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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 8839 North Texas 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 8839 2 7576 Samford 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 7576 3 6812 Georgia Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 6812 4 5458 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 5458 5 4794 Stanford 11 4 - 7 - 0 5 4794 6 4714 UCLA 12 8 - 4 - 0 6 4714 7 4486 Northwestern 11 2 - 9 - 0 7 4486 8 4330 Southern California 13 8 - 5 - 0 8 4330 9 4299 Missouri 11 3 - 7 - 1 9 4299 10 4292 Purdue 11 1 - 10 - 0 10 4292 11 4153 Michigan State 12 6 - 6 - 0 11 4153 12 4060 Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 12 4060 13 3930 Arizona State 11 6 - 5 - 0 13 3930 14 3883 Pittsburgh 11 3 - 8 - 0 14 3883 15 3794 Maryland 11 2 - 9 - 0 15 3794 16 3765 Oregon State 11 4 - 7 - 0 16 3765 17 3761 Nebraska 12 11 - 1 - 0 17 3761 18 3758 Michigan 12 8 - 4 - 0 18 3758 19 3719 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 19 3719 20 3632 Florida State 13 12 - 1 - 0 20 3632 21 3622 Washington State 11 5 - 6 - 0 21 3622 22 3587 Ohio State 12 10 - 1 - 1 22 3587 23 3570 Colorado 12 8 - 3 - 1 23 3570 24 3567 Oregon 11 5 - 6 - 0 24 3567 25 3560 Iowa State 11 3 - 8 - 0 25 3560 26 3547 Louisiana State 11 5 - 6 - 0 26 3547 27 3494 Penn State 12 10 - 2 - 0 27 3494 28 3465 Kansas 12 5 - 7 - 0 28 3465 29 3463 Miami FL 12 9 - 3 - 0 29 3463 30 3455 Notre Dame 12 11 - 1 - 0 30 3455 31 3381 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 31 3381 32 3266 Washington 11 7 - 4 - 0 32 3266 33 3256 Montana 1 0 - 1 - 0 33 3256 34 3181 Florida 13 11 - 2 - 0 34 3181 35 3111 Oklahoma 12 9 - 3 - 0 35 3111 36 3083 Arizona 12 10 - 2 - 0 36 3083 37 2896 Wisconsin 12 10 - 1 - 1 37 2896 38 2873 Georgia 11 5 - 6 - 0 38 2873 39 2855 Minnesota 11 4 - 7 - 0 39 2855 40 2795 Western Carolina 1 0 - 1 - 0 40 2795 41 2774 Vanderbilt 11 4 - 7 - 0 41 2774 42 2755 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 42 2755 43 2744 California 13 9 - 4 - 0 43 2744 44 2631 Texas 11 5 - 5 - 1 44 2631 45 2623 Oklahoma State 11 3 - 8 - 0 45 2623 46 2616 Arkansas 11 5 - 5 - 1 46 2616 47 2584 Tennessee 12 9 - 2 - 1 47 2584 48 2438 Indiana 12 8 - 4 - 0 48 2438 49 2424 Duke 11 3 - 8 - 0 49 2424 50 2396 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 50 2396 51 2393 Iowa 12 6 - 6 - 0 51 2393 52 2381 Houston 11 1 - 9 - 1 52 2381 53 2240 Louisville 12 9 - 3 - 0 53 2240 54 2182 South Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 54 2182 55 2173 Brigham Young 12 6 - 6 - 0 55 2173 56 2163 Texas Tech 12 6 - 6 - 0 56 2163 57 2149 North Carolina State 12 7 - 5 - 0 57 2149 58 2108 West Virginia 12 11 - 1 - 0 58 2108 59 2097 Mississippi State 11 3 - 6 - 2 59 2097 60 2042 Boston College 12 9 - 3 - 0 60 2042 61 2001 Alabama 13 9 - 3 - 1 61 2001 62 1981 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 62 1981 63 1976 Kansas State 12 9 - 2 - 1 63 1976 64 1971 Idaho 1 1 - 0 - 0 64 1971 65 1940 Baylor 11 5 - 6 - 0 65 1940 66 1889 Temple 11 1 - 10 - 0 66 1889 67 1867 Colorado State 11 5 - 6 - 0 67 1867 68 1858 Auburn 11 11 - 0 - 0 68 1858 69 1852 Southern Methodist 11 2 - 7 - 2 69 1852 70 1801 Syracuse 11 6 - 4 - 1 70 1801 71 1787 Virginia Tech 12 9 - 3 - 0 71 1787 72 1783 Virginia 12 7 - 5 - 0 72 1783 73 1705 Kentucky 12 6 - 6 - 0 73 1705 74 1703 Tennessee Chattanooga 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 1703 75 1690 Utah 13 7 - 6 - 0 75 1690 76 1662 Georgia Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 76 1662 77 1626 San Diego State 12 6 - 6 - 0 77 1626 78 1615 Rutgers 11 4 - 7 - 0 78 1615 79 1546 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 - 0 79 1546 80 1494 Wake Forest 11 2 - 9 - 0 80 1494 81 1441 Texas Christian 11 4 - 7 - 0 81 1441 82 1351 Sam Houston 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 1351 83 1289 Southern Mississippi 11 2 - 8 - 1 83 1289 84 1264 North Carolina 13 10 - 3 - 0 84 1264 85 1255 Texas El Paso 12 1 - 11 - 0 85 1255 86 1208 Clemson 12 9 - 3 - 0 86 1208 87 1205 Furman 1 0 - 1 - 0 87 1205 88 1140 Rice 11 6 - 5 - 0 88 1140 89 1036 Idaho State 1 0 - 1 - 0 89 1036 90 954 Austin Peay 1 0 - 1 - 0 90 954 91 908 Fresno State 12 8 - 4 - 0 91 908 92 741 San Jose State 11 2 - 9 - 0 92 741 93 679 Memphis 11 6 - 5 - 0 93 679 94 651 East Carolina 11 2 - 9 - 0 94 651 95 460 Tulane 12 3 - 9 - 0 95 460 96 418 Wyoming 12 8 - 4 - 0 96 418 97 375 Tulsa 11 4 - 6 - 1 97 375 98 259 Weber State 1 1 - 0 - 0 98 259 99 259 Boise State 1 0 - 1 - 0 99 259 100 259 Texas Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 100 259 101 67 Missouri State 1 0 - 1 - 0 101 67 102 -14 New Mexico 11 6 - 5 - 0 102 -14 103 -205 Utah State 12 7 - 5 - 0 103 -205 104 -550 Middle Tennessee 2 0 - 2 - 0 104 -550 105 -592 New Mexico State 11 5 - 6 - 0 105 -592 106 -609 Pacific 11 3 - 8 - 0 106 -609 107 -618 Nevada Las Vegas 11 3 - 8 - 0 107 -618 108 -647 Hawaii 12 6 - 6 - 0 108 -647 109 -658 Cal State Northridge 2 1 - 1 - 0 109 -658 110 -698 Louisiana Tech 11 2 - 9 - 0 110 -698 111 -891 Indiana State 2 0 - 2 - 0 111 -891 112 -931 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 112 -931 113 -983 Illinois State 1 0 - 1 - 0 113 -983 114 -1300 Air Force 12 4 - 8 - 0 114 -1300 115 -1351 Arkansas State 11 2 - 8 - 1 115 -1351 116 -1466 Northern Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 116 -1466 117 -1631 Cincinnati 11 8 - 3 - 0 117 -1631 118 -1699 Louisiana Lafayette 11 8 - 3 - 0 118 -1699 119 -1702 Nevada Reno 11 7 - 4 - 0 119 -1702 120 -1868 Colgate 3 0 - 3 - 0 120 -1868 121 -2213 Ohio University 11 4 - 7 - 0 121 -2213 122 -2302 Appalachian State 1 0 - 1 - 0 122 -2302 123 -2337 Youngstown State 2 2 - 0 - 0 123 -2337 124 -2433 Kent State 11 0 - 11 - 0 124 -2433 125 -2558 Bowling Green 11 6 - 3 - 2 125 -2558 126 -2645 Citadel 1 0 - 1 - 0 126 -2645 127 -2730 Virginia Military 1 0 - 1 - 0 127 -2730 128 -2730 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 128 -2730 129 -2768 Miami OH 11 4 - 7 - 0 129 -2768 130 -2983 Akron 11 5 - 6 - 0 130 -2983 131 -2988 Central Michigan 11 5 - 6 - 0 131 -2988 132 -2995 Eastern Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 -2995 133 -3052 William & Mary 1 0 - 1 - 0 133 -3052 134 -3095 Ball State 12 8 - 3 - 1 134 -3095 135 -3101 Toledo 11 4 - 7 - 0 135 -3101 136 -3121 Cal State Sacramento 1 0 - 1 - 0 136 -3121 137 -3130 Western Michigan 11 7 - 3 - 1 137 -3130 138 -3404 Army 11 6 - 5 - 0 138 -3404 139 -3453 Eastern Michigan 11 4 - 7 - 0 139 -3453 140 -3657 Louisiana Monroe 2 1 - 1 - 0 140 -3657 141 -4114 Central Florida 2 1 - 1 - 0 141 -4114 142 -4339 Southern Illinois 3 0 - 3 - 0 142 -4339 143 -5285 Western Illinois 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 -5285