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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 5258 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 1 5258 2 5255 Oregon 11 2 - 8 - 1 2 5255 3 5207 Massachusetts 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 5207 4 5207 Holy Cross 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 5207 5 4906 Kentucky 11 0 - 10 - 1 5 4906 6 4880 Southern California 11 8 - 3 - 0 6 4880 7 4859 Stanford 11 5 - 6 - 0 7 4859 8 4788 Tennessee Chattanooga 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 4788 9 4531 Notre Dame 11 6 - 4 - 1 9 4531 10 4510 Florida 12 8 - 4 - 0 10 4510 11 4300 Arizona 11 6 - 4 - 1 11 4300 12 4218 Mississippi State 11 5 - 6 - 0 12 4218 13 4208 Oregon State 11 1 - 9 - 1 13 4208 14 4182 Alabama 12 8 - 4 - 0 14 4182 15 4156 Auburn 12 9 - 3 - 0 15 4156 16 4155 UCLA 12 10 - 1 - 1 16 4155 17 4152 California 11 7 - 4 - 0 17 4152 18 4085 Syracuse 11 2 - 9 - 0 18 4085 19 4067 Georgia 12 11 - 1 - 0 19 4067 20 3986 Mississippi 11 4 - 7 - 0 20 3986 21 3932 Maryland 12 8 - 4 - 0 21 3932 22 3905 Pittsburgh 12 9 - 3 - 0 22 3905 23 3890 North Carolina State 11 6 - 5 - 0 23 3890 24 3649 Washington 12 10 - 2 - 0 24 3649 25 3639 Arizona State 12 10 - 2 - 0 25 3639 26 3626 Florida State 12 9 - 3 - 0 26 3626 27 3489 Oklahoma 12 8 - 4 - 0 27 3489 28 3481 Western Carolina 2 0 - 2 - 0 28 3481 29 3464 Miami FL 11 7 - 4 - 0 29 3464 30 3381 Michigan 12 8 - 4 - 0 30 3381 31 3348 Santa Clara 1 0 - 1 - 0 31 3348 32 3298 West Virginia 12 9 - 3 - 0 32 3298 33 3297 Texas Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 33 3297 34 3288 Colorado 11 2 - 8 - 1 34 3288 35 3282 Washington State 11 3 - 7 - 1 35 3282 36 3127 Duke 11 6 - 5 - 0 36 3127 37 3121 North Carolina 12 8 - 4 - 0 37 3121 38 3111 Michigan State 11 2 - 9 - 0 38 3111 39 3081 Texas El Paso 12 2 - 10 - 0 39 3081 40 3073 South Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 40 3073 41 3062 Vanderbilt 12 8 - 4 - 0 41 3062 42 3055 Tulane 11 4 - 7 - 0 42 3055 43 3036 Purdue 11 3 - 8 - 0 43 3036 44 3033 Montana State 2 0 - 2 - 0 44 3033 45 3001 Tennessee 12 6 - 5 - 1 45 3001 46 3000 Louisiana State 12 8 - 3 - 1 46 3000 47 2943 Memphis 11 1 - 10 - 0 47 2943 48 2939 Nebraska 13 12 - 1 - 0 48 2939 49 2936 Furman 2 1 - 1 - 0 49 2936 50 2885 Rice 11 0 - 11 - 0 50 2885 51 2852 San Diego State 12 7 - 5 - 0 51 2852 52 2805 Clemson 11 9 - 1 - 1 52 2805 53 2777 Boston College 12 8 - 3 - 1 53 2777 54 2777 Illinois 12 7 - 5 - 0 54 2777 55 2736 Virginia 11 2 - 9 - 0 55 2736 56 2690 Indiana 11 5 - 6 - 0 56 2690 57 2683 Georgia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 57 2683 58 2680 Iowa 12 8 - 4 - 0 58 2680 59 2671 Temple 11 4 - 7 - 0 59 2671 60 2633 Wake Forest 11 3 - 8 - 0 60 2633 61 2543 Texas 12 9 - 3 - 0 61 2543 62 2529 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 62 2529 63 2486 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 63 2486 64 2418 Arkansas 12 9 - 2 - 1 64 2418 65 2411 Brigham Young 12 8 - 4 - 0 65 2411 66 2343 Citadel 2 0 - 2 - 0 66 2343 67 2342 Wisconsin 12 7 - 5 - 0 67 2342 68 2320 Air Force 13 8 - 5 - 0 68 2320 69 2283 Houston 11 5 - 5 - 1 69 2283 70 2122 Kansas 11 2 - 7 - 2 70 2122 71 2087 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 71 2087 72 2029 Baylor 11 4 - 6 - 1 72 2029 73 2014 Rutgers 11 5 - 6 - 0 73 2014 74 2009 Texas Christian 11 3 - 8 - 0 74 2009 75 2002 Missouri 11 5 - 4 - 2 75 2002 76 1964 Oklahoma State 11 4 - 5 - 2 76 1964 77 1949 Weber State 2 0 - 2 - 0 77 1949 78 1916 Kansas State 12 6 - 5 - 1 78 1916 79 1859 Minnesota 11 3 - 8 - 0 79 1859 80 1775 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 80 1775 81 1758 Texas A&M 11 5 - 6 - 0 81 1758 82 1732 Utah 11 5 - 6 - 0 82 1732 83 1616 Hawaii 11 6 - 5 - 0 83 1616 84 1601 Colorado State 11 4 - 7 - 0 84 1601 85 1593 Nevada Las Vegas 11 3 - 8 - 0 85 1593 86 1566 Pacific 11 2 - 9 - 0 86 1566 87 1414 Wyoming 12 5 - 7 - 0 87 1414 88 1390 Iowa State 11 4 - 6 - 1 88 1390 89 1309 Southern Methodist 12 11 - 0 - 1 89 1309 90 1305 Navy 11 6 - 5 - 0 90 1305 91 1292 Cal State Long Beach 11 6 - 5 - 0 91 1292 92 1238 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 92 1238 93 1238 Morgan State 1 0 - 1 - 0 93 1238 94 1210 Arkansas State 5 2 - 3 - 0 94 1210 95 1055 Colgate 3 1 - 2 - 0 95 1055 96 979 Montana 2 0 - 2 - 0 96 979 97 915 Lamar 2 0 - 2 - 0 97 915 98 795 Louisville 11 5 - 6 - 0 98 795 99 642 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 99 642 100 614 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 100 614 101 587 Cincinnati 11 6 - 5 - 0 101 587 102 575 Nevada Reno 2 2 - 0 - 0 102 575 103 575 California Poly 2 0 - 2 - 0 103 575 104 570 San Jose State 11 8 - 3 - 0 104 570 105 515 Appalachian State 2 0 - 2 - 0 105 515 106 500 Cal State Fullerton 12 3 - 9 - 0 106 500 107 477 New Mexico 11 10 - 1 - 0 107 477 108 -181 Louisiana Monroe 3 1 - 2 - 0 108 -181 109 -301 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 109 -301 110 -339 Missouri Rolla 1 0 - 1 - 0 110 -339 111 -394 Army 11 4 - 7 - 0 111 -394 112 -406 North Texas 11 2 - 9 - 0 112 -406 113 -489 Virginia Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 113 -489 114 -633 Idaho 2 1 - 1 - 0 114 -633 115 -659 Texas Arlington 5 1 - 4 - 0 115 -659 116 -689 Fresno State 12 11 - 1 - 0 116 -689 117 -749 Richmond 10 0 - 10 - 0 117 -749 118 -876 West Texas A&M 11 3 - 8 - 0 118 -876 119 -1007 Tulsa 11 10 - 1 - 0 119 -1007 120 -1183 New Mexico State 11 3 - 8 - 0 120 -1183 121 -1191 Louisiana Tech 5 3 - 2 - 0 121 -1191 122 -1273 East Carolina 11 7 - 4 - 0 122 -1273 123 -1361 Delaware 2 1 - 1 - 0 123 -1361 124 -1464 Grand Valley State 1 0 - 1 - 0 124 -1464 125 -1652 Drake 11 4 - 7 - 0 125 -1652 126 -1687 William & Mary 11 3 - 8 - 0 126 -1687 127 -1768 Missouri State 1 0 - 1 - 0 127 -1768 128 -1881 California Davis 1 1 - 0 - 0 128 -1881 129 -1884 Boise State 3 3 - 0 - 0 129 -1884 130 -1890 Indiana State 11 4 - 7 - 0 130 -1890 131 -1897 Idaho State 2 1 - 1 - 0 131 -1897 132 -2163 Bowling Green 12 7 - 5 - 0 132 -2163 133 -2209 Southern Illinois 11 6 - 5 - 0 133 -2209 134 -2550 James Madison 2 2 - 0 - 0 134 -2550 135 -2619 McNeese State 3 0 - 2 - 1 135 -2619 136 -2699 Louisiana Lafayette 11 7 - 3 - 1 136 -2699 137 -2707 Columbia 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 -2707 138 -2707 Harvard 1 0 - 1 - 0 138 -2707 139 -2707 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 139 -2707 140 -2707 Princeton 1 0 - 1 - 0 140 -2707 141 -2805 Virginia Military 4 1 - 3 - 0 141 -2805 142 -2839 Wichita State 11 8 - 3 - 0 142 -2839 143 -3042 Eastern Michigan 11 1 - 9 - 1 143 -3042 144 -3252 Kent State 11 0 - 11 - 0 144 -3252 145 -3285 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 145 -3285 146 -3285 Nebraska Omaha 1 1 - 0 - 0 146 -3285 147 -3331 Miami OH 11 7 - 4 - 0 147 -3331 148 -3576 Toledo 11 6 - 5 - 0 148 -3576 149 -3580 Central Michigan 11 6 - 4 - 1 149 -3580 150 -3645 Northern Illinois 10 5 - 5 - 0 150 -3645 151 -3720 Abilene Christian 1 1 - 0 - 0 151 -3720 152 -3754 Northern Arizona 2 0 - 2 - 0 152 -3754 153 -3890 Ohio University 11 6 - 5 - 0 153 -3890 154 -4138 Ball State 11 5 - 6 - 0 154 -4138 155 -4327 Brown 1 1 - 0 - 0 155 -4327 156 -4327 Dartmouth 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 -4327 157 -4545 Marshall 3 1 - 2 - 0 157 -4545 158 -4728 Western Illinois 3 1 - 2 - 0 158 -4728 159 -4772 Western Michigan 11 7 - 2 - 2 159 -4772 160 -4832 Illinois State 11 2 - 9 - 0 160 -4832 161 -4906 Eastern Illinois 3 3 - 0 - 0 161 -4906 162 -7315 Akron 1 1 - 0 - 0 162 -7315 163 -9131 Minnesota State Moorhead 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 -9131 164 -9131 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 164 -9131