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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 6417 Nebraska 12 9 - 2 - 1 1 6417 2 5894 Colorado 11 5 - 6 - 0 2 5894 3 5816 Oklahoma 11 10 - 0 - 1 3 5816 4 5813 Iowa 11 0 - 11 - 0 4 5813 5 5642 North Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 5642 6 5588 Kansas 12 7 - 4 - 1 6 5588 7 5450 Kansas State 11 5 - 6 - 0 7 5450 8 5409 Louisiana State 12 9 - 3 - 0 8 5409 9 5309 Iowa State 11 4 - 7 - 0 9 5309 10 5217 Missouri 12 8 - 4 - 0 10 5217 11 5008 Oklahoma State 11 5 - 4 - 2 11 5008 12 4932 Indiana 11 2 - 9 - 0 12 4932 13 4884 Auburn 12 6 - 6 - 0 13 4884 14 4845 Georgia 12 7 - 4 - 1 14 4845 15 4814 Miami FL 11 5 - 6 - 0 15 4814 16 4738 Wisconsin 11 4 - 7 - 0 16 4738 17 4732 Florida 12 7 - 5 - 0 17 4732 18 4590 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 18 4590 19 4579 Michigan State 11 5 - 6 - 0 19 4579 20 4544 Southern California 12 9 - 2 - 1 20 4544 21 4505 Minnesota 11 7 - 4 - 0 21 4505 22 4503 Baylor 11 2 - 9 - 0 22 4503 23 4385 Kentucky 11 5 - 6 - 0 23 4385 24 4359 Northwestern 11 4 - 7 - 0 24 4359 25 4292 Rice 11 5 - 6 - 0 25 4292 26 4221 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 26 4221 27 4210 Texas 11 8 - 3 - 0 27 4210 28 4171 Arkansas 11 5 - 5 - 1 28 4171 29 4162 Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 29 4162 30 4129 Army 10 0 - 10 - 0 30 4129 31 4091 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 31 4091 32 4030 Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 32 4030 33 3968 Tennessee 12 8 - 4 - 0 33 3968 34 3918 Mississippi State 11 4 - 5 - 2 34 3918 35 3897 Pittsburgh 12 6 - 5 - 1 35 3897 36 3881 Stanford 11 7 - 4 - 0 36 3881 37 3850 Notre Dame 11 11 - 0 - 0 37 3850 38 3787 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 38 3787 39 3750 North Carolina State 12 9 - 3 - 0 39 3750 40 3748 Washington State 11 5 - 6 - 0 40 3748 41 3730 Ohio State 11 10 - 0 - 1 41 3730 42 3670 Texas Christian 11 3 - 8 - 0 42 3670 43 3576 Oregon State 11 2 - 9 - 0 43 3576 44 3531 Michigan 11 10 - 0 - 1 44 3531 45 3501 Texas Tech 12 11 - 1 - 0 45 3501 46 3428 Louisiana Monroe 2 1 - 0 - 1 46 3428 47 3349 Vanderbilt 11 5 - 6 - 0 47 3349 48 3304 Eastern Michigan 2 0 - 2 - 0 48 3304 49 3272 Texas A&M 11 5 - 6 - 0 49 3272 50 3214 Florida State 11 0 - 11 - 0 50 3214 51 3131 California 11 4 - 7 - 0 51 3131 52 3082 Syracuse 11 2 - 9 - 0 52 3082 53 3051 Tulane 12 9 - 3 - 0 53 3051 54 2978 West Virginia 11 6 - 5 - 0 54 2978 55 2897 Penn State 12 12 - 0 - 0 55 2897 56 2888 UCLA 11 9 - 2 - 0 56 2888 57 2879 Georgia Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 57 2879 58 2682 North Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 58 2682 59 2643 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 4 - 1 59 2643 60 2536 Virginia Tech 11 2 - 9 - 0 60 2536 61 2401 Ohio University 10 5 - 5 - 0 61 2401 62 2392 Duke 11 2 - 8 - 1 62 2392 63 2232 South Carolina 11 7 - 4 - 0 63 2232 64 2211 Wake Forest 11 1 - 9 - 1 64 2211 65 2116 Houston 12 11 - 1 - 0 65 2116 66 2079 Maryland 12 8 - 4 - 0 66 2079 67 2075 Air Force 10 6 - 4 - 0 67 2075 68 1985 Utah 12 7 - 5 - 0 68 1985 69 1944 Santa Clara 3 0 - 3 - 0 69 1944 70 1837 Clemson 11 5 - 6 - 0 70 1837 71 1803 Wyoming 11 4 - 7 - 0 71 1803 72 1743 Washington 11 2 - 9 - 0 72 1743 73 1658 Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 73 1658 74 1487 New Mexico 11 4 - 7 - 0 74 1487 75 1300 Arizona 11 8 - 3 - 0 75 1300 76 1223 Boston College 11 7 - 4 - 0 76 1223 77 1071 Miami OH 11 11 - 0 - 0 77 1071 78 879 Cal State Los Angeles 1 0 - 1 - 0 78 879 79 879 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 79 879 80 808 Arizona State 12 11 - 1 - 0 80 808 81 757 San Jose State 11 5 - 4 - 2 81 757 82 711 Southern Mississippi 11 6 - 4 - 1 82 711 83 564 Kent State 11 9 - 2 - 0 83 564 84 559 Brigham Young 11 5 - 6 - 0 84 559 85 480 Colorado State 11 5 - 6 - 0 85 480 86 263 Texas El Paso 11 0 - 11 - 0 86 263 87 245 Cal State Long Beach 11 1 - 9 - 1 87 245 88 232 Toledo 11 3 - 8 - 0 88 232 89 225 Weber State 4 0 - 4 - 0 89 225 90 168 Virginia Military 11 3 - 8 - 0 90 168 91 145 San Diego State 11 9 - 1 - 1 91 145 92 97 Montana 2 0 - 2 - 0 92 97 93 43 Utah State 11 7 - 4 - 0 93 43 94 1 Bowling Green 10 7 - 3 - 0 94 1 95 -30 Northern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 95 -30 96 -37 Memphis 11 8 - 3 - 0 96 -37 97 -150 Nevada Las Vegas 2 1 - 1 - 0 97 -150 98 -224 Marshall 11 4 - 7 - 0 98 -224 99 -408 Hawaii 5 3 - 2 - 0 99 -408 100 -437 Central Michigan 4 1 - 3 - 0 100 -437 101 -555 Richmond 10 8 - 2 - 0 101 -555 102 -567 Western Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 102 -567 103 -707 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 4 - 7 - 0 103 -707 104 -734 Tulsa 11 6 - 5 - 0 104 -734 105 -870 Rhode Island 2 0 - 1 - 1 105 -870 106 -937 Akron 3 0 - 3 - 0 106 -937 107 -986 Fresno State 11 2 - 9 - 0 107 -986 108 -1061 East Carolina 11 9 - 2 - 0 108 -1061 109 -1109 Cincinnati 11 4 - 7 - 0 109 -1109 110 -1169 Appalachian State 11 3 - 7 - 1 110 -1169 111 -1182 Texas Arlington 10 4 - 6 - 0 111 -1182 112 -1240 Massachusetts 5 2 - 3 - 0 112 -1240 113 -1308 Villanova 11 3 - 8 - 0 113 -1308 114 -1437 Boston University 3 1 - 2 - 0 114 -1437 115 -1489 Louisville 11 5 - 6 - 0 115 -1489 116 -1565 William & Mary 11 6 - 5 - 0 116 -1565 117 -1687 New Hampshire 2 1 - 1 - 0 117 -1687 118 -1703 Western Illinois 1 1 - 0 - 0 118 -1703 119 -1706 Davidson 10 2 - 8 - 0 119 -1706 120 -1791 Holy Cross 11 5 - 6 - 0 120 -1791 121 -1838 Connecticut 3 3 - 0 - 0 121 -1838 122 -1873 Northeastern 1 0 - 1 - 0 122 -1873 123 -1876 North Texas 11 5 - 5 - 1 123 -1876 124 -1883 Delaware 3 0 - 3 - 0 124 -1883 125 -1903 Idaho 11 4 - 7 - 0 125 -1903 126 -1960 Citadel 11 3 - 8 - 0 126 -1960 127 -1992 Morehead State 1 0 - 1 - 0 127 -1992 128 -2009 West Texas A&M 11 2 - 9 - 0 128 -2009 129 -2111 Louisiana Lafayette 10 0 - 10 - 0 129 -2111 130 -2158 Southern Illinois 11 3 - 7 - 1 130 -2158 131 -2372 New Mexico State 11 5 - 6 - 0 131 -2372 132 -2420 Ball State 4 0 - 3 - 1 132 -2420 133 -2607 Northern Illinois 11 6 - 5 - 0 133 -2607 134 -2636 Pacific 10 7 - 2 - 1 134 -2636 135 -2684 Drake 11 2 - 9 - 0 135 -2684 136 -2694 East Tennessee State 3 1 - 2 - 0 136 -2694 137 -2708 Saint Xavier 11 5 - 5 - 1 137 -2708 138 -2753 Wichita State 11 4 - 7 - 0 138 -2753 139 -2762 Eastern Kentucky 1 1 - 0 - 0 139 -2762 140 -2762 Tennessee State 1 1 - 0 - 0 140 -2762 141 -2762 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 141 -2762 142 -2821 Dayton 11 5 - 5 - 1 142 -2821 143 -2874 Indiana State 2 1 - 1 - 0 143 -2874 144 -2897 Columbia 9 1 - 7 - 1 144 -2897 145 -2977 Tampa 11 8 - 3 - 0 145 -2977 146 -3009 Lafayette 3 1 - 2 - 0 146 -3009 147 -3131 Princeton 9 1 - 8 - 0 147 -3131 148 -3163 Western Carolina 2 2 - 0 - 0 148 -3163 149 -3234 Yale 9 6 - 3 - 0 149 -3234 150 -3395 Lehigh 4 1 - 2 - 1 150 -3395 151 -3471 Furman 11 7 - 4 - 0 151 -3471 152 -3519 Rutgers 11 6 - 5 - 0 152 -3519 153 -3523 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 -3523 154 -3546 Presbyterian 2 0 - 2 - 0 154 -3546 155 -3557 Boise State 1 1 - 0 - 0 155 -3557 156 -3557 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 -3557 157 -3563 North Alabama 1 1 - 0 - 0 157 -3563 158 -3563 Western Kentucky 1 1 - 0 - 0 158 -3563 159 -3599 Dartmouth 9 6 - 3 - 0 159 -3599 160 -3641 Cornell 9 3 - 5 - 1 160 -3641 161 -3693 Illinois State 3 2 - 1 - 0 161 -3693 162 -3719 Temple 10 9 - 1 - 0 162 -3719 163 -3739 Brown 8 4 - 3 - 1 163 -3739 164 -3749 Harvard 9 7 - 2 - 0 164 -3749 165 -3843 Wofford 3 1 - 2 - 0 165 -3843 166 -3843 Lenoir-Rhyne College 3 0 - 2 - 1 166 -3843 167 -4070 Grambling 1 1 - 0 - 0 167 -4070 168 -4070 Cal State Fullerton 1 1 - 0 - 0 168 -4070 169 -4070 California Riverside 1 1 - 0 - 0 169 -4070 170 -4170 West Chester 1 0 - 1 - 0 170 -4170 171 -4180 Pennsylvania 9 6 - 3 - 0 171 -4180 172 -4305 Montana State 2 2 - 0 - 0 172 -4305 173 -4326 Colgate 10 5 - 5 - 0 173 -4326 174 -4550 Bucknell 2 0 - 1 - 1 174 -4550 175 -4561 California Poly 2 2 - 0 - 0 175 -4561 176 -4806 Lamar 10 5 - 5 - 0 176 -4806 177 -5053 California Poly Ponoma 1 1 - 0 - 0 177 -5053 178 -5053 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 178 -5053 179 -5155 Arkansas State 5 3 - 2 - 0 179 -5155 180 -5410 Howard Payne 1 0 - 1 - 0 180 -5410 181 -5638 Louisiana Tech 3 3 - 0 - 0 181 -5638 182 -5638 McNeese State 3 2 - 1 - 0 182 -5638 183 -6491 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 183 -6491 184 -8649 Northwestern State LA 1 1 - 0 - 0 184 -8649