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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 24299 Oklahoma 11 10 - 0 - 1 3 5816 2 21626 Notre Dame 11 11 - 0 - 0 37 3850 3 21031 Ohio State 11 10 - 0 - 1 41 3730 4 21012 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 18 4590 5 20021 Michigan 11 10 - 0 - 1 44 3531 6 19795 Nebraska 12 9 - 2 - 1 1 6417 7 19695 Penn State 12 12 - 0 - 0 55 2897 8 16569 Southern California 12 9 - 2 - 1 20 4544 9 16450 Texas Tech 12 11 - 1 - 0 45 3501 10 16078 Louisiana State 12 9 - 3 - 0 8 5409 11 15628 Texas 11 8 - 3 - 0 27 4210 12 15102 Houston 12 11 - 1 - 0 65 2116 13 14933 Miami OH 11 11 - 0 - 0 77 1071 14 14511 Missouri 12 8 - 4 - 0 10 5217 15 14400 UCLA 11 9 - 2 - 0 56 2888 16 14115 Kansas 12 7 - 4 - 1 6 5588 17 13943 North Carolina State 12 9 - 3 - 0 39 3750 18 13735 Arizona State 12 11 - 1 - 0 80 808 19 13463 Georgia 12 7 - 4 - 1 14 4845 20 12307 Oklahoma State 11 5 - 4 - 2 11 5008 21 12072 Louisiana Monroe 2 1 - 0 - 1 46 3428 22 11777 Tennessee 12 8 - 4 - 0 33 3968 23 11285 Minnesota 11 7 - 4 - 0 21 4505 24 11105 Tulane 12 9 - 3 - 0 53 3051 25 10959 Florida 12 7 - 5 - 0 17 4732 26 10878 Stanford 11 7 - 4 - 0 36 3881 27 10732 San Diego State 11 9 - 1 - 1 91 145 28 10475 Colorado 11 5 - 6 - 0 2 5894 29 10237 Maryland 12 8 - 4 - 0 66 2079 30 9626 Auburn 12 6 - 6 - 0 13 4884 31 9323 Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 32 4030 32 9288 Kent State 11 9 - 2 - 0 83 564 33 9093 Kansas State 11 5 - 6 - 0 7 5450 34 9047 Pittsburgh 12 6 - 5 - 1 35 3897 35 8828 Kentucky 11 5 - 6 - 0 23 4385 36 8709 Tennessee State 1 1 - 0 - 0 140 -2762 37 8501 South Carolina 11 7 - 4 - 0 63 2232 38 8359 Arizona 11 8 - 3 - 0 75 1300 39 7802 Iowa State 11 4 - 7 - 0 9 5309 40 7776 East Carolina 11 9 - 2 - 0 108 -1061 41 7733 Michigan State 11 5 - 6 - 0 19 4579 42 7518 Miami FL 11 5 - 6 - 0 15 4814 43 7503 Rice 11 5 - 6 - 0 25 4292 44 7453 Arkansas 11 5 - 5 - 1 28 4171 45 7368 Richmond 10 8 - 2 - 0 101 -555 46 7219 Boston College 11 7 - 4 - 0 76 1223 47 7215 Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 29 4162 48 7127 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 4 - 1 59 2643 49 7015 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 26 4221 50 7008 Western Kentucky 1 1 - 0 - 0 158 -3563 51 6458 Texas A&M 11 5 - 6 - 0 49 3272 52 6347 Mississippi State 11 4 - 5 - 2 34 3918 53 6286 Connecticut 3 3 - 0 - 0 121 -1838 54 6170 Wisconsin 11 4 - 7 - 0 16 4738 55 5886 West Virginia 11 6 - 5 - 0 54 2978 56 5871 Washington State 11 5 - 6 - 0 40 3748 57 5667 Utah 12 7 - 5 - 0 68 1985 58 5583 Memphis 11 8 - 3 - 0 96 -37 59 5564 Western Carolina 2 2 - 0 - 0 148 -3163 60 5360 Air Force 10 6 - 4 - 0 67 2075 61 5187 Boise State 1 1 - 0 - 0 155 -3557 62 5064 Western Illinois 1 1 - 0 - 0 118 -1703 63 4980 Northwestern 11 4 - 7 - 0 24 4359 64 4884 North Alabama 1 1 - 0 - 0 157 -3563 65 4665 Georgia Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 57 2879 66 4657 Montana State 2 2 - 0 - 0 172 -4305 67 4469 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 38 3787 68 4392 Southern Mississippi 11 6 - 4 - 1 82 711 69 4266 Vanderbilt 11 5 - 6 - 0 47 3349 70 4231 Eastern Kentucky 1 1 - 0 - 0 139 -2762 71 4224 Ohio University 10 5 - 5 - 0 61 2401 72 3928 Bowling Green 10 7 - 3 - 0 94 1 73 3598 California Riverside 1 1 - 0 - 0 169 -4070 74 3490 Louisiana Tech 3 3 - 0 - 0 181 -5638 75 3383 Utah State 11 7 - 4 - 0 93 43 76 3283 California Poly 2 2 - 0 - 0 175 -4561 77 2922 Grambling 1 1 - 0 - 0 167 -4070 78 2780 San Jose State 11 5 - 4 - 2 81 757 79 2611 Clemson 11 5 - 6 - 0 70 1837 80 2526 Temple 10 9 - 1 - 0 162 -3719 81 2373 Indiana 11 2 - 9 - 0 12 4932 82 2184 California 11 4 - 7 - 0 51 3131 83 1758 Pacific 10 7 - 2 - 1 134 -2636 84 1655 Texas Christian 11 3 - 8 - 0 42 3670 85 1608 North Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 58 2682 86 1347 Wyoming 11 4 - 7 - 0 71 1803 87 1340 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 31 4091 88 1140 Brigham Young 11 5 - 6 - 0 84 559 89 1086 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 183 -6491 90 625 Cal State Fullerton 1 1 - 0 - 0 168 -4070 91 460 Nevada Las Vegas 2 1 - 1 - 0 97 -150 92 441 California Poly Ponoma 1 1 - 0 - 0 177 -5053 93 145 Baylor 11 2 - 9 - 0 22 4503 94 122 Tulsa 11 6 - 5 - 0 104 -734 95 -49 New Mexico 11 4 - 7 - 0 74 1487 96 -61 Tampa 11 8 - 3 - 0 145 -2977 97 -357 Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 73 1658 98 -495 Oregon State 11 2 - 9 - 0 43 3576 99 -821 Western Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 102 -567 100 -1359 Hawaii 5 3 - 2 - 0 99 -408 101 -1647 Duke 11 2 - 8 - 1 62 2392 102 -1708 Colorado State 11 5 - 6 - 0 85 480 103 -1785 North Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 5642 104 -1797 Yale 9 6 - 3 - 0 149 -3234 105 -1812 Iowa 11 0 - 11 - 0 4 5813 106 -2050 Harvard 9 7 - 2 - 0 164 -3749 107 -2215 William & Mary 11 6 - 5 - 0 116 -1565 108 -2277 Syracuse 11 2 - 9 - 0 52 3082 109 -2511 Virginia Tech 11 2 - 9 - 0 60 2536 110 -3002 Dartmouth 9 6 - 3 - 0 159 -3599 111 -3317 Louisville 11 5 - 6 - 0 115 -1489 112 -3406 Northern Illinois 11 6 - 5 - 0 133 -2607 113 -3471 Pennsylvania 9 6 - 3 - 0 171 -4180 114 -3517 Furman 11 7 - 4 - 0 151 -3471 115 -3575 Cincinnati 11 4 - 7 - 0 109 -1109 116 -3747 Holy Cross 11 5 - 6 - 0 120 -1791 117 -3985 Marshall 11 4 - 7 - 0 98 -224 118 -4181 Washington 11 2 - 9 - 0 72 1743 119 -4919 Toledo 11 3 - 8 - 0 88 232 120 -4949 Illinois State 3 2 - 1 - 0 161 -3693 121 -5122 North Texas 11 5 - 5 - 1 123 -1876 122 -5391 Arkansas State 5 3 - 2 - 0 179 -5155 123 -5487 Rutgers 11 6 - 5 - 0 152 -3519 124 -5525 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 4 - 7 - 0 103 -707 125 -5625 Indiana State 2 1 - 1 - 0 143 -2874 126 -5710 Texas Arlington 10 4 - 6 - 0 111 -1182 127 -5721 Massachusetts 5 2 - 3 - 0 112 -1240 128 -5783 Central Michigan 4 1 - 3 - 0 100 -437 129 -5783 Wake Forest 11 1 - 9 - 1 64 2211 130 -5952 Eastern Michigan 2 0 - 2 - 0 48 3304 131 -6009 Brown 8 4 - 3 - 1 163 -3739 132 -6044 McNeese State 3 2 - 1 - 0 182 -5638 133 -6382 Northwestern State LA 1 1 - 0 - 0 184 -8649 134 -6501 Army 10 0 - 10 - 0 30 4129 135 -6524 New Mexico State 11 5 - 6 - 0 131 -2372 136 -6600 Boston University 3 1 - 2 - 0 114 -1437 137 -6631 Virginia Military 11 3 - 8 - 0 90 168 138 -6827 New Hampshire 2 1 - 1 - 0 117 -1687 139 -7027 Florida State 11 0 - 11 - 0 50 3214 140 -7046 Dayton 11 5 - 5 - 1 142 -2821 141 -7115 Idaho 11 4 - 7 - 0 125 -1903 142 -7127 Appalachian State 11 3 - 7 - 1 110 -1169 143 -7856 Saint Xavier 11 5 - 5 - 1 137 -2708 144 -8090 Southern Illinois 11 3 - 7 - 1 130 -2158 145 -8140 Cal State Long Beach 11 1 - 9 - 1 87 245 146 -8340 Villanova 11 3 - 8 - 0 113 -1308 147 -8344 Lehigh 4 1 - 2 - 1 150 -3395 148 -8382 East Tennessee State 3 1 - 2 - 0 136 -2694 149 -8628 Rhode Island 2 0 - 1 - 1 105 -870 150 -8643 Santa Clara 3 0 - 3 - 0 69 1944 151 -9073 Wofford 3 1 - 2 - 0 165 -3843 152 -9100 Colgate 10 5 - 5 - 0 173 -4326 153 -9104 Cornell 9 3 - 5 - 1 160 -3641 154 -9864 Wichita State 11 4 - 7 - 0 138 -2753 155 -10106 Fresno State 11 2 - 9 - 0 107 -986 156 -10667 Citadel 11 3 - 8 - 0 126 -1960 157 -10821 Lamar 10 5 - 5 - 0 176 -4806 158 -11838 Weber State 4 0 - 4 - 0 89 225 159 -12003 West Texas A&M 11 2 - 9 - 0 128 -2009 160 -12276 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 79 879 161 -12418 Davidson 10 2 - 8 - 0 119 -1706 162 -12718 Akron 3 0 - 3 - 0 106 -937 163 -12925 Ball State 4 0 - 3 - 1 132 -2420 164 -12983 Drake 11 2 - 9 - 0 135 -2684 165 -13159 Lafayette 3 1 - 2 - 0 146 -3009 166 -13186 Cal State Los Angeles 1 0 - 1 - 0 78 879 167 -13297 Montana 2 0 - 2 - 0 92 97 168 -13724 Morehead State 1 0 - 1 - 0 127 -1992 169 -13885 Texas El Paso 11 0 - 11 - 0 86 263 170 -13935 Northern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 95 -30 171 -15413 Lenoir-Rhyne College 3 0 - 2 - 1 166 -3843 172 -15432 Princeton 9 1 - 8 - 0 147 -3131 173 -15943 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 141 -2762 174 -16346 Columbia 9 1 - 7 - 1 144 -2897 175 -16519 Northeastern 1 0 - 1 - 0 122 -1873 176 -17157 Delaware 3 0 - 3 - 0 124 -1883 177 -17299 Louisiana Lafayette 10 0 - 10 - 0 129 -2111 178 -18493 Presbyterian 2 0 - 2 - 0 154 -3546 179 -19776 Howard Payne 1 0 - 1 - 0 180 -5410 180 -20643 Bucknell 2 0 - 1 - 1 174 -4550 181 -21085 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 -3523 182 -21507 West Chester 1 0 - 1 - 0 170 -4170 183 -22137 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 -3557 184 -22575 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 178 -5053