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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 6057 Auburn 12 11 - 1 - 0 1 6057 2 5850 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 5850 3 5850 Murray State 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 5850 4 5848 Brown 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 5848 5 5322 Mississippi State 11 3 - 8 - 0 5 5322 6 5320 Morgan State 1 0 - 1 - 0 6 5320 7 5320 Holy Cross 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 5320 8 5174 Grambling 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 5174 9 5089 Florida 12 9 - 2 - 1 9 5089 10 5071 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 - 0 10 5071 11 4872 Georgia 12 10 - 1 - 1 11 4872 12 4698 Georgia Tech 11 3 - 8 - 0 12 4698 13 4626 Florida State 12 7 - 5 - 0 13 4626 14 4451 Alabama 12 8 - 4 - 0 14 4451 15 4450 Kentucky 12 6 - 5 - 1 15 4450 16 4437 Purdue 11 3 - 7 - 1 16 4437 17 4281 Penn State 13 8 - 4 - 1 17 4281 18 4099 Northwestern 11 2 - 9 - 0 18 4099 19 4001 Minnesota 11 1 - 10 - 0 19 4001 20 3973 Missouri 12 7 - 5 - 0 20 3973 21 3964 Michigan 12 9 - 3 - 0 21 3964 22 3955 Maryland 12 8 - 4 - 0 22 3955 23 3943 Miami FL 12 11 - 1 - 0 23 3943 24 3899 Temple 11 4 - 7 - 0 24 3899 25 3882 Iowa 12 9 - 3 - 0 25 3882 26 3786 Louisiana State 11 4 - 7 - 0 26 3786 27 3780 Indiana 11 3 - 8 - 0 27 3780 28 3753 Wisconsin 11 7 - 4 - 0 28 3753 29 3718 UCLA 12 7 - 4 - 1 29 3718 30 3686 Michigan State 11 4 - 6 - 1 30 3686 31 3589 Mississippi 12 6 - 6 - 0 31 3589 32 3528 Pittsburgh 12 8 - 3 - 1 32 3528 33 3483 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 33 3483 34 3400 West Virginia 12 9 - 3 - 0 34 3400 35 3309 Duke 11 3 - 8 - 0 35 3309 36 3241 Citadel 2 0 - 2 - 0 36 3241 37 3194 Tennessee 12 9 - 3 - 0 37 3194 38 3189 Nebraska 13 12 - 1 - 0 38 3189 39 3144 Syracuse 11 6 - 5 - 0 39 3144 40 3139 Tulane 11 4 - 7 - 0 40 3139 41 3131 Northern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 41 3131 42 3114 Illinois 12 10 - 2 - 0 42 3114 43 3018 South Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 43 3018 44 3015 Oklahoma 12 8 - 4 - 0 44 3015 45 3003 Kansas State 11 3 - 8 - 0 45 3003 46 2980 Louisville 11 3 - 8 - 0 46 2980 47 2899 Western Carolina 3 0 - 3 - 0 47 2899 48 2889 Notre Dame 12 7 - 5 - 0 48 2889 49 2851 East Carolina 11 8 - 3 - 0 49 2851 50 2805 Iowa State 11 4 - 7 - 0 50 2805 51 2736 Oklahoma State 12 8 - 4 - 0 51 2736 52 2703 Cincinnati 11 4 - 6 - 1 52 2703 53 2648 Texas 12 11 - 1 - 0 53 2648 54 2628 Colorado 11 4 - 7 - 0 54 2628 55 2575 Arkansas State 3 0 - 2 - 1 55 2575 56 2509 Memphis 11 6 - 4 - 1 56 2509 57 2461 Massachusetts 1 0 - 1 - 0 57 2461 58 2377 Southern California 11 4 - 6 - 1 58 2377 59 2302 Southeast Missouri State 1 0 - 1 - 0 59 2302 60 2302 Stanford 11 1 - 10 - 0 60 2302 61 2299 Clemson 11 9 - 1 - 1 61 2299 62 2288 Kansas 11 4 - 6 - 1 62 2288 63 2017 North Carolina 12 8 - 4 - 0 63 2017 64 1968 North Carolina State 11 3 - 8 - 0 64 1968 65 1946 Furman 1 1 - 0 - 0 65 1946 66 1849 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 66 1849 67 1807 Boston College 12 9 - 3 - 0 67 1807 68 1806 Texas Tech 11 3 - 7 - 1 68 1806 69 1772 Cornell 1 0 - 1 - 0 69 1772 70 1763 Washington 12 8 - 4 - 0 70 1763 71 1648 Texas Christian 11 1 - 8 - 2 71 1648 72 1605 Baylor 12 7 - 4 - 1 72 1605 73 1541 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 73 1541 74 1533 Oregon 11 4 - 6 - 1 74 1533 75 1497 Brigham Young 12 11 - 1 - 0 75 1497 76 1455 Washington State 11 7 - 4 - 0 76 1455 77 1455 Rice 11 1 - 10 - 0 77 1455 78 1427 Arkansas 11 6 - 5 - 0 78 1427 79 1397 Rutgers 11 3 - 8 - 0 79 1397 80 1396 Houston 11 4 - 7 - 0 80 1396 81 1347 Navy 11 3 - 8 - 0 81 1347 82 1341 Texas A&M 11 5 - 5 - 1 82 1341 83 1267 San Diego State 12 2 - 9 - 1 83 1267 84 1232 Northwestern State LA 1 0 - 1 - 0 84 1232 85 1223 Wake Forest 11 4 - 7 - 0 85 1223 86 1215 Yale 2 0 - 2 - 0 86 1215 87 1174 Utah 11 5 - 6 - 0 87 1174 88 1079 Southern Methodist 12 10 - 2 - 0 88 1079 89 973 New Mexico 12 6 - 6 - 0 89 973 90 898 Eastern Washington 1 1 - 0 - 0 90 898 91 898 Montana 1 0 - 1 - 0 91 898 92 898 Texas A&M Kingsville 1 0 - 1 - 0 92 898 93 885 Miami OH 11 4 - 7 - 0 93 885 94 836 Arizona 11 7 - 3 - 1 94 836 95 810 Arizona State 11 6 - 4 - 1 95 810 96 801 Texas El Paso 12 2 - 10 - 0 96 801 97 796 Wyoming 12 7 - 5 - 0 97 796 98 795 North Texas 5 3 - 2 - 0 98 795 99 786 Colorado State 12 5 - 7 - 0 99 786 100 785 Kent State 11 1 - 10 - 0 100 785 101 766 Montana State 2 0 - 2 - 0 101 766 102 731 California 11 5 - 5 - 1 102 731 103 691 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 103 691 104 683 Central Missouri 1 0 - 1 - 0 104 683 105 542 Virginia 11 6 - 5 - 0 105 542 106 457 Air Force 12 10 - 2 - 0 106 457 107 424 Hawaii 11 5 - 5 - 1 107 424 108 418 Army 11 2 - 9 - 0 108 418 109 393 Eastern Illinois 4 1 - 3 - 0 109 393 110 325 Oregon State 11 2 - 8 - 1 110 325 111 301 Ohio University 11 4 - 7 - 0 111 301 112 276 Northern Illinois 12 10 - 2 - 0 112 276 113 267 Bowling Green 11 8 - 3 - 0 113 267 114 218 Boise State 2 0 - 2 - 0 114 218 115 139 Cal State Fullerton 12 7 - 5 - 0 115 139 116 -102 Louisiana Tech 3 0 - 3 - 0 116 -102 117 -127 Central Michigan 11 8 - 3 - 0 117 -127 118 -152 Virginia Tech 11 9 - 2 - 0 118 -152 119 -170 Pacific 12 3 - 9 - 0 119 -170 120 -239 Eastern Michigan 11 1 - 10 - 0 120 -239 121 -260 Western Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 121 -260 122 -291 Appalachian State 2 1 - 1 - 0 122 -291 123 -333 Nevada Reno 5 1 - 4 - 0 123 -333 124 -358 Delaware 2 1 - 1 - 0 124 -358 125 -364 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 125 -364 126 -427 San Jose State 11 5 - 6 - 0 126 -427 127 -482 Louisiana Monroe 2 1 - 1 - 0 127 -482 128 -593 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 128 -593 129 -599 Virginia Military 4 0 - 4 - 0 129 -599 130 -616 Louisiana Lafayette 10 4 - 6 - 0 130 -616 131 -717 Ball State 11 6 - 5 - 0 131 -717 132 -858 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 -858 133 -858 Nevada Las Vegas 11 7 - 4 - 0 133 -858 134 -966 Wichita State 11 3 - 8 - 0 134 -966 135 -1070 Toledo 11 9 - 2 - 0 135 -1070 136 -1083 Cal State Long Beach 12 8 - 4 - 0 136 -1083 137 -1167 Lamar 2 0 - 2 - 0 137 -1167 138 -1221 Connecticut 1 0 - 1 - 0 138 -1221 139 -1234 Princeton 1 0 - 1 - 0 139 -1234 140 -1435 Idaho State 2 2 - 0 - 0 140 -1435 141 -1515 Indiana State 13 9 - 4 - 0 141 -1515 142 -1643 California Poly 1 0 - 1 - 0 142 -1643 143 -1649 Tennessee Chattanooga 1 1 - 0 - 0 143 -1649 144 -1660 Northern Iowa 3 1 - 2 - 0 144 -1660 145 -1694 Tulsa 11 8 - 3 - 0 145 -1694 146 -1779 West Texas A&M 11 0 - 10 - 1 146 -1779 147 -1788 Texas Arlington 5 3 - 2 - 0 147 -1788 148 -1883 New Mexico State 11 5 - 6 - 0 148 -1883 149 -1951 Richmond 11 3 - 8 - 0 149 -1951 150 -2094 Nicholls State 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 -2094 151 -2172 Colgate 4 2 - 2 - 0 151 -2172 152 -2278 Fresno State 11 6 - 5 - 0 152 -2278 153 -2299 James Madison 3 0 - 3 - 0 153 -2299 154 -2545 Drake 11 1 - 10 - 0 154 -2545 155 -2586 Missouri State 3 1 - 2 - 0 155 -2586 156 -2586 Western Illinois 3 1 - 2 - 0 156 -2586 157 -2594 Lehigh 2 1 - 1 - 0 157 -2594 158 -2610 Northern Arizona 2 0 - 2 - 0 158 -2610 159 -2827 William & Mary 11 6 - 5 - 0 159 -2827 160 -3253 Southern Illinois 14 13 - 1 - 0 160 -3253 161 -3292 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 161 -3292 162 -3422 Dartmouth 2 0 - 2 - 0 162 -3422 163 -3431 Portland State 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 -3431 164 -3469 Marshall 3 0 - 3 - 0 164 -3469 165 -3519 Illinois State 11 6 - 4 - 1 165 -3519 166 -3576 Idaho 1 1 - 0 - 0 166 -3576 167 -3720 Missouri Southern 1 1 - 0 - 0 167 -3720 168 -3955 Harvard 1 1 - 0 - 0 168 -3955 169 -4528 McNeese State 2 1 - 1 - 0 169 -4528 170 -4536 Akron 2 2 - 0 - 0 170 -4536 171 -5055 Boston University 1 1 - 0 - 0 171 -5055 172 -5055 Central Florida 1 0 - 1 - 0 172 -5055 173 -7407 Angelo State 1 1 - 0 - 0 173 -7407 174 -7407 Abilene Christian 1 1 - 0 - 0 174 -7407 175 -7966 South Dakota State 1 1 - 0 - 0 175 -7966