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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank OppoRank 1 14 Memphis 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 14 2 21 Minnesota 9 6 - 1 - 2 2 21 3 22 Texas 10 1 - 9 - 0 3 22 4 24 Illinois 9 2 - 5 - 2 4 24 5 25 Michigan 9 7 - 2 - 0 5 25 6 26 California 10 3 - 7 - 0 6 26 7 26 Louisiana State 10 3 - 7 - 0 7 26 8 27 Georgia Tech 11 10 - 1 - 0 8 27 9 27 Pittsburgh 11 7 - 3 - 1 9 27 10 28 Florida 10 6 - 3 - 1 10 28 11 28 Kentucky 10 6 - 4 - 0 11 28 12 29 Alabama 10 2 - 7 - 1 12 29 13 30 Tennessee Chattanooga 3 0 - 3 - 0 13 30 14 30 Southern Methodist 10 4 - 6 - 0 14 30 15 30 Notre Dame 10 2 - 8 - 0 15 30 16 31 Iowa 10 9 - 1 - 0 16 31 17 32 Middle Tennessee 1 0 - 1 - 0 17 32 18 32 Wisconsin 9 1 - 5 - 3 18 32 19 32 Georgia 10 3 - 6 - 1 19 32 20 34 Oregon 10 4 - 4 - 2 20 34 21 34 Washington 10 5 - 5 - 0 21 34 22 34 Oregon State 11 7 - 3 - 1 22 34 23 35 Purdue 9 3 - 4 - 2 23 35 24 35 Mississippi 10 7 - 3 - 0 24 35 25 35 Rice 10 4 - 6 - 0 25 35 26 36 Ohio State 9 6 - 3 - 0 26 36 27 37 Auburn 10 7 - 3 - 0 27 37 28 37 Tulane 10 6 - 4 - 0 28 37 29 37 Stanford 10 4 - 6 - 0 29 37 30 37 Maryland 10 2 - 7 - 1 30 37 31 37 Texas Christian 11 8 - 3 - 0 31 37 32 38 Arkansas 10 6 - 4 - 0 32 38 33 38 Tennessee 11 10 - 1 - 0 33 38 34 40 UCLA 10 7 - 3 - 0 34 40 35 40 Baylor 11 9 - 2 - 0 35 40 36 41 Indiana 9 3 - 6 - 0 36 41 37 41 Texas A&M 10 9 - 0 - 1 37 41 38 41 Miami FL 10 8 - 1 - 1 38 41 39 41 Southern California 10 8 - 2 - 0 39 41 40 42 Northwestern 9 4 - 4 - 1 40 42 41 42 Michigan State 9 7 - 2 - 0 41 42 42 44 Mississippi State 10 4 - 6 - 0 42 44 43 46 Duke 10 5 - 4 - 1 43 46 44 46 Vanderbilt 10 5 - 5 - 0 44 46 45 46 Washington State 10 3 - 6 - 1 45 46 46 47 Arkansas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 46 47 47 47 Texas Tech 10 2 - 7 - 1 47 47 48 49 Trinity University TX 3 0 - 2 - 1 48 49 49 50 Abilene Christian 2 0 - 2 - 0 49 50 50 50 North Carolina 10 2 - 7 - 1 50 50 51 53 Western Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 51 53 52 53 Syracuse 9 7 - 2 - 0 52 53 53 55 Penn State 9 6 - 2 - 1 53 55 54 56 Sul Ross State 1 0 - 1 - 0 54 56 55 56 Corpus Christi 1 0 - 1 - 0 55 56 56 56 Kansas 10 3 - 6 - 1 56 56 57 56 North Carolina State 10 3 - 7 - 0 57 56 58 57 Ohio University 1 0 - 1 - 0 58 57 59 57 Midwestern State 2 0 - 2 - 0 59 57 60 58 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 60 58 61 58 San Diego Marines 1 0 - 1 - 0 61 58 62 59 Virginia 10 3 - 7 - 0 62 59 63 60 North Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 63 60 64 61 Houston 10 7 - 2 - 1 64 61 65 61 Nebraska 10 4 - 6 - 0 65 61 66 62 Army 9 5 - 3 - 1 66 62 67 62 Missouri 10 4 - 5 - 1 67 62 68 63 Furman 10 2 - 8 - 0 68 63 69 64 Hawaii 2 1 - 1 - 0 69 64 70 64 Kansas State 10 3 - 7 - 0 70 64 71 65 South Carolina 10 7 - 3 - 0 71 65 72 65 West Virginia 10 6 - 4 - 0 72 65 73 65 Wake Forest 10 2 - 5 - 3 73 65 74 65 Oklahoma State 10 3 - 5 - 2 74 65 75 65 Clemson 11 7 - 2 - 2 75 65 76 68 Florida State 10 5 - 4 - 1 76 68 77 68 Hardin-Simmons 10 4 - 6 - 0 77 68 78 69 Southern Mississippi 4 1 - 2 - 1 78 69 79 69 Idaho 9 4 - 5 - 0 79 69 80 71 Iowa State 10 2 - 8 - 0 80 71 81 73 Oklahoma 10 10 - 0 - 0 81 73 82 73 Colorado 11 8 - 2 - 1 82 73 83 75 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 83 75 84 77 Navy 9 6 - 1 - 2 84 77 85 78 Boston University 8 1 - 5 - 2 85 78 86 78 Pennsylvania 9 4 - 5 - 0 86 78 87 80 New Hampshire 1 0 - 1 - 0 87 80 88 80 William & Mary 10 0 - 9 - 1 88 80 89 82 Colgate 9 4 - 5 - 0 89 82 90 82 Cornell 9 1 - 8 - 0 90 82 91 82 Marquette 9 0 - 9 - 0 91 82 92 84 Arizona 10 4 - 6 - 0 92 84 93 85 Quantico Marines 2 1 - 1 - 0 93 85 94 85 Harvard 8 2 - 6 - 0 94 85 95 85 Utah 10 5 - 5 - 0 95 85 96 86 East Carolina 2 0 - 2 - 0 96 86 97 86 Miami OH 3 2 - 1 - 0 97 86 98 86 Holy Cross 9 5 - 3 - 1 98 86 99 86 Cincinnati 9 4 - 5 - 0 99 86 100 87 McMurry 3 1 - 2 - 0 100 87 101 87 Villanova 9 5 - 4 - 0 101 87 102 87 Colorado State 10 2 - 7 - 1 102 87 103 88 Saint Xavier 4 3 - 1 - 0 103 88 104 88 Texas El Paso 11 9 - 2 - 0 104 88 105 89 Columbia 9 3 - 6 - 0 105 89 106 89 Virginia Tech 10 7 - 2 - 1 106 89 107 90 Connecticut 2 1 - 1 - 0 107 90 108 90 North Texas 10 7 - 2 - 1 108 90 109 90 San Jose State 10 2 - 7 - 1 109 90 110 91 Dayton 10 4 - 6 - 0 110 91 111 91 Wichita State 10 4 - 6 - 0 111 91 112 92 Presbyterian 3 0 - 3 - 0 112 92 113 92 Pacific 10 6 - 3 - 1 113 92 114 92 Virginia Military 10 3 - 6 - 1 114 92 115 94 Detroit 10 2 - 8 - 0 115 94 116 94 New Mexico State 10 1 - 9 - 0 116 94 117 95 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 117 95 118 95 Wofford 4 3 - 1 - 0 118 95 119 96 Dartmouth 9 5 - 3 - 1 119 96 120 96 George Washington 10 8 - 1 - 1 120 96 121 96 Arizona State 10 9 - 1 - 0 121 96 122 96 Tulsa 10 7 - 2 - 1 122 96 123 98 San Diego State 3 0 - 2 - 1 123 98 124 98 Yale 9 8 - 1 - 0 124 98 125 99 Bucknell 1 0 - 1 - 0 125 99 126 99 Brown 9 5 - 4 - 0 126 99 127 100 Princeton 9 7 - 2 - 0 127 100 128 102 Brandeis 1 0 - 1 - 0 128 102 129 102 Boston College 9 5 - 4 - 0 129 102 130 103 Montana 10 1 - 9 - 0 130 103 131 104 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 131 104 132 104 Fresno State 4 2 - 2 - 0 132 104 133 104 West Texas A&M 10 8 - 2 - 0 133 104 134 105 Citadel 9 3 - 5 - 1 134 105 135 106 Richmond 9 4 - 5 - 0 135 106 136 110 Louisville 1 0 - 1 - 0 136 110 137 111 Colorado College 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 111 138 111 Utah State 10 6 - 4 - 0 138 111 139 111 Rutgers 10 3 - 7 - 0 139 111 140 112 Brigham Young 10 2 - 7 - 1 140 112 141 112 New Mexico 10 4 - 6 - 0 141 112 142 114 Tufts University 1 1 - 0 - 0 142 114 143 114 Newberry College 2 1 - 0 - 1 143 114 144 115 Lehigh 3 2 - 1 - 0 144 115 145 117 Wyoming 10 10 - 0 - 0 145 117 146 118 Massachusetts 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 118 147 118 Denver 10 6 - 4 - 0 147 118 148 119 Drake 9 3 - 6 - 0 148 119 149 121 Stetson 3 0 - 3 - 0 149 121 150 122 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 122 151 125 Washington & Lee 1 0 - 1 - 0 151 125 152 125 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 152 125 153 129 Davidson 9 5 - 3 - 1 153 129 154 137 California Poly 2 1 - 1 - 0 154 137 155 138 Delaware 1 1 - 0 - 0 155 138 156 138 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 138 157 138 Ohio Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 157 138 158 142 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 158 142 159 142 Bowling Green 1 1 - 0 - 0 159 142 160 142 Bradley 1 0 - 1 - 0 160 142 161 142 Washington MO 1 0 - 1 - 0 161 142 162 144 Montana State 1 1 - 0 - 0 162 144 163 146 Air Force 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 146 164 148 Nebraska Omaha 1 1 - 0 - 0 164 148 165 148 Nebraska Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 148