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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 5876 Southern California 13 12 - 1 - 0 1 5876 2 5842 Rice 11 2 - 9 - 0 2 5842 3 5460 Kansas 11 1 - 10 - 0 3 5460 4 5331 Southern Methodist 11 4 - 6 - 1 4 5331 5 5293 Notre Dame 12 9 - 3 - 0 5 5293 6 5242 Baylor 11 3 - 8 - 0 6 5242 7 5215 Texas Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 7 5215 8 5099 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 8 5099 9 5098 Texas Christian 11 2 - 9 - 0 9 5098 10 4815 Texas 12 9 - 3 - 0 10 4815 11 4802 Oregon State 11 3 - 7 - 1 11 4802 12 4752 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 12 4752 13 4691 Illinois 11 1 - 8 - 2 13 4691 14 4644 Stanford 12 8 - 4 - 0 14 4644 15 4641 Washington 11 7 - 4 - 0 15 4641 16 4609 Missouri 12 8 - 4 - 0 16 4609 17 4510 Houston 12 9 - 3 - 0 17 4510 18 4440 Oklahoma State 11 3 - 8 - 0 18 4440 19 4333 Florida 11 4 - 7 - 0 19 4333 20 4333 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 20 4333 21 4250 California 11 6 - 5 - 0 21 4250 22 4147 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 22 4147 23 4145 Northwestern 11 0 - 10 - 1 23 4145 24 4143 UCLA 12 8 - 3 - 1 24 4143 25 4095 Arkansas 12 9 - 2 - 1 25 4095 26 4074 Arizona 11 5 - 6 - 0 26 4074 27 3890 Kansas State 11 4 - 7 - 0 27 3890 28 3668 Iowa 11 2 - 9 - 0 28 3668 29 3590 Kentucky 11 4 - 6 - 1 29 3590 30 3573 Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 30 3573 31 3502 Indiana 11 4 - 7 - 0 31 3502 32 3450 Tennessee 11 5 - 5 - 1 32 3450 33 3353 Mississippi State 11 6 - 5 - 0 33 3353 34 3350 Duke 11 4 - 7 - 0 34 3350 35 3321 Louisiana State 12 8 - 4 - 0 35 3321 36 3319 Ohio State 12 7 - 4 - 1 36 3319 37 3311 Michigan State 11 8 - 3 - 0 37 3311 38 3309 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 38 3309 39 3255 Wake Forest 11 1 - 10 - 0 39 3255 40 3240 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 - 0 40 3240 41 3229 Texas A&M 12 8 - 4 - 0 41 3229 42 3098 Colorado 11 6 - 5 - 0 42 3098 43 3092 Syracuse 11 3 - 8 - 0 43 3092 44 3058 Auburn 11 6 - 4 - 1 44 3058 45 3033 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 - 0 45 3033 46 2979 Georgia 12 9 - 2 - 1 46 2979 47 2961 Iowa State 12 8 - 4 - 0 47 2961 48 2919 Georgia Tech 12 7 - 5 - 0 48 2919 49 2789 Florida State 11 8 - 3 - 0 49 2789 50 2764 Arizona State 12 9 - 3 - 0 50 2764 51 2737 Miami FL 11 6 - 5 - 0 51 2737 52 2703 Washington State 11 3 - 7 - 1 52 2703 53 2641 Maryland 12 9 - 3 - 0 53 2641 54 2504 West Virginia 11 2 - 9 - 0 54 2504 55 2263 Wisconsin 11 5 - 4 - 2 55 2263 56 2247 Tulane 11 4 - 7 - 0 56 2247 57 2205 Purdue 12 9 - 2 - 1 57 2205 58 2198 South Carolina 11 5 - 5 - 1 58 2198 59 2155 North Carolina State 12 9 - 3 - 0 59 2155 60 2141 Memphis 11 4 - 7 - 0 60 2141 61 2133 Minnesota 11 5 - 6 - 0 61 2133 62 2049 Idaho State 2 0 - 2 - 0 62 2049 63 1994 Pittsburgh 12 8 - 4 - 0 63 1994 64 1954 North Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 64 1954 65 1895 Virginia Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 65 1895 66 1795 Alcorn State 1 1 - 0 - 0 66 1795 67 1774 Middle Tennessee 1 0 - 0 - 1 67 1774 68 1774 Tennessee State 1 1 - 0 - 0 68 1774 69 1774 Jacksonville State 1 0 - 1 - 0 69 1774 70 1591 Hawaii 11 6 - 5 - 0 70 1591 71 1472 Clemson 12 11 - 1 - 0 71 1472 72 1280 Virginia 11 2 - 9 - 0 72 1280 73 1244 Dayton 1 0 - 0 - 1 73 1244 74 1232 Brigham Young 13 9 - 4 - 0 74 1232 75 1196 Texas El Paso 12 1 - 11 - 0 75 1196 76 1187 Wyoming 12 5 - 7 - 0 76 1187 77 1163 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 77 1163 78 1087 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 78 1087 79 950 Pacific 12 4 - 8 - 0 79 950 80 857 Connecticut 5 0 - 5 - 0 80 857 81 750 Carson Newman 1 0 - 1 - 0 81 750 82 750 Davidson 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 750 83 601 Montana 2 0 - 2 - 0 83 601 84 422 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 84 422 85 355 San Diego State 11 4 - 7 - 0 85 355 86 310 New Mexico 12 7 - 5 - 0 86 310 87 280 Boston College 11 0 - 11 - 0 87 280 88 259 North Texas 11 9 - 2 - 0 88 259 89 247 Rhode Island 1 1 - 0 - 0 89 247 90 232 Boston University 3 2 - 1 - 0 90 232 91 159 Cincinnati 11 5 - 6 - 0 91 159 92 154 Weber State 3 1 - 2 - 0 92 154 93 76 Utah 11 8 - 3 - 0 93 76 94 36 Navy 12 9 - 3 - 0 94 36 95 15 Richmond 11 3 - 8 - 0 95 15 96 -68 Colorado State 11 5 - 6 - 0 96 -68 97 -246 Air Force 11 3 - 8 - 0 97 -246 98 -312 Nevada Reno 2 2 - 0 - 0 98 -312 99 -354 East Tennessee State 3 2 - 1 - 0 99 -354 100 -442 Tulsa 11 9 - 2 - 0 100 -442 101 -504 Lenoir-Rhyne College 1 0 - 1 - 0 101 -504 102 -556 Nevada Las Vegas 11 7 - 4 - 0 102 -556 103 -560 Utah State 11 7 - 4 - 0 103 -560 104 -760 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 7 - 3 - 1 104 -760 105 -813 Louisville 11 7 - 4 - 0 105 -813 106 -821 San Jose State 12 7 - 5 - 0 106 -821 107 -831 Santa Clara 2 0 - 2 - 0 107 -831 108 -867 Brown 9 6 - 3 - 0 108 -867 109 -867 Louisiana Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 109 -867 110 -873 New Hampshire 1 0 - 1 - 0 110 -873 111 -876 Virginia Military 11 3 - 8 - 0 111 -876 112 -880 Wofford 4 0 - 4 - 0 112 -880 113 -920 Cal State Fullerton 12 5 - 7 - 0 113 -920 114 -960 Idaho 5 0 - 5 - 0 114 -960 115 -962 Army 11 4 - 6 - 1 115 -962 116 -980 Fresno State 11 3 - 8 - 0 116 -980 117 -983 California Davis 1 1 - 0 - 0 117 -983 118 -1058 East Carolina 12 9 - 3 - 0 118 -1058 119 -1100 Rutgers 12 9 - 3 - 0 119 -1100 120 -1132 Temple 11 7 - 3 - 1 120 -1132 121 -1230 Drake 11 4 - 7 - 0 121 -1230 122 -1254 Louisiana Lafayette 11 3 - 8 - 0 122 -1254 123 -1292 Boise State 3 3 - 0 - 0 123 -1292 124 -1309 Tennessee Tech 1 1 - 0 - 0 124 -1309 125 -1309 Elon 1 0 - 1 - 0 125 -1309 126 -1326 Marshall 11 1 - 10 - 0 126 -1326 127 -1344 Ohio University 11 3 - 8 - 0 127 -1344 128 -1351 New Mexico State 11 6 - 5 - 0 128 -1351 129 -1383 West Texas A&M 11 3 - 8 - 0 129 -1383 130 -1475 Princeton 9 2 - 5 - 2 130 -1475 131 -1518 Dartmouth 9 6 - 3 - 0 131 -1518 132 -1541 William & Mary 11 5 - 5 - 1 132 -1541 133 -1593 Wichita State 11 4 - 7 - 0 133 -1593 134 -1595 James Madison 1 0 - 1 - 0 134 -1595 135 -1657 Cal State Long Beach 11 5 - 6 - 0 135 -1657 136 -1678 Columbia 9 3 - 5 - 1 136 -1678 137 -1741 Western Carolina 11 6 - 5 - 0 137 -1741 138 -1741 Texas Arlington 11 5 - 6 - 0 138 -1741 139 -1745 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 139 -1745 140 -1745 California Poly Ponoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 140 -1745 141 -1754 Arkansas State 11 7 - 4 - 0 141 -1754 142 -1777 Citadel 11 5 - 6 - 0 142 -1777 143 -1829 Massachusetts 5 2 - 3 - 0 143 -1829 144 -1883 Miami OH 11 8 - 2 - 1 144 -1883 145 -1903 Yale 9 5 - 2 - 2 145 -1903 146 -2053 Villanova 11 5 - 6 - 0 146 -2053 147 -2079 Pennsylvania 9 2 - 6 - 1 147 -2079 148 -2127 Bucknell 4 1 - 3 - 0 148 -2127 149 -2191 Harvard 9 4 - 4 - 1 149 -2191 150 -2229 Appalachian State 11 7 - 4 - 0 150 -2229 151 -2233 Toledo 11 2 - 9 - 0 151 -2233 152 -2307 Nicholls State 3 0 - 3 - 0 152 -2307 153 -2356 Furman 11 8 - 3 - 0 153 -2356 154 -2459 Presbyterian 1 0 - 1 - 0 154 -2459 155 -2497 Delaware 4 2 - 2 - 0 155 -2497 156 -2498 Holy Cross 11 7 - 4 - 0 156 -2498 157 -2503 Cornell 9 5 - 3 - 1 157 -2503 158 -2544 Akron 2 0 - 2 - 0 158 -2544 159 -2579 Colgate 11 3 - 8 - 0 159 -2579 160 -2607 Central Michigan 11 9 - 2 - 0 160 -2607 161 -2660 Louisiana Monroe 11 6 - 4 - 1 161 -2660 162 -2689 California Poly 2 2 - 0 - 0 162 -2689 163 -2740 Bowling Green 11 4 - 7 - 0 163 -2740 164 -2757 Western Kentucky 2 1 - 1 - 0 164 -2757 165 -2770 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 -2770 166 -2852 Southeastern Louisiana 2 1 - 1 - 0 166 -2852 167 -2852 Illinois State 11 2 - 9 - 0 167 -2852 168 -2923 Kent State 11 4 - 7 - 0 168 -2923 169 -2967 Indiana State 11 3 - 8 - 0 169 -2967 170 -2979 McNeese State 11 7 - 4 - 0 170 -2979 171 -3011 Lamar 11 2 - 8 - 1 171 -3011 172 -3147 Northern Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 172 -3147 173 -3216 Northwestern State LA 11 5 - 6 - 0 173 -3216 174 -3404 Ball State 11 10 - 1 - 0 174 -3404 175 -3458 Western Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 175 -3458 176 -3482 Eastern Michigan 10 3 - 7 - 0 176 -3482 177 -3634 Montana State 1 1 - 0 - 0 177 -3634 178 -4005 Grand Valley State 1 0 - 1 - 0 178 -4005 179 -4018 Lafayette 4 1 - 3 - 0 179 -4018 180 -4169 Southern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 180 -4169 181 -4697 Lehigh 3 2 - 1 - 0 181 -4697 182 -5361 Stephen F Austin 2 0 - 2 - 0 182 -5361 183 -5776 Western Illinois 3 1 - 2 - 0 183 -5776 184 -6063 Northern Michigan 1 1 - 0 - 0 184 -6063 185 -7288 Eastern Illinois 1 1 - 0 - 0 185 -7288