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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 4523 Penn State 12 10 - 2 - 0 1 2225 2 4494 Clemson 12 12 - 0 - 0 34 1137 3 4309 Pittsburgh 12 11 - 1 - 0 8 1570 4 3824 Texas 12 10 - 1 - 1 15 1482 5 3704 Nebraska 12 9 - 3 - 0 2 1787 6 3658 Georgia 12 10 - 2 - 0 26 1302 7 3607 Southern Methodist 11 10 - 1 - 0 56 854 8 3450 Miami (Florida) 11 9 - 2 - 0 3 1647 9 3295 Alabama 12 9 - 2 - 1 31 1227 10 2877 Southern California 12 9 - 3 - 0 30 1238 11 2830 Michigan 12 9 - 3 - 0 43 1033 12 2797 North Carolina 12 10 - 2 - 0 65 569 13 2767 Arizona State 11 9 - 2 - 0 69 529 14 2658 Washington 12 10 - 2 - 0 63 609 15 2638 West Virginia 12 9 - 3 - 0 49 940 16 2519 Oklahoma 12 7 - 4 - 1 18 1420 17 2433 Brigham Young 13 11 - 2 - 0 84 -17 18 2373 UCLA 12 7 - 4 - 1 23 1358 19 2366 Southern Mississippi 12 9 - 2 - 1 79 136 20 2363 Ohio State 12 9 - 3 - 0 58 789 21 2351 Iowa 12 8 - 4 - 0 27 1290 22 2286 Arkansas 12 8 - 4 - 0 35 1126 23 2238 Houston 12 7 - 4 - 1 17 1458 24 2199 Mississippi State 12 8 - 4 - 0 44 1031 25 2153 Missouri 12 8 - 4 - 0 45 1003 26 2056 Washington State 12 8 - 3 - 1 53 863 27 2004 Hawaii 11 9 - 2 - 0 88 -182 28 1945 Temple 10 5 - 5 - 0 4 1644 29 1945 Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 29 1267 30 1848 Florida 12 7 - 5 - 0 39 1078 31 1671 Texas A&M 12 7 - 5 - 0 41 1065 32 1571 Kansas 12 8 - 4 - 0 51 918 33 1556 Wyoming 11 8 - 3 - 0 81 79 34 1542 Utah 11 8 - 2 - 1 83 1 35 1487 Florida State 11 6 - 5 - 0 25 1332 36 1465 South Carolina 12 6 - 6 - 0 21 1376 37 1439 Notre Dame 11 5 - 6 - 0 20 1378 38 1391 Oklahoma State 12 7 - 5 - 0 50 920 39 1378 Wisconsin 12 7 - 5 - 0 48 943 40 1323 Tennessee 12 8 - 4 - 0 66 566 41 1247 Cincinnati 11 6 - 5 - 0 61 679 42 1016 San Jose State 12 9 - 3 - 0 93 -337 43 1014 Auburn 11 5 - 6 - 0 38 1103 44 989 Tulane 11 6 - 5 - 0 67 558 45 941 Syracuse 11 4 - 6 - 1 16 1481 46 893 Duke 11 6 - 5 - 0 59 787 47 852 Purdue 11 5 - 6 - 0 42 1056 48 826 Maryland 11 4 - 6 - 1 32 1191 49 819 Iowa State 11 5 - 5 - 1 47 984 50 776 Navy 12 7 - 4 - 1 82 50 51 730 Minnesota 11 6 - 5 - 0 68 533 52 710 Michigan State 11 5 - 6 - 0 52 881 53 692 San Diego State 11 6 - 5 - 0 71 306 54 681 Baylor University 11 5 - 6 - 0 55 855 55 596 Drake 11 10 - 1 - 0 106 -1105 56 590 Tulsa 11 6 - 5 - 0 86 -29 57 581 Boston College 11 5 - 6 - 0 13 1497 58 577 Mississippi 11 4 - 6 - 1 19 1412 59 551 Virginia Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 97 -434 60 466 Arizona 11 6 - 5 - 0 78 140 61 393 Stanford 11 4 - 7 - 0 40 1066 62 325 Vanderbilt 11 4 - 7 - 0 33 1180 63 310 Rice 11 4 - 7 - 0 11 1508 64 309 Utah State 11 5 - 5 - 1 75 244 65 277 North Carolina State 11 4 - 7 - 0 28 1289 66 200 West Texas A&M 11 7 - 4 - 0 96 -431 67 179 Rutgers 11 5 - 6 - 0 64 575 68 117 Miami (Ohio) 11 8 - 2 - 1 109 -1467 69 67 Southern Illinois 11 7 - 4 - 0 107 -1138 70 22 McNeese State 11 7 - 3 - 1 103 -954 71 0 Kentucky 11 3 - 8 - 0 9 1522 72 -35 Texas Christian 11 2 - 7 - 2 22 1373 73 -42 Colorado 11 3 - 8 - 0 7 1595 74 -148 UNLV 12 6 - 6 - 0 76 244 75 -186 LSU 11 3 - 7 - 1 46 994 76 -187 Toledo 12 9 - 3 - 0 116 -1764 77 -196 Texas Arlington 11 6 - 5 - 0 91 -284 78 -206 Louisville 11 5 - 6 - 0 85 -29 79 -261 California 11 2 - 9 - 0 5 1610 80 -285 Yale 10 9 - 1 - 0 135 -2969 81 -310 Arkansas State 11 6 - 5 - 0 101 -677 82 -390 Pacific 11 5 - 6 - 0 74 245 83 -408 Indiana 11 3 - 8 - 0 24 1351 84 -486 New Mexico 12 4 - 7 - 1 80 84 85 -593 East Carolina 11 5 - 6 - 0 87 -91 86 -632 Texas Tech 11 1 - 9 - 1 10 1519 87 -651 Wake Forest 11 4 - 7 - 0 70 515 88 -695 Fresno State 11 5 - 6 - 0 100 -597 89 -714 Louisiana Monroe 11 5 - 6 - 0 104 -1003 90 -740 Air Force 11 4 - 7 - 0 77 177 91 -832 Kansas State 11 2 - 9 - 0 6 1595 92 -874 Wichita State 11 4 - 6 - 1 94 -380 93 -992 Lamar 11 4 - 6 - 1 89 -201 94 -1016 Colgate 10 7 - 3 - 0 108 -1244 95 -1038 Central Michigan 11 7 - 4 - 0 119 -1930 96 -1100 Holy Cross College 11 6 - 5 - 0 124 -2076 97 -1117 Virginia Military 10 6 - 3 - 1 120 -1974 98 -1170 Oregon 11 2 - 9 - 0 60 749 99 -1200 Louisiana Tech 11 4 - 6 - 1 98 -450 100 -1309 Furman 11 8 - 3 - 0 121 -2009 101 -1414 Georgia Tech 11 1 - 10 - 0 14 1487 102 -1449 Virginia 11 1 - 10 - 0 36 1122 103 -1489 Indiana State 11 5 - 5 - 1 110 -1521 104 -1571 Richmond 11 4 - 7 - 0 99 -515 105 -1598 North Texas 11 2 - 9 - 0 62 646 106 -1641 Western Michigan 11 6 - 5 - 0 125 -2088 107 -1666 Memphis 11 1 - 10 - 0 54 858 108 -1670 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 7 - 3 - 1 123 -2053 109 -1671 Bowling Green State 11 5 - 5 - 1 112 -1683 110 -1678 William & Mary 11 5 - 6 - 0 102 -883 111 -1718 Citadel 11 7 - 3 - 1 115 -1760 112 -1759 Army 11 3 - 7 - 1 95 -425 113 -1829 Ohio University 11 5 - 6 - 0 111 -1615 114 -1943 Cal State Fullerton 11 3 - 8 - 0 72 288 115 -1962 Cal State Long Beach 10 2 - 8 - 0 90 -267 116 -1997 Dartmouth College 10 6 - 4 - 0 136 -3052 117 -2109 Northwestern 11 0 - 11 - 0 12 1507 118 -2215 Oregon State 11 1 - 10 - 0 57 853 119 -2258 Louisiana Lafayette 11 1 - 9 - 1 92 -314 120 -2370 Colorado State 12 0 - 12 - 0 37 1108 121 -2531 Harvard 10 5 - 4 - 1 133 -2869 122 -2607 East Tennessee State 11 6 - 5 - 0 127 -2162 123 -2621 Princeton 10 5 - 4 - 1 137 -3228 124 -2632 Texas El Paso 11 1 - 10 - 0 73 275 125 -2764 Western Carolina 11 4 - 7 - 0 113 -1730 126 -2878 Kent State 11 4 - 7 - 0 117 -1788 127 -2934 New Mexico State 11 3 - 8 - 0 105 -1096 128 -3186 Ball State 11 4 - 7 - 0 129 -2229 129 -3631 Appalachian State 11 3 - 7 - 1 114 -1744 130 -3643 Northern Illinois 11 3 - 8 - 0 128 -2222 131 -4403 Cornell 10 3 - 7 - 0 130 -2569 132 -4414 Marshall 11 2 - 9 - 0 118 -1811 133 -4546 Illinois State 10 3 - 7 - 0 126 -2135 134 -4574 Brown University 10 3 - 7 - 0 132 -2774 135 -5028 Columbia 10 1 - 9 - 0 131 -2641 136 -5250 Pennsylvania 10 1 - 9 - 0 134 -2876 137 -5622 Eastern Michigan 11 0 - 11 - 0 122 -2050