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