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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank OppoRank 1 22 Nebraska 12 9 - 2 - 1 1 22 2 23 North Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 23 3 28 Oklahoma 11 10 - 0 - 1 3 28 4 30 Louisiana State 12 9 - 3 - 0 4 30 5 31 Colorado 11 5 - 6 - 0 5 31 6 31 Iowa 11 0 - 11 - 0 6 31 7 33 Kansas 12 7 - 4 - 1 7 33 8 36 Kansas State 11 5 - 6 - 0 8 36 9 36 Missouri 12 8 - 4 - 0 9 36 10 36 Georgia 12 7 - 4 - 1 10 36 11 37 Indiana 11 2 - 9 - 0 11 37 12 38 Iowa State 11 4 - 7 - 0 12 38 13 39 Florida 12 7 - 5 - 0 13 39 14 39 Auburn 12 6 - 6 - 0 14 39 15 41 Oklahoma State 11 5 - 4 - 2 15 41 16 41 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 16 41 17 44 Wisconsin 11 4 - 7 - 0 17 44 18 44 Baylor 11 2 - 9 - 0 18 44 19 45 Arkansas 11 5 - 5 - 1 19 45 20 45 Kentucky 11 5 - 6 - 0 20 45 21 46 Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 21 46 22 46 Northwestern 11 4 - 7 - 0 22 46 23 48 Louisiana Monroe 2 1 - 0 - 1 23 48 24 48 Minnesota 11 7 - 4 - 0 24 48 25 48 Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 25 48 26 48 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 26 48 27 48 Rice 11 5 - 6 - 0 27 48 28 48 Miami FL 11 5 - 6 - 0 28 48 29 48 Michigan State 11 5 - 6 - 0 29 48 30 49 Army 10 0 - 10 - 0 30 49 31 49 Notre Dame 11 11 - 0 - 0 31 49 32 49 Mississippi State 11 4 - 5 - 2 32 49 33 49 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 33 49 34 49 Southern California 12 9 - 2 - 1 34 49 35 49 Tennessee 12 8 - 4 - 0 35 49 36 50 Texas 11 8 - 3 - 0 36 50 37 50 Texas Tech 12 11 - 1 - 0 37 50 38 51 Ohio State 11 10 - 0 - 1 38 51 39 52 Eastern Michigan 2 0 - 2 - 0 39 52 40 52 Oregon State 11 2 - 9 - 0 40 52 41 53 Michigan 11 10 - 0 - 1 41 53 42 53 Texas Christian 11 3 - 8 - 0 42 53 43 53 North Carolina State 12 9 - 3 - 0 43 53 44 53 Pittsburgh 12 6 - 5 - 1 44 53 45 54 Stanford 11 7 - 4 - 0 45 54 46 54 Florida State 11 0 - 11 - 0 46 54 47 55 Vanderbilt 11 5 - 6 - 0 47 55 48 55 Washington State 11 5 - 6 - 0 48 55 49 56 Texas A&M 11 5 - 6 - 0 49 56 50 56 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 50 56 51 57 Syracuse 11 2 - 9 - 0 51 57 52 57 Tulane 12 9 - 3 - 0 52 57 53 58 West Virginia 11 6 - 5 - 0 53 58 54 59 Georgia Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 54 59 55 59 Penn State 12 12 - 0 - 0 55 59 56 61 California 11 4 - 7 - 0 56 61 57 61 North Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 57 61 58 62 UCLA 11 9 - 2 - 0 58 62 59 64 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 4 - 1 59 64 60 64 Duke 11 2 - 8 - 1 60 64 61 65 Houston 12 11 - 1 - 0 61 65 62 66 Virginia Tech 11 2 - 9 - 0 62 66 63 67 Ohio University 10 5 - 5 - 0 63 67 64 67 Wake Forest 11 1 - 9 - 1 64 67 65 69 Santa Clara 3 0 - 3 - 0 65 69 66 71 South Carolina 11 7 - 4 - 0 66 71 67 71 Clemson 11 5 - 6 - 0 67 71 68 71 Wyoming 11 4 - 7 - 0 68 71 69 71 Utah 12 7 - 5 - 0 69 71 70 72 Maryland 12 8 - 4 - 0 70 72 71 74 Air Force 10 6 - 4 - 0 71 74 72 74 Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 72 74 73 74 Washington 11 2 - 9 - 0 73 74 74 76 New Mexico 11 4 - 7 - 0 74 76 75 77 Boston College 11 7 - 4 - 0 75 77 76 79 Miami OH 11 11 - 0 - 0 76 79 77 79 Arizona 11 8 - 3 - 0 77 79 78 81 Southern Mississippi 11 6 - 4 - 1 78 81 79 82 Arizona State 12 11 - 1 - 0 79 82 80 83 Cal State Los Angeles 1 0 - 1 - 0 80 83 81 83 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 81 83 82 85 San Jose State 11 5 - 4 - 2 82 85 83 85 Brigham Young 11 5 - 6 - 0 83 85 84 87 Kent State 11 9 - 2 - 0 84 87 85 88 Colorado State 11 5 - 6 - 0 85 88 86 89 Virginia Military 11 3 - 8 - 0 86 89 87 90 Texas El Paso 11 0 - 11 - 0 87 90 88 91 Cal State Long Beach 11 1 - 9 - 1 88 91 89 91 Memphis 11 8 - 3 - 0 89 91 90 91 Utah State 11 7 - 4 - 0 90 91 91 92 Montana 2 0 - 2 - 0 91 92 92 92 San Diego State 11 9 - 1 - 1 92 92 93 92 Toledo 11 3 - 8 - 0 93 92 94 93 Weber State 4 0 - 4 - 0 94 93 95 94 Bowling Green 10 7 - 3 - 0 95 94 96 96 Northern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 96 96 97 96 Nevada Las Vegas 2 1 - 1 - 0 97 96 98 96 Marshall 11 4 - 7 - 0 98 96 99 97 Central Michigan 4 1 - 3 - 0 99 97 100 98 Hawaii 5 3 - 2 - 0 100 98 101 98 Richmond 10 8 - 2 - 0 101 98 102 98 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 4 - 7 - 0 102 98 103 99 Western Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 103 99 104 100 Tulsa 11 6 - 5 - 0 104 100 105 101 Fresno State 11 2 - 9 - 0 105 101 106 102 Villanova 11 3 - 8 - 0 106 102 107 104 Appalachian State 11 3 - 7 - 1 107 104 108 105 Rhode Island 2 0 - 1 - 1 108 105 109 105 Texas Arlington 10 4 - 6 - 0 109 105 110 106 Akron 3 0 - 3 - 0 110 106 111 106 East Carolina 11 9 - 2 - 0 111 106 112 106 Cincinnati 11 4 - 7 - 0 112 106 113 107 Massachusetts 5 2 - 3 - 0 113 107 114 109 Louisville 11 5 - 6 - 0 114 109 115 109 Idaho 11 4 - 7 - 0 115 109 116 111 William & Mary 11 6 - 5 - 0 116 111 117 112 Western Illinois 1 1 - 0 - 0 117 112 118 112 Boston University 3 1 - 2 - 0 118 112 119 112 Davidson 10 2 - 8 - 0 119 112 120 113 New Hampshire 2 1 - 1 - 0 120 113 121 113 Holy Cross 11 5 - 6 - 0 121 113 122 113 Citadel 11 3 - 8 - 0 122 113 123 114 Connecticut 3 3 - 0 - 0 123 114 124 114 North Texas 11 5 - 5 - 1 124 114 125 116 Northeastern 1 0 - 1 - 0 125 116 126 116 Delaware 3 0 - 3 - 0 126 116 127 116 Southern Illinois 11 3 - 7 - 1 127 116 128 117 Morehead State 1 0 - 1 - 0 128 117 129 117 West Texas A&M 11 2 - 9 - 0 129 117 130 118 Louisiana Lafayette 10 0 - 10 - 0 130 118 131 119 New Mexico State 11 5 - 6 - 0 131 119 132 123 Ball State 4 0 - 3 - 1 132 123 133 123 Pacific 10 7 - 2 - 1 133 123 134 123 Dayton 11 5 - 5 - 1 134 123 135 123 Northern Illinois 11 6 - 5 - 0 135 123 136 124 Eastern Kentucky 1 1 - 0 - 0 136 124 137 124 Tennessee State 1 1 - 0 - 0 137 124 138 124 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 138 124 139 124 Saint Xavier 11 5 - 5 - 1 139 124 140 124 Wichita State 11 4 - 7 - 0 140 124 141 125 Drake 11 2 - 9 - 0 141 125 142 126 East Tennessee State 3 1 - 2 - 0 142 126 143 126 Columbia 9 1 - 7 - 1 143 126 144 126 Tampa 11 8 - 3 - 0 144 126 145 128 Indiana State 2 1 - 1 - 0 145 128 146 129 Lafayette 3 1 - 2 - 0 146 129 147 129 Yale 9 6 - 3 - 0 147 129 148 129 Princeton 9 1 - 8 - 0 148 129 149 130 Furman 11 7 - 4 - 0 149 130 150 130 Rutgers 11 6 - 5 - 0 150 130 151 133 Western Carolina 2 2 - 0 - 0 151 133 152 134 Dartmouth 9 6 - 3 - 0 152 134 153 134 Cornell 9 3 - 5 - 1 153 134 154 135 Presbyterian 2 0 - 2 - 0 154 135 155 135 Lehigh 4 1 - 2 - 1 155 135 156 135 Brown 8 4 - 3 - 1 156 135 157 135 Harvard 9 7 - 2 - 0 157 135 158 135 Temple 10 9 - 1 - 0 158 135 159 137 Illinois State 3 2 - 1 - 0 159 137 160 139 Wofford 3 1 - 2 - 0 160 139 161 139 Lenoir-Rhyne College 3 0 - 2 - 1 161 139 162 140 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 162 140 163 140 Pennsylvania 9 6 - 3 - 0 163 140 164 140 Colgate 10 5 - 5 - 0 164 140 165 141 Boise State 1 1 - 0 - 0 165 141 166 141 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 166 141 167 142 Western Kentucky 1 1 - 0 - 0 167 142 168 142 North Alabama 1 1 - 0 - 0 168 142 169 143 Lamar 10 5 - 5 - 0 169 143 170 145 Grambling 1 1 - 0 - 0 170 145 171 145 Cal State Fullerton 1 1 - 0 - 0 171 145 172 145 California Riverside 1 1 - 0 - 0 172 145 173 146 West Chester 1 0 - 1 - 0 173 146 174 148 Montana State 2 2 - 0 - 0 174 148 175 150 California Poly 2 2 - 0 - 0 175 150 176 151 Arkansas State 5 3 - 2 - 0 176 151 177 152 Bucknell 2 0 - 1 - 1 177 152 178 153 Louisiana Tech 3 3 - 0 - 0 178 153 179 153 McNeese State 3 2 - 1 - 0 179 153 180 155 California Poly Ponoma 1 1 - 0 - 0 180 155 181 155 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 181 155 182 157 Howard Payne 1 0 - 1 - 0 182 157 183 164 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 183 164 184 177 Northwestern State LA 1 1 - 0 - 0 184 177