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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 6099 Florida 11 5 - 5 - 1 1 6099 2 5798 Georgia 11 7 - 4 - 0 2 5798 3 5706 California 11 3 - 8 - 0 3 5706 4 5687 Texas 11 10 - 1 - 0 4 5687 5 5578 Missouri 12 6 - 6 - 0 5 5578 6 5528 Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 6 5528 7 5451 Baylor 11 5 - 6 - 0 7 5451 8 5377 Oregon 11 4 - 7 - 0 8 5377 9 5372 Auburn 11 10 - 1 - 0 9 5372 10 5355 Oregon State 11 2 - 9 - 0 10 5355 11 5324 Alabama 12 10 - 2 - 0 11 5324 12 5297 Texas A&M 11 3 - 8 - 0 12 5297 13 5251 Southern California 12 12 - 0 - 0 13 5251 14 5219 Michigan State 11 5 - 5 - 1 14 5219 15 5198 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 15 5198 16 5189 Rice 11 5 - 5 - 1 16 5189 17 5129 Louisiana State 12 9 - 2 - 1 17 5129 18 5116 UCLA 11 8 - 3 - 0 18 5116 19 5085 Kansas 11 4 - 7 - 0 19 5085 20 5068 Kansas State 11 3 - 8 - 0 20 5068 21 5047 Hawaii 3 1 - 2 - 0 21 5047 22 4999 Nebraska 12 9 - 2 - 1 22 4999 23 4991 Kentucky 11 3 - 8 - 0 23 4991 24 4901 Minnesota 11 4 - 7 - 0 24 4901 25 4874 Washington 11 8 - 3 - 0 25 4874 26 4737 Oklahoma State 11 6 - 5 - 0 26 4737 27 4719 Tennessee 12 10 - 2 - 0 27 4719 28 4534 Stanford 11 6 - 5 - 0 28 4534 29 4534 Arkansas 11 6 - 5 - 0 29 4534 30 4527 Ohio State 11 9 - 2 - 0 30 4527 31 4508 Mississippi 10 5 - 5 - 0 31 4508 32 4475 Colorado 12 8 - 4 - 0 32 4475 33 4322 Iowa 11 3 - 7 - 1 33 4322 34 4257 Texas Christian 11 5 - 6 - 0 34 4257 35 4218 Notre Dame 11 8 - 3 - 0 35 4218 36 4210 Georgia Tech 12 7 - 4 - 1 36 4210 37 4209 Northwestern 11 2 - 9 - 0 37 4209 38 4133 Iowa State 12 5 - 6 - 1 38 4133 39 4101 Miami FL 11 5 - 6 - 0 39 4101 40 4041 Florida A&M 1 0 - 1 - 0 40 4041 41 4041 Northern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 41 4041 42 4001 Mississippi State 11 4 - 7 - 0 42 4001 43 3989 Washington State 11 7 - 4 - 0 43 3989 44 3905 Purdue 11 6 - 5 - 0 44 3905 45 3885 Duke 11 5 - 6 - 0 45 3885 46 3838 Michigan 11 10 - 1 - 0 46 3838 47 3740 Nevada Las Vegas 1 0 - 1 - 0 47 3740 48 3702 Texas Tech 12 8 - 4 - 0 48 3702 49 3630 Southern Methodist 11 7 - 4 - 0 49 3630 50 3563 Wisconsin 11 4 - 7 - 0 50 3563 51 3551 Indiana 11 5 - 6 - 0 51 3551 52 3505 Pittsburgh 11 1 - 10 - 0 52 3505 53 3286 Penn State 12 10 - 2 - 0 53 3286 54 3226 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 54 3226 55 3216 Vanderbilt 11 3 - 8 - 0 55 3216 56 3129 Tulane 11 6 - 5 - 0 56 3129 57 3111 Clemson 11 4 - 7 - 0 57 3111 58 2899 Wake Forest 11 2 - 9 - 0 58 2899 59 2849 California Davis 1 0 - 1 - 0 59 2849 60 2775 North Carolina 12 11 - 1 - 0 60 2775 61 2650 North Carolina State 12 8 - 3 - 1 61 2650 62 2357 Florida State 11 7 - 4 - 0 62 2357 63 2158 Syracuse 11 5 - 6 - 0 63 2158 64 2103 Cal State Los Angeles 2 0 - 2 - 0 64 2103 65 1946 San Jose State 11 4 - 7 - 0 65 1946 66 1908 Virginia Tech 11 6 - 4 - 1 66 1908 67 1845 Army 10 6 - 4 - 0 67 1845 68 1821 Arizona 11 4 - 7 - 0 68 1821 69 1679 Southern Mississippi 11 3 - 7 - 1 69 1679 70 1652 Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 70 1652 71 1618 South Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 71 1618 72 1616 New Hampshire 1 0 - 1 - 0 72 1616 73 1600 Maryland 11 5 - 5 - 1 73 1600 74 1531 Houston 11 6 - 4 - 1 74 1531 75 1481 Eastern Michigan 2 0 - 2 - 0 75 1481 76 1429 Utah 11 6 - 5 - 0 76 1429 77 1378 Weber State 2 1 - 1 - 0 77 1378 78 1373 Utah State 11 8 - 3 - 0 78 1373 79 1357 California Poly 1 0 - 0 - 1 79 1357 80 1357 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 80 1357 81 1351 Boston College 11 4 - 7 - 0 81 1351 82 1284 Colorado State 11 1 - 10 - 0 82 1284 83 1237 Tulsa 11 4 - 7 - 0 83 1237 84 1065 New Mexico 11 3 - 8 - 0 84 1065 85 983 Air Force 10 6 - 4 - 0 85 983 86 853 Wyoming 11 4 - 7 - 0 86 853 87 852 Louisiana Monroe 3 0 - 3 - 0 87 852 88 785 Arizona State 12 10 - 2 - 0 88 785 89 762 Tennessee State 1 1 - 0 - 0 89 762 90 762 South Dakota 1 1 - 0 - 0 90 762 91 762 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 91 762 92 747 Memphis 11 5 - 5 - 1 92 747 93 718 West Virginia 12 8 - 4 - 0 93 718 94 613 Idaho 11 4 - 7 - 0 94 613 95 475 San Diego State 11 10 - 1 - 0 95 475 96 251 Akron 1 0 - 0 - 1 96 251 97 205 Santa Clara 1 0 - 1 - 0 97 205 98 172 Montana 3 0 - 3 - 0 98 172 99 153 Pacific 11 8 - 3 - 0 99 153 100 43 Brigham Young 11 7 - 4 - 0 100 43 101 26 Bowling Green 10 6 - 3 - 1 101 26 102 -83 Montana State 2 2 - 0 - 0 102 -83 103 -85 Kent State 12 6 - 5 - 1 103 -85 104 -92 Fresno State 11 6 - 4 - 1 104 -92 105 -295 North Texas 11 1 - 10 - 0 105 -295 106 -306 Villanova 11 2 - 9 - 0 106 -306 107 -327 Tampa 12 10 - 2 - 0 107 -327 108 -362 Texas El Paso 10 2 - 8 - 0 108 -362 109 -559 Drake 12 7 - 5 - 0 109 -559 110 -611 Idaho State 3 2 - 1 - 0 110 -611 111 -760 Connecticut 3 0 - 3 - 0 111 -760 112 -923 Lehigh 4 0 - 4 - 0 112 -923 113 -942 New Mexico State 11 2 - 9 - 0 113 -942 114 -1033 Massachusetts 3 2 - 1 - 0 114 -1033 115 -1170 Southern Illinois 10 1 - 8 - 1 115 -1170 116 -1183 Cincinnati 11 2 - 9 - 0 116 -1183 117 -1184 Louisiana Tech 2 2 - 0 - 0 117 -1184 118 -1252 Ohio University 11 3 - 8 - 0 118 -1252 119 -1277 Brown 9 1 - 8 - 0 119 -1277 120 -1358 Princeton 9 3 - 5 - 1 120 -1358 121 -1409 Toledo 11 6 - 5 - 0 121 -1409 122 -1432 Cal State Long Beach 11 5 - 6 - 0 122 -1432 123 -1462 Western Michigan 11 7 - 3 - 1 123 -1462 124 -1495 William & Mary 11 5 - 6 - 0 124 -1495 125 -1524 Boise State 1 0 - 1 - 0 125 -1524 126 -1533 Temple 9 5 - 4 - 0 126 -1533 127 -1675 Harvard 9 4 - 4 - 1 127 -1675 128 -1675 Richmond 10 6 - 4 - 0 128 -1675 129 -1737 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 2 - 9 - 0 129 -1737 130 -1741 Northern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 130 -1741 131 -1744 West Texas A&M 10 5 - 5 - 0 131 -1744 132 -1787 Holy Cross 10 5 - 4 - 1 132 -1787 133 -1804 Texas Arlington 11 5 - 6 - 0 133 -1804 134 -1868 Cornell 9 6 - 3 - 0 134 -1868 135 -1912 Louisville 10 9 - 1 - 0 135 -1912 136 -1950 Lafayette 3 0 - 3 - 0 136 -1950 137 -1958 Virginia Military 11 2 - 9 - 0 137 -1958 138 -1972 Boston University 4 1 - 3 - 0 138 -1972 139 -2027 Morgan State 1 0 - 1 - 0 139 -2027 140 -2042 Dartmouth 9 7 - 1 - 1 140 -2042 141 -2211 Saint Xavier 10 2 - 8 - 0 141 -2211 142 -2217 Marshall 10 2 - 8 - 0 142 -2217 143 -2273 Dayton 11 4 - 6 - 1 143 -2273 144 -2302 Columbia 9 3 - 5 - 1 144 -2302 145 -2330 East Carolina 11 9 - 2 - 0 145 -2330 146 -2376 Abilene Christian 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 -2376 147 -2396 Cal State Fullerton 1 0 - 1 - 0 147 -2396 148 -2396 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 148 -2396 149 -2396 Grambling 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 -2396 150 -2409 Miami OH 10 7 - 3 - 0 150 -2409 151 -2487 Delaware 2 2 - 0 - 0 151 -2487 152 -2503 Yale 9 7 - 2 - 0 152 -2503 153 -2518 Furman 11 2 - 9 - 0 153 -2518 154 -2852 Pennsylvania 9 6 - 3 - 0 154 -2852 155 -2893 Citadel 11 5 - 6 - 0 155 -2893 156 -2926 Illinois State 2 1 - 1 - 0 156 -2926 157 -2991 Trinity University TX 1 0 - 1 - 0 157 -2991 158 -3005 Ball State 3 1 - 2 - 0 158 -3005 159 -3176 Colgate 10 5 - 4 - 1 159 -3176 160 -3198 Fordham 1 0 - 1 - 0 160 -3198 161 -3225 Wichita State 11 6 - 5 - 0 161 -3225 162 -3405 Davidson 11 3 - 7 - 1 162 -3405 163 -3547 Rhode Island 2 1 - 1 - 0 163 -3547 164 -3979 Lamar 5 3 - 2 - 0 164 -3979 165 -4009 Arkansas State 3 0 - 3 - 0 165 -4009 166 -4019 Rutgers 11 7 - 4 - 0 166 -4019 167 -4306 Central Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 167 -4306 168 -4494 Bucknell 2 1 - 1 - 0 168 -4494 169 -4500 Youngstown State 2 1 - 1 - 0 169 -4500 170 -4518 Louisiana Lafayette 2 1 - 1 - 0 170 -4518 171 -4816 Quantico Marines 2 2 - 0 - 0 171 -4816 172 -4955 Western Carolina 3 3 - 0 - 0 172 -4955 173 -4990 Eastern Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 173 -4990 174 -4990 North Alabama 1 0 - 1 - 0 174 -4990 175 -4990 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 175 -4990 176 -5071 Appalachian State 11 5 - 5 - 1 176 -5071 177 -5406 Lenoir-Rhyne College 2 1 - 1 - 0 177 -5406 178 -5794 Indiana State 2 1 - 1 - 0 178 -5794 179 -5825 East Tennessee State 2 1 - 1 - 0 179 -5825 180 -6140 Wofford 2 1 - 1 - 0 180 -6140 181 -6458 Presbyterian 1 1 - 0 - 0 181 -6458 182 -6458 Carson Newman 1 1 - 0 - 0 182 -6458 183 -6581 Morehead State 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -6581 184 -6660 Tennessee Tech 1 1 - 0 - 0 184 -6660 185 -6660 Middle Tennessee 1 1 - 0 - 0 185 -6660