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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 2436 Southern California 13 12 - 1 - 0 1 2436 2 2398 Rice 11 2 - 9 - 0 2 2398 3 2202 Kansas 11 1 - 10 - 0 3 2202 4 2172 Notre Dame 12 9 - 3 - 0 4 2172 5 2142 Southern Methodist 11 4 - 6 - 1 5 2142 6 2074 Baylor University 11 3 - 8 - 0 6 2074 7 2070 Texas Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 7 2070 8 2044 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 8 2044 9 2024 Texas Christian 11 2 - 9 - 0 9 2024 10 1908 Oregon State 11 3 - 7 - 1 10 1908 11 1875 Texas 12 9 - 3 - 0 11 1875 12 1849 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 12 1849 13 1823 Washington 11 7 - 4 - 0 13 1823 14 1814 Illinois 11 1 - 8 - 2 14 1814 15 1797 Stanford 12 8 - 4 - 0 15 1797 16 1789 Missouri 12 8 - 4 - 0 16 1789 17 1734 Houston 12 9 - 3 - 0 17 1734 18 1706 Florida 11 4 - 7 - 0 18 1706 19 1675 Oklahoma State 11 3 - 8 - 0 19 1675 20 1643 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 20 1643 21 1607 California 11 6 - 5 - 0 21 1607 22 1562 UCLA 12 8 - 3 - 1 22 1562 23 1545 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 23 1545 24 1540 Northwestern 11 0 - 10 - 1 24 1540 25 1509 Arizona 11 5 - 6 - 0 25 1509 26 1470 Arkansas 12 9 - 2 - 1 26 1470 27 1433 Kansas State 11 4 - 7 - 0 27 1433 28 1420 Washington State 11 3 - 7 - 1 28 1420 29 1300 Iowa 11 2 - 9 - 0 29 1300 30 1268 Kentucky 11 4 - 6 - 1 30 1268 31 1244 Tennessee 11 5 - 5 - 1 31 1244 32 1236 Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 32 1236 33 1201 Indiana 11 4 - 7 - 0 33 1201 34 1196 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 34 1196 35 1142 Duke 11 4 - 7 - 0 35 1142 36 1131 Mississippi State 11 6 - 5 - 0 36 1131 37 1122 LSU 12 8 - 4 - 0 37 1122 38 1118 Syracuse 11 3 - 8 - 0 38 1118 39 1113 Texas A&M 12 8 - 4 - 0 39 1113 40 1106 Ohio State 12 7 - 4 - 1 40 1106 41 1104 Michigan State 11 8 - 3 - 0 41 1104 42 1079 Wake Forest 11 1 - 10 - 0 42 1079 43 1060 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 - 0 43 1060 44 1009 Colorado 11 6 - 5 - 0 44 1009 45 985 Auburn 11 6 - 4 - 1 45 985 46 959 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 - 0 46 959 47 922 Georgia 12 9 - 2 - 1 47 922 48 917 Arizona State 12 9 - 3 - 0 48 917 49 897 Georgia Tech 12 7 - 5 - 0 49 897 50 892 Miami (Florida) 11 6 - 5 - 0 50 892 51 892 Iowa State 12 8 - 4 - 0 51 892 52 871 Florida State 11 8 - 3 - 0 52 871 53 746 West Virginia 11 2 - 9 - 0 53 746 54 736 Maryland 12 9 - 3 - 0 54 736 55 644 Tulane 11 4 - 7 - 0 55 644 56 601 Pittsburgh 12 8 - 4 - 0 56 601 57 558 Wisconsin 11 5 - 4 - 2 57 558 58 544 North Carolina State 12 9 - 3 - 0 58 544 59 535 Purdue 12 9 - 2 - 1 59 535 60 495 Minnesota 11 5 - 6 - 0 60 495 61 470 South Carolina 11 5 - 5 - 1 61 470 62 463 Wyoming 12 5 - 7 - 0 62 463 63 411 North Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 63 411 64 408 Memphis 11 4 - 7 - 0 64 408 65 331 Virginia Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 65 331 66 258 Hawaii 11 6 - 5 - 0 66 258 67 163 Brigham Young 13 9 - 4 - 0 67 163 68 131 Clemson 12 11 - 1 - 0 68 131 69 130 Texas El Paso 12 1 - 11 - 0 69 130 70 106 Virginia 11 2 - 9 - 0 70 106 71 59 Rutgers 12 9 - 3 - 0 71 59 72 50 Boston College 11 0 - 11 - 0 72 50 73 32 Utah 11 8 - 3 - 0 73 32 74 -119 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 74 -119 75 -122 Navy 12 9 - 3 - 0 75 -122 76 -251 Army 11 4 - 6 - 1 76 -251 77 -313 Columbia 9 3 - 5 - 1 77 -313 78 -351 Pacific 12 4 - 8 - 0 78 -351 79 -367 San Jose State 12 7 - 5 - 0 79 -367 80 -385 New Mexico 12 7 - 5 - 0 80 -385 81 -404 Air Force 11 3 - 8 - 0 81 -404 82 -426 UNLV 11 7 - 4 - 0 82 -426 83 -440 San Diego State 11 4 - 7 - 0 83 -440 84 -450 Temple 11 7 - 3 - 1 84 -450 85 -461 Pennsylvania 9 2 - 6 - 1 85 -461 86 -477 Colorado State 11 5 - 6 - 0 86 -477 87 -506 North Texas 11 9 - 2 - 0 87 -506 88 -529 Princeton 9 2 - 5 - 2 88 -529 89 -530 Utah State 11 7 - 4 - 0 89 -530 90 -591 Yale 9 5 - 2 - 2 90 -591 91 -597 Cincinnati 11 5 - 6 - 0 91 -597 92 -617 Colgate 11 3 - 8 - 0 92 -617 93 -665 Brown University 9 6 - 3 - 0 93 -665 94 -686 Dartmouth College 9 6 - 3 - 0 94 -686 95 -692 Richmond 11 3 - 8 - 0 95 -692 96 -797 Harvard 9 4 - 4 - 1 96 -797 97 -815 Holy Cross College 11 7 - 4 - 0 97 -815 98 -847 Virginia Military 11 3 - 8 - 0 98 -847 99 -869 Cornell 9 5 - 3 - 1 99 -869 100 -884 Villanova 11 5 - 6 - 0 100 -884 101 -901 Citadel 11 5 - 6 - 0 101 -901 102 -902 William & Mary 11 5 - 5 - 1 102 -902 103 -999 Tulsa 11 9 - 2 - 0 103 -999 104 -1023 Louisville 11 7 - 4 - 0 104 -1023 105 -1043 Fresno State 11 3 - 8 - 0 105 -1043 106 -1076 Cal State Fullerton 12 5 - 7 - 0 106 -1076 107 -1252 Louisiana Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 107 -1252 108 -1267 Wichita State 11 4 - 7 - 0 108 -1267 109 -1299 East Carolina 12 9 - 3 - 0 109 -1299 110 -1331 Ohio University 11 3 - 8 - 0 110 -1331 111 -1345 Furman 11 8 - 3 - 0 111 -1345 112 -1381 Drake 11 4 - 7 - 0 112 -1381 113 -1413 New Mexico State 11 6 - 5 - 0 113 -1413 114 -1452 Marshall 11 1 - 10 - 0 114 -1452 115 -1475 Louisiana Lafayette 11 3 - 8 - 0 115 -1475 116 -1484 West Texas A&M 11 3 - 8 - 0 116 -1484 117 -1517 Western Carolina 11 6 - 5 - 0 117 -1517 118 -1584 Bowling Green State 11 4 - 7 - 0 118 -1584 119 -1600 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 7 - 3 - 1 119 -1600 120 -1602 Appalachian State 11 7 - 4 - 0 120 -1602 121 -1715 Texas Arlington 11 5 - 6 - 0 121 -1715 122 -1719 Arkansas State 11 7 - 4 - 0 122 -1719 123 -1744 Northwestern Louisiana 11 5 - 6 - 0 123 -1744 124 -1768 Miami (Ohio) 11 8 - 2 - 1 124 -1768 125 -1804 Toledo 11 2 - 9 - 0 125 -1804 126 -1881 Louisiana Monroe 11 6 - 4 - 1 126 -1881 127 -1932 Cal State Long Beach 11 5 - 6 - 0 127 -1932 128 -1983 Lamar 11 2 - 8 - 1 128 -1983 129 -1989 Northern Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 129 -1989 130 -2022 Indiana State 11 3 - 8 - 0 130 -2022 131 -2068 Illinois State 11 2 - 9 - 0 131 -2068 132 -2069 Kent State 11 4 - 7 - 0 132 -2069 133 -2169 McNeese State 11 7 - 4 - 0 133 -2169 134 -2292 Eastern Michigan 10 3 - 7 - 0 134 -2292 135 -2389 Ball State 11 10 - 1 - 0 135 -2389 136 -2393 Western Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 136 -2393 137 -2422 Central Michigan 11 9 - 2 - 0 137 -2422 138 -2888 Southern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 138 -2888