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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 7776 Holy Cross 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 7776 2 7776 Western Carolina 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 7776 3 5867 Citadel 2 0 - 2 - 0 3 5867 4 5109 Colgate 2 0 - 2 - 0 4 5109 5 4986 Virginia Military 2 0 - 2 - 0 5 4986 6 4939 North Texas 3 0 - 3 - 0 6 4939 7 4846 Syracuse 11 6 - 5 - 0 7 4846 8 4601 Georgia 12 7 - 4 - 1 8 4601 9 4548 Pennsylvania 1 0 - 1 - 0 9 4548 10 4548 Harvard 1 0 - 1 - 0 10 4548 11 4548 Montana 1 0 - 1 - 0 11 4548 12 4469 Tennessee 12 7 - 4 - 1 12 4469 13 4411 Penn State 11 6 - 5 - 0 13 4411 14 4201 Florida 11 9 - 1 - 1 14 4201 15 4096 Alabama 11 5 - 6 - 0 15 4096 16 4017 Appalachian State 2 0 - 2 - 0 16 4017 17 3964 Auburn 13 9 - 4 - 0 17 3964 18 3946 Boston College 12 10 - 2 - 0 18 3946 19 3896 Maryland 12 9 - 3 - 0 19 3896 20 3846 Vanderbilt 11 5 - 6 - 0 20 3846 21 3831 Pittsburgh 11 3 - 7 - 1 21 3831 22 3822 Duke 11 2 - 9 - 0 22 3822 23 3786 Delaware 1 1 - 0 - 0 23 3786 24 3761 Tulane 11 3 - 8 - 0 24 3761 25 3661 William & Mary 4 0 - 4 - 0 25 3661 26 3651 West Virginia 12 8 - 4 - 0 26 3651 27 3596 Notre Dame 12 7 - 5 - 0 27 3596 28 3550 Miami FL 13 8 - 5 - 0 28 3550 29 3549 Georgia Tech 11 6 - 4 - 1 29 3549 30 3549 North Carolina 11 5 - 5 - 1 30 3549 31 3542 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 31 3542 32 3519 Clemson 11 7 - 4 - 0 32 3519 33 3507 Florida State 12 7 - 3 - 2 33 3507 34 3453 Louisiana State 12 8 - 3 - 1 34 3453 35 3378 Texas 12 7 - 4 - 1 35 3378 36 3367 Tennessee Chattanooga 2 1 - 1 - 0 36 3367 37 3313 Northwestern 11 2 - 9 - 0 37 3313 38 3240 Michigan 12 6 - 6 - 0 38 3240 39 3223 Mississippi State 11 4 - 7 - 0 39 3223 40 3195 Stanford 11 5 - 6 - 0 40 3195 41 3136 North Carolina State 11 3 - 8 - 0 41 3136 42 3098 Rutgers 10 7 - 3 - 0 42 3098 43 3092 Southern California 12 9 - 3 - 0 43 3092 44 3060 Temple 11 6 - 5 - 0 44 3060 45 3046 Virginia 12 8 - 2 - 2 45 3046 46 2966 Colorado 11 1 - 10 - 0 46 2966 47 2953 Purdue 12 7 - 5 - 0 47 2953 48 2863 Baylor 11 5 - 6 - 0 48 2863 49 2851 Indiana 11 0 - 11 - 0 49 2851 50 2815 Kentucky 12 9 - 3 - 0 50 2815 51 2796 Mississippi 11 4 - 6 - 1 51 2796 52 2714 Oregon State 11 2 - 9 - 0 52 2714 53 2707 Missouri 11 3 - 7 - 1 53 2707 54 2685 Navy 11 4 - 6 - 1 54 2685 55 2669 Richmond 3 0 - 3 - 0 55 2669 56 2582 Houston 12 7 - 5 - 0 56 2582 57 2515 Cincinnati 11 2 - 9 - 0 57 2515 58 2505 Washington State 11 6 - 5 - 0 58 2505 59 2482 Oklahoma 12 9 - 2 - 1 59 2482 60 2457 Minnesota 11 4 - 7 - 0 60 2457 61 2444 Arkansas 12 7 - 4 - 1 61 2444 62 2408 California 11 2 - 9 - 0 62 2408 63 2345 Arizona State 11 5 - 6 - 0 63 2345 64 2331 Michigan State 12 6 - 6 - 0 64 2331 65 2328 South Carolina 12 10 - 2 - 0 65 2328 66 2282 Kansas State 11 3 - 7 - 1 66 2282 67 2175 Wake Forest 11 6 - 5 - 0 67 2175 68 2173 Nebraska 12 10 - 2 - 0 68 2173 69 2143 Iowa 13 8 - 4 - 1 69 2143 70 2130 Army 12 8 - 3 - 1 70 2130 71 2110 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 71 2110 72 2099 Rice 11 1 - 10 - 0 72 2099 73 2092 Kansas 11 5 - 6 - 0 73 2092 74 2055 Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 74 2055 75 2054 Washington 12 11 - 1 - 0 75 2054 76 1981 Wisconsin 12 7 - 4 - 1 76 1981 77 1975 Utah State 11 1 - 10 - 0 77 1975 78 1959 Virginia Tech 12 8 - 4 - 0 78 1959 79 1917 Memphis 11 5 - 5 - 1 79 1917 80 1876 Oklahoma State 12 10 - 2 - 0 80 1876 81 1829 UCLA 12 9 - 3 - 0 81 1829 82 1753 Southern Methodist 12 10 - 2 - 0 82 1753 83 1720 Texas Christian 12 8 - 4 - 0 83 1720 84 1667 Arizona 11 7 - 4 - 0 84 1667 85 1656 Princeton 1 0 - 1 - 0 85 1656 86 1656 Lehigh 1 0 - 1 - 0 86 1656 87 1600 Louisville 11 2 - 9 - 0 87 1600 88 1563 Oregon 11 6 - 5 - 0 88 1563 89 1553 Texas Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 89 1553 90 1403 San Diego State 12 4 - 7 - 1 90 1403 91 1362 Southern Mississippi 11 4 - 7 - 0 91 1362 92 1324 Boise State 2 0 - 2 - 0 92 1324 93 1282 Colorado State 11 3 - 8 - 0 93 1282 94 1255 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 94 1255 95 1169 Texas A&M 11 6 - 5 - 0 95 1169 96 1148 Northern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 96 1148 97 1107 Idaho 2 1 - 1 - 0 97 1107 98 1096 Iowa State 11 2 - 7 - 2 98 1096 99 910 Hawaii 11 7 - 4 - 0 99 910 100 860 Louisiana Tech 3 0 - 3 - 0 100 860 101 860 Air Force 12 8 - 4 - 0 101 860 102 737 Louisiana Monroe 1 1 - 0 - 0 102 737 103 695 Furman 1 1 - 0 - 0 103 695 104 353 Utah 12 6 - 5 - 1 104 353 105 303 Cal State Long Beach 11 4 - 7 - 0 105 303 106 256 Brigham Young 13 13 - 0 - 0 106 256 107 184 Louisiana Lafayette 11 6 - 5 - 0 107 184 108 144 East Carolina 11 2 - 9 - 0 108 144 109 -50 Wyoming 12 6 - 6 - 0 109 -50 110 -57 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 110 -57 111 -116 Miami OH 11 4 - 7 - 0 111 -116 112 -148 Texas El Paso 11 2 - 9 - 0 112 -148 113 -248 Nevada Reno 2 0 - 2 - 0 113 -248 114 -257 New Mexico 12 4 - 8 - 0 114 -257 115 -312 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 115 -312 116 -312 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 116 -312 117 -411 San Jose State 11 6 - 5 - 0 117 -411 118 -455 Ball State 11 3 - 8 - 0 118 -455 119 -489 Middle Tennessee 1 1 - 0 - 0 119 -489 120 -489 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 120 -489 121 -489 Central Missouri 1 0 - 1 - 0 121 -489 122 -506 Montana State 1 1 - 0 - 0 122 -506 123 -506 California Poly 1 0 - 1 - 0 123 -506 124 -571 Ohio University 11 4 - 6 - 1 124 -571 125 -612 Northwestern State LA 1 1 - 0 - 0 125 -612 126 -733 Idaho State 2 0 - 2 - 0 126 -733 127 -753 Fresno State 12 6 - 6 - 0 127 -753 128 -1005 Eastern Michigan 11 2 - 7 - 2 128 -1005 129 -1012 Tulsa 11 6 - 5 - 0 129 -1012 130 -1123 Nevada Las Vegas 13 11 - 2 - 0 130 -1123 131 -1216 Kent State 11 4 - 7 - 0 131 -1216 132 -1232 Bowling Green 11 8 - 3 - 0 132 -1232 133 -1342 Arkansas State 3 1 - 2 - 0 133 -1342 134 -1434 Northern Illinois 11 4 - 6 - 1 134 -1434 135 -1492 Toledo 12 8 - 3 - 1 135 -1492 136 -1680 Wichita State 11 2 - 9 - 0 136 -1680 137 -1687 Cal State Fullerton 12 11 - 1 - 0 137 -1687 138 -1799 Pacific 11 4 - 7 - 0 138 -1799 139 -1832 Western Michigan 11 5 - 6 - 0 139 -1832 140 -2246 Central Michigan 11 8 - 2 - 1 140 -2246 141 -2324 New Mexico State 11 2 - 9 - 0 141 -2324 142 -2450 Akron 2 0 - 2 - 0 142 -2450 143 -2459 Central Florida 2 1 - 1 - 0 143 -2459 144 -2701 Murray State 1 1 - 0 - 0 144 -2701 145 -2701 Tennessee State 1 1 - 0 - 0 145 -2701 146 -2701 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 -2701 147 -2801 Youngstown State 2 2 - 0 - 0 147 -2801 148 -2880 Eastern Illinois 4 0 - 4 - 0 148 -2880 149 -2945 Lamar 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 -2945 150 -3095 McNeese State 2 2 - 0 - 0 150 -3095 151 -3330 Marshall 3 2 - 1 - 0 151 -3330 152 -3409 Massachusetts 1 1 - 0 - 0 152 -3409 153 -3611 Georgia Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 -3611 154 -3611 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 154 -3611 155 -3651 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 155 -3651 156 -3933 Indiana State 12 9 - 3 - 0 156 -3933 157 -4123 West Texas A&M 11 3 - 8 - 0 157 -4123 158 -4168 Texas Arlington 3 2 - 1 - 0 158 -4168 159 -4360 Illinois State 11 5 - 6 - 0 159 -4360 160 -4429 Lincoln MO 1 0 - 1 - 0 160 -4429 161 -4670 Southern Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 161 -4670 162 -4816 Western Illinois 4 4 - 0 - 0 162 -4816 163 -4940 Drake 11 4 - 7 - 0 163 -4940 164 -5953 Texas State 1 1 - 0 - 0 164 -5953 165 -6789 Truman State 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 -6789 166 -6927 Abilene Christian 1 0 - 1 - 0 166 -6927 167 -7173 Missouri State 2 2 - 0 - 0 167 -7173 168 -7173 Northern Iowa 2 1 - 1 - 0 168 -7173 169 -7557 Southeast Missouri State 1 0 - 1 - 0 169 -7557