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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 10753 Cincinnati 2 0 - 2 - 0 1 10753 2 10604 Dayton 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 10604 3 9659 Louisiana Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 9659 4 9402 Tennessee Chattanooga 3 0 - 3 - 0 4 9402 5 9098 Northwestern State LA 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 9098 6 8315 Pensacola NAS 4 0 - 4 - 0 6 8315 7 8090 Randolph Field 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 8090 8 8090 Waco Field 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 8090 9 7673 Northwestern 10 1 - 9 - 0 9 7673 10 7669 Tulane 9 4 - 5 - 0 10 7669 11 7376 Camp Grant 5 0 - 5 - 0 11 7376 12 6839 Daniel Field 1 0 - 1 - 0 12 6839 13 6839 Spence Field 2 0 - 2 - 0 13 6839 14 6705 Georgia Pre-Flight 9 7 - 1 - 1 14 6705 15 6686 Purdue 9 1 - 8 - 0 15 6686 16 6679 Union (Tennessee) 2 0 - 2 - 0 16 6679 17 6619 Louisiana State 10 7 - 3 - 0 17 6619 18 6597 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 18 6597 19 6572 Notre Dame 11 7 - 2 - 2 19 6572 20 6554 Fort Knox 4 0 - 4 - 0 20 6554 21 6344 Butler 2 0 - 2 - 0 21 6344 22 6340 Alabama 11 8 - 3 - 0 22 6340 23 6302 Michigan 10 7 - 3 - 0 23 6302 24 6267 Auburn 11 6 - 4 - 1 24 6267 25 6151 Fordham 9 5 - 3 - 1 25 6151 26 6090 Boston University 2 0 - 2 - 0 26 6090 27 6031 Corpus Christ NAS 4 1 - 3 - 0 27 6031 28 5731 Georgia Tech 11 9 - 2 - 0 28 5731 29 5701 Wisconsin 10 8 - 1 - 1 29 5701 30 5694 Howard Payne 1 0 - 1 - 0 30 5694 31 5613 Minnesota 9 5 - 4 - 0 31 5613 32 5389 Great Lakes 12 8 - 3 - 1 32 5389 33 5364 Blackland Field 1 0 - 1 - 0 33 5364 34 5239 Catawba College 2 0 - 2 - 0 34 5239 35 5239 Tennessee 11 9 - 1 - 1 35 5239 36 5081 Illinois 10 6 - 4 - 0 36 5081 37 5048 Lehigh 2 0 - 2 - 0 37 5048 38 5033 Georgia 12 11 - 1 - 0 38 5033 39 4992 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 39 4992 40 4992 Centre College 1 0 - 1 - 0 40 4992 41 4988 Ohio State 10 9 - 1 - 0 41 4988 42 4971 Rice 10 7 - 2 - 1 42 4971 43 4963 Tampa 3 0 - 3 - 0 43 4963 44 4927 Florida 10 3 - 7 - 0 44 4927 45 4905 Saint Lawrence 1 0 - 1 - 0 45 4905 46 4853 Duke 10 5 - 4 - 1 46 4853 47 4814 Pittsburgh 9 3 - 6 - 0 47 4814 48 4750 Iowa 10 6 - 4 - 0 48 4750 49 4725 Texas A&M 10 4 - 5 - 1 49 4725 50 4720 Iowa Pre-Flight 10 7 - 3 - 0 50 4720 51 4551 Baylor 11 6 - 4 - 1 51 4551 52 4530 Harvard 9 2 - 6 - 1 52 4530 53 4345 Mississippi State 10 8 - 2 - 0 53 4345 54 4327 Kentucky 10 3 - 6 - 1 54 4327 55 4284 Arkansas 10 3 - 7 - 0 55 4284 56 4231 North Texas 2 0 - 2 - 0 56 4231 57 4209 Boston College 10 8 - 2 - 0 57 4209 58 4039 Mississippi 9 2 - 7 - 0 58 4039 59 4031 North Carolina Pre-Flight 11 8 - 2 - 1 59 4031 60 4021 South Carolina 9 1 - 7 - 1 60 4021 61 4009 Navy 9 5 - 4 - 0 61 4009 62 3997 Southern Methodist 11 3 - 6 - 2 62 3997 63 3888 Bucknell 2 0 - 1 - 1 63 3888 64 3864 Texas 11 9 - 2 - 0 64 3864 65 3807 Southern California 11 5 - 5 - 1 65 3807 66 3806 Texas Christian 10 7 - 3 - 0 66 3806 67 3793 Furman 9 3 - 6 - 0 67 3793 68 3728 Pennsylvania 9 5 - 3 - 1 68 3728 69 3663 Clarkson 1 0 - 1 - 0 69 3663 70 3663 Western Reserve 1 0 - 1 - 0 70 3663 71 3643 Waynesburg College 2 0 - 2 - 0 71 3643 72 3583 Michigan State 9 4 - 3 - 2 72 3583 73 3574 Temple 10 2 - 5 - 3 73 3574 74 3570 Wayne State MI 2 0 - 2 - 0 74 3570 75 3565 North Carolina State 10 4 - 4 - 2 75 3565 76 3404 Vanderbilt 10 6 - 4 - 0 76 3404 77 3358 Saint Vincent PA 1 0 - 1 - 0 77 3358 78 3353 Jacksonville NAS 12 9 - 3 - 0 78 3353 79 3343 Stanford 10 6 - 4 - 0 79 3343 80 3296 Georgetown 9 5 - 3 - 1 80 3296 81 3192 UCLA 11 7 - 4 - 0 81 3192 82 3177 Fort Totten 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 3177 83 3148 Manhattan Beach CG 1 1 - 0 - 0 83 3148 84 3139 California Davis 1 0 - 1 - 0 84 3139 85 2990 Manhattan 8 2 - 6 - 0 85 2990 86 2951 Miami OH 1 0 - 1 - 0 86 2951 87 2937 Texas Tech 10 4 - 5 - 1 87 2937 88 2928 Villanova 8 4 - 4 - 0 88 2928 89 2914 Penn State 8 6 - 1 - 1 89 2914 90 2902 Princeton 9 3 - 5 - 1 90 2902 91 2872 Indiana 10 7 - 3 - 0 91 2872 92 2842 West Virginia 9 5 - 4 - 0 92 2842 93 2837 Carnegie Mellon 1 0 - 1 - 0 93 2837 94 2793 Davidson 9 2 - 6 - 1 94 2793 95 2766 Nebraska 10 3 - 7 - 0 95 2766 96 2764 Clemson 10 3 - 6 - 1 96 2764 97 2742 Cornell 9 3 - 5 - 1 97 2742 98 2638 Marquette 9 7 - 2 - 0 98 2638 99 2604 Army 9 6 - 3 - 0 99 2604 100 2476 Wake Forest 9 6 - 2 - 1 100 2476 101 2452 North Carolina 9 5 - 2 - 2 101 2452 102 2409 Oklahoma 10 3 - 5 - 2 102 2409 103 2361 Pacific 2 0 - 2 - 0 103 2361 104 2354 Oregon 8 2 - 6 - 0 104 2354 105 2304 Holy Cross 10 5 - 4 - 1 105 2304 106 2271 Miami FL 9 7 - 2 - 0 106 2271 107 2241 Missouri 12 8 - 3 - 1 107 2241 108 2217 Colgate 9 6 - 2 - 1 108 2217 109 2190 Rutgers 2 0 - 2 - 0 109 2190 110 2148 Second Air Force 4 3 - 0 - 1 110 2148 111 2033 Oklahoma State 10 6 - 3 - 1 111 2033 112 2031 Santa Clara 9 7 - 2 - 0 112 2031 113 1997 Yale 8 5 - 3 - 0 113 1997 114 1972 California 10 5 - 5 - 0 114 1972 115 1964 Tulsa 11 10 - 1 - 0 115 1964 116 1951 Detroit 9 5 - 4 - 0 116 1951 117 1918 Lakehurst NAS 3 0 - 3 - 0 117 1918 118 1910 Kansas 10 2 - 8 - 0 118 1910 119 1869 Saint Xavier 2 0 - 2 - 0 119 1869 120 1806 Dartmouth 9 5 - 4 - 0 120 1806 121 1678 Williams College 1 1 - 0 - 0 121 1678 122 1641 Oregon State 10 4 - 5 - 1 122 1641 123 1626 Rollins 4 3 - 1 - 0 123 1626 124 1597 Washington State 10 6 - 2 - 2 124 1597 125 1497 Saint Louis 9 4 - 5 - 0 125 1497 126 1361 Louisiana Tech 2 1 - 1 - 0 126 1361 127 1359 Nevada Reno 3 0 - 2 - 1 127 1359 128 1335 Syracuse 9 6 - 3 - 0 128 1335 129 1210 Randolph Macon College 3 1 - 2 - 0 129 1210 130 1142 Colorado Springs Field 1 0 - 1 - 0 130 1142 131 1079 Fort Riley 3 1 - 2 - 0 131 1079 132 1058 Alameda NAS 4 0 - 4 - 0 132 1058 133 938 George Washington 9 3 - 6 - 0 133 938 134 917 Virginia Military 9 3 - 5 - 1 134 917 135 839 Columbia 9 3 - 6 - 0 135 839 136 722 Duquesne 10 6 - 3 - 1 136 722 137 718 Connecticut 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 718 138 704 Iowa State 9 3 - 6 - 0 138 704 139 672 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 139 672 140 672 Memphis 1 0 - 1 - 0 140 672 141 595 Lafayette 4 1 - 3 - 0 141 595 142 586 Brown 8 4 - 4 - 0 142 586 143 451 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight 11 7 - 3 - 1 143 451 144 417 William & Mary 11 9 - 1 - 1 144 417 145 414 Kansas State 11 3 - 8 - 0 145 414 146 308 St. Mary's CA 10 6 - 3 - 1 146 308 147 293 Hardin-Simmons 11 9 - 1 - 1 147 293 148 243 Presbyterian 2 0 - 2 - 0 148 243 149 184 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 184 150 148 Creighton 9 5 - 4 - 0 150 148 151 130 San Jose State 1 0 - 1 - 0 151 130 152 91 Washington 10 4 - 3 - 3 152 91 153 18 Drake 10 3 - 7 - 0 153 18 154 13 Arizona 10 6 - 4 - 0 154 13 155 -45 Virginia Tech 10 7 - 2 - 1 155 -45 156 -76 Montana 8 0 - 8 - 0 156 -76 157 -258 Missouri Rolla 2 0 - 2 - 0 157 -258 158 -259 Washington & Lee 9 1 - 8 - 0 158 -259 159 -274 McDaniel College 2 0 - 2 - 0 159 -274 160 -280 Idaho 10 3 - 7 - 0 160 -280 161 -289 Washington MO 10 5 - 5 - 0 161 -289 162 -353 Newberry College 1 0 - 1 - 0 162 -353 163 -353 Camp Davis 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 -353 164 -366 Muhlenberg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 164 -366 165 -746 Fresno State 2 1 - 1 - 0 165 -746 166 -810 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 166 -810 167 -810 Fort Monmouth 1 0 - 1 - 0 167 -810 168 -895 Virginia 9 2 - 6 - 1 168 -895 169 -948 Southeast Missouri State 1 0 - 1 - 0 169 -948 170 -1130 Lubbock Field 1 0 - 1 - 0 170 -1130 171 -1360 Wichita State 4 1 - 3 - 0 171 -1360 172 -1416 San Francisco 10 6 - 4 - 0 172 -1416 173 -1477 Utah 9 6 - 3 - 0 173 -1477 174 -1624 Occidental 1 0 - 1 - 0 174 -1624 175 -1826 Hampden-Sydney College 4 0 - 4 - 0 175 -1826 176 -2054 Colorado School of Mines 4 0 - 4 - 0 176 -2054 177 -2069 Mather Field 3 1 - 2 - 0 177 -2069 178 -2095 Richmond 10 3 - 6 - 1 178 -2095 179 -2158 Santa Ana Field 2 1 - 1 - 0 179 -2158 180 -2289 Loyola Marymount 10 5 - 4 - 1 180 -2289 181 -2555 Maryland 9 7 - 2 - 0 181 -2555 182 -2726 Idaho Marines 1 0 - 1 - 0 182 -2726 183 -2726 Regis 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -2726 184 -2782 Saint Ambrose 1 1 - 0 - 0 184 -2782 185 -2782 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 185 -2782 186 -2782 Grinnell College 1 0 - 1 - 0 186 -2782 187 -2782 Central College Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 187 -2782 188 -2818 Albuquerque Air Base 3 1 - 2 - 0 188 -2818 189 -2828 Colorado 9 7 - 2 - 0 189 -2828 190 -2908 Arizona State 10 2 - 8 - 0 190 -2908 191 -2936 Brigham Young 7 2 - 5 - 0 191 -2936 192 -2972 Abilene Christian 1 0 - 1 - 0 192 -2972 193 -3014 Citadel 7 5 - 2 - 0 193 -3014 194 -3240 Kansas Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 194 -3240 195 -3242 Eastern Washington 1 0 - 1 - 0 195 -3242 196 -3242 Portland 1 0 - 1 - 0 196 -3242 197 -3359 Fort Douglas 3 1 - 2 - 0 197 -3359 198 -3372 Denver 10 6 - 3 - 1 198 -3372 199 -3713 Texas El Paso 9 5 - 4 - 0 199 -3713 200 -3796 New Mexico 11 4 - 5 - 2 200 -3796 201 -3851 Wyoming 8 3 - 5 - 0 201 -3851 202 -3874 Colorado State 7 4 - 3 - 0 202 -3874 203 -3971 Northern Colorado 2 0 - 2 - 0 203 -3971 204 -4099 Camp Pickett 1 0 - 1 - 0 204 -4099 205 -4256 Kirtland Field 1 0 - 1 - 0 205 -4256 206 -4358 West Texas A&M 9 7 - 2 - 0 206 -4358 207 -4383 Utah State 10 6 - 3 - 1 207 -4383 208 -5613 Northern Arizona 6 1 - 5 - 0 208 -5613 209 -5812 New Mexico State 9 1 - 8 - 0 209 -5812 210 -5818 Redlands 2 1 - 1 - 0 210 -5818 211 -11592 McMurry 1 1 - 0 - 0 211 -11592 212 -11592 Fort Bliss 1 1 - 0 - 0 212 -11592 213 -11592 Western New Mexico 1 0 - 1 - 0 213 -11592