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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 5022 Oklahoma 11 11 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 24 1450 2 4362 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 21 1474 3 4040 Michigan 11 10 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 40 1228 4 3779 Southern California 12 10 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 41 1208 5 3757 Auburn 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 25 1429 6 3705 Ohio State 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 43 1172 7 3240 Notre Dame 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 49 1021 8 3221 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 28 1405 9 3021 Florida 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 3 1934 10 2947 Texas A&M 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 32 1339 11 2933 Penn State 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 60 623 12 2821 Texas 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 18 1497 13 2798 Tennessee 12 7 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 4 1914 14 2795 Maryland 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 34 1316 15 2765 Miami (Ohio) 11 10 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 76 -258 16 2732 Mississippi State 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 30 1373 17 2674 Baylor University 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 8 1784 18 2636 Michigan State 11 7 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 19 1494 19 2566 Wisconsin 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 14 1595 20 2447 Missouri 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 5 1855 21 2429 North Carolina State 12 9 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 53 820 22 2276 Oklahoma State 12 7 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 15 1580 23 2177 Arkansas 11 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 17 1498 24 2018 Clemson 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 27 1419 25 1939 Pittsburgh 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 39 1231 26 1913 Vanderbilt 12 7 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 54 794 27 1913 Texas Tech 12 6 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 36 1302 28 1879 Kentucky 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 22 1470 29 1779 California 11 7 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 55 779 30 1777 Georgia 12 6 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 7 1791 31 1703 North Carolina 12 7 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 50 965 32 1677 UCLA 11 6 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 58 726 33 1663 Houston 12 8 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 64 409 34 1661 LSU 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 23 1452 35 1618 Illinois 11 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 45 1148 36 1615 Georgia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 31 1370 37 1431 Colorado 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 1944 38 1411 Stanford 11 5 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 37 1299 39 1398 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 47 1118 40 1381 Duke 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 48 1033 41 1261 Boston College 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 72 -176 42 1252 Miami (Florida) 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 46 1135 43 1100 Arizona 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 94 -754 44 1047 San Diego State 11 8 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 93 -710 45 1022 Purdue 11 4 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 16 1572 46 1001 Tulsa 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 80 -399 47 982 Iowa State 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 13 1630 48 967 Temple 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 100 -1048 49 916 Memphis 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 66 27 50 852 Lamar 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 114 -1409 51 843 Washington 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 42 1197 52 811 Kansas 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 6 1806 53 685 Kansas State 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 20 1481 54 552 Arizona State 12 7 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 73 -188 55 550 Cincinnati 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 67 12 56 511 Iowa 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 2123 57 405 San Jose State 12 8 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 87 -596 58 367 Utah State 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 85 -542 59 365 Brigham Young 12 7 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 83 -476 60 345 Hawaii 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 84 -479 61 186 Mississippi 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 11 1641 62 4 West Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 61 607 63 1 Rice 11 2 - 8 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 9 1768 64 -16 Oregon State 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 44 1169 65 -35 Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 59 704 66 -37 South Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 51 910 67 -91 Ohio University 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 74 -213 68 -121 Southern Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 75 -219 69 -163 Bowling Green State 11 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 96 -821 70 -262 Minnesota 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 29 1389 71 -279 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 57 758 72 -289 Virginia Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 65 186 73 -358 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 26 1423 74 -392 Tulane 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 68 -55 75 -445 Virginia Military 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 101 -1099 76 -485 Kent State 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 89 -617 77 -599 West Texas A&M 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 106 -1229 78 -614 East Carolina 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 108 -1308 79 -705 Appalachian State 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 111 -1335 80 -733 Tampa 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 95 -781 81 -735 Colorado State 11 4 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 70 -75 82 -745 Syracuse 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 35 1315 83 -841 Indiana 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 12 1631 84 -862 Pacific 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 91 -682 85 -933 Florida State 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 10 1761 86 -947 Yale 9 8 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 129 -3575 87 -954 Toledo 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 107 -1272 88 -1007 Washington State 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 52 850 89 -1028 Louisville 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 69 -57 90 -1068 Fresno State 12 5 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 92 -693 91 -1076 New Mexico 11 4 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 79 -392 92 -1232 Harvard 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 125 -3076 93 -1234 Arkansas State 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 118 -1998 94 -1278 Richmond 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 102 -1167 95 -1336 Cal State Long Beach 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 109 -1309 96 -1397 Army 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 56 759 97 -1412 William & Mary 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 88 -599 98 -1413 Rutgers 11 7 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 119 -2005 99 -1587 Texas Christian 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 33 1331 100 -1689 New Mexico State 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 115 -1601 101 -1755 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 62 548 102 -1764 Wake Forest 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 38 1294 103 -1792 Texas El Paso 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 98 -967 104 -2048 North Texas 11 2 - 7 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 82 -459 105 -2162 Western Michigan 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 103 -1168 106 -2195 Citadel 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 97 -959 107 -2300 Villanova 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 77 -349 108 -2318 Air Force 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 86 -548 109 -2365 Holy Cross College 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 116 -1743 110 -2368 Northern Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 121 -2360 111 -2432 Wyoming 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 81 -414 112 -2553 Furman 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 104 -1201 113 -2643 Pennsylvania 9 6 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 128 -3214 114 -2766 Wichita State 11 1 - 9 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 78 -350 115 -2855 Drake 11 3 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 105 -1205 116 -2983 Utah 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 71 -84 117 -3006 Princeton 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 126 -3106 118 -3142 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 63 453 119 -3221 Louisiana Lafayette 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 99 -1037 120 -3232 Dayton 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 117 -1870 121 -3297 Brown University 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 124 -3026 122 -3526 Southern Illinois 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 112 -1358 123 -3539 Dartmouth College 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 123 -2996 124 -3932 Texas Arlington 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 110 -1312 125 -3953 Marshall 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 90 -635 126 -4219 Cornell 9 3 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 127 -3166 127 -4409 Colgate 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 120 -2065 128 -4501 Idaho 11 2 - 8 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 113 -1370 129 -6262 Columbia 9 1 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 122 -2697