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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 5915 Missouri 11 6 - 5 - 0 1 5915 2 5278 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 2 5278 3 5014 Texas Christian 11 1 - 10 - 0 3 5014 4 4943 Washington 11 6 - 5 - 0 4 4943 5 4768 Oklahoma State 11 7 - 4 - 0 5 4768 6 4646 Kansas State 11 3 - 8 - 0 6 4646 7 4554 Iowa State 11 4 - 7 - 0 7 4554 8 4394 Kansas 12 7 - 5 - 0 8 4394 9 4369 Oregon State 11 1 - 10 - 0 9 4369 10 4320 Colorado 12 9 - 3 - 0 10 4320 11 4292 Miami FL 10 2 - 8 - 0 11 4292 12 4238 Louisiana State 11 4 - 7 - 0 12 4238 13 4197 Nebraska 12 10 - 2 - 0 13 4197 14 4194 Purdue 11 4 - 7 - 0 14 4194 15 4182 Michigan 12 8 - 2 - 2 15 4182 16 4172 Penn State 12 9 - 3 - 0 16 4172 17 4145 Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 17 4145 18 4139 Oregon 11 3 - 8 - 0 18 4139 19 4095 UCLA 12 9 - 2 - 1 19 4095 20 4034 Baylor 11 3 - 6 - 2 20 4034 21 3983 Stanford 11 6 - 4 - 1 21 3983 22 3937 Texas 12 10 - 2 - 0 22 3937 23 3931 Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 23 3931 24 3872 California 11 8 - 3 - 0 24 3872 25 3866 Ohio State 12 11 - 1 - 0 25 3866 26 3836 Michigan State 11 7 - 4 - 0 26 3836 27 3815 Iowa 11 3 - 8 - 0 27 3815 28 3800 Kentucky 11 2 - 8 - 1 28 3800 29 3731 Indiana 11 2 - 8 - 1 29 3731 30 3485 Texas Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 30 3485 31 3482 Southern California 12 8 - 4 - 0 31 3482 32 3471 Pittsburgh 12 8 - 4 - 0 32 3471 33 3395 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 33 3395 34 3363 Auburn 11 3 - 6 - 2 34 3363 35 3325 Rice 11 2 - 9 - 0 35 3325 36 3238 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 36 3238 37 3198 Southern Methodist 11 4 - 7 - 0 37 3198 38 3198 Washington State 11 3 - 8 - 0 38 3198 39 3100 Wisconsin 11 4 - 6 - 1 39 3100 40 3055 Georgia 12 9 - 3 - 0 40 3055 41 3029 Tennessee 12 7 - 5 - 0 41 3029 42 2947 Arkansas 12 10 - 2 - 0 42 2947 43 2922 Air Force 11 2 - 8 - 1 43 2922 44 2887 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 44 2887 45 2886 Santa Clara 2 0 - 2 - 0 45 2886 46 2707 West Virginia 12 9 - 3 - 0 46 2707 47 2699 Mississippi State 11 6 - 4 - 1 47 2699 48 2638 Syracuse 11 6 - 5 - 0 48 2638 49 2503 Idaho 4 1 - 3 - 0 49 2503 50 2446 Notre Dame 11 8 - 3 - 0 50 2446 51 2391 Minnesota 11 6 - 5 - 0 51 2391 52 2390 Florida 12 9 - 3 - 0 52 2390 53 2320 Clemson 11 2 - 9 - 0 53 2320 54 2266 North Carolina State 12 7 - 4 - 1 54 2266 55 2145 Utah 11 1 - 10 - 0 55 2145 56 2032 Wyoming 11 2 - 9 - 0 56 2032 57 1976 Tulane 11 4 - 7 - 0 57 1976 58 1961 Colorado State 11 6 - 5 - 0 58 1961 59 1952 Army 11 2 - 9 - 0 59 1952 60 1876 Vanderbilt 11 7 - 4 - 0 60 1876 61 1737 Weber State 2 0 - 2 - 0 61 1737 62 1626 South Carolina 12 7 - 5 - 0 62 1626 63 1603 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 63 1603 64 1564 Temple 11 6 - 5 - 0 64 1564 65 1471 Florida State 11 3 - 8 - 0 65 1471 66 1319 Central State OH 1 0 - 1 - 0 66 1319 67 1299 Duke 11 4 - 5 - 2 67 1299 68 1291 Maryland 12 9 - 2 - 1 68 1291 69 1192 Cincinnati 11 6 - 5 - 0 69 1192 70 1165 Brigham Young 11 6 - 5 - 0 70 1165 71 1112 Rhode Island 2 0 - 2 - 0 71 1112 72 1103 Navy 11 7 - 4 - 0 72 1103 73 1051 Georgia Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 73 1051 74 969 North Carolina 11 3 - 7 - 1 74 969 75 920 Arizona State 12 12 - 0 - 0 75 920 76 898 Virginia 11 1 - 10 - 0 76 898 77 888 Arizona 11 9 - 2 - 0 77 888 78 877 Boston College 11 7 - 4 - 0 78 877 79 874 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 79 874 80 852 Northwestern State LA 5 0 - 5 - 0 80 852 81 796 Texas El Paso 11 1 - 10 - 0 81 796 82 777 New Mexico 11 6 - 5 - 0 82 777 83 768 Northern Michigan 3 2 - 1 - 0 83 768 84 709 Hawaii 11 6 - 5 - 0 84 709 85 698 Wake Forest 11 3 - 8 - 0 85 698 86 687 Texas A&M Kingsville 1 1 - 0 - 0 86 687 87 687 Portland State 1 0 - 1 - 0 87 687 88 577 Miami OH 12 11 - 1 - 0 88 577 89 526 Memphis 11 7 - 4 - 0 89 526 90 517 Utah State 11 6 - 5 - 0 90 517 91 440 North Texas 11 7 - 4 - 0 91 440 92 435 Boise State 1 0 - 1 - 0 92 435 93 413 San Jose State 11 9 - 2 - 0 93 413 94 397 Dayton 11 5 - 6 - 0 94 397 95 369 Houston 10 2 - 8 - 0 95 369 96 366 Western Michigan 11 1 - 10 - 0 96 366 97 340 Texas Arlington 11 4 - 7 - 0 97 340 98 313 Villanova 11 4 - 7 - 0 98 313 99 197 Ohio University 11 5 - 5 - 1 99 197 100 154 Kent State 11 4 - 7 - 0 100 154 101 87 Grambling 2 2 - 0 - 0 101 87 102 16 Marshall 11 2 - 9 - 0 102 16 103 -2 Richmond 11 5 - 6 - 0 103 -2 104 -46 Akron 11 7 - 4 - 0 104 -46 105 -104 Ball State 11 9 - 2 - 0 105 -104 106 -156 Bowling Green 11 8 - 3 - 0 106 -156 107 -232 Pacific 12 5 - 6 - 1 107 -232 108 -297 Southeastern Louisiana 2 1 - 1 - 0 108 -297 109 -310 Toledo 11 5 - 6 - 0 109 -310 110 -349 Louisville 11 1 - 10 - 0 110 -349 111 -356 Youngstown State 3 2 - 1 - 0 111 -356 112 -494 San Diego State 11 8 - 3 - 0 112 -494 113 -564 William & Mary 11 2 - 9 - 0 113 -564 114 -701 Lamar 11 1 - 10 - 0 114 -701 115 -735 Wichita State 11 3 - 8 - 0 115 -735 116 -749 Eastern Michigan 10 4 - 6 - 0 116 -749 117 -787 Delaware 5 4 - 1 - 0 117 -787 118 -816 Lenoir-Rhyne College 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 -816 119 -915 Tulsa 11 7 - 4 - 0 119 -915 120 -964 Louisiana Tech 10 8 - 2 - 0 120 -964 121 -967 California Davis 1 0 - 1 - 0 121 -967 122 -969 Louisiana Lafayette 11 6 - 5 - 0 122 -969 123 -988 Eastern Kentucky 2 1 - 0 - 1 123 -988 124 -1021 Cal State Fullerton 11 2 - 9 - 0 124 -1021 125 -1090 Holy Cross 11 1 - 10 - 0 125 -1090 126 -1097 Boston University 4 3 - 1 - 0 126 -1097 127 -1198 Connecticut 5 1 - 4 - 0 127 -1198 128 -1219 Virginia Tech 11 8 - 3 - 0 128 -1219 129 -1279 Morehead State 2 2 - 0 - 0 129 -1279 130 -1314 Southern Illinois 11 1 - 9 - 1 130 -1314 131 -1385 New Mexico State 11 5 - 6 - 0 131 -1385 132 -1405 Drake 11 3 - 8 - 0 132 -1405 133 -1418 McNeese State 11 7 - 4 - 0 133 -1418 134 -1423 Northern Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 134 -1423 135 -1501 Idaho State 1 1 - 0 - 0 135 -1501 136 -1516 Central Michigan 11 8 - 2 - 1 136 -1516 137 -1523 Western Illinois 3 2 - 1 - 0 137 -1523 138 -1535 Lehigh 4 3 - 1 - 0 138 -1535 139 -1597 Western Carolina 5 1 - 4 - 0 139 -1597 140 -1606 Arkansas State 11 11 - 0 - 0 140 -1606 141 -1623 Indiana State 10 5 - 5 - 0 141 -1623 142 -1667 Massachusetts 3 2 - 1 - 0 142 -1667 143 -1670 Nebraska Omaha 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 -1670 144 -1698 California Poly 2 1 - 1 - 0 144 -1698 145 -1751 Cal State Long Beach 11 9 - 2 - 0 145 -1751 146 -1852 Princeton 9 4 - 5 - 0 146 -1852 147 -1977 Jacksonville State 1 1 - 0 - 0 147 -1977 148 -1977 Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 148 -1977 149 -1977 Middle Tennessee 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 -1977 150 -2005 Columbia 9 2 - 7 - 0 150 -2005 151 -2018 Bucknell 3 1 - 2 - 0 151 -2018 152 -2023 Illinois State 10 2 - 7 - 1 152 -2023 153 -2074 West Texas A&M 11 5 - 6 - 0 153 -2074 154 -2142 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 5 - 5 - 1 154 -2142 155 -2183 Lafayette 4 1 - 3 - 0 155 -2183 156 -2227 Louisiana Monroe 11 4 - 6 - 1 156 -2227 157 -2236 Pennsylvania 9 3 - 6 - 0 157 -2236 158 -2319 Cornell 9 1 - 8 - 0 158 -2319 159 -2330 Rutgers 11 9 - 2 - 0 159 -2330 160 -2382 Tennessee Tech 2 1 - 1 - 0 160 -2382 161 -2501 East Tennessee State 3 0 - 3 - 0 161 -2501 162 -2512 Virginia Military 11 3 - 8 - 0 162 -2512 163 -2701 Dartmouth 9 5 - 3 - 1 163 -2701 164 -2861 Fresno State 11 3 - 8 - 0 164 -2861 165 -2875 Harvard 9 7 - 2 - 0 165 -2875 166 -3031 East Carolina 11 8 - 3 - 0 166 -3031 167 -3045 Yale 9 7 - 2 - 0 167 -3045 168 -3125 Davidson 3 0 - 3 - 0 168 -3125 169 -3144 Colgate 10 6 - 4 - 0 169 -3144 170 -3301 California Poly Ponoma 3 2 - 1 - 0 170 -3301 171 -3513 Brown 9 6 - 2 - 1 171 -3513 172 -3713 Western Kentucky 3 3 - 0 - 0 172 -3713 173 -3738 Appalachian State 11 8 - 3 - 0 173 -3738 174 -3783 Wofford 2 0 - 1 - 1 174 -3783 175 -3783 Presbyterian 2 0 - 2 - 0 175 -3783 176 -4032 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 176 -4032 177 -4261 Furman 11 5 - 5 - 1 177 -4261 178 -4340 Citadel 11 6 - 5 - 0 178 -4340 179 -5556 Eastern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 179 -5556 180 -5656 California Riverside 1 0 - 1 - 0 180 -5656 181 -5731 Cal State Northridge 2 1 - 1 - 0 181 -5731 182 -5806 Cal State Los Angeles 1 0 - 1 - 0 182 -5806 183 -5806 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -5806