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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 18946 Florida State 12 11 - 1 11 - 1 15 3956 2 18685 Florida 12 10 - 2 10 - 2 6 5018 3 18666 Tennessee 13 11 - 2 11 - 2 1 5490 4 18117 Nebraska 13 13 - 0 13 - 0 48 2466 5 17882 Michigan 12 12 - 0 12 - 0 40 2864 6 16527 Auburn 13 10 - 3 10 - 3 2 5486 7 16454 Georgia 12 10 - 2 10 - 2 16 3917 8 15759 UCLA 12 10 - 2 10 - 2 21 3653 9 14956 North Carolina 12 11 - 1 11 - 1 51 2369 10 13969 Kansas State 12 11 - 1 11 - 1 63 1629 11 13847 Washington State 12 10 - 2 10 - 2 35 3031 12 13678 Louisiana State 12 9 - 3 9 - 3 24 3574 13 13570 Washington 12 8 - 4 8 - 4 11 4181 14 13186 Ohio State 13 10 - 3 10 - 3 44 2727 15 12430 Mississippi 12 8 - 4 8 - 4 8 4595 16 11347 Arizona State 12 9 - 3 9 - 3 47 2566 17 10886 Mississippi State 11 7 - 4 7 - 4 13 4077 18 10402 Penn State 12 9 - 3 9 - 3 50 2409 19 10264 Virginia 11 7 - 4 6 - 4 22 3601 20 9411 Clemson 12 7 - 5 6 - 5 28 3477 21 9304 Southern California 11 6 - 5 6 - 5 10 4292 22 9239 Purdue 12 9 - 3 9 - 3 60 1742 23 9027 Oregon 12 7 - 5 7 - 5 23 3585 24 9027 Colorado State 13 11 - 2 11 - 2 100 103 25 9008 Georgia Tech 12 7 - 5 7 - 5 19 3675 26 8935 South Carolina 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 5 5073 27 8920 Southern Mississippi 12 9 - 3 9 - 3 68 1400 28 8766 Arizona 12 7 - 5 7 - 5 26 3541 29 8582 Michigan State 12 7 - 5 7 - 5 43 2776 30 7979 Texas A&M 13 9 - 4 8 - 4 71 1267 31 7345 Marshall 13 10 - 3 9 - 3 103 -107 32 7338 North Carolina State 11 6 - 5 6 - 5 38 2896 33 7307 Syracuse 13 9 - 4 9 - 4 77 799 34 7134 Notre Dame 13 7 - 6 7 - 6 32 3298 35 6869 Kentucky 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 17 3872 36 6731 Stanford 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 12 4119 37 6647 Iowa 12 7 - 5 6 - 5 69 1356 38 6639 Alabama 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 9 4424 39 6535 Arkansas 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 4 5131 40 6201 Miami OH 11 8 - 3 8 - 3 107 -272 41 5978 Colorado 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 27 3488 42 5932 Oklahoma State 12 8 - 4 8 - 4 81 678 43 5871 Missouri 12 7 - 5 7 - 5 55 2139 44 5779 Air Force 13 10 - 3 9 - 3 109 -316 45 5525 Texas Tech 11 6 - 5 6 - 5 57 2029 46 5510 Toledo 12 9 - 3 9 - 3 101 38 47 5460 Wisconsin 13 8 - 5 8 - 5 56 2037 48 5241 Ohio University 11 8 - 3 7 - 3 104 -203 49 5207 Louisiana Tech 11 9 - 2 9 - 2 115 -639 50 4869 Tulane 11 7 - 4 7 - 4 90 341 51 4869 Central Florida 11 5 - 6 4 - 6 54 2203 52 4481 Wake Forest 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 42 2785 53 3962 Northwestern 12 5 - 7 5 - 7 36 2987 54 3828 West Virginia 12 7 - 5 7 - 5 84 626 55 3697 New Mexico 13 9 - 4 8 - 4 112 -520 56 3302 Cincinnati 12 8 - 4 8 - 4 108 -278 57 3060 Rice 11 7 - 4 7 - 4 96 252 58 3010 California 11 3 - 8 3 - 8 18 3690 59 2976 Western Michigan 11 8 - 3 8 - 3 116 -660 60 2941 Virginia Tech 12 7 - 5 7 - 5 99 159 61 2465 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 5 6 - 5 82 640 62 2104 Wyoming 13 7 - 6 6 - 6 92 318 63 1432 Navy 11 7 - 4 5 - 4 122 -1758 64 1424 Brigham Young 11 6 - 5 6 - 5 87 486 65 1370 Vanderbilt 11 3 - 8 3 - 8 29 3450 66 1340 East Carolina 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 62 1644 67 864 Utah 11 6 - 5 6 - 5 106 -260 68 710 Kansas 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 67 1495 69 602 Fresno State 12 6 - 6 5 - 6 102 -59 70 591 San Diego State 12 5 - 7 5 - 7 66 1520 71 572 Oregon State 11 3 - 8 3 - 8 37 2958 72 433 Pittsburgh 12 6 - 6 6 - 6 91 337 73 230 Miami FL 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 89 389 74 -53 Texas 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 64 1609 75 -172 Oklahoma 12 4 - 8 4 - 8 52 2342 76 -641 Duke 11 2 - 9 2 - 9 33 3271 77 -1090 Nevada Reno 11 5 - 6 5 - 6 105 -238 78 -1221 Louisiana Monroe 12 5 - 7 3 - 7 80 698 79 -1255 Maryland 11 2 - 9 2 - 9 25 3551 80 -1409 Minnesota 12 3 - 9 3 - 9 53 2235 81 -1501 Utah State 12 6 - 6 5 - 6 119 -1407 82 -1854 Indiana 11 2 - 9 2 - 9 31 3312 83 -2008 Memphis 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 95 261 84 -2100 Ball State 11 5 - 6 4 - 6 110 -426 85 -2154 Eastern Michigan 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 98 170 86 -2557 Bowling Green 11 3 - 8 3 - 8 59 1842 87 -2699 Boston College 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 86 493 88 -3091 San Jose State 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 78 747 89 -3191 Baylor 11 2 - 9 2 - 9 46 2596 90 -3563 Texas El Paso 11 4 - 7 4 - 7 94 276 91 -3744 Houston 11 3 - 8 3 - 8 65 1536 92 -4158 Kent State 11 3 - 8 3 - 7 76 882 93 -4700 Temple 11 3 - 8 3 - 8 85 615 94 -4796 Iowa State 11 1 - 10 1 - 10 41 2850 95 -4849 Akron 11 2 - 9 2 - 9 61 1738 96 -5341 Hawaii 12 3 - 9 2 - 9 97 205 97 -5387 Tulsa 11 2 - 9 2 - 9 72 1103 98 -5510 Nevada Las Vegas 11 3 - 8 2 - 8 111 -470 99 -6336 Alabama Birmingham 11 5 - 6 2 - 6 129 -2582 100 -6435 Illinois 11 0 - 11 0 - 11 34 3242 101 -6570 Army 11 4 - 7 2 - 7 120 -1412 102 -6727 Idaho 11 5 - 6 2 - 5 130 -2628 103 -6727 Boise State 11 4 - 7 3 - 6 124 -1852 104 -6869 Central Michigan 11 2 - 9 2 - 9 88 438 105 -7050 Louisville 11 1 - 10 1 - 10 73 1100 106 -7833 North Texas 11 4 - 7 3 - 7 125 -1852 107 -8513 Texas Christian 11 1 - 10 1 - 10 83 640 108 -9477 Louisiana Lafayette 11 1 - 10 1 - 9 75 1005 109 -10095 Northern Illinois 11 0 - 11 0 - 11 70 1314 110 -11527 New Mexico State 11 2 - 9 1 - 8 123 -1801 111 -12053 Rutgers 11 0 - 11 0 - 11 93 301 112 -13601 Arkansas State 11 2 - 9 0 - 8 128 -2397