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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 7514 Tennessee Chattanooga 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 7514 2 5337 California 11 2 - 9 - 0 2 5337 3 5116 Southern California 12 7 - 5 - 0 3 5116 4 5018 Richmond 2 0 - 2 - 0 4 5018 5 4877 Western Carolina 3 0 - 3 - 0 5 4877 6 4825 Oregon 11 5 - 6 - 0 6 4825 7 4795 Citadel 2 0 - 2 - 0 7 4795 8 4734 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 4734 9 4665 Washington State 11 3 - 7 - 1 9 4665 10 4426 UCLA 12 8 - 3 - 1 10 4426 11 4271 Notre Dame 11 5 - 6 - 0 11 4271 12 4244 Stanford 12 8 - 4 - 0 12 4244 13 4177 Washington 12 8 - 3 - 1 13 4177 14 4019 Louisiana State 12 9 - 3 - 0 14 4019 15 3952 Alabama 13 10 - 3 - 0 15 3952 16 3843 Florida 11 6 - 5 - 0 16 3843 17 3726 Florida A&M 1 0 - 1 - 0 17 3726 18 3663 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 5 - 0 18 3663 19 3656 Oregon State 11 3 - 8 - 0 19 3656 20 3612 Arizona 12 9 - 3 - 0 20 3612 21 3581 Penn State 12 12 - 0 - 0 21 3581 22 3513 South Carolina 11 3 - 6 - 2 22 3513 23 3511 Arizona State 12 10 - 1 - 1 23 3511 24 3462 Georgia 12 8 - 4 - 0 24 3462 25 3451 Pittsburgh 11 5 - 5 - 1 25 3451 26 3325 Texas 11 5 - 6 - 0 26 3325 27 3318 Holy Cross 2 1 - 1 - 0 27 3318 28 3294 Houston 11 1 - 10 - 0 28 3294 29 3264 Furman 1 0 - 0 - 1 29 3264 30 3264 Virginia Military 1 0 - 1 - 0 30 3264 31 3188 East Carolina 11 2 - 9 - 0 31 3188 32 3051 Maryland 11 5 - 5 - 1 32 3051 33 3030 Vanderbilt 11 1 - 10 - 0 33 3030 34 2994 Mississippi State 11 6 - 5 - 0 34 2994 35 2982 Rutgers 11 5 - 5 - 1 35 2982 36 2954 West Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 36 2954 37 2909 Syracuse 11 5 - 6 - 0 37 2909 38 2898 Colorado 12 6 - 6 - 0 38 2898 39 2859 Boston College 12 9 - 3 - 0 39 2859 40 2856 Temple 11 6 - 5 - 0 40 2856 41 2854 Miami FL 12 11 - 1 - 0 41 2854 42 2828 Virginia 11 3 - 8 - 0 42 2828 43 2793 Texas A&M 12 9 - 3 - 0 43 2793 44 2767 Georgia Tech 11 5 - 5 - 1 44 2767 45 2742 Clemson 12 8 - 2 - 2 45 2742 46 2734 Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 46 2734 47 2722 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 47 2722 48 2707 Michigan 13 11 - 2 - 0 48 2707 49 2610 Baylor 12 9 - 3 - 0 49 2610 50 2594 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 50 2594 51 2590 Texas Tech 12 7 - 5 - 0 51 2590 52 2587 Kentucky 11 5 - 5 - 1 52 2587 53 2582 Ohio State 13 10 - 3 - 0 53 2582 54 2581 Purdue 11 3 - 8 - 0 54 2581 55 2544 North Carolina 12 7 - 4 - 1 55 2544 56 2542 Auburn 12 10 - 2 - 0 56 2542 57 2541 Rice 11 4 - 7 - 0 57 2541 58 2365 Arkansas 12 9 - 3 - 0 58 2365 59 2297 Florida State 12 7 - 4 - 1 59 2297 60 2272 Louisiana Tech 4 2 - 2 - 0 60 2272 61 2159 Minnesota 12 6 - 6 - 0 61 2159 62 2157 Nebraska 12 10 - 2 - 0 62 2157 63 2117 North Carolina State 12 8 - 3 - 1 63 2117 64 1982 Texas Christian 11 3 - 8 - 0 64 1982 65 1948 Cincinnati 11 5 - 6 - 0 65 1948 66 1932 Michigan State 11 6 - 5 - 0 66 1932 67 1927 Mississippi 12 8 - 3 - 1 67 1927 68 1801 Tennessee 12 7 - 5 - 0 68 1801 69 1778 Kansas State 11 2 - 9 - 0 69 1778 70 1697 Georgia Southern 2 0 - 2 - 0 70 1697 71 1691 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 71 1691 72 1629 Wisconsin 12 3 - 9 - 0 72 1629 73 1599 Utah 11 2 - 9 - 0 73 1599 74 1557 Missouri 11 3 - 8 - 0 74 1557 75 1553 Duke 11 4 - 7 - 0 75 1553 76 1544 North Texas 3 1 - 2 - 0 76 1544 77 1544 Virginia Tech 12 9 - 2 - 1 77 1544 78 1535 San Diego State 12 8 - 4 - 0 78 1535 79 1459 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 79 1459 80 1301 Wake Forest 11 5 - 6 - 0 80 1301 81 1297 Appalachian State 1 0 - 1 - 0 81 1297 82 1297 Boston University 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 1297 83 1259 Brigham Young 13 8 - 5 - 0 83 1259 84 1187 Indiana 12 6 - 6 - 0 84 1187 85 1114 Memphis 11 1 - 10 - 0 85 1114 86 1092 Iowa 12 9 - 3 - 0 86 1092 87 976 Arkansas State 3 1 - 1 - 1 87 976 88 910 Oklahoma State 11 6 - 5 - 0 88 910 89 842 Yale 1 0 - 1 - 0 89 842 90 842 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 90 842 91 789 Southern Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 91 789 92 764 Air Force 11 6 - 5 - 0 92 764 93 764 Northwestern 11 4 - 7 - 0 93 764 94 748 Boise State 1 0 - 1 - 0 94 748 95 708 Colorado State 11 6 - 5 - 0 95 708 96 687 Hawaii 12 7 - 5 - 0 96 687 97 609 Army 11 6 - 5 - 0 97 609 98 603 Wyoming 12 6 - 6 - 0 98 603 99 579 Texas State 1 1 - 0 - 0 99 579 100 579 Lamar 1 0 - 1 - 0 100 579 101 536 Tulane 11 4 - 7 - 0 101 536 102 533 Iowa State 11 6 - 5 - 0 102 533 103 246 Louisville 11 3 - 8 - 0 103 246 104 216 New Mexico 12 4 - 8 - 0 104 216 105 40 Louisiana Monroe 2 0 - 2 - 0 105 40 106 2 Kansas 11 3 - 8 - 0 106 2 107 -17 Texas El Paso 12 4 - 8 - 0 107 -17 108 -75 San Jose State 12 10 - 2 - 0 108 -75 109 -147 Navy 11 3 - 8 - 0 109 -147 110 -253 Tulsa 11 7 - 4 - 0 110 -253 111 -264 William & Mary 1 1 - 0 - 0 111 -264 112 -324 New Mexico State 11 1 - 10 - 0 112 -324 113 -497 Portland State 1 0 - 1 - 0 113 -497 114 -679 Wichita State 11 3 - 8 - 0 114 -679 115 -741 Eastern Washington 1 0 - 1 - 0 115 -741 116 -744 Northern Illinois 11 2 - 9 - 0 116 -744 117 -760 McNeese State 1 0 - 1 - 0 117 -760 118 -760 Stephen F Austin 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 -760 119 -820 Cal State Long Beach 11 6 - 5 - 0 119 -820 120 -1015 Utah State 11 3 - 8 - 0 120 -1015 121 -1077 Princeton 1 0 - 1 - 0 121 -1077 122 -1094 Cal State Fullerton 12 3 - 9 - 0 122 -1094 123 -1204 Pacific 11 4 - 7 - 0 123 -1204 124 -1270 Indiana State 4 0 - 4 - 0 124 -1270 125 -1274 Illinois State 2 1 - 1 - 0 125 -1274 126 -1356 Fresno State 11 9 - 2 - 0 126 -1356 127 -1417 Louisiana Lafayette 11 6 - 5 - 0 127 -1417 128 -1544 Western Michigan 11 3 - 8 - 0 128 -1544 129 -1550 Nevada Las Vegas 11 6 - 5 - 0 129 -1550 130 -1748 Miami OH 12 8 - 4 - 0 130 -1748 131 -1759 Kent State 11 5 - 6 - 0 131 -1759 132 -1879 Northern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 -1879 133 -1914 Bowling Green 11 5 - 6 - 0 133 -1914 134 -2400 California Davis 1 1 - 0 - 0 134 -2400 135 -2400 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 -2400 136 -2409 Ohio University 11 1 - 10 - 0 136 -2409 137 -2472 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 -2472 138 -2499 Delaware 1 1 - 0 - 0 138 -2499 139 -2499 Pennsylvania 1 1 - 0 - 0 139 -2499 140 -2499 Dartmouth 1 0 - 1 - 0 140 -2499 141 -2499 Lehigh 1 0 - 1 - 0 141 -2499 142 -2593 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 142 -2593 143 -2678 Central Michigan 10 5 - 5 - 0 143 -2678 144 -2784 Toledo 11 7 - 4 - 0 144 -2784 145 -3185 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 145 -3185 146 -3246 Idaho 2 1 - 1 - 0 146 -3246 147 -3300 Akron 2 1 - 1 - 0 147 -3300 148 -3473 Ball State 11 6 - 5 - 0 148 -3473 149 -3572 Eastern Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 149 -3572 150 -3736 Morehead State 1 1 - 0 - 0 150 -3736 151 -3736 San Francisco 1 0 - 1 - 0 151 -3736 152 -3736 Central Florida 1 0 - 1 - 0 152 -3736 153 -3738 Southern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 -3738 154 -3849 Nevada Reno 1 1 - 0 - 0 154 -3849 155 -3849 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 155 -3849 156 -3858 Western Illinois 2 1 - 1 - 0 156 -3858 157 -5840 Angelo State 1 1 - 0 - 0 157 -5840 158 -6954 Marshall 1 1 - 0 - 0 158 -6954