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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank OppoRank 1 11 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 11 2 20 Navy 9 0 - 8 - 1 2 20 3 23 Santa Barbara 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 23 4 24 Louisiana State 10 3 - 7 - 0 4 24 5 33 Indiana 9 2 - 7 - 0 5 33 6 34 Texas A&M 10 0 - 9 - 1 6 34 7 35 Michigan 9 9 - 0 - 0 7 35 8 35 North Carolina 11 9 - 1 - 1 8 35 9 36 Mississippi 9 8 - 1 - 0 9 36 10 37 Saint Xavier 1 0 - 1 - 0 10 37 11 38 Ohio State 9 6 - 3 - 0 11 38 12 38 Purdue 9 3 - 6 - 0 12 38 13 39 Harvard 8 4 - 4 - 0 13 39 14 40 Sam Houston 1 0 - 1 - 0 14 40 15 40 Tennessee 10 4 - 4 - 2 15 40 16 40 Mississippi State 9 4 - 4 - 1 16 40 17 40 Southern Methodist 11 9 - 1 - 1 17 40 18 41 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 18 41 19 41 Pennsylvania 8 5 - 3 - 0 19 41 20 41 Auburn 10 1 - 8 - 1 20 41 21 42 Western Reserve 3 0 - 3 - 0 21 42 22 42 Princeton 8 4 - 4 - 0 22 42 23 42 Illinois 9 3 - 6 - 0 23 42 24 42 Texas Christian 10 4 - 5 - 1 24 42 25 43 Northwestern 10 8 - 2 - 0 25 43 26 44 Boston College 9 5 - 2 - 2 26 44 27 44 Texas 11 7 - 3 - 1 27 44 28 45 Wisconsin 9 2 - 7 - 0 28 45 29 45 Southern California 10 6 - 3 - 1 29 45 30 46 Cincinnati 5 0 - 4 - 1 30 46 31 47 Baylor 11 6 - 3 - 2 31 47 32 48 Vanderbilt 11 8 - 2 - 1 32 48 33 49 Dartmouth 8 6 - 2 - 0 33 49 34 50 Tulane 10 9 - 1 - 0 34 50 35 50 Rice 10 5 - 4 - 1 35 50 36 50 Washington 10 2 - 7 - 1 36 50 37 51 Pittsburgh 9 6 - 3 - 0 37 51 38 51 Columbia 9 4 - 5 - 0 38 51 39 51 Iowa 9 4 - 5 - 0 39 51 40 51 Notre Dame 10 9 - 0 - 1 40 51 41 51 Wake Forest 10 6 - 4 - 0 41 51 42 52 Georgia 11 9 - 2 - 0 42 52 43 52 Alabama 11 6 - 4 - 1 43 52 44 53 Duke 9 4 - 3 - 2 44 53 45 53 Georgia Tech 10 7 - 3 - 0 45 53 46 54 Waynesburg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 46 54 47 54 The College of Wooster 1 0 - 1 - 0 47 54 48 54 Army 9 8 - 0 - 1 48 54 49 54 Minnesota 9 7 - 2 - 0 49 54 50 54 North Carolina State 10 3 - 6 - 1 50 54 51 55 Connecticut 2 0 - 2 - 0 51 55 52 56 Tennessee Tech 2 0 - 2 - 0 52 56 53 56 Virginia Tech 9 0 - 8 - 1 53 56 54 58 Kentucky 10 5 - 3 - 2 54 58 55 59 Miami FL 10 4 - 6 - 0 55 59 56 60 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 56 60 57 60 UCLA 10 3 - 7 - 0 57 60 58 61 Hawaii 4 0 - 4 - 0 58 61 59 61 Santa Clara 10 7 - 2 - 1 59 61 60 61 California 11 10 - 1 - 0 60 61 61 61 William & Mary 11 7 - 2 - 2 61 61 62 62 Southern Mississippi 2 0 - 2 - 0 62 62 63 62 Cornell 9 8 - 1 - 0 63 62 64 62 Stanford 10 4 - 6 - 0 64 62 65 63 Oklahoma 11 10 - 1 - 0 65 63 66 64 Florida 10 5 - 5 - 0 66 64 67 64 Nebraska 10 2 - 8 - 0 67 64 68 65 Bucknell 2 0 - 2 - 0 68 65 69 65 Virginia 9 5 - 3 - 1 69 65 70 65 Colgate 9 3 - 6 - 0 70 65 71 66 Yale 9 4 - 5 - 0 71 66 72 66 Syracuse 9 1 - 8 - 0 72 66 73 66 Michigan State 10 6 - 2 - 2 73 66 74 66 Arkansas 10 5 - 5 - 0 74 66 75 66 Oregon 11 9 - 2 - 0 75 66 76 67 San Francisco 9 2 - 7 - 0 76 67 77 68 Muhlenberg College 1 1 - 0 - 0 77 68 78 68 Scranton 1 0 - 1 - 0 78 68 79 68 Villanova 11 8 - 2 - 1 79 68 80 69 Lafayette 4 2 - 2 - 0 80 69 81 69 Washington State 10 4 - 5 - 1 81 69 82 70 Tulsa 10 0 - 9 - 1 82 70 83 71 Oklahoma City 2 0 - 2 - 0 83 71 84 71 Maryland 10 6 - 4 - 0 84 71 85 71 George Washington 10 4 - 6 - 0 85 71 86 72 Rollins 3 0 - 2 - 1 86 72 87 73 Missouri 11 8 - 3 - 0 87 73 88 74 Delaware 2 0 - 2 - 0 88 74 89 74 Saint Bonaventure 4 3 - 0 - 1 89 74 90 75 South Carolina 8 3 - 5 - 0 90 75 91 75 Penn State 9 7 - 1 - 1 91 75 92 78 Miami OH 2 1 - 0 - 1 92 78 93 78 Fresno State 3 1 - 2 - 0 93 78 94 78 Tennessee Chattanooga 9 4 - 5 - 0 94 78 95 78 St. Mary's CA 10 4 - 6 - 0 95 78 96 78 Oregon State 12 5 - 4 - 3 96 78 97 79 Evansville 1 0 - 1 - 0 97 79 98 79 Holy Cross 10 5 - 5 - 0 98 79 99 80 Temple 9 2 - 6 - 1 99 80 100 80 Marquette 10 2 - 8 - 0 100 80 101 80 Clemson 11 11 - 0 - 0 101 80 102 81 Buffalo 1 0 - 1 - 0 102 81 103 82 Presbyterian 3 1 - 2 - 0 103 82 104 82 Brown 9 7 - 2 - 0 104 82 105 82 Iowa State 10 4 - 6 - 0 105 82 106 83 Furman 9 2 - 6 - 1 106 83 107 83 Kansas 10 7 - 3 - 0 107 83 108 84 Duquesne 9 2 - 7 - 0 108 84 109 86 Oklahoma State 10 6 - 4 - 0 109 86 110 86 West Virginia 12 9 - 3 - 0 110 86 111 87 Louisiana Tech 1 0 - 0 - 1 111 87 112 87 San Jose State 4 1 - 3 - 0 112 87 113 87 Virginia Military 9 6 - 3 - 0 113 87 114 87 Texas Tech 10 7 - 3 - 0 114 87 115 87 Washington & Lee 10 4 - 6 - 0 115 87 116 88 Kansas State 10 1 - 9 - 0 116 88 117 90 Toledo 1 0 - 1 - 0 117 90 118 90 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 90 119 90 Rutgers 9 7 - 2 - 0 119 90 120 91 Ouachita 1 0 - 1 - 0 120 91 121 92 Hampden-Sydney College 1 0 - 1 - 0 121 92 122 92 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 122 92 123 92 Loyola Marymount 4 1 - 3 - 0 123 92 124 92 Georgetown 8 3 - 4 - 1 124 92 125 93 McMurry 1 0 - 1 - 0 125 93 126 95 Ohio University 3 1 - 2 - 0 126 95 127 96 North Texas 2 1 - 1 - 0 127 96 128 97 Lehigh 2 0 - 2 - 0 128 97 129 97 Portland 3 0 - 3 - 0 129 97 130 98 Texas A&M Commerce 2 1 - 1 - 0 130 98 131 98 Abilene Christian 2 0 - 2 - 0 131 98 132 99 Boston University 8 6 - 2 - 0 132 99 133 100 Nevada Reno 11 9 - 2 - 0 133 100 134 101 Colorado 9 3 - 6 - 0 134 101 135 101 Citadel 9 2 - 7 - 0 135 101 136 101 Arizona 11 6 - 5 - 0 136 101 137 102 Northern Iowa 2 1 - 1 - 0 137 102 138 102 Davidson 9 3 - 5 - 1 138 102 139 103 Idaho 9 3 - 6 - 0 139 103 140 104 Fordham 9 3 - 6 - 0 140 104 141 105 Richmond 10 5 - 3 - 2 141 105 142 105 Denver 10 4 - 5 - 1 142 105 143 106 Lebanon Valley College 1 0 - 0 - 1 143 106 144 106 New York University 9 3 - 6 - 0 144 106 145 108 Occidental 1 1 - 0 - 0 145 108 146 108 New Mexico 11 2 - 9 - 0 146 108 147 110 Colorado School of Mines 2 0 - 2 - 0 147 110 148 111 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 148 111 149 111 Emporia State 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 111 150 111 Bradley 2 0 - 2 - 0 150 111 151 112 Southwestern KS 1 0 - 1 - 0 151 112 152 112 Utah 10 8 - 1 - 1 152 112 153 113 Merchant Marine 3 0 - 3 - 0 153 113 154 114 Wichita State 10 5 - 4 - 1 154 114 155 115 Dayton 2 1 - 1 - 0 155 115 156 116 Detroit 9 6 - 3 - 0 156 116 157 117 Elon 1 0 - 1 - 0 157 117 158 117 Houston 2 0 - 2 - 0 158 117 159 117 Hardin-Simmons 11 6 - 2 - 3 159 117 160 118 Newberry College 2 0 - 2 - 0 160 118 161 119 Wofford 2 0 - 0 - 2 161 119 162 120 Pacific 3 2 - 0 - 1 162 120 163 122 Saint Louis 11 4 - 7 - 0 163 122 164 124 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 164 124 165 128 Niagara 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 128 166 128 Texas El Paso 11 8 - 2 - 1 166 128 167 130 Canisius College 1 1 - 0 - 0 167 130 168 130 Saint Francis PA 1 0 - 1 - 0 168 130 169 131 Alliance 1 0 - 1 - 0 169 131 170 131 West Virginia Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 170 131 171 131 San Diego State 3 1 - 2 - 0 171 131 172 131 Brigham Young 11 5 - 6 - 0 172 131 173 134 Drake 10 7 - 3 - 0 173 134 174 136 Colorado College 2 0 - 2 - 0 174 136 175 136 Montana 10 3 - 7 - 0 175 136 176 136 Colorado State 11 8 - 3 - 0 176 136 177 136 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 177 136 178 137 West Texas A&M 11 6 - 5 - 0 178 137 179 141 Midwestern State 1 0 - 1 - 0 179 141 180 141 Corpus Christi 1 0 - 1 - 0 180 141 181 142 Springfield College 1 1 - 0 - 0 181 142 182 142 Brooklyn 1 0 - 1 - 0 182 142 183 147 Pacific Fleet 1 1 - 0 - 0 183 147 184 150 Erskine 1 0 - 1 - 0 184 150 185 151 Wyoming 9 4 - 5 - 0 185 151 186 152 University of Dubuque 1 0 - 1 - 0 186 152 187 152 Rockhurst 1 0 - 1 - 0 187 152 188 152 Missouri Rolla 1 0 - 1 - 0 188 152 189 153 Arizona State 10 5 - 5 - 0 189 153 190 154 Montana State 4 0 - 4 - 0 190 154 191 156 Arkansas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 191 156 192 165 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 192 165 193 165 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 193 165 194 165 Pepperdine 3 1 - 2 - 0 194 165 195 165 New Mexico State 10 3 - 7 - 0 195 165 196 172 Eastern Washington 1 1 - 0 - 0 196 172 197 172 North Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 197 172 198 172 Pacific (Oregon) 1 0 - 1 - 0 198 172 199 181 Northern Arizona 9 4 - 5 - 0 199 181 200 182 Western Colorado 3 2 - 1 - 0 200 182 201 196 Whittier College 1 1 - 0 - 0 201 196 202 196 LaVerne 1 0 - 1 - 0 202 196 203 196 Redlands 1 0 - 1 - 0 203 196 204 196 San Pedro AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 204 196 205 198 Sul Ross State 1 1 - 0 - 0 205 198 206 198 Fort Bliss 1 0 - 1 - 0 206 198 207 198 Fort Hays State 1 0 - 1 - 0 207 198 208 198 New Mexico Highlands 1 0 - 1 - 0 208 198