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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 20908 Florida 13 12 - 1 11 - 1 8 4724 2 19238 Florida State 12 11 - 1 11 - 1 16 4099 3 19196 Ohio State 12 11 - 1 11 - 1 13 4196 4 17598 Arizona State 12 11 - 1 11 - 1 45 3241 5 17368 Nebraska 13 11 - 2 11 - 2 23 3876 6 15667 Colorado 12 10 - 2 10 - 2 21 3900 7 15375 Penn State 13 11 - 2 11 - 2 40 3319 8 15367 Tennessee 12 10 - 2 10 - 2 50 3143 9 15052 North Carolina 12 10 - 2 10 - 2 57 2980 10 14522 Washington 12 9 - 3 9 - 3 15 4100 11 13850 Alabama 13 10 - 3 10 - 3 29 3559 12 13697 Virginia Tech 12 10 - 2 10 - 2 67 2651 13 13432 Syracuse 12 9 - 3 9 - 3 59 2967 14 13393 Notre Dame 11 8 - 3 8 - 3 38 3339 15 12902 Michigan 12 8 - 4 8 - 4 10 4369 16 12875 Iowa 12 9 - 3 9 - 3 33 3496 17 12718 Brigham Young 15 14 - 1 14 - 1 92 1016 18 12533 Louisiana State 12 10 - 2 10 - 2 69 2574 19 12437 Kansas State 12 9 - 3 8 - 3 42 3261 20 12215 Miami FL 12 9 - 3 8 - 3 52 3064 21 11554 Southern Mississippi 11 8 - 3 8 - 3 39 3338 22 10928 Northwestern 12 9 - 3 9 - 3 61 2842 23 10475 Auburn 12 8 - 4 8 - 4 56 2999 24 10045 Texas 13 8 - 5 8 - 5 46 3230 25 9976 Army 12 10 - 2 8 - 2 96 894 26 9596 East Carolina 11 8 - 3 7 - 3 79 1959 27 9469 West Virginia 12 8 - 4 8 - 4 74 2398 28 9185 Virginia 12 7 - 5 7 - 5 54 3041 29 8977 Southern California 12 6 - 6 6 - 6 12 4198 30 8943 Wisconsin 13 8 - 5 8 - 5 70 2574 31 8701 Texas Tech 12 7 - 5 7 - 5 48 3173 32 8582 Stanford 12 7 - 5 7 - 5 32 3524 33 8298 UCLA 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 9 4471 34 8263 Navy 12 9 - 3 8 - 3 88 1453 35 8186 South Carolina 11 6 - 5 6 - 5 28 3604 36 7822 Wyoming 12 10 - 2 10 - 2 104 84 37 7799 Michigan State 12 6 - 6 6 - 6 35 3436 38 7449 Rice 11 7 - 4 7 - 4 73 2461 39 7395 Oregon 11 6 - 5 6 - 5 47 3209 40 7392 Houston 12 7 - 5 6 - 5 60 2911 41 7249 Georgia 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 17 4089 42 7238 Clemson 12 7 - 5 6 - 5 64 2692 43 6524 Arizona 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 43 3257 44 6132 San Diego State 11 8 - 3 8 - 3 102 258 45 6128 Utah 12 8 - 4 8 - 4 86 1579 46 5959 Texas A&M 12 6 - 6 6 - 6 72 2462 47 5848 Air Force 11 6 - 5 6 - 5 83 1786 48 5667 California 12 6 - 6 6 - 6 53 3045 49 5057 Colorado State 12 7 - 5 6 - 5 89 1362 50 5030 Washington State 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 58 2972 51 4823 Mississippi State 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 66 2673 52 4757 Missouri 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 34 3454 53 4650 Cincinnati 11 6 - 5 6 - 5 84 1696 54 4323 Georgia Tech 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 65 2675 55 4254 Louisville 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 63 2724 56 4158 Kentucky 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 11 4294 57 3874 Minnesota 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 20 3900 58 3851 Arkansas 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 24 3865 59 3747 Purdue 11 3 - 8 3 - 8 6 4822 60 3563 Kansas 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 37 3357 61 3505 Boston College 12 5 - 7 5 - 7 49 3160 62 3317 Southern Methodist 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 77 2016 63 2945 Memphis 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 30 3535 64 2668 Indiana 11 3 - 8 3 - 8 25 3797 65 2058 Nevada Reno 12 9 - 3 8 - 3 135 -2402 66 2042 Louisiana Lafayette 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 78 2008 67 2023 Oklahoma State 11 5 - 6 4 - 6 82 1868 68 1927 Pittsburgh 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 44 3255 69 1916 New Mexico 11 6 - 5 5 - 5 105 15 70 1731 Maryland 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 81 1939 71 1551 North Carolina State 11 3 - 8 3 - 8 31 3530 72 1474 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 3 - 6 85 1675 73 1440 Baylor 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 75 2264 74 1136 Tulane 11 2 - 9 2 - 9 26 3680 75 1094 Utah State 11 6 - 5 5 - 5 103 241 76 211 Ball State 12 8 - 4 8 - 4 126 -1849 77 65 Oklahoma 11 3 - 8 3 - 8 55 3008 78 -3 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 2 - 9 18 3968 79 -11 Tulsa 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 80 1954 80 -38 Illinois 11 2 - 9 2 - 9 19 3936 81 -49 Iowa State 11 2 - 9 1 - 9 41 3280 82 -311 Miami OH 11 6 - 5 6 - 5 118 -1340 83 -1136 Fresno State 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 97 833 84 -1217 Ohio University 12 6 - 6 6 - 6 116 -1122 85 -1470 Texas Christian 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 90 1037 86 -1585 Oregon State 11 2 - 9 2 - 8 36 3409 87 -1712 Louisiana Tech 11 6 - 5 5 - 5 122 -1438 88 -1908 Idaho 11 7 - 4 3 - 4 139 -2670 89 -1939 Wake Forest 11 3 - 8 2 - 8 62 2796 90 -2553 Rutgers 11 2 - 9 1 - 9 51 3129 91 -3095 Toledo 11 7 - 4 6 - 4 134 -2376 92 -4185 Louisiana Monroe 11 5 - 6 1 - 6 108 -554 93 -4185 San Jose State 12 3 - 9 3 - 9 87 1541 94 -4266 North Texas 11 5 - 6 4 - 6 110 -855 95 -4346 Duke 11 0 - 11 0 - 11 22 3888 96 -4354 Central Florida 11 5 - 6 2 - 6 125 -1819 97 -4469 Temple 11 1 - 10 1 - 10 68 2589 98 -5552 Alabama Birmingham 11 5 - 6 2 - 6 133 -2199 99 -5813 Central Michigan 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 138 -2535 100 -6389 Nevada Las Vegas 12 1 - 11 1 - 11 76 2086 101 -7057 Bowling Green 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 124 -1692 102 -7069 Texas El Paso 11 2 - 9 2 - 9 101 332 103 -7073 Hawaii 12 2 - 10 2 - 10 94 1008 104 -8079 Eastern Michigan 11 3 - 8 3 - 8 120 -1363 105 -8083 Akron 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 129 -2155 106 -8152 Arkansas State 11 4 - 7 1 - 7 137 -2473 107 -10306 Western Michigan 11 2 - 9 2 - 8 119 -1361 108 -11554 Northern Illinois 11 1 - 10 1 - 9 107 -246 109 -12883 Boise State 12 2 - 10 1 - 8 132 -2186 110 -13512 New Mexico State 11 1 - 10 0 - 9 121 -1379 111 -13655 Kent State 11 2 - 9 1 - 9 142 -2826