Week 9
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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: 7.06 (1) | 8.668 8.668  | |||
| 2. Oklahoma (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.877 (17) | 8.608 8.608  | |||
| 3. Miami FL (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.991 (66) | 8.356 8.356  | |||
| 4. Alabama (7 - 2) Schedule: 6.073 (10) | 8.293 8.293  1 | |||
| 5. Texas (8 - 1) Schedule: 5.968 (12) | 8.139 8.139  2 | |||
| 6. Ohio State (10 - 0) Schedule: 5.349 (49) | 8.121 8.121  2 | |||
| 7. Florida St (6 - 3) Schedule: 6.575 (2) | 8.047 8.047  2 | |||
| 8. Iowa (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.47 (46) | 7.916 7.916  4 | |||
| 9. Georgia (8 - 1) Schedule: 5.831 (19) | 7.883 7.883  3 | |||
| 10. Notre Dame  (8 - 1) Schedule: 6.267 (5) | 7.85 7.85  6 | |||
| 11. Washington St (8 - 1) Schedule: 5.632 (33) | 7.681 7.681  3 | |||
| 12. Arkansas (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.206 (6) | 7.591 7.591  1 | |||
| 13. Kansas St (7 - 2) Schedule: 5.095 (61) | 7.573 7.573  2 | |||
| 14. Virginia Tech  (8 - 1) Schedule: 5.013 (64) | 7.515 7.515  4 | |||
| 15. Oregon St (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.631 (35) | 7.283 7.283  2 | |||
| 16. North Carolina St (9 - 1) Schedule: 4.619 (87) | 7.177 7.177  1 | |||
| 17. Maryland (7 - 2) Schedule: 5.031 (63) | 7.176 7.176  10 | |||
| 18. Oregon (7 - 2) Schedule: 5.326 (51) | 7.158 7.158  2 | |||
| 19. Penn State (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.833 (18) | 7.145 7.145  | |||
| 20. LSU (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.277 (52) | 7.139 7.139  2 | |||
| 21. UCLA (6 - 3) Schedule: 6.164 (8) | 7.134 7.134  | |||
| 22. Colorado (6 - 3) Schedule: 6.1 (9) | 7.129 7.129  6 | |||
| 23. Iowa St (7 - 3) Schedule: 5.906 (14) | 7.074 7.074  | |||
| 24. Boise St (8 - 1) Schedule: 4.134 (106) | 6.956 6.956  2 | |||
| 25. Auburn (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.631 (34) | 6.941 6.941  1 | |||
| 26. California (5 - 4) Schedule: 6.04 (11) | 6.875 6.875  2 | |||
| 27. Michigan (7 - 2) Schedule: 5.913 (13) | 6.844 6.844  2 | |||
| 28. Colorado St (8 - 2) Schedule: 5.496 (44) | 6.728 6.728  5 | |||
| 29. Florida (6 - 3) Schedule: 6.171 (7) | 6.698 6.698  8 | |||
| 30. Nebraska (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.82 (20) | 6.581 6.581  | |||
| 31. Pittsburgh (7 - 2) Schedule: 5.11 (60) | 6.548 6.548  14 | |||
| 32. Bowling Green (8 - 0) Schedule: 3.563 (116) | 6.515 6.515  1 | |||
| 33. Boston College (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.75 (23) | 6.462 6.462  18 | |||
| 34. Arizona St (7 - 3) Schedule: 5.552 (38) | 6.449 6.449  6 | |||
| 35. Wisconsin (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.663 (28) | 6.43 6.43  6 | |||
| 36. Tennessee (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.71 (26) | 6.42 6.42  6 | |||
| 37. Georgia Tech (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.53 (40) | 6.41 6.41  11 | |||
| 38. TCU  (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.122 (108) | 6.406 6.406  14 | |||
| 39. Kentucky (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.342 (50) | 6.38 6.38  3 | |||
| 40. Louisville (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.058 (62) | 6.264 6.264  4 | |||
| 41. Purdue (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.566 (37) | 6.183 6.183  7 | |||
| 42. Clemson (5 - 4) Schedule: 5.901 (15) | 6.131 6.131  2 | |||
| 43. Texas A&M (5 - 4) Schedule: 4.972 (69) | 6.127 6.127  8 | |||
| 44. Texas Tech (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.644 (31) | 6.124 6.124  3 | |||
| 45. Minnesota (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.402 (98) | 6.122 6.122  13 | |||
| 46. Virginia (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.698 (27) | 6.068 6.068  3 | |||
| 47. Missouri (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.52 (41) | 6.022 6.022  3 | |||
| 48. Wake Forest (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.805 (21) | 6.003 6.003  1 | |||
| 49. West Virginia (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.725 (81) | 5.855 5.855  10 | |||
| 50. Air Force (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.978 (67) | 5.842 5.842  12 | |||
| 51. Washington (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.731 (24) | 5.841 5.841  5 | |||
| 52. South Carolina (5 - 4) Schedule: 5.649 (30) | 5.791 5.791  9 | |||
| 53. Hawai`i (7 - 2) Schedule: 3.907 (111) | 5.747 5.747  2 | |||
| 54. South Florida (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.572 (90) | 5.745 5.745  15 | |||
| 55. Miami OH (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.707 (83) | 5.733 5.733  2 | |||
| 56. Mississippi (5 - 4) Schedule: 5.473 (45) | 5.725 5.725  | |||
| 57. Southern Miss (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.676 (84) | 5.46 5.46  3 | |||
| 58. Oklahoma St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.362 (48) | 5.448 5.448  3 | |||
| 59. Northern Illinois (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.803 (77) | 5.378 5.378  1 | |||
| 60. Cincinnati (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.532 (39) | 5.376 5.376  | |||
| 61. North Texas (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.998 (65) | 5.195 5.195  5 | |||
| 62. Marshall (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.857 (113) | 5.177 5.177  9 | |||
| 63. Toledo (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.125 (107) | 5.075 5.075  2 | |||
| 64. Fresno St (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.519 (42) | 5.025 5.025  | |||
| 65. Tulane (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.794 (114) | 4.988 4.988  3 | |||
| 66. Utah (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.977 (68) | 4.937 4.937  3 | |||
| 67. Stanford (2 - 6) Schedule: 6.416 (3) | 4.929 4.929  5 | |||
| 68. Illinois (3 - 6) Schedule: 5.423 (47) | 4.899 4.899  1 | |||
| 69. Arizona (3 - 6) Schedule: 5.787 (22) | 4.695 4.695  | |||
| 70. Nevada (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.594 (89) | 4.604 4.604  9 | |||
| 71. New Mexico St (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.385 (100) | 4.586 4.586  1 | |||
| 72. North Carolina (2 - 7) Schedule: 6.343 (4) | 4.416 4.416  3 | |||
| 73. Brigham Young (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.963 (70) | 4.395 4.395  15 | |||
| 74. Michigan St (3 - 6) Schedule: 5.636 (32) | 4.375 4.375  1 | |||
| 75. Central Florida (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.486 (94) | 4.371 4.371  4 | |||
| 76. Duke (2 - 8) Schedule: 5.712 (25) | 4.254 4.254  5 | |||
| 77. Vanderbilt (2 - 7) Schedule: 5.889 (16) | 4.252 4.252  1 | |||
| 78. Temple (3 - 6) Schedule: 5.652 (29) | 4.236 4.236  4 | |||
| 79. New Mexico (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.453 (96) | 4.196 4.196  2 | |||
| 80. Connecticut (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.412 (97) | 4.151 4.151  4 | |||
| 81. Central Michigan (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.179 (104) | 4.129 4.129  4 | |||
| 82. Indiana (3 - 6) Schedule: 5.63 (36) | 4.114 4.114  2 | |||
| 83. San Diego St (3 - 6) Schedule: 5.122 (59) | 4.086 4.086  11 | |||
| 84. Western Michigan (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.901 (72) | 4.073 4.073  8 | |||
| 85. UNLV (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.739 (80) | 4.009 4.009  2 | |||
| 86. East Carolina (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.901 (71) | 3.99 3.99  | |||
| 87. Syracuse (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.469 (95) | 3.933 3.933  7 | |||
| 88. San Jose St (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.837 (75) | 3.9 3.9  1 | |||
| 89. Mississippi St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.246 (54) | 3.875 3.875  7 | |||
| 90. Houston (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.238 (102) | 3.825 3.825  5 | |||
| 91. Northwestern (3 - 7) Schedule: 5.508 (43) | 3.739 3.739  | |||
| 92. Ball St (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.496 (92) | 3.668 3.668  6 | |||
| 93. Louisiana Tech (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.627 (86) | 3.598 3.598  | |||
| 94. Wyoming (2 - 7) Schedule: 5.19 (56) | 3.559 3.559  4 | |||
| 95. Middle Tennessee St (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.609 (88) | 3.526 3.526  1 | |||
| 96. Akron (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.743 (79) | 3.5 3.5  12 | |||
| 97. Memphis (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.568 (91) | 3.461 3.461  5 | |||
| 98. Idaho (2 - 7) Schedule: 5.128 (58) | 3.458 3.458  9 | |||
| 99. Alabama-Birmingham (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.109 (109) | 3.38 3.38  3 | |||
| 100. Rice (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.387 (117) | 3.368 3.368  6 | |||
| 101. Ohio U. (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.487 (93) | 3.313 3.313  2 | |||
| 102. Utah St (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.2 (55) | 3.307 3.307  5 | |||
| 103. Troy (3 - 7) Schedule: 3.978 (110) | 3.188 3.188  3 | |||
| 104. Kansas (2 - 8) Schedule: 5.132 (57) | 3.025 3.025  1 | |||
| 105. Arkansas St (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.566 (115) | 3.018 3.018  2 | |||
| 106. Louisiana-Lafayette (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.818 (76) | 2.962 2.962  3 | |||
| 107. Baylor (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.88 (73) | 2.95 2.95  6 | |||
| 108. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.795 (78) | 2.877 2.877  4 | |||
| 109. Kent St (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.292 (101) | 2.861 2.861  2 | |||
| 110. Navy (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.718 (82) | 2.521 2.521  1 | |||
| 111. Rutgers (1 - 8) Schedule: 5.251 (53) | 2.339 2.339  4 | |||
| 112. UTEP  (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.855 (74) | 2.338 2.338  | |||
| 113. Tulsa (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.401 (99) | 2.276 2.276  3 | |||
| 114. Buffalo (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.151 (105) | 2.099 2.099  1 | |||
| 115. SMU (1 - 9) Schedule: 4.674 (85) | 1.916 1.916  1 | |||
| 116. Eastern Michigan (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.866 (112) | 1.584 1.584  | |||
| 117. Army (0 - 8) Schedule: 4.202 (103) | 1.201 1.201  |