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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 20252 Washington 12 12 - 0 - 0 20 3172 2 19065 Miami FL 12 12 - 0 - 0 34 2828 3 16688 Florida 12 10 - 2 - 0 11 3732 4 16074 Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 12 3667 5 15866 Penn State 13 11 - 2 - 0 22 3132 6 15809 Florida State 13 11 - 2 - 0 32 2874 7 14707 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 43 2523 8 14073 California 12 10 - 2 - 0 31 2888 9 13843 Notre Dame 13 10 - 3 - 0 15 3525 10 13271 Nebraska 12 9 - 2 - 1 28 2973 11 13205 Syracuse 12 10 - 2 - 0 40 2626 12 12760 Tennessee 12 9 - 3 - 0 13 3576 13 12122 Iowa 12 10 - 1 - 1 71 1609 14 11950 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 78 1465 15 11865 UCLA 12 9 - 3 - 0 23 3118 16 11831 Stanford 12 8 - 4 - 0 14 3539 17 11619 Clemson 12 9 - 2 - 1 47 2361 18 10974 East Carolina 12 11 - 1 - 0 89 930 19 10955 Colorado 12 8 - 3 - 1 38 2679 20 10936 Oklahoma 12 9 - 3 - 0 62 1828 21 10329 Georgia 12 9 - 3 - 0 60 1993 22 9335 Brigham Young 13 8 - 3 - 2 51 2313 23 9273 Virginia 12 8 - 3 - 1 72 1604 24 9089 Georgia Tech 13 8 - 5 - 0 25 3046 25 9027 North Carolina State 12 9 - 3 - 0 66 1739 26 8505 Ohio State 12 8 - 4 - 0 54 2180 27 8286 Nevada Reno 1 1 - 0 - 0 139 -3045 28 8163 Indiana 12 7 - 4 - 1 46 2384 29 7910 Tulsa 12 10 - 2 - 0 104 300 30 7253 Baylor 12 8 - 4 - 0 70 1617 31 7150 Bowling Green 12 11 - 1 - 0 118 -906 32 6858 Mississippi State 12 7 - 5 - 0 57 2036 33 6819 Arizona State 11 6 - 5 - 0 27 3012 34 6581 West Virginia 11 6 - 5 - 0 21 3158 35 6412 Illinois 12 6 - 6 - 0 42 2560 36 6339 Pittsburgh 11 6 - 5 - 0 39 2631 37 6213 Boise State 1 1 - 0 - 0 142 -3699 38 6159 Kansas State 11 7 - 4 - 0 75 1546 39 5959 Kansas 11 6 - 5 - 0 56 2072 40 5913 North Carolina 11 7 - 4 - 0 81 1365 41 5840 San Diego State 13 8 - 4 - 1 80 1424 42 5598 Air Force 13 9 - 4 - 0 100 400 43 5187 Cal State Sacramento 1 1 - 0 - 0 129 -1582 44 4811 Fresno State 12 10 - 2 - 0 132 -1858 45 4619 Auburn 11 5 - 6 - 0 44 2516 46 4531 Citadel 1 1 - 0 - 0 136 -2553 47 4400 Southern California 11 3 - 8 - 0 4 4749 48 4135 Boston College 11 4 - 7 - 0 19 3299 49 4104 Louisiana State 11 5 - 6 - 0 37 2759 50 4062 Arizona 11 4 - 7 - 0 8 3997 51 3816 Texas 11 5 - 6 - 0 58 2006 52 3494 Arkansas 12 6 - 6 - 0 59 2001 53 3264 Appalachian State 2 1 - 1 - 0 55 2084 54 3118 South Carolina 11 3 - 6 - 2 29 2905 55 3110 Texas Christian 11 7 - 4 - 0 99 507 56 3075 Vanderbilt 11 5 - 6 - 0 48 2340 57 2999 Virginia Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 63 1790 58 2853 Rutgers 11 6 - 5 - 0 84 1163 59 2845 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 - 0 77 1466 60 2810 Utah 12 7 - 5 - 0 94 604 61 2622 Washington State 11 4 - 7 - 0 33 2869 62 2553 Purdue 11 4 - 7 - 0 35 2811 63 2503 Memphis 11 5 - 6 - 0 67 1709 64 2407 San Jose State 11 6 - 4 - 1 110 -162 65 2304 Louisiana Tech 11 8 - 1 - 2 135 -2453 66 2261 Texas Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 95 555 67 2188 Central Michigan 11 6 - 1 - 4 128 -1465 68 2085 Houston 11 4 - 7 - 0 49 2329 69 1121 Duke 11 4 - 6 - 1 73 1591 70 979 Missouri 11 3 - 7 - 1 26 3027 71 956 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 4513 72 760 Oregon 11 3 - 8 - 0 30 2900 73 729 Furman 1 0 - 1 - 0 6 4544 74 629 Hawaii 12 4 - 7 - 1 69 1632 75 537 Miami OH 11 6 - 4 - 1 124 -1114 76 433 Texas El Paso 12 5 - 6 - 1 102 329 77 149 Toledo 11 5 - 5 - 1 106 82 78 130 Tennessee Chattanooga 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 7353 79 72 Delaware 1 1 - 0 - 0 147 -4339 80 57 Wisconsin 11 5 - 6 - 0 92 708 81 -157 Wyoming 11 4 - 6 - 1 88 987 82 -399 Kentucky 11 3 - 8 - 0 45 2458 83 -480 Maryland 11 2 - 9 - 0 9 3852 84 -568 Michigan State 11 3 - 8 - 0 41 2611 85 -783 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 105 281 86 -944 Western Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 113 -687 87 -1240 Iowa State 11 3 - 7 - 1 61 1836 88 -1582 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 50 2326 89 -1612 Ball State 11 6 - 5 - 0 126 -1196 90 -1616 Minnesota 11 2 - 9 - 0 18 3319 91 -1712 Cincinnati 11 4 - 7 - 0 91 754 92 -1712 Rice 11 4 - 7 - 0 90 806 93 -2530 Central Florida 2 1 - 1 - 0 117 -873 94 -2615 William & Mary 2 1 - 1 - 0 114 -691 95 -2722 Southern Mississippi 11 4 - 7 - 0 109 13 96 -2791 Louisiana Monroe 2 1 - 1 - 0 121 -988 97 -2903 Cornell 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 5915 98 -3164 Pacific 12 5 - 7 - 0 115 -761 99 -3283 Wake Forest 11 3 - 8 - 0 82 1283 100 -3655 Missouri State 2 1 - 1 - 0 131 -1639 101 -3751 North Texas 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 5468 102 -3763 Oklahoma State 11 0 - 10 - 1 10 3814 103 -3982 Colorado State 11 3 - 8 - 0 93 667 104 -4081 Oregon State 11 1 - 10 - 0 17 3355 105 -4757 Temple 11 2 - 9 - 0 64 1786 106 -5107 Army 11 4 - 7 - 0 125 -1141 107 -5130 Eastern Michigan 11 3 - 7 - 1 111 -252 108 -5498 Illinois State 2 1 - 1 - 0 145 -4067 109 -5518 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 36 2799 110 -5717 Virginia Military 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 4636 111 -5894 New Mexico 12 3 - 9 - 0 96 553 112 -6090 Nevada Las Vegas 11 4 - 7 - 0 123 -1086 113 -6259 Louisiana Lafayette 11 2 - 8 - 1 103 315 114 -6624 Louisville 11 2 - 9 - 0 83 1266 115 -6693 Tulane 11 1 - 10 - 0 53 2213 116 -6704 Southern Methodist 11 1 - 10 - 0 68 1661 117 -6735 Georgia Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 52 2309 118 -6758 Indiana State 2 0 - 2 - 0 87 1136 119 -6781 Northwestern State LA 2 1 - 1 - 0 141 -3509 120 -7399 Cal State Long Beach 11 2 - 9 - 0 98 529 121 -7534 Middle Tennessee 2 0 - 2 - 0 16 3524 122 -7618 Akron 11 5 - 6 - 0 138 -2865 123 -7918 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 24 3079 124 -8382 Ohio University 11 2 - 8 - 1 116 -785 125 -8517 Montana 1 0 - 1 - 0 85 1152 126 -8651 Northern Illinois 11 2 - 9 - 0 101 338 127 -8678 Navy 11 1 - 10 - 0 97 539 128 -9043 New Mexico State 11 2 - 9 - 0 119 -937 129 -9561 Kent State 11 1 - 10 - 0 107 39 130 -9626 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 79 1426 131 -10333 Western Carolina 2 0 - 2 - 0 65 1761 132 -10371 James Madison 1 0 - 1 - 0 76 1499 133 -11063 Southern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 86 1152 134 -11508 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 1559 135 -11673 Cal State Fullerton 11 2 - 9 - 0 120 -985 136 -12023 Western Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 108 28 137 -13105 Harvard 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 -2553 138 -14469 Arkansas State 11 1 - 10 - 0 134 -2440 139 -14553 Eastern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 112 -620 140 -15191 Colgate 2 0 - 2 - 0 122 -996 141 -15344 Delta State 1 0 - 1 - 0 127 -1361 142 -16235 California Poly 1 0 - 1 - 0 130 -1582 143 -17218 Eastern Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 140 -3312 144 -18485 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 -3809 145 -19703 Howard 1 0 - 1 - 0 133 -2378 146 -20805 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 -4191 147 -21296 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 -3809 148 -21876 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 148 -5836 149 -23136 Troy 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 -7234