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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 20064 Penn State 12 12 - 0 - 0 21 3581 2 17967 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 50 2594 3 17671 Miami FL 12 11 - 1 - 0 41 2854 4 17172 Arizona State 12 10 - 1 - 1 23 3511 5 15402 Alabama 13 10 - 3 - 0 15 3952 6 15029 Auburn 12 10 - 2 - 0 56 2542 7 14680 Louisiana State 12 9 - 3 - 0 14 4019 8 14672 Texas State 1 1 - 0 - 0 99 579 9 14238 UCLA 12 8 - 3 - 1 10 4426 10 14150 Nebraska 12 10 - 2 - 0 62 2157 11 13943 Washington 12 8 - 3 - 1 13 4177 12 13808 Michigan 13 11 - 2 - 0 48 2707 13 13278 Arizona 12 9 - 3 - 0 20 3612 14 12956 Southern California 12 7 - 5 - 0 3 5116 15 12395 Stanford 12 8 - 4 - 0 12 4244 16 12030 Ohio State 13 10 - 3 - 0 53 2582 17 11589 Boston College 12 9 - 3 - 0 39 2859 18 11481 Clemson 12 8 - 2 - 2 45 2742 19 11358 Arkansas 12 9 - 3 - 0 58 2365 20 11339 Baylor 12 9 - 3 - 0 49 2610 21 11262 Texas A&M 12 9 - 3 - 0 43 2793 22 10606 Georgia 12 8 - 4 - 0 24 3462 23 9469 Virginia Tech 12 9 - 2 - 1 77 1544 24 9404 Florida 11 6 - 5 - 0 16 3843 25 9077 North Carolina State 12 8 - 3 - 1 63 2117 26 8977 Notre Dame 11 5 - 6 - 0 11 4271 27 8597 Florida State 12 7 - 4 - 1 59 2297 28 8478 Mississippi 12 8 - 3 - 1 67 1927 29 8463 Iowa 12 9 - 3 - 0 86 1092 30 8409 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 142 -2593 31 8067 William & Mary 1 1 - 0 - 0 111 -264 32 7983 Oregon 11 5 - 6 - 0 6 4825 33 7937 San Jose State 12 10 - 2 - 0 108 -75 34 7699 North Carolina 12 7 - 4 - 1 55 2544 35 7591 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 5 - 0 18 3663 36 7453 Temple 11 6 - 5 - 0 40 2856 37 7146 Nevada Reno 1 1 - 0 - 0 154 -3849 38 7115 Pittsburgh 11 5 - 5 - 1 25 3451 39 6850 Maryland 11 5 - 5 - 1 32 3051 40 6689 Texas Tech 12 7 - 5 - 0 51 2590 41 6528 Furman 1 0 - 0 - 1 29 3264 42 6528 Georgia Tech 11 5 - 5 - 1 44 2767 43 6374 San Diego State 12 8 - 4 - 0 78 1535 44 6309 Mississippi State 11 6 - 5 - 0 34 2994 45 6205 Michigan State 11 6 - 5 - 0 66 1932 46 6205 Tennessee 12 7 - 5 - 0 68 1801 47 6193 Delaware 1 1 - 0 - 0 138 -2499 48 6174 Colorado 12 6 - 6 - 0 38 2898 49 5652 Rutgers 11 5 - 5 - 1 35 2982 50 5506 Texas 11 5 - 6 - 0 26 3325 51 5460 Brigham Young 13 8 - 5 - 0 83 1259 52 5445 Fresno State 11 9 - 2 - 0 126 -1356 53 5387 Kentucky 11 5 - 5 - 1 52 2587 54 5218 Holy Cross 2 1 - 1 - 0 27 3318 55 5157 South Carolina 11 3 - 6 - 2 22 3513 56 4427 Washington State 11 3 - 7 - 1 9 4665 57 4389 Syracuse 11 5 - 6 - 0 37 2909 58 3763 California Davis 1 1 - 0 - 0 134 -2400 59 3736 Pennsylvania 1 1 - 0 - 0 139 -2499 60 3724 Minnesota 12 6 - 6 - 0 61 2159 61 3383 Colorado State 11 6 - 5 - 0 95 708 62 3252 Louisiana Tech 4 2 - 2 - 0 60 2272 63 3045 Indiana 12 6 - 6 - 0 84 1187 64 2918 Tulsa 11 7 - 4 - 0 110 -253 65 2595 Wake Forest 11 5 - 6 - 0 80 1301 66 2376 Oklahoma State 11 6 - 5 - 0 88 910 67 2292 Hawaii 12 7 - 5 - 0 96 687 68 2238 California 11 2 - 9 - 0 2 5337 69 2177 Air Force 11 6 - 5 - 0 92 764 70 1866 Tennessee Chattanooga 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 7514 71 1866 Iowa State 11 6 - 5 - 0 102 533 72 1820 West Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 36 2954 73 1781 Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 46 2734 74 1685 Army 11 6 - 5 - 0 97 609 75 1681 Southern Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 91 789 76 1655 Arkansas State 3 1 - 1 - 1 87 976 77 1643 Cincinnati 11 5 - 6 - 0 65 1948 78 1497 Oregon State 11 3 - 8 - 0 19 3656 79 1163 Wyoming 12 6 - 6 - 0 98 603 80 1159 Rice 11 4 - 7 - 0 57 2541 81 906 Miami OH 12 8 - 4 - 0 130 -1748 82 445 Morehead State 1 1 - 0 - 0 150 -3736 83 295 Duke 11 4 - 7 - 0 75 1553 84 -529 Virginia 11 3 - 8 - 0 42 2828 85 -533 North Texas 3 1 - 2 - 0 76 1544 86 -864 Richmond 2 0 - 2 - 0 4 5018 87 -994 Nevada Las Vegas 11 6 - 5 - 0 129 -1550 88 -1002 Texas Christian 11 3 - 8 - 0 64 1982 89 -1017 Purdue 11 3 - 8 - 0 54 2581 90 -1482 Cal State Long Beach 11 6 - 5 - 0 119 -820 91 -1520 Louisiana Lafayette 11 6 - 5 - 0 127 -1417 92 -1893 Marshall 1 1 - 0 - 0 158 -6954 93 -2039 Angelo State 1 1 - 0 - 0 157 -5840 94 -2115 Tulane 11 4 - 7 - 0 101 536 95 -2142 Missouri 11 3 - 8 - 0 74 1557 96 -2154 Northwestern 11 4 - 7 - 0 93 764 97 -2380 Wisconsin 12 3 - 9 - 0 72 1629 98 -2553 New Mexico 12 4 - 8 - 0 104 216 99 -2615 East Carolina 11 2 - 9 - 0 31 3188 100 -2945 Toledo 11 7 - 4 - 0 144 -2784 101 -3214 Western Carolina 3 0 - 3 - 0 5 4877 102 -3271 Illinois State 2 1 - 1 - 0 125 -1274 103 -3459 Houston 11 1 - 10 - 0 28 3294 104 -3759 Texas El Paso 12 4 - 8 - 0 107 -17 105 -3874 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 4734 106 -4070 Vanderbilt 11 1 - 10 - 0 33 3030 107 -4316 Citadel 2 0 - 2 - 0 7 4795 108 -4780 Florida A&M 1 0 - 1 - 0 17 3726 109 -4800 Pacific 11 4 - 7 - 0 123 -1204 110 -4915 Utah 11 2 - 9 - 0 73 1599 111 -4945 Louisville 11 3 - 8 - 0 103 246 112 -4999 Navy 11 3 - 8 - 0 109 -147 113 -5187 Kansas State 11 2 - 9 - 0 69 1778 114 -5253 Akron 2 1 - 1 - 0 147 -3300 115 -5287 Central Michigan 10 5 - 5 - 0 143 -2678 116 -5533 Bowling Green 11 5 - 6 - 0 133 -1914 117 -6197 Ball State 11 6 - 5 - 0 148 -3473 118 -6370 Eastern Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 149 -3572 119 -6696 Idaho 2 1 - 1 - 0 146 -3246 120 -6831 Kent State 11 5 - 6 - 0 131 -1759 121 -7472 Wichita State 11 3 - 8 - 0 114 -679 122 -7476 Kansas 11 3 - 8 - 0 106 2 123 -7607 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 90 842 124 -7610 Appalachian State 1 0 - 1 - 0 81 1297 125 -7699 Cal State Fullerton 12 3 - 9 - 0 122 -1094 126 -7895 Western Illinois 2 1 - 1 - 0 156 -3858 127 -7937 Georgia Southern 2 0 - 2 - 0 70 1697 128 -8106 Virginia Military 1 0 - 1 - 0 30 3264 129 -8551 Utah State 11 3 - 8 - 0 120 -1015 130 -8908 Western Michigan 11 3 - 8 - 0 128 -1544 131 -8928 Memphis 11 1 - 10 - 0 85 1114 132 -9408 Eastern Washington 1 0 - 1 - 0 115 -741 133 -9461 Louisiana Monroe 2 0 - 2 - 0 105 40 134 -9603 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 47 2722 135 -9665 Yale 1 0 - 1 - 0 89 842 136 -10095 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 71 1691 137 -10210 Lamar 1 0 - 1 - 0 100 579 138 -10248 Northern Illinois 11 2 - 9 - 0 116 -744 139 -11681 New Mexico State 11 1 - 10 - 0 112 -324 140 -12003 Boston University 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 1297 141 -12241 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 79 1459 142 -12764 Boise State 1 0 - 1 - 0 94 748 143 -12894 Stephen F Austin 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 -760 144 -13881 McNeese State 1 0 - 1 - 0 117 -760 145 -13908 Ohio University 11 1 - 10 - 0 136 -2409 146 -14400 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 145 -3185 147 -14787 Portland State 1 0 - 1 - 0 113 -497 148 -16273 Indiana State 4 0 - 4 - 0 124 -1270 149 -16796 Northern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 -1879 150 -16842 Central Florida 1 0 - 1 - 0 152 -3736 151 -17003 Princeton 1 0 - 1 - 0 121 -1077 152 -17794 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 155 -3849 153 -18024 Southern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 -3738 154 -18120 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 -2400 155 -19345 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 -2472 156 -19968 Lehigh 1 0 - 1 - 0 141 -2499 157 -20060 Dartmouth 1 0 - 1 - 0 140 -2499 158 -22414 San Francisco 1 0 - 1 - 0 151 -3736