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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 3977 Michigan 12 10 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 5 1346 2 3886 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 23 852 3 3809 Florida 11 9 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 7 1335 4 3577 Tennessee 12 9 - 1 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 8 1197 5 3241 Alabama 12 9 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 4 1352 6 3223 Miami (Florida) 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 22 876 7 3185 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 37 647 8 2950 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 21 899 9 2875 Iowa 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 36 700 10 2785 UCLA 12 9 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 26 818 11 2740 Auburn 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 1494 12 2678 Air Force 13 12 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 80 -201 13 2625 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 17 993 14 2441 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 45 535 15 2427 Georgia Tech 12 9 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 31 732 16 2427 Arkansas 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 64 174 17 2348 Georgia 12 7 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 9 1148 18 2342 Baylor University 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 34 702 19 2322 Maryland 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 35 701 20 2261 LSU 12 9 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 43 569 21 2242 Florida State 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 20 902 22 2082 Brigham Young 14 11 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 78 -173 23 1676 Notre Dame 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 1771 24 1606 Michigan State 12 7 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 12 1065 25 1554 Texas 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 29 765 26 1548 Arizona 12 8 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 71 36 27 1490 Arizona State 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 58 314 28 1465 Minnesota 12 7 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 11 1113 29 1447 Oklahoma State 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 50 488 30 1164 Southern Methodist 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 33 714 31 1160 Fresno State 12 11 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 107 -1888 32 1136 Colorado 12 7 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 42 581 33 1051 Bowling Green State 12 11 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 97 -1312 34 1004 Illinois 12 6 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 19 935 35 968 Washington 12 7 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 48 494 36 948 West Virginia 11 7 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 72 26 37 883 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 14 1042 38 824 Southern California 12 6 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 24 842 39 788 Army 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 68 79 40 627 Kentucky 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 15 1027 41 553 Syracuse 12 7 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 75 -62 42 548 Virginia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 66 106 43 523 Clemson 12 6 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 51 480 44 412 Mississippi State 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 13 1053 45 364 Utah 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 85 -432 46 307 Virginia 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 61 278 47 271 Mississippi 11 4 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 10 1143 48 214 Wisconsin 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 38 625 49 210 Pittsburgh 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 59 304 50 187 Miami (Ohio) 11 8 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 96 -1306 51 88 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 83 -395 52 1 North Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 40 609 53 -65 Kansas 12 6 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 65 146 54 -106 Tulsa 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 77 -152 55 -117 Oregon 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 70 49 56 -207 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 41 584 57 -216 Washington State 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 27 809 58 -268 San Diego State 12 5 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 79 -183 59 -433 Houston 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 52 476 60 -440 Colorado State 12 5 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 56 340 61 -447 Indiana 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 53 469 62 -458 Cincinnati 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 28 770 63 -504 South Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 46 534 64 -522 Texas Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 44 561 65 -523 Iowa State 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 69 58 66 -526 Temple 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 62 270 67 -528 Boston College 12 4 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 18 965 68 -541 Central Michigan 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 105 -1710 69 -667 Stanford 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 57 324 70 -697 Rice 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 3 1356 71 -706 Hawaii 12 4 - 6 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 84 -428 72 -755 Memphis 11 2 - 7 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 32 728 73 -784 California 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 73 5 74 -944 Vanderbilt 11 3 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 16 998 75 -1049 Duke 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 76 -105 76 -1162 West Texas A&M 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 109 -2253 77 -1256 Northwestern 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 49 491 78 -1348 Wake Forest 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 25 841 79 -1372 Illinois State 11 6 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 110 -2479 80 -1380 North Carolina State 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 67 103 81 -1415 Cal State Long Beach 12 6 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 102 -1537 82 -1525 Western Michigan 11 4 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 89 -1023 83 -1580 Louisiana Lafayette 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 82 -326 84 -1610 Oregon State 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 39 611 85 -1626 Wyoming 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 74 -56 86 -1653 Northern Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 87 -846 87 -1695 UNLV 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 104 -1709 88 -1705 Rutgers 11 2 - 8 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 6 1335 89 -1744 Cal State Fullerton 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 108 -1949 90 -1767 New Mexico 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 81 -316 91 -1815 Texas Christian 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 55 380 92 -1852 East Carolina 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 30 740 93 -2122 Missouri 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 54 428 94 -2266 Toledo 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 93 -1272 95 -2269 Ball State 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 98 -1326 96 -2304 Tulane 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 60 286 97 -2382 Kent State 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 99 -1396 98 -2471 Pacific 12 5 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 94 -1299 99 -2571 Indiana State 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 106 -1815 100 -2575 Eastern Michigan 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 100 -1400 101 -2611 Utah State 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 88 -880 102 -2639 Wichita State 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 92 -1256 103 -2675 Kansas State 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 63 194 104 -2724 Drake 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 90 -1099 105 -2825 San Jose State 11 2 - 8 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 91 -1173 106 -3022 Louisville 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 47 502 107 -3204 Ohio University 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 95 -1302 108 -3300 Southern Illinois 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 103 -1660 109 -3377 Texas El Paso 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 86 -455 110 -4110 New Mexico State 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 101 -1407