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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 7802 Florida A&M 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 7802 2 7075 Georgia Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 7075 3 5032 Furman 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 5032 4 4948 Appalachian State 2 0 - 2 - 0 4 4948 5 4373 Southern California 12 6 - 5 - 1 5 4373 6 4157 Oregon State 11 1 - 9 - 1 6 4157 7 4141 Florida 13 9 - 4 - 0 7 4141 8 4063 Arkansas 11 3 - 7 - 1 8 4063 9 3909 William & Mary 1 0 - 1 - 0 9 3909 10 3838 Vanderbilt 11 4 - 7 - 0 10 3838 11 3718 Louisiana State 11 2 - 9 - 0 11 3718 12 3686 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 12 3686 13 3673 Stanford 13 10 - 3 - 0 13 3673 14 3619 Florida State 12 11 - 1 - 0 14 3619 15 3610 South Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 15 3610 16 3597 Washington 12 9 - 3 - 0 16 3597 17 3449 Arizona 12 6 - 5 - 1 17 3449 18 3434 Georgia Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 18 3434 19 3430 California 11 4 - 7 - 0 19 3430 20 3391 Maryland 11 3 - 8 - 0 20 3391 21 3350 Oregon 12 6 - 6 - 0 21 3350 22 3339 Duke 11 2 - 9 - 0 22 3339 23 3219 Arizona State 11 6 - 5 - 0 23 3219 24 3012 Alabama 13 13 - 0 - 0 24 3012 25 2953 Notre Dame 12 10 - 1 - 1 25 2953 26 2927 Kentucky 11 4 - 7 - 0 26 2927 27 2916 Iowa 12 5 - 7 - 0 27 2916 28 2828 Wake Forest 12 8 - 4 - 0 28 2828 29 2808 UCLA 11 6 - 5 - 0 29 2808 30 2776 North Carolina State 13 9 - 3 - 1 30 2776 31 2769 Mississippi State 12 7 - 5 - 0 31 2769 32 2746 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 32 2746 33 2743 Miami FL 12 11 - 1 - 0 33 2743 34 2713 Montana 2 0 - 2 - 0 34 2713 35 2645 Washington State 12 9 - 3 - 0 35 2645 36 2638 Tulane 11 2 - 9 - 0 36 2638 37 2638 Ohio State 12 8 - 3 - 1 37 2638 38 2572 Navy 11 1 - 10 - 0 38 2572 39 2551 Georgia 12 10 - 2 - 0 39 2551 40 2549 Western Carolina 1 0 - 1 - 0 40 2549 41 2533 Mississippi 12 9 - 3 - 0 41 2533 42 2530 Samford 1 0 - 1 - 0 42 2530 43 2516 Michigan State 11 5 - 6 - 0 43 2516 44 2500 Clemson 11 5 - 6 - 0 44 2500 45 2404 Tennessee 12 9 - 3 - 0 45 2404 46 2381 Auburn 11 5 - 5 - 1 46 2381 47 2329 Louisville 11 5 - 6 - 0 47 2329 48 2303 Purdue 11 4 - 7 - 0 48 2303 49 2296 Minnesota 11 2 - 9 - 0 49 2296 50 2268 North Carolina 12 9 - 3 - 0 50 2268 51 2265 Tennessee Chattanooga 1 0 - 1 - 0 51 2265 52 2234 San Diego State 11 5 - 5 - 1 52 2234 53 2200 Michigan 12 9 - 0 - 3 53 2200 54 2171 Virginia 11 7 - 4 - 0 54 2171 55 2080 Middle Tennessee 2 1 - 1 - 0 55 2080 56 2049 Brigham Young 13 8 - 5 - 0 56 2049 57 2023 Syracuse 12 10 - 2 - 0 57 2023 58 1968 Texas Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 58 1968 59 1952 West Virginia 11 5 - 4 - 2 59 1952 60 1895 Penn State 12 7 - 5 - 0 60 1895 61 1855 Virginia Tech 11 2 - 8 - 1 61 1855 62 1848 Colgate 1 0 - 1 - 0 62 1848 63 1798 Wisconsin 11 5 - 6 - 0 63 1798 64 1745 Boston College 12 8 - 3 - 1 64 1745 65 1733 Missouri 11 3 - 8 - 0 65 1733 66 1702 Colorado 12 9 - 2 - 1 66 1702 67 1679 Texas Christian 11 2 - 8 - 1 67 1679 68 1652 Baylor 12 7 - 5 - 0 68 1652 69 1608 Utah 12 6 - 6 - 0 69 1608 70 1597 Indiana 11 5 - 6 - 0 70 1597 71 1559 Illinois 12 6 - 5 - 1 71 1559 72 1556 Iowa State 11 4 - 7 - 0 72 1556 73 1508 Oklahoma 11 5 - 4 - 2 73 1508 74 1489 Wyoming 12 5 - 7 - 0 74 1489 75 1474 Pittsburgh 12 3 - 9 - 0 75 1474 76 1437 Texas A&M 13 12 - 1 - 0 76 1437 77 1424 Texas 11 6 - 5 - 0 77 1424 78 1350 Temple 11 1 - 10 - 0 78 1350 79 1233 Kansas 12 8 - 4 - 0 79 1233 80 1194 Cincinnati 11 3 - 8 - 0 80 1194 81 1166 Oklahoma State 11 4 - 6 - 1 81 1166 82 1161 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 82 1161 83 1132 Fresno State 13 9 - 4 - 0 83 1132 84 1100 Colorado State 12 5 - 7 - 0 84 1100 85 1035 Houston 11 4 - 7 - 0 85 1035 86 1019 Memphis 11 6 - 5 - 0 86 1019 87 996 Texas El Paso 11 1 - 10 - 0 87 996 88 956 Sam Houston 1 0 - 1 - 0 88 956 89 911 Air Force 12 7 - 5 - 0 89 911 90 910 East Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 90 910 91 858 North Texas 2 0 - 2 - 0 91 858 92 775 Hawaii 13 11 - 2 - 0 92 775 93 609 Kansas State 11 5 - 6 - 0 93 609 94 598 New Mexico 11 3 - 8 - 0 94 598 95 572 Citadel 2 2 - 0 - 0 95 572 96 433 Southern Methodist 11 5 - 6 - 0 96 433 97 282 Rice 11 6 - 5 - 0 97 282 98 272 Louisiana Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 98 272 99 154 Tulsa 11 4 - 7 - 0 99 154 100 75 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 100 75 101 69 Idaho 1 1 - 0 - 0 101 69 102 35 Army 11 5 - 6 - 0 102 35 103 4 Pacific 11 3 - 8 - 0 103 4 104 -21 Northern Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 104 -21 105 -37 Rutgers 11 7 - 4 - 0 105 -37 106 -122 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 106 -122 107 -330 Indiana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 107 -330 108 -604 Bowling Green 12 10 - 2 - 0 108 -604 109 -679 James Madison 1 0 - 1 - 0 109 -679 110 -723 Holy Cross 1 0 - 1 - 0 110 -723 111 -723 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 111 -723 112 -792 Arkansas State 11 2 - 9 - 0 112 -792 113 -806 Ball State 11 5 - 6 - 0 113 -806 114 -900 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 114 -900 115 -928 Eastern Michigan 11 1 - 10 - 0 115 -928 116 -1067 San Jose State 11 7 - 4 - 0 116 -1067 117 -1071 Ohio University 11 1 - 10 - 0 117 -1071 118 -1088 Texas Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 -1088 119 -1088 McNeese State 1 0 - 1 - 0 119 -1088 120 -1092 Central Michigan 11 5 - 6 - 0 120 -1092 121 -1210 Miami OH 11 6 - 4 - 1 121 -1210 122 -1216 Weber State 2 1 - 1 - 0 122 -1216 123 -1230 Kent State 11 2 - 9 - 0 123 -1230 124 -1247 New Mexico State 11 6 - 5 - 0 124 -1247 125 -1373 Cal State Fullerton 11 2 - 9 - 0 125 -1373 126 -1678 Toledo 11 8 - 3 - 0 126 -1678 127 -1774 Northern Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 127 -1774 128 -1822 Western Michigan 11 7 - 3 - 1 128 -1822 129 -1922 Missouri State 2 0 - 2 - 0 129 -1922 130 -1963 Akron 11 7 - 3 - 1 130 -1963 131 -2131 Nevada Reno 12 7 - 5 - 0 131 -2131 132 -2206 Illinois State 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 -2206 133 -2206 Liberty 1 0 - 1 - 0 133 -2206 134 -2217 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 134 -2217 135 -2217 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 -2217 136 -2241 Nevada Las Vegas 11 6 - 5 - 0 136 -2241 137 -2382 Boise State 1 1 - 0 - 0 137 -2382 138 -2484 Delaware 1 1 - 0 - 0 138 -2484 139 -2705 Louisiana Lafayette 11 2 - 9 - 0 139 -2705 140 -2782 Youngstown State 2 1 - 0 - 1 140 -2782 141 -4202 Boston University 1 0 - 1 - 0 141 -4202 142 -5425 Northwestern State LA 1 1 - 0 - 0 142 -5425 143 -5425 Troy 1 1 - 0 - 0 143 -5425 144 -5425 Southern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 -5425 145 -5664 Cal State Sacramento 1 1 - 0 - 0 145 -5664 146 -5664 Cal State Northridge 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 -5664 147 -7040 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 147 -7040 148 -7040 Louisiana Monroe 1 0 - 1 - 0 148 -7040