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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 18823 Michigan 12 10 - 1 - 1 10 - 1 - 1 7 4351 2 18608 Florida 11 9 - 1 - 1 9 - 1 - 1 6 4471 3 18493 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 11 - 1 - 0 26 3314 4 17733 Tennessee 12 9 - 1 - 2 9 - 1 - 2 8 4254 5 16327 Alabama 12 9 - 2 - 1 9 - 2 - 1 5 4533 6 16224 Miami FL 12 10 - 2 - 0 10 - 2 - 0 18 3546 7 16174 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 11 - 1 - 0 30 3206 8 15252 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 9 - 2 - 0 17 3554 9 14599 Iowa 12 10 - 2 - 0 10 - 2 - 0 32 3157 10 14346 Auburn 12 8 - 4 - 0 8 - 4 - 0 4 4789 11 14327 UCLA 12 9 - 2 - 1 9 - 2 - 1 24 3322 12 13797 Air Force 13 12 - 1 - 0 12 - 1 - 0 87 1338 13 13712 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 9 - 3 - 0 15 3670 14 13221 Arkansas 12 10 - 2 - 0 10 - 2 - 0 61 2248 15 12848 Baylor 12 9 - 3 - 0 9 - 3 - 0 28 3286 16 12729 Georgia 12 7 - 3 - 2 7 - 3 - 2 9 4066 17 12668 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 9 - 3 - 0 47 2647 18 12537 Maryland 12 9 - 3 - 0 9 - 3 - 0 31 3158 19 12483 Louisiana State 12 9 - 2 - 1 9 - 2 - 1 39 3010 20 12387 Georgia Tech 12 9 - 2 - 1 7 - 2 - 1 59 2334 21 12349 Florida State 12 9 - 3 - 0 8 - 3 - 0 29 3252 22 11596 Brigham Young 14 11 - 3 - 0 11 - 3 - 0 83 1395 23 10129 Notre Dame 11 5 - 6 - 0 5 - 6 - 0 3 5222 24 9788 Texas 12 8 - 4 - 0 8 - 4 - 0 22 3381 25 9630 Michigan State 12 7 - 5 - 0 7 - 5 - 0 12 3773 26 9511 Arizona 12 8 - 3 - 1 8 - 3 - 1 74 1777 27 9365 Minnesota 12 7 - 5 - 0 6 - 5 - 0 21 3478 28 9123 Arizona State 12 8 - 4 - 0 8 - 4 - 0 60 2308 29 8670 Oklahoma State 12 8 - 4 - 0 7 - 4 - 0 66 2115 30 8340 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 5 - 0 6 - 5 - 0 27 3298 31 7772 Bowling Green 12 11 - 1 - 0 10 - 1 - 0 118 -700 32 7626 Fresno State 12 11 - 0 - 1 10 - 0 - 1 148 -2229 33 7622 Colorado 12 7 - 5 - 0 7 - 5 - 0 43 2736 34 7399 West Virginia 11 7 - 3 - 1 7 - 3 - 1 70 1944 35 7211 Illinois 12 6 - 5 - 1 6 - 5 - 1 19 3493 36 7180 Washington 12 7 - 5 - 0 7 - 5 - 0 44 2675 37 6950 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 5 - 6 - 0 13 3768 38 6662 Southern California 12 6 - 6 - 0 6 - 6 - 0 23 3380 39 6278 Kentucky 11 5 - 6 - 0 4 - 6 - 0 25 3314 40 6213 Army 12 9 - 3 - 0 5 - 3 - 0 110 11 41 5932 Syracuse 12 7 - 5 - 0 7 - 5 - 0 71 1792 42 5875 Mississippi State 11 5 - 6 - 0 4 - 6 - 0 16 3573 43 5310 Clemson 12 6 - 6 - 0 6 - 6 - 0 48 2622 44 5210 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 5 - 4 - 0 102 696 45 5126 Mississippi 11 4 - 6 - 1 3 - 6 - 1 14 3679 46 4746 Pittsburgh 11 5 - 5 - 1 5 - 5 - 1 50 2549 47 4542 Utah 12 8 - 4 - 0 7 - 4 - 0 106 459 48 4335 Virginia 11 6 - 5 - 0 5 - 5 - 0 78 1564 49 4208 Wisconsin 11 5 - 6 - 0 5 - 6 - 0 41 2921 50 4189 Virginia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 5 - 4 - 0 90 1304 51 3970 Miami OH 11 8 - 2 - 1 8 - 2 - 1 123 -888 52 3594 North Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 4 - 6 - 0 63 2200 53 3175 Kansas 12 6 - 6 - 0 5 - 6 - 0 80 1451 54 3025 Oregon 11 5 - 6 - 0 5 - 6 - 0 72 1787 55 2964 Tulsa 11 6 - 5 - 0 6 - 5 - 0 81 1420 56 2814 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 3 - 6 - 0 56 2401 57 2557 Washington State 11 4 - 7 - 0 3 - 7 - 0 53 2449 58 2392 Texas Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 3 - 7 - 0 52 2495 59 2388 San Diego State 12 5 - 6 - 1 5 - 6 - 1 86 1339 60 2227 Houston 11 4 - 7 - 0 4 - 7 - 0 42 2857 61 2104 Boston College 12 4 - 8 - 0 3 - 8 - 0 37 3094 62 1946 Temple 11 4 - 7 - 0 3 - 6 - 0 65 2116 63 1808 Indiana 11 4 - 7 - 0 4 - 7 - 0 46 2653 64 1728 Colorado State 12 5 - 7 - 0 5 - 7 - 0 55 2423 65 1612 South Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 3 - 6 - 0 88 1334 66 1543 Cincinnati 11 5 - 6 - 0 3 - 6 - 0 76 1646 67 1370 Iowa State 11 5 - 6 - 0 5 - 6 - 0 73 1779 68 1297 Rice 11 3 - 8 - 0 2 - 8 - 0 10 3860 69 1155 Central Michigan 10 7 - 3 - 0 7 - 3 - 0 140 -1668 70 837 Stanford 11 4 - 7 - 0 4 - 7 - 0 57 2359 71 664 Memphis 11 2 - 7 - 2 2 - 7 - 1 40 2983 72 625 Hawaii 12 4 - 6 - 2 4 - 6 - 2 95 837 73 341 California 11 4 - 7 - 0 4 - 7 - 0 75 1716 74 142 Vanderbilt 11 3 - 7 - 1 2 - 7 - 1 38 3024 75 -602 Duke 11 4 - 7 - 0 4 - 7 - 0 79 1509 76 -691 Rutgers 11 2 - 8 - 1 0 - 8 - 1 20 3478 77 -1405 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 3 - 8 - 0 45 2674 78 -1628 Wake Forest 11 4 - 7 - 0 1 - 7 - 0 98 786 79 -1854 North Carolina State 11 3 - 8 - 0 3 - 7 - 0 62 2233 80 -2019 Cal State Long Beach 12 6 - 6 - 0 5 - 5 - 0 128 -1156 81 -2515 Texas Christian 11 3 - 8 - 0 2 - 8 - 0 67 2112 82 -2626 Western Michigan 11 4 - 6 - 1 4 - 6 - 1 115 -332 83 -2780 Oregon State 11 3 - 8 - 0 2 - 7 - 0 64 2191 84 -3006 Northern Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 4 - 7 - 0 109 35 85 -3006 Wyoming 11 3 - 8 - 0 3 - 8 - 0 77 1566 86 -3025 West Texas A&M 10 6 - 3 - 1 4 - 1 - 1 151 -2829 87 -3141 Louisiana Lafayette 11 4 - 7 - 0 3 - 5 - 0 99 778 88 -3356 New Mexico 11 3 - 8 - 0 3 - 8 - 0 93 1085 89 -3452 Nevada Las Vegas 11 5 - 5 - 1 4 - 4 - 1 141 -1719 90 -3498 East Carolina 11 2 - 9 - 0 1 - 9 - 0 58 2353 91 -3947 Cal State Fullerton 11 6 - 5 - 0 5 - 3 - 0 144 -1811 92 -4899 Tulane 11 1 - 10 - 0 1 - 10 - 0 51 2509 93 -4949 Illinois State 11 6 - 3 - 2 3 - 1 - 1 163 -4127 94 -5030 Missouri 11 1 - 10 - 0 1 - 10 - 0 54 2441 95 -5402 Drake 11 4 - 7 - 0 2 - 6 - 0 127 -1123 96 -5706 Ball State 11 4 - 7 - 0 4 - 7 - 0 125 -981 97 -5794 Toledo 11 4 - 7 - 0 4 - 7 - 0 122 -881 98 -6167 Kent State 11 3 - 8 - 0 3 - 7 - 0 120 -809 99 -6320 Eastern Michigan 11 4 - 7 - 0 3 - 6 - 0 132 -1288 100 -6424 Pacific 12 5 - 7 - 0 3 - 7 - 0 147 -2197 101 -6969 Utah State 11 3 - 8 - 0 3 - 8 - 0 113 -96 102 -7660 San Jose State 11 2 - 8 - 1 2 - 8 - 1 117 -652 103 -7898 Louisville 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 8 - 0 105 540 104 -8459 Indiana State 10 4 - 6 - 0 2 - 4 - 0 155 -3258 105 -8824 Kansas State 11 1 - 10 - 0 1 - 8 - 0 89 1309 106 -8912 Wichita State 11 3 - 8 - 0 3 - 7 - 0 131 -1259 107 -9070 Ohio University 11 2 - 9 - 0 2 - 8 - 0 116 -594 108 -9957 Texas El Paso 11 1 - 10 - 0 1 - 10 - 0 97 800 109 -10030 Southern Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 1 - 4 - 0 162 -3993 110 -12883 New Mexico State 11 1 - 10 - 0 1 - 10 - 0 129 -1180