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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 5255 California 11 10 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 10 1802 2 4772 Fordham 8 7 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 13 1676 3 4497 Pittsburgh 10 9 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 32 1203 4 4162 Santa Clara 9 9 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 58 582 5 3621 Villanova 9 8 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 77 -25 6 3518 Dartmouth College 9 7 - 0 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 35 1084 7 3415 LSU 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 22 1441 8 3248 Auburn 11 6 - 2 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 18 1604 9 3230 Yale 8 6 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 29 1234 10 3169 Alabama 10 9 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 59 579 11 3017 Arkansas 10 6 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 14 1655 12 2996 Notre Dame 9 6 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 23 1431 13 2908 Holy Cross College 10 8 - 0 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 80 -105 14 2852 Stanford 9 4 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 2 2350 15 2827 Rice 11 6 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 7 2127 16 2715 Baylor University 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 15 1635 17 2707 Ohio State 8 6 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 50 709 18 2634 Texas A&M 9 5 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 19 1553 19 2561 Minnesota 8 6 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 40 946 20 2475 Washington 11 7 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 37 1032 21 2377 Nebraska 9 6 - 1 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 67 238 22 2369 Texas Christian 10 4 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 4 2272 23 2352 Vanderbilt 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 53 678 24 2347 Saint Mary's CA 9 4 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 1 2483 25 2231 Harvard 8 5 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 42 916 26 1992 Michigan State 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 66 365 27 1990 Washington State 9 3 - 3 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 8 1976 28 1989 North Carolina 9 7 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 87 -502 29 1897 Army 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 64 439 30 1872 Cornell 8 5 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 51 704 31 1850 Southern California 10 4 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 3 2311 32 1780 Georgia Tech 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 33 1176 33 1571 Tennessee 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 74 11 34 1567 Tulsa 10 6 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 71 110 35 1547 Duke 10 7 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 84 -437 36 1539 Manhattan 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 34 1104 37 1485 Oregon State 9 3 - 3 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 9 1905 38 1349 West Virginia 10 8 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 68 231 39 1258 Temple 9 3 - 2 - 4 0 - 0 - 0 43 891 40 1245 Purdue 8 4 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 27 1278 41 1199 Indiana 8 5 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 30 1231 42 1103 Oklahoma 9 5 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 82 -271 43 1073 Northwestern 8 4 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 36 1069 44 1066 Colorado 9 8 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 109 -1817 45 1043 Idaho 8 4 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 45 830 46 1036 Southern Methodist 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 17 1614 47 893 Penn State 8 5 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 44 832 48 866 Montana 8 7 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 95 -1071 49 780 Centenary 12 6 - 3 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 54 614 50 752 Maryland 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 92 -905 51 673 Texas 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 6 2164 52 646 Tulane 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 55 600 53 634 Arizona 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 100 -1301 54 565 Wisconsin 8 4 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 62 513 55 503 UCLA 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 11 1793 56 493 Georgia 11 6 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 69 139 57 469 Detroit 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 72 105 58 434 New York University 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 25 1337 59 368 Texas Tech 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 89 -697 60 320 Carnegie Mellon 8 2 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 12 1714 61 222 Georgetown University 8 2 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 24 1396 62 220 Oregon 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 16 1620 63 189 New Mexico State 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 116 -2112 64 187 Illinois 8 3 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 60 546 65 108 Syracuse 8 5 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 65 427 66 100 Michigan 8 4 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 63 458 67 85 Princeton 8 4 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 56 597 68 -44 Drake 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 105 -1598 69 -80 San Francisco 10 4 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 26 1326 70 -115 Mississippi State 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 47 786 71 -146 Brown University 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 5 2224 72 -242 Florida 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 49 712 73 -254 Loyola Marymount 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 21 1465 74 -324 Kansas 9 3 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 83 -315 75 -421 Duquesne 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 73 19 76 -477 Boston College 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 70 130 77 -510 Clemson 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 75 -12 78 -566 North Carolina State 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 97 -1098 79 -577 Mississippi 10 4 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 52 689 80 -617 Colgate 8 3 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 28 1252 81 -643 Kentucky 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 57 590 82 -706 Navy 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 94 -942 83 -765 Columbia 9 2 - 5 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 46 818 84 -817 Pennsylvania 8 2 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 48 768 85 -841 Denver 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 123 -2649 86 -884 Brigham Young 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 120 -2405 87 -889 Utah 8 5 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 114 -1960 88 -1025 Missouri 10 3 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 78 -37 89 -1236 Virginia Military 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 108 -1811 90 -1316 Texas El Paso 10 7 - 1 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 125 -2754 91 -1374 George Washington 8 3 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 61 532 92 -1416 Bucknell University 8 3 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 85 -465 93 -1515 Kansas State 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 99 -1209 94 -1687 Iowa 8 1 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 20 1503 95 -1728 Washington MO 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 81 -210 96 -1747 Marquette 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 41 943 97 -1802 Iowa State 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 76 -12 98 -1816 South Carolina 12 5 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 91 -870 99 -1977 Western State College 8 5 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 121 -2458 100 -2146 New Mexico 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 102 -1481 101 -2331 St. Louis 10 7 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 111 -1832 102 -2349 University of Chicago 7 1 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 38 999 103 -2459 Gonzaga 10 2 - 6 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 39 992 104 -2536 Virginia Tech 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 107 -1620 105 -2555 Sewanee 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 31 1230 106 -2558 Washington & Lee 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 101 -1406 107 -2570 Oklahoma State 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 90 -783 108 -2844 Wake Forest 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 79 -61 109 -2869 Citadel 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 112 -1854 110 -3022 Colorado College 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 124 -2739 111 -3084 Davidson College 10 2 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 86 -480 112 -3151 Furman 9 4 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 113 -1950 113 -3181 Utah State 8 2 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 115 -2024 114 -3225 Miami (Florida) 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 88 -695 115 -3303 Northern Arizona 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 103 -1493 116 -3614 Virginia 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 96 -1082 117 -3653 Richmond 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 118 -2345 118 -3684 Wyoming 8 3 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 126 -2764 119 -3947 Northern Colorado 8 2 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 122 -2515 120 -4000 Creighton 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 93 -937 121 -4229 Montana State Bozeman 8 3 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 106 -1607 122 -4453 William & Mary 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 119 -2383 123 -4564 Arizona State 9 0 - 8 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 98 -1188 124 -4630 Colorado School of Mines 7 2 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 117 -2238 125 -4710 Colorado State 8 1 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 110 -1818 126 -4994 Washburn University 10 0 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 104 -1495