Week 8
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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 (6 - 2) Schedule: 7.106 (1) | 8.714 8.714  | |||
| 2. Oklahoma (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.777 (20) | 8.511 8.511  2 | |||
| 3. Miami FL (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.11 (62) | 8.356 8.356  | |||
| 4. Notre Dame  (8 - 0) Schedule: 6.246 (8) | 8.305 8.305  2 | |||
| 5. Alabama (6 - 2) Schedule: 6.334 (5) | 8.289 8.289  4 | |||
| 6. Georgia (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.72 (21) | 8.226 8.226  4 | |||
| 7. Texas (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.82 (19) | 8.095 8.095  4 | |||
| 8. Ohio State (9 - 0) Schedule: 5.277 (55) | 7.953 7.953  1 | |||
| 9. Florida St (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.602 (3) | 7.937 7.937  4 | |||
| 10. Virginia Tech  (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.911 (70) | 7.936 7.936  8 | |||
| 11. Kansas St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.447 (43) | 7.695 7.695  2 | |||
| 12. Iowa (8 - 1) Schedule: 5.347 (49) | 7.681 7.681  5 | |||
| 13. Arkansas (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.654 (2) | 7.668 7.668  1 | |||
| 14. Washington St (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.581 (31) | 7.513 7.513  2 | |||
| 15. North Carolina St (9 - 0) Schedule: 4.434 (98) | 7.475 7.475  5 | |||
| 16. Colorado (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.861 (16) | 7.364 7.364  9 | |||
| 17. Oregon St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.88 (14) | 7.285 7.285  7 | |||
| 18. LSU (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.329 (51) | 7.194 7.194  10 | |||
| 19. Penn State (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.949 (13) | 7.146 7.146  1 | |||
| 20. Oregon (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.498 (40) | 7.107 7.107  1 | |||
| 21. UCLA (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.27 (6) | 7.103 7.103  1 | |||
| 22. Boise St (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.458 (97) | 7.089 7.089  5 | |||
| 23. Iowa St (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.854 (18) | 7.073 7.073  4 | |||
| 24. California (5 - 4) Schedule: 6.165 (10) | 7.001 7.001  8 | |||
| 25. Michigan (6 - 2) Schedule: 6.26 (7) | 6.852 6.852  10 | |||
| 26. Auburn (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.542 (38) | 6.818 6.818  20 | |||
| 27. Maryland (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.926 (67) | 6.799 6.799  8 | |||
| 28. Arizona St (7 - 2) Schedule: 5.462 (42) | 6.792 6.792  1 | |||
| 29. Wisconsin (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.409 (46) | 6.647 6.647  1 | |||
| 30. Nebraska (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.569 (33) | 6.565 6.565  7 | |||
| 31. Bowling Green (7 - 0) Schedule: 3.629 (116) | 6.385 6.385  1 | |||
| 32. Minnesota (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.959 (109) | 6.352 6.352  1 | |||
| 33. Colorado St (7 - 2) Schedule: 5.373 (47) | 6.323 6.323  11 | |||
| 34. Purdue (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.705 (22) | 6.322 6.322  14 | |||
| 35. Texas A&M (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.92 (68) | 6.302 6.302  7 | |||
| 36. Kentucky (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.545 (36) | 6.28 6.28  10 | |||
| 37. Florida (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.871 (15) | 6.273 6.273  1 | |||
| 38. Air Force (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.793 (77) | 6.238 6.238  15 | |||
| 39. South Florida (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.353 (48) | 6.172 6.172  10 | |||
| 40. Clemson (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.059 (11) | 6.151 6.151  9 | |||
| 41. Texas Tech (5 - 4) Schedule: 6.025 (12) | 6.15 6.15  7 | |||
| 42. Tennessee (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.637 (27) | 6.134 6.134  4 | |||
| 43. South Carolina (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.669 (25) | 6.108 6.108  2 | |||
| 44. Louisville (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.872 (73) | 6.077 6.077  3 | |||
| 45. Pittsburgh (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.667 (81) | 6.077 6.077  3 | |||
| 46. Washington (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.684 (23) | 6.067 6.067  7 | |||
| 47. Wake Forest (5 - 4) Schedule: 5.545 (35) | 6.05 6.05  5 | |||
| 48. Georgia Tech (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.198 (59) | 5.967 5.967  6 | |||
| 49. Virginia (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.57 (32) | 5.941 5.941  9 | |||
| 50. Missouri (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.276 (56) | 5.933 5.933  3 | |||
| 51. Boston College (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.411 (45) | 5.911 5.911  8 | |||
| 52. TCU  (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.777 (112) | 5.864 5.864  1 | |||
| 53. Marshall (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.049 (106) | 5.852 5.852  8 | |||
| 54. Southern Miss (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.432 (99) | 5.851 5.851  1 | |||
| 55. Hawai`i (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.894 (111) | 5.83 5.83  1 | |||
| 56. Mississippi (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.308 (53) | 5.794 5.794  6 | |||
| 57. Miami OH (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.817 (74) | 5.668 5.668  2 | |||
| 58. Northern Illinois (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.902 (71) | 5.476 5.476  2 | |||
| 59. West Virginia (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.597 (90) | 5.347 5.347  2 | |||
| 60. Cincinnati (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.471 (41) | 5.317 5.317  7 | |||
| 61. Oklahoma St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.283 (54) | 5.29 5.29  1 | |||
| 62. Stanford (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.336 (4) | 5.157 5.157  1 | |||
| 63. Utah (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.108 (63) | 5.067 5.067  5 | |||
| 64. Toledo (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.104 (104) | 5.053 5.053  8 | |||
| 65. Fresno St (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.548 (34) | 5.053 5.053  | |||
| 66. North Texas (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.27 (57) | 5.031 5.031  9 | |||
| 67. Illinois (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.312 (52) | 5.006 5.006  6 | |||
| 68. Tulane (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.74 (113) | 4.935 4.935  | |||
| 69. Arizona (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.657 (26) | 4.886 4.886  1 | |||
| 70. New Mexico St (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.63 (86) | 4.774 4.774  5 | |||
| 71. Central Florida (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.64 (84) | 4.7 4.7  5 | |||
| 72. San Diego St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.344 (50) | 4.635 4.635  7 | |||
| 73. Michigan St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.545 (37) | 4.588 4.588  4 | |||
| 74. Temple (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.629 (28) | 4.561 4.561  8 | |||
| 75. North Carolina (2 - 6) Schedule: 6.185 (9) | 4.56 4.56  3 | |||
| 76. Western Michigan (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.155 (61) | 4.484 4.484  5 | |||
| 77. New Mexico (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.635 (85) | 4.378 4.378  1 | |||
| 78. Vanderbilt (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.586 (29) | 4.288 4.288  10 | |||
| 79. Nevada (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.744 (79) | 4.254 4.254  3 | |||
| 80. Indiana (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.861 (17) | 4.238 4.238  6 | |||
| 81. Duke (2 - 7) Schedule: 5.586 (30) | 4.116 4.116  4 | |||
| 82. Mississippi St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.162 (60) | 4.091 4.091  1 | |||
| 83. UNLV (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.894 (72) | 3.991 3.991  3 | |||
| 84. Connecticut (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.719 (80) | 3.969 3.969  3 | |||
| 85. Central Michigan (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.487 (96) | 3.914 3.914  5 | |||
| 86. East Carolina (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.81 (75) | 3.897 3.897  | |||
| 87. San Jose St (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.767 (78) | 3.841 3.841  2 | |||
| 88. Brigham Young (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.927 (66) | 3.829 3.829  4 | |||
| 89. Idaho (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.519 (39) | 3.72 3.72  3 | |||
| 90. Wyoming (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.418 (44) | 3.666 3.666  15 | |||
| 91. Northwestern (2 - 7) Schedule: 5.672 (24) | 3.632 3.632  8 | |||
| 92. Memphis (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.665 (83) | 3.588 3.588  3 | |||
| 93. Louisiana Tech (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.591 (91) | 3.558 3.558  2 | |||
| 94. Syracuse (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.264 (100) | 3.494 3.494  6 | |||
| 95. Houston (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.131 (103) | 3.465 3.465  2 | |||
| 96. Middle Tennessee St (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.601 (89) | 3.46 3.46  5 | |||
| 97. Utah St (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.211 (58) | 3.317 3.317  | |||
| 98. Ball St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.508 (95) | 3.315 3.315  | |||
| 99. Ohio U. (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.21 (101) | 3.209 3.209  | |||
| 100. Troy (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.641 (115) | 3.206 3.206  1 | |||
| 101. Baylor (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.913 (69) | 3.2 3.2  3 | |||
| 102. Alabama-Birmingham (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.914 (110) | 3.185 3.185  8 | |||
| 103. Arkansas St (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.034 (107) | 3.109 3.109  3 | |||
| 104. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.801 (76) | 3.102 3.102  3 | |||
| 105. Kansas (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.927 (65) | 3.069 3.069  2 | |||
| 106. Rice (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.456 (117) | 3.066 3.066  4 | |||
| 107. Kent St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.077 (105) | 3.011 3.011  1 | |||
| 108. Akron (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.576 (93) | 2.919 2.919  1 | |||
| 109. Louisiana-Lafayette (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.971 (64) | 2.8 2.8  13 | |||
| 110. Tulsa (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.585 (92) | 2.565 2.565  5 | |||
| 111. Navy (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.665 (82) | 2.469 2.469  | |||
| 112. UTEP  (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.603 (88) | 2.313 2.313  2 | |||
| 113. Buffalo (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.195 (102) | 2.143 2.143  1 | |||
| 114. SMU (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.569 (94) | 1.951 1.951  | |||
| 115. Rutgers (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.626 (87) | 1.876 1.876  2 | |||
| 116. Eastern Michigan (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.722 (114) | 1.672 1.672  | |||
| 117. Army (0 - 8) Schedule: 3.969 (108) | 0.969 0.969  |