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. California (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.688 (4) | 9.781 9.781  1 | |||
| 2. Southern Cal (8 - 0) Schedule: 6.546 (6) | 9.562 9.562  1 | |||
| 3. Oklahoma (8 - 0) Schedule: 6.356 (12) | 9.171 9.171  | |||
| 4. Utah (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.342 (57) | 8.778 8.778  1 | |||
| 5. Arizona St (6 - 2) Schedule: 7.359 (1) | 8.357 8.357  1 | |||
| 6. Miami FL (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.077 (21) | 8.356 8.356  2 | |||
| 7. Auburn (9 - 0) Schedule: 4.925 (72) | 8.299 8.299  2 | |||
| 8. Texas (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.883 (34) | 8.183 8.183  5 | |||
| 9. Georgia (7 - 1) Schedule: 6.225 (16) | 8.101 8.101  2 | |||
| 10. Louisville (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.747 (90) | 7.914 7.914  | |||
| 11. Florida St (6 - 2) Schedule: 6.096 (20) | 7.85 7.85  3 | |||
| 12. Texas A&M (6 - 2) Schedule: 6.149 (18) | 7.824 7.824  5 | |||
| 13. Oklahoma St (6 - 2) Schedule: 6.07 (22) | 7.736 7.736  1 | |||
| 14. Tennessee (7 - 1) Schedule: 6.36 (11) | 7.518 7.518  4 | |||
| 15. UCLA (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.281 (15) | 7.509 7.509  6 | |||
| 16. Virginia (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.822 (82) | 7.466 7.466  1 | |||
| 17. Wisconsin (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.897 (74) | 7.423 7.423  3 | |||
| 18. Boise St (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.9 (73) | 7.319 7.319  2 | |||
| 19. Michigan (8 - 1) Schedule: 5.698 (45) | 7.281 7.281  3 | |||
| 20. LSU (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.952 (31) | 7.043 7.043  6 | |||
| 21. Purdue (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.52 (50) | 6.991 6.991  4 | |||
| 22. Iowa (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.734 (39) | 6.981 6.981  1 | |||
| 23. West Virginia (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.58 (94) | 6.894 6.894  1 | |||
| 24. South Carolina (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.542 (48) | 6.892 6.892  5 | |||
| 25. Arkansas (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.446 (8) | 6.88 6.88  3 | |||
| 26. Texas Tech (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.033 (26) | 6.819 6.819  6 | |||
| 27. Oregon St (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.617 (5) | 6.812 6.812  2 | |||
| 28. Notre Dame  (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.132 (19) | 6.744 6.744  4 | |||
| 29. Florida (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.525 (49) | 6.593 6.593  6 | |||
| 30. Virginia Tech  (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.895 (75) | 6.504 6.504  6 | |||
| 31. Boston College (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.757 (89) | 6.486 6.486  1 | |||
| 32. Alabama (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.054 (67) | 6.449 6.449  2 | |||
| 33. Minnesota (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.997 (70) | 6.433 6.433  7 | |||
| 34. Stanford (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.99 (28) | 6.433 6.433  8 | |||
| 35. UTEP  (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.889 (77) | 6.407 6.407  2 | |||
| 36. Ohio State (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.707 (43) | 6.342 6.342  5 | |||
| 37. Oregon (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.709 (42) | 6.206 6.206  6 | |||
| 38. Brigham Young (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.419 (9) | 6.178 6.178  | |||
| 39. Fresno St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.043 (68) | 6.157 6.157  1 | |||
| 40. Missouri (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.499 (51) | 6.129 6.129  9 | |||
| 41. North Carolina St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.731 (40) | 6.089 6.089  4 | |||
| 42. New Mexico (5 - 4) Schedule: 5.821 (37) | 6.088 6.088  6 | |||
| 43. Michigan St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.403 (55) | 5.932 5.932  6 | |||
| 44. Kansas St (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.154 (17) | 5.91 5.91  2 | |||
| 45. North Carolina (4 - 4) Schedule: 7.039 (2) | 5.909 5.909  6 | |||
| 46. Nebraska (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.172 (65) | 5.887 5.887  20 | |||
| 47. Kansas (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.909 (33) | 5.866 5.866  1 | |||
| 48. Bowling Green (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.56 (113) | 5.856 5.856  1 | |||
| 49. Colorado (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.304 (13) | 5.79 5.79  10 | |||
| 50. Alabama-Birmingham (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.793 (83) | 5.756 5.756  | |||
| 51. Air Force (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.362 (10) | 5.697 5.697  7 | |||
| 52. Southern Miss (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.411 (98) | 5.624 5.624  4 | |||
| 53. Northwestern (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.302 (14) | 5.616 5.616  9 | |||
| 54. Troy (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.825 (81) | 5.606 5.606  1 | |||
| 55. Navy (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.515 (96) | 5.605 5.605  1 | |||
| 56. Colorado St (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.021 (27) | 5.598 5.598  11 | |||
| 57. Wyoming (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.233 (62) | 5.561 5.561  1 | |||
| 58. Iowa St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.952 (32) | 5.556 5.556  5 | |||
| 59. Maryland (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.392 (56) | 5.519 5.519  8 | |||
| 60. Northern Illinois (7 - 2) Schedule: 3.788 (108) | 5.47 5.47  5 | |||
| 61. Clemson (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.046 (25) | 5.418 5.418  1 | |||
| 62. Pittsburgh (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.549 (95) | 5.404 5.404  1 | |||
| 63. Washington St (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.053 (23) | 5.367 5.367  4 | |||
| 64. Georgia Tech (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.178 (64) | 5.317 5.317  12 | |||
| 65. Memphis (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.81 (106) | 5.249 5.249  4 | |||
| 66. Wake Forest (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.841 (79) | 5.187 5.187  9 | |||
| 67. Louisiana Tech (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.85 (35) | 5.183 5.183  2 | |||
| 68. Syracuse (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.569 (47) | 5.154 5.154  2 | |||
| 69. Marshall (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.196 (101) | 5.114 5.114  2 | |||
| 70. Penn State (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.721 (41) | 5.024 5.024  6 | |||
| 71. Mississippi (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.986 (29) | 4.924 4.924  1 | |||
| 72. Connecticut (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.419 (97) | 4.917 4.917  4 | |||
| 73. Arizona (1 - 7) Schedule: 6.789 (3) | 4.831 4.831  | |||
| 74. San Diego St (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.793 (38) | 4.828 4.828  | |||
| 75. Cincinnati (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.783 (86) | 4.753 4.753  5 | |||
| 76. Indiana (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.478 (52) | 4.659 4.659  9 | |||
| 77. Miami OH (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.399 (116) | 4.581 4.581  1 | |||
| 78. Toledo (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.403 (115) | 4.548 4.548  3 | |||
| 79. Middle Tennessee St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.012 (103) | 4.545 4.545  8 | |||
| 80. Baylor (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.845 (36) | 4.447 4.447  14 | |||
| 81. UNLV (2 - 6) Schedule: 6.046 (24) | 4.443 4.443  3 | |||
| 82. Rutgers (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.785 (85) | 4.439 4.439  4 | |||
| 83. Hawai`i (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.592 (93) | 4.364 4.364  4 | |||
| 84. Vanderbilt (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.422 (54) | 4.362 4.362  3 | |||
| 85. TCU  (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.683 (91) | 4.346 4.346  8 | |||
| 86. Mississippi St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.295 (59) | 4.283 4.283  4 | |||
| 87. Houston (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.334 (58) | 4.274 4.274  3 | |||
| 88. Washington (1 - 7) Schedule: 6.453 (7) | 4.151 4.151  6 | |||
| 89. Illinois (2 - 7) Schedule: 5.703 (44) | 4.134 4.134  6 | |||
| 90. New Mexico St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.587 (46) | 4.046 4.046  3 | |||
| 91. North Texas (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.834 (80) | 4.038 4.038  4 | |||
| 92. South Florida (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.977 (71) | 3.915 3.915  4 | |||
| 93. Rice (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.348 (99) | 3.79 3.79  4 | |||
| 94. Tulsa (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.01 (69) | 3.764 3.764  6 | |||
| 95. Louisiana-Lafayette (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.789 (107) | 3.681 3.681  1 | |||
| 96. Nevada (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.597 (111) | 3.572 3.572  1 | |||
| 97. Arkansas St (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.079 (66) | 3.558 3.558  2 | |||
| 98. Army (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.777 (87) | 3.52 3.52  7 | |||
| 99. Kentucky (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.969 (30) | 3.462 3.462  7 | |||
| 100. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.792 (84) | 3.453 3.453  2 | |||
| 101. Duke (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.262 (60) | 3.334 3.334  2 | |||
| 102. Akron (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.946 (105) | 3.321 3.321  | |||
| 103. East Carolina (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.216 (63) | 3.319 3.319  1 | |||
| 104. Kent St (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.787 (109) | 3.243 3.243  7 | |||
| 105. Utah St (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.247 (61) | 3.118 3.118  4 | |||
| 106. SMU (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.444 (53) | 2.814 2.814  | |||
| 107. Ball St (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.773 (88) | 2.786 2.786  2 | |||
| 108. Temple (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.892 (76) | 2.765 2.765  2 | |||
| 109. Idaho (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.629 (92) | 2.702 2.702  1 | |||
| 110. Ohio U. (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.625 (110) | 2.662 2.662  5 | |||
| 111. Tulane (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.213 (100) | 2.62 2.62  4 | |||
| 112. Central Michigan (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.025 (102) | 2.55 2.55  | |||
| 113. Eastern Michigan (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.316 (117) | 2.371 2.371  | |||
| 114. San Jose St (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.996 (104) | 2.205 2.205  | |||
| 115. Central Florida (0 - 8) Schedule: 4.884 (78) | 1.792 1.792  | |||
| 116. Western Michigan (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.428 (114) | 1.788 1.788  | |||
| 117. Buffalo (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.571 (112) | 1.243 1.243  |