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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 4378 Florida State 12 10 - 2 - 0 2 1819 2 4357 Pittsburgh 12 11 - 1 - 0 13 1492 3 4065 Nebraska 12 10 - 2 - 0 20 1398 4 4020 Georgia 12 12 - 0 - 0 48 931 5 3774 Penn State 12 10 - 2 - 0 6 1693 6 3734 Oklahoma 12 10 - 2 - 0 17 1438 7 3592 Notre Dame 12 9 - 2 - 1 9 1550 8 3531 Alabama 12 10 - 2 - 0 30 1196 9 3522 North Carolina 12 11 - 1 - 0 49 917 10 3508 Southern California 11 8 - 2 - 1 4 1761 11 3357 UCLA 11 9 - 2 - 0 42 988 12 3338 Michigan 12 10 - 2 - 0 52 897 13 3155 Miami (Florida) 12 9 - 3 - 0 1 1829 14 3082 Brigham Young 13 12 - 1 - 0 79 43 15 2927 Baylor University 12 10 - 2 - 0 67 586 16 2709 Florida 12 8 - 4 - 0 7 1677 17 2593 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 46 956 18 2476 Mississippi State 12 9 - 3 - 0 37 1064 19 2352 Maryland 12 8 - 4 - 0 15 1447 20 2303 Washington 12 9 - 3 - 0 60 749 21 2227 Missouri 12 8 - 4 - 0 47 939 22 2202 Southern Methodist 12 8 - 4 - 0 50 902 23 2177 Purdue 12 9 - 3 - 0 59 763 24 2114 South Carolina 12 8 - 4 - 0 41 1011 25 2108 Oregon 11 6 - 3 - 2 32 1129 26 2093 Arizona State 11 7 - 4 - 0 33 1129 27 1959 LSU 11 7 - 4 - 0 29 1238 28 1918 Houston 12 7 - 5 - 0 22 1380 29 1694 Stanford 11 6 - 5 - 0 21 1389 30 1685 Texas 12 7 - 5 - 0 27 1242 31 1504 Clemson 11 6 - 5 - 0 31 1159 32 1464 Navy 12 8 - 4 - 0 74 190 33 1440 Southern Mississippi 12 9 - 3 - 0 85 -150 34 1439 Tennessee 11 5 - 6 - 0 18 1415 35 1347 Arkansas 12 7 - 5 - 0 55 881 36 1325 Boston College 11 7 - 4 - 0 57 823 37 1221 Kansas 11 4 - 5 - 2 10 1531 38 1181 Virginia Tech 12 8 - 4 - 0 71 249 39 1143 Iowa State 11 6 - 5 - 0 61 745 40 1109 Auburn 11 5 - 6 - 0 24 1346 41 1099 Louisville 11 5 - 6 - 0 35 1074 42 1009 North Carolina State 11 6 - 5 - 0 53 894 43 893 Tulane 12 7 - 5 - 0 69 415 44 864 Rice 11 5 - 6 - 0 23 1373 45 854 West Virginia 12 6 - 6 - 0 51 900 46 824 Furman 11 9 - 1 - 1 110 -1354 47 810 Syracuse 11 5 - 6 - 0 38 1058 48 773 Cal State Long Beach 11 8 - 3 - 0 98 -823 49 770 UNLV 11 7 - 4 - 0 88 -166 50 744 Texas A&M 11 4 - 7 - 0 5 1730 51 740 Texas Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 44 961 52 659 Wake Forest 11 5 - 6 - 0 65 652 53 638 Rutgers 11 7 - 4 - 0 92 -445 54 600 McNeese State 12 10 - 2 - 0 133 -2001 55 599 Hawaii 11 8 - 3 - 0 93 -493 56 568 Indiana 11 6 - 5 - 0 70 342 57 556 Tulsa 11 8 - 3 - 0 95 -705 58 528 Utah 11 5 - 5 - 1 75 171 59 471 Villanova 11 6 - 5 - 0 97 -782 60 453 Arizona 11 5 - 6 - 0 40 1028 61 365 Mississippi 11 3 - 8 - 0 14 1475 62 345 Minnesota 11 5 - 6 - 0 63 703 63 277 Colorado State 11 6 - 4 - 1 78 80 64 221 San Jose State 11 7 - 4 - 0 76 130 65 202 Wyoming 11 6 - 5 - 0 90 -328 66 154 North Texas 11 6 - 5 - 0 84 -80 67 146 Virginia 11 4 - 7 - 0 26 1264 68 121 Washington State 11 4 - 7 - 0 68 511 69 85 Wisconsin 11 4 - 7 - 0 39 1054 70 35 Oklahoma State 11 3 - 7 - 1 43 969 71 27 Kentucky 11 3 - 8 - 0 16 1440 72 0 Iowa 11 4 - 7 - 0 58 776 73 -114 Utah State 11 6 - 5 - 0 77 105 74 -119 Illinois 11 3 - 7 - 1 54 883 75 -120 California 11 3 - 8 - 0 11 1495 76 -199 Yale 10 8 - 2 - 0 131 -1991 77 -239 East Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 64 653 78 -356 Michigan State 11 3 - 8 - 0 45 959 79 -551 Richmond 11 5 - 6 - 0 89 -290 80 -572 Central Michigan 11 9 - 2 - 0 135 -2221 81 -653 Citadel 11 7 - 4 - 0 91 -366 82 -692 Georgia Tech 11 1 - 9 - 1 3 1773 83 -704 Temple 11 4 - 7 - 0 28 1241 84 -709 Drake 11 8 - 3 - 0 126 -1881 85 -710 Duke 11 2 - 9 - 0 34 1095 86 -736 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 8 - 3 - 0 119 -1798 87 -756 Army 11 3 - 7 - 1 66 610 88 -807 Texas Christian 11 1 - 10 - 0 8 1646 89 -849 Louisiana Monroe 11 7 - 4 - 0 115 -1469 90 -921 Vanderbilt 11 2 - 9 - 0 19 1405 91 -940 New Mexico 11 4 - 7 - 0 73 206 92 -1072 Appalachian State 11 6 - 4 - 1 104 -1199 93 -1085 San Diego State 12 4 - 8 - 0 72 228 94 -1097 Louisiana Lafayette 11 7 - 4 - 0 127 -1906 95 -1144 Colgate 10 5 - 4 - 1 103 -1164 96 -1145 Western Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 132 -1999 97 -1181 Wichita State 11 5 - 5 - 1 101 -948 98 -1183 Kansas State 11 3 - 8 - 0 56 860 99 -1203 Northern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 130 -1956 100 -1237 Air Force 12 2 - 9 - 1 62 708 101 -1286 Harvard 10 7 - 3 - 0 136 -2264 102 -1412 Ball State 11 6 - 5 - 0 121 -1816 103 -1450 Brown University 10 6 - 4 - 0 138 -2439 104 -1463 Miami (Ohio) 11 5 - 6 - 0 114 -1453 105 -1539 Cornell 10 5 - 5 - 0 128 -1908 106 -1551 Colorado 11 1 - 10 - 0 12 1492 107 -1555 West Texas A&M 11 5 - 6 - 0 96 -733 108 -1637 Ohio University 11 6 - 5 - 0 134 -2034 109 -1642 Pacific 12 4 - 8 - 0 83 -31 110 -1666 Fresno State 11 5 - 6 - 0 94 -621 111 -1680 Indiana State 11 6 - 5 - 0 105 -1204 112 -1816 Princeton 10 6 - 4 - 0 125 -1878 113 -1957 Virginia Military 11 3 - 7 - 1 100 -920 114 -1975 Bowling Green State 11 4 - 7 - 0 116 -1534 115 -2058 Cal State Fullerton 11 4 - 7 - 0 86 -151 116 -2063 Memphis 11 2 - 9 - 0 82 -25 117 -2070 Cincinnati 11 2 - 9 - 0 81 -20 118 -2171 Oregon State 11 0 - 11 - 0 25 1333 119 -2193 New Mexico State 11 3 - 7 - 1 112 -1366 120 -2214 William & Mary 11 2 - 9 - 0 87 -156 121 -2400 Western Carolina 11 3 - 7 - 1 102 -1096 122 -2415 Northwestern 11 0 - 11 - 0 36 1067 123 -2451 Louisiana Tech 11 5 - 6 - 0 111 -1363 124 -2473 Illinois State 11 4 - 7 - 0 124 -1872 125 -2478 Dartmouth College 10 4 - 6 - 0 137 -2300 126 -2720 Texas Arlington 11 3 - 8 - 0 113 -1368 127 -2729 Toledo 11 4 - 7 - 0 129 -1912 128 -2751 Holy Cross College 11 3 - 8 - 0 108 -1326 129 -2881 Texas El Paso 12 1 - 11 - 0 80 41 130 -2974 Southern Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 107 -1320 131 -3378 Kent State 11 3 - 8 - 0 118 -1774 132 -3484 East Tennessee State 11 2 - 9 - 0 106 -1243 133 -3855 Lamar 11 3 - 8 - 0 99 -849 134 -4053 Marshall 11 2 - 8 - 1 120 -1803 135 -4154 Pennsylvania 10 1 - 9 - 0 117 -1698 136 -4782 Arkansas State 11 2 - 9 - 0 109 -1353 137 -4795 Eastern Michigan 10 1 - 9 - 0 122 -1836 138 -5291 Columbia 10 1 - 9 - 0 123 -1868