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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 18792 Alabama 13 13 - 0 - 0 24 3012 2 17859 Florida State 12 11 - 1 - 0 14 3619 3 15674 Notre Dame 12 10 - 1 - 1 25 2953 4 15605 Miami FL 12 11 - 1 - 0 33 2743 5 14288 Michigan 12 9 - 0 - 3 53 2200 6 14150 Georgia 12 10 - 2 - 0 39 2551 7 14027 Washington 12 9 - 3 - 0 16 3597 8 13770 Stanford 13 10 - 3 - 0 13 3673 9 12733 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 32 2746 10 12337 Texas A&M 13 12 - 1 - 0 76 1437 11 12130 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 104 -21 12 12011 Tennessee 12 9 - 3 - 0 45 2404 13 11988 Florida 13 9 - 4 - 0 7 4141 14 11715 Syracuse 12 10 - 2 - 0 57 2023 15 11328 North Carolina State 13 9 - 3 - 1 30 2776 16 11066 Citadel 2 2 - 0 - 0 95 572 17 11066 Ohio State 12 8 - 3 - 1 37 2638 18 10702 Mississippi 12 9 - 3 - 0 41 2533 19 10314 Washington State 12 9 - 3 - 0 35 2645 20 10183 Colorado 12 9 - 2 - 1 66 1702 21 10064 North Carolina 12 9 - 3 - 0 50 2268 22 9918 Southern California 12 6 - 5 - 1 5 4373 23 9404 Arizona 12 6 - 5 - 1 17 3449 24 8931 Hawaii 13 11 - 2 - 0 92 775 25 8536 Idaho 1 1 - 0 - 0 101 69 26 8494 Boston College 12 8 - 3 - 1 64 1745 27 8467 Wake Forest 12 8 - 4 - 0 28 2828 28 8209 Arizona State 11 6 - 5 - 0 23 3219 29 7818 Virginia 11 7 - 4 - 0 54 2171 30 7695 Mississippi State 12 7 - 5 - 0 31 2769 31 7495 Fresno State 13 9 - 4 - 0 83 1132 32 7246 Brigham Young 13 8 - 5 - 0 56 2049 33 7077 Oregon 12 6 - 6 - 0 21 3350 34 6977 Penn State 12 7 - 5 - 0 60 1895 35 6831 Kansas 12 8 - 4 - 0 79 1233 36 6485 Boise State 1 1 - 0 - 0 137 -2382 37 6351 Delaware 1 1 - 0 - 0 138 -2484 38 5905 UCLA 11 6 - 5 - 0 29 2808 39 5706 Bowling Green 12 10 - 2 - 0 108 -604 40 5514 Baylor 12 7 - 5 - 0 68 1652 41 5425 South Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 15 3610 42 5341 West Virginia 11 5 - 4 - 2 59 1952 43 5099 Georgia Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 18 3434 44 5061 Auburn 11 5 - 5 - 1 46 2381 45 4896 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 82 1161 46 4769 Memphis 11 6 - 5 - 0 86 1019 47 4531 Clemson 11 5 - 6 - 0 44 2500 48 4477 Oklahoma 11 5 - 4 - 2 73 1508 49 4389 Vanderbilt 11 4 - 7 - 0 10 3838 50 4385 California 11 4 - 7 - 0 19 3430 51 4231 San Diego State 11 5 - 5 - 1 52 2234 52 4200 Iowa 12 5 - 7 - 0 27 2916 53 4047 Utah 12 6 - 6 - 0 69 1608 54 3970 Texas 11 6 - 5 - 0 77 1424 55 3878 Michigan State 11 5 - 6 - 0 43 2516 56 3736 Arkansas 11 3 - 7 - 1 8 4063 57 3697 Rutgers 11 7 - 4 - 0 105 -37 58 3559 Illinois 12 6 - 5 - 1 71 1559 59 3267 Louisville 11 5 - 6 - 0 47 2329 60 3225 Troy 1 1 - 0 - 0 143 -5425 61 2845 Air Force 12 7 - 5 - 0 89 911 62 2595 Cal State Sacramento 1 1 - 0 - 0 145 -5664 63 2538 Kentucky 11 4 - 7 - 0 26 2927 64 2465 Wisconsin 11 5 - 6 - 0 63 1798 65 2373 Texas Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 58 1968 66 2261 Indiana 11 5 - 6 - 0 70 1597 67 2246 Middle Tennessee 2 1 - 1 - 0 55 2080 68 2154 Maryland 11 3 - 8 - 0 20 3391 69 2135 Toledo 11 8 - 3 - 0 126 -1678 70 1912 Rice 11 6 - 5 - 0 97 282 71 1455 Purdue 11 4 - 7 - 0 48 2303 72 1340 Wyoming 12 5 - 7 - 0 74 1489 73 721 Florida A&M 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 7802 74 625 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 12 3686 75 556 Georgia Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 7075 76 541 Kansas State 11 5 - 6 - 0 93 609 77 311 San Jose State 11 7 - 4 - 0 116 -1067 78 284 Duke 11 2 - 9 - 0 22 3339 79 268 Louisiana State 11 2 - 9 - 0 11 3718 80 138 Colorado State 12 5 - 7 - 0 84 1100 81 69 Akron 11 7 - 3 - 1 130 -1963 82 -42 Iowa State 11 4 - 7 - 0 72 1556 83 -134 Western Michigan 11 7 - 3 - 1 128 -1822 84 -157 East Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 90 910 85 -245 Louisiana Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 98 272 86 -476 Houston 11 4 - 7 - 0 85 1035 87 -537 Southern Methodist 11 5 - 6 - 0 96 433 88 -556 Youngstown State 2 1 - 0 - 1 140 -2782 89 -660 Oklahoma State 11 4 - 6 - 1 81 1166 90 -714 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 100 75 91 -768 Miami OH 11 6 - 4 - 1 121 -1210 92 -1282 Appalachian State 2 0 - 2 - 0 4 4948 93 -1359 Virginia Tech 11 2 - 8 - 1 61 1855 94 -1401 Northwestern State LA 1 1 - 0 - 0 142 -5425 95 -1447 Army 11 5 - 6 - 0 102 35 96 -1447 Oregon State 11 1 - 9 - 1 6 4157 97 -1724 Central Michigan 11 5 - 6 - 0 120 -1092 98 -1800 Missouri 11 3 - 8 - 0 65 1733 99 -2177 Nevada Reno 12 7 - 5 - 0 131 -2131 100 -2688 New Mexico State 11 6 - 5 - 0 124 -1247 101 -2753 Cincinnati 11 3 - 8 - 0 80 1194 102 -2795 Minnesota 11 2 - 9 - 0 49 2296 103 -2926 Tulsa 11 4 - 7 - 0 99 154 104 -2952 New Mexico 11 3 - 8 - 0 94 598 105 -3075 Ball State 11 5 - 6 - 0 113 -806 106 -3148 Pittsburgh 12 3 - 9 - 0 75 1474 107 -3202 Tulane 11 2 - 9 - 0 36 2638 108 -3636 Texas Christian 11 2 - 8 - 1 67 1679 109 -4016 Weber State 2 1 - 1 - 0 122 -1216 110 -4373 Furman 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 5032 111 -4412 Northern Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 127 -1774 112 -4435 Nevada Las Vegas 11 6 - 5 - 0 136 -2241 113 -4765 Pacific 11 3 - 8 - 0 103 4 114 -4968 Navy 11 1 - 10 - 0 38 2572 115 -5687 William & Mary 1 0 - 1 - 0 9 3909 116 -6512 Montana 2 0 - 2 - 0 34 2713 117 -6620 Western Carolina 1 0 - 1 - 0 40 2549 118 -7315 Texas El Paso 11 1 - 10 - 0 87 996 119 -8405 Temple 11 1 - 10 - 0 78 1350 120 -9603 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 111 -723 121 -10037 North Texas 2 0 - 2 - 0 91 858 122 -10145 Samford 1 0 - 1 - 0 42 2530 123 -10414 Tennessee Chattanooga 1 0 - 1 - 0 51 2265 124 -10851 Arkansas State 11 2 - 9 - 0 112 -792 125 -11013 Kent State 11 2 - 9 - 0 123 -1230 126 -11197 Ohio University 11 1 - 10 - 0 117 -1071 127 -11270 Colgate 1 0 - 1 - 0 62 1848 128 -11328 Cal State Fullerton 11 2 - 9 - 0 125 -1373 129 -11493 Sam Houston 1 0 - 1 - 0 88 956 130 -12176 Eastern Michigan 11 1 - 10 - 0 115 -928 131 -12410 McNeese State 1 0 - 1 - 0 119 -1088 132 -12702 Holy Cross 1 0 - 1 - 0 110 -723 133 -13754 Liberty 1 0 - 1 - 0 133 -2206 134 -14065 Illinois State 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 -2206 135 -14081 Louisiana Lafayette 11 2 - 9 - 0 139 -2705 136 -14085 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 114 -900 137 -14292 James Madison 1 0 - 1 - 0 109 -679 138 -14949 Texas Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 -1088 139 -14979 Indiana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 107 -330 140 -15072 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 106 -122 141 -15095 Missouri State 2 0 - 2 - 0 129 -1922 142 -18190 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 134 -2217 143 -18458 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 -2217 144 -19441 Southern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 -5425 145 -22848 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 147 -7040 146 -23185 Boston University 1 0 - 1 - 0 141 -4202 147 -23819 Louisiana Monroe 1 0 - 1 - 0 148 -7040 148 -24326 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 -5664