Week 6
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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. Virginia Tech  (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.916 (21) | 9.099 9.099  | |||
| 2. Miami FL (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.243 (53) | 8.535 8.535  3 | |||
| 3. Southern Cal (4 - 2) Schedule: 7.099 (1) | 8.446 8.446  | |||
| 4. Florida St (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.564 (3) | 8.383 8.383  2 | |||
| 5. Ohio State (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.155 (61) | 8.208 8.208  1 | |||
| 6. Notre Dame  (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.965 (16) | 8.072 8.072  2 | |||
| 7. Georgia (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.918 (20) | 7.956 7.956  | |||
| 8. Arkansas (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.495 (4) | 7.919 7.919  19 | |||
| 9. Oklahoma (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.231 (54) | 7.815 7.815  9 | |||
| 10. Iowa St (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.402 (43) | 7.803 7.803  1 | |||
| 11. LSU (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.277 (51) | 7.791 7.791  15 | |||
| 12. North Carolina St (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.426 (98) | 7.625 7.625  2 | |||
| 13. Kansas St (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.089 (69) | 7.608 7.608  7 | |||
| 14. Alabama (4 - 2) Schedule: 6.177 (10) | 7.55 7.55  5 | |||
| 15. Michigan (5 - 1) Schedule: 6.246 (6) | 7.546 7.546  6 | |||
| 16. Oregon (6 - 0) Schedule: 4.834 (83) | 7.546 7.546  6 | |||
| 17. Washington St (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.61 (32) | 7.521 7.521  2 | |||
| 18. Texas (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.047 (72) | 7.519 7.519  10 | |||
| 19. California (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.235 (7) | 7.462 7.462  7 | |||
| 20. Air Force (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.019 (75) | 7.439 7.439  7 | |||
| 21. Penn State (4 - 2) Schedule: 6.192 (9) | 7.41 7.41  5 | |||
| 22. Iowa (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.429 (40) | 7.308 7.308  3 | |||
| 23. UCLA (4 - 2) Schedule: 6.105 (13) | 7.102 7.102  6 | |||
| 24. Colorado (4 - 2) Schedule: 6.173 (11) | 6.97 6.97  5 | |||
| 25. Bowling Green (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.7 (115) | 6.917 6.917  2 | |||
| 26. Nebraska (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.686 (25) | 6.863 6.863  12 | |||
| 27. Texas A&M (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.411 (42) | 6.846 6.846  7 | |||
| 28. Oregon St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.39 (44) | 6.727 6.727  7 | |||
| 29. Clemson (3 - 3) Schedule: 6.026 (15) | 6.689 6.689  7 | |||
| 30. Texas Tech (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.206 (8) | 6.639 6.639  1 | |||
| 31. Washington (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.306 (49) | 6.598 6.598  4 | |||
| 32. Georgia Tech (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.181 (57) | 6.594 6.594  | |||
| 33. Wisconsin (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.182 (56) | 6.555 6.555  9 | |||
| 34. Louisville (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.025 (73) | 6.479 6.479  4 | |||
| 35. Boise St (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.296 (99) | 6.472 6.472  9 | |||
| 36. Marshall (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.832 (84) | 6.46 6.46  3 | |||
| 37. Boston College (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.263 (5) | 6.445 6.445  16 | |||
| 38. Arizona St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.103 (66) | 6.381 6.381  12 | |||
| 39. Florida (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.033 (14) | 6.371 6.371  2 | |||
| 40. Mississippi (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.666 (89) | 6.37 6.37  7 | |||
| 41. South Carolina (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.316 (48) | 6.33 6.33  2 | |||
| 42. Tennessee (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.09 (68) | 6.314 6.314  12 | |||
| 43. Auburn (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.048 (71) | 6.306 6.306  15 | |||
| 44. Kentucky (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.013 (78) | 6.279 6.279  4 | |||
| 45. Virginia (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.792 (23) | 6.277 6.277  | |||
| 46. Minnesota (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.075 (106) | 6.209 6.209  5 | |||
| 47. Pittsburgh (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.613 (91) | 6.135 6.135  5 | |||
| 48. Colorado St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.652 (28) | 6.077 6.077  12 | |||
| 49. Missouri (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.476 (37) | 6.014 6.014  1 | |||
| 50. Purdue (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.63 (30) | 6 6  8 | |||
| 51. Wake Forest (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.671 (26) | 5.949 5.949  5 | |||
| 52. Maryland (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.719 (87) | 5.898 5.898  6 | |||
| 53. Utah (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.523 (35) | 5.889 5.889  20 | |||
| 54. South Florida (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.321 (47) | 5.832 5.832  6 | |||
| 55. Hawai`i (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.959 (111) | 5.611 5.611  9 | |||
| 56. Southern Miss (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.204 (104) | 5.604 5.604  3 | |||
| 57. Fresno St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.247 (52) | 5.434 5.434  | |||
| 58. Michigan St (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.426 (41) | 5.41 5.41  9 | |||
| 59. Arizona (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.636 (29) | 5.327 5.327  4 | |||
| 60. TCU  (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.25 (117) | 5.28 5.28  9 | |||
| 61. Toledo (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.692 (116) | 5.24 5.24  5 | |||
| 62. Miami OH (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.147 (62) | 5.183 5.183  1 | |||
| 63. New Mexico St (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.465 (38) | 5.12 5.12  2 | |||
| 64. Central Florida (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.106 (64) | 5.091 5.091  6 | |||
| 65. Northern Illinois (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.96 (80) | 4.979 4.979  9 | |||
| 66. Indiana (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.922 (19) | 4.968 4.968  12 | |||
| 67. Brigham Young (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.087 (70) | 4.946 4.946  4 | |||
| 68. North Carolina (2 - 4) Schedule: 6.131 (12) | 4.803 4.803  1 | |||
| 69. Stanford (1 - 4) Schedule: 6.579 (2) | 4.8 4.8  1 | |||
| 70. Western Michigan (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.358 (46) | 4.796 4.796  1 | |||
| 71. Oklahoma St (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.89 (82) | 4.794 4.794  9 | |||
| 72. New Mexico (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.105 (65) | 4.758 4.758  1 | |||
| 73. Cincinnati (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.286 (50) | 4.737 4.737  15 | |||
| 74. West Virginia (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.834 (114) | 4.73 4.73  1 | |||
| 75. Illinois (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.572 (33) | 4.708 4.708  7 | |||
| 76. Tulane (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.002 (109) | 4.704 4.704  9 | |||
| 77. Memphis (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.966 (79) | 4.567 4.567  11 | |||
| 78. Connecticut (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.017 (76) | 4.562 4.562  2 | |||
| 79. San Diego St (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.925 (18) | 4.514 4.514  13 | |||
| 80. San Jose St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.557 (94) | 4.475 4.475  1 | |||
| 81. North Texas (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.705 (24) | 4.431 4.431  4 | |||
| 82. Central Michigan (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.243 (101) | 4.32 4.32  11 | |||
| 83. Duke (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.444 (39) | 4.263 4.263  11 | |||
| 84. Northwestern (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.669 (27) | 4.185 4.185  3 | |||
| 85. Vanderbilt (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.366 (45) | 4.135 4.135  10 | |||
| 86. Nevada (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.177 (58) | 4.049 4.049  10 | |||
| 87. Alabama-Birmingham (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.65 (90) | 4 4  11 | |||
| 88. East Carolina (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.045 (108) | 3.957 3.957  3 | |||
| 89. Mississippi St (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.514 (36) | 3.836 3.836  1 | |||
| 90. Louisiana Tech (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.182 (55) | 3.79 3.79  4 | |||
| 91. Idaho (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.937 (17) | 3.774 3.774  8 | |||
| 92. Houston (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.779 (86) | 3.736 3.736  8 | |||
| 93. Louisiana-Lafayette (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.617 (31) | 3.692 3.692  8 | |||
| 94. Temple (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.135 (63) | 3.612 3.612  | |||
| 95. Kent St (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.48 (97) | 3.559 3.559  1 | |||
| 96. Syracuse (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.513 (95) | 3.485 3.485  7 | |||
| 97. Rice (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.216 (102) | 3.477 3.477  2 | |||
| 98. UNLV (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.103 (67) | 3.429 3.429  11 | |||
| 99. Troy (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.942 (112) | 3.396 3.396  5 | |||
| 100. Utah St (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.868 (22) | 3.343 3.343  3 | |||
| 101. Middle Tennessee St (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.02 (74) | 3.337 3.337  5 | |||
| 102. Kansas (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.591 (93) | 3.29 3.29  3 | |||
| 103. Wyoming (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.543 (34) | 3.254 3.254  6 | |||
| 104. Arkansas St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.982 (110) | 3.157 3.157  1 | |||
| 105. Ball St (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.912 (81) | 3.154 3.154  2 | |||
| 106. Louisiana-Monroe (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.177 (59) | 3.128 3.128  8 | |||
| 107. Baylor (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.053 (107) | 3.112 3.112  5 | |||
| 108. Ohio U. (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.711 (88) | 2.943 2.943  2 | |||
| 109. Navy (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.803 (85) | 2.876 2.876  9 | |||
| 110. Akron (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.503 (96) | 2.853 2.853  3 | |||
| 111. UTEP  (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.157 (60) | 2.593 2.593  | |||
| 112. Buffalo (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.259 (100) | 2.428 2.428  | |||
| 113. Eastern Michigan (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.889 (113) | 2.053 2.053  5 | |||
| 114. Tulsa (0 - 6) Schedule: 4.606 (92) | 1.876 1.876  1 | |||
| 115. SMU (0 - 7) Schedule: 5.016 (77) | 1.832 1.832  2 | |||
| 116. Rutgers (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.214 (103) | 1.702 1.702  | |||
| 117. Army (0 - 6) Schedule: 4.089 (105) | 0.579 0.579  |