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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 5750 Miami FL 11 3 - 8 - 0 1 5750 2 5710 Baylor 11 5 - 6 - 0 2 5710 3 5602 Southern California 12 8 - 4 - 0 3 5602 4 5525 Southern Methodist 11 4 - 7 - 0 4 5525 5 5517 Houston 11 6 - 5 - 0 5 5517 6 5479 Texas Christian 11 2 - 9 - 0 6 5479 7 5473 Oregon State 11 2 - 9 - 0 7 5473 8 5313 Notre Dame 12 11 - 1 - 0 8 5313 9 5296 Rice 11 1 - 10 - 0 9 5296 10 5278 Texas A&M 12 8 - 4 - 0 10 5278 11 5248 Kansas 11 3 - 7 - 1 11 5248 12 5233 Mississippi State 11 5 - 6 - 0 12 5233 13 5226 Texas 12 11 - 1 - 0 13 5226 14 5181 Texas Tech 12 7 - 5 - 0 14 5181 15 5146 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 15 5146 16 5052 Northwestern 11 1 - 10 - 0 16 5052 17 5038 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 17 5038 18 5009 Missouri 11 4 - 7 - 0 18 5009 19 5006 Kansas State 11 1 - 10 - 0 19 5006 20 4984 Pittsburgh 12 9 - 2 - 1 20 4984 21 4920 Oklahoma 12 10 - 2 - 0 21 4920 22 4910 Auburn 11 5 - 6 - 0 22 4910 23 4900 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 23 4900 24 4876 Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 24 4876 25 4843 Washington 12 8 - 4 - 0 25 4843 26 4826 Syracuse 11 6 - 5 - 0 26 4826 27 4758 Tennessee 11 4 - 7 - 0 27 4758 28 4736 Iowa 11 4 - 7 - 0 28 4736 29 4707 UCLA 11 7 - 4 - 0 29 4707 30 4691 Florida 11 6 - 4 - 1 30 4691 31 4691 Virginia 11 1 - 9 - 1 31 4691 32 4634 Montana State 1 1 - 0 - 0 32 4634 33 4631 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 - 0 33 4631 34 4628 Kentucky 11 10 - 1 - 0 34 4628 35 4562 Washington State 11 6 - 5 - 0 35 4562 36 4513 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 36 4513 37 4508 Air Force 11 2 - 8 - 1 37 4508 38 4498 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 38 4498 39 4480 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 39 4480 40 4467 Clemson 12 8 - 3 - 1 40 4467 41 4360 West Virginia 11 5 - 6 - 0 41 4360 42 4324 Oklahoma State 11 4 - 7 - 0 42 4324 43 4317 Indiana 11 5 - 5 - 1 43 4317 44 4301 Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 44 4301 45 4281 Minnesota 12 7 - 5 - 0 45 4281 46 4270 Georgia 11 5 - 6 - 0 46 4270 47 4263 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 - 0 47 4263 48 4257 Stanford 12 9 - 3 - 0 48 4257 49 4245 North Carolina State 12 8 - 4 - 0 49 4245 50 4232 Michigan State 11 7 - 3 - 1 50 4232 51 4128 Duke 11 5 - 6 - 0 51 4128 52 4055 California 11 7 - 4 - 0 52 4055 53 4032 Tulane 11 3 - 8 - 0 53 4032 54 4021 Louisiana State 12 8 - 4 - 0 54 4021 55 3996 Georgia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 55 3996 56 3882 Colorado 11 7 - 3 - 1 56 3882 57 3833 Arkansas 12 11 - 1 - 0 57 3833 58 3816 Maryland 12 8 - 4 - 0 58 3816 59 3806 Navy 11 5 - 6 - 0 59 3806 60 3763 North Carolina 12 8 - 3 - 1 60 3763 61 3627 Utah 11 3 - 8 - 0 61 3627 62 3518 Iowa State 12 8 - 4 - 0 62 3518 63 3475 Virginia Tech 11 3 - 7 - 1 63 3475 64 3410 Florida State 12 10 - 2 - 0 64 3410 65 3386 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 65 3386 66 3324 Boston College 11 6 - 5 - 0 66 3324 67 3242 Wisconsin 11 5 - 6 - 0 67 3242 68 3100 Wyoming 11 4 - 6 - 1 68 3100 69 3091 Texas El Paso 11 1 - 10 - 0 69 3091 70 3063 Arizona 12 5 - 7 - 0 70 3063 71 3048 Wake Forest 11 1 - 10 - 0 71 3048 72 2964 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 72 2964 73 2933 Alabama A&M 1 0 - 1 - 0 73 2933 74 2933 Tennessee Martin 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 2933 75 2933 Central State OH 1 0 - 1 - 0 75 2933 76 2901 Dayton 4 2 - 2 - 0 76 2901 77 2813 South Carolina 12 5 - 7 - 0 77 2813 78 2812 Memphis 11 6 - 5 - 0 78 2812 79 2620 Villanova 11 4 - 7 - 0 79 2620 80 2526 Boise State 2 1 - 1 - 0 80 2526 81 2526 Idaho State 2 0 - 2 - 0 81 2526 82 2520 Santa Clara 2 0 - 2 - 0 82 2520 83 2483 Arizona State 12 9 - 3 - 0 83 2483 84 2475 Army 11 7 - 4 - 0 84 2475 85 2467 Bucknell 2 0 - 2 - 0 85 2467 86 2302 New Mexico 12 5 - 7 - 0 86 2302 87 2258 Utah State 11 4 - 7 - 0 87 2258 88 2220 Southern Mississippi 12 6 - 6 - 0 88 2220 89 2151 San Jose State 11 4 - 7 - 0 89 2151 90 2150 Northeastern 1 0 - 1 - 0 90 2150 91 2083 Richmond 11 3 - 8 - 0 91 2083 92 2044 Norfolk State 2 0 - 2 - 0 92 2044 93 1860 Troy 1 0 - 1 - 0 93 1860 94 1846 Temple 11 5 - 5 - 1 94 1846 95 1748 Middle Tennessee 2 0 - 2 - 0 95 1748 96 1578 Davidson 1 0 - 1 - 0 96 1578 97 1504 William & Mary 11 6 - 5 - 0 97 1504 98 1492 North Texas 11 9 - 2 - 0 98 1492 99 1430 Nevada Las Vegas 2 1 - 1 - 0 99 1430 100 1365 Youngstown State 1 1 - 0 - 0 100 1365 101 1350 Brigham Young 11 9 - 2 - 0 101 1350 102 1175 Lehigh 3 2 - 1 - 0 102 1175 103 1146 Colorado State 12 9 - 2 - 1 103 1146 104 1085 Delaware 4 2 - 2 - 0 104 1085 105 921 Connecticut 4 0 - 4 - 0 105 921 106 850 Idaho 5 1 - 4 - 0 106 850 107 836 California Poly 2 0 - 2 - 0 107 836 108 677 San Diego State 11 10 - 1 - 0 108 677 109 614 Massachusetts 4 2 - 2 - 0 109 614 110 610 Morgan State 2 0 - 2 - 0 110 610 111 564 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 111 564 112 535 Pacific 11 6 - 5 - 0 112 535 113 519 Tulsa 11 3 - 8 - 0 113 519 114 418 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 114 418 115 404 Hawaii 11 5 - 6 - 0 115 404 116 261 Holy Cross 11 2 - 9 - 0 116 261 117 178 Portland State 1 0 - 1 - 0 117 178 118 148 Boston University 4 1 - 3 - 0 118 148 119 131 Cincinnati 11 5 - 4 - 2 119 131 120 118 Lafayette 4 0 - 4 - 0 120 118 121 30 Cal State Long Beach 10 4 - 6 - 0 121 30 122 -2 Rutgers 11 8 - 3 - 0 122 -2 123 -20 Fresno State 11 9 - 2 - 0 123 -20 124 -196 Virginia Military 11 7 - 4 - 0 124 -196 125 -216 Cornell 9 1 - 8 - 0 125 -216 126 -427 Louisville 12 7 - 4 - 1 126 -427 127 -478 East Carolina 11 8 - 3 - 0 127 -478 128 -485 Rhode Island 3 1 - 2 - 0 128 -485 129 -535 Princeton 9 3 - 6 - 0 129 -535 130 -590 New Mexico State 11 4 - 7 - 0 130 -590 131 -605 Wichita State 11 5 - 6 - 0 131 -605 132 -610 Texas Arlington 11 5 - 6 - 0 132 -610 133 -715 Louisiana Lafayette 12 6 - 4 - 2 133 -715 134 -798 Harvard 9 4 - 5 - 0 134 -798 135 -804 North Carolina A&T 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 -804 136 -1126 Jacksonville State 2 1 - 1 - 0 136 -1126 137 -1136 California Poly Ponoma 2 0 - 2 - 0 137 -1136 138 -1150 Citadel 11 5 - 6 - 0 138 -1150 139 -1288 Miami OH 11 10 - 1 - 0 139 -1288 140 -1293 Bowling Green 12 5 - 7 - 0 140 -1293 141 -1298 Louisiana Monroe 11 2 - 9 - 0 141 -1298 142 -1308 Columbia 9 2 - 7 - 0 142 -1308 143 -1310 Bethune-Cookman 2 1 - 1 - 0 143 -1310 144 -1453 Stephen F Austin 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 -1453 145 -1499 Langston University 3 1 - 2 - 0 145 -1499 146 -1504 Ohio University 11 1 - 10 - 0 146 -1504 147 -1526 Cal State Fullerton 11 4 - 7 - 0 147 -1526 148 -1531 Kent State 11 6 - 5 - 0 148 -1531 149 -1576 Louisiana Tech 12 9 - 1 - 2 149 -1576 150 -1614 Texas A&M Kingsville 1 1 - 0 - 0 150 -1614 151 -1667 Toledo 11 2 - 9 - 0 151 -1667 152 -1704 Yale 9 7 - 2 - 0 152 -1704 153 -1704 Western Michigan 11 4 - 7 - 0 153 -1704 154 -1749 Pennsylvania 9 5 - 4 - 0 154 -1749 155 -1749 McNeese State 11 5 - 5 - 1 155 -1749 156 -1830 Tennessee State 10 8 - 1 - 1 156 -1830 157 -1955 West Texas A&M 11 6 - 4 - 1 157 -1955 158 -1988 Northwestern State LA 11 6 - 5 - 0 158 -1988 159 -2038 Lamar 11 2 - 9 - 0 159 -2038 160 -2063 Brown 9 7 - 2 - 0 160 -2063 161 -2064 Grand Valley State 1 0 - 1 - 0 161 -2064 162 -2097 Dartmouth 9 6 - 3 - 0 162 -2097 163 -2118 Northern Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 163 -2118 164 -2172 Drake 11 2 - 9 - 0 164 -2172 165 -2359 Arkansas State 11 7 - 4 - 0 165 -2359 166 -2422 Indiana State 10 3 - 7 - 0 166 -2422 167 -2443 Southern Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 167 -2443 168 -2661 Presbyterian 2 0 - 1 - 1 168 -2661 169 -2708 Appalachian State 11 2 - 9 - 0 169 -2708 170 -2713 Wofford 3 1 - 2 - 0 170 -2713 171 -2751 Colgate 11 10 - 1 - 0 171 -2751 172 -2758 Florida A&M 3 3 - 0 - 0 172 -2758 173 -2816 Tennessee Tech 1 1 - 0 - 0 173 -2816 174 -2816 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 174 -2816 175 -2862 Texas Southern 11 6 - 4 - 1 175 -2862 176 -2879 Alcorn State 11 3 - 8 - 0 176 -2879 177 -2934 Akron 4 2 - 2 - 0 177 -2934 178 -2939 Nicholls State 3 2 - 1 - 0 178 -2939 179 -2962 Northern Arizona 1 1 - 0 - 0 179 -2962 180 -2962 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 180 -2962 181 -3011 Eastern Michigan 11 8 - 3 - 0 181 -3011 182 -3030 Southern University 11 3 - 7 - 1 182 -3030 183 -3169 Grambling 11 10 - 1 - 0 183 -3169 184 -3170 Alabama State 2 0 - 2 - 0 184 -3170 185 -3262 Illinois State 11 3 - 7 - 1 185 -3262 186 -3340 Furman 11 4 - 5 - 2 186 -3340 187 -3377 Central Michigan 11 10 - 1 - 0 187 -3377 188 -3507 Marshall 11 2 - 9 - 0 188 -3507 189 -3571 Southeastern Louisiana 2 1 - 1 - 0 189 -3571 190 -3578 Ball State 11 9 - 2 - 0 190 -3578 191 -3616 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 9 - 1 - 1 191 -3616 192 -3844 Western Carolina 11 6 - 4 - 1 192 -3844 193 -3960 Jackson State 11 8 - 3 - 0 193 -3960 194 -4005 New Hampshire 1 1 - 0 - 0 194 -4005 195 -4474 East Tennessee State 3 1 - 2 - 0 195 -4474 196 -4612 Arkansas Pine Bluff 3 1 - 2 - 0 196 -4612 197 -4786 Texas A&M Commerce 2 1 - 1 - 0 197 -4786 198 -4855 Prairie View 11 3 - 8 - 0 198 -4855 199 -5111 Lincoln MO 1 0 - 1 - 0 199 -5111 200 -5130 Bishop 5 1 - 4 - 0 200 -5130 201 -5220 Mississippi Valley 10 5 - 5 - 0 201 -5220 202 -5335 South Carolina State 1 1 - 0 - 0 202 -5335 203 -5383 Eastern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 203 -5383 204 -5383 Western Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 204 -5383 205 -5873 Howard 1 1 - 0 - 0 205 -5873 206 -5873 Tuskegee University 1 0 - 1 - 0 206 -5873 207 -6777 Lenoir-Rhyne College 1 0 - 1 - 0 207 -6777 208 -7545 Morehead State 1 0 - 1 - 0 208 -7545 209 -7720 Texas Lutheran 1 1 - 0 - 0 209 -7720 210 -7720 Texas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 210 -7720