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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 9705 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 9705 2 9089 Navy 9 0 - 8 - 1 2 9089 3 8436 Louisiana State 10 3 - 7 - 0 3 8436 4 8004 Santa Barbara 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 8004 5 7759 Indiana 9 2 - 7 - 0 5 7759 6 7325 Purdue 9 3 - 6 - 0 6 7325 7 7114 Ohio State 9 6 - 3 - 0 7 7114 8 7102 Texas A&M 10 0 - 9 - 1 8 7102 9 7090 Michigan 9 9 - 0 - 0 9 7090 10 6995 Illinois 9 3 - 6 - 0 10 6995 11 6988 North Carolina 11 9 - 1 - 1 11 6988 12 6930 Tennessee 10 4 - 4 - 2 12 6930 13 6922 Mississippi 9 8 - 1 - 0 13 6922 14 6820 Northwestern 10 8 - 2 - 0 14 6820 15 6802 Mississippi State 9 4 - 4 - 1 15 6802 16 6777 Saint Xavier 1 0 - 1 - 0 16 6777 17 6689 Harvard 8 4 - 4 - 0 17 6689 18 6644 Auburn 10 1 - 8 - 1 18 6644 19 6548 Pennsylvania 8 5 - 3 - 0 19 6548 20 6339 Sam Houston 1 0 - 1 - 0 20 6339 21 6321 Southern Methodist 11 9 - 1 - 1 21 6321 22 6312 Texas Christian 10 4 - 5 - 1 22 6312 23 6300 Texas 11 7 - 3 - 1 23 6300 24 6296 Western Reserve 3 0 - 3 - 0 24 6296 25 6282 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 25 6282 26 6275 Boston College 9 5 - 2 - 2 26 6275 27 6249 Wisconsin 9 2 - 7 - 0 27 6249 28 6116 Princeton 8 4 - 4 - 0 28 6116 29 6067 Cincinnati 5 0 - 4 - 1 29 6067 30 6040 Southern California 10 6 - 3 - 1 30 6040 31 5951 Baylor 11 6 - 3 - 2 31 5951 32 5828 Pittsburgh 9 6 - 3 - 0 32 5828 33 5776 Vanderbilt 11 8 - 2 - 1 33 5776 34 5670 Washington 10 2 - 7 - 1 34 5670 35 5665 Iowa 9 4 - 5 - 0 35 5665 36 5648 Wake Forest 10 6 - 4 - 0 36 5648 37 5642 Alabama 11 6 - 4 - 1 37 5642 38 5611 Tulane 10 9 - 1 - 0 38 5611 39 5593 Rice 10 5 - 4 - 1 39 5593 40 5517 Minnesota 9 7 - 2 - 0 40 5517 41 5510 Duke 9 4 - 3 - 2 41 5510 42 5500 Dartmouth 8 6 - 2 - 0 42 5500 43 5456 Columbia 9 4 - 5 - 0 43 5456 44 5422 North Carolina State 10 3 - 6 - 1 44 5422 45 5422 Georgia Tech 10 7 - 3 - 0 45 5422 46 5409 Georgia 11 9 - 2 - 0 46 5409 47 5390 Notre Dame 10 9 - 0 - 1 47 5390 48 5150 Army 9 8 - 0 - 1 48 5150 49 5102 Kentucky 10 5 - 3 - 2 49 5102 50 5070 Waynesburg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 50 5070 51 5070 The College of Wooster 1 0 - 1 - 0 51 5070 52 5019 Virginia Tech 9 0 - 8 - 1 52 5019 53 4986 Connecticut 2 0 - 2 - 0 53 4986 54 4877 Tennessee Tech 2 0 - 2 - 0 54 4877 55 4729 UCLA 10 3 - 7 - 0 55 4729 56 4710 Miami FL 10 4 - 6 - 0 56 4710 57 4695 Santa Clara 10 7 - 2 - 1 57 4695 58 4604 William & Mary 11 7 - 2 - 2 58 4604 59 4545 Michigan State 10 6 - 2 - 2 59 4545 60 4543 Cornell 9 8 - 1 - 0 60 4543 61 4521 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 61 4521 62 4512 Hawaii 4 0 - 4 - 0 62 4512 63 4505 Florida 10 5 - 5 - 0 63 4505 64 4463 Stanford 10 4 - 6 - 0 64 4463 65 4413 Nebraska 10 2 - 8 - 0 65 4413 66 4412 California 11 10 - 1 - 0 66 4412 67 4401 Oklahoma 11 10 - 1 - 0 67 4401 68 4339 Oregon 11 9 - 2 - 0 68 4339 69 4252 Southern Mississippi 2 0 - 2 - 0 69 4252 70 4239 Virginia 9 5 - 3 - 1 70 4239 71 4194 Colgate 9 3 - 6 - 0 71 4194 72 4153 Lafayette 4 2 - 2 - 0 72 4153 73 4093 Arkansas 10 5 - 5 - 0 73 4093 74 4062 Bucknell 2 0 - 2 - 0 74 4062 75 4052 Syracuse 9 1 - 8 - 0 75 4052 76 3967 San Francisco 9 2 - 7 - 0 76 3967 77 3958 Yale 9 4 - 5 - 0 77 3958 78 3878 Villanova 11 8 - 2 - 1 78 3878 79 3771 Maryland 10 6 - 4 - 0 79 3771 80 3719 Muhlenberg College 1 1 - 0 - 0 80 3719 81 3719 Scranton 1 0 - 1 - 0 81 3719 82 3710 Washington State 10 4 - 5 - 1 82 3710 83 3661 Missouri 11 8 - 3 - 0 83 3661 84 3530 Oklahoma City 2 0 - 2 - 0 84 3530 85 3495 Tulsa 10 0 - 9 - 1 85 3495 86 3412 George Washington 10 4 - 6 - 0 86 3412 87 3327 Rollins 3 0 - 2 - 1 87 3327 88 3297 South Carolina 8 3 - 5 - 0 88 3297 89 3212 Penn State 9 7 - 1 - 1 89 3212 90 3207 Saint Bonaventure 4 3 - 0 - 1 90 3207 91 3200 Tennessee Chattanooga 9 4 - 5 - 0 91 3200 92 3109 Delaware 2 0 - 2 - 0 92 3109 93 2978 St. Mary's CA 10 4 - 6 - 0 93 2978 94 2937 Fresno State 3 1 - 2 - 0 94 2937 95 2892 Oregon State 12 5 - 4 - 3 95 2892 96 2835 Holy Cross 10 5 - 5 - 0 96 2835 97 2728 Clemson 11 11 - 0 - 0 97 2728 98 2694 Miami OH 2 1 - 0 - 1 98 2694 99 2677 Temple 9 2 - 6 - 1 99 2677 100 2602 Presbyterian 3 1 - 2 - 0 100 2602 101 2569 Iowa State 10 4 - 6 - 0 101 2569 102 2526 Brown 9 7 - 2 - 0 102 2526 103 2509 Marquette 10 2 - 8 - 0 103 2509 104 2498 Furman 9 2 - 6 - 1 104 2498 105 2400 Kansas 10 7 - 3 - 0 105 2400 106 2375 Evansville 1 0 - 1 - 0 106 2375 107 2266 Virginia Military 9 6 - 3 - 0 107 2266 108 2218 Oklahoma State 10 6 - 4 - 0 108 2218 109 2199 Texas Tech 10 7 - 3 - 0 109 2199 110 2197 Duquesne 9 2 - 7 - 0 110 2197 111 2184 Buffalo 1 0 - 1 - 0 111 2184 112 2182 West Virginia 12 9 - 3 - 0 112 2182 113 2181 Washington & Lee 10 4 - 6 - 0 113 2181 114 1924 San Jose State 4 1 - 3 - 0 114 1924 115 1896 Louisiana Tech 1 0 - 0 - 1 115 1896 116 1757 Rutgers 9 7 - 2 - 0 116 1757 117 1724 Georgetown 8 3 - 4 - 1 117 1724 118 1687 Toledo 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 1687 119 1687 Ouachita 1 0 - 1 - 0 119 1687 120 1687 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 120 1687 121 1684 Kansas State 10 1 - 9 - 0 121 1684 122 1639 Hampden-Sydney College 1 0 - 1 - 0 122 1639 123 1639 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 123 1639 124 1543 Loyola Marymount 4 1 - 3 - 0 124 1543 125 1505 McMurry 1 0 - 1 - 0 125 1505 126 1436 Ohio University 3 1 - 2 - 0 126 1436 127 1399 North Texas 2 1 - 1 - 0 127 1399 128 1221 Portland 3 0 - 3 - 0 128 1221 129 1214 Boston University 8 6 - 2 - 0 129 1214 130 1210 Lehigh 2 0 - 2 - 0 130 1210 131 1034 Texas A&M Commerce 2 1 - 1 - 0 131 1034 132 1034 Abilene Christian 2 0 - 2 - 0 132 1034 133 891 Nevada Reno 11 9 - 2 - 0 133 891 134 675 Arizona 11 6 - 5 - 0 134 675 135 639 Colorado 9 3 - 6 - 0 135 639 136 579 Davidson 9 3 - 5 - 1 136 579 137 529 Northern Iowa 2 1 - 1 - 0 137 529 138 407 Richmond 10 5 - 3 - 2 138 407 139 380 Citadel 9 2 - 7 - 0 139 380 140 201 Lebanon Valley College 1 0 - 0 - 1 140 201 141 117 Fordham 9 3 - 6 - 0 141 117 142 116 Denver 10 4 - 5 - 1 142 116 143 22 New York University 9 3 - 6 - 0 143 22 144 -8 Idaho 9 3 - 6 - 0 144 -8 145 -61 Occidental 1 1 - 0 - 0 145 -61 146 -145 Merchant Marine 3 0 - 3 - 0 146 -145 147 -211 New Mexico 11 2 - 9 - 0 147 -211 148 -235 Colorado School of Mines 2 0 - 2 - 0 148 -235 149 -263 Utah 10 8 - 1 - 1 149 -263 150 -280 Emporia State 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 -280 151 -280 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 151 -280 152 -286 Bradley 2 0 - 2 - 0 152 -286 153 -293 Southwestern KS 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 -293 154 -534 Houston 2 0 - 2 - 0 154 -534 155 -540 Wichita State 10 5 - 4 - 1 155 -540 156 -635 Elon 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 -635 157 -667 Detroit 9 6 - 3 - 0 157 -667 158 -760 Dayton 2 1 - 1 - 0 158 -760 159 -768 Wofford 2 0 - 0 - 2 159 -768 160 -774 Hardin-Simmons 11 6 - 2 - 3 160 -774 161 -856 Newberry College 2 0 - 2 - 0 161 -856 162 -1073 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 162 -1073 163 -1184 Niagara 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 -1184 164 -1195 Pacific 3 2 - 0 - 1 164 -1195 165 -1424 Canisius College 1 1 - 0 - 0 165 -1424 166 -1424 Saint Francis PA 1 0 - 1 - 0 166 -1424 167 -1451 West Virginia Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 167 -1451 168 -1451 Alliance 1 0 - 1 - 0 168 -1451 169 -1862 Saint Louis 11 4 - 7 - 0 169 -1862 170 -1966 San Diego State 3 1 - 2 - 0 170 -1966 171 -2145 Texas El Paso 11 8 - 2 - 1 171 -2145 172 -2298 Brigham Young 11 5 - 6 - 0 172 -2298 173 -2574 Midwestern State 1 0 - 1 - 0 173 -2574 174 -2574 Corpus Christi 1 0 - 1 - 0 174 -2574 175 -2586 Drake 10 7 - 3 - 0 175 -2586 176 -2610 Colorado College 2 0 - 2 - 0 176 -2610 177 -2701 Springfield College 1 1 - 0 - 0 177 -2701 178 -2701 Brooklyn 1 0 - 1 - 0 178 -2701 179 -2796 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 179 -2796 180 -3118 Colorado State 11 8 - 3 - 0 180 -3118 181 -3282 West Texas A&M 11 6 - 5 - 0 181 -3282 182 -3313 Pacific Fleet 1 1 - 0 - 0 182 -3313 183 -3609 Erskine 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -3609 184 -3691 Montana 10 3 - 7 - 0 184 -3691 185 -3895 University of Dubuque 1 0 - 1 - 0 185 -3895 186 -3895 Rockhurst 1 0 - 1 - 0 186 -3895 187 -3895 Missouri Rolla 1 0 - 1 - 0 187 -3895 188 -4054 Montana State 4 0 - 4 - 0 188 -4054 189 -4300 Arkansas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 189 -4300 190 -4910 Arizona State 10 5 - 5 - 0 190 -4910 191 -5160 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 191 -5160 192 -5160 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 192 -5160 193 -5338 Wyoming 9 4 - 5 - 0 193 -5338 194 -6090 Eastern Washington 1 1 - 0 - 0 194 -6090 195 -6090 Pacific (Oregon) 1 0 - 1 - 0 195 -6090 196 -6090 North Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 196 -6090 197 -6120 Pepperdine 3 1 - 2 - 0 197 -6120 198 -8341 New Mexico State 10 3 - 7 - 0 198 -8341 199 -8884 Western Colorado 3 2 - 1 - 0 199 -8884 200 -10053 Northern Arizona 9 4 - 5 - 0 200 -10053 201 -10957 Whittier College 1 1 - 0 - 0 201 -10957 202 -10957 LaVerne 1 0 - 1 - 0 202 -10957 203 -10957 Redlands 1 0 - 1 - 0 203 -10957 204 -10957 San Pedro AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 204 -10957 205 -11606 Sul Ross State 1 1 - 0 - 0 205 -11606 206 -11606 Fort Bliss 1 0 - 1 - 0 206 -11606 207 -11606 Fort Hays State 1 0 - 1 - 0 207 -11606 208 -11606 New Mexico Highlands 1 0 - 1 - 0 208 -11606