Week 15
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All | ACC | Big 10 | Big 12 | Big East | Conference USA | Division I-A Independents | Mid-American Conference | MWC | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt Conference | WAC
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Southern Cal (11 - 2) Schedule: 6.846 (1) | 9.297 9.297  | |||
| 2. Miami FL (12 - 1) Schedule: 5.662 (43) | 8.466 8.466  | |||
| 3. Oklahoma (12 - 2) Schedule: 5.858 (26) | 8.384 8.384  2 | |||
| 4. Kansas St (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.551 (52) | 8.259 8.259  1 | |||
| 5. Georgia (13 - 1) Schedule: 5.949 (19) | 8.251 8.251  1 | |||
| 6. Ohio State (14 - 0) Schedule: 5.813 (30) | 8.2 8.2  | |||
| 7. Texas (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.873 (24) | 8.084 8.084  2 | |||
| 8. Alabama (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.958 (18) | 7.904 7.904  1 | |||
| 9. Iowa (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.668 (42) | 7.872 7.872  1 | |||
| 10. Florida St (9 - 5) Schedule: 6.378 (3) | 7.597 7.597  1 | |||
| 11. Penn State (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.826 (29) | 7.515 7.515  1 | |||
| 12. Washington St (10 - 3) Schedule: 6.053 (12) | 7.487 7.487  2 | |||
| 13. North Carolina St (11 - 3) Schedule: 5.326 (60) | 7.471 7.471  7 | |||
| 14. Maryland (11 - 3) Schedule: 5.481 (56) | 7.395 7.395  5 | |||
| 15. Auburn (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.93 (21) | 7.315 7.315  1 | |||
| 16. Michigan (10 - 3) Schedule: 6.306 (5) | 7.298 7.298  1 | |||
| 17. Boise St (12 - 1) Schedule: 4.103 (113) | 7.191 7.191  5 | |||
| 18. Virginia Tech  (10 - 4) Schedule: 5.524 (53) | 7.177 7.177  | |||
| 19. Colorado (9 - 5) Schedule: 6.317 (4) | 7.084 7.084  3 | |||
| 20. Notre Dame  (10 - 3) Schedule: 6.115 (9) | 7.003 7.003  5 | |||
| 21. California (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.867 (25) | 6.864 6.864  2 | |||
| 22. Oregon St (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.763 (34) | 6.863 6.863  9 | |||
| 23. UCLA (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.175 (7) | 6.793 6.793  1 | |||
| 24. Pittsburgh (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.616 (50) | 6.783 6.783  8 | |||
| 25. Arkansas (9 - 5) Schedule: 5.882 (23) | 6.772 6.772  4 | |||
| 26. Texas Tech (9 - 5) Schedule: 6.092 (11) | 6.735 6.735  9 | |||
| 27. Boston College (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.296 (61) | 6.702 6.702  3 | |||
| 28. Florida (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.156 (8) | 6.598 6.598  2 | |||
| 29. Washington (7 - 6) Schedule: 6.046 (14) | 6.548 6.548  4 | |||
| 30. Virginia (9 - 5) Schedule: 6.049 (13) | 6.497 6.497  11 | |||
| 31. LSU (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.788 (32) | 6.485 6.485  2 | |||
| 32. Purdue (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.637 (46) | 6.458 6.458  8 | |||
| 33. Wisconsin (8 - 6) Schedule: 5.97 (17) | 6.443 6.443  3 | |||
| 34. West Virginia (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.519 (54) | 6.384 6.384  6 | |||
| 35. Tennessee (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.681 (40) | 6.355 6.355  8 | |||
| 36. Arizona St (8 - 6) Schedule: 5.975 (16) | 6.307 6.307  3 | |||
| 37. TCU  (10 - 2) Schedule: 4.355 (101) | 6.303 6.303  7 | |||
| 38. Georgia Tech (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.843 (28) | 6.137 6.137  1 | |||
| 39. Texas A&M (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.618 (48) | 6.12 6.12  4 | |||
| 40. Iowa St (7 - 7) Schedule: 6.11 (10) | 6.11 6.11  2 | |||
| 41. Colorado St (10 - 4) Schedule: 5.155 (65) | 6.102 6.102  7 | |||
| 42. Nebraska (7 - 7) Schedule: 5.848 (27) | 6.096 6.096  3 | |||
| 43. Minnesota (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.344 (58) | 6.047 6.047  9 | |||
| 44. Oregon (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.707 (38) | 6.046 6.046  13 | |||
| 45. South Florida (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.425 (95) | 5.993 5.993  | |||
| 46. Oklahoma St (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.337 (59) | 5.992 5.992  2 | |||
| 47. Wake Forest (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.718 (37) | 5.964 5.964  8 | |||
| 48. Mississippi (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.736 (35) | 5.934 5.934  1 | |||
| 49. Clemson (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.906 (22) | 5.891 5.891  7 | |||
| 50. Missouri (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.798 (31) | 5.81 5.81  1 | |||
| 51. Kentucky (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.186 (64) | 5.781 5.781  5 | |||
| 52. Marshall (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.162 (112) | 5.74 5.74  6 | |||
| 53. Cincinnati (7 - 7) Schedule: 5.193 (63) | 5.695 5.695  3 | |||
| 54. Toledo (9 - 5) Schedule: 4.672 (83) | 5.694 5.694  5 | |||
| 55. North Texas (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.819 (77) | 5.526 5.526  3 | |||
| 56. Hawai`i (10 - 4) Schedule: 4.373 (100) | 5.526 5.526  2 | |||
| 57. Bowling Green (9 - 3) Schedule: 3.859 (115) | 5.507 5.507  | |||
| 58. Air Force (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.67 (84) | 5.495 5.495  4 | |||
| 59. Illinois (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.633 (47) | 5.485 5.485  1 | |||
| 60. Northern Illinois (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.604 (90) | 5.403 5.403  2 | |||
| 61. Miami OH (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.83 (76) | 5.394 5.394  | |||
| 62. Fresno St (9 - 5) Schedule: 4.864 (73) | 5.356 5.356  1 | |||
| 63. Tulane (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.225 (109) | 5.233 5.233  6 | |||
| 64. Louisville (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.864 (74) | 5.227 5.227  8 | |||
| 65. Southern Miss (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.811 (78) | 5.18 5.18  1 | |||
| 66. Central Florida (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.255 (107) | 5.143 5.143  | |||
| 67. South Carolina (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.782 (33) | 5.141 5.141  2 | |||
| 68. Connecticut (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.333 (103) | 5.066 5.066  | |||
| 69. Utah (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.611 (88) | 5.01 5.01  2 | |||
| 70. New Mexico (7 - 7) Schedule: 4.706 (81) | 4.712 4.712  1 | |||
| 71. Michigan St (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.682 (39) | 4.686 4.686  2 | |||
| 72. Arizona (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.937 (20) | 4.685 4.685  2 | |||
| 73. Stanford (2 - 9) Schedule: 6.557 (2) | 4.552 4.552  1 | |||
| 74. New Mexico St (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.385 (99) | 4.472 4.472  | |||
| 75. Syracuse (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.347 (57) | 4.405 4.405  | |||
| 76. Temple (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.679 (41) | 4.318 4.318  | |||
| 77. North Carolina (3 - 9) Schedule: 6.263 (6) | 4.263 4.263  3 | |||
| 78. Nevada (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.609 (89) | 4.252 4.252  1 | |||
| 79. Western Michigan (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.617 (87) | 4.114 4.114  5 | |||
| 80. Vanderbilt (2 - 10) Schedule: 6.032 (15) | 4.1 4.1  1 | |||
| 81. Brigham Young (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.707 (80) | 4.09 4.09  3 | |||
| 82. San Jose St (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.647 (86) | 4.082 4.082  1 | |||
| 83. UNLV (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.892 (70) | 4.081 4.081  4 | |||
| 84. San Diego St (4 - 9) Schedule: 5.152 (66) | 4.038 4.038  2 | |||
| 85. Duke (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.618 (49) | 4.017 4.017  2 | |||
| 86. East Carolina (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.91 (69) | 3.98 3.98  | |||
| 87. Houston (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.661 (85) | 3.919 3.919  2 | |||
| 88. Ball St (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.337 (102) | 3.909 3.909  2 | |||
| 89. Memphis (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.571 (91) | 3.907 3.907  1 | |||
| 90. Mississippi St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.575 (51) | 3.868 3.868  5 | |||
| 91. Northwestern (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.729 (36) | 3.816 3.816  1 | |||
| 92. Middle Tennessee St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.4 (97) | 3.759 3.759  1 | |||
| 93. Ohio U. (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.549 (92) | 3.698 3.698  | |||
| 94. Akron (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.282 (104) | 3.637 3.637  2 | |||
| 95. Alabama-Birmingham (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.501 (93) | 3.602 3.602  1 | |||
| 96. Rice (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.015 (114) | 3.544 3.544  1 | |||
| 97. Indiana (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.658 (44) | 3.492 3.492  | |||
| 98. Utah St (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.888 (72) | 3.492 3.492  2 | |||
| 99. Louisiana Tech (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.717 (79) | 3.396 3.396  | |||
| 100. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.89 (71) | 3.28 3.28  2 | |||
| 101. Arkansas St (6 - 7) Schedule: 3.628 (116) | 3.253 3.253  2 | |||
| 102. Central Michigan (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.214 (110) | 3.252 3.252  2 | |||
| 103. Wyoming (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.932 (68) | 3.234 3.234  3 | |||
| 104. Baylor (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.64 (45) | 3.221 3.221  1 | |||
| 105. Idaho (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.938 (67) | 3.187 3.187  4 | |||
| 106. Navy (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.832 (75) | 3.178 3.178  1 | |||
| 107. Troy (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.601 (117) | 3.118 3.118  1 | |||
| 108. Louisiana-Lafayette (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.702 (82) | 2.968 2.968  | |||
| 109. Kansas (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.193 (62) | 2.771 2.771  | |||
| 110. Rutgers (1 - 11) Schedule: 5.484 (55) | 2.579 2.579  | |||
| 111. Kent St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.402 (96) | 2.358 2.358  | |||
| 112. SMU (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.396 (98) | 2.271 2.271  | |||
| 113. Tulsa (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.265 (105) | 2.202 2.202  1 | |||
| 114. UTEP  (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.429 (94) | 2.185 2.185  1 | |||
| 115. Buffalo (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.235 (108) | 1.966 1.966  | |||
| 116. Eastern Michigan (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.262 (106) | 1.83 1.83  | |||
| 117. Army (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.177 (111) | 1.403 1.403  |