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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 19449 Pittsburgh 12 12 - 0 - 0 58 2671 2 17875 Southern California 12 11 - 1 - 0 39 3338 3 17160 Georgia 12 10 - 2 - 0 13 4142 4 17157 Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 36 3409 5 16757 Houston 12 10 - 2 - 0 27 3673 6 16350 Maryland 12 11 - 1 - 0 49 2875 7 15951 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 33 3561 8 15440 Ohio State 12 9 - 2 - 1 9 4397 9 15398 Texas Tech 12 10 - 2 - 0 34 3484 10 15260 Oklahoma 12 9 - 2 - 1 18 4011 11 14534 Nebraska 13 9 - 3 - 1 24 3777 12 14292 Notre Dame 12 9 - 3 - 0 22 3806 13 13850 Alabama 12 9 - 3 - 0 40 3313 14 13582 Oklahoma State 12 9 - 3 - 0 31 3576 15 13501 Colorado 12 8 - 4 - 0 6 4581 16 13175 Kentucky 12 8 - 4 - 0 10 4387 17 12998 Missouri 11 6 - 5 - 0 1 5943 18 12783 Florida 12 8 - 4 - 0 4 4897 19 12318 Mississippi State 11 9 - 2 - 0 64 2378 20 12011 Iowa State 11 8 - 3 - 0 50 2864 21 11934 UCLA 12 9 - 2 - 1 65 2330 22 11904 Middle Tennessee 1 1 - 0 - 0 79 1257 23 11758 Western Kentucky 1 1 - 0 - 0 80 1257 24 11109 Baylor 11 7 - 3 - 1 23 3788 25 10252 East Carolina 11 9 - 2 - 0 84 1178 26 9995 North Carolina 12 9 - 3 - 0 62 2591 27 9715 Kansas 11 6 - 5 - 0 7 4451 28 9569 Northern Michigan 2 2 - 0 - 0 149 -2173 29 9484 Penn State 12 7 - 5 - 0 29 3599 30 8632 Louisiana State 11 6 - 4 - 1 55 2764 31 8570 Cincinnati 11 8 - 3 - 0 71 1515 32 8520 South Carolina 11 6 - 5 - 0 38 3358 33 8148 Rutgers 11 11 - 0 - 0 152 -2319 34 8017 Texas 11 5 - 5 - 1 15 4070 35 7994 Tennessee 11 6 - 5 - 0 44 3046 36 7733 Duke 11 5 - 5 - 1 21 3872 37 7710 Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 8 4419 38 7426 Morehead State 1 1 - 0 - 0 150 -2217 39 6597 William & Mary 11 7 - 4 - 0 70 1532 40 6577 Stanford 11 6 - 5 - 0 48 2886 41 6551 Arkansas 11 5 - 5 - 1 30 3593 42 6435 Minnesota 11 6 - 5 - 0 47 2909 43 6382 Boston College 11 8 - 3 - 0 91 607 44 6228 Memphis 11 7 - 4 - 0 83 1207 45 6216 Miami FL 11 3 - 8 - 0 3 5220 46 6071 Wake Forest 11 5 - 6 - 0 42 3282 47 5959 California 11 5 - 6 - 0 43 3085 48 5809 Michigan State 11 4 - 6 - 1 32 3562 49 5614 Tulsa 12 7 - 4 - 1 89 644 50 5583 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 20 3910 51 5529 Virginia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 67 2130 52 5226 Indiana 11 5 - 6 - 0 28 3634 53 5195 Wisconsin 11 5 - 6 - 0 57 2735 54 5153 Brigham Young 12 9 - 3 - 0 115 -647 55 5145 Brown 9 8 - 1 - 0 161 -2607 56 4968 Yale 9 8 - 1 - 0 147 -2170 57 4922 Richmond 11 5 - 6 - 0 56 2759 58 4807 Clemson 11 3 - 6 - 2 17 4026 59 4800 Eastern Kentucky 1 1 - 0 - 0 169 -3605 60 4776 West Virginia 11 5 - 6 - 0 41 3304 61 4608 Georgia Tech 11 4 - 6 - 1 25 3736 62 4527 Louisiana Lafayette 11 9 - 2 - 0 137 -1920 63 4515 Washington 11 5 - 6 - 0 53 2797 64 4500 Iowa 11 5 - 6 - 0 35 3420 65 4469 Western Illinois 1 1 - 0 - 0 165 -3062 66 4423 California Poly 1 1 - 0 - 0 139 -1989 67 3959 Auburn 11 3 - 8 - 0 11 4254 68 3943 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 - 0 37 3382 69 3805 McNeese State 12 10 - 2 - 0 143 -2062 70 3793 Florida State 11 5 - 6 - 0 52 2816 71 3755 North Carolina State 11 3 - 7 - 1 19 3957 72 3728 San Diego State 11 10 - 1 - 0 157 -2465 73 2976 Appalachian State 11 6 - 4 - 1 108 -216 74 2868 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 51 2817 75 2818 Furman 11 6 - 4 - 1 97 409 76 2745 Southern Methodist 11 3 - 8 - 0 12 4239 77 2603 Citadel 11 6 - 5 - 0 87 1038 78 2515 Tennessee State 1 0 - 0 - 1 81 1257 79 2515 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 6 - 4 - 1 102 178 80 2085 Virginia Military 10 5 - 5 - 0 78 1281 81 1747 Texas A&M Kingsville 1 1 - 0 - 0 181 -5794 82 1674 North Texas 11 6 - 5 - 0 104 118 83 1658 Kent State 12 8 - 4 - 0 120 -1204 84 1597 Rice 11 3 - 8 - 0 16 4028 85 1566 Villanova 11 6 - 4 - 1 111 -480 86 1232 Wyoming 12 8 - 4 - 0 118 -965 87 1228 Delaware 5 2 - 2 - 1 86 1125 88 1178 Western Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 123 -1299 89 1140 Kansas State 11 1 - 10 - 0 2 5571 90 1094 Dartmouth 9 6 - 3 - 0 133 -1690 91 1006 Ohio University 11 7 - 4 - 0 119 -1050 92 737 Ball State 11 8 - 3 - 0 155 -2419 93 468 Harvard 9 6 - 3 - 0 140 -2005 94 453 Bowling Green 11 6 - 5 - 0 112 -555 95 360 Army 11 5 - 6 - 0 85 1136 96 226 Washington State 11 3 - 8 - 0 60 2612 97 61 Oregon 11 4 - 7 - 0 68 1896 98 -157 Southeastern Louisiana 2 2 - 0 - 0 177 -4794 99 -195 Arizona 11 5 - 6 - 0 96 434 100 -211 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 - 0 14 4072 101 -261 Central Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 131 -1609 102 -380 San Jose State 11 7 - 4 - 0 154 -2368 103 -480 Akron 6 4 - 2 - 0 158 -2472 104 -560 Syracuse 11 3 - 8 - 0 63 2589 105 -652 Louisiana Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 121 -1274 106 -1032 Cal State Northridge 1 1 - 0 - 0 179 -5481 107 -1217 Louisville 11 4 - 7 - 0 77 1324 108 -1593 Temple 10 4 - 6 - 0 92 586 109 -1651 Arizona State 11 4 - 7 - 0 99 277 110 -1689 Colgate 10 8 - 2 - 0 170 -3799 111 -2012 Tulane 11 2 - 9 - 0 66 2312 112 -2023 Southern Mississippi 11 2 - 9 - 0 46 2928 113 -2154 Southern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 151 -2305 114 -2296 Northern Arizona 1 1 - 0 - 0 178 -5481 115 -2565 Virginia 11 2 - 9 - 0 45 3040 116 -2657 Colorado State 11 6 - 5 - 0 134 -1696 117 -2956 Northwestern 11 1 - 10 - 0 26 3713 118 -3045 Air Force 11 4 - 7 - 0 88 663 119 -3072 New Mexico 11 4 - 7 - 0 109 -252 120 -3083 Massachusetts 5 2 - 3 - 0 106 -26 121 -3191 New Hampshire 2 1 - 1 - 0 136 -1869 122 -3559 Arkansas State 11 5 - 6 - 0 138 -1982 123 -3690 Oregon State 12 2 - 10 - 0 54 2771 124 -3863 Texas Christian 11 0 - 11 - 0 5 4857 125 -3978 Fresno State 11 5 - 6 - 0 156 -2453 126 -4200 Cal State Long Beach 11 8 - 3 - 0 176 -4452 127 -4208 Miami OH 11 3 - 8 - 0 95 492 128 -4435 Marshall 11 4 - 7 - 0 114 -598 129 -4561 Texas Arlington 11 5 - 6 - 0 141 -2012 130 -4692 West Texas A&M 11 4 - 5 - 2 125 -1332 131 -5118 Lehigh 4 1 - 3 - 0 101 214 132 -5460 Utah 11 3 - 8 - 0 103 164 133 -5640 Western Carolina 3 0 - 3 - 0 59 2623 134 -5652 Grambling 2 1 - 1 - 0 167 -3295 135 -6124 Illinois State 11 5 - 6 - 0 144 -2070 136 -6228 Princeton 9 2 - 7 - 0 110 -271 137 -6570 Columbia 9 3 - 6 - 0 117 -960 138 -6696 Toledo 11 3 - 8 - 0 124 -1319 139 -7104 Idaho 5 2 - 3 - 0 153 -2337 140 -7211 Dayton 11 4 - 7 - 0 145 -2090 141 -7445 Montana State 2 1 - 1 - 0 171 -3891 142 -7618 Cornell 9 2 - 7 - 0 107 -194 143 -7841 Utah State 11 3 - 8 - 0 122 -1284 144 -8021 Jacksonville State 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 1257 145 -8401 New Mexico State 11 4 - 6 - 1 162 -2718 146 -8432 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 75 1409 147 -8432 Eastern Michigan 11 2 - 9 - 0 98 362 148 -8509 Northwestern State LA 10 5 - 5 - 0 172 -4105 149 -8540 Wichita State 11 4 - 7 - 0 148 -2170 150 -8570 Holy Cross 11 3 - 8 - 0 132 -1611 151 -8659 Presbyterian 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 1409 152 -8678 California Poly Ponoma 3 0 - 2 - 1 94 504 153 -8732 Indiana State 10 3 - 7 - 0 142 -2018 154 -8832 Pennsylvania 9 3 - 6 - 0 130 -1571 155 -8847 North Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 61 2597 156 -8958 Bucknell 2 0 - 2 - 0 69 1614 157 -9799 East Tennessee State 2 0 - 2 - 0 76 1372 158 -10667 Louisiana Monroe 11 2 - 9 - 0 129 -1554 159 -10863 Drake 11 1 - 10 - 0 105 91 160 -10963 Cal State Fullerton 11 3 - 7 - 1 168 -3554 161 -11308 Lenoir-Rhyne College 1 0 - 1 - 0 72 1488 162 -11408 Connecticut 5 0 - 5 - 0 93 572 163 -11589 Hawaii 11 3 - 8 - 0 160 -2559 164 -11619 Wofford 2 0 - 2 - 0 73 1448 165 -11976 Lamar 11 2 - 9 - 0 135 -1775 166 -12307 Davidson 2 0 - 2 - 0 100 228 167 -12311 Texas El Paso 12 1 - 11 - 0 113 -578 168 -13171 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 90 616 169 -13171 Santa Clara 3 1 - 2 - 0 159 -2553 170 -13551 Pacific 11 2 - 9 - 0 164 -3060 171 -14430 Lafayette 4 0 - 4 - 0 146 -2091 172 -14856 Northern Illinois 11 1 - 10 - 0 128 -1460 173 -14976 Boston University 4 0 - 4 - 0 126 -1376 174 -15651 Rhode Island 2 0 - 2 - 0 116 -856 175 -15959 Eastern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 166 -3062 176 -16285 Youngstown State 2 0 - 2 - 0 127 -1411 177 -18743 Weber State 2 0 - 2 - 0 163 -3010 178 -19764 Delta State 1 0 - 1 - 0 174 -4254 179 -20048 Nicholls State 1 0 - 1 - 0 175 -4254 180 -20252 Portland State 1 0 - 1 - 0 182 -5794 181 -23047 San Francisco 1 0 - 1 - 0 180 -5481 182 -23612 Stephen F Austin 1 0 - 1 - 0 173 -4254 183 -26492 Nevada Las Vegas 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -6775