Week 15
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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 (13 - 0) Schedule: 6.761 (6) | 9.733 9.733  | |||
| 2. Utah (12 - 0) Schedule: 5.531 (64) | 9.001 9.001  2 | |||
| 3. California (10 - 2) Schedule: 6.438 (13) | 8.983 8.983  | |||
| 4. Oklahoma (12 - 1) Schedule: 6.463 (12) | 8.922 8.922  2 | |||
| 5. Auburn (13 - 0) Schedule: 5.61 (59) | 8.563 8.563  1 | |||
| 6. Texas (11 - 1) Schedule: 6.204 (22) | 8.319 8.319  1 | |||
| 7. Miami FL (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.504 (10) | 8.283 8.283  1 | |||
| 8. Louisville (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.034 (82) | 8.119 8.119  1 | |||
| 9. Arizona St (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.956 (1) | 7.836 7.836  1 | |||
| 10. Florida St (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.126 (30) | 7.792 7.792  2 | |||
| 11. Virginia (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.973 (40) | 7.681 7.681  | |||
| 12. Georgia (10 - 2) Schedule: 6.151 (27) | 7.657 7.657  1 | |||
| 13. Iowa (10 - 2) Schedule: 6.272 (20) | 7.655 7.655  1 | |||
| 14. Virginia Tech  (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.968 (41) | 7.6 7.6  1 | |||
| 15. Texas Tech (8 - 4) Schedule: 6.397 (14) | 7.523 7.523  2 | |||
| 16. Oregon St (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.847 (3) | 7.47 7.47  4 | |||
| 17. Boise St (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.131 (76) | 7.439 7.439  2 | |||
| 18. Texas A&M (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.795 (5) | 7.348 7.348  9 | |||
| 19. LSU (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.069 (34) | 7.328 7.328  1 | |||
| 20. Michigan (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.088 (32) | 7.255 7.255  2 | |||
| 21. Ohio State (8 - 4) Schedule: 6.147 (28) | 7.225 7.225  6 | |||
| 22. Purdue (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.944 (42) | 7.179 7.179  1 | |||
| 23. Tennessee (10 - 3) Schedule: 6.163 (25) | 7.105 7.105  5 | |||
| 24. UCLA (6 - 6) Schedule: 6.379 (15) | 7.03 7.03  3 | |||
| 25. Fresno St (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.954 (84) | 7.021 7.021  1 | |||
| 26. Florida (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.788 (48) | 6.963 6.963  2 | |||
| 27. Wisconsin (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.663 (52) | 6.952 6.952  2 | |||
| 28. Oklahoma St (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.276 (19) | 6.944 6.944  12 | |||
| 29. Boston College (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.108 (79) | 6.672 6.672  4 | |||
| 30. Notre Dame  (6 - 6) Schedule: 6.659 (7) | 6.533 6.533  1 | |||
| 31. Arkansas (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.18 (24) | 6.489 6.489  1 | |||
| 32. West Virginia (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.227 (74) | 6.478 6.478  2 | |||
| 33. Georgia Tech (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.941 (43) | 6.411 6.411  14 | |||
| 34. Stanford (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.602 (9) | 6.409 6.409  2 | |||
| 35. North Carolina St (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.066 (35) | 6.282 6.282  6 | |||
| 36. New Mexico (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.009 (38) | 6.269 6.269  5 | |||
| 37. North Carolina (6 - 6) Schedule: 6.838 (4) | 6.262 6.262  1 | |||
| 38. Minnesota (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.455 (67) | 6.207 6.207  8 | |||
| 39. Kansas (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.189 (23) | 6.162 6.162  4 | |||
| 40. Clemson (6 - 5) Schedule: 6.159 (26) | 6.138 6.138  5 | |||
| 41. Brigham Young (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.477 (11) | 6.129 6.129  1 | |||
| 42. UTEP  (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.871 (86) | 6.115 6.115  3 | |||
| 43. South Carolina (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.735 (50) | 6.114 6.114  1 | |||
| 44. Oregon (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.297 (18) | 6.112 6.112  6 | |||
| 45. Colorado (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.32 (16) | 6.076 6.076  8 | |||
| 46. Alabama (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.415 (69) | 6.065 6.065  3 | |||
| 47. Pittsburgh (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.408 (70) | 6.04 6.04  3 | |||
| 48. Bowling Green (9 - 3) Schedule: 3.81 (112) | 5.979 5.979  3 | |||
| 49. Navy (10 - 2) Schedule: 4.611 (92) | 5.884 5.884  11 | |||
| 50. Kansas St (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.129 (29) | 5.839 5.839  2 | |||
| 51. Iowa St (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.82 (46) | 5.816 5.816  2 | |||
| 52. Washington St (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.303 (17) | 5.788 5.788  2 | |||
| 53. Air Force (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.872 (44) | 5.773 5.773  | |||
| 54. Michigan St (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.643 (54) | 5.726 5.726  3 | |||
| 55. Wyoming (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.64 (56) | 5.706 5.706  4 | |||
| 56. Cincinnati (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.136 (75) | 5.676 5.676  9 | |||
| 57. Nebraska (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.639 (57) | 5.646 5.646  3 | |||
| 58. Maryland (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.045 (36) | 5.594 5.594  4 | |||
| 59. Northwestern (6 - 6) Schedule: 6.07 (33) | 5.562 5.562  4 | |||
| 60. Missouri (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.469 (65) | 5.537 5.537  5 | |||
| 61. Memphis (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.517 (95) | 5.483 5.483  3 | |||
| 62. Penn State (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.736 (49) | 5.475 5.475  4 | |||
| 63. Colorado St (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.1 (31) | 5.461 5.461  1 | |||
| 64. Northern Illinois (9 - 3) Schedule: 3.961 (110) | 5.457 5.457  4 | |||
| 65. Troy (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.489 (97) | 5.457 5.457  13 | |||
| 66. Syracuse (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.733 (51) | 5.437 5.437  10 | |||
| 67. Arizona (3 - 8) Schedule: 6.856 (2) | 5.433 5.433  6 | |||
| 68. Connecticut (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.58 (94) | 5.387 5.387  6 | |||
| 69. Louisiana Tech (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.653 (53) | 5.343 5.343  | |||
| 70. Wake Forest (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.612 (58) | 5.268 5.268  1 | |||
| 71. Southern Miss (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.109 (78) | 5.191 5.191  5 | |||
| 72. Alabama-Birmingham (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.827 (89) | 5.175 5.175  5 | |||
| 73. Hawai`i (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.857 (88) | 5.119 5.119  4 | |||
| 74. San Diego St (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.64 (55) | 5.057 5.057  2 | |||
| 75. Mississippi (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.851 (45) | 5.003 5.003  2 | |||
| 76. Miami OH (8 - 5) Schedule: 3.86 (111) | 4.923 4.923  1 | |||
| 77. Toledo (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.202 (105) | 4.9 4.9  7 | |||
| 78. TCU  (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.11 (77) | 4.76 4.76  2 | |||
| 79. Marshall (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.407 (100) | 4.618 4.618  1 | |||
| 80. New Mexico St (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.946 (85) | 4.446 4.446  1 | |||
| 81. Indiana (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.545 (62) | 4.437 4.437  3 | |||
| 82. Rutgers (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.315 (72) | 4.423 4.423  3 | |||
| 83. Washington (1 - 10) Schedule: 6.656 (8) | 4.303 4.303  | |||
| 84. Vanderbilt (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.538 (63) | 4.286 4.286  2 | |||
| 85. North Texas (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.323 (102) | 4.26 4.26  6 | |||
| 86. Illinois (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.553 (61) | 4.238 4.238  2 | |||
| 87. Mississippi St (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.609 (60) | 4.203 4.203  | |||
| 88. Houston (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.464 (66) | 4.188 4.188  2 | |||
| 89. Baylor (3 - 8) Schedule: 6.218 (21) | 4.156 4.156  7 | |||
| 90. South Florida (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.973 (83) | 4.116 4.116  1 | |||
| 91. Kent St (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.413 (117) | 4.021 4.021  1 | |||
| 92. Middle Tennessee St (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.051 (107) | 4.005 4.005  3 | |||
| 93. Duke (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.993 (39) | 3.955 3.955  2 | |||
| 94. Tulsa (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.861 (87) | 3.944 3.944  1 | |||
| 95. UNLV (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.819 (47) | 3.865 3.865  1 | |||
| 96. Kentucky (2 - 9) Schedule: 6.031 (37) | 3.81 3.81  | |||
| 97. Tulane (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.605 (93) | 3.804 3.804  1 | |||
| 98. Rice (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.053 (81) | 3.781 3.781  1 | |||
| 99. Akron (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.098 (106) | 3.748 3.748  2 | |||
| 100. Nevada (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.225 (104) | 3.529 3.529  1 | |||
| 101. Louisiana-Lafayette (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.979 (109) | 3.511 3.511  1 | |||
| 102. Temple (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.423 (68) | 3.438 3.438  2 | |||
| 103. Army (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.094 (80) | 3.438 3.438  2 | |||
| 104. SMU (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.373 (71) | 3.422 3.422  1 | |||
| 105. Louisiana-Monroe (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.321 (103) | 3.324 3.324  3 | |||
| 106. East Carolina (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.277 (73) | 3.152 3.152  2 | |||
| 107. Utah St (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.749 (90) | 3.025 3.025  | |||
| 108. Arkansas St (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.508 (96) | 3.021 3.021  2 | |||
| 109. Ohio U. (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.719 (113) | 2.827 2.827  | |||
| 110. Ball St (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.346 (101) | 2.72 2.72  1 | |||
| 111. San Jose St (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.706 (91) | 2.703 2.703  1 | |||
| 112. Idaho (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.453 (98) | 2.657 2.657  2 | |||
| 113. Eastern Michigan (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.621 (116) | 2.379 2.379  | |||
| 114. Central Michigan (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.637 (115) | 2.201 2.201  | |||
| 115. Western Michigan (1 - 10) Schedule: 3.998 (108) | 2.018 2.018  | |||
| 116. Central Florida (0 - 11) Schedule: 4.44 (99) | 1.735 1.735  | |||
| 117. Buffalo (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.709 (114) | 1.62 1.62  |