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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 21246 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 2 5278 2 19468 Ohio State 12 11 - 1 - 0 25 3866 3 18001 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 36 3238 4 17736 Nebraska 12 10 - 2 - 0 13 4197 5 16738 Texas 12 10 - 2 - 0 22 3937 6 15655 UCLA 12 9 - 2 - 1 19 4095 7 15590 Arizona State 12 12 - 0 - 0 75 920 8 15371 Arkansas 12 10 - 2 - 0 42 2947 9 15310 Texas A&M Kingsville 1 1 - 0 - 0 86 687 10 15294 Michigan 12 8 - 2 - 2 15 4182 11 15091 Colorado 12 9 - 3 - 0 10 4320 12 14922 Penn State 12 9 - 3 - 0 16 4172 13 14661 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 33 3395 14 12933 California 11 8 - 3 - 0 24 3872 15 12821 Missouri 11 6 - 5 - 0 1 5915 16 12791 Oklahoma State 11 7 - 4 - 0 5 4768 17 12706 Pittsburgh 12 8 - 4 - 0 32 3471 18 11992 West Virginia 12 9 - 3 - 0 46 2707 19 11516 Georgia 12 9 - 3 - 0 40 3055 20 11500 Southern California 12 8 - 4 - 0 31 3482 21 11443 Miami OH 12 11 - 1 - 0 88 577 22 11416 Grambling 2 2 - 0 - 0 101 87 23 11362 Michigan State 11 7 - 4 - 0 26 3836 24 11251 Kansas 12 7 - 5 - 0 8 4394 25 10986 Arkansas State 11 11 - 0 - 0 140 -1606 26 10728 Florida 12 9 - 3 - 0 52 2390 27 10659 Arizona 11 9 - 2 - 0 77 888 28 10502 Maryland 12 9 - 2 - 1 68 1291 29 10172 San Jose State 11 9 - 2 - 0 93 413 30 10114 Notre Dame 11 8 - 3 - 0 50 2446 31 9841 Washington 11 6 - 5 - 0 4 4943 32 9780 Stanford 11 6 - 4 - 1 21 3983 33 9672 Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 23 3931 34 9638 Morehead State 2 2 - 0 - 0 129 -1279 35 9457 Idaho State 1 1 - 0 - 0 135 -1501 36 8778 Jacksonville State 1 1 - 0 - 0 147 -1977 37 8405 Tennessee 12 7 - 5 - 0 41 3029 38 8167 Texas Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 30 3485 39 7514 North Carolina State 12 7 - 4 - 1 54 2266 40 7499 Mississippi State 11 6 - 4 - 1 47 2699 41 7453 Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 17 4145 42 6827 Ball State 11 9 - 2 - 0 105 -104 43 6616 Minnesota 11 6 - 5 - 0 51 2391 44 6078 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 79 874 45 6036 Boston College 11 7 - 4 - 0 78 877 46 5852 Navy 11 7 - 4 - 0 72 1103 47 5744 Iowa State 11 4 - 7 - 0 7 4554 48 5736 Bowling Green 11 8 - 3 - 0 106 -156 49 5633 San Diego State 11 8 - 3 - 0 112 -494 50 5625 Vanderbilt 11 7 - 4 - 0 60 1876 51 5591 Georgia Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 73 1051 52 5510 South Carolina 12 7 - 5 - 0 62 1626 53 5498 Syracuse 11 6 - 5 - 0 48 2638 54 5479 Rutgers 11 9 - 2 - 0 159 -2330 55 5399 Louisiana State 11 4 - 7 - 0 12 4238 56 5280 Temple 11 6 - 5 - 0 64 1564 57 5007 Western Kentucky 3 3 - 0 - 0 172 -3713 58 4934 Louisiana Tech 10 8 - 2 - 0 120 -964 59 4523 Baylor 11 3 - 6 - 2 20 4034 60 4519 Cal State Long Beach 11 9 - 2 - 0 145 -1751 61 4396 Colorado State 11 6 - 5 - 0 58 1961 62 4181 Central Michigan 11 8 - 2 - 1 136 -1516 63 4131 Delaware 5 4 - 1 - 0 117 -787 64 4070 Purdue 11 4 - 7 - 0 14 4194 65 3982 Lehigh 4 3 - 1 - 0 138 -1535 66 3962 Northern Michigan 3 2 - 1 - 0 83 768 67 3866 Cincinnati 11 6 - 5 - 0 69 1192 68 3490 Memphis 11 7 - 4 - 0 89 526 69 3333 Brigham Young 11 6 - 5 - 0 70 1165 70 3290 Eastern Kentucky 2 1 - 0 - 1 123 -988 71 3206 Wisconsin 11 4 - 6 - 1 39 3100 72 3118 North Texas 11 7 - 4 - 0 91 440 73 3114 Oregon 11 3 - 8 - 0 18 4139 74 3022 Auburn 11 3 - 6 - 2 34 3363 75 2956 Virginia Tech 11 8 - 3 - 0 128 -1219 76 2707 Southern Methodist 11 4 - 7 - 0 37 3198 77 2684 Tulsa 11 7 - 4 - 0 119 -915 78 2638 Akron 11 7 - 4 - 0 104 -46 79 2588 Iowa 11 3 - 8 - 0 27 3815 80 2538 New Mexico 11 6 - 5 - 0 82 777 81 2446 Boston University 4 3 - 1 - 0 126 -1097 82 2327 Kansas State 11 3 - 8 - 0 6 4646 83 2204 Kentucky 11 2 - 8 - 1 28 3800 84 1374 Harvard 9 7 - 2 - 0 165 -2875 85 1374 Hawaii 11 6 - 5 - 0 84 709 86 1344 Youngstown State 3 2 - 1 - 0 111 -356 87 1232 Duke 11 4 - 5 - 2 67 1299 88 1224 Massachusetts 3 2 - 1 - 0 142 -1667 89 1075 Miami FL 10 2 - 8 - 0 11 4292 90 871 Southeastern Louisiana 2 1 - 1 - 0 108 -297 91 871 Utah State 11 6 - 5 - 0 90 517 92 614 Washington State 11 3 - 8 - 0 38 3198 93 606 Ohio University 11 5 - 5 - 1 99 197 94 510 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 44 2887 95 449 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 176 -4032 96 0 Dayton 11 5 - 6 - 0 94 397 97 -157 Western Illinois 3 2 - 1 - 0 137 -1523 98 -238 McNeese State 11 7 - 4 - 0 133 -1418 99 -353 East Carolina 11 8 - 3 - 0 166 -3031 100 -364 Yale 9 7 - 2 - 0 167 -3045 101 -460 Rice 11 2 - 9 - 0 35 3325 102 -668 Indiana 11 2 - 8 - 1 29 3731 103 -714 Tulane 11 4 - 7 - 0 57 1976 104 -829 Brown 9 6 - 2 - 1 171 -3513 105 -925 Florida State 11 3 - 8 - 0 65 1471 106 -948 Richmond 11 5 - 6 - 0 103 -2 107 -1025 Oregon State 11 1 - 10 - 0 9 4369 108 -1036 Louisiana Lafayette 11 6 - 5 - 0 122 -969 109 -1539 Air Force 11 2 - 8 - 1 43 2922 110 -1632 Appalachian State 11 8 - 3 - 0 173 -3738 111 -1916 Texas Christian 11 1 - 10 - 0 3 5014 112 -1923 California Poly 2 1 - 1 - 0 144 -1698 113 -1935 Pacific 12 5 - 6 - 1 107 -232 114 -2135 Toledo 11 5 - 6 - 0 109 -310 115 -2208 Eastern Michigan 10 4 - 6 - 0 116 -749 116 -2568 Villanova 11 4 - 7 - 0 98 313 117 -2695 California Poly Ponoma 3 2 - 1 - 0 170 -3301 118 -2711 Texas Arlington 11 4 - 7 - 0 97 340 119 -2972 Dartmouth 9 5 - 3 - 1 163 -2701 120 -3002 Wyoming 11 2 - 9 - 0 56 2032 121 -3340 Indiana State 10 5 - 5 - 0 141 -1623 122 -3348 North Carolina 11 3 - 7 - 1 74 969 123 -3655 Clemson 11 2 - 9 - 0 53 2320 124 -3832 Wake Forest 11 3 - 8 - 0 85 698 125 -3863 Idaho 4 1 - 3 - 0 49 2503 126 -3901 Kent State 11 4 - 7 - 0 100 154 127 -3955 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 5 - 5 - 1 154 -2142 128 -4128 West Texas A&M 11 5 - 6 - 0 153 -2074 129 -4293 Tennessee Tech 2 1 - 1 - 0 160 -2382 130 -4496 Colgate 10 6 - 4 - 0 169 -3144 131 -4919 New Mexico State 11 5 - 6 - 0 131 -1385 132 -5383 Army 11 2 - 9 - 0 59 1952 133 -5425 Princeton 9 4 - 5 - 0 146 -1852 134 -5610 Houston 10 2 - 8 - 0 95 369 135 -5932 Santa Clara 2 0 - 2 - 0 45 2886 136 -6124 Louisiana Monroe 11 4 - 6 - 1 156 -2227 137 -6266 Utah 11 1 - 10 - 0 55 2145 138 -7161 Northern Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 134 -1423 139 -7234 Citadel 11 6 - 5 - 0 178 -4340 140 -7756 Marshall 11 2 - 9 - 0 102 16 141 -7887 Pennsylvania 9 3 - 6 - 0 157 -2236 142 -7898 Furman 11 5 - 5 - 1 177 -4261 143 -7971 Wichita State 11 3 - 8 - 0 115 -735 144 -8064 Drake 11 3 - 8 - 0 132 -1405 145 -8271 Weber State 2 0 - 2 - 0 61 1737 146 -8739 Virginia 11 1 - 10 - 0 76 898 147 -9419 Texas El Paso 11 1 - 10 - 0 81 796 148 -9884 Virginia Military 11 3 - 8 - 0 162 -2512 149 -10206 William & Mary 11 2 - 9 - 0 113 -564 150 -10329 Western Michigan 11 1 - 10 - 0 96 366 151 -10560 Columbia 9 2 - 7 - 0 150 -2005 152 -10590 Bucknell 3 1 - 2 - 0 151 -2018 153 -10775 Central State OH 1 0 - 1 - 0 66 1319 154 -10928 Connecticut 5 1 - 4 - 0 127 -1198 155 -11101 Portland State 1 0 - 1 - 0 87 687 156 -11112 Illinois State 10 2 - 7 - 1 152 -2023 157 -11124 Lamar 11 1 - 10 - 0 114 -701 158 -11170 Louisville 11 1 - 10 - 0 110 -349 159 -11201 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 63 1603 160 -11247 Rhode Island 2 0 - 2 - 0 71 1112 161 -11312 Cal State Fullerton 11 2 - 9 - 0 124 -1021 162 -11500 Boise State 1 0 - 1 - 0 92 435 163 -11612 Fresno State 11 3 - 8 - 0 164 -2861 164 -11654 Western Carolina 5 1 - 4 - 0 139 -1597 165 -12038 Northwestern State LA 5 0 - 5 - 0 80 852 166 -12372 Lafayette 4 1 - 3 - 0 155 -2183 167 -12664 Southern Illinois 11 1 - 9 - 1 130 -1314 168 -12837 Cal State Northridge 2 1 - 1 - 0 181 -5731 169 -13067 Holy Cross 11 1 - 10 - 0 125 -1090 170 -13094 Cornell 9 1 - 8 - 0 158 -2319 171 -13098 Wofford 2 0 - 1 - 1 174 -3783 172 -13751 Lenoir-Rhyne College 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 -816 173 -14019 California Davis 1 0 - 1 - 0 121 -967 174 -15613 Nebraska Omaha 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 -1670 175 -16154 East Tennessee State 3 0 - 3 - 0 161 -2501 176 -17061 Middle Tennessee 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 -1977 177 -17468 Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 148 -1977 178 -19249 California Riverside 1 0 - 1 - 0 180 -5656 179 -21384 Presbyterian 2 0 - 2 - 0 175 -3783 180 -21638 Davidson 3 0 - 3 - 0 168 -3125 181 -23197 Eastern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 179 -5556 182 -23293 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -5806 183 -25762 Cal State Los Angeles 1 0 - 1 - 0 182 -5806