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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 22778 Georgia Tech 11 10 - 1 - 0 9 6183 2 22072 Tennessee 11 10 - 1 - 0 25 5210 3 21600 Iowa 10 9 - 1 - 0 17 5756 4 20417 Minnesota 9 6 - 1 - 2 2 6932 5 20167 Texas A&M 10 9 - 0 - 1 38 4487 6 19468 Michigan 9 7 - 2 - 0 5 6539 7 18420 Miami FL 10 8 - 1 - 1 40 4475 8 17832 Baylor 11 9 - 2 - 0 32 4852 9 17153 Michigan State 9 7 - 2 - 0 39 4481 10 16631 Oklahoma 10 10 - 0 - 0 82 1086 11 16619 Pittsburgh 11 7 - 3 - 1 8 6246 12 16227 Texas Christian 11 8 - 3 - 0 29 5110 13 16139 Florida 10 6 - 3 - 1 11 6089 14 15855 Mississippi 10 7 - 3 - 0 27 5170 15 15617 Auburn 10 7 - 3 - 0 23 5357 16 15578 Southern California 10 8 - 2 - 0 44 4256 17 14960 Oregon State 11 7 - 3 - 1 19 5485 18 14446 Ohio State 9 6 - 3 - 0 28 5132 19 14342 Kentucky 10 6 - 4 - 0 7 6276 20 13950 Syracuse 9 7 - 2 - 0 50 3356 21 13685 UCLA 10 7 - 3 - 0 36 4724 22 12430 Penn State 9 6 - 2 - 1 53 3177 23 12341 Tulane 10 6 - 4 - 0 33 4829 24 12307 Arkansas 10 6 - 4 - 0 31 5056 25 11516 Houston 10 7 - 2 - 1 57 2645 26 11174 Washington 10 5 - 5 - 0 24 5318 27 10663 Oregon 10 4 - 4 - 2 26 5174 28 10648 Duke 10 5 - 4 - 1 37 4520 29 10475 Clemson 11 7 - 2 - 2 72 2087 30 9768 South Carolina 10 7 - 3 - 0 68 2226 31 9684 Purdue 9 3 - 4 - 2 22 5362 32 9477 Vanderbilt 10 5 - 5 - 0 41 4463 33 9373 Colorado 11 8 - 2 - 1 80 1251 34 9288 Northwestern 9 4 - 4 - 1 42 4357 35 9000 Navy 9 6 - 1 - 2 84 704 36 8977 Illinois 9 2 - 5 - 2 6 6433 37 8974 Rice 10 4 - 6 - 0 21 5409 38 8636 Stanford 10 4 - 6 - 0 30 5060 39 8582 Southern Methodist 10 4 - 6 - 0 13 6074 40 8394 Arizona State 10 9 - 1 - 0 123 -1247 41 8136 Army 9 5 - 3 - 1 58 2563 42 7975 Yale 9 8 - 1 - 0 117 -1094 43 7960 Texas El Paso 11 9 - 2 - 0 101 -381 44 7929 California 10 3 - 7 - 0 12 6084 45 7852 Louisiana State 10 3 - 7 - 0 4 6581 46 7503 West Virginia 10 6 - 4 - 0 69 2155 47 7188 Mississippi State 10 4 - 6 - 0 43 4258 48 6666 Georgia 10 3 - 6 - 1 18 5745 49 6385 Hawaii 2 1 - 1 - 0 49 3412 50 6351 George Washington 10 8 - 1 - 1 119 -1118 51 6286 Virginia Tech 10 7 - 2 - 1 107 -639 52 6247 Wisconsin 9 1 - 5 - 3 16 5803 53 5433 Wyoming 10 10 - 0 - 0 146 -3233 54 5149 Alabama 10 2 - 7 - 1 10 6118 55 5068 Saint Xavier 4 3 - 1 - 0 97 -81 56 4922 West Texas A&M 10 8 - 2 - 0 132 -1956 57 4803 Florida State 10 5 - 4 - 1 75 1865 58 4780 North Texas 10 7 - 2 - 1 103 -394 59 4546 Notre Dame 10 2 - 8 - 0 15 5992 60 4285 Missouri 10 4 - 5 - 1 67 2289 61 4174 Tufts University 1 1 - 0 - 0 138 -2762 62 4089 Tulsa 10 7 - 2 - 1 122 -1231 63 4012 Indiana 9 3 - 6 - 0 35 4735 64 4005 Maryland 10 2 - 7 - 1 20 5424 65 3993 Miami OH 3 2 - 1 - 0 94 0 66 3724 Texas 10 1 - 9 - 0 3 6807 67 3567 Washington State 10 3 - 6 - 1 46 3974 68 3559 Princeton 9 7 - 2 - 0 127 -1493 69 3379 Holy Cross 9 5 - 3 - 1 96 -39 70 2906 Wofford 4 3 - 1 - 0 120 -1132 71 2856 Pacific 10 6 - 3 - 1 112 -776 72 2311 Kansas 10 3 - 6 - 1 54 2977 73 2177 Delaware 1 1 - 0 - 0 155 -5928 74 1962 Idaho 9 4 - 5 - 0 77 1589 75 1735 Nebraska 10 4 - 6 - 0 59 2504 76 1704 Villanova 9 5 - 4 - 0 93 2 77 1543 Oklahoma State 10 3 - 5 - 2 74 2006 78 1532 Memphis 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 7927 79 1390 Bowling Green 1 1 - 0 - 0 159 -6468 80 1109 Dartmouth 9 5 - 3 - 1 118 -1098 81 1036 Southern Mississippi 4 1 - 2 - 1 81 1242 82 1025 Texas Tech 10 2 - 7 - 1 45 4064 83 990 North Carolina 10 2 - 7 - 1 47 3746 84 933 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 158 -6468 85 368 Hardin-Simmons 10 4 - 6 - 0 78 1480 86 349 Wake Forest 10 2 - 5 - 3 76 1775 87 299 North Carolina State 10 3 - 7 - 0 55 2740 88 203 Utah 10 5 - 5 - 0 98 -219 89 57 Newberry College 2 1 - 0 - 1 137 -2741 90 0 Quantico Marines 2 1 - 1 - 0 91 171 91 -49 Virginia 10 3 - 7 - 0 63 2416 92 -249 Connecticut 2 1 - 1 - 0 115 -970 93 -756 Pennsylvania 9 4 - 5 - 0 85 679 94 -952 Montana State 1 1 - 0 - 0 162 -6556 95 -1017 Brown 9 5 - 4 - 0 125 -1352 96 -1186 Middle Tennessee 1 0 - 1 - 0 34 4738 97 -1328 Kansas State 10 3 - 7 - 0 73 2016 98 -1416 Cincinnati 9 4 - 5 - 0 102 -383 99 -1505 Colgate 9 4 - 5 - 0 92 113 100 -2069 Tennessee Chattanooga 3 0 - 3 - 0 14 6054 101 -2135 Trinity University TX 3 0 - 2 - 1 51 3321 102 -2695 Boston College 9 5 - 4 - 0 131 -1934 103 -2826 Lehigh 3 2 - 1 - 0 141 -2957 104 -3344 Arizona 10 4 - 6 - 0 100 -347 105 -3513 Furman 10 2 - 8 - 0 71 2108 106 -3575 Fresno State 4 2 - 2 - 0 133 -2053 107 -3671 Utah State 10 6 - 4 - 0 140 -2875 108 -3824 Arkansas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 48 3594 109 -4742 Wichita State 10 4 - 6 - 0 114 -810 110 -4938 Dayton 10 4 - 6 - 0 109 -676 111 -5095 Denver 10 6 - 4 - 0 148 -3601 112 -5253 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 65 2390 113 -5452 Iowa State 10 2 - 8 - 0 79 1298 114 -5525 Harvard 8 2 - 6 - 0 95 -16 115 -5556 Nebraska Omaha 1 1 - 0 - 0 164 -6777 116 -5840 Virginia Military 10 3 - 6 - 1 121 -1141 117 -6259 Columbia 9 3 - 6 - 0 104 -412 118 -6374 Boston University 8 1 - 5 - 2 88 315 119 -6512 Abilene Christian 2 0 - 2 - 0 52 3185 120 -6946 Midwestern State 2 0 - 2 - 0 62 2425 121 -7080 McMurry 3 1 - 2 - 0 108 -642 122 -7299 Richmond 9 4 - 5 - 0 139 -2837 123 -7453 Citadel 9 3 - 5 - 1 134 -2452 124 -7703 Western Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 56 2716 125 -7864 Davidson 9 5 - 3 - 1 154 -5559 126 -7952 San Jose State 10 2 - 7 - 1 110 -720 127 -8394 Corpus Christi 1 0 - 1 - 0 61 2461 128 -8636 Colorado State 10 2 - 7 - 1 105 -423 129 -8682 New Mexico 10 4 - 6 - 0 142 -3030 130 -9050 Cornell 9 1 - 8 - 0 87 365 131 -9350 California Poly 2 1 - 1 - 0 153 -5376 132 -9538 Detroit 10 2 - 8 - 0 116 -1027 133 -9561 Ohio University 1 0 - 1 - 0 64 2401 134 -10110 San Diego Marines 1 0 - 1 - 0 66 2390 135 -10191 Sul Ross State 1 0 - 1 - 0 60 2461 136 -10705 North Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 70 2142 137 -11723 William & Mary 10 0 - 9 - 1 89 312 138 -11857 Rutgers 10 3 - 7 - 0 143 -3180 139 -12030 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 83 867 140 -12072 New Hampshire 1 0 - 1 - 0 86 554 141 -12683 Marquette 9 0 - 9 - 0 90 311 142 -12936 Drake 9 3 - 6 - 0 152 -4175 143 -13025 Bucknell 1 0 - 1 - 0 111 -752 144 -13113 Montana 10 1 - 9 - 0 130 -1803 145 -13286 San Diego State 3 0 - 2 - 1 126 -1373 146 -13294 Brigham Young 10 2 - 7 - 1 144 -3186 147 -13305 Louisville 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 -2469 148 -13555 New Mexico State 10 1 - 9 - 0 128 -1646 149 -13896 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 106 -508 150 -15152 Presbyterian 3 0 - 3 - 0 113 -807 151 -16147 East Carolina 2 0 - 2 - 0 99 -253 152 -16869 Colorado College 1 0 - 1 - 0 136 -2547 153 -17871 Brandeis 1 0 - 1 - 0 124 -1347 154 -18347 Massachusetts 1 0 - 1 - 0 145 -3187 155 -18600 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 129 -1672 156 -19864 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 -5928 157 -20006 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 151 -3932 158 -21342 Stetson 3 0 - 3 - 0 147 -3526 159 -22183 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 -3649 160 -22245 Bradley 1 0 - 1 - 0 160 -6468 161 -22379 Washington & Lee 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 -3932 162 -23877 Washington MO 1 0 - 1 - 0 161 -6468 163 -24107 Air Force 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 -6647 164 -24218 Ohio Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 157 -5928 165 -27997 Nebraska Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 -6777