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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 7353 Tennessee Chattanooga 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 7353 2 5915 Cornell 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 5915 3 5468 North Texas 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 5468 4 4749 Southern California 11 3 - 8 - 0 4 4749 5 4636 Virginia Military 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 4636 6 4544 Furman 1 0 - 1 - 0 6 4544 7 4513 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 4513 8 3997 Arizona 11 4 - 7 - 0 8 3997 9 3852 Maryland 11 2 - 9 - 0 9 3852 10 3814 Oklahoma State 11 0 - 10 - 1 10 3814 11 3732 Florida 12 10 - 2 - 0 11 3732 12 3667 Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 12 3667 13 3576 Tennessee 12 9 - 3 - 0 13 3576 14 3539 Stanford 12 8 - 4 - 0 14 3539 15 3525 Notre Dame 13 10 - 3 - 0 15 3525 16 3524 Middle Tennessee 2 0 - 2 - 0 16 3524 17 3355 Oregon State 11 1 - 10 - 0 17 3355 18 3319 Minnesota 11 2 - 9 - 0 18 3319 19 3299 Boston College 11 4 - 7 - 0 19 3299 20 3172 Washington 12 12 - 0 - 0 20 3172 21 3158 West Virginia 11 6 - 5 - 0 21 3158 22 3132 Penn State 13 11 - 2 - 0 22 3132 23 3118 UCLA 12 9 - 3 - 0 23 3118 24 3079 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 24 3079 25 3046 Georgia Tech 13 8 - 5 - 0 25 3046 26 3027 Missouri 11 3 - 7 - 1 26 3027 27 3012 Arizona State 11 6 - 5 - 0 27 3012 28 2973 Nebraska 12 9 - 2 - 1 28 2973 29 2905 South Carolina 11 3 - 6 - 2 29 2905 30 2900 Oregon 11 3 - 8 - 0 30 2900 31 2888 California 12 10 - 2 - 0 31 2888 32 2874 Florida State 13 11 - 2 - 0 32 2874 33 2869 Washington State 11 4 - 7 - 0 33 2869 34 2828 Miami FL 12 12 - 0 - 0 34 2828 35 2811 Purdue 11 4 - 7 - 0 35 2811 36 2799 Weber State 1 0 - 1 - 0 36 2799 37 2759 Louisiana State 11 5 - 6 - 0 37 2759 38 2679 Colorado 12 8 - 3 - 1 38 2679 39 2631 Pittsburgh 11 6 - 5 - 0 39 2631 40 2626 Syracuse 12 10 - 2 - 0 40 2626 41 2611 Michigan State 11 3 - 8 - 0 41 2611 42 2560 Illinois 12 6 - 6 - 0 42 2560 43 2523 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 43 2523 44 2516 Auburn 11 5 - 6 - 0 44 2516 45 2458 Kentucky 11 3 - 8 - 0 45 2458 46 2384 Indiana 12 7 - 4 - 1 46 2384 47 2361 Clemson 12 9 - 2 - 1 47 2361 48 2340 Vanderbilt 11 5 - 6 - 0 48 2340 49 2329 Houston 11 4 - 7 - 0 49 2329 50 2326 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 50 2326 51 2313 Brigham Young 13 8 - 3 - 2 51 2313 52 2309 Georgia Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 52 2309 53 2213 Tulane 11 1 - 10 - 0 53 2213 54 2180 Ohio State 12 8 - 4 - 0 54 2180 55 2084 Appalachian State 2 1 - 1 - 0 55 2084 56 2072 Kansas 11 6 - 5 - 0 56 2072 57 2036 Mississippi State 12 7 - 5 - 0 57 2036 58 2006 Texas 11 5 - 6 - 0 58 2006 59 2001 Arkansas 12 6 - 6 - 0 59 2001 60 1993 Georgia 12 9 - 3 - 0 60 1993 61 1836 Iowa State 11 3 - 7 - 1 61 1836 62 1828 Oklahoma 12 9 - 3 - 0 62 1828 63 1790 Virginia Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 63 1790 64 1786 Temple 11 2 - 9 - 0 64 1786 65 1761 Western Carolina 2 0 - 2 - 0 65 1761 66 1739 North Carolina State 12 9 - 3 - 0 66 1739 67 1709 Memphis 11 5 - 6 - 0 67 1709 68 1661 Southern Methodist 11 1 - 10 - 0 68 1661 69 1632 Hawaii 12 4 - 7 - 1 69 1632 70 1617 Baylor 12 8 - 4 - 0 70 1617 71 1609 Iowa 12 10 - 1 - 1 71 1609 72 1604 Virginia 12 8 - 3 - 1 72 1604 73 1591 Duke 11 4 - 6 - 1 73 1591 74 1559 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 1559 75 1546 Kansas State 11 7 - 4 - 0 75 1546 76 1499 James Madison 1 0 - 1 - 0 76 1499 77 1466 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 - 0 77 1466 78 1465 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 78 1465 79 1426 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 79 1426 80 1424 San Diego State 13 8 - 4 - 1 80 1424 81 1365 North Carolina 11 7 - 4 - 0 81 1365 82 1283 Wake Forest 11 3 - 8 - 0 82 1283 83 1266 Louisville 11 2 - 9 - 0 83 1266 84 1163 Rutgers 11 6 - 5 - 0 84 1163 85 1152 Montana 1 0 - 1 - 0 85 1152 86 1152 Southern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 86 1152 87 1136 Indiana State 2 0 - 2 - 0 87 1136 88 987 Wyoming 11 4 - 6 - 1 88 987 89 930 East Carolina 12 11 - 1 - 0 89 930 90 806 Rice 11 4 - 7 - 0 90 806 91 754 Cincinnati 11 4 - 7 - 0 91 754 92 708 Wisconsin 11 5 - 6 - 0 92 708 93 667 Colorado State 11 3 - 8 - 0 93 667 94 604 Utah 12 7 - 5 - 0 94 604 95 555 Texas Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 95 555 96 553 New Mexico 12 3 - 9 - 0 96 553 97 539 Navy 11 1 - 10 - 0 97 539 98 529 Cal State Long Beach 11 2 - 9 - 0 98 529 99 507 Texas Christian 11 7 - 4 - 0 99 507 100 400 Air Force 13 9 - 4 - 0 100 400 101 338 Northern Illinois 11 2 - 9 - 0 101 338 102 329 Texas El Paso 12 5 - 6 - 1 102 329 103 315 Louisiana Lafayette 11 2 - 8 - 1 103 315 104 300 Tulsa 12 10 - 2 - 0 104 300 105 281 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 105 281 106 82 Toledo 11 5 - 5 - 1 106 82 107 39 Kent State 11 1 - 10 - 0 107 39 108 28 Western Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 108 28 109 13 Southern Mississippi 11 4 - 7 - 0 109 13 110 -162 San Jose State 11 6 - 4 - 1 110 -162 111 -252 Eastern Michigan 11 3 - 7 - 1 111 -252 112 -620 Eastern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 112 -620 113 -687 Western Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 113 -687 114 -691 William & Mary 2 1 - 1 - 0 114 -691 115 -761 Pacific 12 5 - 7 - 0 115 -761 116 -785 Ohio University 11 2 - 8 - 1 116 -785 117 -873 Central Florida 2 1 - 1 - 0 117 -873 118 -906 Bowling Green 12 11 - 1 - 0 118 -906 119 -937 New Mexico State 11 2 - 9 - 0 119 -937 120 -985 Cal State Fullerton 11 2 - 9 - 0 120 -985 121 -988 Louisiana Monroe 2 1 - 1 - 0 121 -988 122 -996 Colgate 2 0 - 2 - 0 122 -996 123 -1086 Nevada Las Vegas 11 4 - 7 - 0 123 -1086 124 -1114 Miami OH 11 6 - 4 - 1 124 -1114 125 -1141 Army 11 4 - 7 - 0 125 -1141 126 -1196 Ball State 11 6 - 5 - 0 126 -1196 127 -1361 Delta State 1 0 - 1 - 0 127 -1361 128 -1465 Central Michigan 11 6 - 1 - 4 128 -1465 129 -1582 Cal State Sacramento 1 1 - 0 - 0 129 -1582 130 -1582 California Poly 1 0 - 1 - 0 130 -1582 131 -1639 Missouri State 2 1 - 1 - 0 131 -1639 132 -1858 Fresno State 12 10 - 2 - 0 132 -1858 133 -2378 Howard 1 0 - 1 - 0 133 -2378 134 -2440 Arkansas State 11 1 - 10 - 0 134 -2440 135 -2453 Louisiana Tech 11 8 - 1 - 2 135 -2453 136 -2553 Citadel 1 1 - 0 - 0 136 -2553 137 -2553 Harvard 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 -2553 138 -2865 Akron 11 5 - 6 - 0 138 -2865 139 -3045 Nevada Reno 1 1 - 0 - 0 139 -3045 140 -3312 Eastern Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 140 -3312 141 -3509 Northwestern State LA 2 1 - 1 - 0 141 -3509 142 -3699 Boise State 1 1 - 0 - 0 142 -3699 143 -3809 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 -3809 144 -3809 Youngstown State 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 -3809 145 -4067 Illinois State 2 1 - 1 - 0 145 -4067 146 -4191 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 -4191 147 -4339 Delaware 1 1 - 0 - 0 147 -4339 148 -5836 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 148 -5836 149 -7234 Troy 1 0 - 1 - 0 149 -7234