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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 21315 Notre Dame 10 9 - 0 - 1 28 3873 2 20743 Alabama 11 11 - 0 - 0 40 3300 3 19334 Michigan State 10 9 - 0 - 1 31 3680 4 18869 Georgia 11 10 - 1 - 0 30 3709 5 16742 Florida 11 9 - 2 - 0 10 4578 6 16504 Mississippi 11 8 - 3 - 0 5 5208 7 16120 Georgia Tech 11 9 - 2 - 0 19 4316 8 15985 Purdue 11 9 - 2 - 0 24 4089 9 15928 Miami FL 11 8 - 2 - 1 17 4351 10 15736 UCLA 10 9 - 1 - 0 50 2835 11 15060 Wyoming 11 10 - 1 - 0 81 1742 12 14964 Arkansas 10 8 - 2 - 0 42 3236 13 14234 Houston 10 8 - 2 - 0 44 3121 14 13923 Tennessee 11 8 - 3 - 0 32 3662 15 13731 Southern California 11 7 - 4 - 0 6 5039 16 13267 San Diego State 1 1 - 0 - 0 115 -493 17 13194 Southern Methodist 11 8 - 3 - 0 12 4471 18 12572 Nebraska 11 9 - 2 - 0 68 2343 19 12241 Texas 11 7 - 4 - 0 18 4334 20 11535 Memphis 9 7 - 2 - 0 59 2562 21 11109 Louisiana State 10 5 - 4 - 1 7 4946 22 10732 Colorado 10 7 - 3 - 0 55 2721 23 10552 Syracuse 11 8 - 3 - 0 64 2445 24 10387 Louisiana Monroe 2 2 - 0 - 0 121 -945 25 10053 Miami OH 10 9 - 1 - 0 109 -251 26 9953 Florida State 11 6 - 5 - 0 23 4224 27 9868 Michigan 10 6 - 4 - 0 43 3153 28 9822 Brigham Young 10 8 - 2 - 0 91 1208 29 9807 Army 10 8 - 2 - 0 86 1341 30 9788 North Texas 10 8 - 2 - 0 89 1268 31 9511 Eastern Kentucky 2 2 - 0 - 0 126 -1467 32 9254 Tulane 10 5 - 4 - 1 20 4259 33 9208 Oklahoma 10 6 - 4 - 0 46 3062 34 8954 Missouri 10 6 - 3 - 1 54 2746 35 8816 Virginia Tech 11 8 - 2 - 1 94 1037 36 8590 Tulsa 10 6 - 4 - 0 41 3248 37 8371 Baylor 10 5 - 5 - 0 26 3935 38 8263 Texas A&M 10 4 - 5 - 1 9 4804 39 8163 Clemson 10 6 - 4 - 0 37 3406 40 7825 Colorado State 10 7 - 3 - 0 84 1583 41 7192 Texas El Paso 10 6 - 4 - 0 76 1964 42 6708 North Carolina State 10 5 - 5 - 0 47 3005 43 6458 Penn State 10 5 - 5 - 0 36 3432 44 6393 Drake 3 2 - 1 - 0 74 2099 45 6163 Auburn 10 4 - 6 - 0 13 4456 46 6097 Oregon State 10 7 - 3 - 0 93 1179 47 5798 Washington 10 6 - 4 - 0 78 1923 48 5779 Illinois 10 4 - 6 - 0 22 4230 49 5756 Stanford 10 5 - 5 - 0 52 2807 50 5575 West Texas A&M 10 7 - 3 - 0 106 23 51 5226 Dayton 10 8 - 2 - 0 116 -556 52 5080 Texas Tech 10 4 - 6 - 0 29 3805 53 5072 Cal State Long Beach 1 1 - 0 - 0 149 -3609 54 5034 Southern Mississippi 10 6 - 4 - 0 92 1206 55 4976 Duke 10 5 - 5 - 0 49 2860 56 4807 Kentucky 10 3 - 6 - 1 16 4364 57 4719 Oklahoma State 10 4 - 5 - 1 38 3385 58 4646 Fresno State 2 2 - 0 - 0 133 -2051 59 4531 Northwestern 10 3 - 6 - 1 21 4252 60 4396 New Mexico State 10 7 - 3 - 0 120 -780 61 4289 Louisville 10 6 - 4 - 0 101 755 62 4220 Minnesota 10 4 - 5 - 1 62 2471 63 4051 Rice 10 2 - 8 - 0 4 5229 64 3982 Ohio State 9 4 - 5 - 0 56 2688 65 3939 Utah 10 5 - 5 - 0 75 2068 66 3816 Bowling Green 9 6 - 3 - 0 110 -252 67 3621 Harvard 9 8 - 1 - 0 151 -3645 68 3260 Arizona State 10 5 - 5 - 0 77 1932 69 3098 Maryland 10 4 - 6 - 0 63 2467 70 3072 Navy 10 4 - 6 - 0 57 2645 71 2960 Colgate 10 8 - 1 - 1 148 -3580 72 2833 Virginia 10 4 - 6 - 0 65 2370 73 2784 Mississippi State 10 2 - 8 - 0 2 5335 74 2711 Air Force 10 4 - 6 - 0 70 2256 75 2707 Wisconsin 10 3 - 6 - 1 35 3481 76 1835 Montana State 2 1 - 1 - 0 103 297 77 1747 Dartmouth 9 7 - 2 - 0 143 -2924 78 1701 Texas Christian 10 2 - 8 - 0 14 4444 79 1670 Tampa 9 4 - 5 - 0 82 1638 80 1574 Western Michigan 10 7 - 3 - 0 119 -697 81 1351 Southern Illinois 4 2 - 2 - 0 95 893 82 1152 California 10 3 - 7 - 0 45 3082 83 940 Princeton 9 7 - 2 - 0 140 -2322 84 844 Ohio University 10 5 - 5 - 0 97 790 85 829 Utah State 10 4 - 6 - 0 90 1219 86 779 Wake Forest 10 3 - 7 - 0 51 2820 87 326 Holy Cross 10 6 - 3 - 1 122 -952 88 307 Cincinnati 10 3 - 7 - 0 67 2359 89 291 Indiana 10 1 - 8 - 1 11 4537 90 261 Iowa State 10 2 - 6 - 2 69 2340 91 -138 South Carolina 10 1 - 9 - 0 3 5244 92 -683 Vanderbilt 10 1 - 9 - 0 8 4940 93 -714 North Carolina 10 2 - 8 - 0 25 4051 94 -933 West Virginia 10 3 - 5 - 2 100 787 95 -986 San Jose State 10 3 - 7 - 0 87 1340 96 -1240 Oregon 10 3 - 7 - 0 88 1315 97 -1305 Iowa 10 2 - 8 - 0 34 3573 98 -1347 Kansas 10 2 - 7 - 1 66 2359 99 -1478 Wichita State 10 2 - 8 - 0 33 3648 100 -1482 Cornell 9 6 - 3 - 0 137 -2148 101 -1597 Arizona 10 3 - 7 - 0 85 1479 102 -2065 Washington State 10 3 - 7 - 0 83 1630 103 -2073 Kent State 10 4 - 6 - 0 117 -598 104 -2453 Pittsburgh 10 1 - 9 - 0 15 4403 105 -2711 Buffalo 10 5 - 5 - 0 131 -1824 106 -2741 William & Mary 10 5 - 4 - 1 135 -2069 107 -2830 Louisiana Tech 2 0 - 2 - 0 1 6444 108 -2949 Villanova 9 6 - 3 - 0 147 -3523 109 -3110 Saint Xavier 10 4 - 6 - 0 107 -174 110 -3367 Parsons 1 1 - 0 - 0 163 -7754 111 -3421 Rutgers 9 5 - 4 - 0 136 -2107 112 -3429 Southeastern Louisiana 1 0 - 1 - 0 61 2517 113 -3759 Boston College 10 4 - 6 - 0 113 -387 114 -4128 New Mexico 10 2 - 8 - 0 73 2188 115 -4254 Samford 1 1 - 0 - 0 164 -7754 116 -4358 Toledo 10 2 - 7 - 1 105 53 117 -4769 Quantico Marines 4 1 - 2 - 1 114 -434 118 -5038 Wittenberg 1 1 - 0 - 0 160 -6735 119 -5452 East Carolina 10 4 - 5 - 1 134 -2053 120 -5579 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 27 3912 121 -6324 Bucknell 2 1 - 1 - 0 139 -2259 122 -6462 Boston University 4 1 - 3 - 0 112 -355 123 -6504 Yale 9 4 - 5 - 0 145 -3014 124 -6589 George Washington 10 4 - 6 - 0 138 -2169 125 -6858 Lamar 1 0 - 1 - 0 99 787 126 -6954 Kansas State 10 0 - 9 - 1 60 2554 127 -7219 Pacific 11 4 - 7 - 0 129 -1681 128 -7342 Tennessee Chattanooga 4 0 - 4 - 0 39 3345 129 -7399 Idaho 10 4 - 6 - 0 142 -2863 130 -7441 Texas Arlington 3 0 - 3 - 0 48 2860 131 -7541 Marshall 10 2 - 8 - 0 104 86 132 -7603 Northern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 58 2613 133 -8014 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 53 2787 134 -8609 Akron 1 0 - 1 - 0 96 835 135 -9000 Wofford 2 1 - 0 - 1 162 -7244 136 -9277 Howard Payne 1 0 - 1 - 0 71 2198 137 -9454 Eastern New Mexico 1 0 - 1 - 0 72 2198 138 -9784 Virginia Military 10 2 - 8 - 0 108 -215 139 -9937 Temple 1 0 - 1 - 0 79 1908 140 -10156 Lafayette 3 0 - 3 - 0 102 526 141 -10291 Central Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 98 787 142 -10563 Columbia 9 2 - 7 - 0 130 -1683 143 -10813 Massachusetts 3 0 - 3 - 0 111 -281 144 -11166 Citadel 10 4 - 6 - 0 156 -4545 145 -11439 Tufts University 1 0 - 1 - 0 80 1810 146 -11996 Pennsylvania 9 2 - 7 - 0 144 -2945 147 -12648 Richmond 10 2 - 8 - 0 132 -1975 148 -12967 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 124 -1355 149 -13470 Davidson 9 4 - 5 - 0 159 -6164 150 -14012 Delaware 2 0 - 2 - 0 125 -1415 151 -14830 Northern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 123 -1036 152 -15509 Furman 10 2 - 7 - 1 157 -4644 153 -16170 Brown 9 1 - 8 - 0 141 -2801 154 -16350 West Chester 1 0 - 1 - 0 127 -1474 155 -16896 Hawaii 3 0 - 3 - 0 118 -613 156 -16942 Connecticut 2 0 - 2 - 0 128 -1544 157 -17018 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 -3699 158 -17157 Morehead State 1 0 - 1 - 0 155 -3770 159 -18289 Lehigh 4 0 - 4 - 0 146 -3240 160 -20436 Cal State Los Angeles 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 -3609 161 -20858 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 154 -3699 162 -21611 Montana 2 0 - 2 - 0 152 -3654 163 -23097 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 158 -5583 164 -27267 Presbyterian 1 0 - 1 - 0 161 -6735 165 -28623 Newberry College 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 -7754 166 -29149 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 166 -8085