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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 9647 Tennessee Tech 2 0 - 2 - 0 1 9647 2 7743 Tennessee Chattanooga 3 0 - 3 - 0 2 7743 3 7716 Camp Pendleton 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 7716 4 7558 Indiana 9 2 - 7 - 0 4 7558 5 7190 Florida State 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 7190 6 6926 Southern Methodist 10 3 - 6 - 1 6 6926 7 6906 Michigan 9 4 - 5 - 0 7 6906 8 6520 Texas 10 7 - 3 - 0 8 6520 9 6425 Ohio State 9 4 - 3 - 2 9 6425 10 6318 UCLA 9 5 - 3 - 1 10 6318 11 6287 North Carolina 10 2 - 8 - 0 11 6287 12 6263 Iowa 9 2 - 5 - 2 12 6263 13 6237 Illinois 10 9 - 0 - 1 13 6237 14 6232 Purdue 9 5 - 4 - 0 14 6232 15 6111 Southern Mississippi 2 0 - 2 - 0 15 6111 16 6108 Rice 10 5 - 5 - 0 16 6108 17 6049 Texas Christian 11 6 - 5 - 0 17 6049 18 6018 Kentucky 12 8 - 4 - 0 18 6018 19 5985 Northwestern 9 5 - 4 - 0 19 5985 20 5876 Southern California 10 7 - 3 - 0 20 5876 21 5825 Baylor 11 8 - 2 - 1 21 5825 22 5777 Texas A&M 10 5 - 3 - 2 22 5777 23 5766 Pittsburgh 10 3 - 7 - 0 23 5766 24 5667 Wisconsin 9 7 - 1 - 1 24 5667 25 5626 Louisiana State 11 7 - 3 - 1 25 5626 26 5592 Minnesota 9 2 - 6 - 1 26 5592 27 5508 Stanford 11 9 - 2 - 0 27 5508 28 5493 Memphis 3 0 - 3 - 0 28 5493 29 5456 Tulane 10 4 - 6 - 0 29 5456 30 5431 Washington 10 3 - 6 - 1 30 5431 31 5387 Middle Tennessee 1 0 - 1 - 0 31 5387 32 5329 Oregon State 10 4 - 6 - 0 32 5329 33 5216 Mississippi 10 6 - 3 - 1 33 5216 34 5193 Navy 9 2 - 6 - 1 34 5193 35 5131 Tennessee 11 10 - 1 - 0 35 5131 36 5107 California 10 8 - 2 - 0 36 5107 37 5086 Arkansas 10 5 - 5 - 0 37 5086 38 5072 Georgia 10 5 - 5 - 0 38 5072 39 5049 Santa Clara 9 3 - 5 - 1 39 5049 40 4983 Michigan State 9 9 - 0 - 0 40 4983 41 4966 Vanderbilt 11 6 - 5 - 0 41 4966 42 4898 Pennsylvania 9 5 - 4 - 0 42 4898 43 4892 Mississippi State 9 4 - 5 - 0 43 4892 44 4880 Georgia Tech 12 11 - 0 - 1 44 4880 45 4821 Alabama 11 5 - 6 - 0 45 4821 46 4706 Notre Dame 10 7 - 2 - 1 46 4706 47 4684 Delta State 1 0 - 1 - 0 47 4684 48 4680 Quantico Marines 1 0 - 1 - 0 48 4680 49 4565 Florida 10 5 - 5 - 0 49 4565 50 4387 Duke 10 5 - 4 - 1 50 4387 51 4292 Auburn 10 5 - 5 - 0 51 4292 52 4226 Miami FL 11 8 - 3 - 0 52 4226 53 4202 Southeastern Louisiana 1 0 - 1 - 0 53 4202 54 4082 Nebraska 10 1 - 8 - 1 54 4082 55 4078 Oregon 10 2 - 8 - 0 55 4078 56 3961 Kansas State 9 1 - 7 - 1 56 3961 57 3928 Louisiana College 1 0 - 1 - 0 57 3928 58 3863 Arkansas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 58 3863 59 3846 Missouri 10 2 - 8 - 0 59 3846 60 3785 San Diego Marines 4 2 - 2 - 0 60 3785 61 3768 Lafayette 3 0 - 3 - 0 61 3768 62 3646 Penn State 9 5 - 4 - 0 62 3646 63 3547 George Washington 9 2 - 6 - 1 63 3547 64 3419 Maryland 10 10 - 0 - 0 64 3419 65 3388 Villanova 8 5 - 3 - 0 65 3388 66 3348 Army 9 2 - 7 - 0 66 3348 67 3244 Boston College 9 3 - 6 - 0 67 3244 68 3235 Oklahoma 10 8 - 2 - 0 68 3235 69 3105 Washington State 10 7 - 3 - 0 69 3105 70 3082 Colorado 10 7 - 3 - 0 70 3082 71 3041 Camp Lejeune 1 0 - 1 - 0 71 3041 72 3037 William & Mary 10 7 - 3 - 0 72 3037 73 2935 Washington & Lee 10 6 - 4 - 0 73 2935 74 2926 Dartmouth 9 4 - 5 - 0 74 2926 75 2913 Syracuse 9 5 - 4 - 0 75 2913 76 2893 Cornell 9 6 - 3 - 0 76 2893 77 2862 Wake Forest 10 6 - 4 - 0 77 2862 78 2627 Oklahoma State 10 3 - 7 - 0 78 2627 79 2598 Marquette 11 4 - 6 - 1 79 2598 80 2597 San Jose State 10 2 - 7 - 1 80 2597 81 2499 Louisville 4 3 - 1 - 0 81 2499 82 2469 Dayton 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 2469 83 2402 South Carolina 9 5 - 4 - 0 83 2402 84 2365 North Carolina State 10 3 - 7 - 0 84 2365 85 2196 Clemson 10 7 - 3 - 0 85 2196 86 2177 Kansas 10 8 - 2 - 0 86 2177 87 2149 Virginia 9 8 - 1 - 0 87 2149 88 2131 Wofford 3 1 - 2 - 0 88 2131 89 2099 Loyola Marymount 9 3 - 6 - 0 89 2099 90 1894 Fordham 9 5 - 4 - 0 90 1894 91 1830 New York University 8 1 - 7 - 0 91 1830 92 1787 Catawba College 2 0 - 2 - 0 92 1787 93 1685 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 93 1685 94 1672 Pacific 11 6 - 5 - 0 94 1672 95 1634 Houston 11 6 - 5 - 0 95 1634 96 1458 Columbia 8 5 - 3 - 0 96 1458 97 1450 Harvard 9 3 - 5 - 1 97 1450 98 1376 Idaho 9 2 - 7 - 0 98 1376 99 1278 Iowa State 9 4 - 4 - 1 99 1278 100 1151 San Francisco 9 9 - 0 - 0 100 1151 101 1149 Virginia Military 10 7 - 3 - 0 101 1149 102 1136 Texas Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 102 1136 103 1117 Albright 1 0 - 1 - 0 103 1117 104 1117 Delaware 1 0 - 1 - 0 104 1117 105 1013 Virginia Tech 10 2 - 8 - 0 105 1013 106 929 Boston University 10 6 - 4 - 0 106 929 107 918 Detroit 11 4 - 7 - 0 107 918 108 901 Yale 9 2 - 5 - 2 108 901 109 790 Davidson 9 1 - 8 - 0 109 790 110 776 Brown 9 2 - 7 - 0 110 776 111 604 Cincinnati 5 5 - 0 - 0 111 604 112 587 Tulsa 11 9 - 2 - 0 112 587 113 490 Richmond 11 3 - 8 - 0 113 490 114 487 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 114 487 115 487 Great Lakes 1 0 - 1 - 0 115 487 116 441 Princeton 9 9 - 0 - 0 116 441 117 378 Geneva 1 0 - 1 - 0 117 378 118 378 Waynesburg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 378 119 366 Temple 10 6 - 4 - 0 119 366 120 319 West Virginia 10 5 - 5 - 0 120 319 121 309 Bucknell 2 2 - 0 - 0 121 309 122 183 Colgate 9 4 - 5 - 0 122 183 123 169 Holy Cross 10 8 - 2 - 0 123 169 124 158 Rutgers 8 4 - 4 - 0 124 158 125 72 Midwestern State 1 0 - 1 - 0 125 72 126 34 Furman 10 3 - 6 - 1 126 34 127 -50 Trinity University TX 3 1 - 2 - 0 127 -50 128 -60 Western Reserve 2 0 - 2 - 0 128 -60 129 -171 Wichita State 9 2 - 7 - 0 129 -171 130 -286 Hawaii 3 0 - 3 - 0 130 -286 131 -321 Hardin-Simmons 12 6 - 6 - 0 131 -321 132 -345 Utah 11 7 - 4 - 0 132 -345 133 -499 Buffalo 1 0 - 1 - 0 133 -499 134 -514 Springfield College 1 0 - 1 - 0 134 -514 135 -656 Fresno State 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 -656 136 -761 Citadel 10 4 - 6 - 0 136 -761 137 -776 Colorado College 2 0 - 2 - 0 137 -776 138 -779 Presbyterian 4 1 - 3 - 0 138 -779 139 -787 Bates College 1 0 - 1 - 0 139 -787 140 -1015 San Diego State 1 0 - 0 - 1 140 -1015 141 -1039 Montana 9 2 - 7 - 0 141 -1039 142 -1150 Miami OH 2 1 - 1 - 0 142 -1150 143 -1179 Pepperdine 2 0 - 2 - 0 143 -1179 144 -1414 Wyoming 10 7 - 2 - 1 144 -1414 145 -1615 Newberry College 2 0 - 2 - 0 145 -1615 146 -1622 Lehigh 2 2 - 0 - 0 146 -1622 147 -1714 North Texas 4 2 - 2 - 0 147 -1714 148 -1822 Utah State 9 3 - 5 - 1 148 -1822 149 -1902 Denver 10 6 - 4 - 0 149 -1902 150 -1903 Stetson 2 2 - 0 - 0 150 -1903 151 -1929 Wayne State MI 3 0 - 3 - 0 151 -1929 152 -1976 Montana State 2 0 - 2 - 0 152 -1976 153 -2016 East Carolina 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 -2016 154 -2090 Abilene Christian 2 1 - 1 - 0 154 -2090 155 -2213 Texas El Paso 10 3 - 7 - 0 155 -2213 156 -2274 Colorado State 10 5 - 4 - 1 156 -2274 157 -2542 Western Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 157 -2542 158 -2592 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 158 -2592 159 -2703 Drake 9 7 - 2 - 0 159 -2703 160 -2799 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 160 -2799 161 -3182 Arizona State 10 6 - 3 - 1 161 -3182 162 -3210 Arizona 11 6 - 5 - 0 162 -3210 163 -3277 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 -3277 164 -3392 West Texas A&M 9 2 - 7 - 0 164 -3392 165 -3678 Merchant Marine 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 -3678 166 -3812 New Mexico 11 4 - 7 - 0 166 -3812 167 -3954 Toledo 2 1 - 1 - 0 167 -3954 168 -4168 Brigham Young 10 6 - 3 - 1 168 -4168 169 -4698 Lenoir-Rhyne College 1 1 - 0 - 0 169 -4698 170 -6207 Bradley 9 4 - 5 - 0 170 -6207 171 -6384 Bowling Green 1 1 - 0 - 0 171 -6384 172 -6384 Brandeis 1 0 - 1 - 0 172 -6384 173 -6384 Tampa 1 0 - 1 - 0 173 -6384 174 -6541 New Mexico State 10 1 - 9 - 0 174 -6541 175 -6719 Colorado School of Mines 2 1 - 1 - 0 175 -6719 176 -9235 Idaho State 2 1 - 1 - 0 176 -9235 177 -9596 McMurry 2 1 - 1 - 0 177 -9596 178 -11366 Northern Arizona 8 1 - 7 - 0 178 -11366 179 -12053 Stephen F Austin 1 1 - 0 - 0 179 -12053 180 -15928 New Mexico Highlands 1 1 - 0 - 0 180 -15928 181 -15928 LaVerne 1 1 - 0 - 0 181 -15928 182 -15928 California Tech 1 1 - 0 - 0 182 -15928 183 -15928 Western New Mexico 1 1 - 0 - 0 183 -15928 184 -15928 Whittier College 1 0 - 1 - 0 184 -15928