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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 5222 Michigan 9 9 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 10 1783 2 4156 North Carolina 11 9 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 11 1741 3 4018 Mississippi 9 8 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 16 1492 4 4005 Tulane 10 9 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 26 1309 5 3987 Notre Dame 10 9 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 41 913 6 3765 Army 9 8 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 50 775 7 3762 Southern Methodist 11 9 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 19 1417 8 3594 Northwestern 10 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 13 1619 9 3219 Oklahoma 11 10 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 62 381 10 3080 California 11 10 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 63 349 11 3056 Ohio State 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 9 1794 12 3031 Vanderbilt 11 8 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 35 1166 13 2955 Minnesota 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 40 955 14 2928 Clemson 11 11 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 80 -232 15 2921 Georgia 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 54 677 16 2717 Cornell 9 8 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 66 268 17 2631 Texas 11 7 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 20 1403 18 2562 Georgia Tech 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 46 860 19 2501 William & Mary 11 7 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 60 399 20 2426 Dartmouth College 8 6 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 47 842 21 2347 Penn State 9 7 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 70 124 22 2290 Michigan State 10 6 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 43 886 23 2287 Boston College 9 5 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 31 1218 24 2209 Oregon 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 58 494 25 2195 Southern California 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 30 1238 26 2182 Pennsylvania 8 5 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 23 1387 27 2168 Baylor University 11 6 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 29 1239 28 2098 Santa Clara 10 7 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 32 1200 29 2081 Pittsburgh 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 15 1568 30 1839 Tennessee 10 4 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 5 2074 31 1807 Wake Forest 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 34 1179 32 1801 Villanova 11 8 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 76 -42 33 1770 Mississippi State 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 6 2038 34 1714 Missouri 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 73 18 35 1552 Alabama 11 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 21 1397 36 1453 Duke 9 4 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 39 1008 37 1425 Rice 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 18 1428 38 1374 Kentucky 10 5 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 27 1281 39 1217 Brown University 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 67 228 40 1193 Harvard 8 4 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 17 1464 41 1190 Princeton 8 4 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 36 1140 42 1048 Maryland 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 59 451 43 1015 Virginia 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 68 190 44 971 Texas Christian 10 4 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 22 1396 45 967 Illinois 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 12 1716 46 892 Purdue 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 7 1902 47 833 LSU 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 2461 48 753 Columbia 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 48 794 49 724 Kansas 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 87 -636 50 641 West Virginia 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 71 84 51 632 Virginia Military 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 81 -260 52 603 Texas Tech 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 88 -637 53 580 Arkansas 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 33 1192 54 457 Iowa 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 38 1009 55 427 Nevada Reno 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 90 -720 56 319 Indiana 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 4 2136 57 287 Rutgers 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 94 -999 58 263 Utah 10 8 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 104 -2004 59 239 Florida 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 56 606 60 54 Yale 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 24 1345 61 28 Oklahoma State 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 93 -786 62 2 Stanford 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 55 637 63 -7 Oregon State 12 5 - 4 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 64 344 64 -106 North Carolina State 10 3 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 44 879 65 -229 Navy 9 0 - 8 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 1 2763 66 -237 Boston University 8 6 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 106 -2061 67 -395 Wisconsin 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 25 1336 68 -409 Holy Cross College 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 86 -535 69 -417 Washington State 10 4 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 75 -8 70 -583 Miami (Florida) 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 42 906 71 -685 George Washington 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 77 -90 72 -716 South Carolina 8 3 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 51 725 73 -733 Washington 10 2 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 37 1028 74 -804 Richmond 10 5 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 89 -656 75 -890 Texas A&M 10 0 - 9 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 8 1799 76 -899 UCLA 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 57 537 77 -901 Hardin-Simmons 11 6 - 2 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 105 -2023 78 -944 Colgate 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 52 710 79 -1036 Auburn 10 1 - 8 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 3 2376 80 -1054 Texas El Paso 11 8 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 110 -2294 81 -1210 Detroit 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 102 -1719 82 -1361 Drake 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 111 -2321 83 -1366 Saint Mary's CA 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 45 876 84 -1386 Arizona 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 96 -1156 85 -1408 Iowa State 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 83 -316 86 -1530 Georgetown University 8 3 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 95 -1153 87 -1604 Colorado State 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 114 -3070 88 -1728 Nebraska 10 2 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 61 396 89 -1813 San Francisco 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 65 296 90 -1871 Washington & Lee 10 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 79 -164 91 -1950 Tennessee Chattanooga 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 14 1617 92 -2019 Wichita State 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 101 -1713 93 -2152 Davidson College 9 3 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 92 -785 94 -2154 Denver 10 4 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 98 -1438 95 -2173 Temple 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 74 -1 96 -2190 Duquesne 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 28 1262 97 -2217 Colorado 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 99 -1466 98 -2324 Furman 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 85 -372 99 -2432 Virginia Tech 9 0 - 8 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 49 783 100 -2457 Marquette 10 2 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 72 32 101 -2666 Syracuse 9 1 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 53 706 102 -2764 West Texas A&M 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 109 -2237 103 -2816 Idaho 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 91 -735 104 -2979 Fordham 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 97 -1190 105 -3025 Tulsa 10 0 - 9 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 78 -143 106 -3357 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 113 -2869 107 -3528 Citadel 9 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 69 160 108 -3705 New Mexico 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 103 -1732 109 -3805 Brigham Young 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 112 -2863 110 -3808 St. Louis 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 100 -1572 111 -3837 Arizona State 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 116 -3761 112 -4063 New York University 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 84 -348 113 -4100 Kansas State 10 1 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 82 -278 114 -4894 Wyoming 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 108 -2131 115 -5561 Montana 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 107 -2078 116 -6131 Northern Arizona 9 4 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 117 -4547 117 -7042 New Mexico State 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 115 -3266