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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 10260 Louisiana Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 10260 2 10260 Millsaps College 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 10260 3 10108 Texas A&M Kingsville 2 0 - 2 - 0 3 10108 4 9580 Saint Anselm 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 9580 5 8217 UCLA 10 1 - 9 - 0 5 8217 6 7932 Mercer 3 0 - 3 - 0 6 7932 7 7686 Minnesota 8 8 - 0 - 0 7 7686 8 7659 North Texas 2 0 - 2 - 0 8 7659 9 7337 Ohio State 8 4 - 4 - 0 9 7337 10 7144 Memphis 1 0 - 1 - 0 10 7144 11 7144 Union (Tennessee) 1 0 - 1 - 0 11 7144 12 7029 Spring Hill 1 0 - 1 - 0 12 7029 13 6894 California 10 4 - 6 - 0 13 6894 14 6831 Northwestern 8 6 - 2 - 0 14 6831 15 6790 Arkansas 10 4 - 6 - 0 15 6790 16 6624 Michigan 8 7 - 1 - 0 16 6624 17 6537 Samford 4 0 - 4 - 0 17 6537 18 6497 Indiana 8 3 - 5 - 0 18 6497 19 6488 Texas Christian 10 3 - 7 - 0 19 6488 20 6471 Southwestern (TN) 5 0 - 4 - 1 20 6471 21 6442 Texas A&M 10 9 - 1 - 0 21 6442 22 6435 Waynesburg College 2 0 - 2 - 0 22 6435 23 6395 Pittsburgh 8 3 - 4 - 1 23 6395 24 6297 Washington 9 7 - 2 - 0 24 6297 25 6292 Rice 10 7 - 3 - 0 25 6292 26 6289 Stanford 10 10 - 0 - 0 26 6289 27 6281 Southern California 9 3 - 4 - 2 27 6281 28 6218 Southern Methodist 10 8 - 1 - 1 28 6218 29 6207 Tulane 10 5 - 5 - 0 29 6207 30 6178 Daniel Baker 1 0 - 1 - 0 30 6178 31 6144 Baylor 10 4 - 6 - 0 31 6144 32 6114 Illinois 8 1 - 7 - 0 32 6114 33 6092 Texas 10 8 - 2 - 0 33 6092 34 5947 San Francisco 8 1 - 6 - 1 34 5947 35 5805 Oregon 9 4 - 4 - 1 35 5805 36 5713 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 36 5713 37 5626 Louisiana State 10 6 - 4 - 0 37 5626 38 5542 Wisconsin 8 4 - 4 - 0 38 5542 39 5268 Auburn 11 6 - 4 - 1 39 5268 40 5151 Washington State 10 4 - 4 - 2 40 5151 41 5064 East Central Oklahoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 41 5064 42 5016 Purdue 8 2 - 6 - 0 42 5016 43 4982 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 43 4982 44 4982 Eastern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 44 4982 45 4971 Oregon State 9 5 - 3 - 1 45 4971 46 4962 Roanoke 2 0 - 2 - 0 46 4962 47 4953 William Jewell 1 0 - 1 - 0 47 4953 48 4920 Boston University 2 0 - 2 - 0 48 4920 49 4863 Portland 4 0 - 3 - 1 49 4863 50 4758 Nebraska 10 8 - 2 - 0 50 4758 51 4753 Iowa 8 4 - 4 - 0 51 4753 52 4696 Syracuse 8 3 - 4 - 1 52 4696 53 4656 Akron 1 0 - 1 - 0 53 4656 54 4656 Mississippi College 1 0 - 1 - 0 54 4656 55 4565 Santa Clara 8 6 - 1 - 1 55 4565 56 4562 Fordham 9 7 - 2 - 0 56 4562 57 4329 Idaho 9 1 - 7 - 1 57 4329 58 4280 Georgia Tech 10 3 - 7 - 0 58 4280 59 4272 Appalachian State 1 0 - 1 - 0 59 4272 60 4239 Bucknell 3 0 - 2 - 1 60 4239 61 4203 Mississippi State 11 10 - 0 - 1 61 4203 62 4101 Clarkson 1 0 - 1 - 0 62 4101 63 4090 Duke 9 7 - 2 - 0 63 4090 64 4066 Amherst College 1 0 - 1 - 0 64 4066 65 4045 Army 9 1 - 7 - 1 65 4045 66 4024 Yale 8 1 - 7 - 0 66 4024 67 3895 St. Mary's CA 8 5 - 3 - 0 67 3895 68 3866 Tennessee 11 10 - 1 - 0 68 3866 69 3838 Columbia 9 5 - 2 - 2 69 3838 70 3831 Cornell 8 6 - 2 - 0 70 3831 71 3716 North Carolina State 9 3 - 6 - 0 71 3716 72 3704 Oklahoma 9 6 - 3 - 0 72 3704 73 3663 Alabama 9 7 - 2 - 0 73 3663 74 3415 Pennsylvania 8 6 - 1 - 1 74 3415 75 3364 New York University 9 2 - 7 - 0 75 3364 76 3309 Centre College 3 0 - 3 - 0 76 3309 77 3283 Muhlenberg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 77 3283 78 3239 Temple 9 4 - 4 - 1 78 3239 79 3202 San Diego Marines 2 1 - 1 - 0 79 3202 80 3202 Catholic University 4 1 - 3 - 0 80 3202 81 3190 Michigan State 8 3 - 4 - 1 81 3190 82 3104 Saint Xavier 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 3104 83 3104 Baldwin-Wallace College 1 0 - 1 - 0 83 3104 84 3104 South Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 84 3104 85 3092 Marquette 9 2 - 6 - 1 85 3092 86 3075 Northwestern State LA 2 1 - 1 - 0 86 3075 87 3040 Tennessee Chattanooga 2 1 - 1 - 0 87 3040 88 3035 North Carolina 10 6 - 4 - 0 88 3035 89 2966 Newberry College 1 0 - 1 - 0 89 2966 90 2953 Colgate 8 5 - 3 - 0 90 2953 91 2883 Mississippi 11 9 - 2 - 0 91 2883 92 2869 Florida 10 5 - 5 - 0 92 2869 93 2820 Harvard 8 3 - 2 - 3 93 2820 94 2806 Centenary 10 3 - 7 - 0 94 2806 95 2767 Holy Cross 10 4 - 5 - 1 95 2767 96 2759 Boston College 11 11 - 0 - 0 96 2759 97 2747 Wake Forest 10 7 - 3 - 0 97 2747 98 2734 Notre Dame 9 7 - 2 - 0 98 2734 99 2717 Marshall 2 1 - 1 - 0 99 2717 100 2659 Hawaii 1 0 - 1 - 0 100 2659 101 2538 Saint Lawrence 1 0 - 1 - 0 101 2538 102 2522 Tulsa 10 7 - 3 - 0 102 2522 103 2473 Pacific 2 0 - 2 - 0 103 2473 104 2467 Pacific Lutheran 1 1 - 0 - 0 104 2467 105 2467 Willamette Oregon 1 0 - 1 - 0 105 2467 106 2467 Albertson 1 0 - 1 - 0 106 2467 107 2424 Vanderbilt 10 3 - 6 - 1 107 2424 108 2311 Villanova 9 4 - 5 - 0 108 2311 109 2292 Ohio University 1 1 - 0 - 0 109 2292 110 2291 Louisiana Tech 3 2 - 1 - 0 110 2291 111 2289 Georgetown 10 8 - 2 - 0 111 2289 112 2274 Georgia 10 5 - 4 - 1 112 2274 113 2039 South Carolina 9 3 - 6 - 0 113 2039 114 2035 Providence 1 0 - 1 - 0 114 2035 115 1999 Clemson 9 6 - 2 - 1 115 1999 116 1993 Missouri 9 6 - 3 - 0 116 1993 117 1936 Manhattan 9 3 - 6 - 0 117 1936 118 1897 Duquesne 8 7 - 1 - 0 118 1897 119 1825 Navy 9 6 - 2 - 1 119 1825 120 1768 Mount Saint Mary's 1 0 - 1 - 0 120 1768 121 1720 Western Reserve 1 1 - 0 - 0 121 1720 122 1720 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 122 1720 123 1720 California Davis 1 0 - 1 - 0 123 1720 124 1704 Central Oklahoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 124 1704 125 1700 Kansas 9 2 - 7 - 0 125 1700 126 1684 Kansas State 9 2 - 7 - 0 126 1684 127 1678 Cincinnati 3 1 - 1 - 1 127 1678 128 1524 Gonzaga 10 5 - 4 - 1 128 1524 129 1466 Kentucky 10 5 - 3 - 2 129 1466 130 1445 Dartmouth 9 5 - 4 - 0 130 1445 131 1373 Loyola Marymount 10 3 - 7 - 0 131 1373 132 1332 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 1332 133 1332 Wesleyan University 1 0 - 1 - 0 133 1332 134 1332 Tufts University 1 0 - 1 - 0 134 1332 135 1272 Princeton 8 5 - 2 - 1 135 1272 136 1146 Detroit 9 7 - 2 - 0 136 1146 137 1143 Penn State 8 6 - 1 - 1 137 1143 138 1092 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 138 1092 139 1059 Colorado 9 5 - 3 - 1 139 1059 140 1056 Presbyterian 2 1 - 1 - 0 140 1056 141 1056 Wofford 2 0 - 2 - 0 141 1056 142 1036 Furman 9 5 - 4 - 0 142 1036 143 1014 Utah State 8 2 - 5 - 1 143 1014 144 988 Pennsylvania Military 2 0 - 2 - 0 144 988 145 864 Virginia 9 4 - 5 - 0 145 864 146 822 North Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 146 822 147 813 Newport News - Apprentice 2 0 - 2 - 0 147 813 148 794 Iowa State 9 4 - 5 - 0 148 794 149 769 Carnegie Mellon 8 3 - 5 - 0 149 769 150 756 Utah 9 7 - 2 - 0 150 756 151 672 George Washington 9 5 - 3 - 1 151 672 152 641 Montana 9 4 - 4 - 1 152 641 153 550 West Virginia 9 4 - 4 - 1 153 550 154 504 Saint Louis 10 3 - 6 - 1 154 504 155 489 West Virginia Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 155 489 156 489 Westminster PA 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 489 157 481 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 157 481 158 462 Howard Payne 2 1 - 1 - 0 158 462 159 457 Franklin & Marshall 4 2 - 2 - 0 159 457 160 418 Eastern Washington 1 0 - 1 - 0 160 418 161 395 Virginia Tech 10 5 - 5 - 0 161 395 162 299 West Texas A&M 3 1 - 2 - 0 162 299 163 284 Luther College 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 284 164 261 Saint Bonaventure 1 0 - 1 - 0 164 261 165 205 Davidson 10 5 - 5 - 0 165 205 166 177 Oglethorpe 2 0 - 2 - 0 166 177 167 145 Brigham Young 8 2 - 4 - 2 167 145 168 128 Texas Tech 11 9 - 1 - 1 168 128 169 124 Wyoming 9 1 - 7 - 1 169 124 170 124 Denver 9 6 - 2 - 1 170 124 171 77 Hardin-Simmons 9 9 - 0 - 0 171 77 172 -73 Texas El Paso 9 4 - 4 - 1 172 -73 173 -74 Fresno State 1 1 - 0 - 0 173 -74 174 -113 Lehigh 3 1 - 2 - 0 174 -113 175 -218 San Jose State 3 3 - 0 - 0 175 -218 176 -229 Rutgers 2 0 - 2 - 0 176 -229 177 -234 Oklahoma State 10 6 - 3 - 1 177 -234 178 -258 Brown 10 6 - 3 - 1 178 -258 179 -292 Colorado School of Mines 2 0 - 2 - 0 179 -292 180 -295 Erskine 2 0 - 2 - 0 180 -295 181 -296 Lafayette 2 2 - 0 - 0 181 -296 182 -429 Tampa 2 0 - 2 - 0 182 -429 183 -493 Williams College 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -493 184 -510 Geneva 1 0 - 1 - 0 184 -510 185 -510 Case Western Reserve 1 0 - 1 - 0 185 -510 186 -534 Maryland 9 2 - 6 - 1 186 -534 187 -570 Colorado State 9 3 - 4 - 2 187 -570 188 -632 Washington & Lee 10 2 - 7 - 1 188 -632 189 -678 Virginia Military 10 7 - 2 - 1 189 -678 190 -918 Arizona 9 7 - 2 - 0 190 -918 191 -931 Butler 2 0 - 2 - 0 191 -931 192 -1055 Nevada Reno 2 0 - 1 - 1 192 -1055 193 -1113 Whittier College 1 0 - 1 - 0 193 -1113 194 -1282 Miami FL 10 3 - 7 - 0 194 -1282 195 -1354 Randolph Macon College 3 0 - 3 - 0 195 -1354 196 -1357 Arizona State 11 7 - 2 - 2 196 -1357 197 -1373 Tennessee Tech 2 0 - 2 - 0 197 -1373 198 -1709 Richmond 9 6 - 3 - 0 198 -1709 199 -1721 Montana State 2 0 - 2 - 0 199 -1721 200 -1728 William & Mary 9 6 - 2 - 1 200 -1728 201 -1812 Bradley 2 1 - 1 - 0 201 -1812 202 -1879 Rollins 2 1 - 1 - 0 202 -1879 203 -2119 Creighton 10 6 - 2 - 2 203 -2119 204 -2153 Wichita State 5 2 - 3 - 0 204 -2153 205 -2201 Citadel 9 4 - 5 - 0 205 -2201 206 -2445 New Mexico 9 5 - 4 - 0 206 -2445 207 -2543 Sewanee 8 3 - 5 - 0 207 -2543 208 -2903 Washington MO 9 3 - 6 - 0 208 -2903 209 -3038 New Mexico State 9 3 - 6 - 0 209 -3038 210 -3125 Drake 9 4 - 5 - 0 210 -3125 211 -3183 Redlands 2 0 - 2 - 0 211 -3183 212 -3562 Northern Arizona 8 2 - 6 - 0 212 -3562 213 -3624 Stetson 1 0 - 1 - 0 213 -3624 214 -3624 Elon 1 0 - 1 - 0 214 -3624 215 -3790 McDaniel College 1 0 - 1 - 0 215 -3790 216 -3807 Cumberland TN 1 0 - 1 - 0 216 -3807 217 -4412 Northwest Missouri State 1 1 - 0 - 0 217 -4412 218 -4412 Missouri Rolla 2 0 - 1 - 1 218 -4412 219 -4588 Western New Mexico 3 0 - 3 - 0 219 -4588 220 -4794 Hampden-Sydney College 9 4 - 5 - 0 220 -4794 221 -5022 Chadron State College 1 1 - 0 - 0 221 -5022 222 -5533 Emporia State 3 1 - 2 - 0 222 -5533 223 -5633 Washburn University 10 4 - 6 - 0 223 -5633 224 -5648 Grinnell College 2 0 - 2 - 0 224 -5648 225 -5690 Delaware 1 0 - 1 - 0 225 -5690 226 -5690 Guilford College 1 0 - 1 - 0 226 -5690 227 -7000 California Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 227 -7000 228 -7436 Rockhurst 1 0 - 1 - 0 228 -7436 229 -7436 Saint Benedict 1 0 - 1 - 0 229 -7436