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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 20951 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 1 5258 2 18700 Georgia 12 11 - 1 - 0 19 4067 3 17671 Nebraska 13 12 - 1 - 0 48 2939 4 17084 UCLA 12 10 - 1 - 1 16 4155 5 16481 Washington 12 10 - 2 - 0 24 3649 6 15840 Arizona State 12 10 - 2 - 0 25 3639 7 15782 Southern California 11 8 - 3 - 0 6 4880 8 14711 Clemson 11 9 - 1 - 1 52 2805 9 14465 Pittsburgh 12 9 - 3 - 0 22 3905 10 14430 Southern Methodist 12 11 - 0 - 1 89 1309 11 14150 Nevada Reno 2 2 - 0 - 0 102 575 12 13954 Auburn 12 9 - 3 - 0 15 4156 13 13486 Louisiana State 12 8 - 3 - 1 46 3000 14 13382 Florida State 12 9 - 3 - 0 26 3626 15 13248 Maryland 12 8 - 4 - 0 21 3932 16 13006 West Virginia 12 9 - 3 - 0 32 3298 17 12890 Florida 12 8 - 4 - 0 10 4510 18 12560 Arkansas 12 9 - 2 - 1 64 2418 19 12503 Alabama 12 8 - 4 - 0 14 4182 20 12172 North Carolina 12 8 - 4 - 0 37 3121 21 11777 Arizona 11 6 - 4 - 1 11 4300 22 11738 Texas 12 9 - 3 - 0 61 2543 23 11616 Notre Dame 11 6 - 4 - 1 9 4531 24 11389 Oklahoma 12 8 - 4 - 0 27 3489 25 11228 Michigan 12 8 - 4 - 0 30 3381 26 11205 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 62 2529 27 10886 California 11 7 - 4 - 0 17 4152 28 10498 Miami FL 11 7 - 4 - 0 29 3464 29 10414 Boston College 12 8 - 3 - 1 53 2777 30 10279 New Mexico 11 10 - 1 - 0 107 477 31 10152 Brigham Young 12 8 - 4 - 0 65 2411 32 9576 Vanderbilt 12 8 - 4 - 0 41 3062 33 9085 Stanford 11 5 - 6 - 0 7 4859 34 8820 Fresno State 12 11 - 1 - 0 116 -689 35 8590 Iowa 12 8 - 4 - 0 58 2680 36 8424 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 71 2087 37 8240 North Carolina State 11 6 - 5 - 0 23 3890 38 7895 Tulsa 11 10 - 1 - 0 119 -1007 39 7852 Illinois 12 7 - 5 - 0 54 2777 40 7710 Boise State 3 3 - 0 - 0 129 -1884 41 7541 Mississippi State 11 5 - 6 - 0 12 4218 42 7353 Duke 11 6 - 5 - 0 36 3127 43 7077 Air Force 13 8 - 5 - 0 68 2320 44 7046 Tennessee 12 6 - 5 - 1 45 3001 45 6739 San Diego State 12 7 - 5 - 0 51 2852 46 6696 San Jose State 11 8 - 3 - 0 104 570 47 6681 Wisconsin 12 7 - 5 - 0 67 2342 48 6485 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 145 -3285 49 5502 Georgia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 57 2683 50 4972 Kansas State 12 6 - 5 - 1 78 1916 51 4915 Mississippi 11 4 - 7 - 0 20 3986 52 4884 Missouri 11 5 - 4 - 2 75 2002 53 4546 James Madison 2 2 - 0 - 0 134 -2550 54 4508 Hawaii 11 6 - 5 - 0 83 1616 55 4304 Houston 11 5 - 5 - 1 69 2283 56 4262 Furman 2 1 - 1 - 0 49 2936 57 4220 California Davis 1 1 - 0 - 0 128 -1881 58 4135 Indiana 11 5 - 6 - 0 56 2690 59 3870 Navy 11 6 - 5 - 0 90 1305 60 3843 Nebraska Omaha 1 1 - 0 - 0 146 -3285 61 3505 South Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 40 3073 62 3313 Utah 11 5 - 6 - 0 82 1732 63 3260 Oregon 11 2 - 8 - 1 2 5255 64 3210 Temple 11 4 - 7 - 0 59 2671 65 3045 Oklahoma State 11 4 - 5 - 2 76 1964 66 2849 Virginia Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 113 -489 67 2542 Tulane 11 4 - 7 - 0 42 3055 68 2476 Cincinnati 11 6 - 5 - 0 101 587 69 2373 Texas A&M 11 5 - 6 - 0 81 1758 70 2346 Cal State Long Beach 11 6 - 5 - 0 91 1292 71 2327 Texas Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 33 3297 72 2231 Eastern Illinois 3 3 - 0 - 0 161 -4906 73 2184 Rutgers 11 5 - 6 - 0 73 2014 74 1804 Wyoming 12 5 - 7 - 0 87 1414 75 1263 Baylor 11 4 - 6 - 1 72 2029 76 1248 Abilene Christian 1 1 - 0 - 0 151 -3720 77 1228 East Carolina 11 7 - 4 - 0 122 -1273 78 1228 Washington State 11 3 - 7 - 1 35 3282 79 1013 Iowa State 11 4 - 6 - 1 88 1390 80 940 Syracuse 11 2 - 9 - 0 18 4085 81 510 Purdue 11 3 - 8 - 0 43 3036 82 291 Colorado State 11 4 - 7 - 0 84 1601 83 276 Michigan State 11 2 - 9 - 0 38 3111 84 -53 Louisiana Tech 5 3 - 2 - 0 121 -1191 85 -249 Colorado 11 2 - 8 - 1 34 3288 86 -395 Massachusetts 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 5207 87 -591 Oregon State 11 1 - 9 - 1 13 4208 88 -602 Louisville 11 5 - 6 - 0 98 795 89 -641 Louisiana Lafayette 11 7 - 3 - 1 136 -2699 90 -672 Brown 1 1 - 0 - 0 155 -4327 91 -679 Wichita State 11 8 - 3 - 0 142 -2839 92 -787 Wake Forest 11 3 - 8 - 0 60 2633 93 -906 Texas Christian 11 3 - 8 - 0 74 2009 94 -1021 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 99 642 95 -1102 Tennessee Chattanooga 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 4788 96 -1205 Minnesota 11 3 - 8 - 0 79 1859 97 -1355 Idaho 2 1 - 1 - 0 114 -633 98 -1355 Arkansas State 5 2 - 3 - 0 94 1210 99 -1547 Virginia 11 2 - 9 - 0 55 2736 100 -1620 Kansas 11 2 - 7 - 2 70 2122 101 -1720 Nevada Las Vegas 11 3 - 8 - 0 85 1593 102 -2165 Bowling Green 12 7 - 5 - 0 132 -2163 103 -2330 Kentucky 11 0 - 10 - 1 5 4906 104 -2661 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 80 1775 105 -2741 Holy Cross 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 5207 106 -2841 Delaware 2 1 - 1 - 0 123 -1361 107 -2929 Western Michigan 11 7 - 2 - 2 159 -4772 108 -3022 Miami OH 11 7 - 4 - 0 147 -3331 109 -3306 Texas El Paso 12 2 - 10 - 0 39 3081 110 -3459 Colgate 3 1 - 2 - 0 95 1055 111 -3536 Southern Illinois 11 6 - 5 - 0 133 -2209 112 -3759 Memphis 11 1 - 10 - 0 47 2943 113 -3763 Pacific 11 2 - 9 - 0 86 1566 114 -3859 Louisiana Monroe 3 1 - 2 - 0 108 -181 115 -4089 Akron 1 1 - 0 - 0 162 -7315 116 -4362 Idaho State 2 1 - 1 - 0 131 -1897 117 -5080 Central Michigan 11 6 - 4 - 1 149 -3580 118 -5414 Army 11 4 - 7 - 0 111 -394 119 -5771 Toledo 11 6 - 5 - 0 148 -3576 120 -6520 Cal State Fullerton 12 3 - 9 - 0 106 500 121 -6570 Drake 11 4 - 7 - 0 125 -1652 122 -6904 Montana State 2 0 - 2 - 0 44 3033 123 -7054 Rice 11 0 - 11 - 0 50 2885 124 -7180 Northern Illinois 10 5 - 5 - 0 150 -3645 125 -7246 Western Carolina 2 0 - 2 - 0 28 3481 126 -7441 West Texas A&M 11 3 - 8 - 0 118 -876 127 -7637 Indiana State 11 4 - 7 - 0 130 -1890 128 -8133 Ohio University 11 6 - 5 - 0 153 -3890 129 -8240 Santa Clara 1 0 - 1 - 0 31 3348 130 -8497 New Mexico State 11 3 - 8 - 0 120 -1183 131 -8655 William & Mary 11 3 - 8 - 0 126 -1687 132 -8874 North Texas 11 2 - 9 - 0 112 -406 133 -9131 Citadel 2 0 - 2 - 0 66 2343 134 -9358 Weber State 2 0 - 2 - 0 77 1949 135 -9661 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 63 2486 136 -9949 Ball State 11 5 - 6 - 0 154 -4138 137 -10329 Texas Arlington 5 1 - 4 - 0 115 -659 138 -11293 Appalachian State 2 0 - 2 - 0 105 515 139 -11493 Virginia Military 4 1 - 3 - 0 141 -2805 140 -11520 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 109 -301 141 -11546 California Poly 2 0 - 2 - 0 103 575 142 -11927 Montana 2 0 - 2 - 0 96 979 143 -12433 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 92 1238 144 -12472 McNeese State 3 0 - 2 - 1 135 -2619 145 -12698 Morgan State 1 0 - 1 - 0 93 1238 146 -12837 Lamar 2 0 - 2 - 0 97 915 147 -13320 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 100 614 148 -13670 Western Illinois 3 1 - 2 - 0 158 -4728 149 -13704 Marshall 3 1 - 2 - 0 157 -4545 150 -14472 Missouri Rolla 1 0 - 1 - 0 110 -339 151 -14542 Harvard 1 0 - 1 - 0 138 -2707 152 -14630 Eastern Michigan 11 1 - 9 - 1 143 -3042 153 -14791 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 139 -2707 154 -15056 Princeton 1 0 - 1 - 0 140 -2707 155 -15091 Richmond 10 0 - 10 - 0 117 -749 156 -15970 Northern Arizona 2 0 - 2 - 0 152 -3754 157 -16538 Missouri State 1 0 - 1 - 0 127 -1768 158 -16776 Grand Valley State 1 0 - 1 - 0 124 -1464 159 -18263 Illinois State 11 2 - 9 - 0 160 -4832 160 -18574 Kent State 11 0 - 11 - 0 144 -3252 161 -18681 Dartmouth 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 -4327 162 -19361 Columbia 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 -2707 163 -26722 Minnesota State Moorhead 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 -9131 164 -32517 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 164 -9131