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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 7927 Memphis 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 7927 2 6932 Minnesota 9 6 - 1 - 2 2 6932 3 6807 Texas 10 1 - 9 - 0 3 6807 4 6581 Louisiana State 10 3 - 7 - 0 4 6581 5 6539 Michigan 9 7 - 2 - 0 5 6539 6 6433 Illinois 9 2 - 5 - 2 6 6433 7 6276 Kentucky 10 6 - 4 - 0 7 6276 8 6246 Pittsburgh 11 7 - 3 - 1 8 6246 9 6183 Georgia Tech 11 10 - 1 - 0 9 6183 10 6118 Alabama 10 2 - 7 - 1 10 6118 11 6089 Florida 10 6 - 3 - 1 11 6089 12 6084 California 10 3 - 7 - 0 12 6084 13 6074 Southern Methodist 10 4 - 6 - 0 13 6074 14 6054 Tennessee Chattanooga 3 0 - 3 - 0 14 6054 15 5992 Notre Dame 10 2 - 8 - 0 15 5992 16 5803 Wisconsin 9 1 - 5 - 3 16 5803 17 5756 Iowa 10 9 - 1 - 0 17 5756 18 5745 Georgia 10 3 - 6 - 1 18 5745 19 5485 Oregon State 11 7 - 3 - 1 19 5485 20 5424 Maryland 10 2 - 7 - 1 20 5424 21 5409 Rice 10 4 - 6 - 0 21 5409 22 5362 Purdue 9 3 - 4 - 2 22 5362 23 5357 Auburn 10 7 - 3 - 0 23 5357 24 5318 Washington 10 5 - 5 - 0 24 5318 25 5210 Tennessee 11 10 - 1 - 0 25 5210 26 5174 Oregon 10 4 - 4 - 2 26 5174 27 5170 Mississippi 10 7 - 3 - 0 27 5170 28 5132 Ohio State 9 6 - 3 - 0 28 5132 29 5110 Texas Christian 11 8 - 3 - 0 29 5110 30 5060 Stanford 10 4 - 6 - 0 30 5060 31 5056 Arkansas 10 6 - 4 - 0 31 5056 32 4852 Baylor 11 9 - 2 - 0 32 4852 33 4829 Tulane 10 6 - 4 - 0 33 4829 34 4738 Middle Tennessee 1 0 - 1 - 0 34 4738 35 4735 Indiana 9 3 - 6 - 0 35 4735 36 4724 UCLA 10 7 - 3 - 0 36 4724 37 4520 Duke 10 5 - 4 - 1 37 4520 38 4487 Texas A&M 10 9 - 0 - 1 38 4487 39 4481 Michigan State 9 7 - 2 - 0 39 4481 40 4475 Miami FL 10 8 - 1 - 1 40 4475 41 4463 Vanderbilt 10 5 - 5 - 0 41 4463 42 4357 Northwestern 9 4 - 4 - 1 42 4357 43 4258 Mississippi State 10 4 - 6 - 0 43 4258 44 4256 Southern California 10 8 - 2 - 0 44 4256 45 4064 Texas Tech 10 2 - 7 - 1 45 4064 46 3974 Washington State 10 3 - 6 - 1 46 3974 47 3746 North Carolina 10 2 - 7 - 1 47 3746 48 3594 Arkansas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 48 3594 49 3412 Hawaii 2 1 - 1 - 0 49 3412 50 3356 Syracuse 9 7 - 2 - 0 50 3356 51 3321 Trinity University TX 3 0 - 2 - 1 51 3321 52 3185 Abilene Christian 2 0 - 2 - 0 52 3185 53 3177 Penn State 9 6 - 2 - 1 53 3177 54 2977 Kansas 10 3 - 6 - 1 54 2977 55 2740 North Carolina State 10 3 - 7 - 0 55 2740 56 2716 Western Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 56 2716 57 2645 Houston 10 7 - 2 - 1 57 2645 58 2563 Army 9 5 - 3 - 1 58 2563 59 2504 Nebraska 10 4 - 6 - 0 59 2504 60 2461 Sul Ross State 1 0 - 1 - 0 60 2461 61 2461 Corpus Christi 1 0 - 1 - 0 61 2461 62 2425 Midwestern State 2 0 - 2 - 0 62 2425 63 2416 Virginia 10 3 - 7 - 0 63 2416 64 2401 Ohio University 1 0 - 1 - 0 64 2401 65 2390 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 65 2390 66 2390 San Diego Marines 1 0 - 1 - 0 66 2390 67 2289 Missouri 10 4 - 5 - 1 67 2289 68 2226 South Carolina 10 7 - 3 - 0 68 2226 69 2155 West Virginia 10 6 - 4 - 0 69 2155 70 2142 North Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 70 2142 71 2108 Furman 10 2 - 8 - 0 71 2108 72 2087 Clemson 11 7 - 2 - 2 72 2087 73 2016 Kansas State 10 3 - 7 - 0 73 2016 74 2006 Oklahoma State 10 3 - 5 - 2 74 2006 75 1865 Florida State 10 5 - 4 - 1 75 1865 76 1775 Wake Forest 10 2 - 5 - 3 76 1775 77 1589 Idaho 9 4 - 5 - 0 77 1589 78 1480 Hardin-Simmons 10 4 - 6 - 0 78 1480 79 1298 Iowa State 10 2 - 8 - 0 79 1298 80 1251 Colorado 11 8 - 2 - 1 80 1251 81 1242 Southern Mississippi 4 1 - 2 - 1 81 1242 82 1086 Oklahoma 10 10 - 0 - 0 82 1086 83 867 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 83 867 84 704 Navy 9 6 - 1 - 2 84 704 85 679 Pennsylvania 9 4 - 5 - 0 85 679 86 554 New Hampshire 1 0 - 1 - 0 86 554 87 365 Cornell 9 1 - 8 - 0 87 365 88 315 Boston University 8 1 - 5 - 2 88 315 89 312 William & Mary 10 0 - 9 - 1 89 312 90 311 Marquette 9 0 - 9 - 0 90 311 91 171 Quantico Marines 2 1 - 1 - 0 91 171 92 113 Colgate 9 4 - 5 - 0 92 113 93 2 Villanova 9 5 - 4 - 0 93 2 94 0 Miami OH 3 2 - 1 - 0 94 0 95 -16 Harvard 8 2 - 6 - 0 95 -16 96 -39 Holy Cross 9 5 - 3 - 1 96 -39 97 -81 Saint Xavier 4 3 - 1 - 0 97 -81 98 -219 Utah 10 5 - 5 - 0 98 -219 99 -253 East Carolina 2 0 - 2 - 0 99 -253 100 -347 Arizona 10 4 - 6 - 0 100 -347 101 -381 Texas El Paso 11 9 - 2 - 0 101 -381 102 -383 Cincinnati 9 4 - 5 - 0 102 -383 103 -394 North Texas 10 7 - 2 - 1 103 -394 104 -412 Columbia 9 3 - 6 - 0 104 -412 105 -423 Colorado State 10 2 - 7 - 1 105 -423 106 -508 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 106 -508 107 -639 Virginia Tech 10 7 - 2 - 1 107 -639 108 -642 McMurry 3 1 - 2 - 0 108 -642 109 -676 Dayton 10 4 - 6 - 0 109 -676 110 -720 San Jose State 10 2 - 7 - 1 110 -720 111 -752 Bucknell 1 0 - 1 - 0 111 -752 112 -776 Pacific 10 6 - 3 - 1 112 -776 113 -807 Presbyterian 3 0 - 3 - 0 113 -807 114 -810 Wichita State 10 4 - 6 - 0 114 -810 115 -970 Connecticut 2 1 - 1 - 0 115 -970 116 -1027 Detroit 10 2 - 8 - 0 116 -1027 117 -1094 Yale 9 8 - 1 - 0 117 -1094 118 -1098 Dartmouth 9 5 - 3 - 1 118 -1098 119 -1118 George Washington 10 8 - 1 - 1 119 -1118 120 -1132 Wofford 4 3 - 1 - 0 120 -1132 121 -1141 Virginia Military 10 3 - 6 - 1 121 -1141 122 -1231 Tulsa 10 7 - 2 - 1 122 -1231 123 -1247 Arizona State 10 9 - 1 - 0 123 -1247 124 -1347 Brandeis 1 0 - 1 - 0 124 -1347 125 -1352 Brown 9 5 - 4 - 0 125 -1352 126 -1373 San Diego State 3 0 - 2 - 1 126 -1373 127 -1493 Princeton 9 7 - 2 - 0 127 -1493 128 -1646 New Mexico State 10 1 - 9 - 0 128 -1646 129 -1672 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 129 -1672 130 -1803 Montana 10 1 - 9 - 0 130 -1803 131 -1934 Boston College 9 5 - 4 - 0 131 -1934 132 -1956 West Texas A&M 10 8 - 2 - 0 132 -1956 133 -2053 Fresno State 4 2 - 2 - 0 133 -2053 134 -2452 Citadel 9 3 - 5 - 1 134 -2452 135 -2469 Louisville 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 -2469 136 -2547 Colorado College 1 0 - 1 - 0 136 -2547 137 -2741 Newberry College 2 1 - 0 - 1 137 -2741 138 -2762 Tufts University 1 1 - 0 - 0 138 -2762 139 -2837 Richmond 9 4 - 5 - 0 139 -2837 140 -2875 Utah State 10 6 - 4 - 0 140 -2875 141 -2957 Lehigh 3 2 - 1 - 0 141 -2957 142 -3030 New Mexico 10 4 - 6 - 0 142 -3030 143 -3180 Rutgers 10 3 - 7 - 0 143 -3180 144 -3186 Brigham Young 10 2 - 7 - 1 144 -3186 145 -3187 Massachusetts 1 0 - 1 - 0 145 -3187 146 -3233 Wyoming 10 10 - 0 - 0 146 -3233 147 -3526 Stetson 3 0 - 3 - 0 147 -3526 148 -3601 Denver 10 6 - 4 - 0 148 -3601 149 -3649 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 -3649 150 -3932 Washington & Lee 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 -3932 151 -3932 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 151 -3932 152 -4175 Drake 9 3 - 6 - 0 152 -4175 153 -5376 California Poly 2 1 - 1 - 0 153 -5376 154 -5559 Davidson 9 5 - 3 - 1 154 -5559 155 -5928 Delaware 1 1 - 0 - 0 155 -5928 156 -5928 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 -5928 157 -5928 Ohio Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 157 -5928 158 -6468 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 158 -6468 159 -6468 Bowling Green 1 1 - 0 - 0 159 -6468 160 -6468 Bradley 1 0 - 1 - 0 160 -6468 161 -6468 Washington MO 1 0 - 1 - 0 161 -6468 162 -6556 Montana State 1 1 - 0 - 0 162 -6556 163 -6647 Air Force 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 -6647 164 -6777 Nebraska Omaha 1 1 - 0 - 0 164 -6777 165 -6777 Nebraska Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 -6777