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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 9060 Indiana 9 1 - 8 - 0 1 9060 2 8656 Ohio State 10 7 - 1 - 2 2 8656 3 8332 Michigan 9 6 - 2 - 1 3 8332 4 8298 Southeastern Louisiana 2 0 - 2 - 0 4 8298 5 8201 Southern California 9 5 - 3 - 1 5 8201 6 8114 Iowa 9 4 - 5 - 0 6 8114 7 7845 Texas A&M 10 1 - 8 - 1 7 7845 8 7739 Washington 10 3 - 7 - 0 8 7739 9 7581 Northwestern 9 4 - 5 - 0 9 7581 10 7579 Minnesota 9 7 - 2 - 0 10 7579 11 7574 Wisconsin 9 5 - 3 - 1 11 7574 12 7549 Purdue 9 4 - 5 - 0 12 7549 13 7472 Illinois 9 3 - 4 - 2 13 7472 14 7458 UCLA 9 6 - 3 - 0 14 7458 15 7350 Southern Methodist 10 5 - 4 - 1 15 7350 16 7294 California 11 10 - 1 - 0 16 7294 17 7180 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 17 7180 18 6966 Navy 9 3 - 5 - 1 18 6966 19 6908 Notre Dame 10 10 - 0 - 0 19 6908 20 6560 Southern Mississippi 2 0 - 2 - 0 20 6560 21 6111 Stanford 11 7 - 3 - 1 21 6111 22 6038 Texas 10 6 - 4 - 0 22 6038 23 5945 Pittsburgh 9 6 - 3 - 0 23 5945 24 5787 Texas Christian 10 6 - 3 - 1 24 5787 25 5757 Santa Clara 11 8 - 2 - 1 25 5757 26 5622 North Carolina 11 7 - 4 - 0 26 5622 27 5601 Arkansas 10 5 - 5 - 0 27 5601 28 5482 Oregon 10 4 - 6 - 0 28 5482 29 5422 Michigan State 9 6 - 3 - 0 29 5422 30 5370 Louisiana State 11 8 - 3 - 0 30 5370 31 5303 Niagara 1 0 - 1 - 0 31 5303 32 5223 Mississippi State 9 0 - 8 - 1 32 5223 33 5192 Fresno State 3 0 - 3 - 0 33 5192 34 5145 Tulane 10 7 - 2 - 1 34 5145 35 5121 Missouri 11 7 - 4 - 0 35 5121 36 5085 Rice 11 10 - 1 - 0 36 5085 37 5033 Baylor 10 8 - 2 - 0 37 5033 38 4930 St. Mary's CA 10 3 - 6 - 1 38 4930 39 4889 Pennsylvania 8 4 - 4 - 0 39 4889 40 4784 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 40 4784 41 4742 Oregon State 10 7 - 3 - 0 41 4742 42 4711 Vanderbilt 10 5 - 5 - 0 42 4711 43 4661 Penn State 9 5 - 4 - 0 43 4661 44 4578 Oklahoma 11 11 - 0 - 0 44 4578 45 4537 Washington State 9 3 - 6 - 0 45 4537 46 4356 San Francisco 10 7 - 3 - 0 46 4356 47 4312 Portland 3 0 - 3 - 0 47 4312 48 4282 Kentucky 12 9 - 3 - 0 48 4282 49 4046 San Jose State 6 3 - 3 - 0 49 4046 50 3989 Georgia Tech 10 7 - 3 - 0 50 3989 51 3934 Mississippi 10 4 - 5 - 1 51 3934 52 3896 Saint Bonaventure 3 2 - 1 - 0 52 3896 53 3795 Tennessee 10 7 - 2 - 1 53 3795 54 3711 University of Dubuque 1 0 - 1 - 0 54 3711 55 3702 Auburn 9 2 - 4 - 3 55 3702 56 3600 Nebraska 9 4 - 5 - 0 56 3600 57 3563 Miami OH 3 1 - 2 - 0 57 3563 58 3543 Saint Xavier 2 1 - 1 - 0 58 3543 59 3441 Georgia 11 4 - 6 - 1 59 3441 60 3423 South Carolina 10 4 - 6 - 0 60 3423 61 3317 Abilene Christian 1 0 - 1 - 0 61 3317 62 3094 Florida 10 4 - 5 - 1 62 3094 63 3090 Alabama 10 6 - 3 - 1 63 3090 64 3065 Harvard 9 1 - 8 - 0 64 3065 65 2984 Boston College 9 4 - 4 - 1 65 2984 66 2960 West Virginia 11 4 - 6 - 1 66 2960 67 2939 Kansas 10 5 - 5 - 0 67 2939 68 2910 Hawaii 3 1 - 2 - 0 68 2910 69 2828 Wake Forest 10 4 - 6 - 0 69 2828 70 2817 Tennessee Chattanooga 4 1 - 3 - 0 70 2817 71 2814 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 71 2814 72 2795 Maryland 10 9 - 1 - 0 72 2795 73 2791 Dayton 1 1 - 0 - 0 73 2791 74 2756 Cincinnati 4 2 - 2 - 0 74 2756 75 2752 Iowa State 9 5 - 3 - 1 75 2752 76 2702 Scranton 2 0 - 2 - 0 76 2702 77 2699 Pacific 4 4 - 0 - 0 77 2699 78 2597 Duke 9 6 - 3 - 0 78 2597 79 2597 Oklahoma State 10 4 - 4 - 2 79 2597 80 2580 Virginia 9 7 - 2 - 0 80 2580 81 2537 William & Mary 10 6 - 4 - 0 81 2537 82 2516 Miami FL 9 6 - 3 - 0 82 2516 83 2492 North Texas 4 1 - 3 - 0 83 2492 84 2483 Idaho 8 3 - 5 - 0 84 2483 85 2475 Loyola Marymount 10 6 - 4 - 0 85 2475 86 2443 Nevada Reno 10 5 - 5 - 0 86 2443 87 2387 Columbia 9 2 - 7 - 0 87 2387 88 2317 Rhode Island 2 0 - 2 - 0 88 2317 89 2314 Western Reserve 2 0 - 2 - 0 89 2314 90 2289 Texas Tech 12 7 - 5 - 0 90 2289 91 2253 North Carolina State 10 3 - 7 - 0 91 2253 92 2252 Kansas State 10 2 - 8 - 0 92 2252 93 2163 Northern Colorado 2 0 - 2 - 0 93 2163 94 2128 Virginia Tech 10 1 - 7 - 2 94 2128 95 2038 Tulsa 11 5 - 5 - 1 95 2038 96 2022 Marquette 9 4 - 5 - 0 96 2022 97 1980 Army 9 9 - 0 - 0 97 1980 98 1837 Ohio University 1 1 - 0 - 0 98 1837 99 1837 Waynesburg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 99 1837 100 1785 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 100 1785 101 1773 Princeton 9 6 - 3 - 0 101 1773 102 1754 George Washington 9 4 - 5 - 0 102 1754 103 1730 Temple 9 5 - 4 - 0 103 1730 104 1725 Villanova 9 8 - 1 - 0 104 1725 105 1685 John Carroll 1 0 - 1 - 0 105 1685 106 1512 North Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 106 1512 107 1275 Memphis 2 1 - 1 - 0 107 1275 108 1245 Lafayette 4 0 - 4 - 0 108 1245 109 1126 Detroit 9 5 - 4 - 0 109 1126 110 1119 Georgetown 10 5 - 5 - 0 110 1119 111 1116 Clemson 10 4 - 4 - 2 111 1116 112 1002 Virginia Military 9 3 - 5 - 1 112 1002 113 917 Colorado 10 3 - 7 - 0 113 917 114 756 Willamette Oregon 1 0 - 1 - 0 114 756 115 727 Colgate 9 1 - 8 - 0 115 727 116 718 Colorado College 1 0 - 1 - 0 116 718 117 552 New Mexico 10 2 - 8 - 0 117 552 118 528 Midwestern State 1 1 - 0 - 0 118 528 119 528 Louisiana Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 119 528 120 504 Syracuse 9 4 - 5 - 0 120 504 121 494 Utah 10 2 - 7 - 1 121 494 122 489 Boston University 8 6 - 2 - 0 122 489 123 479 Washington & Lee 9 3 - 5 - 1 123 479 124 349 Cornell 9 8 - 1 - 0 124 349 125 285 Holy Cross 10 1 - 9 - 0 125 285 126 283 Dartmouth 8 6 - 2 - 0 126 283 127 216 McMurry 2 1 - 1 - 0 127 216 128 211 Trinity University TX 3 0 - 3 - 0 128 211 129 159 Connecticut 1 0 - 1 - 0 129 159 130 152 Arizona 10 2 - 7 - 1 130 152 131 57 Louisville 2 1 - 1 - 0 131 57 132 35 South Dakota 3 0 - 3 - 0 132 35 133 -48 Yale 8 4 - 4 - 0 133 -48 134 -76 Citadel 9 4 - 5 - 0 134 -76 135 -81 Quantico Marines 3 2 - 1 - 0 135 -81 136 -131 Duquesne 9 3 - 6 - 0 136 -131 137 -384 Emporia State 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 -384 138 -423 Hardin-Simmons 11 6 - 4 - 1 138 -423 139 -496 Houston 10 5 - 4 - 1 139 -496 140 -639 Furman 9 3 - 6 - 0 140 -639 141 -694 Colorado School of Mines 2 0 - 2 - 0 141 -694 142 -733 Fordham 8 5 - 3 - 0 142 -733 143 -760 Rollins 2 0 - 2 - 0 143 -760 144 -814 Brigham Young 11 0 - 11 - 0 144 -814 145 -877 Lehigh 3 1 - 2 - 0 145 -877 146 -909 Richmond 10 3 - 7 - 0 146 -909 147 -929 Wichita State 10 3 - 6 - 1 147 -929 148 -1132 Fort Hays State 1 0 - 1 - 0 148 -1132 149 -1137 Denver 10 4 - 6 - 0 149 -1137 150 -1175 Texas A&M Commerce 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 -1175 151 -1384 Merchant Marine 3 0 - 3 - 0 151 -1384 152 -1560 Wofford 1 1 - 0 - 0 152 -1560 153 -1560 Newberry College 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 -1560 154 -1612 Amherst College 1 0 - 1 - 0 154 -1612 155 -1640 Davidson 10 2 - 8 - 0 155 -1640 156 -1717 Montana State 3 0 - 3 - 0 156 -1717 157 -1875 San Diego State 2 1 - 1 - 0 157 -1875 158 -1903 Bucknell 2 1 - 1 - 0 158 -1903 159 -1927 Texas El Paso 11 8 - 2 - 1 159 -1927 160 -2133 Rutgers 9 6 - 3 - 0 160 -2133 161 -2186 Brown 9 8 - 1 - 0 161 -2186 162 -2356 West Texas A&M 9 5 - 4 - 0 162 -2356 163 -2361 Muhlenberg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 -2361 164 -2390 Presbyterian 4 2 - 2 - 0 164 -2390 165 -2413 Eastern Washington 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 -2413 166 -2461 South Dakota State 2 0 - 2 - 0 166 -2461 167 -2748 Delaware 3 3 - 0 - 0 167 -2748 168 -2793 Northern State 1 0 - 1 - 0 168 -2793 169 -2812 Saint Louis 9 2 - 6 - 1 169 -2812 170 -2858 Montana 9 5 - 4 - 0 170 -2858 171 -2882 Utah State 10 3 - 7 - 0 171 -2882 172 -3019 Wyoming 10 9 - 1 - 0 172 -3019 173 -3151 Drake 9 6 - 2 - 1 173 -3151 174 -3288 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 174 -3288 175 -3463 Arizona State 10 7 - 3 - 0 175 -3463 176 -3508 New York University 9 3 - 6 - 0 176 -3508 177 -3817 Colorado State 10 9 - 1 - 0 177 -3817 178 -3942 Pepperdine 4 2 - 2 - 0 178 -3942 179 -3962 Buffalo 1 0 - 1 - 0 179 -3962 180 -4401 Bradley 10 5 - 5 - 0 180 -4401 181 -4538 Ripon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 181 -4538 182 -4538 Louisiana Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 182 -4538 183 -4538 Washington and Jefferson 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -4538 184 -5552 Pacific Submarines 1 0 - 1 - 0 184 -5552 185 -5629 Truman State 1 0 - 1 - 0 185 -5629 186 -5650 City College of New York 1 0 - 1 - 0 186 -5650 187 -5650 Brooklyn 1 0 - 1 - 0 187 -5650 188 -5984 New Mexico State 10 4 - 6 - 0 188 -5984 189 -6592 Northern Arizona 8 1 - 6 - 1 189 -6592 190 -7146 New Mexico Military 1 0 - 1 - 0 190 -7146 191 -7146 White Sands 1 0 - 1 - 0 191 -7146 192 -7146 New Mexico Highlands 1 0 - 1 - 0 192 -7146 193 -7505 Pacific Fleet 1 1 - 0 - 0 193 -7505 194 -10882 Whittier College 1 1 - 0 - 0 194 -10882 195 -10882 Western Colorado 1 1 - 0 - 0 195 -10882 196 -10882 Redlands 1 0 - 0 - 1 196 -10882 197 -10882 California Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 197 -10882