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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 19322 Florida State 13 12 - 1 - 0 20 3632 2 17679 Nebraska 12 11 - 1 - 0 17 3761 3 17679 Notre Dame 12 11 - 1 - 0 30 3455 4 15705 Ohio State 12 10 - 1 - 1 22 3587 5 15567 Florida 13 11 - 2 - 0 34 3181 6 15152 Auburn 11 11 - 0 - 0 68 1858 7 15118 Wisconsin 12 10 - 1 - 1 37 2896 8 14626 Penn State 12 10 - 2 - 0 27 3494 9 14568 Idaho 1 1 - 0 - 0 64 1971 10 14465 Arizona 12 10 - 2 - 0 36 3083 11 14150 West Virginia 12 11 - 1 - 0 58 2108 12 14042 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 50 2396 13 13739 UCLA 12 8 - 4 - 0 6 4714 14 13689 Tennessee 12 9 - 2 - 1 47 2584 15 13624 Miami FL 12 9 - 3 - 0 29 3463 16 13132 Michigan 12 8 - 4 - 0 18 3758 17 12622 Colorado 12 8 - 3 - 1 23 3570 18 12618 Oklahoma 12 9 - 3 - 0 35 3111 19 11731 Southern California 13 8 - 5 - 0 8 4330 20 11669 Weber State 1 1 - 0 - 0 98 259 21 10917 Kansas State 12 9 - 2 - 1 63 1976 22 10817 Louisville 12 9 - 3 - 0 53 2240 23 10748 Boston College 12 9 - 3 - 0 60 2042 24 10344 Alabama 13 9 - 3 - 1 61 2001 25 10333 Washington 11 7 - 4 - 0 32 3266 26 9945 Virginia Tech 12 9 - 3 - 0 71 1787 27 9600 North Carolina 13 10 - 3 - 0 84 1264 28 9580 California 13 9 - 4 - 0 43 2744 29 9300 Indiana 12 8 - 4 - 0 48 2438 30 9258 Arizona State 11 6 - 5 - 0 13 3930 31 7983 Michigan State 12 6 - 6 - 0 11 4153 32 7438 Clemson 12 9 - 3 - 0 86 1208 33 6789 Youngstown State 2 2 - 0 - 0 123 -2337 34 6785 Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 12 4060 35 6762 Washington State 11 5 - 6 - 0 21 3622 36 6512 Oregon 11 5 - 6 - 0 24 3567 37 6501 Fresno State 12 8 - 4 - 0 91 908 38 6332 Virginia 12 7 - 5 - 0 72 1783 39 5825 Stanford 11 4 - 7 - 0 5 4794 40 5591 Kansas 12 5 - 7 - 0 28 3465 41 5510 North Carolina State 12 7 - 5 - 0 57 2149 42 5456 Texas 11 5 - 5 - 1 44 2631 43 5368 Georgia 11 5 - 6 - 0 38 2873 44 5222 Syracuse 11 6 - 4 - 1 70 1801 45 5068 Texas Tech 12 6 - 6 - 0 56 2163 46 4538 Louisiana State 11 5 - 6 - 0 26 3547 47 4358 Oregon State 11 4 - 7 - 0 16 3765 48 4335 Kentucky 12 6 - 6 - 0 73 1705 49 4254 Arkansas 11 5 - 5 - 1 46 2616 50 4254 Brigham Young 12 6 - 6 - 0 55 2173 51 3962 Wyoming 12 8 - 4 - 0 96 418 52 3943 Utah 13 7 - 6 - 0 75 1690 53 3832 Missouri 11 3 - 7 - 1 9 4299 54 3786 San Diego State 12 6 - 6 - 0 77 1626 55 3690 Memphis 11 6 - 5 - 0 93 679 56 3636 Iowa 12 6 - 6 - 0 51 2393 57 3406 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 - 0 79 1546 58 3118 North Texas 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 8839 59 2703 Rice 11 6 - 5 - 0 88 1140 60 2411 Georgia Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 76 1662 61 2257 Mississippi State 11 3 - 6 - 2 59 2097 62 2073 New Mexico 11 6 - 5 - 0 102 -14 63 2000 Baylor 11 5 - 6 - 0 65 1940 64 1908 Cincinnati 11 8 - 3 - 0 117 -1631 65 1854 South Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 54 2182 66 1785 Colorado State 11 5 - 6 - 0 67 1867 67 1724 Minnesota 11 4 - 7 - 0 39 2855 68 1520 Iowa State 11 3 - 8 - 0 25 3560 69 1478 Samford 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 7576 70 1390 Louisiana Lafayette 11 8 - 3 - 0 118 -1699 71 1290 Pittsburgh 11 3 - 8 - 0 14 3883 72 1217 Vanderbilt 11 4 - 7 - 0 41 2774 73 1098 Utah State 12 7 - 5 - 0 103 -205 74 1079 Northwestern 11 2 - 9 - 0 7 4486 75 518 Nevada Reno 11 7 - 4 - 0 119 -1702 76 403 Georgia Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 6812 77 241 Rutgers 11 4 - 7 - 0 78 1615 78 134 Oklahoma State 11 3 - 8 - 0 45 2623 79 -495 Purdue 11 1 - 10 - 0 10 4292 80 -917 Texas Christian 11 4 - 7 - 0 81 1441 81 -936 Hawaii 12 6 - 6 - 0 108 -647 82 -1105 Bowling Green 11 6 - 3 - 2 125 -2558 83 -1136 Maryland 11 2 - 9 - 0 15 3794 84 -1255 Duke 11 3 - 8 - 0 49 2424 85 -1267 Tulsa 11 4 - 6 - 1 97 375 86 -1466 Southern Methodist 11 2 - 7 - 2 69 1852 87 -1966 Ball State 12 8 - 3 - 1 134 -3095 88 -2023 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 5458 89 -2142 Western Michigan 11 7 - 3 - 1 137 -3130 90 -2288 Cal State Northridge 2 1 - 1 - 0 109 -658 91 -2392 Montana 1 0 - 1 - 0 33 3256 92 -3736 Southern Mississippi 11 2 - 8 - 1 83 1289 93 -3801 New Mexico State 11 5 - 6 - 0 105 -592 94 -4224 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 42 2755 95 -4377 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 62 1981 96 -4604 Wake Forest 11 2 - 9 - 0 80 1494 97 -4792 San Jose State 11 2 - 9 - 0 92 741 98 -4819 Houston 11 1 - 9 - 1 52 2381 99 -5291 Air Force 12 4 - 8 - 0 114 -1300 100 -5383 Sam Houston 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 1351 101 -5460 Army 11 6 - 5 - 0 138 -3404 102 -5495 Louisiana Monroe 2 1 - 1 - 0 140 -3657 103 -5990 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 112 -931 104 -6105 Tulane 12 3 - 9 - 0 95 460 105 -6243 Pacific 11 3 - 8 - 0 106 -609 106 -6420 Nevada Las Vegas 11 3 - 8 - 0 107 -618 107 -6516 Central Michigan 11 5 - 6 - 0 131 -2988 108 -6524 Northern Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 116 -1466 109 -6808 East Carolina 11 2 - 9 - 0 94 651 110 -6946 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 19 3719 111 -7180 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 31 3381 112 -7207 Akron 11 5 - 6 - 0 130 -2983 113 -7918 Texas El Paso 12 1 - 11 - 0 85 1255 114 -8294 Central Florida 2 1 - 1 - 0 141 -4114 115 -8620 Toledo 11 4 - 7 - 0 135 -3101 116 -8966 Temple 11 1 - 10 - 0 66 1889 117 -9177 Western Carolina 1 0 - 1 - 0 40 2795 118 -9189 Ohio University 11 4 - 7 - 0 121 -2213 119 -9623 Miami OH 11 4 - 7 - 0 129 -2768 120 -9649 Louisiana Tech 11 2 - 9 - 0 110 -698 121 -10571 Eastern Michigan 11 4 - 7 - 0 139 -3453 122 -10613 Tennessee Chattanooga 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 1703 123 -10894 Arkansas State 11 2 - 8 - 1 115 -1351 124 -10967 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 89 1036 125 -11823 Austin Peay 1 0 - 1 - 0 90 954 126 -12011 Furman 1 0 - 1 - 0 87 1205 127 -12806 Illinois State 1 0 - 1 - 0 113 -983 128 -12910 Boise State 1 0 - 1 - 0 99 259 129 -13436 Middle Tennessee 2 0 - 2 - 0 104 -550 130 -13758 Texas Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 100 259 131 -14146 Missouri State 1 0 - 1 - 0 101 67 132 -15060 Indiana State 2 0 - 2 - 0 111 -891 133 -16884 Kent State 11 0 - 11 - 0 124 -2433 134 -17629 Appalachian State 1 0 - 1 - 0 122 -2302 135 -18259 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 128 -2730 136 -18385 Virginia Military 1 0 - 1 - 0 127 -2730 137 -18393 Colgate 3 0 - 3 - 0 120 -1868 138 -18708 Eastern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 -2995 139 -18942 William & Mary 1 0 - 1 - 0 133 -3052 140 -19004 Western Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 -5285 141 -19660 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 136 -3121 142 -20071 Citadel 1 0 - 1 - 0 126 -2645 143 -21450 Southern Illinois 3 0 - 3 - 0 142 -4339