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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 5138 Southern California 13 12 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 2436 2 4782 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 8 2044 3 4497 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 23 1545 4 3963 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 34 1196 5 3795 Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 32 1236 6 3682 Texas 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 11 1875 7 3639 Notre Dame 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 4 2172 8 3585 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 12 1849 9 3530 Houston 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 17 1734 10 3425 Arkansas 12 9 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 26 1470 11 3141 UCLA 12 8 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 22 1562 12 3139 Missouri 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 16 1789 13 2981 Stanford 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 15 1797 14 2968 Washington 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 13 1823 15 2901 Michigan State 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 41 1104 16 2850 Clemson 12 11 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 68 131 17 2721 Georgia 12 9 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 47 922 18 2625 Purdue 12 9 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 59 535 19 2517 Texas Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 7 2070 20 2474 Arizona State 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 48 917 21 2331 Maryland 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 54 736 22 2274 Florida State 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 52 871 23 2234 Texas A&M 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 39 1113 24 2192 LSU 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 37 1122 25 1949 North Carolina State 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 58 544 26 1948 Ohio State 12 7 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 40 1106 27 1823 Southern Methodist 11 4 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 5 2142 28 1747 Iowa State 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 51 892 29 1710 California 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 21 1607 30 1594 Auburn 11 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 45 985 31 1575 Pittsburgh 12 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 56 601 32 1536 Navy 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 75 -122 33 1519 Arizona 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 25 1509 34 1471 Georgia Tech 12 7 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 49 897 35 1348 Mississippi State 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 36 1131 36 1344 North Texas 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 87 -506 37 1331 Brigham Young 13 9 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 67 163 38 1311 Colorado 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 44 1009 39 1294 Tennessee 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 31 1244 40 1253 Florida 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 18 1706 41 1225 Rutgers 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 71 59 42 1023 Miami (Florida) 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 50 892 43 895 Tulsa 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 103 -999 44 866 Baylor University 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 6 2074 45 865 Utah 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 73 32 46 800 Kentucky 11 4 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 30 1268 47 755 Wisconsin 11 5 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 57 558 48 708 Dartmouth College 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 94 -686 49 707 Holy Cross College 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 97 -815 50 653 Utah State 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 89 -530 51 645 South Carolina 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 61 470 52 631 Mississippi 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 46 959 53 597 Southern Mississippi 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 74 -119 54 568 Ball State 11 10 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 135 -2389 55 540 Brown University 9 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 93 -665 56 466 Yale 9 5 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 90 -591 57 412 New Mexico 12 7 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 80 -385 58 383 Kansas State 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 27 1433 59 382 East Carolina 12 9 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 109 -1299 60 357 Indiana 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 33 1201 61 349 Central Michigan 11 9 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 137 -2422 62 333 Hawaii 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 66 258 63 333 Oregon State 11 3 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 10 1908 64 271 Rice 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 2398 65 232 UNLV 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 82 -426 66 204 Oklahoma State 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 19 1675 67 140 North Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 63 411 68 101 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 20 1643 69 65 Duke 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 35 1142 70 51 Minnesota 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 60 495 71 27 Temple 11 7 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 84 -450 72 7 Miami (Ohio) 11 8 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 124 -1768 73 -3 Washington State 11 3 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 28 1420 74 -96 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 7 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 119 -1600 75 -127 Texas Christian 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 9 2024 76 -139 Tulane 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 55 644 77 -210 Wyoming 12 5 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 62 463 78 -405 Syracuse 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 38 1118 79 -519 Cincinnati 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 91 -597 80 -547 San Jose State 12 7 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 79 -367 81 -554 Cornell 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 99 -869 82 -558 Virginia Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 65 331 83 -629 Louisville 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 104 -1023 84 -661 Memphis 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 64 408 85 -729 Illinois 11 1 - 8 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 14 1814 86 -761 Colorado State 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 86 -477 87 -763 Kansas 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 3 2202 88 -817 Furman 11 8 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 111 -1345 89 -817 Iowa 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 29 1300 90 -890 Louisiana Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 107 -1252 91 -954 Appalachian State 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 120 -1602 92 -983 Arkansas State 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 122 -1719 93 -1030 Louisiana Monroe 11 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 126 -1881 94 -1071 San Diego State 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 83 -440 95 -1124 Harvard 9 4 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 96 -797 96 -1155 Pacific 12 4 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 78 -351 97 -1253 Army 11 4 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 76 -251 98 -1320 Western Carolina 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 117 -1517 99 -1386 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 43 1060 100 -1426 New Mexico State 11 6 - 5 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 113 -1413 101 -1458 Western Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 136 -2393 102 -1486 McNeese State 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 133 -2169 103 -1488 Wake Forest 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 42 1079 104 -1514 Princeton 9 2 - 5 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 88 -529 105 -1575 West Virginia 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 53 746 106 -1708 William & Mary 11 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 102 -902 107 -1743 Cal State Fullerton 12 5 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 106 -1076 108 -1753 Columbia 9 3 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 77 -313 109 -1772 Texas Arlington 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 121 -1715 110 -1812 Villanova 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 100 -884 111 -1833 Richmond 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 95 -692 112 -1954 Virginia 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 70 106 113 -1955 Cal State Long Beach 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 127 -1932 114 -1962 Air Force 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 81 -404 115 -2019 Colgate 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 92 -617 116 -2257 Pennsylvania 9 2 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 85 -461 117 -2258 Drake 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 112 -1381 118 -2261 Northwestern 11 0 - 10 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 24 1540 119 -2265 Southern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 138 -2888 120 -2405 Citadel 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 101 -901 121 -2515 Wichita State 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 108 -1267 122 -2666 Northern Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 129 -1989 123 -2670 Bowling Green State 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 118 -1584 124 -2771 Texas El Paso 12 1 - 11 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 69 130 125 -2829 Virginia Military 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 98 -847 126 -2849 West Texas A&M 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 116 -1484 127 -2944 Boston College 11 0 - 11 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 72 50 128 -3069 Louisiana Lafayette 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 115 -1475 129 -3071 Kent State 11 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 132 -2069 130 -3145 Ohio University 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 110 -1331 131 -3366 Fresno State 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 105 -1043 132 -3538 Northwestern Louisiana 11 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 123 -1744 133 -3903 Marshall 11 1 - 10 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 114 -1452 134 -3906 Eastern Michigan 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 134 -2292 135 -3910 Illinois State 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 131 -2068 136 -3977 Toledo 11 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 125 -1804 137 -4097 Indiana State 11 3 - 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 130 -2022 138 -4098 Lamar 11 2 - 8 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 128 -1983