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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 22755 Notre Dame 12 11 - 1 - 0 8 5313 2 21726 Texas 12 11 - 1 - 0 13 5226 3 20163 Arkansas 12 11 - 1 - 0 57 3833 4 20087 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 17 5038 5 19979 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 38 4498 6 19864 Montana State 1 1 - 0 - 0 32 4634 7 19376 Kentucky 11 10 - 1 - 0 34 4628 8 18190 Oklahoma 12 10 - 2 - 0 21 4920 9 18082 Pittsburgh 12 9 - 2 - 1 20 4984 10 17564 Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 44 4301 11 16250 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 15 5146 12 15978 Southern California 12 8 - 4 - 0 3 5602 13 15882 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 39 4480 14 15356 Florida State 12 10 - 2 - 0 64 3410 15 15114 Washington 12 8 - 4 - 0 25 4843 16 14415 Texas A&M 12 8 - 4 - 0 10 5278 17 14088 North Carolina 12 8 - 3 - 1 60 3763 18 13797 Clemson 12 8 - 3 - 1 40 4467 19 13317 Stanford 12 9 - 3 - 0 48 4257 20 12929 North Carolina State 12 8 - 4 - 0 49 4245 21 12817 UCLA 11 7 - 4 - 0 29 4707 22 12771 Colorado 11 7 - 3 - 1 56 3882 23 12764 Michigan State 11 7 - 3 - 1 50 4232 24 12334 Houston 11 6 - 5 - 0 5 5517 25 12111 Maryland 12 8 - 4 - 0 58 3816 26 12092 Louisiana State 12 8 - 4 - 0 54 4021 27 11934 Texas Tech 12 7 - 5 - 0 14 5181 28 11704 Youngstown State 1 1 - 0 - 0 100 1365 29 11646 San Diego State 11 10 - 1 - 0 108 677 30 11278 Arizona State 12 9 - 3 - 0 83 2483 31 11247 Brigham Young 11 9 - 2 - 0 101 1350 32 10909 Iowa State 12 8 - 4 - 0 62 3518 33 10851 California 11 7 - 4 - 0 52 4055 34 10671 North Texas 11 9 - 2 - 0 98 1492 35 10536 Florida 11 6 - 4 - 1 30 4691 36 10536 Washington State 11 6 - 5 - 0 35 4562 37 10440 Syracuse 11 6 - 5 - 0 26 4826 38 10103 Baylor 11 5 - 6 - 0 2 5710 39 9914 Minnesota 12 7 - 5 - 0 45 4281 40 9423 Georgia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 55 3996 41 9273 Mississippi State 11 5 - 6 - 0 12 5233 42 9269 Fresno State 11 9 - 2 - 0 123 -20 43 9027 Colorado State 12 9 - 2 - 1 103 1146 44 8647 Auburn 11 5 - 6 - 0 22 4910 45 8390 Indiana 11 5 - 5 - 1 43 4317 46 8386 Texas A&M Kingsville 1 1 - 0 - 0 150 -1614 47 8079 Boston College 11 6 - 5 - 0 66 3324 48 8048 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 - 0 33 4631 49 7944 Army 11 7 - 4 - 0 84 2475 50 7925 Missouri 11 4 - 7 - 0 18 5009 51 7737 West Virginia 11 5 - 6 - 0 41 4360 52 7733 Florida A&M 3 3 - 0 - 0 172 -2758 53 7695 Duke 11 5 - 6 - 0 51 4128 54 7403 Miami OH 11 10 - 1 - 0 139 -1288 55 7226 Southern Methodist 11 4 - 7 - 0 4 5525 56 6984 Tennessee 11 4 - 7 - 0 27 4758 57 6908 Georgia 11 5 - 6 - 0 46 4270 58 6792 Navy 11 5 - 6 - 0 59 3806 59 6723 Memphis 11 6 - 5 - 0 78 2812 60 6393 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 65 3386 61 6270 Tennessee Tech 1 1 - 0 - 0 173 -2816 62 6220 Iowa 11 4 - 7 - 0 28 4736 63 6032 Northern Arizona 1 1 - 0 - 0 179 -2962 64 5928 Louisiana Tech 12 9 - 1 - 2 149 -1576 65 5867 Tennessee State 10 8 - 1 - 1 156 -1830 66 5825 Dayton 4 2 - 2 - 0 76 2901 67 5817 Oklahoma State 11 4 - 7 - 0 42 4324 68 5594 Miami FL 11 3 - 8 - 0 1 5750 69 5571 Rutgers 11 8 - 3 - 0 122 -2 70 5295 Wisconsin 11 5 - 6 - 0 67 3242 71 4876 Arizona 12 5 - 7 - 0 70 3063 72 4769 East Carolina 11 8 - 3 - 0 127 -478 73 4665 South Carolina 12 5 - 7 - 0 77 2813 74 4638 Temple 11 5 - 5 - 1 94 1846 75 4565 Kansas 11 3 - 7 - 1 11 5248 76 4454 Grambling 11 10 - 1 - 0 183 -3169 77 4308 Lehigh 3 2 - 1 - 0 102 1175 78 4300 Colgate 11 10 - 1 - 0 171 -2751 79 3878 Virginia Tech 11 3 - 7 - 1 63 3475 80 3724 William & Mary 11 6 - 5 - 0 97 1504 81 3720 Southern Mississippi 12 6 - 6 - 0 88 2220 82 3655 Boise State 2 1 - 1 - 0 80 2526 83 3363 Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 24 4876 84 3279 Wyoming 11 4 - 6 - 1 68 3100 85 3179 New Hampshire 1 1 - 0 - 0 194 -4005 86 3156 Virginia Military 11 7 - 4 - 0 124 -196 87 3106 Tulane 11 3 - 8 - 0 53 4032 88 3018 Yale 9 7 - 2 - 0 152 -1704 89 2876 Oregon State 11 2 - 9 - 0 7 5473 90 2856 New Mexico 12 5 - 7 - 0 86 2302 91 2803 Pacific 11 6 - 5 - 0 112 535 92 2730 Villanova 11 4 - 7 - 0 79 2620 93 2645 South Carolina State 1 1 - 0 - 0 202 -5335 94 2561 Central Michigan 11 10 - 1 - 0 187 -3377 95 2526 Delaware 4 2 - 2 - 0 104 1085 96 2457 Cincinnati 11 5 - 4 - 2 119 131 97 2173 Louisville 12 7 - 4 - 1 126 -427 98 2016 Texas Christian 11 2 - 9 - 0 6 5479 99 1943 Brown 9 7 - 2 - 0 160 -2063 100 1862 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 23 4900 101 1701 Utah 11 3 - 8 - 0 61 3627 102 1405 Massachusetts 4 2 - 2 - 0 109 614 103 1378 Ball State 11 9 - 2 - 0 190 -3578 104 1128 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 9 - 1 - 1 191 -3616 105 990 Air Force 11 2 - 8 - 1 37 4508 106 837 Utah State 11 4 - 7 - 0 87 2258 107 814 San Jose State 11 4 - 7 - 0 89 2151 108 698 Nevada Las Vegas 2 1 - 1 - 0 99 1430 109 437 Louisiana Lafayette 12 6 - 4 - 2 133 -715 110 357 Hawaii 11 5 - 6 - 0 115 404 111 238 Kansas State 11 1 - 10 - 0 19 5006 112 142 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 - 0 47 4263 113 -445 Nicholls State 3 2 - 1 - 0 178 -2939 114 -602 Northwestern 11 1 - 10 - 0 16 5052 115 -675 Dartmouth 9 6 - 3 - 0 162 -2097 116 -794 Rice 11 1 - 10 - 0 9 5296 117 -979 Virginia 11 1 - 9 - 1 31 4691 118 -1274 Howard 1 1 - 0 - 0 205 -5873 119 -1608 Eastern Michigan 11 8 - 3 - 0 181 -3011 120 -1674 Pennsylvania 9 5 - 4 - 0 154 -1749 121 -1797 Texas Arlington 11 5 - 6 - 0 132 -610 122 -2012 Jackson State 11 8 - 3 - 0 193 -3960 123 -2016 West Texas A&M 11 6 - 4 - 1 157 -1955 124 -2165 Wichita State 11 5 - 6 - 0 131 -605 125 -2181 Jacksonville State 2 1 - 1 - 0 136 -1126 126 -2515 Richmond 11 3 - 8 - 0 91 2083 127 -2592 Kent State 11 6 - 5 - 0 148 -1531 128 -2603 Cal State Long Beach 10 4 - 6 - 0 121 30 129 -2906 Northwestern State LA 11 6 - 5 - 0 158 -1988 130 -2987 Citadel 11 5 - 6 - 0 138 -1150 131 -3098 Harvard 9 4 - 5 - 0 134 -798 132 -3229 Texas Southern 11 6 - 4 - 1 175 -2862 133 -3348 McNeese State 11 5 - 5 - 1 155 -1749 134 -3671 Princeton 9 3 - 6 - 0 129 -535 135 -3705 Arkansas State 11 7 - 4 - 0 165 -2359 136 -4016 Rhode Island 3 1 - 2 - 0 128 -485 137 -4128 Bowling Green 12 5 - 7 - 0 140 -1293 138 -4181 Bethune-Cookman 2 1 - 1 - 0 143 -1310 139 -4339 Wake Forest 11 1 - 10 - 0 71 3048 140 -4396 New Mexico State 11 4 - 7 - 0 130 -590 141 -4611 Akron 4 2 - 2 - 0 177 -2934 142 -4661 Texas El Paso 11 1 - 10 - 0 69 3091 143 -5049 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 36 4513 144 -5203 Southeastern Louisiana 2 1 - 1 - 0 189 -3571 145 -5287 Northeastern 1 0 - 1 - 0 90 2150 146 -5633 Western Carolina 11 6 - 4 - 1 192 -3844 147 -5644 Alabama A&M 1 0 - 1 - 0 73 2933 148 -5925 Cal State Fullerton 11 4 - 7 - 0 147 -1526 149 -6017 Idaho 5 1 - 4 - 0 106 850 150 -6071 Texas Lutheran 1 1 - 0 - 0 209 -7720 151 -6159 Western Michigan 11 4 - 7 - 0 153 -1704 152 -6570 Tulsa 11 3 - 8 - 0 113 519 153 -7238 Boston University 4 1 - 3 - 0 118 148 154 -7445 Texas A&M Commerce 2 1 - 1 - 0 197 -4786 155 -7553 Langston University 3 1 - 2 - 0 145 -1499 156 -7660 Furman 11 4 - 5 - 2 186 -3340 157 -7729 Central State OH 1 0 - 1 - 0 75 2933 158 -8010 Bucknell 2 0 - 2 - 0 85 2467 159 -8010 Holy Cross 11 2 - 9 - 0 116 261 160 -8344 Santa Clara 2 0 - 2 - 0 82 2520 161 -8559 Norfolk State 2 0 - 2 - 0 92 2044 162 -8655 Troy 1 0 - 1 - 0 93 1860 163 -8759 Tennessee Martin 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 2933 164 -8951 Idaho State 2 0 - 2 - 0 81 2526 165 -9288 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 72 2964 166 -9335 Indiana State 10 3 - 7 - 0 166 -2422 167 -9404 Cornell 9 1 - 8 - 0 125 -216 168 -9534 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 114 418 169 -9607 North Carolina A&T 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 -804 170 -9619 Columbia 9 2 - 7 - 0 142 -1308 171 -10156 Portland State 1 0 - 1 - 0 117 178 172 -10214 Presbyterian 2 0 - 1 - 1 168 -2661 173 -10222 Mississippi Valley 10 5 - 5 - 0 201 -5220 174 -10344 Wofford 3 1 - 2 - 0 170 -2713 175 -10421 Northern Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 163 -2118 176 -10671 Alcorn State 11 3 - 8 - 0 176 -2879 177 -10767 Illinois State 11 3 - 7 - 1 185 -3262 178 -10798 Davidson 1 0 - 1 - 0 96 1578 179 -10798 Middle Tennessee 2 0 - 2 - 0 95 1748 180 -10809 Morgan State 2 0 - 2 - 0 110 610 181 -11304 Drake 11 2 - 9 - 0 164 -2172 182 -11381 Louisiana Monroe 11 2 - 9 - 0 141 -1298 183 -11650 Lamar 11 2 - 9 - 0 159 -2038 184 -11746 Southern University 11 3 - 7 - 1 182 -3030 185 -11892 Connecticut 4 0 - 4 - 0 105 921 186 -11923 Toledo 11 2 - 9 - 0 151 -1667 187 -12161 Southern Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 167 -2443 188 -12629 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 111 564 189 -12798 Ohio University 11 1 - 10 - 0 146 -1504 190 -12929 Arkansas Pine Bluff 3 1 - 2 - 0 196 -4612 191 -13098 East Tennessee State 3 1 - 2 - 0 195 -4474 192 -13555 Appalachian State 11 2 - 9 - 0 169 -2708 193 -13854 California Poly 2 0 - 2 - 0 107 836 194 -14288 Lafayette 4 0 - 4 - 0 120 118 195 -15048 Stephen F Austin 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 -1453 196 -15091 Marshall 11 2 - 9 - 0 188 -3507 197 -15440 Prairie View 11 3 - 8 - 0 198 -4855 198 -15728 Grand Valley State 1 0 - 1 - 0 161 -2064 199 -17667 California Poly Ponoma 2 0 - 2 - 0 137 -1136 200 -17717 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 174 -2816 201 -18228 Alabama State 2 0 - 2 - 0 184 -3170 202 -19334 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 180 -2962 203 -19856 Bishop 5 1 - 4 - 0 200 -5130 204 -22010 Tuskegee University 1 0 - 1 - 0 206 -5873 205 -22022 Western Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 204 -5383 206 -24545 Lenoir-Rhyne College 1 0 - 1 - 0 207 -6777 207 -24641 Eastern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 203 -5383 208 -25432 Lincoln MO 1 0 - 1 - 0 199 -5111 209 -25536 Morehead State 1 0 - 1 - 0 208 -7545 210 -27098 Texas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 210 -7720