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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 6103 Missouri 11 1 - 10 - 0 1 6103 2 5803 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 2 5803 3 5702 Colorado 12 10 - 2 - 0 3 5702 4 5610 Mississippi State 11 2 - 9 - 0 4 5610 5 5402 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 5 5402 6 5349 Oklahoma State 11 4 - 6 - 1 6 5349 7 5310 Southern California 11 6 - 4 - 1 7 5310 8 5196 Kansas State 11 5 - 6 - 0 8 5196 9 5100 Florida 11 4 - 7 - 0 9 5100 10 5020 Kansas 11 4 - 7 - 0 10 5020 11 4992 Iowa State 12 8 - 4 - 0 11 4992 12 4951 Oregon 11 5 - 6 - 0 12 4951 13 4842 Nevada Las Vegas 1 0 - 1 - 0 13 4842 14 4810 Auburn 11 9 - 2 - 0 14 4810 15 4791 Nebraska 13 13 - 0 - 0 15 4791 16 4635 Georgia Tech 12 6 - 6 - 0 16 4635 17 4552 Kentucky 11 3 - 8 - 0 17 4552 18 4497 UCLA 10 2 - 7 - 1 18 4497 19 4411 Louisiana State 12 9 - 3 - 0 19 4411 20 4201 California 11 6 - 5 - 0 20 4201 21 4138 Pittsburgh 11 3 - 8 - 0 21 4138 22 4067 Oregon State 11 5 - 6 - 0 22 4067 23 3842 Tennessee 12 10 - 2 - 0 23 3842 24 3782 Houston 12 9 - 3 - 0 24 3782 25 3662 Tulane 11 3 - 8 - 0 25 3662 26 3625 Georgia 12 11 - 1 - 0 26 3625 27 3612 Navy 11 3 - 8 - 0 27 3612 28 3612 Stanford 12 9 - 3 - 0 28 3612 29 3591 Washington State 11 4 - 7 - 0 29 3591 30 3586 Mississippi 12 10 - 2 - 0 30 3586 31 3577 Vanderbilt 11 4 - 6 - 1 31 3577 32 3496 Rice 11 3 - 7 - 1 32 3496 33 3402 Minnesota 11 4 - 7 - 0 33 3402 34 3387 Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 34 3387 35 3353 Iowa 11 1 - 10 - 0 35 3353 36 3286 Air Force 10 6 - 4 - 0 36 3286 37 3271 Texas 11 8 - 3 - 0 37 3271 38 3267 Notre Dame 10 8 - 2 - 0 38 3267 39 3256 Boise State 1 1 - 0 - 0 39 3256 40 3243 Michigan State 11 6 - 5 - 0 40 3243 41 3146 Ohio State 10 6 - 4 - 0 41 3146 42 3135 Texas A&M 11 5 - 6 - 0 42 3135 43 3132 Miami FL 11 4 - 7 - 0 43 3132 44 3063 Purdue 10 3 - 7 - 0 44 3063 45 2975 San Jose State 12 5 - 6 - 1 45 2975 46 2963 Washington 11 8 - 3 - 0 46 2963 47 2935 Florida State 12 8 - 4 - 0 47 2935 48 2899 South Carolina 11 6 - 5 - 0 48 2899 49 2890 Southern Methodist 11 4 - 7 - 0 49 2890 50 2884 Clemson 11 5 - 6 - 0 50 2884 51 2856 Utah 11 3 - 8 - 0 51 2856 52 2631 Memphis 11 5 - 6 - 0 52 2631 53 2530 Northwestern 11 7 - 4 - 0 53 2530 54 2459 Southern Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 54 2459 55 2455 Duke 11 6 - 5 - 0 55 2455 56 2363 Texas Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 56 2363 57 2343 Baylor 10 1 - 9 - 0 57 2343 58 2336 Arizona State 12 11 - 1 - 0 58 2336 59 2323 Texas Christian 11 6 - 4 - 1 59 2323 60 2175 Army 10 6 - 4 - 0 60 2175 61 2173 Wisconsin 11 4 - 6 - 1 61 2173 62 2161 Wyoming 11 5 - 6 - 0 62 2161 63 2154 Utah State 11 8 - 3 - 0 63 2154 64 2133 Arizona 11 5 - 6 - 0 64 2133 65 2133 Tulsa 11 4 - 7 - 0 65 2133 66 2069 Arkansas 12 8 - 3 - 1 66 2069 67 2041 Virginia 11 3 - 8 - 0 67 2041 68 1981 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 68 1981 69 1959 Montana State 2 1 - 1 - 0 69 1959 70 1940 Michigan 12 11 - 1 - 0 70 1940 71 1907 Indiana 11 3 - 8 - 0 71 1907 72 1855 New Mexico 11 6 - 3 - 2 72 1855 73 1761 Brigham Young 11 5 - 6 - 0 73 1761 74 1612 North Carolina 12 9 - 3 - 0 74 1612 75 1516 North Carolina State 11 3 - 8 - 0 75 1516 76 1439 Syracuse 11 5 - 5 - 1 76 1439 77 1432 Maryland 11 2 - 9 - 0 77 1432 78 1325 Virginia Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 78 1325 79 1240 Colorado State 11 3 - 8 - 0 79 1240 80 1220 North Texas 11 3 - 8 - 0 80 1220 81 1215 San Diego State 11 6 - 5 - 0 81 1215 82 1151 West Virginia 11 7 - 4 - 0 82 1151 83 1044 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 2 - 9 - 0 83 1044 84 1005 Kent State 11 3 - 8 - 0 84 1005 85 958 Ohio University 10 5 - 5 - 0 85 958 86 777 Ball State 2 0 - 1 - 1 86 777 87 770 Marshall 10 2 - 8 - 0 87 770 88 717 Texas El Paso 11 5 - 6 - 0 88 717 89 671 Idaho 11 8 - 3 - 0 89 671 90 662 Hayward State 1 1 - 0 - 0 90 662 91 628 Weber State 2 1 - 1 - 0 91 628 92 381 Cincinnati 11 7 - 4 - 0 92 381 93 322 Illinois State 2 0 - 2 - 0 93 322 94 320 Pacific 11 3 - 8 - 0 94 320 95 314 Florida A&M 1 0 - 1 - 0 95 314 96 260 Wake Forest 11 6 - 5 - 0 96 260 97 251 Saint Xavier 10 1 - 9 - 0 97 251 98 127 Louisiana Tech 3 2 - 1 - 0 98 127 99 115 Montana 3 0 - 3 - 0 99 115 100 90 Boston College 11 9 - 2 - 0 100 90 101 58 Massachusetts 3 1 - 2 - 0 101 58 102 -60 Villanova 11 6 - 4 - 1 102 -60 103 -69 Santa Barbara 11 3 - 8 - 0 103 -69 104 -71 Miami OH 10 7 - 3 - 0 104 -71 105 -91 Northern Illinois 11 5 - 5 - 1 105 -91 106 -102 Dayton 11 5 - 6 - 0 106 -102 107 -130 California Poly 3 1 - 2 - 0 107 -130 108 -165 Richmond 11 5 - 6 - 0 108 -165 109 -347 Fresno State 11 6 - 5 - 0 109 -347 110 -380 Youngstown State 2 0 - 2 - 0 110 -380 111 -411 Cal State Long Beach 12 8 - 4 - 0 111 -411 112 -646 Western Michigan 10 7 - 3 - 0 112 -646 113 -665 William & Mary 11 5 - 6 - 0 113 -665 114 -675 Toledo 12 12 - 0 - 0 114 -675 115 -677 East Carolina 10 4 - 6 - 0 115 -677 116 -679 Delaware 3 2 - 1 - 0 116 -679 117 -686 Louisville 10 6 - 3 - 1 117 -686 118 -735 Tampa 11 6 - 5 - 0 118 -735 119 -765 Bowling Green 10 6 - 4 - 0 119 -765 120 -768 Wichita State 11 3 - 8 - 0 120 -768 121 -800 New Mexico State 11 5 - 5 - 1 121 -800 122 -928 South Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 122 -928 123 -931 Linfield College 1 0 - 1 - 0 123 -931 124 -931 New Mexico Highlands 1 0 - 1 - 0 124 -931 125 -1105 West Texas A&M 11 2 - 9 - 0 125 -1105 126 -1122 Virginia Military 11 1 - 10 - 0 126 -1122 127 -1238 Texas Arlington 11 2 - 9 - 0 127 -1238 128 -1403 Temple 9 6 - 2 - 1 128 -1403 129 -1489 Southern Illinois 4 2 - 2 - 0 129 -1489 130 -1502 Boston University 5 0 - 5 - 0 130 -1502 131 -1576 Idaho State 2 1 - 1 - 0 131 -1576 132 -1700 Cal State Northridge 4 2 - 2 - 0 132 -1700 133 -1914 Hawaii 11 7 - 4 - 0 133 -1914 134 -1943 Santa Clara 2 0 - 2 - 0 134 -1943 135 -1992 Cal State Los Angeles 10 2 - 8 - 0 135 -1992 136 -1998 Akron 1 1 - 0 - 0 136 -1998 137 -2399 Davidson 10 1 - 9 - 0 137 -2399 138 -2453 Connecticut 3 1 - 2 - 0 138 -2453 139 -2873 Cal State Fullerton 2 1 - 1 - 0 139 -2873 140 -2910 Louisiana Monroe 1 1 - 0 - 0 140 -2910 141 -2910 Middle Tennessee 1 1 - 0 - 0 141 -2910 142 -2910 Tennessee Tech 1 1 - 0 - 0 142 -2910 143 -2910 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 -2910 144 -2954 Presbyterian 2 2 - 0 - 0 144 -2954 145 -3210 Lamar 3 1 - 2 - 0 145 -3210 146 -3237 Indiana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 -3237 147 -3237 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 147 -3237 148 -3237 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 148 -3237 149 -3296 Holy Cross 10 4 - 6 - 0 149 -3296 150 -3351 Brown 9 0 - 9 - 0 150 -3351 151 -3665 Rutgers 11 4 - 7 - 0 151 -3665 152 -3679 Rhode Island 2 1 - 1 - 0 152 -3679 153 -3683 Pennsylvania 9 2 - 7 - 0 153 -3683 154 -3913 Columbia 9 6 - 3 - 0 154 -3913 155 -3974 Princeton 9 4 - 5 - 0 155 -3974 156 -3999 Yale 9 4 - 5 - 0 156 -3999 157 -4020 Morehead State 1 1 - 0 - 0 157 -4020 158 -4136 Citadel 11 8 - 3 - 0 158 -4136 159 -4230 Dartmouth 9 8 - 1 - 0 159 -4230 160 -4259 Northeastern 2 0 - 2 - 0 160 -4259 161 -4413 Cornell 9 8 - 1 - 0 161 -4413 162 -4498 Abilene Christian 2 0 - 2 - 0 162 -4498 163 -4508 Western Carolina 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 -4508 164 -4508 Carson Newman 1 0 - 1 - 0 164 -4508 165 -4508 Guilford College 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 -4508 166 -4525 Harvard 9 5 - 4 - 0 166 -4525 167 -4564 Bucknell 4 1 - 3 - 0 167 -4564 168 -4577 Quantico Marines 1 1 - 0 - 0 168 -4577 169 -4709 Furman 11 5 - 5 - 1 169 -4709 170 -4717 Lafayette 4 3 - 1 - 0 170 -4717 171 -4740 Arkansas State 2 2 - 0 - 0 171 -4740 172 -4740 Trinity University TX 2 1 - 1 - 0 172 -4740 173 -4780 Drake 11 7 - 4 - 0 173 -4780 174 -4959 Morgan State 1 0 - 1 - 0 174 -4959 175 -5236 Colgate 10 6 - 4 - 0 175 -5236 176 -5448 Lehigh 3 1 - 2 - 0 176 -5448 177 -5760 Louisiana Lafayette 1 1 - 0 - 0 177 -5760 178 -5938 Wofford 2 2 - 0 - 0 178 -5938 179 -6408 US International 1 1 - 0 - 0 179 -6408 180 -6408 California Lutheran 1 1 - 0 - 0 180 -6408 181 -6408 California Poly Ponoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 181 -6408 182 -7368 Appalachian State 2 1 - 0 - 1 182 -7368