Week 7
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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 (5 - 2) Schedule: 7.019 (1) | 8.575 8.575  2 | |||
| 2. Virginia Tech  (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.336 (50) | 8.526 8.526  1 | |||
| 3. Miami FL (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.219 (62) | 8.509 8.509  1 | |||
| 4. Oklahoma (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.729 (23) | 8.469 8.469  5 | |||
| 5. Florida St (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.568 (3) | 8.387 8.387  1 | |||
| 6. Notre Dame  (7 - 0) Schedule: 6.225 (8) | 8.291 8.291  | |||
| 7. Ohio State (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.228 (60) | 8.079 8.079  2 | |||
| 8. LSU (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.327 (51) | 7.992 7.992  3 | |||
| 9. Alabama (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.283 (6) | 7.986 7.986  5 | |||
| 10. Georgia (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.702 (24) | 7.973 7.973  3 | |||
| 11. Texas (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.62 (34) | 7.926 7.926  7 | |||
| 12. Washington St (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.802 (18) | 7.713 7.713  5 | |||
| 13. Kansas St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.634 (32) | 7.602 7.602  | |||
| 14. Arkansas (3 - 3) Schedule: 6.706 (2) | 7.469 7.469  6 | |||
| 15. Michigan (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.155 (9) | 7.456 7.456  | |||
| 16. California (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.23 (7) | 7.415 7.415  3 | |||
| 17. Iowa (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.272 (57) | 7.362 7.362  5 | |||
| 18. Penn State (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.788 (20) | 7.356 7.356  3 | |||
| 19. Iowa St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.682 (26) | 7.319 7.319  9 | |||
| 20. North Carolina St (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.409 (99) | 7.293 7.293  8 | |||
| 21. Oregon (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.037 (70) | 7.171 7.171  5 | |||
| 22. UCLA (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.351 (4) | 7.077 7.077  1 | |||
| 23. Air Force (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.247 (59) | 7.056 7.056  3 | |||
| 24. Oregon St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.651 (29) | 6.987 6.987  4 | |||
| 25. Colorado (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.746 (22) | 6.955 6.955  1 | |||
| 26. Kentucky (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.382 (48) | 6.829 6.829  18 | |||
| 27. Boise St (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.359 (102) | 6.75 6.75  8 | |||
| 28. Texas A&M (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.944 (76) | 6.738 6.738  1 | |||
| 29. Arizona St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.416 (47) | 6.696 6.696  9 | |||
| 30. Wisconsin (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.635 (31) | 6.651 6.651  3 | |||
| 31. Clemson (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.896 (16) | 6.625 6.625  2 | |||
| 32. Bowling Green (6 - 0) Schedule: 3.829 (115) | 6.623 6.623  7 | |||
| 33. Minnesota (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.184 (107) | 6.584 6.584  13 | |||
| 34. Texas Tech (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.983 (13) | 6.568 6.568  4 | |||
| 35. Maryland (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.027 (71) | 6.562 6.562  17 | |||
| 36. Florida (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.1 (11) | 6.514 6.514  3 | |||
| 37. Nebraska (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.509 (40) | 6.451 6.451  11 | |||
| 38. Tennessee (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.184 (64) | 6.404 6.404  4 | |||
| 39. Washington (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.596 (36) | 6.298 6.298  8 | |||
| 40. Virginia (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.695 (25) | 6.285 6.285  5 | |||
| 41. South Carolina (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.829 (17) | 6.267 6.267  | |||
| 42. Pittsburgh (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.736 (88) | 6.258 6.258  5 | |||
| 43. Boston College (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.505 (41) | 6.215 6.215  6 | |||
| 44. Colorado St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.605 (35) | 6.207 6.207  4 | |||
| 45. Marshall (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.297 (104) | 6.178 6.178  9 | |||
| 46. Auburn (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.224 (61) | 6.162 6.162  3 | |||
| 47. Louisville (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.254 (58) | 6.159 6.159  13 | |||
| 48. Purdue (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.973 (14) | 6.131 6.131  2 | |||
| 49. South Florida (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.285 (54) | 6.104 6.104  5 | |||
| 50. Mississippi (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.026 (72) | 5.955 5.955  10 | |||
| 51. TCU  (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.814 (116) | 5.897 5.897  9 | |||
| 52. Wake Forest (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.771 (21) | 5.875 5.875  1 | |||
| 53. Missouri (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.636 (30) | 5.865 5.865  4 | |||
| 54. Georgia Tech (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.167 (65) | 5.852 5.852  22 | |||
| 55. Southern Miss (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.378 (100) | 5.801 5.801  1 | |||
| 56. Hawai`i (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.807 (117) | 5.718 5.718  1 | |||
| 57. Toledo (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.058 (109) | 5.573 5.573  4 | |||
| 58. Utah (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.447 (44) | 5.502 5.502  5 | |||
| 59. Miami OH (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.84 (83) | 5.412 5.412  3 | |||
| 60. Northern Illinois (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.885 (78) | 5.363 5.363  5 | |||
| 61. West Virginia (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.026 (110) | 5.32 5.32  13 | |||
| 62. Oklahoma St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.278 (55) | 5.293 5.293  9 | |||
| 63. Stanford (2 - 4) Schedule: 6.314 (5) | 5.198 5.198  6 | |||
| 64. Fresno St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.445 (45) | 5.149 5.149  7 | |||
| 65. New Mexico St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.06 (68) | 5.037 5.037  2 | |||
| 66. Central Florida (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.203 (63) | 4.975 4.975  2 | |||
| 67. Cincinnati (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.666 (28) | 4.971 4.971  6 | |||
| 68. Tulane (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.93 (112) | 4.949 4.949  8 | |||
| 69. Michigan St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.545 (39) | 4.915 4.915  11 | |||
| 70. Arizona (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.435 (46) | 4.856 4.856  11 | |||
| 71. Western Michigan (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.381 (49) | 4.801 4.801  1 | |||
| 72. North Carolina (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.101 (10) | 4.771 4.771  4 | |||
| 73. Illinois (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.575 (37) | 4.709 4.709  2 | |||
| 74. Indiana (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.029 (12) | 4.7 4.7  8 | |||
| 75. North Texas (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.554 (38) | 4.651 4.651  6 | |||
| 76. Nevada (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.049 (69) | 4.591 4.591  10 | |||
| 77. Duke (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.632 (33) | 4.514 4.514  6 | |||
| 78. New Mexico (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.821 (85) | 4.433 4.433  6 | |||
| 79. San Diego St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.448 (43) | 4.426 4.426  | |||
| 80. UNLV (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.078 (67) | 4.257 4.257  18 | |||
| 81. Mississippi St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.287 (53) | 4.213 4.213  8 | |||
| 82. Temple (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.145 (66) | 4.205 4.205  12 | |||
| 83. Northwestern (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.901 (15) | 4.143 4.143  1 | |||
| 84. Brigham Young (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.878 (80) | 4.143 4.143  17 | |||
| 85. San Jose St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.629 (91) | 4.114 4.114  5 | |||
| 86. East Carolina (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.625 (92) | 4.107 4.107  2 | |||
| 87. Connecticut (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.856 (82) | 4.097 4.097  9 | |||
| 88. Vanderbilt (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.677 (27) | 4.095 4.095  3 | |||
| 89. Memphis (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.66 (89) | 3.955 3.955  12 | |||
| 90. Central Michigan (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.358 (103) | 3.897 3.897  8 | |||
| 91. Middle Tennessee St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.882 (79) | 3.665 3.665  10 | |||
| 92. Idaho (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.792 (19) | 3.632 3.632  1 | |||
| 93. Houston (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.276 (105) | 3.606 3.606  1 | |||
| 94. Alabama-Birmingham (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.562 (94) | 3.541 3.541  7 | |||
| 95. Louisiana Tech (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.768 (87) | 3.48 3.48  5 | |||
| 96. Louisiana-Lafayette (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.309 (52) | 3.438 3.438  3 | |||
| 97. Utah St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.493 (42) | 3.427 3.427  3 | |||
| 98. Ball St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.417 (97) | 3.419 3.419  7 | |||
| 99. Ohio U. (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.414 (98) | 3.407 3.407  9 | |||
| 100. Syracuse (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.653 (90) | 3.246 3.246  4 | |||
| 101. Troy (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.085 (108) | 3.216 3.216  2 | |||
| 102. Rice (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.921 (113) | 3.19 3.19  5 | |||
| 103. Kansas (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.803 (86) | 3.17 3.17  1 | |||
| 104. Baylor (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.502 (96) | 3.167 3.167  3 | |||
| 105. Wyoming (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.272 (56) | 3.122 3.122  2 | |||
| 106. Arkansas St (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.951 (111) | 3.073 3.073  2 | |||
| 107. Louisiana-Monroe (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.021 (73) | 2.989 2.989  1 | |||
| 108. Kent St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.37 (101) | 2.964 2.964  13 | |||
| 109. Akron (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.566 (93) | 2.917 2.917  1 | |||
| 110. UTEP  (2 - 5) Schedule: 5 (74) | 2.902 2.902  1 | |||
| 111. Navy (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.941 (77) | 2.806 2.806  2 | |||
| 112. Buffalo (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.525 (95) | 2.384 2.384  | |||
| 113. Rutgers (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.975 (75) | 2.358 2.358  3 | |||
| 114. SMU (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.878 (81) | 2.179 2.179  1 | |||
| 115. Tulsa (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.832 (84) | 1.997 1.997  1 | |||
| 116. Eastern Michigan (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.88 (114) | 1.83 1.83  3 | |||
| 117. Army (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.22 (106) | 0.987 0.987  |