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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 6310 Pittsburgh 9 4 - 5 - 0 1 6310 2 6209 Purdue 9 5 - 3 - 1 2 6209 3 5949 Iowa 9 5 - 4 - 0 3 5949 4 5877 Michigan State 9 3 - 6 - 0 4 5877 5 5768 Indiana 9 3 - 6 - 0 5 5768 6 5591 Illinois 9 1 - 8 - 0 6 5591 7 5463 Northwestern 9 2 - 7 - 0 7 5463 8 5369 Wisconsin 9 7 - 2 - 0 8 5369 9 5312 Ohio State 10 10 - 0 - 0 9 5312 10 5294 Texas 10 4 - 5 - 1 10 5294 11 4993 Florida 10 5 - 5 - 0 11 4993 12 4732 Michigan 9 6 - 3 - 0 12 4732 13 4719 Texas Christian 10 4 - 6 - 0 13 4719 14 4705 Notre Dame 10 9 - 1 - 0 14 4705 15 4637 Texas A&M 10 1 - 9 - 0 15 4637 16 4571 Southern Methodist 10 6 - 3 - 1 16 4571 17 4510 Waynesburg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 17 4510 18 4504 Georgia Tech 11 8 - 3 - 0 18 4504 19 4377 Rice 10 7 - 3 - 0 19 4377 20 4348 Emporia State 1 0 - 1 - 0 20 4348 21 4348 North Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 21 4348 22 4230 Louisiana State 11 5 - 6 - 0 22 4230 23 4178 California 10 5 - 5 - 0 23 4178 24 4174 Southern California 12 8 - 4 - 0 24 4174 25 4157 Baylor 11 7 - 4 - 0 25 4157 26 4053 Minnesota 9 7 - 2 - 0 26 4053 27 4028 Kansas 10 0 - 10 - 0 27 4028 28 3980 Auburn 11 8 - 3 - 0 28 3980 29 3929 Memphis 4 0 - 3 - 1 29 3929 30 3877 Arkansas 11 8 - 3 - 0 30 3877 31 3803 Arkansas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 31 3803 32 3792 Tulane 10 1 - 6 - 3 32 3792 33 3728 Missouri 10 4 - 5 - 1 33 3728 34 3563 Saint Xavier 2 1 - 1 - 0 34 3563 35 3464 Stanford 10 4 - 6 - 0 35 3464 36 3451 Washington 10 2 - 8 - 0 36 3451 37 3447 Pennsylvania 9 0 - 9 - 0 37 3447 38 3435 Oregon State 9 1 - 8 - 0 38 3435 39 3272 Kentucky 10 7 - 3 - 0 39 3272 40 3243 Vanderbilt 9 2 - 7 - 0 40 3243 41 3186 Tennessee Chattanooga 4 1 - 3 - 0 41 3186 42 3132 Alabama 11 4 - 5 - 2 42 3132 43 3061 North Carolina 10 4 - 5 - 1 43 3061 44 3021 Georgia 10 6 - 3 - 1 44 3021 45 2928 Tennessee 10 4 - 6 - 0 45 2928 46 2910 Duke 11 8 - 2 - 1 46 2910 47 2818 Miami OH 3 3 - 0 - 0 47 2818 48 2798 Miami FL 9 8 - 1 - 0 48 2798 49 2786 Maryland 10 7 - 2 - 1 49 2786 50 2774 Dayton 2 0 - 2 - 0 50 2774 51 2490 Navy 10 8 - 2 - 0 51 2490 52 2407 Marquette 9 3 - 5 - 1 52 2407 53 2388 Mississippi State 10 6 - 4 - 0 53 2388 54 2278 North Carolina State 10 2 - 8 - 0 54 2278 55 2216 Clemson 10 5 - 5 - 0 55 2216 56 2212 Mississippi 11 9 - 2 - 0 56 2212 57 2173 Oklahoma 10 10 - 0 - 0 57 2173 58 2173 South Carolina 10 6 - 4 - 0 58 2173 59 2113 Tulsa 11 0 - 11 - 0 59 2113 60 2056 Nebraska 11 6 - 5 - 0 60 2056 61 2044 Washington State 10 4 - 6 - 0 61 2044 62 2043 Virginia 9 3 - 6 - 0 62 2043 63 1966 UCLA 9 9 - 0 - 0 63 1966 64 1951 Springfield College 2 0 - 2 - 0 64 1951 65 1913 Houston 10 5 - 5 - 0 65 1913 66 1889 North Texas 10 4 - 6 - 0 66 1889 67 1864 Wake Forest 10 2 - 7 - 1 67 1864 68 1822 Abilene Christian 1 1 - 0 - 0 68 1822 69 1822 Louisville 1 0 - 1 - 0 69 1822 70 1822 Tampa 1 0 - 1 - 0 70 1822 71 1698 Army 9 7 - 2 - 0 71 1698 72 1680 Oregon 10 6 - 4 - 0 72 1680 73 1678 Colorado College 1 0 - 1 - 0 73 1678 74 1378 Columbia 9 1 - 8 - 0 74 1378 75 1358 Detroit 9 2 - 7 - 0 75 1358 76 1144 Dartmouth 9 3 - 6 - 0 76 1144 77 1087 Villanova 10 1 - 9 - 0 77 1087 78 1086 Pacific 9 4 - 5 - 0 78 1086 79 960 George Washington 9 1 - 7 - 1 79 960 80 912 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 80 912 81 873 Brandeis 1 0 - 1 - 0 81 873 82 807 Fordham 9 1 - 7 - 1 82 807 83 793 Bucknell 2 0 - 2 - 0 83 793 84 755 Oklahoma State 10 5 - 4 - 1 84 755 85 743 Massachusetts 1 1 - 0 - 0 85 743 86 743 Ohio University 1 0 - 1 - 0 86 743 87 723 Hawaii 2 0 - 2 - 0 87 723 88 711 San Diego Marines 2 1 - 1 - 0 88 711 89 674 Iowa State 9 3 - 6 - 0 89 674 90 524 Penn State 9 7 - 2 - 0 90 524 91 502 Holy Cross 10 3 - 7 - 0 91 502 92 453 Cincinnati 10 8 - 2 - 0 92 453 93 342 Southern Mississippi 4 2 - 2 - 0 93 342 94 310 Temple 4 1 - 3 - 0 94 310 95 229 West Virginia 9 8 - 1 - 0 95 229 96 171 William & Mary 10 4 - 4 - 2 96 171 97 150 Virginia Military 10 4 - 6 - 0 97 150 98 128 Hardin-Simmons 10 4 - 6 - 0 98 128 99 105 West Texas A&M 9 1 - 8 - 0 99 105 100 105 Texas Tech 10 7 - 2 - 1 100 105 101 19 Colorado 10 7 - 2 - 1 101 19 102 5 Florida State 12 8 - 4 - 0 102 5 103 -50 San Jose State 10 7 - 3 - 0 103 -50 104 -98 Connecticut 3 0 - 3 - 0 104 -98 105 -104 Cornell 9 5 - 4 - 0 105 -104 106 -123 Kansas State 10 7 - 3 - 0 106 -123 107 -244 Harvard 8 4 - 3 - 1 107 -244 108 -283 Stetson 2 0 - 2 - 0 108 -283 109 -327 Syracuse 8 4 - 4 - 0 109 -327 110 -343 Yale 9 5 - 3 - 1 110 -343 111 -395 Furman 10 5 - 5 - 0 111 -395 112 -444 Fresno State 2 1 - 1 - 0 112 -444 113 -461 Trinity University TX 4 4 - 0 - 0 113 -461 114 -498 Texas El Paso 11 8 - 3 - 0 114 -498 115 -741 McMurry 2 1 - 1 - 0 115 -741 116 -785 Arizona State 10 5 - 5 - 0 116 -785 117 -861 Lehigh 3 1 - 2 - 0 117 -861 118 -867 Virginia Tech 9 8 - 0 - 1 118 -867 119 -983 Princeton 9 5 - 3 - 1 119 -983 120 -1014 Colgate 9 5 - 2 - 2 120 -1014 121 -1050 Drake 9 2 - 7 - 0 121 -1050 122 -1130 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 122 -1130 123 -1159 Wichita State 10 9 - 1 - 0 123 -1159 124 -1306 New Mexico State 9 0 - 9 - 0 124 -1306 125 -1376 Arizona 10 7 - 3 - 0 125 -1376 126 -1424 Utah 11 4 - 7 - 0 126 -1424 127 -1454 Citadel 10 2 - 8 - 0 127 -1454 128 -1508 Presbyterian 4 2 - 2 - 0 128 -1508 129 -1509 Boston College 9 8 - 1 - 0 129 -1509 130 -1532 Midwestern State 3 2 - 1 - 0 130 -1532 131 -1598 Idaho 9 4 - 5 - 0 131 -1598 132 -1641 Quantico Marines 1 1 - 0 - 0 132 -1641 133 -1686 Colorado State 10 3 - 7 - 0 133 -1686 134 -1712 Hampden-Sydney College 1 0 - 1 - 0 134 -1712 135 -1712 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 -1712 136 -1941 Utah State 10 4 - 6 - 0 136 -1941 137 -1971 Wyoming 10 6 - 4 - 0 137 -1971 138 -2138 Rutgers 9 3 - 6 - 0 138 -2138 139 -2145 Brown 9 6 - 2 - 1 139 -2145 140 -2388 West Virginia Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 140 -2388 141 -2388 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 141 -2388 142 -2543 Sul Ross State 2 1 - 1 - 0 142 -2543 143 -2653 North Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 -2653 144 -2720 Brigham Young 9 1 - 8 - 0 144 -2720 145 -2820 Wofford 3 1 - 2 - 0 145 -2820 146 -2922 Richmond 9 5 - 4 - 0 146 -2922 147 -3037 Newberry College 2 1 - 1 - 0 147 -3037 148 -3225 Boston University 9 7 - 2 - 0 148 -3225 149 -3534 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 -3534 150 -3553 New Mexico 10 5 - 5 - 0 150 -3553 151 -3612 Denver 10 9 - 1 - 0 151 -3612 152 -3841 San Diego State 1 0 - 1 - 0 152 -3841 153 -3876 Elon 2 1 - 1 - 0 153 -3876 154 -4126 Montana 9 3 - 6 - 0 154 -4126 155 -4778 Davidson 9 6 - 3 - 0 155 -4778 156 -5178 South Dakota 1 1 - 0 - 0 156 -5178 157 -5178 Bradley 1 1 - 0 - 0 157 -5178 158 -5178 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 158 -5178 159 -5178 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 159 -5178 160 -6558 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 160 -6558 161 -6558 Fort Lewis College 1 0 - 1 - 0 161 -6558 162 -7872 Southwestern Oklahoma State 1 1 - 0 - 0 162 -7872 163 -7872 Howard Payne 1 1 - 0 - 0 163 -7872