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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 21346 Auburn 12 11 - 1 - 0 1 6057 2 18435 Florida 12 9 - 2 - 1 9 5089 3 18432 Georgia 12 10 - 1 - 1 11 4872 4 18132 Nebraska 13 12 - 1 - 0 38 3189 5 18109 Miami FL 12 11 - 1 - 0 23 3943 6 16400 Texas 12 11 - 1 - 0 53 2648 7 15033 Illinois 12 10 - 2 - 0 42 3114 8 14826 Michigan 12 9 - 3 - 0 21 3964 9 13958 Iowa 12 9 - 3 - 0 25 3882 10 13935 Brigham Young 12 11 - 1 - 0 75 1497 11 13697 Clemson 11 9 - 1 - 1 61 2299 12 13466 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 33 3483 13 13393 West Virginia 12 9 - 3 - 0 34 3400 14 13374 Alabama 12 8 - 4 - 0 14 4451 15 13228 Tennessee 12 9 - 3 - 0 37 3194 16 12660 Furman 1 1 - 0 - 0 65 1946 17 12510 Pittsburgh 12 8 - 3 - 1 32 3528 18 11953 Florida State 12 7 - 5 - 0 13 4626 19 11700 East Carolina 11 8 - 3 - 0 49 2851 20 11696 Penn State 13 8 - 4 - 1 17 4281 21 11619 Maryland 12 8 - 4 - 0 22 3955 22 11032 Wisconsin 11 7 - 4 - 0 28 3753 23 10940 Missouri 12 7 - 5 - 0 20 3973 24 10640 Boston College 12 9 - 3 - 0 67 1807 25 10525 UCLA 12 7 - 4 - 1 29 3718 26 10464 Eastern Washington 1 1 - 0 - 0 90 898 27 10348 Southern Methodist 12 10 - 2 - 0 88 1079 28 10114 Oklahoma State 12 8 - 4 - 0 51 2736 29 9634 Oklahoma 12 8 - 4 - 0 44 3015 30 9557 Kentucky 12 6 - 5 - 1 15 4450 31 9469 Tennessee Chattanooga 1 1 - 0 - 0 143 -1649 32 9254 Idaho State 2 2 - 0 - 0 140 -1435 33 9100 Notre Dame 12 7 - 5 - 0 48 2889 34 9031 Air Force 12 10 - 2 - 0 106 457 35 9000 Virginia Tech 11 9 - 2 - 0 118 -152 36 8640 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 66 1849 37 8544 North Carolina 12 8 - 4 - 0 63 2017 38 7964 Northern Illinois 12 10 - 2 - 0 112 276 39 7825 Arizona 11 7 - 3 - 1 94 836 40 7560 Washington 12 8 - 4 - 0 70 1763 41 7488 Memphis 11 6 - 4 - 1 56 2509 42 6981 Syracuse 11 6 - 5 - 0 39 3144 43 6351 Washington State 11 7 - 4 - 0 76 1455 44 6263 Central Michigan 11 8 - 3 - 0 117 -127 45 6167 Baylor 12 7 - 4 - 1 72 1605 46 5806 Mississippi 12 6 - 6 - 0 31 3589 47 5660 North Texas 5 3 - 2 - 0 98 795 48 5598 Louisiana State 11 4 - 7 - 0 26 3786 49 5015 Mississippi State 11 3 - 8 - 0 5 5322 50 4922 Toledo 11 9 - 2 - 0 135 -1070 51 4884 Arizona State 11 6 - 4 - 1 95 810 52 4872 Bowling Green 11 8 - 3 - 0 113 267 53 4773 South Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 43 3018 54 4704 Michigan State 11 4 - 6 - 1 30 3686 55 4604 Southern Illinois 14 13 - 1 - 0 160 -3253 56 4346 Temple 11 4 - 7 - 0 24 3899 57 4300 Purdue 11 3 - 7 - 1 16 4437 58 3966 Arkansas 11 6 - 5 - 0 78 1427 59 3893 Georgia Tech 11 3 - 8 - 0 12 4698 60 3559 Idaho 1 1 - 0 - 0 166 -3576 61 3544 Cincinnati 11 4 - 6 - 1 52 2703 62 3363 Texas A&M 11 5 - 5 - 1 82 1341 63 3144 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 - 0 10 5071 64 3083 Wyoming 12 7 - 5 - 0 97 796 65 2891 Akron 2 2 - 0 - 0 170 -4536 66 2626 Kansas 11 4 - 6 - 1 62 2288 67 2465 Tulsa 11 8 - 3 - 0 145 -1694 68 2361 Missouri Southern 1 1 - 0 - 0 167 -3720 69 2330 Tulane 11 4 - 7 - 0 40 3139 70 2296 Iowa State 11 4 - 7 - 0 50 2805 71 2254 Indiana 11 3 - 8 - 0 27 3780 72 2211 New Mexico 12 6 - 6 - 0 89 973 73 2092 Virginia 11 6 - 5 - 0 105 542 74 1992 Colorado 11 4 - 7 - 0 54 2628 75 1977 Southern California 11 4 - 6 - 1 58 2377 76 1797 Cal State Long Beach 12 8 - 4 - 0 136 -1083 77 1712 Utah 11 5 - 6 - 0 87 1174 78 1662 Nevada Las Vegas 11 7 - 4 - 0 133 -858 79 1497 Hawaii 11 5 - 5 - 1 107 424 80 1367 Indiana State 13 9 - 4 - 0 141 -1515 81 1317 California 11 5 - 5 - 1 102 731 82 1163 Duke 11 3 - 8 - 0 35 3309 83 844 Cal State Fullerton 12 7 - 5 - 0 115 139 84 768 Louisiana Monroe 2 1 - 1 - 0 127 -482 85 656 Harvard 1 1 - 0 - 0 168 -3955 86 384 Grambling 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 5174 87 276 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 5850 88 218 Brown 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 5848 89 203 Oregon 11 4 - 6 - 1 74 1533 90 88 Boston University 1 1 - 0 - 0 171 -5055 91 53 Delaware 2 1 - 1 - 0 124 -358 92 30 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 103 691 93 -19 Western Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 121 -260 94 -261 North Carolina State 11 3 - 8 - 0 64 1968 95 -629 Murray State 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 5850 96 -729 Louisville 11 3 - 8 - 0 46 2980 97 -906 Wake Forest 11 4 - 7 - 0 85 1223 98 -944 Northwestern 11 2 - 9 - 0 18 4099 99 -971 Abilene Christian 1 1 - 0 - 0 174 -7407 100 -1144 Texas Tech 11 3 - 7 - 1 68 1806 101 -1152 Kansas State 11 3 - 8 - 0 45 3003 102 -1186 Ball State 11 6 - 5 - 0 131 -717 103 -1317 Miami OH 11 4 - 7 - 0 93 885 104 -1370 Houston 11 4 - 7 - 0 80 1396 105 -1440 San Jose State 11 5 - 6 - 0 126 -427 106 -1674 Texas Arlington 5 3 - 2 - 0 147 -1788 107 -1716 Colorado State 12 5 - 7 - 0 99 786 108 -1954 Eastern Illinois 4 1 - 3 - 0 109 393 109 -2442 Rutgers 11 3 - 8 - 0 79 1397 110 -2469 Navy 11 3 - 8 - 0 81 1347 111 -2903 South Dakota State 1 1 - 0 - 0 175 -7966 112 -3029 Morgan State 1 0 - 1 - 0 6 5320 113 -3244 Ohio University 11 4 - 7 - 0 111 301 114 -3287 Fresno State 11 6 - 5 - 0 152 -2278 115 -3298 Louisiana Lafayette 10 4 - 6 - 0 130 -616 116 -3313 Appalachian State 2 1 - 1 - 0 122 -291 117 -3452 Arkansas State 3 0 - 2 - 1 55 2575 118 -3505 Angelo State 1 1 - 0 - 0 173 -7407 119 -3728 Holy Cross 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 5320 120 -3916 Minnesota 11 1 - 10 - 0 19 4001 121 -4101 Texas Christian 11 1 - 8 - 2 71 1648 122 -4189 Illinois State 11 6 - 4 - 1 165 -3519 123 -4220 Colgate 4 2 - 2 - 0 151 -2172 124 -4327 San Diego State 12 2 - 9 - 1 83 1267 125 -5779 William & Mary 11 6 - 5 - 0 159 -2827 126 -5955 New Mexico State 11 5 - 6 - 0 148 -1883 127 -6213 Northern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 41 3131 128 -6339 Nevada Reno 5 1 - 4 - 0 123 -333 129 -6405 Stanford 11 1 - 10 - 0 60 2302 130 -6585 Texas El Paso 12 2 - 10 - 0 96 801 131 -6862 Oregon State 11 2 - 8 - 1 110 325 132 -7153 Pacific 12 3 - 9 - 0 119 -170 133 -7184 Northwestern State LA 1 0 - 1 - 0 84 1232 134 -7296 Kent State 11 1 - 10 - 0 100 785 135 -7441 Wichita State 11 3 - 8 - 0 134 -966 136 -7457 Lehigh 2 1 - 1 - 0 157 -2594 137 -7910 Army 11 2 - 9 - 0 108 418 138 -8206 Northern Iowa 3 1 - 2 - 0 144 -1660 139 -8616 Massachusetts 1 0 - 1 - 0 57 2461 140 -8674 Boise State 2 0 - 2 - 0 114 218 141 -8736 Rice 11 1 - 10 - 0 77 1455 142 -8981 McNeese State 2 1 - 1 - 0 169 -4528 143 -9296 Cornell 1 0 - 1 - 0 69 1772 144 -9404 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 73 1541 145 -9404 Western Carolina 3 0 - 3 - 0 47 2899 146 -9960 Citadel 2 0 - 2 - 0 36 3241 147 -10045 Southeast Missouri State 1 0 - 1 - 0 59 2302 148 -10110 Richmond 11 3 - 8 - 0 149 -1951 149 -10375 Missouri State 3 1 - 2 - 0 155 -2586 150 -10552 Western Illinois 3 1 - 2 - 0 156 -2586 151 -10851 Eastern Michigan 11 1 - 10 - 0 120 -239 152 -10970 Montana 1 0 - 1 - 0 91 898 153 -11888 Montana State 2 0 - 2 - 0 101 766 154 -12046 Princeton 1 0 - 1 - 0 139 -1234 155 -12088 Yale 2 0 - 2 - 0 86 1215 156 -12138 Central Missouri 1 0 - 1 - 0 104 683 157 -12180 Texas A&M Kingsville 1 0 - 1 - 0 92 898 158 -12230 Louisiana Tech 3 0 - 3 - 0 116 -102 159 -12311 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 128 -593 160 -12456 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 125 -364 161 -13109 Nicholls State 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 -2094 162 -13804 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 -858 163 -13850 Lamar 2 0 - 2 - 0 137 -1167 164 -14814 West Texas A&M 11 0 - 10 - 1 146 -1779 165 -15171 Connecticut 1 0 - 1 - 0 138 -1221 166 -15409 Dartmouth 2 0 - 2 - 0 162 -3422 167 -15444 Virginia Military 4 0 - 4 - 0 129 -599 168 -15651 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 161 -3292 169 -15932 Drake 11 1 - 10 - 0 154 -2545 170 -16005 Northern Arizona 2 0 - 2 - 0 158 -2610 171 -16508 California Poly 1 0 - 1 - 0 142 -1643 172 -16892 James Madison 3 0 - 3 - 0 153 -2299 173 -19088 Central Florida 1 0 - 1 - 0 172 -5055 174 -19111 Marshall 3 0 - 3 - 0 164 -3469 175 -20659 Portland State 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 -3431