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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 5292 Southern California 12 12 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 15 1770 2 4887 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 17 1758 3 4464 Texas 11 10 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 4 1990 4 4405 Auburn 11 10 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 5 1965 5 4349 Alabama 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 9 1851 6 4113 Nebraska 12 9 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 23 1670 7 3998 Tennessee 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 22 1683 8 3966 Michigan 11 10 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 43 1089 9 3605 LSU 12 9 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 13 1790 10 3430 Ohio State 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 31 1417 11 3064 UCLA 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 19 1713 12 2962 Penn State 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 50 852 13 2954 North Carolina 12 11 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 56 511 14 2852 Notre Dame 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 36 1295 15 2796 Georgia 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 2123 16 2577 Washington 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 27 1600 17 2540 Florida 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 1 2254 18 2438 Colorado 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 33 1371 19 2155 Texas Tech 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 44 983 20 2071 Georgia Tech 12 7 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 35 1307 21 2067 Oklahoma State 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 29 1444 22 2061 Southern Methodist 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 46 968 23 2055 Washington State 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 40 1150 24 2032 North Carolina State 12 8 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 58 460 25 1995 San Diego State 11 10 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 84 -599 26 1923 Arizona State 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 83 -504 27 1814 Michigan State 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 14 1788 28 1765 Purdue 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 41 1122 29 1752 Stanford 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 28 1545 30 1733 Baylor University 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 8 1883 31 1667 Arkansas 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 32 1417 32 1587 Mississippi 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 30 1442 33 1582 Missouri 12 6 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 6 1954 34 1532 Rice 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 16 1761 35 1444 Tampa 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 78 -402 36 1330 Louisville 10 9 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 115 -1678 37 1315 Florida State 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 60 312 38 1225 Iowa State 12 5 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 38 1206 39 1163 Tulane 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 52 784 40 1120 Utah State 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 72 -255 41 1092 Miami (Florida) 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 24 1661 42 973 Oregon 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 10 1848 43 841 Pacific 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 61 144 44 835 Texas Christian 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 39 1203 45 823 West Virginia 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 80 -486 46 802 Duke 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 42 1106 47 705 California 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 3 2029 48 704 Houston 11 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 69 -128 49 698 Virginia Tech 11 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 63 46 50 666 Kansas 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 25 1653 51 609 Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 7 1950 52 599 Minnesota 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 26 1622 53 557 Indiana 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 48 931 54 464 Texas A&M 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 11 1834 55 448 Mississippi State 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 21 1696 56 359 Air Force 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 77 -395 57 336 Army 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 55 521 58 315 Dartmouth College 9 7 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 109 -1501 59 282 Bowling Green State 10 6 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 87 -778 60 191 Kentucky 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 20 1709 61 146 Yale 9 7 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 112 -1555 62 64 Maryland 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 66 -64 63 0 Iowa 11 3 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 34 1321 64 -34 Wisconsin 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 47 939 65 -57 Drake 12 7 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 108 -1484 66 -63 Utah 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 71 -226 67 -133 Kansas State 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 18 1716 68 -148 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 51 830 69 -161 Fresno State 11 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 85 -686 70 -189 East Carolina 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 123 -2204 71 -203 Brigham Young 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 90 -929 72 -243 Syracuse 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 59 330 73 -256 Oregon State 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 12 1830 74 -381 Clemson 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 53 686 75 -551 Boston College 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 67 -94 76 -554 Miami (Ohio) 10 7 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 122 -2056 77 -583 San Jose State 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 57 460 78 -636 Cornell 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 111 -1530 79 -674 Kent State 12 6 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 88 -850 80 -674 Memphis 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 81 -487 81 -707 Vanderbilt 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 49 872 82 -724 Western Michigan 11 7 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 104 -1415 83 -743 Arizona 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 64 -10 84 -790 Pennsylvania 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 100 -1300 85 -822 Temple 9 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 102 -1352 86 -873 Northwestern 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 37 1270 87 -926 Northern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 113 -1625 88 -962 South Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 70 -197 89 -1024 Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 65 -61 90 -1025 Southern Mississippi 11 3 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 73 -257 91 -1248 Harvard 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 97 -1235 92 -1264 Tulsa 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 62 112 93 -1308 Idaho 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 68 -118 94 -1413 Richmond 10 6 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 114 -1672 95 -1546 Toledo 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 103 -1362 96 -1582 Pittsburgh 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 45 974 97 -1798 Holy Cross College 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 106 -1449 98 -1832 William & Mary 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 118 -1783 99 -1833 New Mexico 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 76 -348 100 -1964 Wyoming 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 82 -500 101 -2029 Princeton 9 3 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 99 -1272 102 -2049 Cal State Long Beach 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 79 -439 103 -2071 Wake Forest 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 54 571 104 -2108 Rutgers 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 107 -1455 105 -2175 West Texas A&M 10 5 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 117 -1748 106 -2200 Columbia 9 3 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 95 -1110 107 -2270 Dayton 11 4 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 116 -1710 108 -2320 Wichita State 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 119 -1850 109 -2405 Colgate 10 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 110 -1526 110 -2736 Citadel 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 127 -2795 111 -2903 Villanova 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 98 -1264 112 -2919 Texas El Paso 10 2 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 91 -967 113 -2988 Texas Arlington 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 89 -867 114 -3075 Ohio University 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 94 -1081 115 -3206 Southern Illinois 10 1 - 8 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 75 -343 116 -3307 Colorado State 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 74 -304 117 -3360 New Mexico State 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 101 -1302 118 -3444 Saint Xavier 10 2 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 121 -2037 119 -3454 Brown University 9 1 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 93 -1030 120 -3523 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 86 -696 121 -3752 North Texas 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 92 -992 122 -3925 Virginia Military 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 120 -1929 123 -3952 Davidson College 11 3 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 125 -2744 124 -4013 Cincinnati 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 96 -1225 125 -4141 Marshall 10 2 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 105 -1436 126 -5167 Furman 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 126 -2745 127 -5168 Appalachian State 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 124 -2601