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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 18946 Florida State 12 11 - 1 15 3956 2 18685 Florida 12 10 - 2 6 5018 3 18666 Tennessee 13 11 - 2 1 5490 4 18117 Nebraska 13 13 - 0 48 2466 5 17882 Michigan 12 12 - 0 40 2864 6 16527 Auburn 13 10 - 3 2 5486 7 16454 Georgia 12 10 - 2 16 3917 8 15759 UCLA 12 10 - 2 21 3653 9 14956 North Carolina 12 11 - 1 51 2369 10 13969 Kansas State 12 11 - 1 63 1629 11 13847 Washington State 12 10 - 2 35 3031 12 13678 Louisiana State 12 9 - 3 24 3574 13 13570 Washington 12 8 - 4 11 4181 14 13186 Ohio State 13 10 - 3 44 2727 15 12430 Mississippi 12 8 - 4 8 4595 16 11347 Arizona State 12 9 - 3 47 2566 17 10886 Mississippi State 11 7 - 4 13 4077 18 10402 Penn State 12 9 - 3 50 2409 19 10264 Virginia 11 7 - 4 22 3601 20 9411 Clemson 12 7 - 5 28 3477 21 9304 Southern California 11 6 - 5 10 4292 22 9239 Purdue 12 9 - 3 60 1742 23 9027 Oregon 12 7 - 5 23 3585 24 9027 Colorado State 13 11 - 2 100 103 25 9008 Georgia Tech 12 7 - 5 19 3675 26 8935 South Carolina 11 5 - 6 5 5073 27 8920 Southern Mississippi 12 9 - 3 68 1400 28 8766 Arizona 12 7 - 5 26 3541 29 8582 Michigan State 12 7 - 5 43 2776 30 7979 Texas A&M 13 9 - 4 71 1267 31 7787 Youngstown State 1 1 - 0 127 -2079 32 7345 Marshall 13 10 - 3 103 -107 33 7338 North Carolina State 11 6 - 5 38 2896 34 7307 Syracuse 13 9 - 4 77 799 35 7134 Notre Dame 13 7 - 6 32 3298 36 6869 Kentucky 11 5 - 6 17 3872 37 6731 Stanford 11 5 - 6 12 4119 38 6647 Iowa 12 7 - 5 69 1356 39 6639 Alabama 11 4 - 7 9 4424 40 6535 Arkansas 11 4 - 7 4 5131 41 6201 Miami OH 11 8 - 3 107 -272 42 5978 Colorado 11 5 - 6 27 3488 43 5932 Oklahoma State 12 8 - 4 81 678 44 5871 Missouri 12 7 - 5 55 2139 45 5779 Air Force 13 10 - 3 109 -316 46 5525 Texas Tech 11 6 - 5 57 2029 47 5510 Toledo 12 9 - 3 101 38 48 5460 Wisconsin 13 8 - 5 56 2037 49 5241 Ohio University 11 8 - 3 104 -203 50 5207 Louisiana Tech 11 9 - 2 115 -639 51 4869 Tulane 11 7 - 4 90 341 52 4869 Central Florida 11 5 - 6 54 2203 53 4481 Wake Forest 11 5 - 6 42 2785 54 3962 Northwestern 12 5 - 7 36 2987 55 3828 West Virginia 12 7 - 5 84 626 56 3697 New Mexico 13 9 - 4 112 -520 57 3302 Cincinnati 12 8 - 4 108 -278 58 3060 Rice 11 7 - 4 96 252 59 3010 California 11 3 - 8 18 3690 60 2976 Western Michigan 11 8 - 3 116 -660 61 2941 Virginia Tech 12 7 - 5 99 159 62 2465 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 5 82 640 63 2104 Wyoming 13 7 - 6 92 318 64 1835 Eastern Washington 1 1 - 0 136 -3363 65 1432 Navy 11 7 - 4 122 -1758 66 1424 Brigham Young 11 6 - 5 87 486 67 1370 Vanderbilt 11 3 - 8 29 3450 68 1340 East Carolina 11 5 - 6 62 1644 69 864 Utah 11 6 - 5 106 -260 70 710 Kansas 11 5 - 6 67 1495 71 602 Fresno State 12 6 - 6 102 -59 72 591 San Diego State 12 5 - 7 66 1520 73 572 Oregon State 11 3 - 8 37 2958 74 433 Pittsburgh 12 6 - 6 91 337 75 230 Miami FL 11 5 - 6 89 389 76 -53 Texas 11 4 - 7 64 1609 77 -172 Oklahoma 12 4 - 8 52 2342 78 -506 North Alabama 1 1 - 0 140 -4738 79 -641 Duke 11 2 - 9 33 3271 80 -1090 Nevada Reno 11 5 - 6 105 -238 81 -1221 Louisiana Monroe 12 5 - 7 80 698 82 -1255 Maryland 11 2 - 9 25 3551 83 -1409 Minnesota 12 3 - 9 53 2235 84 -1501 Utah State 12 6 - 6 119 -1407 85 -1536 Appalachian State 1 0 - 1 7 4705 86 -1854 Indiana 11 2 - 9 31 3312 87 -2008 Memphis 11 4 - 7 95 261 88 -2100 Ball State 11 5 - 6 110 -426 89 -2154 Eastern Michigan 11 4 - 7 98 170 90 -2484 Richmond 1 0 - 1 3 5132 91 -2557 Bowling Green 11 3 - 8 59 1842 92 -2699 Boston College 11 4 - 7 86 493 93 -3091 San Jose State 11 4 - 7 78 747 94 -3133 California Poly 1 1 - 0 141 -5763 95 -3191 Baylor 11 2 - 9 46 2596 96 -3475 Southern Utah 1 1 - 0 142 -6800 97 -3563 Texas El Paso 11 4 - 7 94 276 98 -3744 Houston 11 3 - 8 65 1536 99 -4158 Kent State 11 3 - 8 76 882 100 -4700 Temple 11 3 - 8 85 615 101 -4796 Iowa State 11 1 - 10 41 2850 102 -4849 Akron 11 2 - 9 61 1738 103 -5341 Hawaii 12 3 - 9 97 205 104 -5387 Tulsa 11 2 - 9 72 1103 105 -5510 Nevada Las Vegas 11 3 - 8 111 -470 106 -6336 Alabama Birmingham 11 5 - 6 129 -2582 107 -6435 Illinois 11 0 - 11 34 3242 108 -6570 Army 11 4 - 7 120 -1412 109 -6727 Idaho 11 5 - 6 130 -2628 110 -6727 Boise State 11 4 - 7 124 -1852 111 -6735 Western Illinois 1 0 - 1 20 3672 112 -6816 Sam Houston 1 0 - 1 14 3989 113 -6835 Citadel 1 0 - 1 39 2889 114 -6869 Central Michigan 11 2 - 9 88 438 115 -7050 Louisville 11 1 - 10 73 1100 116 -7833 North Texas 11 4 - 7 125 -1852 117 -8513 Texas Christian 11 1 - 10 83 640 118 -8643 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 30 3323 119 -9250 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 58 1848 120 -9477 Louisiana Lafayette 11 1 - 10 75 1005 121 -9511 Montana 1 0 - 1 74 1052 122 -9672 Samford 1 0 - 1 49 2434 123 -9903 Buffalo 1 0 - 1 45 2620 124 -10095 Northern Illinois 11 0 - 11 70 1314 125 -10510 Cal State Northridge 3 1 - 2 139 -3932 126 -11527 New Mexico State 11 2 - 9 123 -1801 127 -12053 Rutgers 11 0 - 11 93 301 128 -12476 Northwestern State LA 1 0 - 1 113 -610 129 -12698 Virginia Military 1 0 - 1 79 716 130 -13601 Arkansas State 11 2 - 9 128 -2397 131 -13831 Colgate 2 0 - 2 118 -1284 132 -14833 James Madison 1 0 - 1 117 -1050 133 -15329 Western Kentucky 1 0 - 1 133 -3168 134 -15667 Nicholls State 1 0 - 1 114 -610 135 -17617 Portland State 2 0 - 2 121 -1531 136 -18224 Jacksonville State 1 0 - 1 132 -3168 137 -18754 Idaho State 2 0 - 2 126 -2057 138 -19107 Tennessee Tech 1 0 - 1 134 -3168 139 -19211 Weber State 1 0 - 1 137 -3363 140 -19645 Lafayette 1 0 - 1 135 -3285 141 -19722 Illinois State 1 0 - 1 131 -2755 142 -21523 Central Arkansas 1 0 - 1 144 -6800 143 -22049 Indiana State 1 0 - 1 138 -3916 144 -23228 Missouri State 1 0 - 1 143 -6800