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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 7530 Florida A&M 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 7530 2 5017 Florida State 12 10 - 2 - 0 2 5017 3 4898 Southern California 11 8 - 2 - 1 3 4898 4 4858 Georgia Tech 11 1 - 9 - 1 4 4858 5 4799 Penn State 12 10 - 2 - 0 5 4799 6 4795 Texas A&M 11 4 - 7 - 0 6 4795 7 4702 Florida 12 8 - 4 - 0 7 4702 8 4643 Texas Christian 11 1 - 10 - 0 8 4643 9 4563 Miami FL 12 9 - 3 - 0 9 4563 10 4476 Kansas 11 4 - 5 - 2 10 4476 11 4467 Pittsburgh 12 11 - 1 - 0 11 4467 12 4462 Notre Dame 12 9 - 2 - 1 12 4462 13 4397 California 11 3 - 8 - 0 13 4397 14 4395 Colorado 11 1 - 10 - 0 14 4395 15 4299 Mississippi 11 3 - 8 - 0 15 4299 16 4242 Kentucky 11 3 - 8 - 0 16 4242 17 4242 Oklahoma 12 10 - 2 - 0 17 4242 18 4228 Stanford 11 6 - 5 - 0 18 4228 19 4187 Nebraska 12 10 - 2 - 0 19 4187 20 4182 Tennessee 11 5 - 6 - 0 20 4182 21 4132 Maryland 12 8 - 4 - 0 21 4132 22 4123 Houston 12 7 - 5 - 0 22 4123 23 4121 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 - 0 23 4121 24 4108 Rice 11 5 - 6 - 0 24 4108 25 4072 Louisville 11 5 - 6 - 0 25 4072 26 4067 Oregon State 11 0 - 11 - 0 26 4067 27 4023 Auburn 11 5 - 6 - 0 27 4023 28 3856 Texas 12 7 - 5 - 0 28 3856 29 3831 Louisiana State 11 7 - 4 - 0 29 3831 30 3814 Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 30 3814 31 3799 Murray State 1 1 - 0 - 0 31 3799 32 3768 Alabama 12 10 - 2 - 0 32 3768 33 3671 Arizona State 11 7 - 4 - 0 33 3671 34 3667 Oregon 11 6 - 3 - 2 34 3667 35 3607 Clemson 11 6 - 5 - 0 35 3607 36 3587 Syracuse 11 5 - 6 - 0 36 3587 37 3569 Mississippi State 12 9 - 3 - 0 37 3569 38 3550 Northwestern 11 0 - 11 - 0 38 3550 39 3520 Wisconsin 11 4 - 7 - 0 39 3520 40 3501 Arizona 11 5 - 6 - 0 40 3501 41 3471 Duke 11 2 - 9 - 0 41 3471 42 3456 South Carolina 12 8 - 4 - 0 42 3456 43 3358 UCLA 11 9 - 2 - 0 43 3358 44 3344 Oklahoma State 11 3 - 7 - 1 44 3344 45 3339 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 45 3339 46 3313 Michigan State 11 3 - 8 - 0 46 3313 47 3302 Missouri 12 8 - 4 - 0 47 3302 48 3275 Texas Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 48 3275 49 3254 Georgia 12 12 - 0 - 0 49 3254 50 3215 West Virginia 12 6 - 6 - 0 50 3215 51 3198 Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 51 3198 52 3196 Boston College 11 7 - 4 - 0 52 3196 53 3171 Illinois 11 3 - 7 - 1 53 3171 54 3163 Arkansas 12 7 - 5 - 0 54 3163 55 3151 Southern Methodist 12 8 - 4 - 0 55 3151 56 3105 North Carolina 12 11 - 1 - 0 56 3105 57 3087 North Carolina State 11 6 - 5 - 0 57 3087 58 3035 Tennessee State 1 1 - 0 - 0 58 3035 59 2994 Air Force 12 2 - 9 - 1 59 2994 60 2959 Iowa 11 4 - 7 - 0 60 2959 61 2949 Purdue 12 9 - 3 - 0 61 2949 62 2941 Washington 12 9 - 3 - 0 62 2941 63 2898 Iowa State 11 6 - 5 - 0 63 2898 64 2819 East Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 64 2819 65 2798 Minnesota 11 5 - 6 - 0 65 2798 66 2795 Abilene Christian 1 0 - 1 - 0 66 2795 67 2693 Temple 11 4 - 7 - 0 67 2693 68 2650 Wake Forest 11 5 - 6 - 0 68 2650 69 2551 Army 11 3 - 7 - 1 69 2551 70 2536 Baylor 12 10 - 2 - 0 70 2536 71 2466 Washington State 11 4 - 7 - 0 71 2466 72 2255 Utah 11 5 - 5 - 1 72 2255 73 2225 Tulane 12 7 - 5 - 0 73 2225 74 2157 Kansas State 11 3 - 8 - 0 74 2157 75 2114 Indiana 11 6 - 5 - 0 75 2114 76 1904 San Diego State 12 4 - 8 - 0 76 1904 77 1856 New Mexico 11 4 - 7 - 0 77 1856 78 1815 Navy 12 8 - 4 - 0 78 1815 79 1797 Santa Clara 1 0 - 1 - 0 79 1797 80 1599 Colorado State 11 6 - 4 - 1 80 1599 81 1545 Texas El Paso 12 1 - 11 - 0 81 1545 82 1536 Brigham Young 13 12 - 1 - 0 82 1536 83 1506 Davidson 2 0 - 2 - 0 83 1506 84 1506 Presbyterian 2 0 - 2 - 0 84 1506 85 1483 William & Mary 11 2 - 9 - 0 85 1483 86 1396 Memphis 11 2 - 9 - 0 86 1396 87 1375 Cincinnati 11 2 - 9 - 0 87 1375 88 1246 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 88 1246 89 1246 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 89 1246 90 1208 North Texas 11 6 - 5 - 0 90 1208 91 1192 Nevada Las Vegas 11 7 - 4 - 0 91 1192 92 1113 Southern Mississippi 12 9 - 3 - 0 92 1113 93 1001 Massachusetts 3 2 - 1 - 0 93 1001 94 848 Pacific 12 4 - 8 - 0 94 848 95 816 Wyoming 11 6 - 5 - 0 95 816 96 780 Villanova 11 6 - 5 - 0 96 780 97 708 Richmond 11 5 - 6 - 0 97 708 98 705 Cal State Long Beach 11 8 - 3 - 0 98 705 99 690 Rutgers 11 7 - 4 - 0 99 690 100 608 San Jose State 11 7 - 4 - 0 100 608 101 602 Newberry College 1 0 - 1 - 0 101 602 102 545 Utah State 11 6 - 5 - 0 102 545 103 410 Virginia Tech 12 8 - 4 - 0 103 410 104 149 Tulsa 11 8 - 3 - 0 104 149 105 143 Boise State 2 2 - 0 - 0 105 143 106 124 Idaho 2 0 - 2 - 0 106 124 107 92 Augustana IL 1 0 - 1 - 0 107 92 108 92 Nebraska Omaha 1 0 - 1 - 0 108 92 109 90 Hawaii 11 8 - 3 - 0 109 90 110 -210 Delaware 3 3 - 0 - 0 110 -210 111 -345 Mississippi College 1 0 - 1 - 0 111 -345 112 -347 Jacksonville State 1 0 - 1 - 0 112 -347 113 -360 Wichita State 11 5 - 5 - 1 113 -360 114 -375 Rhode Island 3 0 - 3 - 0 114 -375 115 -389 Cal State Fullerton 11 4 - 7 - 0 115 -389 116 -550 Connecticut 3 2 - 1 - 0 116 -550 117 -605 Wofford 3 1 - 1 - 1 117 -605 118 -625 Virginia Military 11 3 - 7 - 1 118 -625 119 -645 West Texas A&M 11 5 - 6 - 0 119 -645 120 -721 James Madison 3 0 - 3 - 0 120 -721 121 -796 Lenoir-Rhyne College 1 0 - 1 - 0 121 -796 122 -839 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 122 -839 123 -851 East Tennessee State 11 2 - 9 - 0 123 -851 124 -889 Holy Cross 11 3 - 8 - 0 124 -889 125 -922 Fresno State 11 5 - 6 - 0 125 -922 126 -980 Colgate 10 5 - 4 - 1 126 -980 127 -1027 Northwestern State LA 5 2 - 3 - 0 127 -1027 128 -1094 Bucknell 3 2 - 1 - 0 128 -1094 129 -1153 Western Carolina 11 3 - 7 - 1 129 -1153 130 -1218 New Mexico State 11 3 - 7 - 1 130 -1218 131 -1260 Citadel 11 7 - 4 - 0 131 -1260 132 -1261 Nicholls State 3 0 - 3 - 0 132 -1261 133 -1282 Boston University 2 1 - 1 - 0 133 -1282 134 -1435 Texas Arlington 11 3 - 8 - 0 134 -1435 135 -1527 Miami OH 11 5 - 6 - 0 135 -1527 136 -1597 Southern Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 136 -1597 137 -1620 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 -1620 138 -1714 Texas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 138 -1714 139 -1734 Louisiana Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 139 -1734 140 -1738 Cornell 10 5 - 5 - 0 140 -1738 141 -1741 Middle Tennessee 2 0 - 2 - 0 141 -1741 142 -1765 Bowling Green 11 4 - 7 - 0 142 -1765 143 -1775 Indiana State 11 6 - 5 - 0 143 -1775 144 -1830 California Poly 2 0 - 2 - 0 144 -1830 145 -1853 Furman 11 9 - 1 - 1 145 -1853 146 -1925 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 -1925 147 -1995 Yale 10 8 - 2 - 0 147 -1995 148 -2018 Eastern Kentucky 2 2 - 0 - 0 148 -2018 149 -2040 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 -2040 150 -2040 Nevada Reno 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 -2040 151 -2119 Pennsylvania 10 1 - 9 - 0 151 -2119 152 -2153 Appalachian State 11 6 - 4 - 1 152 -2153 153 -2211 Dartmouth 10 4 - 6 - 0 153 -2211 154 -2227 Louisiana Monroe 11 7 - 4 - 0 154 -2227 155 -2260 Kent State 11 3 - 8 - 0 155 -2260 156 -2316 Louisiana Lafayette 11 7 - 4 - 0 156 -2316 157 -2384 Ball State 11 6 - 5 - 0 157 -2384 158 -2498 Lehigh 3 1 - 0 - 2 158 -2498 159 -2567 Lamar 11 3 - 8 - 0 159 -2567 160 -2588 Columbia 10 1 - 9 - 0 160 -2588 161 -2611 Princeton 10 6 - 4 - 0 161 -2611 162 -2615 Toledo 11 4 - 7 - 0 162 -2615 163 -2694 Northern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 163 -2694 164 -2727 Illinois State 11 4 - 7 - 0 164 -2727 165 -2742 Harvard 10 7 - 3 - 0 165 -2742 166 -2769 Ohio University 11 6 - 5 - 0 166 -2769 167 -2814 Eastern Michigan 10 1 - 9 - 0 167 -2814 168 -2846 Western Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 168 -2846 169 -2984 McNeese State 12 10 - 2 - 0 169 -2984 170 -3001 Brown 10 6 - 4 - 0 170 -3001 171 -3058 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 8 - 3 - 0 171 -3058 172 -3088 Drake 11 8 - 3 - 0 172 -3088 173 -3135 Tennessee Tech 1 1 - 0 - 0 173 -3135 174 -3171 Akron 3 1 - 2 - 0 174 -3171 175 -3281 New Hampshire 1 1 - 0 - 0 175 -3281 176 -3289 Marshall 11 2 - 8 - 1 176 -3289 177 -3304 Central Michigan 11 9 - 2 - 0 177 -3304 178 -3404 Southeastern Louisiana 3 3 - 0 - 0 178 -3404 179 -3465 Eastern Illinois 3 1 - 2 - 0 179 -3465 180 -3530 Arkansas State 11 2 - 9 - 0 180 -3530 181 -3657 Western Illinois 2 1 - 1 - 0 181 -3657 182 -5114 Lafayette 3 1 - 2 - 0 182 -5114 183 -6190 Stephen F Austin 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -6190 184 -6190 Texas Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 184 -6190 185 -6552 Morehead State 1 0 - 1 - 0 185 -6552 186 -7987 Tennessee Martin 1 0 - 1 - 0 186 -7987 187 -7987 Austin Peay 1 0 - 1 - 0 187 -7987