Week 12
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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 (9 - 2) Schedule: 6.928 (1) | 9.182 9.182  | |||
| 2. Miami FL (10 - 0) Schedule: 5.438 (51) | 8.662 8.662  | |||
| 3. Kansas St (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.427 (53) | 8.264 8.264  2 | |||
| 4. Oklahoma (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.585 (41) | 8.244 8.244  | |||
| 5. Ohio State (13 - 0) Schedule: 5.534 (47) | 8.009 8.009  1 | |||
| 6. Iowa (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.329 (56) | 8.002 8.002  1 | |||
| 7. Alabama (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.011 (14) | 8 8  4 | |||
| 8. Georgia (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.83 (24) | 7.832 7.832  1 | |||
| 9. Texas (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.677 (33) | 7.727 7.727  2 | |||
| 10. Florida St (8 - 4) Schedule: 6.308 (4) | 7.716 7.716  2 | |||
| 11. Penn State (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.697 (31) | 7.621 7.621  2 | |||
| 12. Washington St (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.855 (22) | 7.558 7.558  2 | |||
| 13. Notre Dame  (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.64 (39) | 7.389 7.389  1 | |||
| 14. Colorado (8 - 3) Schedule: 6.206 (7) | 7.349 7.349  2 | |||
| 15. Arkansas (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.678 (32) | 7.338 7.338  1 | |||
| 16. Oregon St (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.775 (27) | 7.301 7.301  4 | |||
| 17. Auburn (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.861 (21) | 7.27 7.27  6 | |||
| 18. Michigan (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.286 (5) | 7.254 7.254  | |||
| 19. UCLA (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.385 (3) | 7.177 7.177  2 | |||
| 20. North Carolina St (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.152 (63) | 7.155 7.155  2 | |||
| 21. Boise St (11 - 1) Schedule: 4.04 (111) | 7.128 7.128  | |||
| 22. Maryland (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.418 (54) | 7.081 7.081  7 | |||
| 23. Virginia Tech  (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.131 (64) | 6.989 6.989  4 | |||
| 24. California (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.991 (15) | 6.989 6.989  1 | |||
| 25. Florida (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.973 (17) | 6.863 6.863  1 | |||
| 26. Washington (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.165 (8) | 6.853 6.853  3 | |||
| 27. Colorado St (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.301 (58) | 6.799 6.799  3 | |||
| 28. LSU (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.561 (43) | 6.708 6.708  1 | |||
| 29. Pittsburgh (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.469 (49) | 6.645 6.645  4 | |||
| 30. Boston College (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.543 (46) | 6.54 6.54  6 | |||
| 31. West Virginia (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.309 (57) | 6.512 6.512  6 | |||
| 32. Georgia Tech (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.64 (38) | 6.471 6.471  2 | |||
| 33. Tennessee (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.635 (40) | 6.463 6.463  5 | |||
| 34. Oregon (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.801 (26) | 6.454 6.454  4 | |||
| 35. Texas Tech (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.018 (13) | 6.402 6.402  4 | |||
| 36. Nebraska (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.762 (28) | 6.399 6.399  1 | |||
| 37. Virginia (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.987 (16) | 6.388 6.388  10 | |||
| 38. Iowa St (7 - 6) Schedule: 6.05 (11) | 6.288 6.288  10 | |||
| 39. Arizona St (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.021 (12) | 6.281 6.281  3 | |||
| 40. Wisconsin (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.843 (23) | 6.276 6.276  4 | |||
| 41. Purdue (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.515 (48) | 6.263 6.263  | |||
| 42. Kentucky (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.243 (60) | 6.227 6.227  2 | |||
| 43. Texas A&M (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.329 (55) | 6.212 6.212  4 | |||
| 44. TCU  (8 - 2) Schedule: 4.289 (101) | 6.186 6.186  12 | |||
| 45. Clemson (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.806 (25) | 6.125 6.125  1 | |||
| 46. Louisville (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.037 (70) | 6.073 6.073  3 | |||
| 47. South Florida (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.467 (94) | 6.036 6.036  2 | |||
| 48. Missouri (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.865 (20) | 5.878 5.878  3 | |||
| 49. Mississippi (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.901 (19) | 5.852 5.852  4 | |||
| 50. Cincinnati (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.433 (52) | 5.811 5.811  2 | |||
| 51. Wake Forest (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.548 (45) | 5.788 5.788  1 | |||
| 52. Bowling Green (9 - 2) Schedule: 3.711 (115) | 5.731 5.731  2 | |||
| 53. Toledo (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.245 (102) | 5.715 5.715  5 | |||
| 54. Hawai`i (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.012 (112) | 5.701 5.701  3 | |||
| 55. Minnesota (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.165 (62) | 5.696 5.696  4 | |||
| 56. Air Force (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.585 (88) | 5.611 5.611  4 | |||
| 57. Oklahoma St (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.068 (67) | 5.568 5.568  4 | |||
| 58. Illinois (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.561 (44) | 5.414 5.414  1 | |||
| 59. North Texas (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.721 (80) | 5.401 5.401  3 | |||
| 60. Northern Illinois (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.578 (89) | 5.377 5.377  | |||
| 61. Miami OH (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.782 (78) | 5.345 5.345  5 | |||
| 62. South Carolina (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.916 (18) | 5.275 5.275  1 | |||
| 63. Southern Miss (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.864 (75) | 5.173 5.173  8 | |||
| 64. Utah (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.747 (79) | 5.145 5.145  1 | |||
| 65. Marshall (8 - 2) Schedule: 3.874 (114) | 5.13 5.13  1 | |||
| 66. Connecticut (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.37 (96) | 5.103 5.103  5 | |||
| 67. Central Florida (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.229 (106) | 5.087 5.087  3 | |||
| 68. Fresno St (7 - 5) Schedule: 5 (71) | 5.076 5.076  2 | |||
| 69. Tulane (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.044 (110) | 4.997 4.997  3 | |||
| 70. Arizona (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.057 (10) | 4.941 4.941  3 | |||
| 71. Stanford (2 - 9) Schedule: 6.719 (2) | 4.713 4.713  3 | |||
| 72. Michigan St (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.671 (35) | 4.677 4.677  3 | |||
| 73. New Mexico (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.684 (82) | 4.609 4.609  | |||
| 74. New Mexico St (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.36 (97) | 4.445 4.445  1 | |||
| 75. Syracuse (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.048 (69) | 4.412 4.412  2 | |||
| 76. Temple (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.739 (29) | 4.378 4.378  | |||
| 77. East Carolina (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.843 (77) | 4.32 4.32  6 | |||
| 78. Nevada (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.663 (83) | 4.307 4.307  4 | |||
| 79. Brigham Young (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.859 (76) | 4.242 4.242  1 | |||
| 80. North Carolina (3 - 9) Schedule: 6.213 (6) | 4.213 4.213  2 | |||
| 81. Vanderbilt (2 - 10) Schedule: 6.093 (9) | 4.163 4.163  2 | |||
| 82. San Jose St (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.661 (84) | 4.093 4.093  1 | |||
| 83. San Diego St (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.243 (59) | 4.09 4.09  4 | |||
| 84. Ball St (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.234 (105) | 4.089 4.089  | |||
| 85. Western Michigan (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.588 (87) | 4.085 4.085  4 | |||
| 86. Duke (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.668 (36) | 4.067 4.067  6 | |||
| 87. Mississippi St (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.728 (30) | 4.059 4.059  2 | |||
| 88. UNLV (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.876 (74) | 3.871 3.871  2 | |||
| 89. Memphis (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.491 (91) | 3.859 3.859  1 | |||
| 90. Northwestern (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.665 (37) | 3.752 3.752  2 | |||
| 91. Utah St (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.053 (68) | 3.738 3.738  1 | |||
| 92. Ohio U. (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.47 (93) | 3.651 3.651  4 | |||
| 93. Middle Tennessee St (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.529 (90) | 3.629 3.629  2 | |||
| 94. Alabama-Birmingham (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.478 (92) | 3.598 3.598  | |||
| 95. Louisiana Tech (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.648 (85) | 3.598 3.598  3 | |||
| 96. Wyoming (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.07 (66) | 3.551 3.551  2 | |||
| 97. Akron (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.177 (108) | 3.531 3.531  6 | |||
| 98. Houston (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.602 (86) | 3.524 3.524  5 | |||
| 99. Indiana (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.675 (34) | 3.51 3.51  5 | |||
| 100. Rice (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.957 (113) | 3.485 3.485  | |||
| 101. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.877 (73) | 3.267 3.267  6 | |||
| 102. Central Michigan (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.199 (107) | 3.237 3.237  3 | |||
| 103. Arkansas St (6 - 7) Schedule: 3.578 (117) | 3.203 3.203  2 | |||
| 104. Idaho (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.955 (72) | 3.202 3.202  2 | |||
| 105. Troy (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.685 (116) | 3.201 3.201  3 | |||
| 106. Baylor (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.569 (42) | 3.15 3.15  2 | |||
| 107. Louisiana-Lafayette (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.685 (81) | 2.95 2.95  6 | |||
| 108. Navy (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.098 (65) | 2.929 2.929  1 | |||
| 109. Kansas (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.213 (61) | 2.791 2.791  1 | |||
| 110. Rutgers (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.446 (50) | 2.611 2.611  1 | |||
| 111. Kent St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.33 (98) | 2.286 2.286  1 | |||
| 112. UTEP  (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.466 (95) | 2.221 2.221  | |||
| 113. SMU (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.312 (100) | 2.187 2.187  1 | |||
| 114. Tulsa (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.24 (104) | 2.177 2.177  1 | |||
| 115. Buffalo (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.142 (109) | 1.873 1.873  | |||
| 116. Eastern Michigan (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.242 (103) | 1.809 1.809  1 | |||
| 117. Army (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.314 (99) | 1.651 1.651  1 |