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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 4204 Pittsburgh 12 12 - 0 - 0 60 666 2 3872 Southern California 12 11 - 1 - 0 42 1025 3 3748 Georgia 12 10 - 2 - 0 13 1478 4 3740 Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 41 1069 5 3586 Houston 12 10 - 2 - 0 25 1256 6 3526 Maryland 12 11 - 1 - 0 57 761 7 3505 Texas A&M 12 10 - 2 - 0 32 1176 8 3380 Ohio State 12 9 - 2 - 1 10 1588 9 3285 Texas Tech 12 10 - 2 - 0 35 1148 10 3281 Oklahoma 12 9 - 2 - 1 17 1406 11 3073 Nebraska 13 9 - 3 - 1 21 1312 12 2958 Notre Dame 12 9 - 3 - 0 24 1262 13 2956 Alabama 12 9 - 3 - 0 38 1110 14 2839 Oklahoma State 12 9 - 3 - 0 28 1225 15 2806 Colorado 12 8 - 4 - 0 6 1710 16 2751 Kentucky 12 8 - 4 - 0 9 1613 17 2704 Mississippi State 11 9 - 2 - 0 44 1003 18 2676 Missouri 11 6 - 5 - 0 1 2393 19 2662 Florida 12 8 - 4 - 0 4 1878 20 2451 UCLA 12 9 - 2 - 1 67 516 21 2436 Iowa State 11 8 - 3 - 0 51 847 22 2185 Baylor University 11 7 - 3 - 1 22 1294 23 2122 East Carolina 11 9 - 2 - 0 73 134 24 1863 North Carolina 12 9 - 3 - 0 62 652 25 1829 Kansas 11 6 - 5 - 0 7 1614 26 1729 Penn State 12 7 - 5 - 0 36 1124 27 1695 Rutgers 11 11 - 0 - 0 123 -1612 28 1630 LSU 11 6 - 4 - 1 53 806 29 1611 Cincinnati 11 8 - 3 - 0 72 166 30 1490 South Carolina 11 6 - 5 - 0 43 1020 31 1427 Texas 11 5 - 5 - 1 15 1442 32 1424 Tennessee 11 6 - 5 - 0 49 934 33 1337 William & Mary 11 7 - 4 - 0 74 105 34 1326 Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 8 1613 35 1270 Duke 11 5 - 5 - 1 23 1265 36 1082 Arkansas 11 5 - 5 - 1 31 1188 37 1011 Memphis 11 7 - 4 - 0 75 55 38 988 Minnesota 11 6 - 5 - 0 52 813 39 964 Stanford 11 6 - 5 - 0 55 793 40 866 Miami (Florida) 11 3 - 8 - 0 3 1986 41 820 Wake Forest 11 5 - 6 - 0 45 981 42 819 California 11 5 - 6 - 0 50 905 43 818 Tulsa 12 7 - 4 - 1 78 -182 44 817 Boston College 11 8 - 3 - 0 82 -318 45 803 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 20 1342 46 778 Virginia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 68 431 47 763 Michigan State 11 4 - 6 - 1 33 1167 48 710 Brigham Young 12 9 - 3 - 0 97 -954 49 651 Wisconsin 11 5 - 6 - 0 39 1093 50 634 Indiana 11 5 - 6 - 0 30 1199 51 588 Louisiana Lafayette 11 9 - 2 - 0 114 -1504 52 582 Richmond 11 5 - 6 - 0 58 745 53 525 Georgia Tech 11 4 - 6 - 1 29 1205 54 523 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 - 0 37 1122 55 521 Clemson 11 3 - 6 - 2 18 1370 56 502 West Virginia 11 5 - 6 - 0 47 960 57 496 Iowa 11 5 - 6 - 0 40 1076 58 471 Washington 11 5 - 6 - 0 59 716 59 381 Auburn 11 3 - 8 - 0 11 1584 60 377 Brown University 9 8 - 1 - 0 136 -2014 61 375 San Diego State 11 10 - 1 - 0 135 -1870 62 371 Yale 9 8 - 1 - 0 131 -1816 63 363 Florida State 11 5 - 6 - 0 54 803 64 361 McNeese State 12 10 - 2 - 0 121 -1603 65 265 North Carolina State 11 3 - 7 - 1 19 1349 66 169 Ball State 11 8 - 3 - 0 134 -1869 67 109 Furman 11 6 - 4 - 1 66 529 68 73 Navy 11 4 - 7 - 0 26 1236 69 56 Southern Methodist 11 3 - 8 - 0 12 1555 70 -2 Appalachian State 11 6 - 4 - 1 61 653 71 -17 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 6 - 4 - 1 89 -570 72 -30 North Texas 11 6 - 5 - 0 79 -193 73 -82 Kent State 12 8 - 4 - 0 103 -1141 74 -214 Citadel 11 6 - 5 - 0 69 308 75 -252 Western Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 105 -1191 76 -277 Rice 11 3 - 8 - 0 16 1431 77 -317 Wyoming 12 8 - 4 - 0 95 -871 78 -318 Villanova 11 6 - 4 - 1 90 -684 79 -366 Ohio University 11 7 - 4 - 0 96 -902 80 -376 Kansas State 11 1 - 10 - 0 2 2212 81 -441 Virginia Military 10 5 - 5 - 0 76 52 82 -472 Bowling Green State 11 6 - 5 - 0 92 -834 83 -587 Central Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 127 -1709 84 -610 Louisiana Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 102 -1140 85 -612 Army 11 5 - 6 - 0 71 236 86 -668 Arizona 11 5 - 6 - 0 84 -403 87 -672 San Jose State 11 7 - 4 - 0 124 -1615 88 -693 Oregon 11 4 - 7 - 0 70 271 89 -701 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 - 0 14 1462 90 -776 Louisville 11 4 - 7 - 0 64 590 91 -793 Dartmouth College 9 6 - 3 - 0 133 -1868 92 -823 Washington State 11 3 - 8 - 0 46 980 93 -867 Syracuse 11 3 - 8 - 0 63 607 94 -1069 Harvard 9 6 - 3 - 0 122 -1610 95 -1069 Southern Mississippi 11 2 - 9 - 0 48 958 96 -1084 Southern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 128 -1739 97 -1090 Arizona State 11 4 - 7 - 0 85 -477 98 -1223 Tulane 11 2 - 9 - 0 65 557 99 -1233 Colgate 10 8 - 2 - 0 117 -1546 100 -1372 Fresno State 11 5 - 6 - 0 130 -1770 101 -1372 New Mexico 11 4 - 7 - 0 91 -696 102 -1401 Colorado State 11 6 - 5 - 0 111 -1378 103 -1416 Temple 10 4 - 6 - 0 77 -64 104 -1435 Northwestern 11 1 - 10 - 0 27 1232 105 -1436 Air Force 11 4 - 7 - 0 83 -323 106 -1450 Arkansas State 11 5 - 6 - 0 116 -1521 107 -1552 Oregon State 12 2 - 10 - 0 56 765 108 -1565 Cal State Long Beach 11 8 - 3 - 0 137 -2616 109 -1584 Virginia 11 2 - 9 - 0 34 1163 110 -1614 West Texas A&M 11 4 - 5 - 2 104 -1172 111 -1622 Texas Christian 11 0 - 11 - 0 5 1837 112 -1623 Miami (Ohio) 11 3 - 8 - 0 81 -311 113 -1624 Texas Arlington 11 5 - 6 - 0 113 -1501 114 -2047 Utah 11 3 - 8 - 0 88 -542 115 -2064 Toledo 11 3 - 8 - 0 107 -1213 116 -2140 Illinois State 11 5 - 6 - 0 115 -1506 117 -2176 Marshall 11 4 - 7 - 0 101 -1129 118 -2234 New Mexico State 11 4 - 6 - 1 132 -1822 119 -2462 Dayton 11 4 - 7 - 0 126 -1667 120 -2594 Wichita State 11 4 - 7 - 0 120 -1573 121 -2605 Princeton 9 2 - 7 - 0 100 -1030 122 -2609 Eastern Michigan 11 2 - 9 - 0 87 -535 123 -2624 Northwestern Louisiana 10 5 - 5 - 0 109 -1327 124 -2654 Indiana State 10 3 - 7 - 0 125 -1652 125 -2709 Columbia 9 3 - 6 - 0 98 -992 126 -2726 Utah State 11 3 - 8 - 0 94 -862 127 -2816 Cornell 9 2 - 7 - 0 99 -1007 128 -3101 Pennsylvania 9 3 - 6 - 0 108 -1320 129 -3220 Hawaii 11 3 - 8 - 0 119 -1556 130 -3239 Drake 11 1 - 10 - 0 86 -477 131 -3261 Louisiana Monroe 11 2 - 9 - 0 112 -1380 132 -3393 Holy Cross College 11 3 - 8 - 0 80 -293 133 -3593 Lamar 11 2 - 9 - 0 110 -1374 134 -3603 Texas El Paso 12 1 - 11 - 0 93 -837 135 -3961 Cal State Fullerton 11 3 - 7 - 1 129 -1758 136 -4097 Pacific 11 2 - 9 - 0 118 -1554 137 -4281 Northern Illinois 11 1 - 10 - 0 106 -1201