Week 15
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All | ACC | Big 10 | Big 12 | Big East | Big West | Conference USA | Division I-A Independents | Mid-American Conference | MWC | Pac-12 | SEC | WAC
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Miami FL (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.921 (11) | 8.857 8.857  1 | |||
| 2. Oklahoma (13 - 0) Schedule: 5.871 (14) | 8.709 8.709  1 | |||
| 3. Florida St (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.903 (13) | 8.685 8.685  2 | |||
| 4. Virginia Tech  (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.675 (26) | 8.129 8.129  1 | |||
| 5. Nebraska (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.702 (25) | 7.991 7.991  1 | |||
| 6. Oregon St (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.764 (21) | 7.982 7.982  1 | |||
| 7. Florida (10 - 3) Schedule: 6.075 (8) | 7.826 7.826  3 | |||
| 8. Washington (11 - 1) Schedule: 6.228 (4) | 7.642 7.642  | |||
| 9. Kansas St (11 - 3) Schedule: 5.626 (30) | 7.442 7.442  3 | |||
| 10. Texas (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.111 (64) | 7.25 7.25  1 | |||
| 11. Oregon (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.809 (18) | 7.247 7.247  6 | |||
| 12. Michigan (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.372 (46) | 7.165 7.165  1 | |||
| 13. TCU  (10 - 2) Schedule: 4.181 (98) | 7.153 7.153  4 | |||
| 14. Notre Dame  (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.762 (23) | 7.031 7.031  1 | |||
| 15. Georgia (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.618 (33) | 6.938 6.938  4 | |||
| 16. Texas A&M (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.851 (16) | 6.915 6.915  2 | |||
| 17. Mississippi St (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.575 (36) | 6.828 6.828  3 | |||
| 18. Ohio State (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.607 (34) | 6.809 6.809  4 | |||
| 19. Clemson (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.249 (57) | 6.777 6.777  3 | |||
| 20. Georgia Tech (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.19 (62) | 6.77 6.77  10 | |||
| 21. South Carolina (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.511 (41) | 6.746 6.746  4 | |||
| 22. Toledo (10 - 1) Schedule: 3.693 (112) | 6.654 6.654  1 | |||
| 23. Wisconsin (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.648 (28) | 6.473 6.473  | |||
| 24. Southern Miss (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.979 (67) | 6.446 6.446  4 | |||
| 25. Boise St (10 - 2) Schedule: 3.912 (103) | 6.412 6.412  4 | |||
| 26. Arizona (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.107 (6) | 6.371 6.371  | |||
| 27. Purdue (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.39 (45) | 6.36 6.36  3 | |||
| 28. Colorado St (10 - 2) Schedule: 4.534 (85) | 6.356 6.356  4 | |||
| 29. Tennessee (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.356 (48) | 6.301 6.301  2 | |||
| 30. Northwestern (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.619 (32) | 6.253 6.253  8 | |||
| 31. Auburn (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.601 (35) | 6.25 6.25  1 | |||
| 32. Pittsburgh (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.252 (56) | 6.15 6.15  1 | |||
| 33. East Carolina (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.969 (68) | 6.122 6.122  8 | |||
| 34. Louisville (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.718 (80) | 6.116 6.116  3 | |||
| 35. UCLA (6 - 6) Schedule: 6.333 (1) | 6.11 6.11  1 | |||
| 36. Syracuse (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.512 (40) | 6.081 6.081  | |||
| 37. Iowa St (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.453 (42) | 6.072 6.072  1 | |||
| 38. LSU (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.404 (43) | 6.027 6.027  11 | |||
| 39. Boston College (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.232 (59) | 6.024 6.024  7 | |||
| 40. West Virginia (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.905 (12) | 5.965 5.965  3 | |||
| 41. Stanford (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.296 (2) | 5.938 5.938  4 | |||
| 42. Western Michigan (9 - 3) Schedule: 3.845 (106) | 5.923 5.923  2 | |||
| 43. Arizona St (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.764 (20) | 5.872 5.872  8 | |||
| 44. UTEP  (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.937 (71) | 5.725 5.725  5 | |||
| 45. Texas Tech (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.279 (53) | 5.676 5.676  1 | |||
| 46. Mississippi (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.257 (55) | 5.611 5.611  4 | |||
| 47. Colorado (3 - 8) Schedule: 6.25 (3) | 5.557 5.557  6 | |||
| 48. North Carolina St (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.941 (70) | 5.542 5.542  3 | |||
| 49. Fresno St (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.773 (77) | 5.536 5.536  7 | |||
| 50. Air Force (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.352 (93) | 5.518 5.518  5 | |||
| 51. Southern Cal (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.016 (9) | 5.493 5.493  1 | |||
| 52. Minnesota (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.897 (73) | 5.465 5.465  4 | |||
| 53. UNLV (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.417 (90) | 5.355 5.355  10 | |||
| 54. Virginia (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.663 (27) | 5.31 5.31  7 | |||
| 55. Illinois (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.246 (58) | 5.281 5.281  1 | |||
| 56. North Carolina (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.288 (52) | 5.26 5.26  5 | |||
| 57. Washington St (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.091 (7) | 5.24 5.24  3 | |||
| 58. California (3 - 8) Schedule: 6.108 (5) | 5.217 5.217  | |||
| 59. Michigan St (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.783 (19) | 5.124 5.124  2 | |||
| 60. Arkansas (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.343 (49) | 5.086 5.086  1 | |||
| 61. Alabama (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.851 (17) | 5.06 5.06  5 | |||
| 62. San Jose St (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.721 (79) | 5.045 5.045  1 | |||
| 63. Maryland (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.308 (50) | 5.042 5.042  7 | |||
| 64. Brigham Young (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.278 (54) | 5.026 5.026  1 | |||
| 65. Northern Illinois (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.236 (97) | 5.002 5.002  1 | |||
| 66. Alabama-Birmingham (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.46 (88) | 4.962 4.962  2 | |||
| 67. Ohio U. (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.764 (110) | 4.941 4.941  | |||
| 68. Cincinnati (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.734 (78) | 4.926 4.926  6 | |||
| 69. Central Florida (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.837 (107) | 4.876 4.876  | |||
| 70. Utah (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.858 (75) | 4.85 4.85  | |||
| 71. Marshall (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.078 (101) | 4.692 4.692  3 | |||
| 72. Missouri (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.625 (31) | 4.625 4.625  1 | |||
| 73. Penn State (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.532 (38) | 4.583 4.583  2 | |||
| 74. Kansas (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.648 (29) | 4.528 4.528  1 | |||
| 75. Indiana (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.513 (39) | 4.504 4.504  3 | |||
| 76. New Mexico (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.996 (66) | 4.496 4.496  2 | |||
| 77. Oklahoma St (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.534 (37) | 4.443 4.443  | |||
| 78. Iowa (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.993 (10) | 4.337 4.337  2 | |||
| 79. Temple (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.206 (60) | 4.31 4.31  1 | |||
| 80. Kentucky (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.856 (15) | 4.259 4.259  1 | |||
| 81. Middle Tennessee St (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.853 (105) | 4.258 4.258  2 | |||
| 82. Akron (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.782 (109) | 4.113 4.113  1 | |||
| 83. Vanderbilt (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.303 (51) | 4.077 4.077  1 | |||
| 84. Tulane (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.109 (100) | 4.076 4.076  | |||
| 85. San Diego St (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.403 (44) | 3.994 3.994  2 | |||
| 86. Idaho (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.636 (81) | 3.983 3.983  | |||
| 87. Rice (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.947 (69) | 3.923 3.923  2 | |||
| 88. Miami OH (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.753 (111) | 3.839 3.839  | |||
| 89. Memphis (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.467 (87) | 3.829 3.829  1 | |||
| 90. New Mexico St (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.542 (84) | 3.779 3.779  1 | |||
| 91. Tulsa (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.332 (94) | 3.691 3.691  2 | |||
| 92. Utah St (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.309 (95) | 3.538 3.538  | |||
| 93. Rutgers (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.364 (47) | 3.517 3.517  1 | |||
| 94. Ball St (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.411 (91) | 3.501 3.501  1 | |||
| 95. Houston (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.909 (72) | 3.317 3.317  | |||
| 96. Hawai`i (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.593 (83) | 3.195 3.195  | |||
| 97. Arkansas St (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.059 (65) | 3.158 3.158  1 | |||
| 98. Baylor (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.763 (22) | 3.148 3.148  1 | |||
| 99. Louisiana Tech (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.873 (104) | 3.037 3.037  1 | |||
| 100. Wake Forest (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.193 (61) | 2.938 2.938  3 | |||
| 101. SMU (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.484 (86) | 2.812 2.812  | |||
| 102. North Texas (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.985 (102) | 2.808 2.808  2 | |||
| 103. Bowling Green (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.3 (96) | 2.795 2.795  | |||
| 104. Duke (0 - 11) Schedule: 5.707 (24) | 2.567 2.567  2 | |||
| 105. Army (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.635 (82) | 2.469 2.469  | |||
| 106. Eastern Michigan (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.358 (92) | 2.397 2.397  1 | |||
| 107. Wyoming (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.822 (76) | 2.331 2.331  1 | |||
| 108. Navy (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.133 (63) | 2.315 2.315  2 | |||
| 109. Central Michigan (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.46 (89) | 2.203 2.203  | |||
| 110. Connecticut (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.358 (115) | 2.094 2.094  1 | |||
| 111. Nevada (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.864 (74) | 2.073 2.073  1 | |||
| 112. Buffalo (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.819 (108) | 1.604 1.604  | |||
| 113. Kent St (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.176 (99) | 1.43 1.43  | |||
| 114. Louisiana-Lafayette (1 - 10) Schedule: 3.54 (114) | 1.232 1.232  | |||
| 115. Louisiana-Monroe (1 - 10) Schedule: 3.675 (113) | 0.537 0.537  |