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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 5943 Missouri 11 6 - 5 - 0 1 5943 2 5571 Kansas State 11 1 - 10 - 0 2 5571 3 5220 Miami FL 11 3 - 8 - 0 3 5220 4 4897 Florida 12 8 - 4 - 0 4 4897 5 4857 Texas Christian 11 0 - 11 - 0 5 4857 6 4581 Colorado 12 8 - 4 - 0 6 4581 7 4451 Kansas 11 6 - 5 - 0 7 4451 8 4419 Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 8 4419 9 4397 Ohio State 12 9 - 2 - 1 9 4397 10 4387 Kentucky 12 8 - 4 - 0 10 4387 11 4254 Auburn 11 3 - 8 - 0 11 4254 12 4239 Southern Methodist 11 3 - 8 - 0 12 4239 13 4142 Georgia 12 10 - 2 - 0 13 4142 14 4072 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 - 0 14 4072 15 4070 Texas 11 5 - 5 - 1 15 4070 16 4028 Rice 11 3 - 8 - 0 16 4028 17 4026 Clemson 11 3 - 6 - 2 17 4026 18 4011 Oklahoma 12 9 - 2 - 1 18 4011 19 3957 North Carolina State 11 3 - 7 - 1 19 3957 20 3910 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 20 3910 21 3872 Duke 11 5 - 5 - 1 21 3872 22 3806 Notre Dame 12 9 - 3 - 0 22 3806 23 3788 Baylor 11 7 - 3 - 1 23 3788 24 3777 Nebraska 13 9 - 3 - 1 24 3777 25 3736 Georgia Tech 11 4 - 6 - 1 25 3736 26 3713 Northwestern 11 1 - 10 - 0 26 3713 27 3673 Houston 12 10 - 2 - 0 27 3673 28 3634 Indiana 11 5 - 6 - 0 28 3634 29 3599 Penn State 12 7 - 5 - 0 29 3599 30 3593 Arkansas 11 5 - 5 - 1 30 3593 31 3576 Oklahoma State 12 9 - 3 - 0 31 3576 32 3562 Michigan State 11 4 - 6 - 1 32 3562 33 3561 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 33 3561 34 3484 Texas Tech 12 10 - 2 - 0 34 3484 35 3420 Iowa 11 5 - 6 - 0 35 3420 36 3409 Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 36 3409 37 3382 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 - 0 37 3382 38 3358 South Carolina 11 6 - 5 - 0 38 3358 39 3338 Southern California 12 11 - 1 - 0 39 3338 40 3313 Alabama 12 9 - 3 - 0 40 3313 41 3304 West Virginia 11 5 - 6 - 0 41 3304 42 3282 Wake Forest 11 5 - 6 - 0 42 3282 43 3085 California 11 5 - 6 - 0 43 3085 44 3046 Tennessee 11 6 - 5 - 0 44 3046 45 3040 Virginia 11 2 - 9 - 0 45 3040 46 2928 Southern Mississippi 11 2 - 9 - 0 46 2928 47 2909 Minnesota 11 6 - 5 - 0 47 2909 48 2886 Stanford 11 6 - 5 - 0 48 2886 49 2875 Maryland 12 11 - 1 - 0 49 2875 50 2864 Iowa State 11 8 - 3 - 0 50 2864 51 2817 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 51 2817 52 2816 Florida State 11 5 - 6 - 0 52 2816 53 2797 Washington 11 5 - 6 - 0 53 2797 54 2771 Oregon State 12 2 - 10 - 0 54 2771 55 2764 Louisiana State 11 6 - 4 - 1 55 2764 56 2759 Richmond 11 5 - 6 - 0 56 2759 57 2735 Wisconsin 11 5 - 6 - 0 57 2735 58 2671 Pittsburgh 12 12 - 0 - 0 58 2671 59 2623 Western Carolina 3 0 - 3 - 0 59 2623 60 2612 Washington State 11 3 - 8 - 0 60 2612 61 2597 North Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 61 2597 62 2591 North Carolina 12 9 - 3 - 0 62 2591 63 2589 Syracuse 11 3 - 8 - 0 63 2589 64 2378 Mississippi State 11 9 - 2 - 0 64 2378 65 2330 UCLA 12 9 - 2 - 1 65 2330 66 2312 Tulane 11 2 - 9 - 0 66 2312 67 2130 Virginia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 67 2130 68 1896 Oregon 11 4 - 7 - 0 68 1896 69 1614 Bucknell 2 0 - 2 - 0 69 1614 70 1532 William & Mary 11 7 - 4 - 0 70 1532 71 1515 Cincinnati 11 8 - 3 - 0 71 1515 72 1488 Lenoir-Rhyne College 1 0 - 1 - 0 72 1488 73 1448 Wofford 2 0 - 2 - 0 73 1448 74 1409 Presbyterian 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 1409 75 1409 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 75 1409 76 1372 East Tennessee State 2 0 - 2 - 0 76 1372 77 1324 Louisville 11 4 - 7 - 0 77 1324 78 1281 Virginia Military 10 5 - 5 - 0 78 1281 79 1257 Middle Tennessee 1 1 - 0 - 0 79 1257 80 1257 Western Kentucky 1 1 - 0 - 0 80 1257 81 1257 Tennessee State 1 0 - 0 - 1 81 1257 82 1257 Jacksonville State 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 1257 83 1207 Memphis 11 7 - 4 - 0 83 1207 84 1178 East Carolina 11 9 - 2 - 0 84 1178 85 1136 Army 11 5 - 6 - 0 85 1136 86 1125 Delaware 5 2 - 2 - 1 86 1125 87 1038 Citadel 11 6 - 5 - 0 87 1038 88 663 Air Force 11 4 - 7 - 0 88 663 89 644 Tulsa 12 7 - 4 - 1 89 644 90 616 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 90 616 91 607 Boston College 11 8 - 3 - 0 91 607 92 586 Temple 10 4 - 6 - 0 92 586 93 572 Connecticut 5 0 - 5 - 0 93 572 94 504 California Poly Ponoma 3 0 - 2 - 1 94 504 95 492 Miami OH 11 3 - 8 - 0 95 492 96 434 Arizona 11 5 - 6 - 0 96 434 97 409 Furman 11 6 - 4 - 1 97 409 98 362 Eastern Michigan 11 2 - 9 - 0 98 362 99 277 Arizona State 11 4 - 7 - 0 99 277 100 228 Davidson 2 0 - 2 - 0 100 228 101 214 Lehigh 4 1 - 3 - 0 101 214 102 178 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 6 - 4 - 1 102 178 103 164 Utah 11 3 - 8 - 0 103 164 104 118 North Texas 11 6 - 5 - 0 104 118 105 91 Drake 11 1 - 10 - 0 105 91 106 -26 Massachusetts 5 2 - 3 - 0 106 -26 107 -194 Cornell 9 2 - 7 - 0 107 -194 108 -216 Appalachian State 11 6 - 4 - 1 108 -216 109 -252 New Mexico 11 4 - 7 - 0 109 -252 110 -271 Princeton 9 2 - 7 - 0 110 -271 111 -480 Villanova 11 6 - 4 - 1 111 -480 112 -555 Bowling Green 11 6 - 5 - 0 112 -555 113 -578 Texas El Paso 12 1 - 11 - 0 113 -578 114 -598 Marshall 11 4 - 7 - 0 114 -598 115 -647 Brigham Young 12 9 - 3 - 0 115 -647 116 -856 Rhode Island 2 0 - 2 - 0 116 -856 117 -960 Columbia 9 3 - 6 - 0 117 -960 118 -965 Wyoming 12 8 - 4 - 0 118 -965 119 -1050 Ohio University 11 7 - 4 - 0 119 -1050 120 -1204 Kent State 12 8 - 4 - 0 120 -1204 121 -1274 Louisiana Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 121 -1274 122 -1284 Utah State 11 3 - 8 - 0 122 -1284 123 -1299 Western Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 123 -1299 124 -1319 Toledo 11 3 - 8 - 0 124 -1319 125 -1332 West Texas A&M 11 4 - 5 - 2 125 -1332 126 -1376 Boston University 4 0 - 4 - 0 126 -1376 127 -1411 Youngstown State 2 0 - 2 - 0 127 -1411 128 -1460 Northern Illinois 11 1 - 10 - 0 128 -1460 129 -1554 Louisiana Monroe 11 2 - 9 - 0 129 -1554 130 -1571 Pennsylvania 9 3 - 6 - 0 130 -1571 131 -1609 Central Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 131 -1609 132 -1611 Holy Cross 11 3 - 8 - 0 132 -1611 133 -1690 Dartmouth 9 6 - 3 - 0 133 -1690 134 -1696 Colorado State 11 6 - 5 - 0 134 -1696 135 -1775 Lamar 11 2 - 9 - 0 135 -1775 136 -1869 New Hampshire 2 1 - 1 - 0 136 -1869 137 -1920 Louisiana Lafayette 11 9 - 2 - 0 137 -1920 138 -1982 Arkansas State 11 5 - 6 - 0 138 -1982 139 -1989 California Poly 1 1 - 0 - 0 139 -1989 140 -2005 Harvard 9 6 - 3 - 0 140 -2005 141 -2012 Texas Arlington 11 5 - 6 - 0 141 -2012 142 -2018 Indiana State 10 3 - 7 - 0 142 -2018 143 -2062 McNeese State 12 10 - 2 - 0 143 -2062 144 -2070 Illinois State 11 5 - 6 - 0 144 -2070 145 -2090 Dayton 11 4 - 7 - 0 145 -2090 146 -2091 Lafayette 4 0 - 4 - 0 146 -2091 147 -2170 Yale 9 8 - 1 - 0 147 -2170 148 -2170 Wichita State 11 4 - 7 - 0 148 -2170 149 -2173 Northern Michigan 2 2 - 0 - 0 149 -2173 150 -2217 Morehead State 1 1 - 0 - 0 150 -2217 151 -2305 Southern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 151 -2305 152 -2319 Rutgers 11 11 - 0 - 0 152 -2319 153 -2337 Idaho 5 2 - 3 - 0 153 -2337 154 -2368 San Jose State 11 7 - 4 - 0 154 -2368 155 -2419 Ball State 11 8 - 3 - 0 155 -2419 156 -2453 Fresno State 11 5 - 6 - 0 156 -2453 157 -2465 San Diego State 11 10 - 1 - 0 157 -2465 158 -2472 Akron 6 4 - 2 - 0 158 -2472 159 -2553 Santa Clara 3 1 - 2 - 0 159 -2553 160 -2559 Hawaii 11 3 - 8 - 0 160 -2559 161 -2607 Brown 9 8 - 1 - 0 161 -2607 162 -2718 New Mexico State 11 4 - 6 - 1 162 -2718 163 -3010 Weber State 2 0 - 2 - 0 163 -3010 164 -3060 Pacific 11 2 - 9 - 0 164 -3060 165 -3062 Western Illinois 1 1 - 0 - 0 165 -3062 166 -3062 Eastern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 166 -3062 167 -3295 Grambling 2 1 - 1 - 0 167 -3295 168 -3554 Cal State Fullerton 11 3 - 7 - 1 168 -3554 169 -3605 Eastern Kentucky 1 1 - 0 - 0 169 -3605 170 -3799 Colgate 10 8 - 2 - 0 170 -3799 171 -3891 Montana State 2 1 - 1 - 0 171 -3891 172 -4105 Northwestern State LA 10 5 - 5 - 0 172 -4105 173 -4254 Stephen F Austin 1 0 - 1 - 0 173 -4254 174 -4254 Delta State 1 0 - 1 - 0 174 -4254 175 -4254 Nicholls State 1 0 - 1 - 0 175 -4254 176 -4452 Cal State Long Beach 11 8 - 3 - 0 176 -4452 177 -4794 Southeastern Louisiana 2 2 - 0 - 0 177 -4794 178 -5481 Northern Arizona 1 1 - 0 - 0 178 -5481 179 -5481 Cal State Northridge 1 1 - 0 - 0 179 -5481 180 -5481 San Francisco 1 0 - 1 - 0 180 -5481 181 -5794 Texas A&M Kingsville 1 1 - 0 - 0 181 -5794 182 -5794 Portland State 1 0 - 1 - 0 182 -5794 183 -6775 Nevada Las Vegas 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -6775