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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 5727 Iowa 11 3 - 8 - 0 1 5727 2 5256 Colorado 11 5 - 6 - 0 2 5256 3 5240 Florida 12 8 - 4 - 0 3 5240 4 5225 Tennessee 12 7 - 3 - 2 4 5225 5 5083 Missouri 11 7 - 4 - 0 5 5083 6 5004 Kansas 11 4 - 7 - 0 6 5004 7 4976 Georgia 12 6 - 6 - 0 7 4976 8 4972 Baylor 12 8 - 4 - 0 8 4972 9 4961 Rice 11 2 - 8 - 1 9 4961 10 4918 Florida State 11 1 - 10 - 0 10 4918 11 4721 Indiana 11 1 - 10 - 0 11 4721 12 4670 Iowa State 11 4 - 7 - 0 12 4670 13 4661 Mississippi 11 3 - 8 - 0 13 4661 14 4642 Wisconsin 11 7 - 4 - 0 14 4642 15 4627 Purdue 11 4 - 6 - 1 15 4627 16 4542 Oklahoma State 12 7 - 5 - 0 16 4542 17 4501 Michigan State 11 7 - 3 - 1 17 4501 18 4434 Arkansas 11 6 - 4 - 1 18 4434 19 4417 Texas 12 8 - 4 - 0 19 4417 20 4382 Kentucky 11 6 - 5 - 0 20 4382 21 4342 Kansas State 11 4 - 7 - 0 21 4342 22 4341 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 22 4341 23 4340 Louisiana State 11 5 - 5 - 1 23 4340 24 4319 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 24 4319 25 4312 Auburn 12 10 - 2 - 0 25 4312 26 4273 Oklahoma 11 11 - 0 - 0 26 4273 27 4254 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 27 4254 28 4222 Clemson 11 7 - 4 - 0 28 4222 29 4178 Stanford 11 5 - 4 - 2 29 4178 30 4173 Mississippi State 12 9 - 3 - 0 30 4173 31 4165 Georgia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 31 4165 32 4140 Syracuse 11 2 - 9 - 0 32 4140 33 4125 Texas A&M 11 8 - 3 - 0 33 4125 34 4119 Texas Christian 11 1 - 10 - 0 34 4119 35 4092 Maryland 12 8 - 4 - 0 35 4092 36 4028 Texas Tech 12 6 - 4 - 2 36 4028 37 4019 Wake Forest 11 1 - 10 - 0 37 4019 38 3946 Michigan 11 10 - 1 - 0 38 3946 39 3946 Southern California 12 10 - 1 - 1 39 3946 40 3945 Pittsburgh 11 7 - 4 - 0 40 3945 41 3937 Washington 11 5 - 6 - 0 41 3937 42 3880 Oregon State 11 3 - 8 - 0 42 3880 43 3866 Ohio State 12 10 - 2 - 0 43 3866 44 3812 Illinois 11 6 - 4 - 1 44 3812 45 3688 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 4 - 1 45 3688 46 3680 Miami FL 11 6 - 5 - 0 46 3680 47 3522 Notre Dame 12 10 - 2 - 0 47 3522 48 3483 Minnesota 11 4 - 7 - 0 48 3483 49 3474 Duke 11 6 - 5 - 0 49 3474 50 3361 North Carolina 12 7 - 5 - 0 50 3361 51 3325 Washington State 11 2 - 9 - 0 51 3325 52 3156 California 11 7 - 3 - 1 52 3156 53 3121 South Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 53 3121 54 3104 Vanderbilt 12 7 - 3 - 2 54 3104 55 3074 North Carolina State 12 9 - 2 - 1 55 3074 56 3007 UCLA 11 6 - 3 - 2 56 3007 57 2981 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 57 2981 58 2841 Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 58 2841 59 2762 Penn State 12 10 - 2 - 0 59 2762 60 2716 West Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 60 2716 61 2644 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 61 2644 62 2230 Houston 12 8 - 3 - 1 62 2230 63 2076 Army 11 3 - 8 - 0 63 2076 64 1913 Santa Clara 2 1 - 1 - 0 64 1913 65 1840 Louisiana Monroe 2 0 - 2 - 0 65 1840 66 1799 Virginia Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 66 1799 67 1487 Memphis 11 7 - 4 - 0 67 1487 68 1384 Tulane 11 5 - 6 - 0 68 1384 69 1365 Hawaii 11 6 - 5 - 0 69 1365 70 1310 Louisville 11 4 - 7 - 0 70 1310 71 1310 Utah 11 1 - 10 - 0 71 1310 72 1202 Cincinnati 11 7 - 4 - 0 72 1202 73 1169 Western Illinois 1 1 - 0 - 0 73 1169 74 1169 Nevada Las Vegas 1 1 - 0 - 0 74 1169 75 1169 Humboldt State 1 0 - 1 - 0 75 1169 76 1087 Southern Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 76 1087 77 986 North Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 77 986 78 973 Arizona State 12 7 - 5 - 0 78 973 79 938 Eastern Michigan 5 2 - 3 - 0 79 938 80 826 Miami OH 11 10 - 0 - 1 80 826 81 726 Wichita State 11 1 - 9 - 1 81 726 82 680 New Mexico 11 4 - 6 - 1 82 680 83 663 Boston College 11 8 - 3 - 0 83 663 84 623 Tulsa 11 8 - 3 - 0 84 623 85 595 Ohio University 11 6 - 5 - 0 85 595 86 565 Wyoming 11 2 - 9 - 0 86 565 87 526 North Texas 11 2 - 7 - 2 87 526 88 451 Colorado State 11 4 - 6 - 1 88 451 89 436 Air Force 11 2 - 9 - 0 89 436 90 392 Brigham Young 12 7 - 4 - 1 90 392 91 326 Villanova 11 3 - 8 - 0 91 326 92 193 William & Mary 11 4 - 7 - 0 92 193 93 171 Cal State Fullerton 3 0 - 3 - 0 93 171 94 30 San Diego State 11 8 - 2 - 1 94 30 95 -2 Bowling Green 11 6 - 4 - 1 95 -2 96 -21 Nevada Reno 1 0 - 1 - 0 96 -21 97 -58 Arizona 11 9 - 2 - 0 97 -58 98 -156 Rhode Island 2 0 - 2 - 0 98 -156 99 -220 Florida A&M 1 0 - 1 - 0 99 -220 100 -250 San Jose State 12 8 - 3 - 1 100 -250 101 -288 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 101 -288 102 -317 Lamar 10 8 - 2 - 0 102 -317 103 -318 Texas Arlington 11 1 - 10 - 0 103 -318 104 -433 Utah State 11 8 - 3 - 0 104 -433 105 -452 Texas El Paso 11 4 - 7 - 0 105 -452 106 -502 Fresno State 12 5 - 7 - 0 106 -502 107 -518 Louisiana Lafayette 11 2 - 9 - 0 107 -518 108 -527 Richmond 10 5 - 5 - 0 108 -527 109 -598 Pacific 11 6 - 5 - 0 109 -598 110 -664 Kent State 11 7 - 4 - 0 110 -664 111 -681 Western Michigan 11 3 - 8 - 0 111 -681 112 -702 Delaware 3 2 - 1 - 0 112 -702 113 -906 California Poly Ponoma 1 1 - 0 - 0 113 -906 114 -906 California Poly 1 1 - 0 - 0 114 -906 115 -906 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 115 -906 116 -942 West Texas A&M 11 6 - 5 - 0 116 -942 117 -946 Temple 10 8 - 2 - 0 117 -946 118 -955 Marshall 11 1 - 10 - 0 118 -955 119 -990 Western Carolina 1 1 - 0 - 0 119 -990 120 -990 Tennessee Tech 1 1 - 0 - 0 120 -990 121 -998 Toledo 11 6 - 5 - 0 121 -998 122 -1061 Davidson 3 0 - 3 - 0 122 -1061 123 -1194 Arkansas State 10 7 - 3 - 0 123 -1194 124 -1214 Connecticut 3 1 - 2 - 0 124 -1214 125 -1302 Virginia Military 11 7 - 4 - 0 125 -1302 126 -1363 East Carolina 11 7 - 4 - 0 126 -1363 127 -1415 East Tennessee State 3 1 - 2 - 0 127 -1415 128 -1446 Tampa 11 6 - 5 - 0 128 -1446 129 -1519 Drake 11 3 - 7 - 1 129 -1519 130 -1655 Southern Illinois 11 2 - 9 - 0 130 -1655 131 -1688 New Mexico State 11 5 - 6 - 0 131 -1688 132 -1707 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 4 - 7 - 0 132 -1707 133 -1727 Appalachian State 11 6 - 5 - 0 133 -1727 134 -1734 Citadel 11 4 - 7 - 0 134 -1734 135 -1782 Akron 3 0 - 3 - 0 135 -1782 136 -1807 Cal State Long Beach 11 6 - 5 - 0 136 -1807 137 -1926 Northern Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 137 -1926 138 -2004 McNeese State 5 3 - 2 - 0 138 -2004 139 -2039 Boston University 2 0 - 1 - 1 139 -2039 140 -2052 Louisiana Tech 5 5 - 0 - 0 140 -2052 141 -2265 Weber State 2 0 - 2 - 0 141 -2265 142 -2281 Lenoir-Rhyne College 2 1 - 1 - 0 142 -2281 143 -2289 Dayton 11 3 - 8 - 0 143 -2289 144 -2332 Morehead State 2 1 - 1 - 0 144 -2332 145 -2470 Holy Cross 11 5 - 5 - 1 145 -2470 146 -2516 Middle Tennessee 2 0 - 2 - 0 146 -2516 147 -2588 Ball State 2 2 - 0 - 0 147 -2588 148 -2623 Furman 11 5 - 6 - 0 148 -2623 149 -2667 Massachusetts 5 1 - 4 - 0 149 -2667 150 -2742 Illinois State 3 2 - 1 - 0 150 -2742 151 -3131 Central Michigan 4 3 - 1 - 0 151 -3131 152 -3182 Presbyterian 2 0 - 2 - 0 152 -3182 153 -3213 Idaho 11 2 - 8 - 1 153 -3213 154 -3528 Lehigh 3 1 - 2 - 0 154 -3528 155 -3573 Wofford 1 0 - 1 - 0 155 -3573 156 -3685 Montana State 2 2 - 0 - 0 156 -3685 157 -3885 Dartmouth 9 3 - 6 - 0 157 -3885 158 -4033 Harvard 9 7 - 2 - 0 158 -4033 159 -4041 Tennessee State 1 1 - 0 - 0 159 -4041 160 -4041 Minnesota Morris 1 0 - 1 - 0 160 -4041 161 -4041 Jacksonville State 1 0 - 1 - 0 161 -4041 162 -4041 Wisconsin Milwaukee 1 0 - 1 - 0 162 -4041 163 -4074 Princeton 9 4 - 4 - 1 163 -4074 164 -4266 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 164 -4266 165 -4266 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 -4266 166 -4271 Rutgers 11 7 - 3 - 1 166 -4271 167 -4304 Brown 9 5 - 4 - 0 167 -4304 168 -4373 Colgate 10 4 - 6 - 0 168 -4373 169 -4451 Lafayette 5 1 - 4 - 0 169 -4451 170 -4452 Northwestern State LA 1 0 - 1 - 0 170 -4452 171 -4615 Indiana State 2 2 - 0 - 0 171 -4615 172 -4683 Columbia 9 1 - 8 - 0 172 -4683 173 -4733 Yale 9 8 - 1 - 0 173 -4733 174 -4747 Pennsylvania 9 6 - 2 - 1 174 -4747 175 -4975 Cornell 9 3 - 5 - 1 175 -4975 176 -5040 Central State OH 1 1 - 0 - 0 176 -5040 177 -5040 Western Kentucky 1 1 - 0 - 0 177 -5040 178 -5040 Eastern Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 178 -5040 179 -5431 Northern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 179 -5431 180 -6142 Bucknell 4 0 - 4 - 0 180 -6142 181 -6464 Boise State 1 1 - 0 - 0 181 -6464 182 -6464 Montana 1 0 - 0 - 1 182 -6464 183 -6464 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -6464