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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 2225 Penn State 12 10 - 2 - 0 1 2225 2 1787 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 2 1787 3 1647 Miami (Florida) 11 9 - 2 - 0 3 1647 4 1644 Temple 10 5 - 5 - 0 4 1644 5 1610 California 11 2 - 9 - 0 5 1610 6 1595 Kansas State 11 2 - 9 - 0 6 1595 7 1595 Colorado 11 3 - 8 - 0 7 1595 8 1570 Pittsburgh 12 11 - 1 - 0 8 1570 9 1522 Kentucky 11 3 - 8 - 0 9 1522 10 1519 Texas Tech 11 1 - 9 - 1 10 1519 11 1508 Rice 11 4 - 7 - 0 11 1508 12 1507 Northwestern 11 0 - 11 - 0 12 1507 13 1497 Boston College 11 5 - 6 - 0 13 1497 14 1487 Georgia Tech 11 1 - 10 - 0 14 1487 15 1482 Texas 12 10 - 1 - 1 15 1482 16 1481 Syracuse 11 4 - 6 - 1 16 1481 17 1458 Houston 12 7 - 4 - 1 17 1458 18 1420 Oklahoma 12 7 - 4 - 1 18 1420 19 1412 Mississippi 11 4 - 6 - 1 19 1412 20 1378 Notre Dame 11 5 - 6 - 0 20 1378 21 1376 South Carolina 12 6 - 6 - 0 21 1376 22 1373 Texas Christian 11 2 - 7 - 2 22 1373 23 1358 UCLA 12 7 - 4 - 1 23 1358 24 1351 Indiana 11 3 - 8 - 0 24 1351 25 1332 Florida State 11 6 - 5 - 0 25 1332 26 1302 Georgia 12 10 - 2 - 0 26 1302 27 1290 Iowa 12 8 - 4 - 0 27 1290 28 1289 North Carolina State 11 4 - 7 - 0 28 1289 29 1267 Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 29 1267 30 1238 Southern California 12 9 - 3 - 0 30 1238 31 1227 Alabama 12 9 - 2 - 1 31 1227 32 1191 Maryland 11 4 - 6 - 1 32 1191 33 1180 Vanderbilt 11 4 - 7 - 0 33 1180 34 1137 Clemson 12 12 - 0 - 0 34 1137 35 1126 Arkansas 12 8 - 4 - 0 35 1126 36 1122 Virginia 11 1 - 10 - 0 36 1122 37 1108 Colorado State 12 0 - 12 - 0 37 1108 38 1103 Auburn 11 5 - 6 - 0 38 1103 39 1078 Florida 12 7 - 5 - 0 39 1078 40 1066 Stanford 11 4 - 7 - 0 40 1066 41 1065 Texas A&M 12 7 - 5 - 0 41 1065 42 1056 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 42 1056 43 1033 Michigan 12 9 - 3 - 0 43 1033 44 1031 Mississippi State 12 8 - 4 - 0 44 1031 45 1003 Missouri 12 8 - 4 - 0 45 1003 46 994 LSU 11 3 - 7 - 1 46 994 47 984 Iowa State 11 5 - 5 - 1 47 984 48 943 Wisconsin 12 7 - 5 - 0 48 943 49 940 West Virginia 12 9 - 3 - 0 49 940 50 920 Oklahoma State 12 7 - 5 - 0 50 920 51 918 Kansas 12 8 - 4 - 0 51 918 52 881 Michigan State 11 5 - 6 - 0 52 881 53 863 Washington State 12 8 - 3 - 1 53 863 54 858 Memphis 11 1 - 10 - 0 54 858 55 855 Baylor University 11 5 - 6 - 0 55 855 56 854 Southern Methodist 11 10 - 1 - 0 56 854 57 853 Oregon State 11 1 - 10 - 0 57 853 58 789 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 58 789 59 787 Duke 11 6 - 5 - 0 59 787 60 749 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 60 749 61 679 Cincinnati 11 6 - 5 - 0 61 679 62 646 North Texas 11 2 - 9 - 0 62 646 63 609 Washington 12 10 - 2 - 0 63 609 64 575 Rutgers 11 5 - 6 - 0 64 575 65 569 North Carolina 12 10 - 2 - 0 65 569 66 566 Tennessee 12 8 - 4 - 0 66 566 67 558 Tulane 11 6 - 5 - 0 67 558 68 533 Minnesota 11 6 - 5 - 0 68 533 69 529 Arizona State 11 9 - 2 - 0 69 529 70 515 Wake Forest 11 4 - 7 - 0 70 515 71 306 San Diego State 11 6 - 5 - 0 71 306 72 288 Cal State Fullerton 11 3 - 8 - 0 72 288 73 275 Texas El Paso 11 1 - 10 - 0 73 275 74 245 Pacific 11 5 - 6 - 0 74 245 75 244 Utah State 11 5 - 5 - 1 75 244 76 244 UNLV 12 6 - 6 - 0 76 244 77 177 Air Force 11 4 - 7 - 0 77 177 78 140 Arizona 11 6 - 5 - 0 78 140 79 136 Southern Mississippi 12 9 - 2 - 1 79 136 80 84 New Mexico 12 4 - 7 - 1 80 84 81 79 Wyoming 11 8 - 3 - 0 81 79 82 50 Navy 12 7 - 4 - 1 82 50 83 1 Utah 11 8 - 2 - 1 83 1 84 -17 Brigham Young 13 11 - 2 - 0 84 -17 85 -29 Louisville 11 5 - 6 - 0 85 -29 86 -29 Tulsa 11 6 - 5 - 0 86 -29 87 -91 East Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 87 -91 88 -182 Hawaii 11 9 - 2 - 0 88 -182 89 -201 Lamar 11 4 - 6 - 1 89 -201 90 -267 Cal State Long Beach 10 2 - 8 - 0 90 -267 91 -284 Texas Arlington 11 6 - 5 - 0 91 -284 92 -314 Louisiana Lafayette 11 1 - 9 - 1 92 -314 93 -337 San Jose State 12 9 - 3 - 0 93 -337 94 -380 Wichita State 11 4 - 6 - 1 94 -380 95 -425 Army 11 3 - 7 - 1 95 -425 96 -431 West Texas A&M 11 7 - 4 - 0 96 -431 97 -434 Virginia Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 97 -434 98 -450 Louisiana Tech 11 4 - 6 - 1 98 -450 99 -515 Richmond 11 4 - 7 - 0 99 -515 100 -597 Fresno State 11 5 - 6 - 0 100 -597 101 -677 Arkansas State 11 6 - 5 - 0 101 -677 102 -883 William & Mary 11 5 - 6 - 0 102 -883 103 -954 McNeese State 11 7 - 3 - 1 103 -954 104 -1003 Louisiana Monroe 11 5 - 6 - 0 104 -1003 105 -1096 New Mexico State 11 3 - 8 - 0 105 -1096 106 -1105 Drake 11 10 - 1 - 0 106 -1105 107 -1138 Southern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 107 -1138 108 -1244 Colgate 10 7 - 3 - 0 108 -1244 109 -1467 Miami (Ohio) 11 8 - 2 - 1 109 -1467 110 -1521 Indiana State 11 5 - 5 - 1 110 -1521 111 -1615 Ohio University 11 5 - 6 - 0 111 -1615 112 -1683 Bowling Green State 11 5 - 5 - 1 112 -1683 113 -1730 Western Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 113 -1730 114 -1744 Appalachian State 11 3 - 7 - 1 114 -1744 115 -1760 Citadel 11 7 - 3 - 1 115 -1760 116 -1764 Toledo 12 9 - 3 - 0 116 -1764 117 -1788 Kent State 11 4 - 7 - 0 117 -1788 118 -1811 Marshall 11 2 - 9 - 0 118 -1811 119 -1930 Central Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 119 -1930 120 -1974 Virginia Military 10 6 - 3 - 1 120 -1974 121 -2009 Furman 11 8 - 3 - 0 121 -2009 122 -2050 Eastern Michigan 11 0 - 11 - 0 122 -2050 123 -2053 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 7 - 3 - 1 123 -2053 124 -2076 Holy Cross College 11 6 - 5 - 0 124 -2076 125 -2088 Western Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 125 -2088 126 -2135 Illinois State 10 3 - 7 - 0 126 -2135 127 -2162 East Tennessee State 11 6 - 5 - 0 127 -2162 128 -2222 Northern Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 128 -2222 129 -2229 Ball State 11 4 - 7 - 0 129 -2229 130 -2569 Cornell 10 3 - 7 - 0 130 -2569 131 -2641 Columbia 10 1 - 9 - 0 131 -2641 132 -2774 Brown University 10 3 - 7 - 0 132 -2774 133 -2869 Harvard 10 5 - 4 - 1 133 -2869 134 -2876 Pennsylvania 10 1 - 9 - 0 134 -2876 135 -2969 Yale 10 9 - 1 - 0 135 -2969 136 -3052 Dartmouth College 10 6 - 4 - 0 136 -3052 137 -3228 Princeton 10 5 - 4 - 1 137 -3228