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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank OppoRank 1 27 Rice 11 2 - 9 - 0 1 27 2 27 Southern California 13 12 - 1 - 0 2 27 3 30 Kansas 11 1 - 10 - 0 3 30 4 31 Southern Methodist 11 4 - 6 - 1 4 31 5 31 Baylor 11 3 - 8 - 0 5 31 6 34 Texas Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 6 34 7 34 Texas Christian 11 2 - 9 - 0 7 34 8 34 Notre Dame 12 9 - 3 - 0 8 34 9 36 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 9 36 10 37 Texas 12 9 - 3 - 0 10 37 11 38 Illinois 11 1 - 8 - 2 11 38 12 38 Oregon State 11 3 - 7 - 1 12 38 13 39 Houston 12 9 - 3 - 0 13 39 14 40 Florida 11 4 - 7 - 0 14 40 15 42 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 15 42 16 43 Northwestern 11 0 - 10 - 1 16 43 17 43 Oklahoma State 11 3 - 8 - 0 17 43 18 43 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 18 43 19 43 Missouri 12 8 - 4 - 0 19 43 20 44 Washington 11 7 - 4 - 0 20 44 21 44 Arkansas 12 9 - 2 - 1 21 44 22 45 Arizona 11 5 - 6 - 0 22 45 23 45 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 23 45 24 45 Stanford 12 8 - 4 - 0 24 45 25 46 UCLA 12 8 - 3 - 1 25 46 26 47 California 11 6 - 5 - 0 26 47 27 48 Kansas State 11 4 - 7 - 0 27 48 28 48 Iowa 11 2 - 9 - 0 28 48 29 49 Kentucky 11 4 - 6 - 1 29 49 30 52 Mississippi State 11 6 - 5 - 0 30 52 31 52 Duke 11 4 - 7 - 0 31 52 32 53 Indiana 11 4 - 7 - 0 32 53 33 53 Wake Forest 11 1 - 10 - 0 33 53 34 54 Tennessee 11 5 - 5 - 1 34 54 35 54 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 35 54 36 54 Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 36 54 37 54 Georgia 12 9 - 2 - 1 37 54 38 54 Louisiana State 12 8 - 4 - 0 38 54 39 55 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 - 0 39 55 40 55 Syracuse 11 3 - 8 - 0 40 55 41 55 Texas A&M 12 8 - 4 - 0 41 55 42 55 Ohio State 12 7 - 4 - 1 42 55 43 56 Auburn 11 6 - 4 - 1 43 56 44 57 Florida State 11 8 - 3 - 0 44 57 45 57 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 - 0 45 57 46 57 Georgia Tech 12 7 - 5 - 0 46 57 47 59 Miami FL 11 6 - 5 - 0 47 59 48 59 Colorado 11 6 - 5 - 0 48 59 49 60 Michigan State 11 8 - 3 - 0 49 60 50 60 Washington State 11 3 - 7 - 1 50 60 51 60 Iowa State 12 8 - 4 - 0 51 60 52 62 Idaho State 2 0 - 2 - 0 52 62 53 63 Arizona State 12 9 - 3 - 0 53 63 54 64 Tulane 11 4 - 7 - 0 54 64 55 64 Maryland 12 9 - 3 - 0 55 64 56 65 Alcorn State 1 1 - 0 - 0 56 65 57 65 South Carolina 11 5 - 5 - 1 57 65 58 67 Middle Tennessee 1 0 - 0 - 1 58 67 59 67 Tennessee State 1 1 - 0 - 0 59 67 60 67 Jacksonville State 1 0 - 1 - 0 60 67 61 67 Memphis 11 4 - 7 - 0 61 67 62 67 West Virginia 11 2 - 9 - 0 62 67 63 68 Wisconsin 11 5 - 4 - 2 63 68 64 68 North Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 64 68 65 68 Purdue 12 9 - 2 - 1 65 68 66 68 North Carolina State 12 9 - 3 - 0 66 68 67 69 Minnesota 11 5 - 6 - 0 67 69 68 71 Pittsburgh 12 8 - 4 - 0 68 71 69 73 Virginia Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 69 73 70 75 Clemson 12 11 - 1 - 0 70 75 71 76 Brigham Young 13 9 - 4 - 0 71 76 72 77 Texas El Paso 12 1 - 11 - 0 72 77 73 78 Dayton 1 0 - 0 - 1 73 78 74 78 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 74 78 75 78 Virginia 11 2 - 9 - 0 75 78 76 78 Wyoming 12 5 - 7 - 0 76 78 77 79 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 77 79 78 79 Hawaii 11 6 - 5 - 0 78 79 79 81 Connecticut 5 0 - 5 - 0 79 81 80 81 Pacific 12 4 - 8 - 0 80 81 81 87 Carson Newman 1 0 - 1 - 0 81 87 82 87 Davidson 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 87 83 87 San Diego State 11 4 - 7 - 0 83 87 84 88 Montana 2 0 - 2 - 0 84 88 85 89 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 85 89 86 89 Weber State 3 1 - 2 - 0 86 89 87 89 New Mexico 12 7 - 5 - 0 87 89 88 90 Cincinnati 11 5 - 6 - 0 88 90 89 90 Boston College 11 0 - 11 - 0 89 90 90 91 North Texas 11 9 - 2 - 0 90 91 91 91 Richmond 11 3 - 8 - 0 91 91 92 92 Rhode Island 1 1 - 0 - 0 92 92 93 92 Boston University 3 2 - 1 - 0 93 92 94 93 Utah 11 8 - 3 - 0 94 93 95 93 Colorado State 11 5 - 6 - 0 95 93 96 93 Navy 12 9 - 3 - 0 96 93 97 96 Air Force 11 3 - 8 - 0 97 96 98 98 Nevada Las Vegas 11 7 - 4 - 0 98 98 99 99 Nevada Reno 2 2 - 0 - 0 99 99 100 100 Tulsa 11 9 - 2 - 0 100 100 101 100 Utah State 11 7 - 4 - 0 101 100 102 101 East Tennessee State 3 2 - 1 - 0 102 101 103 102 Louisville 11 7 - 4 - 0 103 102 104 102 Louisiana Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 104 102 105 102 Army 11 4 - 6 - 1 105 102 106 102 San Jose State 12 7 - 5 - 0 106 102 107 103 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 7 - 3 - 1 107 103 108 103 Cal State Fullerton 12 5 - 7 - 0 108 103 109 104 Lenoir-Rhyne College 1 0 - 1 - 0 109 104 110 104 Fresno State 11 3 - 8 - 0 110 104 111 105 Virginia Military 11 3 - 8 - 0 111 105 112 106 Wofford 4 0 - 4 - 0 112 106 113 106 Temple 11 7 - 3 - 1 113 106 114 106 East Carolina 12 9 - 3 - 0 114 106 115 107 New Hampshire 1 0 - 1 - 0 115 107 116 107 Santa Clara 2 0 - 2 - 0 116 107 117 107 Idaho 5 0 - 5 - 0 117 107 118 107 Brown 9 6 - 3 - 0 118 107 119 108 California Davis 1 1 - 0 - 0 119 108 120 108 Louisiana Lafayette 11 3 - 8 - 0 120 108 121 109 New Mexico State 11 6 - 5 - 0 121 109 122 109 Drake 11 4 - 7 - 0 122 109 123 109 Ohio University 11 3 - 8 - 0 123 109 124 109 West Texas A&M 11 3 - 8 - 0 124 109 125 109 Marshall 11 1 - 10 - 0 125 109 126 109 Rutgers 12 9 - 3 - 0 126 109 127 110 William & Mary 11 5 - 5 - 1 127 110 128 111 Wichita State 11 4 - 7 - 0 128 111 129 112 Tennessee Tech 1 1 - 0 - 0 129 112 130 112 Elon 1 0 - 1 - 0 130 112 131 112 Boise State 3 3 - 0 - 0 131 112 132 112 Princeton 9 2 - 5 - 2 132 112 133 112 Western Carolina 11 6 - 5 - 0 133 112 134 114 James Madison 1 0 - 1 - 0 134 114 135 114 Dartmouth 9 6 - 3 - 0 135 114 136 114 Columbia 9 3 - 5 - 1 136 114 137 114 Miami OH 11 8 - 2 - 1 137 114 138 114 Cal State Long Beach 11 5 - 6 - 0 138 114 139 114 Texas Arlington 11 5 - 6 - 0 139 114 140 114 Citadel 11 5 - 6 - 0 140 114 141 115 Massachusetts 5 2 - 3 - 0 141 115 142 115 Arkansas State 11 7 - 4 - 0 142 115 143 117 Yale 9 5 - 2 - 2 143 117 144 118 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 118 145 118 California Poly Ponoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 145 118 146 118 Bucknell 4 1 - 3 - 0 146 118 147 118 Villanova 11 5 - 6 - 0 147 118 148 119 Appalachian State 11 7 - 4 - 0 148 119 149 119 Toledo 11 2 - 9 - 0 149 119 150 120 Pennsylvania 9 2 - 6 - 1 150 120 151 120 Bowling Green 11 4 - 7 - 0 151 120 152 121 Western Kentucky 2 1 - 1 - 0 152 121 153 121 Harvard 9 4 - 4 - 1 153 121 154 121 Furman 11 8 - 3 - 0 154 121 155 122 Akron 2 0 - 2 - 0 155 122 156 122 Nicholls State 3 0 - 3 - 0 156 122 157 123 Delaware 4 2 - 2 - 0 157 123 158 123 Holy Cross 11 7 - 4 - 0 158 123 159 124 Presbyterian 1 0 - 1 - 0 159 124 160 124 Central Michigan 11 9 - 2 - 0 160 124 161 124 Louisiana Monroe 11 6 - 4 - 1 161 124 162 125 Cornell 9 5 - 3 - 1 162 125 163 125 Colgate 11 3 - 8 - 0 163 125 164 127 Kent State 11 4 - 7 - 0 164 127 165 127 Illinois State 11 2 - 9 - 0 165 127 166 128 Lamar 11 2 - 8 - 1 166 128 167 129 Southeastern Louisiana 2 1 - 1 - 0 167 129 168 129 McNeese State 11 7 - 4 - 0 168 129 169 129 Northern Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 169 129 170 129 Northwestern State LA 11 5 - 6 - 0 170 129 171 129 Indiana State 11 3 - 8 - 0 171 129 172 130 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 172 130 173 130 California Poly 2 2 - 0 - 0 173 130 174 131 Eastern Michigan 10 3 - 7 - 0 174 131 175 133 Ball State 11 10 - 1 - 0 175 133 176 133 Western Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 176 133 177 142 Montana State 1 1 - 0 - 0 177 142 178 143 Lafayette 4 1 - 3 - 0 178 143 179 144 Southern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 179 144 180 145 Grand Valley State 1 0 - 1 - 0 180 145 181 150 Lehigh 3 2 - 1 - 0 181 150 182 157 Stephen F Austin 2 0 - 2 - 0 182 157 183 161 Western Illinois 3 1 - 2 - 0 183 161 184 163 Northern Michigan 1 1 - 0 - 0 184 163 185 176 Eastern Illinois 1 1 - 0 - 0 185 176