Week 4
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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. TCU  (3 - 0) Schedule: 6.124 (36) | 10.025 10.025  | |||
| 2. Florida St (4 - 0) Schedule: 6.738 (13) | 9.914 9.914  | |||
| 3. Virginia Tech  (3 - 0) Schedule: 6.004 (40) | 9.416 9.416  | |||
| 4. Nebraska (3 - 0) Schedule: 6.393 (22) | 9.294 9.294  | |||
| 5. Clemson (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.449 (62) | 9.243 9.243  | |||
| 6. Southern Miss (2 - 1) Schedule: 6.326 (27) | 8.857 8.857  | |||
| 7. Miami FL (2 - 1) Schedule: 6.358 (25) | 8.79 8.79  | |||
| 8. Michigan St (3 - 0) Schedule: 7.588 (6) | 8.779 8.779  | |||
| 9. Notre Dame  (2 - 2) Schedule: 8.469 (1) | 8.746 8.746  | |||
| 10. Mississippi St (2 - 1) Schedule: 6.689 (15) | 8.588 8.588  | |||
| 11. Ohio State (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.62 (53) | 8.482 8.482  | |||
| 12. Oregon (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.999 (41) | 8.482 8.482  | |||
| 13. South Carolina (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.808 (46) | 8.361 8.361  | |||
| 14. Washington (3 - 0) Schedule: 6.483 (19) | 8.256 8.256  | |||
| 15. Florida (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.393 (64) | 8.236 8.236  | |||
| 16. Oklahoma (3 - 0) Schedule: 4.506 (89) | 8.208 8.208  | |||
| 17. Texas A&M (2 - 1) Schedule: 6.377 (24) | 7.992 7.992  | |||
| 18. Auburn (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.62 (54) | 7.893 7.893  | |||
| 19. Purdue (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.641 (51) | 7.81 7.81  | |||
| 20. Tennessee (2 - 1) Schedule: 6.603 (17) | 7.639 7.639  | |||
| 21. Iowa St (3 - 0) Schedule: 5.437 (63) | 7.507 7.507  | |||
| 22. North Carolina (3 - 1) Schedule: 6.323 (28) | 7.448 7.448  | |||
| 23. Southern Cal (3 - 0) Schedule: 5.299 (66) | 7.339 7.339  | |||
| 24. Missouri (1 - 2) Schedule: 7.742 (4) | 7.309 7.309  | |||
| 25. North Carolina St (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.52 (58) | 7.225 7.225  | |||
| 26. Northwestern (3 - 1) Schedule: 6.136 (35) | 7.147 7.147  | |||
| 27. Arkansas (3 - 0) Schedule: 5.073 (77) | 7.126 7.126  | |||
| 28. Georgia (2 - 1) Schedule: 5.259 (68) | 7.027 7.027  | |||
| 29. West Virginia (2 - 1) Schedule: 6.708 (14) | 7.012 7.012  | |||
| 30. East Carolina (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.241 (69) | 7.01 7.01  | |||
| 31. Mississippi (2 - 1) Schedule: 5.714 (49) | 6.978 6.978  | |||
| 32. Wisconsin (3 - 1) Schedule: 6.302 (30) | 6.943 6.943  | |||
| 33. Kansas St (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.165 (111) | 6.904 6.904  | |||
| 34. Louisville (2 - 1) Schedule: 6.619 (16) | 6.854 6.854  | |||
| 35. Pittsburgh (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.746 (105) | 6.792 6.792  | |||
| 36. Miami OH (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.166 (73) | 6.765 6.765  | |||
| 37. Marshall (1 - 2) Schedule: 6.222 (33) | 6.71 6.71  | |||
| 38. UCLA (3 - 1) Schedule: 6.765 (12) | 6.7 6.7  | |||
| 39. Boise St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.123 (97) | 6.641 6.641  | |||
| 40. Georgia Tech (2 - 2) Schedule: 6.105 (37) | 6.637 6.637  | |||
| 41. Michigan (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.616 (86) | 6.616 6.616  | |||
| 42. Indiana (1 - 2) Schedule: 6.075 (38) | 6.611 6.611  | |||
| 43. Minnesota (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.463 (61) | 6.582 6.582  | |||
| 44. Kentucky (2 - 2) Schedule: 6.541 (18) | 6.519 6.519  | |||
| 45. Ohio U. (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.63 (52) | 6.193 6.193  | |||
| 46. Arizona (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.612 (87) | 6.135 6.135  | |||
| 47. Colorado (0 - 3) Schedule: 7.227 (7) | 6.127 6.127  | |||
| 48. Oregon St (3 - 0) Schedule: 4.022 (101) | 6.094 6.094  | |||
| 49. Illinois (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.239 (93) | 6.09 6.09  | |||
| 50. Colorado St (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.653 (84) | 6.085 6.085  | |||
| 51. Alabama (1 - 3) Schedule: 6.878 (10) | 6.082 6.082  | |||
| 52. San Jose St (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.834 (45) | 6.068 6.068  | |||
| 53. Brigham Young (2 - 3) Schedule: 7.183 (9) | 6.013 6.013  | |||
| 54. Virginia (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.467 (60) | 5.91 5.91  | |||
| 55. Fresno St (1 - 2) Schedule: 6.317 (29) | 5.882 5.882  | |||
| 56. Nevada (1 - 2) Schedule: 7.997 (2) | 5.824 5.824  | |||
| 57. Texas Tech (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.802 (114) | 5.812 5.812  | |||
| 58. Maryland (2 - 1) Schedule: 5.217 (70) | 5.787 5.787  | |||
| 59. UNLV (1 - 2) Schedule: 5.476 (59) | 5.753 5.753  | |||
| 60. Air Force (3 - 0) Schedule: 3.413 (109) | 5.751 5.751  | |||
| 61. Arizona St (3 - 0) Schedule: 3.968 (103) | 5.742 5.742  | |||
| 62. Memphis (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.8 (82) | 5.691 5.691  | |||
| 63. Rutgers (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.588 (55) | 5.588 5.588  | |||
| 64. Stanford (2 - 1) Schedule: 5.075 (76) | 5.577 5.577  | |||
| 65. Boston College (2 - 1) Schedule: 3.923 (104) | 5.546 5.546  | |||
| 66. Wyoming (1 - 3) Schedule: 6.427 (20) | 5.483 5.483  | |||
| 67. Texas (2 - 1) Schedule: 3.208 (110) | 5.442 5.442  | |||
| 68. Akron (2 - 2) Schedule: 6.156 (34) | 5.414 5.414  | |||
| 69. Arkansas St (0 - 4) Schedule: 7.787 (3) | 5.402 5.402  | |||
| 70. Toledo (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.614 (108) | 5.401 5.401  | |||
| 71. Oklahoma St (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.8 (83) | 5.256 5.256  | |||
| 72. Baylor (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.651 (85) | 5.132 5.132  | |||
| 73. Western Michigan (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.118 (98) | 5.1 5.1  | |||
| 74. Northern Illinois (1 - 2) Schedule: 5.667 (50) | 5.067 5.067  | |||
| 75. Central Florida (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.043 (99) | 5.017 5.017  | |||
| 76. Temple (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.659 (107) | 4.986 4.986  | |||
| 77. LSU (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.371 (92) | 4.952 4.952  | |||
| 78. UTEP  (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.205 (71) | 4.904 4.904  | |||
| 79. Vanderbilt (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.583 (56) | 4.83 4.83  | |||
| 80. Wake Forest (0 - 3) Schedule: 7.603 (5) | 4.654 4.654  | |||
| 81. Syracuse (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.497 (90) | 4.624 4.624  | |||
| 82. Idaho (1 - 3) Schedule: 6.297 (31) | 4.53 4.53  | |||
| 83. Cincinnati (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.168 (72) | 4.481 4.481  | |||
| 84. Tulane (1 - 2) Schedule: 5.806 (47) | 4.417 4.417  | |||
| 85. Iowa (0 - 4) Schedule: 7.201 (8) | 4.366 4.366  | |||
| 86. Alabama-Birmingham (2 - 1) Schedule: 3.741 (106) | 4.213 4.213  | |||
| 87. Eastern Michigan (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.86 (44) | 4.119 4.119  | |||
| 88. Tulsa (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.386 (91) | 4.015 4.015  | |||
| 89. Central Michigan (1 - 3) Schedule: 6.337 (26) | 4 4  | |||
| 90. New Mexico (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.149 (74) | 3.813 3.813  | |||
| 91. California (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.803 (81) | 3.77 3.77  | |||
| 92. Ball St (0 - 3) Schedule: 6.781 (11) | 3.759 3.759  | |||
| 93. Washington St (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.181 (96) | 3.715 3.715  | |||
| 94. Penn State (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.928 (42) | 3.7 3.7  | |||
| 95. Kansas (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.955 (113) | 3.685 3.685  | |||
| 96. Middle Tennessee St (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.573 (57) | 3.654 3.654  | |||
| 97. New Mexico St (0 - 3) Schedule: 6.4 (21) | 3.499 3.499  | |||
| 98. SMU (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.058 (78) | 3.43 3.43  | |||
| 99. Connecticut (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.725 (115) | 3.328 3.328  | |||
| 100. Kent St (0 - 4) Schedule: 6.379 (23) | 3.234 3.234  | |||
| 101. Rice (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.326 (65) | 3.211 3.211  | |||
| 102. San Diego St (0 - 4) Schedule: 6.015 (39) | 2.916 2.916  | |||
| 103. North Texas (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.9 (43) | 2.906 2.906  | |||
| 104. Utah St (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.227 (94) | 2.904 2.904  | |||
| 105. Louisiana-Monroe (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.279 (67) | 2.716 2.716  | |||
| 106. Duke (0 - 4) Schedule: 6.224 (32) | 2.508 2.508  | |||
| 107. Army (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.546 (88) | 2.493 2.493  | |||
| 108. Houston (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.024 (100) | 2.464 2.464  | |||
| 109. Bowling Green (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.099 (75) | 2.462 2.462  | |||
| 110. Utah (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.843 (80) | 2.437 2.437  | |||
| 111. Navy (0 - 3) Schedule: 5.723 (48) | 2.266 2.266  | |||
| 112. Buffalo (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.001 (102) | 2.001 2.001  | |||
| 113. Louisiana Tech (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.079 (112) | 1.627 1.627  | |||
| 114. Louisiana-Lafayette (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.215 (95) | 1.583 1.583  | |||
| 115. Hawai`i (0 - 2) Schedule: 5.052 (79) | 1.189 1.189  |