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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 6748 Rice 11 1 - 10 - 0 1 6748 2 5934 Texas Tech 11 3 - 6 - 2 2 5934 3 5876 UCLA 11 5 - 6 - 0 3 5876 4 5706 Texas A&M 11 6 - 5 - 0 4 5706 5 5662 Texas 12 9 - 3 - 0 5 5662 6 5613 Weber State 2 0 - 2 - 0 6 5613 7 5533 Texas Christian 11 2 - 8 - 1 7 5533 8 5289 Baylor 12 8 - 4 - 0 8 5289 9 5189 Penn State 12 8 - 4 - 0 9 5189 10 5122 Arkansas 12 10 - 2 - 0 10 5122 11 4899 Houston 12 11 - 1 - 0 11 4899 12 4798 Florida 11 0 - 10 - 1 12 4798 13 4763 North Carolina State 11 7 - 4 - 0 13 4763 14 4751 Notre Dame 11 7 - 4 - 0 14 4751 15 4692 Southern Methodist 11 5 - 6 - 0 15 4692 16 4656 Iowa 11 5 - 6 - 0 16 4656 17 4619 South Carolina 12 8 - 4 - 0 17 4619 18 4611 Kansas 11 3 - 8 - 0 18 4611 19 4550 Minnesota 11 4 - 6 - 1 19 4550 20 4503 Southern California 12 11 - 0 - 1 20 4503 21 4448 Northwestern 11 1 - 10 - 0 21 4448 22 4421 California 12 6 - 6 - 0 22 4421 23 4366 Michigan 12 8 - 4 - 0 23 4366 24 4354 Wisconsin 11 4 - 7 - 0 24 4354 25 4333 Miami FL 11 5 - 6 - 0 25 4333 26 4312 Washington State 11 3 - 8 - 0 26 4312 27 4186 Illinois 11 2 - 8 - 1 27 4186 28 4167 Clemson 12 8 - 4 - 0 28 4167 29 4117 Syracuse 12 7 - 5 - 0 29 4117 30 4092 Louisiana State 12 7 - 5 - 0 30 4092 31 4067 Michigan State 11 5 - 6 - 0 31 4067 32 4065 Ohio State 12 11 - 1 - 0 32 4065 33 4045 Missouri 12 7 - 5 - 0 33 4045 34 4035 West Virginia 11 5 - 6 - 0 34 4035 35 4006 Wake Forest 12 8 - 4 - 0 35 4006 36 3987 North Carolina 12 8 - 3 - 1 36 3987 37 3916 Purdue 12 10 - 2 - 0 37 3916 38 3812 Washington 12 9 - 3 - 0 38 3812 39 3800 Arizona 12 6 - 5 - 1 39 3800 40 3774 Oregon State 11 1 - 10 - 0 40 3774 41 3770 Colorado 11 3 - 8 - 0 41 3770 42 3761 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 42 3761 43 3697 Nebraska 12 10 - 2 - 0 43 3697 44 3694 Pittsburgh 12 11 - 1 - 0 44 3694 45 3624 Arizona State 12 6 - 6 - 0 45 3624 46 3607 Florida A&M 1 1 - 0 - 0 46 3607 47 3586 Indiana 12 8 - 4 - 0 47 3586 48 3555 Iowa State 11 3 - 8 - 0 48 3555 49 3546 Vanderbilt 11 1 - 10 - 0 49 3546 50 3535 Tennessee 12 7 - 5 - 0 50 3535 51 3531 Stanford 11 5 - 5 - 1 51 3531 52 3484 Oklahoma State 11 7 - 4 - 0 52 3484 53 3480 Mississippi State 11 3 - 8 - 0 53 3480 54 3469 Maryland 11 7 - 4 - 0 54 3469 55 3395 Mississippi 11 4 - 7 - 0 55 3395 56 3368 Duke 11 2 - 8 - 1 56 3368 57 3232 Army 11 2 - 8 - 1 57 3232 58 3208 Georgia Tech 11 4 - 6 - 1 58 3208 59 3189 Oregon 11 6 - 5 - 0 59 3189 60 3183 Georgia 11 6 - 5 - 0 60 3183 61 3121 Kansas State 11 3 - 8 - 0 61 3121 62 3054 Auburn 11 8 - 3 - 0 62 3054 63 3014 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 63 3014 64 3014 Nevada Reno 1 0 - 1 - 0 64 3014 65 2878 Tulane 12 9 - 3 - 0 65 2878 66 2830 Alabama 12 12 - 0 - 0 66 2830 67 2757 Florida State 12 11 - 1 - 0 67 2757 68 2691 Cincinnati 11 2 - 9 - 0 68 2691 69 2624 Colorado State 12 4 - 7 - 1 69 2624 70 2615 Utah 12 6 - 6 - 0 70 2615 71 2497 Temple 12 10 - 2 - 0 71 2497 72 2366 Kentucky 11 5 - 6 - 0 72 2366 73 2314 Virginia Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 73 2314 74 2229 Prairie View 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 2229 75 2175 Boston College 11 5 - 6 - 0 75 2175 76 2009 San Diego State 11 8 - 3 - 0 76 2009 77 1915 Santa Clara 2 0 - 2 - 0 77 1915 78 1884 Louisville 11 4 - 6 - 1 78 1884 79 1820 Tennessee State 2 0 - 2 - 0 79 1820 80 1817 Brigham Young 12 11 - 1 - 0 80 1817 81 1668 Virginia 11 6 - 5 - 0 81 1668 82 1637 Southern Mississippi 11 6 - 4 - 1 82 1637 83 1526 Air Force 11 2 - 9 - 0 83 1526 84 1500 Navy 11 7 - 4 - 0 84 1500 85 1497 Wichita State 11 1 - 10 - 0 85 1497 86 1312 Wyoming 12 4 - 8 - 0 86 1312 87 1268 Utah State 11 7 - 3 - 1 87 1268 88 1263 Texas El Paso 11 2 - 9 - 0 88 1263 89 1093 Western Kentucky 2 0 - 2 - 0 89 1093 90 1075 Hawaii 11 6 - 5 - 0 90 1075 91 1061 Montana 1 0 - 1 - 0 91 1061 92 1053 Tulsa 11 6 - 5 - 0 92 1053 93 1009 North Texas 11 5 - 6 - 0 93 1009 94 956 New Mexico 12 6 - 6 - 0 94 956 95 907 Memphis 11 5 - 6 - 0 95 907 96 819 Grand Valley State 1 0 - 1 - 0 96 819 97 465 San Jose State 11 6 - 4 - 1 97 465 98 397 Bowling Green 11 4 - 7 - 0 98 397 99 349 East Carolina 11 7 - 3 - 1 99 349 100 302 New Mexico State 11 2 - 9 - 0 100 302 101 295 West Texas A&M 11 6 - 4 - 1 101 295 102 222 Fresno State 11 4 - 7 - 0 102 222 103 212 Richmond 11 0 - 11 - 0 103 212 104 93 Delaware 4 3 - 1 - 0 104 93 105 35 James Madison 3 0 - 3 - 0 105 35 106 27 Louisiana Tech 11 2 - 9 - 0 106 27 107 -48 Middle Tennessee 2 0 - 2 - 0 107 -48 108 -106 Rutgers 11 8 - 3 - 0 108 -106 109 -165 Miami OH 11 6 - 5 - 0 109 -165 110 -181 Villanova 11 5 - 6 - 0 110 -181 111 -219 Northern Illinois 11 5 - 5 - 1 111 -219 112 -238 Kent State 11 1 - 10 - 0 112 -238 113 -261 Lamar 11 6 - 3 - 2 113 -261 114 -343 Appalachian State 11 3 - 8 - 0 114 -343 115 -380 Cal State Long Beach 11 7 - 4 - 0 115 -380 116 -424 Marshall 11 1 - 10 - 0 116 -424 117 -455 Northwestern State LA 9 3 - 6 - 0 117 -455 118 -483 William & Mary 11 4 - 7 - 0 118 -483 119 -505 McNeese State 12 11 - 1 - 0 119 -505 120 -519 Western Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 120 -519 121 -715 Nevada Las Vegas 12 9 - 1 - 2 121 -715 122 -736 Ohio University 11 6 - 5 - 0 122 -736 123 -755 Toledo 11 7 - 3 - 1 123 -755 124 -793 Citadel 11 6 - 5 - 0 124 -793 125 -818 Southeastern Louisiana 5 2 - 3 - 0 125 -818 126 -888 Akron 4 2 - 2 - 0 126 -888 127 -910 Ball State 11 6 - 5 - 0 127 -910 128 -940 Central Michigan 11 10 - 0 - 1 128 -940 129 -1002 Pacific 10 3 - 7 - 0 129 -1002 130 -1056 North Alabama 1 0 - 1 - 0 130 -1056 131 -1084 Eastern Michigan 11 2 - 8 - 1 131 -1084 132 -1087 Illinois State 11 3 - 8 - 0 132 -1087 133 -1096 Louisiana Monroe 11 3 - 8 - 0 133 -1096 134 -1111 Presbyterian 2 2 - 0 - 0 134 -1111 135 -1141 Furman 11 5 - 6 - 0 135 -1141 136 -1146 Drake 11 3 - 8 - 0 136 -1146 137 -1148 Louisiana Lafayette 11 4 - 7 - 0 137 -1148 138 -1274 Arkansas State 11 4 - 7 - 0 138 -1274 139 -1479 Virginia Military 11 6 - 4 - 1 139 -1479 140 -1483 Texas Arlington 11 8 - 3 - 0 140 -1483 141 -1516 Eastern Illinois 2 2 - 0 - 0 141 -1516 142 -1550 Idaho State 2 0 - 2 - 0 142 -1550 143 -1584 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 -1584 144 -1598 Wofford 3 1 - 2 - 0 144 -1598 145 -1606 Southern Illinois 11 8 - 3 - 0 145 -1606 146 -1774 Davidson 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 -1774 147 -1935 Western Illinois 2 0 - 2 - 0 147 -1935 148 -2100 Bucknell 3 1 - 2 - 0 148 -2100 149 -2219 Youngstown State 2 2 - 0 - 0 149 -2219 150 -2234 Boise State 2 1 - 1 - 0 150 -2234 151 -2329 Indiana State 11 8 - 3 - 0 151 -2329 152 -2362 Cal State Fullerton 11 3 - 8 - 0 152 -2362 153 -2462 Idaho 2 1 - 1 - 0 153 -2462 154 -2462 California Poly 2 1 - 1 - 0 154 -2462 155 -2572 Elon 1 0 - 1 - 0 155 -2572 156 -2572 Lenoir-Rhyne College 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 -2572 157 -2572 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 157 -2572 158 -2681 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 9 - 2 - 0 158 -2681 159 -2764 Texas A&M Commerce 1 0 - 1 - 0 159 -2764 160 -2774 California Poly Ponoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 160 -2774 161 -2811 Connecticut 11 3 - 6 - 2 161 -2811 162 -2856 Stephen F Austin 1 0 - 1 - 0 162 -2856 163 -3018 Massachusetts 5 1 - 4 - 0 163 -3018 164 -3070 East Tennessee State 11 7 - 4 - 0 164 -3070 165 -3119 Holy Cross 11 5 - 6 - 0 165 -3119 166 -3414 Nicholls State 2 2 - 0 - 0 166 -3414 167 -3526 Western Carolina 11 6 - 5 - 0 167 -3526 168 -3626 Truman State 1 0 - 1 - 0 168 -3626 169 -3659 North Dakota 1 1 - 0 - 0 169 -3659 170 -3659 Fort Hays State 1 0 - 1 - 0 170 -3659 171 -3857 Eastern Kentucky 3 2 - 1 - 0 171 -3857 172 -4131 Northern Michigan 2 1 - 1 - 0 172 -4131 173 -4177 Rhode Island 3 0 - 3 - 0 173 -4177 174 -4309 Colgate 10 5 - 4 - 1 174 -4309 175 -4375 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 175 -4375 176 -4696 New Hampshire 3 1 - 0 - 2 176 -4696 177 -4961 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 177 -4961 178 -5340 Boston University 3 3 - 0 - 0 178 -5340 179 -5544 Princeton 9 5 - 4 - 0 179 -5544 180 -5837 Columbia 9 1 - 8 - 0 180 -5837 181 -5878 Harvard 9 3 - 6 - 0 181 -5878 182 -6030 Dartmouth 9 4 - 4 - 1 182 -6030 183 -6095 Pennsylvania 9 0 - 9 - 0 183 -6095 184 -6296 Cornell 9 5 - 4 - 0 184 -6296 185 -6743 Yale 9 8 - 1 - 0 185 -6743 186 -6999 Brown 9 6 - 3 - 0 186 -6999 187 -8055 Lehigh 2 1 - 1 - 0 187 -8055 188 -8962 Lafayette 3 2 - 0 - 1 188 -8962