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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 8217 Grambling 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 8217 2 5498 Penn State 12 10 - 2 - 0 2 5498 3 5136 Idaho 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 5136 4 4626 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 4 4626 5 4613 Temple 10 5 - 5 - 0 5 4613 6 4465 Miami FL 11 9 - 2 - 0 6 4465 7 4250 Colorado 11 3 - 8 - 0 7 4250 8 4248 California 11 2 - 9 - 0 8 4248 9 4235 Pittsburgh 12 11 - 1 - 0 9 4235 10 4214 Portland State 1 0 - 1 - 0 10 4214 11 4195 Texas Tech 11 1 - 9 - 1 11 4195 12 4182 Kentucky 11 3 - 8 - 0 12 4182 13 4181 Rice 11 4 - 7 - 0 13 4181 14 4147 Syracuse 11 4 - 6 - 1 14 4147 15 4131 Georgia Tech 11 1 - 10 - 0 15 4131 16 4123 Northwestern 11 0 - 11 - 0 16 4123 17 4109 Texas 12 10 - 1 - 1 17 4109 18 4064 Houston 12 7 - 4 - 1 18 4064 19 4016 Mississippi 11 4 - 6 - 1 19 4016 20 3921 Oklahoma 12 7 - 4 - 1 20 3921 21 3913 Notre Dame 11 5 - 6 - 0 21 3913 22 3904 Texas Christian 11 2 - 7 - 2 22 3904 23 3832 South Carolina 12 6 - 6 - 0 23 3832 24 3818 Indiana 11 3 - 8 - 0 24 3818 25 3781 Florida State 11 6 - 5 - 0 25 3781 26 3779 UCLA 12 7 - 4 - 1 26 3779 27 3769 Boston College 11 5 - 6 - 0 27 3769 28 3764 Vanderbilt 11 4 - 7 - 0 28 3764 29 3733 North Carolina State 11 4 - 7 - 0 29 3733 30 3697 Georgia 12 10 - 2 - 0 30 3697 31 3688 Alabama 12 9 - 2 - 1 31 3688 32 3673 Iowa 12 8 - 4 - 0 32 3673 33 3645 Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 33 3645 34 3574 Southern California 12 9 - 3 - 0 34 3574 35 3548 Youngstown State 1 1 - 0 - 0 35 3548 36 3536 Maryland 11 4 - 6 - 1 36 3536 37 3424 Arkansas 12 8 - 4 - 0 37 3424 38 3423 Virginia 11 1 - 10 - 0 38 3423 39 3365 Texas A&M 12 7 - 5 - 0 39 3365 40 3360 Florida 12 7 - 5 - 0 40 3360 41 3357 Colorado State 12 0 - 12 - 0 41 3357 42 3344 Auburn 11 5 - 6 - 0 42 3344 43 3267 Mississippi State 12 8 - 4 - 0 43 3267 44 3226 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 44 3226 45 3225 Michigan 12 9 - 3 - 0 45 3225 46 3209 Stanford 11 4 - 7 - 0 46 3209 47 3180 Kansas State 11 2 - 9 - 0 47 3180 48 3172 Louisiana State 11 3 - 7 - 1 48 3172 49 3099 Missouri 12 8 - 4 - 0 49 3099 50 3082 Iowa State 11 5 - 5 - 1 50 3082 51 3046 Wisconsin 12 7 - 5 - 0 51 3046 52 3041 Santa Clara 1 0 - 1 - 0 52 3041 53 3028 Cincinnati 11 6 - 5 - 0 53 3028 54 3026 West Virginia 12 9 - 3 - 0 54 3026 55 2987 Eastern Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 55 2987 56 2934 Kansas 12 8 - 4 - 0 56 2934 57 2926 Baylor 11 5 - 6 - 0 57 2926 58 2895 Michigan State 11 5 - 6 - 0 58 2895 59 2887 Oklahoma State 12 7 - 5 - 0 59 2887 60 2885 Memphis 11 1 - 10 - 0 60 2885 61 2796 Oregon State 11 1 - 10 - 0 61 2796 62 2793 Southern Methodist 11 10 - 1 - 0 62 2793 63 2754 Washington State 12 8 - 3 - 1 63 2754 64 2739 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 64 2739 65 2725 Duke 11 6 - 5 - 0 65 2725 66 2540 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 66 2540 67 2498 Clemson 12 12 - 0 - 0 67 2498 68 2392 North Texas 11 2 - 9 - 0 68 2392 69 2391 Rutgers 11 5 - 6 - 0 69 2391 70 2358 Montana State 2 1 - 1 - 0 70 2358 71 2348 Tulane 11 6 - 5 - 0 71 2348 72 2323 North Carolina 12 10 - 2 - 0 72 2323 73 2314 Wake Forest 11 4 - 7 - 0 73 2314 74 2302 Washington 12 10 - 2 - 0 74 2302 75 2297 Tennessee 12 8 - 4 - 0 75 2297 76 2243 Minnesota 11 6 - 5 - 0 76 2243 77 2123 Arizona State 11 9 - 2 - 0 77 2123 78 1860 Nebraska Omaha 1 0 - 1 - 0 78 1860 79 1860 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 79 1860 80 1741 San Diego State 11 6 - 5 - 0 80 1741 81 1730 Texas El Paso 11 1 - 10 - 0 81 1730 82 1691 Idaho State 1 1 - 0 - 0 82 1691 83 1691 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 83 1691 84 1668 Utah State 11 5 - 5 - 1 84 1668 85 1602 Nevada Las Vegas 12 6 - 6 - 0 85 1602 86 1584 Pacific 11 5 - 6 - 0 86 1584 87 1525 Air Force 11 4 - 7 - 0 87 1525 88 1459 Southern Mississippi 12 9 - 2 - 1 88 1459 89 1364 Arizona 11 6 - 5 - 0 89 1364 90 1325 New Mexico 12 4 - 7 - 1 90 1325 91 1314 Wyoming 11 8 - 3 - 0 91 1314 92 1176 Louisville 11 5 - 6 - 0 92 1176 93 1157 East Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 93 1157 94 1119 Brigham Young 13 11 - 2 - 0 94 1119 95 1041 Navy 12 7 - 4 - 1 95 1041 96 923 Tulsa 11 6 - 5 - 0 96 923 97 763 Louisiana Lafayette 11 1 - 9 - 1 97 763 98 730 Utah 11 8 - 2 - 1 98 730 99 705 Lamar 11 4 - 6 - 1 99 705 100 685 Texas Arlington 11 6 - 5 - 0 100 685 101 600 Hawaii 11 9 - 2 - 0 101 600 102 587 Virginia Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 102 587 103 512 Jacksonville State 1 0 - 1 - 0 103 512 104 490 Cal State Long Beach 10 2 - 8 - 0 104 490 105 487 Tennessee State 3 2 - 1 - 0 105 487 106 474 Army 11 3 - 7 - 1 106 474 107 339 Wofford 4 0 - 4 - 0 107 339 108 244 Nicholls State 2 0 - 2 - 0 108 244 109 205 Louisiana Tech 11 4 - 6 - 1 109 205 110 201 West Texas A&M 11 7 - 4 - 0 110 201 111 165 Connecticut 2 1 - 1 - 0 111 165 112 89 Arkansas State 11 6 - 5 - 0 112 89 113 51 Fresno State 11 5 - 6 - 0 113 51 114 36 San Jose State 12 9 - 3 - 0 114 36 115 -59 Northwestern State LA 3 1 - 2 - 0 115 -59 116 -173 Cal State Fullerton 11 3 - 8 - 0 116 -173 117 -184 Wichita State 11 4 - 6 - 1 117 -184 118 -277 Richmond 11 4 - 7 - 0 118 -277 119 -433 Massachusetts 3 2 - 1 - 0 119 -433 120 -558 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 120 -558 121 -645 Liberty 1 0 - 1 - 0 121 -645 122 -708 Northern Michigan 1 1 - 0 - 0 122 -708 123 -708 Missouri Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 123 -708 124 -800 Texas State 1 1 - 0 - 0 124 -800 125 -800 Stephen F Austin 1 1 - 0 - 0 125 -800 126 -800 Sam Houston 1 0 - 1 - 0 126 -800 127 -861 Boston University 2 0 - 2 - 0 127 -861 128 -895 Southern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 128 -895 129 -912 William & Mary 11 5 - 6 - 0 129 -912 130 -939 Davidson 2 0 - 2 - 0 130 -939 131 -1003 Louisiana Monroe 11 5 - 6 - 0 131 -1003 132 -1234 Presbyterian 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 -1234 133 -1234 Newberry College 1 0 - 1 - 0 133 -1234 134 -1357 McNeese State 11 7 - 3 - 1 134 -1357 135 -1637 Miami OH 11 8 - 2 - 1 135 -1637 136 -1647 Middle Tennessee 2 1 - 1 - 0 136 -1647 137 -1941 New Mexico State 11 3 - 8 - 0 137 -1941 138 -1943 Western Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 138 -1943 139 -1970 Ohio University 11 5 - 6 - 0 139 -1970 140 -2057 Bowling Green 11 5 - 5 - 1 140 -2057 141 -2066 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 7 - 3 - 1 141 -2066 142 -2068 Southeastern Louisiana 2 2 - 0 - 0 142 -2068 143 -2184 Virginia Military 10 6 - 3 - 1 143 -2184 144 -2274 Toledo 12 9 - 3 - 0 144 -2274 145 -2357 Holy Cross 11 6 - 5 - 0 145 -2357 146 -2383 James Madison 5 1 - 4 - 0 146 -2383 147 -2567 Central Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 147 -2567 148 -2573 Drake 11 10 - 1 - 0 148 -2573 149 -2590 Delaware 3 3 - 0 - 0 149 -2590 150 -2650 Marshall 11 2 - 9 - 0 150 -2650 151 -2711 Nevada Reno 1 1 - 0 - 0 151 -2711 152 -2711 California Poly 1 0 - 1 - 0 152 -2711 153 -2711 Boise State 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 -2711 154 -2774 Kent State 11 4 - 7 - 0 154 -2774 155 -2811 Indiana State 11 5 - 5 - 1 155 -2811 156 -2822 Western Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 156 -2822 157 -2880 Appalachian State 11 3 - 7 - 1 157 -2880 158 -3051 Pennsylvania 10 1 - 9 - 0 158 -3051 159 -3105 Northern Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 159 -3105 160 -3109 Princeton 10 5 - 4 - 1 160 -3109 161 -3133 Ball State 11 4 - 7 - 0 161 -3133 162 -3134 Eastern Michigan 11 0 - 11 - 0 162 -3134 163 -3245 Colgate 10 7 - 3 - 0 163 -3245 164 -3273 Furman 11 8 - 3 - 0 164 -3273 165 -3306 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 -3306 166 -3344 Western Illinois 3 0 - 3 - 0 166 -3344 167 -3557 East Tennessee State 11 6 - 5 - 0 167 -3557 168 -3643 Citadel 11 7 - 3 - 1 168 -3643 169 -3671 Bucknell 2 0 - 2 - 0 169 -3671 170 -3694 Maine 1 1 - 0 - 0 170 -3694 171 -3815 Columbia 10 1 - 9 - 0 171 -3815 172 -3954 Yale 10 9 - 1 - 0 172 -3954 173 -3996 Dartmouth 10 6 - 4 - 0 173 -3996 174 -4012 Texas A&M Kingsville 1 1 - 0 - 0 174 -4012 175 -4158 Harvard 10 5 - 4 - 1 175 -4158 176 -4177 Cornell 10 3 - 7 - 0 176 -4177 177 -4482 Lafayette 2 1 - 1 - 0 177 -4482 178 -4560 Lehigh 2 1 - 1 - 0 178 -4560 179 -4657 Lenoir-Rhyne College 1 0 - 1 - 0 179 -4657 180 -4728 Eastern Illinois 2 0 - 2 - 0 180 -4728 181 -4780 Illinois State 10 3 - 7 - 0 181 -4780 182 -4784 Brown 10 3 - 7 - 0 182 -4784 183 -6781 Morehead State 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -6781 184 -7123 Akron 2 1 - 1 - 0 184 -7123 185 -7466 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 185 -7466