 0 194 -526 195 -544 Wyoming 8 0 - 7 - 1 195 -544 196 -656 Bucknell 8 3 - 5 - 0 196 -656 197 -727 Colorado State 9 2 - 7 - 0 197 -727 198 -745 Whittier College 3 2 - 1 - 0 198 -745 199 -863 New Mexico State 9 3 - 6 - 0 199 -863 200 -879 Creighton 9 4 - 5 - 0 200 -879 201 -883 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 201 -883 202 -1218 Erskine 3 0 - 3 - 0 202 -1218 203 -1426 Guilford College 2 0 - 2 - 0 203 -1426 204 -1460 Saint Louis 10 5 - 3 - 2 204 -1460 205 -1505 Utah 9 6 - 1 - 2 205 -1505 206 -1564 Western Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 206 -1564 207 -1607 Northern Arizona 8 1 - 6 - 1 207 -1607 208 -1689 William & Mary 9 6 - 2 - 1 208 -1689 209 -1691 Northwestern State LA 1 1 - 0 - 0 209 -1691 210 -1714 Coe College 1 0 - 1 - 0 210 -1714 211 -1742 New Mexico 10 8 - 2 - 0 211 -1742 212 -1763 Richmond 10 7 - 1 - 2 212 -1763 213 -1781 Denver 9 5 - 3 - 1 213 -1781 214 -1797 Albright 1 0 - 1 - 0 214 -1797 215 -2119 Grinnell College 2 0 - 2 - 0 215 -2119 216 -2186 West Virginia Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 216 -2186 217 -2186 Cincinnati 1 0 - 1 - 0 217 -2186 218 -2294 Western New Mexico 2 0 - 1 - 1 218 -2294 219 -2295 Montana State 2 0 - 2 - 0 219 -2295 220 -3004 Arkansas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 220 -3004 221 -3093 Utah State 8 3 - 4 - 1 221 -3093 222 -3096 Hampden-Sydney College 9 4 - 5 - 0 222 -3096 223 -3315 Beloit College 1 1 - 0 - 0 223 -3315 224 -3315 Wabash College 1 0 - 1 - 0 224 -3315 225 -3315 Oberlin College 1 0 - 1 - 0 225 -3315 226 -3394 Colorado School of Mines 1 1 - 0 - 0 226 -3394 227 -3478 Wofford 2 0 - 2 - 0 227 -3478 228 -3694 Brigham Young 9 5 - 2 - 2 228 -3694 229 -3892 Nevada Reno 2 0 - 2 - 0 229 -3892 230 -3982 Delaware 1 0 - 1 - 0 230 -3982 231 -4020 Colorado College 1 0 - 1 - 0 231 -4020 232 -4020 Baker University 1 0 - 1 - 0 232 -4020 233 -4020 Saint Benedict 1 0 - 1 - 0 233 -4020 234 -4020 Emporia State 1 0 - 1 - 0 234 -4020 235 -4408 Albertson 1 0 - 1 - 0 235 -4408 236 -4891 Washburn University 10 6 - 4 - 0 236 -4891