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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 4372 Georgia Pre-Flight 9 7 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 4 2543 2 4309 Georgia 12 11 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 25 1365 3 4237 Ohio State 10 9 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 20 1641 4 4064 Tennessee 11 9 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 23 1441 5 4015 Wisconsin 10 8 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 13 1983 6 3842 Georgia Tech 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 17 1713 7 3693 Alabama 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 5 2441 8 3599 Notre Dame 11 7 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 9 2094 9 3430 Michigan 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 12 2001 10 3357 LSU 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 6 2362 11 3183 Boston College 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 31 1171 12 3071 Great Lakes 12 8 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 15 1729 13 2974 Rice 10 7 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 27 1237 14 2904 Mississippi State 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 36 973 15 2841 Jacksonville NAS 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 18 1705 16 2838 Texas 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 42 761 17 2831 North Carolina Pre-Flight 11 8 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 35 1025 18 2578 Tulsa 11 10 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 83 -442 19 2517 Iowa Pre-Flight 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 22 1519 20 2408 Fordham 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 14 1845 21 2312 Auburn 11 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 10 2033 22 2122 Penn State 8 6 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 41 767 23 2119 Illinois 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 2644 24 2111 Minnesota 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 19 1675 25 2049 Tulane 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 3 2587 26 1962 Indiana 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 40 855 27 1954 Hardin-Simmons 11 9 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 104 -1313 28 1828 Marquette 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 62 150 29 1809 Duke 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 29 1215 30 1744 William & Mary 11 9 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 84 -473 31 1614 Iowa 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 24 1391 32 1580 Texas Christian 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 46 649 33 1520 Missouri 12 8 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 63 124 34 1510 Wake Forest 9 6 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 72 -52 35 1455 Pennsylvania 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 49 527 36 1336 Baylor University 11 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 26 1253 37 1260 Texas A&M 10 4 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 34 1069 38 1233 North Carolina 9 5 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 71 -50 39 1181 Miami (Florida) 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 74 -91 40 1154 UCLA 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 67 98 41 1131 Colgate 9 6 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 70 29 42 1105 Vanderbilt 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 21 1568 43 1071 Navy 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 44 716 44 1001 Santa Clara 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 90 -663 45 988 Army 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 57 247 46 883 Michigan State 9 4 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 38 920 47 822 Stanford 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 60 180 48 776 Georgetown University 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 55 297 49 719 Southern California 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 48 538 50 699 Washington State 10 6 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 97 -949 51 609 Oklahoma State 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 88 -595 52 602 West Virginia 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 52 447 53 509 Syracuse 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 33 1069 54 494 Duquesne 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 65 99 55 448 Northwestern 10 1 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 2735 56 296 Yale 8 5 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 76 -173 57 272 Holy Cross College 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 61 178 58 218 North Carolina State 10 4 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 51 488 59 166 Villanova 8 4 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 82 -365 60 142 Pittsburgh 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 16 1724 61 115 St. Mary's Pre-Flight 11 7 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 59 225 62 106 Dartmouth College 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 73 -82 63 -41 Virginia Tech 10 7 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 105 -1325 64 -72 Texas Tech 10 4 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 64 118 65 -78 Kentucky 10 3 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 28 1236 66 -212 Saint Mary's CA 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 79 -300 67 -303 Arizona 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 108 -1555 68 -351 Southern Methodist 11 3 - 6 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 32 1168 69 -361 Detroit 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 66 99 70 -367 California 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 86 -503 71 -454 Furman 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 50 527 72 -578 Purdue 9 1 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 8 2193 73 -581 Harvard 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 37 954 74 -601 Princeton 9 3 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 58 239 75 -614 Oklahoma 10 3 - 5 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 69 31 76 -625 Florida 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 11 2027 77 -737 Temple 10 2 - 5 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 47 617 78 -764 Washington 10 4 - 3 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 98 -1043 79 -813 Clemson 10 3 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 43 728 80 -834 Arkansas 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 30 1197 81 -872 Colorado 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 113 -2633 82 -950 Oregon State 10 4 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 91 -689 83 -1007 Cornell 9 3 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 53 367 84 -1077 Mississippi 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 7 2240 85 -1169 Nebraska 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 56 275 86 -1257 Utah 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 109 -2402 87 -1339 Maryland 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 107 -1553 88 -1460 Creighton 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 89 -661 89 -1495 St. Louis 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 85 -486 90 -1592 Virginia Military 9 3 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 94 -875 91 -1639 Manhattan 8 2 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 39 858 92 -1642 West Texas A&M 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 120 -3003 93 -1660 Brown University 8 4 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 77 -232 94 -1684 Citadel 7 5 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 106 -1508 95 -1728 South Carolina 9 1 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 45 658 96 -1795 Davidson College 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 75 -118 97 -1913 Columbia 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 54 297 98 -1977 Oregon 8 2 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 81 -349 99 -2003 Iowa State 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 95 -916 100 -2028 Kansas State 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 68 70 101 -2055 George Washington 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 78 -298 102 -2315 Texas El Paso 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 117 -2940 103 -2340 Denver 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 115 -2787 104 -2434 Washington MO 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 87 -538 105 -2463 Kansas 10 2 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 80 -314 106 -2545 San Francisco 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 93 -729 107 -2732 Loyola Marymount 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 103 -1307 108 -2963 Virginia 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 100 -1206 109 -3152 Drake 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 92 -700 110 -3173 Colorado State 7 4 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 110 -2548 111 -3287 New Mexico 11 4 - 5 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 116 -2804 112 -3385 Richmond 10 3 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 102 -1297 113 -3404 Idaho 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 96 -922 114 -3606 Utah State 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 114 -2760 115 -4255 Brigham Young 7 2 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 118 -2948 116 -4394 Washington & Lee 9 1 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 101 -1285 117 -4606 Arizona State 10 2 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 112 -2604 118 -4668 Wyoming 8 3 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 111 -2583 119 -4945 Montana 8 0 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 99 -1188 120 -5843 Northern Arizona 6 1 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 121 -3741 121 -6856 New Mexico State 9 1 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 119 -2999