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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 5070 Georgia Tech 12 12 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 25 1632 2 5007 Michigan State 9 9 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 26 1585 3 4729 Southern California 11 10 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 8 1951 4 4409 UCLA 9 8 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 19 1655 5 4378 Notre Dame 10 7 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 1 2687 6 3746 Oklahoma 10 8 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 46 1020 7 3745 Alabama 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 15 1725 8 3692 Texas 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 12 1750 9 3600 Tennessee 11 8 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 6 2138 10 3593 Mississippi 11 8 - 1 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 11 1752 11 3417 Maryland 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 30 1477 12 3194 Duke 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 43 1078 13 2867 Navy 9 6 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 37 1294 14 2770 California 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 33 1415 15 2636 Florida 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 45 1022 16 2567 Wisconsin 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 22 1644 17 2520 Purdue 9 4 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 5 2149 18 2515 Penn State 10 7 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 42 1115 19 2482 Washington 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 35 1361 20 2410 Ohio State 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 38 1280 21 2258 Syracuse 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 51 722 22 2232 Pittsburgh 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 32 1473 23 2209 Georgia 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 27 1555 24 2121 Villanova 9 7 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 68 -201 25 2076 Houston 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 61 118 26 2023 Michigan 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 31 1477 27 1911 Kansas 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 57 325 28 1876 Mississippi State 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 4 2194 29 1689 Minnesota 9 4 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 24 1638 30 1688 Princeton 9 8 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 84 -949 31 1623 Pennsylvania 9 4 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 40 1199 32 1532 LSU 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 2624 33 1500 Southern Methodist 10 4 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 10 1916 34 1495 Tulsa 11 8 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 72 -455 35 1420 Virginia 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 81 -835 36 1406 Holy Cross College 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 92 -1341 37 1390 Kentucky 11 5 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 28 1546 38 1384 Tulane 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 16 1716 39 1340 Rice 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 29 1521 40 1304 West Virginia 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 73 -521 41 1255 Stanford 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 36 1356 42 1254 Texas Christian 10 4 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 18 1667 43 1191 Illinois 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 34 1402 44 1169 Army 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 39 1222 45 1089 Missouri 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 44 1024 46 1064 Baylor University 10 4 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 47 1010 47 962 Colorado 10 6 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 66 -147 48 893 Vanderbilt 10 3 - 5 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 14 1727 49 819 Yale 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 76 -573 50 790 Texas A&M 10 3 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 17 1677 51 668 Nebraska 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 52 706 52 537 Wake Forest 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 60 200 53 503 Washington State 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 41 1146 54 372 Pacific 11 7 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 78 -712 55 354 Northwestern 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 13 1737 56 287 North Carolina 8 2 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 7 1983 57 196 Marquette 9 3 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 54 651 58 171 Iowa 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 9 1922 59 120 Auburn 10 2 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 3 2531 60 -6 Arizona State 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 97 -1773 61 -32 South Carolina 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 59 302 62 -40 Indiana 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 20 1652 63 -236 Arkansas 10 2 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 21 1649 64 -308 Oklahoma State 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 53 652 65 -368 Oregon State 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 23 1641 66 -457 Colgate 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 75 -571 67 -579 William & Mary 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 74 -554 68 -616 San Jose State 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 85 -991 69 -715 Boston University 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 71 -397 70 -806 George Washington 9 6 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 98 -1922 71 -897 Arizona 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 96 -1485 72 -918 Miami (Florida) 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 56 332 73 -1041 Utah 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 99 -1977 74 -1088 Cornell 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 48 875 75 -1132 Oregon 10 2 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 55 593 76 -1147 Clemson 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 49 849 77 -1238 Santa Clara 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 58 308 78 -1282 Columbia 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 63 97 79 -1353 Texas Tech 11 3 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 77 -622 80 -1358 Boston College 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 94 -1374 81 -1435 Idaho 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 90 -1141 82 -1467 Rutgers 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 88 -1066 83 -1498 Fordham 8 2 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 87 -1040 84 -1527 New Mexico 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 111 -3467 85 -1555 Furman 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 86 -1016 86 -1598 Iowa State 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 64 89 87 -1609 Detroit 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 79 -727 88 -1661 Dartmouth College 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 62 117 89 -1815 Harvard 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 91 -1146 90 -1822 Hardin-Simmons 10 5 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 93 -1351 91 -1908 Virginia Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 89 -1120 92 -1913 Colorado State 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 104 -2358 93 -2078 Washington & Lee 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 80 -830 94 -2250 Wyoming 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 108 -2510 95 -2388 North Carolina State 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 65 -116 96 -2415 Temple 10 2 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 69 -244 97 -2486 Citadel 9 3 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 70 -391 98 -2541 Virginia Military 10 3 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 82 -842 99 -2722 Brown University 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 67 -158 100 -2820 Kansas State 10 1 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 50 752 101 -3140 Texas El Paso 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 100 -2223 102 -3242 Wichita State 10 3 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 102 -2345 103 -3559 Brigham Young 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 103 -2351 104 -3615 Utah State 11 3 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 107 -2478 105 -4320 West Texas A&M 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 106 -2392 106 -4407 Davidson College 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 101 -2227 107 -4415 New York University 8 2 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 83 -937 108 -4726 Montana 10 2 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 105 -2390 109 -4780 Richmond 10 1 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 95 -1463 110 -5466 Denver 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 110 -3082 111 -5639 New Mexico State 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 112 -3698 112 -6028 Drake 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 109 -2654 113 -9062 Northern Arizona 7 3 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 113 -5639