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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 8821 Navy 9 1 - 8 - 0 1 8821 2 8242 Saint Xavier 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 8242 3 7977 Illinois 10 8 - 2 - 0 3 7977 4 7948 Louisiana Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 7948 5 7908 Michigan 9 6 - 2 - 1 5 7908 6 7532 Duke 9 4 - 5 - 0 6 7532 7 7521 Mississippi 9 2 - 7 - 0 7 7521 8 7419 Purdue 9 2 - 6 - 1 8 7419 9 7232 Tennessee 11 9 - 2 - 0 9 7232 10 6905 Tulane 10 3 - 7 - 0 10 6905 11 6896 Pittsburgh 9 3 - 5 - 1 11 6896 12 6892 Indiana 9 6 - 3 - 0 12 6892 13 6788 Northwestern State LA 2 0 - 2 - 0 13 6788 14 6633 Ohio State 9 4 - 3 - 2 14 6633 15 6535 Army 10 9 - 0 - 1 15 6535 16 6498 Northwestern 9 4 - 4 - 1 16 6498 17 6497 Wisconsin 9 4 - 5 - 0 17 6497 18 6493 Fort McClelland 1 0 - 1 - 0 18 6493 19 6486 Iowa 9 5 - 4 - 0 19 6486 20 6474 Coast Guard 2 0 - 2 - 0 20 6474 21 6450 Notre Dame 9 8 - 0 - 1 21 6450 22 6245 Florida 9 0 - 9 - 0 22 6245 23 6196 Cincinnati 5 3 - 2 - 0 23 6196 24 6157 Alabama 11 7 - 4 - 0 24 6157 25 5706 Louisiana State 11 9 - 1 - 1 25 5706 26 5687 Miami OH 2 0 - 2 - 0 26 5687 27 5677 Wake Forest 9 6 - 3 - 0 27 5677 28 5672 North Carolina 11 8 - 2 - 1 28 5672 29 5608 Kentucky 10 7 - 3 - 0 29 5608 30 5489 Howard Payne 1 0 - 1 - 0 30 5489 31 5489 McMurry 1 0 - 1 - 0 31 5489 32 5444 Murray State 2 0 - 2 - 0 32 5444 33 5439 Connecticut 1 0 - 1 - 0 33 5439 34 5439 Tufts University 1 0 - 1 - 0 34 5439 35 5352 Columbia 9 6 - 3 - 0 35 5352 36 5285 Georgia Tech 11 9 - 2 - 0 36 5285 37 5282 Cornell 9 5 - 3 - 1 37 5282 38 5259 Southern California 10 6 - 4 - 0 38 5259 39 5240 Vanderbilt 9 5 - 4 - 0 39 5240 40 5190 Minnesota 9 5 - 4 - 0 40 5190 41 5018 Tennessee Tech 2 0 - 2 - 0 41 5018 42 5015 John Hopkins 1 0 - 1 - 0 42 5015 43 4982 Texas Christian 10 2 - 7 - 1 43 4982 44 4965 Dartmouth 9 3 - 6 - 0 44 4965 45 4946 Princeton 8 3 - 5 - 0 45 4946 46 4788 Pennsylvania 8 6 - 2 - 0 46 4788 47 4565 California 9 2 - 7 - 0 47 4565 48 4497 Texas A&M 10 4 - 6 - 0 48 4497 49 4463 Rice 11 9 - 2 - 0 49 4463 50 4422 Baylor 9 1 - 8 - 0 50 4422 51 4413 Michigan State 10 5 - 5 - 0 51 4413 52 4275 Oklahoma State 11 3 - 7 - 1 52 4275 53 4195 Louisiana Tech 1 1 - 0 - 0 53 4195 54 4192 Southwestern (Texas) 2 0 - 2 - 0 54 4192 55 4165 Boston College 9 6 - 3 - 0 55 4165 56 4136 Georgia 11 11 - 0 - 0 56 4136 57 4049 Nebraska 9 3 - 6 - 0 57 4049 58 4011 Temple 8 2 - 4 - 2 58 4011 59 3967 Virginia Tech 10 3 - 4 - 3 59 3967 60 3903 Southern Methodist 10 4 - 5 - 1 60 3903 61 3897 Arkansas 11 6 - 3 - 2 61 3897 62 3838 Alameda NAS 1 0 - 1 - 0 62 3838 63 3771 Miami FL 10 8 - 2 - 0 63 3771 64 3744 Villanova 10 6 - 4 - 0 64 3744 65 3726 North Texas 1 0 - 1 - 0 65 3726 66 3646 UCLA 11 10 - 1 - 0 66 3646 67 3520 Washington 9 5 - 4 - 0 67 3520 68 3488 Auburn 10 4 - 6 - 0 68 3488 69 3463 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 69 3463 70 3435 Mississippi State 10 8 - 2 - 0 70 3435 71 3422 Syracuse 9 4 - 5 - 0 71 3422 72 3355 Texas 10 8 - 2 - 0 72 3355 73 3321 Virginia 9 4 - 4 - 1 73 3321 74 3316 Clemson 9 4 - 5 - 0 74 3316 75 3311 North Carolina State 11 8 - 3 - 0 75 3311 76 3265 Washington State 8 1 - 6 - 1 76 3265 77 3207 Oklahoma 11 8 - 3 - 0 77 3207 78 3201 Holy Cross 9 5 - 4 - 0 78 3201 79 3153 Maryland 9 3 - 6 - 0 79 3153 80 2969 Tennessee Chattanooga 10 5 - 5 - 0 80 2969 81 2929 Fordham 7 0 - 7 - 0 81 2929 82 2757 North Dakota State 2 0 - 2 - 0 82 2757 83 2688 Yale 9 7 - 1 - 1 83 2688 84 2629 Pacific 3 0 - 3 - 0 84 2629 85 2512 Colgate 8 4 - 4 - 0 85 2512 86 2483 Oregon 9 4 - 4 - 1 86 2483 87 2470 Marquette 9 4 - 5 - 0 87 2470 88 2344 Wayne State MI 3 0 - 3 - 0 88 2344 89 2240 Texas Tech 11 8 - 3 - 0 89 2240 90 2232 Penn State 8 6 - 2 - 0 90 2232 91 2155 Furman 10 2 - 8 - 0 91 2155 92 2147 Hawaii 3 1 - 2 - 0 92 2147 93 2129 Scranton 2 0 - 2 - 0 93 2129 94 2073 West Virginia 10 5 - 5 - 0 94 2073 95 2067 William & Mary 10 8 - 2 - 0 95 2067 96 2037 Harvard 9 7 - 2 - 0 96 2037 97 1995 South Carolina 8 5 - 3 - 0 97 1995 98 1971 Rollins 2 0 - 2 - 0 98 1971 99 1960 Virginia Military 10 4 - 5 - 1 99 1960 100 1917 Missouri 10 5 - 4 - 1 100 1917 101 1869 Oregon State 9 7 - 1 - 1 101 1869 102 1859 St. Mary's CA 9 6 - 3 - 0 102 1859 103 1844 Bucknell 9 3 - 6 - 0 103 1844 104 1827 Otterbein College 1 0 - 1 - 0 104 1827 105 1827 Waynesburg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 105 1827 106 1747 Santa Barbara 1 0 - 1 - 0 106 1747 107 1747 Loyola Marymount 1 0 - 1 - 0 107 1747 108 1747 San Diego State 1 0 - 1 - 0 108 1747 109 1745 Southern Mississippi 1 0 - 1 - 0 109 1745 110 1659 Stanford 10 6 - 3 - 1 110 1659 111 1658 Santa Clara 8 2 - 5 - 1 111 1658 112 1582 Washington & Lee 8 2 - 6 - 0 112 1582 113 1560 Kansas State 9 0 - 9 - 0 113 1560 114 1538 Lafayette 9 2 - 7 - 0 114 1538 115 1441 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 115 1441 116 1421 Idaho 9 1 - 8 - 0 116 1421 117 1260 Tulsa 10 9 - 1 - 0 117 1260 118 1221 Bainbridge NTS 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 1221 119 1205 Newberry College 3 0 - 3 - 0 119 1205 120 1194 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 120 1194 121 1176 Kansas 10 7 - 2 - 1 121 1176 122 1150 Boston University 2 0 - 1 - 1 122 1150 123 1130 Brown 9 3 - 5 - 1 123 1130 124 981 Iowa State 9 2 - 6 - 1 124 981 125 906 Georgetown 8 5 - 3 - 0 125 906 126 772 San Francisco 9 3 - 6 - 0 126 772 127 741 Dayton 2 1 - 1 - 0 127 741 128 728 Rutgers 9 7 - 2 - 0 128 728 129 696 Richmond 10 6 - 2 - 2 129 696 130 620 Hampden-Sydney College 4 0 - 4 - 0 130 620 131 561 Detroit 10 6 - 4 - 0 131 561 132 -90 Presbyterian 2 0 - 2 - 0 132 -90 133 -161 Delaware 1 1 - 0 - 0 133 -161 134 -161 Buffalo 1 0 - 1 - 0 134 -161 135 -167 Denver 11 5 - 5 - 1 135 -167 136 -209 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 136 -209 137 -209 Canisius College 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 -209 138 -255 George Washington 7 4 - 3 - 0 138 -255 139 -363 Lehigh 4 1 - 3 - 0 139 -363 140 -398 Montana 8 4 - 4 - 0 140 -398 141 -449 Rochester 1 0 - 1 - 0 141 -449 142 -593 Portland 10 2 - 7 - 1 142 -593 143 -648 San Jose State 5 4 - 1 - 0 143 -648 144 -688 Citadel 8 3 - 5 - 0 144 -688 145 -752 Eastern Washington 1 0 - 1 - 0 145 -752 146 -838 Colorado 10 5 - 4 - 1 146 -838 147 -947 Arizona 10 4 - 4 - 2 147 -947 148 -968 Merchant Marine 11 4 - 7 - 0 148 -968 149 -1158 Gettysburg College 3 1 - 2 - 0 149 -1158 150 -1485 New York University 8 5 - 3 - 0 150 -1485 151 -1512 Muhlenberg College 2 2 - 0 - 0 151 -1512 152 -1535 Drake 9 2 - 6 - 1 152 -1535 153 -1622 Honolulu All-Stars 3 1 - 2 - 0 153 -1622 154 -1635 Wichita State 10 5 - 5 - 0 154 -1635 155 -1644 New Mexico 12 5 - 5 - 2 155 -1644 156 -1645 Hardin-Simmons 11 11 - 0 - 0 156 -1645 157 -1781 Oklahoma City 1 1 - 0 - 0 157 -1781 158 -1781 Toledo 1 0 - 1 - 0 158 -1781 159 -1781 Washburn University 1 0 - 1 - 0 159 -1781 160 -1802 Brooklyn 2 0 - 2 - 0 160 -1802 161 -2161 Utah State 10 7 - 2 - 1 161 -2161 162 -2206 Wyoming 10 1 - 8 - 1 162 -2206 163 -2227 Utah 11 8 - 3 - 0 163 -2227 164 -2411 West Texas A&M 10 5 - 5 - 0 164 -2411 165 -2506 Wofford 2 0 - 2 - 0 165 -2506 166 -2555 Davidson 9 4 - 5 - 0 166 -2555 167 -2621 Nevada Reno 9 7 - 2 - 0 167 -2621 168 -2636 Saint Louis 10 4 - 6 - 0 168 -2636 169 -2788 Texas El Paso 9 3 - 6 - 0 169 -2788 170 -2864 Washington and Jefferson 1 0 - 1 - 0 170 -2864 171 -2890 Colorado College 4 1 - 2 - 1 171 -2890 172 -2891 Fresno State 3 2 - 0 - 1 172 -2891 173 -2949 Colorado State 9 2 - 7 - 0 173 -2949 174 -2985 Brigham Young 10 5 - 4 - 1 174 -2985 175 -3156 Saint Bonaventure 1 1 - 0 - 0 175 -3156 176 -3156 Wagner 1 0 - 1 - 0 176 -3156 177 -3156 Hofstra 1 0 - 1 - 0 177 -3156 178 -3177 Erskine 1 0 - 1 - 0 178 -3177 179 -3300 Arizona State 11 2 - 7 - 2 179 -3300 180 -3467 Montana State 10 5 - 3 - 2 180 -3467 181 -3532 Western Colorado 2 0 - 2 - 0 181 -3532 182 -3617 Houston 2 1 - 1 - 0 182 -3617 183 -3644 Northern Iowa 2 1 - 1 - 0 183 -3644 184 -3667 Missouri Rolla 1 0 - 1 - 0 184 -3667 185 -3667 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 185 -3667 186 -3667 Bradley 1 0 - 1 - 0 186 -3667 187 -3899 Willamette Oregon 1 0 - 0 - 1 187 -3899 188 -3899 Hawaii All-Stars 1 1 - 0 - 0 188 -3899 189 -3899 Leilahau 1 1 - 0 - 0 189 -3899 190 -4385 Eastern New Mexico 1 0 - 1 - 0 190 -4385 191 -4625 Colorado School of Mines 2 0 - 1 - 1 191 -4625 192 -4913 Saint Ambrose 1 0 - 1 - 0 192 -4913 193 -5108 Northern Colorado 3 0 - 3 - 0 193 -5108 194 -5229 Western New Mexico 2 0 - 2 - 0 194 -5229 195 -5571 Williams Field 2 0 - 1 - 1 195 -5571 196 -5986 New Mexico State 10 5 - 5 - 0 196 -5986 197 -6074 Beaumont Hospital 1 0 - 1 - 0 197 -6074 198 -6074 Sul Ross State 1 0 - 1 - 0 198 -6074 199 -6518 Northern Arizona 9 5 - 2 - 2 199 -6518 200 -6595 Fort Warren 1 0 - 1 - 0 200 -6595 201 -6758 Pepperdine 1 0 - 1 - 0 201 -6758