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