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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 7626 Louisiana Monroe 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 7626 2 6184 Western Carolina 2 0 - 2 - 0 2 6184 3 5222 Notre Dame 11 5 - 6 - 0 3 5222 4 4789 Auburn 12 8 - 4 - 0 4 4789 5 4533 Alabama 12 9 - 2 - 1 5 4533 6 4471 Florida 11 9 - 1 - 1 6 4471 7 4351 Michigan 12 10 - 1 - 1 7 4351 8 4254 Tennessee 12 9 - 1 - 2 8 4254 9 4066 Georgia 12 7 - 3 - 2 9 4066 10 3860 Rice 11 3 - 8 - 0 10 3860 11 3813 California Poly 1 0 - 1 - 0 11 3813 12 3773 Michigan State 12 7 - 5 - 0 12 3773 13 3768 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 13 3768 14 3679 Mississippi 11 4 - 6 - 1 14 3679 15 3670 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 15 3670 16 3573 Mississippi State 11 5 - 6 - 0 16 3573 17 3554 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 17 3554 18 3546 Miami FL 12 10 - 2 - 0 18 3546 19 3493 Illinois 12 6 - 5 - 1 19 3493 20 3478 Rutgers 11 2 - 8 - 1 20 3478 21 3478 Minnesota 12 7 - 5 - 0 21 3478 22 3381 Texas 12 8 - 4 - 0 22 3381 23 3380 Southern California 12 6 - 6 - 0 23 3380 24 3322 UCLA 12 9 - 2 - 1 24 3322 25 3314 Kentucky 11 5 - 6 - 0 25 3314 26 3314 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 26 3314 27 3298 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 5 - 0 27 3298 28 3286 Baylor 12 9 - 3 - 0 28 3286 29 3252 Florida State 12 9 - 3 - 0 29 3252 30 3206 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 30 3206 31 3158 Maryland 12 9 - 3 - 0 31 3158 32 3157 Iowa 12 10 - 2 - 0 32 3157 33 3139 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 33 3139 34 3132 Tennessee Chattanooga 2 0 - 2 - 0 34 3132 35 3106 Pennsylvania 1 0 - 1 - 0 35 3106 36 3106 Yale 1 0 - 1 - 0 36 3106 37 3094 Boston College 12 4 - 8 - 0 37 3094 38 3024 Vanderbilt 11 3 - 7 - 1 38 3024 39 3010 Louisiana State 12 9 - 2 - 1 39 3010 40 2983 Memphis 11 2 - 7 - 2 40 2983 41 2921 Wisconsin 11 5 - 6 - 0 41 2921 42 2857 Houston 11 4 - 7 - 0 42 2857 43 2736 Colorado 12 7 - 5 - 0 43 2736 44 2675 Washington 12 7 - 5 - 0 44 2675 45 2674 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 45 2674 46 2653 Indiana 11 4 - 7 - 0 46 2653 47 2647 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 47 2647 48 2622 Clemson 12 6 - 6 - 0 48 2622 49 2605 Northwestern State LA 1 0 - 1 - 0 49 2605 50 2549 Pittsburgh 11 5 - 5 - 1 50 2549 51 2509 Tulane 11 1 - 10 - 0 51 2509 52 2495 Texas Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 52 2495 53 2449 Washington State 11 4 - 7 - 0 53 2449 54 2441 Missouri 11 1 - 10 - 0 54 2441 55 2423 Colorado State 12 5 - 7 - 0 55 2423 56 2401 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 56 2401 57 2359 Stanford 11 4 - 7 - 0 57 2359 58 2353 East Carolina 11 2 - 9 - 0 58 2353 59 2334 Georgia Tech 12 9 - 2 - 1 59 2334 60 2308 Arizona State 12 8 - 4 - 0 60 2308 61 2248 Arkansas 12 10 - 2 - 0 61 2248 62 2233 North Carolina State 11 3 - 8 - 0 62 2233 63 2200 North Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 63 2200 64 2191 Oregon State 11 3 - 8 - 0 64 2191 65 2116 Temple 11 4 - 7 - 0 65 2116 66 2115 Oklahoma State 12 8 - 4 - 0 66 2115 67 2112 Texas Christian 11 3 - 8 - 0 67 2112 68 2079 Holy Cross 2 0 - 2 - 0 68 2079 69 1982 Virginia Military 2 0 - 2 - 0 69 1982 70 1944 West Virginia 11 7 - 3 - 1 70 1944 71 1792 Syracuse 12 7 - 5 - 0 71 1792 72 1787 Oregon 11 5 - 6 - 0 72 1787 73 1779 Iowa State 11 5 - 6 - 0 73 1779 74 1777 Arizona 12 8 - 3 - 1 74 1777 75 1716 California 11 4 - 7 - 0 75 1716 76 1646 Cincinnati 11 5 - 6 - 0 76 1646 77 1566 Wyoming 11 3 - 8 - 0 77 1566 78 1564 Virginia 11 6 - 5 - 0 78 1564 79 1509 Duke 11 4 - 7 - 0 79 1509 80 1451 Kansas 12 6 - 6 - 0 80 1451 81 1420 Tulsa 11 6 - 5 - 0 81 1420 82 1407 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 1407 83 1395 Brigham Young 14 11 - 3 - 0 83 1395 84 1380 Colgate 2 0 - 2 - 0 84 1380 85 1354 Montana 2 1 - 1 - 0 85 1354 86 1339 San Diego State 12 5 - 6 - 1 86 1339 87 1338 Air Force 13 12 - 1 - 0 87 1338 88 1334 South Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 88 1334 89 1309 Kansas State 11 1 - 10 - 0 89 1309 90 1304 Virginia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 90 1304 91 1278 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 91 1278 92 1190 Delaware 2 2 - 0 - 0 92 1190 93 1085 New Mexico 11 3 - 8 - 0 93 1085 94 874 Richmond 2 1 - 1 - 0 94 874 95 837 Hawaii 12 4 - 6 - 2 95 837 96 806 Citadel 1 0 - 1 - 0 96 806 97 800 Texas El Paso 11 1 - 10 - 0 97 800 98 786 Wake Forest 11 4 - 7 - 0 98 786 99 778 Louisiana Lafayette 11 4 - 7 - 0 99 778 100 771 Austin Peay 1 0 - 1 - 0 100 771 101 751 William & Mary 3 0 - 3 - 0 101 751 102 696 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 102 696 103 648 Lamar 1 0 - 1 - 0 103 648 104 630 Boise State 2 0 - 2 - 0 104 630 105 540 Louisville 11 2 - 9 - 0 105 540 106 459 Utah 12 8 - 4 - 0 106 459 107 332 Murray State 1 0 - 0 - 1 107 332 108 161 Arkansas State 3 1 - 2 - 0 108 161 109 35 Northern Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 109 35 110 11 Army 12 9 - 3 - 0 110 11 111 -4 Appalachian State 2 0 - 2 - 0 111 -4 112 -34 North Texas 4 1 - 3 - 0 112 -34 113 -96 Utah State 11 3 - 8 - 0 113 -96 114 -159 Louisiana Tech 3 2 - 1 - 0 114 -159 115 -332 Western Michigan 11 4 - 6 - 1 115 -332 116 -594 Ohio University 11 2 - 9 - 0 116 -594 117 -652 San Jose State 11 2 - 8 - 1 117 -652 118 -700 Bowling Green 12 11 - 1 - 0 118 -700 119 -785 Akron 3 2 - 1 - 0 119 -785 120 -809 Kent State 11 3 - 8 - 0 120 -809 121 -814 Boston University 1 0 - 1 - 0 121 -814 122 -881 Toledo 11 4 - 7 - 0 122 -881 123 -888 Miami OH 11 8 - 2 - 1 123 -888 124 -927 Furman 1 1 - 0 - 0 124 -927 125 -981 Ball State 11 4 - 7 - 0 125 -981 126 -1009 Eastern Washington 1 1 - 0 - 0 126 -1009 127 -1123 Drake 11 4 - 7 - 0 127 -1123 128 -1156 Cal State Long Beach 12 6 - 6 - 0 128 -1156 129 -1180 New Mexico State 11 1 - 10 - 0 129 -1180 130 -1194 Youngstown State 2 0 - 2 - 0 130 -1194 131 -1259 Wichita State 11 3 - 8 - 0 131 -1259 132 -1288 Eastern Michigan 11 4 - 7 - 0 132 -1288 133 -1390 Grambling 1 1 - 0 - 0 133 -1390 134 -1390 Idaho 1 0 - 1 - 0 134 -1390 135 -1512 Abilene Christian 1 1 - 0 - 0 135 -1512 136 -1512 Texas A&M Kingsville 1 0 - 1 - 0 136 -1512 137 -1512 Angelo State 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 -1512 138 -1570 McNeese State 1 1 - 0 - 0 138 -1570 139 -1570 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 139 -1570 140 -1668 Central Michigan 10 7 - 3 - 0 140 -1668 141 -1719 Nevada Las Vegas 11 5 - 5 - 1 141 -1719 142 -1726 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 142 -1726 143 -1749 Texas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 -1749 144 -1811 Cal State Fullerton 11 6 - 5 - 0 144 -1811 145 -1849 Nevada Reno 2 2 - 0 - 0 145 -1849 146 -1973 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 -1973 147 -2197 Pacific 12 5 - 7 - 0 147 -2197 148 -2229 Fresno State 12 11 - 0 - 1 148 -2229 149 -2474 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 -2474 150 -2532 Eastern Illinois 4 2 - 2 - 0 150 -2532 151 -2829 West Texas A&M 10 6 - 3 - 1 151 -2829 152 -3211 Central Florida 2 0 - 2 - 0 152 -3211 153 -3212 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 -3212 154 -3212 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 154 -3212 155 -3258 Indiana State 10 4 - 6 - 0 155 -3258 156 -3396 Missouri State 3 2 - 0 - 1 156 -3396 157 -3454 Northern Iowa 4 3 - 1 - 0 157 -3454 158 -3578 Texas Arlington 2 1 - 1 - 0 158 -3578 159 -3906 Western Illinois 3 1 - 2 - 0 159 -3906 160 -3949 Eastern Kentucky 1 1 - 0 - 0 160 -3949 161 -3949 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 161 -3949 162 -3993 Southern Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 162 -3993 163 -4127 Illinois State 11 6 - 3 - 2 163 -4127 164 -4229 Saint Cloud State 1 0 - 1 - 0 164 -4229 165 -4535 Marshall 1 1 - 0 - 0 165 -4535 166 -5015 Southeast Missouri State 1 0 - 1 - 0 166 -5015 167 -5015 Lincoln MO 1 0 - 1 - 0 167 -5015