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 (7 - 0) Schedule: 6.84 (3) | 9.669 9.669  | |||
| 2. California (5 - 1) Schedule: 6.355 (10) | 9.35 9.35  | |||
| 3. Oklahoma (7 - 0) Schedule: 6.043 (26) | 9.078 9.078  4 | |||
| 4. Miami FL (6 - 0) Schedule: 6.298 (13) | 9.062 9.062  1 | |||
| 5. Utah (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.553 (50) | 8.974 8.974  1 | |||
| 6. Arizona St (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.894 (2) | 8.556 8.556  2 | |||
| 7. Texas A&M (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.487 (8) | 8.494 8.494  2 | |||
| 8. Florida St (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.253 (17) | 8.352 8.352  2 | |||
| 9. Auburn (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.939 (77) | 8.257 8.257  | |||
| 10. Louisville (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.92 (79) | 8.087 8.087  | |||
| 11. Georgia (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.113 (22) | 8.087 8.087  | |||
| 12. Oklahoma St (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.738 (40) | 7.842 7.842  | |||
| 13. Texas (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.753 (38) | 7.764 7.764  9 | |||
| 14. Wisconsin (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.944 (76) | 7.476 7.476  2 | |||
| 15. Virginia (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.797 (86) | 7.444 7.444  1 | |||
| 16. Michigan (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.718 (41) | 7.396 7.396  2 | |||
| 17. Purdue (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.562 (49) | 7.337 7.337  4 | |||
| 18. Tennessee (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.284 (15) | 7.259 7.259  3 | |||
| 19. South Carolina (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.342 (55) | 7.246 7.246  | |||
| 20. Boise St (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.949 (74) | 7.205 7.205  8 | |||
| 21. UCLA (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.299 (12) | 7.18 7.18  2 | |||
| 22. West Virginia (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.6 (91) | 7.052 7.052  8 | |||
| 23. Iowa (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.87 (33) | 6.948 6.948  3 | |||
| 24. Notre Dame  (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.287 (14) | 6.908 6.908  4 | |||
| 25. Stanford (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.864 (34) | 6.899 6.899  8 | |||
| 26. LSU (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.071 (24) | 6.879 6.879  1 | |||
| 27. Minnesota (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.084 (68) | 6.864 6.864  2 | |||
| 28. Arkansas (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.328 (11) | 6.769 6.769  1 | |||
| 29. Oregon St (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.816 (4) | 6.605 6.605  6 | |||
| 30. Boston College (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.869 (82) | 6.595 6.595  10 | |||
| 31. Missouri (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.328 (58) | 6.57 6.57  2 | |||
| 32. Texas Tech (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.886 (32) | 6.487 6.487  11 | |||
| 33. UTEP  (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.201 (62) | 6.471 6.471  4 | |||
| 34. Alabama (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.06 (71) | 6.461 6.461  2 | |||
| 35. Florida (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.012 (73) | 6.422 6.422  11 | |||
| 36. Virginia Tech  (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.939 (78) | 6.396 6.396  3 | |||
| 37. North Carolina St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.85 (35) | 6.378 6.378  4 | |||
| 38. Brigham Young (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.577 (6) | 6.332 6.332  5 | |||
| 39. Colorado (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.184 (20) | 6.228 6.228  10 | |||
| 40. Fresno St (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.465 (51) | 6.151 6.151  6 | |||
| 41. Ohio State (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.682 (43) | 6.121 6.121  14 | |||
| 42. Kansas St (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.067 (25) | 6.092 6.092  6 | |||
| 43. Oregon (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.974 (28) | 6.027 6.027  8 | |||
| 44. Air Force (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.44 (9) | 6.008 6.008  13 | |||
| 45. Colorado St (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.108 (23) | 5.932 5.932  20 | |||
| 46. Kansas (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.752 (39) | 5.892 5.892  8 | |||
| 47. Bowling Green (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.69 (111) | 5.888 5.888  9 | |||
| 48. New Mexico (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.822 (36) | 5.853 5.853  4 | |||
| 49. Michigan St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.069 (70) | 5.796 5.796  4 | |||
| 50. Alabama-Birmingham (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.715 (89) | 5.676 5.676  14 | |||
| 51. North Carolina (3 - 4) Schedule: 7.004 (1) | 5.626 5.626  1 | |||
| 52. Georgia Tech (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.946 (75) | 5.57 5.57  5 | |||
| 53. Troy (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.195 (64) | 5.558 5.558  7 | |||
| 54. Navy (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.57 (92) | 5.532 5.532  8 | |||
| 55. Northern Illinois (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.821 (105) | 5.526 5.526  3 | |||
| 56. Southern Miss (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.31 (99) | 5.516 5.516  10 | |||
| 57. Wake Forest (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.18 (65) | 5.49 5.49  13 | |||
| 58. Wyoming (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.419 (52) | 5.479 5.479  16 | |||
| 59. Washington St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.614 (45) | 5.454 5.454  7 | |||
| 60. Clemson (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.279 (16) | 5.448 5.448  1 | |||
| 61. Pittsburgh (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.509 (93) | 5.375 5.375  8 | |||
| 62. Northwestern (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.228 (19) | 5.356 5.356  1 | |||
| 63. Iowa St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.989 (27) | 5.347 5.347  1 | |||
| 64. Penn State (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.756 (37) | 5.254 5.254  3 | |||
| 65. Louisiana Tech (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.915 (29) | 5.248 5.248  11 | |||
| 66. Nebraska (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.883 (81) | 5.185 5.185  13 | |||
| 67. Maryland (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.127 (67) | 5.184 5.184  1 | |||
| 68. Connecticut (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.333 (97) | 5.131 5.131  3 | |||
| 69. Memphis (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.692 (110) | 5.128 5.128  22 | |||
| 70. Syracuse (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.714 (42) | 5.025 5.025  9 | |||
| 71. Marshall (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.466 (94) | 5.022 5.022  1 | |||
| 72. Mississippi (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.647 (44) | 4.996 4.996  8 | |||
| 73. Arizona (1 - 6) Schedule: 6.754 (5) | 4.957 4.957  | |||
| 74. San Diego St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.418 (53) | 4.824 4.824  1 | |||
| 75. Toledo (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.456 (115) | 4.601 4.601  1 | |||
| 76. Miami OH (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.391 (116) | 4.573 4.573  5 | |||
| 77. TCU  (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.637 (90) | 4.545 4.545  1 | |||
| 78. UNLV (2 - 6) Schedule: 6.115 (21) | 4.514 4.514  | |||
| 79. Hawai`i (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.128 (101) | 4.475 4.475  | |||
| 80. Cincinnati (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.784 (87) | 4.456 4.456  12 | |||
| 81. Vanderbilt (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.195 (63) | 4.429 4.429  1 | |||
| 82. Washington (1 - 6) Schedule: 6.522 (7) | 4.413 4.413  1 | |||
| 83. Illinois (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.605 (46) | 4.152 4.152  1 | |||
| 84. Houston (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.888 (31) | 4.151 4.151  1 | |||
| 85. Indiana (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.262 (60) | 4.14 4.14  3 | |||
| 86. Rutgers (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.314 (98) | 4.117 4.117  9 | |||
| 87. Middle Tennessee St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.014 (103) | 4.102 4.102  | |||
| 88. South Florida (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.144 (66) | 4.082 4.082  3 | |||
| 89. Rice (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.379 (96) | 4.071 4.071  1 | |||
| 90. Mississippi St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.596 (47) | 4.045 4.045  9 | |||
| 91. Army (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.075 (69) | 3.818 3.818  4 | |||
| 92. Kentucky (1 - 6) Schedule: 6.24 (18) | 3.783 3.783  2 | |||
| 93. New Mexico St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.898 (30) | 3.709 3.709  7 | |||
| 94. Baylor (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.333 (57) | 3.65 3.65  2 | |||
| 95. North Texas (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.827 (85) | 3.647 3.647  6 | |||
| 96. Louisiana-Lafayette (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.751 (108) | 3.637 3.637  7 | |||
| 97. Nevada (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.626 (112) | 3.6 3.6  | |||
| 98. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.869 (83) | 3.599 3.599  | |||
| 99. Arkansas St (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.059 (72) | 3.526 3.526  6 | |||
| 100. Tulsa (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.227 (61) | 3.464 3.464  6 | |||
| 101. Utah St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.334 (56) | 3.416 3.416  1 | |||
| 102. Akron (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.846 (104) | 3.215 3.215  2 | |||
| 103. Duke (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.312 (59) | 3.197 3.197  | |||
| 104. East Carolina (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.572 (48) | 3.15 3.15  3 | |||
| 105. Ohio U. (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.693 (109) | 3.064 3.064  3 | |||
| 106. SMU (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.377 (54) | 2.886 2.886  | |||
| 107. Tulane (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.086 (102) | 2.833 2.833  7 | |||
| 108. Idaho (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.461 (95) | 2.734 2.734  3 | |||
| 109. Ball St (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.78 (88) | 2.726 2.726  1 | |||
| 110. Temple (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.843 (84) | 2.716 2.716  | |||
| 111. Kent St (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.762 (107) | 2.619 2.619  2 | |||
| 112. Central Michigan (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.133 (100) | 2.354 2.354  1 | |||
| 113. Eastern Michigan (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.908 (117) | 2.246 2.246  2 | |||
| 114. San Jose St (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.793 (106) | 2.243 2.243  2 | |||
| 115. Central Florida (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.905 (80) | 1.859 1.859  | |||
| 116. Western Michigan (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.567 (114) | 1.786 1.786  | |||
| 117. Buffalo (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.576 (113) | 1.242 1.242  |