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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 5290 Texas 11 10 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 7 2330 2 4918 Michigan 10 10 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 30 1228 3 4657 Notre Dame 9 9 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 34 1059 4 4354 Southern Methodist 11 9 - 0 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 19 1750 5 4205 Pennsylvania 8 7 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 28 1243 6 3887 North Carolina 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 15 1867 7 3586 Rice 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 5 2420 8 3456 Mississippi 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 24 1390 9 3270 Georgia Tech 11 10 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 50 397 10 3208 Alabama 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 21 1576 11 3146 Southern California 10 7 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 25 1353 12 2800 Army 9 5 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 31 1192 13 2567 Kentucky 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 17 1812 14 2548 California 10 9 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 69 -130 15 2535 Columbia 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 38 796 16 2464 LSU 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 14 1987 17 2413 Penn State 10 9 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 89 -800 18 2382 Arkansas 11 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 3 2542 19 2335 Wisconsin 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 20 1733 20 2267 Minnesota 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 29 1228 21 2201 Illinois 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 23 1498 22 2117 Duke 9 4 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 16 1814 23 1962 Michigan State 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 55 242 24 1958 Maryland 11 7 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 45 568 25 1958 William & Mary 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 74 -349 26 1952 Texas Christian 11 4 - 5 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 10 2123 27 1925 Vanderbilt 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 22 1575 28 1892 Purdue 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 26 1340 29 1808 Indiana 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 35 991 30 1760 Kansas 11 8 - 1 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 78 -424 31 1716 Georgia 12 7 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 37 863 32 1698 UCLA 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 32 1129 33 1632 North Carolina State 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 44 615 34 1624 Mississippi State 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 49 419 35 1603 Tennessee 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 11 2091 36 1595 Virginia 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 61 71 37 1576 Oklahoma 10 7 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 56 240 38 1428 Rutgers 9 8 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 94 -974 39 1425 Baylor University 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 12 2035 40 1314 Texas A&M 10 3 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 2 2656 41 1264 Northwestern 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 4 2438 42 1236 South Carolina 9 6 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 66 -68 43 1196 Princeton 8 5 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 52 312 44 1073 Oregon 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 71 -174 45 1001 Tulane 9 2 - 5 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 6 2347 46 956 Missouri 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 65 -67 47 878 Texas Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 43 631 48 699 Yale 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 68 -101 49 686 Utah 10 8 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 99 -1226 50 651 Iowa 9 3 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 9 2124 51 615 Navy 9 1 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 1 2678 52 596 Wake Forest 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 57 215 53 549 Hardin-Simmons 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 97 -1063 54 445 San Francisco 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 84 -536 55 400 Dartmouth College 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 42 636 56 385 Villanova 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 77 -402 57 244 West Virginia 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 64 -55 58 212 Florida 10 4 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 51 350 59 140 Ohio State 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 18 1799 60 61 Boston College 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 86 -554 61 -226 Nevada Reno 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 113 -2163 62 -303 Oregon State 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 85 -550 63 -375 Washington 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 47 452 64 -437 Cornell 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 40 693 65 -445 Marquette 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 48 448 66 -449 Tulsa 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 87 -612 67 -536 Detroit 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 93 -929 68 -537 Harvard 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 53 283 69 -579 Utah State 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 107 -1467 70 -586 Virginia Tech 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 73 -239 71 -600 Santa Clara 8 4 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 41 682 72 -639 Arizona 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 90 -840 73 -645 Pittsburgh 9 1 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 8 2282 74 -651 Denver 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 80 -477 75 -680 Clemson 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 72 -192 76 -837 Holy Cross College 10 4 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 95 -1006 77 -867 Brown University 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 62 -6 78 -990 Miami (Florida) 10 2 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 36 877 79 -996 Washington & Lee 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 67 -98 80 -1138 Davidson College 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 91 -862 81 -1140 Washington State 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 60 148 82 -1157 Oklahoma State 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 63 -54 83 -1185 Nebraska 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 39 748 84 -1260 West Texas A&M 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 116 -2301 85 -1274 Colorado 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 76 -382 86 -1350 Boston University 8 5 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 110 -1813 87 -1354 Auburn 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 27 1295 88 -1472 Virginia Military 9 3 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 75 -380 89 -1651 Georgetown University 8 3 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 104 -1393 90 -1668 Tennessee Chattanooga 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 13 2006 91 -1705 Syracuse 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 70 -167 92 -1771 Montana 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 103 -1389 93 -1885 Wichita State 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 117 -2688 94 -2018 Wyoming 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 88 -762 95 -2054 Texas El Paso 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 118 -2959 96 -2118 Brigham Young 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 98 -1090 97 -2132 Iowa State 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 83 -519 98 -2174 St. Louis 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 102 -1370 99 -2197 Stanford 9 0 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 33 1097 100 -2226 Idaho 8 4 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 100 -1234 101 -2335 Richmond 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 59 188 102 -2340 Furman 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 58 193 103 -2395 Colgate 8 1 - 5 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 92 -878 104 -2481 Citadel 8 3 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 54 252 105 -2706 Montana State Bozeman 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 106 -1434 106 -2850 Temple 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 82 -509 107 -2852 New Mexico 10 4 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 112 -2090 108 -3017 Saint Mary's CA 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 79 -458 109 -3084 Duquesne 10 2 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 46 555 110 -3140 Arizona State 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 114 -2227 111 -3324 George Washington 9 1 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 96 -1041 112 -3685 Fordham 8 1 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 105 -1417 113 -3857 Kansas State 10 0 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 81 -481 114 -4094 Drake 9 1 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 111 -1814 115 -4489 New York University 8 2 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 101 -1310 116 -4987 Portland 9 1 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 109 -1627 117 -5193 New Mexico State 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 119 -3090 118 -5439 Merchant Marine 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 108 -1611 119 -6147 Northern Arizona 8 1 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 115 -2293