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. Texas (13 - 0) Schedule: 6.291 (22) | 9.55 9.55  1 | |||
| 2. Southern Cal (12 - 1) Schedule: 6.608 (7) | 9.513 9.513  1 | |||
| 3. Ohio State (10 - 2) Schedule: 6.907 (2) | 9.163 9.163  | |||
| 4. Penn State (11 - 1) Schedule: 6.522 (11) | 8.76 8.76  | |||
| 5. Virginia Tech  (11 - 2) Schedule: 6.077 (37) | 8.526 8.526  | |||
| 6. Notre Dame  (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.409 (17) | 8.207 8.207  1 | |||
| 7. Miami FL (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.095 (34) | 7.983 7.983  1 | |||
| 8. LSU (11 - 2) Schedule: 6.053 (39) | 7.917 7.917  4 | |||
| 9. Georgia (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.986 (41) | 7.809 7.809  1 | |||
| 10. Oregon (10 - 2) Schedule: 6.192 (27) | 7.801 7.801  1 | |||
| 11. Michigan (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.968 (1) | 7.79 7.79  3 | |||
| 12. Alabama (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.73 (54) | 7.624 7.624  2 | |||
| 13. West Virginia (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.448 (67) | 7.566 7.566  3 | |||
| 14. Auburn (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.731 (53) | 7.564 7.564  3 | |||
| 15. Boston College (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.133 (30) | 7.493 7.493  2 | |||
| 16. Florida (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.091 (36) | 7.476 7.476  2 | |||
| 17. Iowa (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.482 (12) | 7.417 7.417  4 | |||
| 18. TCU  (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.293 (71) | 7.378 7.378  4 | |||
| 19. Wisconsin (10 - 3) Schedule: 6.123 (31) | 7.35 7.35  2 | |||
| 20. Oklahoma (8 - 4) Schedule: 6.664 (5) | 7.327 7.327  8 | |||
| 21. Minnesota (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.55 (9) | 7.313 7.313  6 | |||
| 22. Clemson (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.981 (42) | 7.3 7.3  3 | |||
| 23. Iowa St (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.957 (43) | 7.184 7.184  | |||
| 24. Texas Tech (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.399 (70) | 7.144 7.144  1 | |||
| 25. UCLA (10 - 2) Schedule: 6.117 (33) | 7.135 7.135  4 | |||
| 26. Louisville (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.253 (73) | 7.106 7.106  6 | |||
| 27. Arizona St (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.256 (23) | 6.973 6.973  | |||
| 28. Florida St (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.182 (28) | 6.898 6.898  5 | |||
| 29. Northwestern (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.798 (3) | 6.868 6.868  5 | |||
| 30. California (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.42 (69) | 6.81 6.81  2 | |||
| 31. Fresno St (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.882 (85) | 6.773 6.773  1 | |||
| 32. Michigan St (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.432 (15) | 6.73 6.73  1 | |||
| 33. Nebraska (8 - 4) Schedule: 6.066 (38) | 6.7 6.7  4 | |||
| 34. Purdue (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.532 (10) | 6.597 6.597  | |||
| 35. Georgia Tech (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.427 (16) | 6.553 6.553  9 | |||
| 36. Colorado (7 - 6) Schedule: 6.439 (13) | 6.501 6.501  1 | |||
| 37. Kansas (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.119 (32) | 6.44 6.44  7 | |||
| 38. North Carolina St (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.045 (40) | 6.404 6.404  3 | |||
| 39. South Carolina (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.094 (35) | 6.281 6.281  3 | |||
| 40. Virginia (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.905 (46) | 6.261 6.261  | |||
| 41. Tennessee (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.247 (25) | 6.173 6.173  2 | |||
| 42. Maryland (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.362 (18) | 6.16 6.16  3 | |||
| 43. Tulsa (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.951 (80) | 6.143 6.143  3 | |||
| 44. Toledo (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.315 (111) | 6.117 6.117  6 | |||
| 45. Boise St (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.739 (92) | 6.069 6.069  3 | |||
| 46. Arkansas (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.923 (44) | 6.03 6.03  3 | |||
| 47. Texas A&M (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.337 (19) | 6.028 6.028  | |||
| 48. Missouri (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.802 (50) | 5.998 5.998  7 | |||
| 49. South Florida (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.587 (59) | 5.908 5.908  11 | |||
| 50. Northern Illinois (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.791 (88) | 5.885 5.885  2 | |||
| 51. Washington St (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.889 (48) | 5.884 5.884  2 | |||
| 52. Utah (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.146 (78) | 5.875 5.875  14 | |||
| 53. North Carolina (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.647 (6) | 5.81 5.81  2 | |||
| 54. Miami OH (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.456 (104) | 5.758 5.758  2 | |||
| 55. Southern Miss (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.715 (93) | 5.719 5.719  3 | |||
| 56. Stanford (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.592 (8) | 5.719 5.719  1 | |||
| 57. Brigham Young (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.57 (60) | 5.668 5.668  2 | |||
| 58. Navy (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.551 (99) | 5.654 5.654  3 | |||
| 59. Pittsburgh (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.531 (62) | 5.612 5.612  3 | |||
| 60. Rutgers (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.865 (87) | 5.604 5.604  3 | |||
| 61. Baylor (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.878 (49) | 5.554 5.554  3 | |||
| 62. Oregon St (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.165 (29) | 5.548 5.548  4 | |||
| 63. Central Michigan (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.263 (72) | 5.507 5.507  3 | |||
| 64. Vanderbilt (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.718 (55) | 5.441 5.441  2 | |||
| 65. Arizona (3 - 8) Schedule: 6.251 (24) | 5.436 5.436  2 | |||
| 66. San Diego St (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.478 (64) | 5.402 5.402  1 | |||
| 67. Kansas St (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.701 (56) | 5.393 5.393  1 | |||
| 68. Wake Forest (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.247 (26) | 5.388 5.388  3 | |||
| 69. Louisiana Tech (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.474 (102) | 5.153 5.153  3 | |||
| 70. Memphis (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.691 (95) | 5.126 5.126  | |||
| 71. Bowling Green (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.5 (100) | 5.103 5.103  3 | |||
| 72. New Mexico (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.967 (79) | 5.033 5.033  6 | |||
| 73. Colorado St (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.526 (63) | 5.003 5.003  | |||
| 74. Washington (2 - 9) Schedule: 6.436 (14) | 4.969 4.969  3 | |||
| 75. Indiana (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.309 (20) | 4.943 4.943  | |||
| 76. Houston (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.778 (89) | 4.939 4.939  7 | |||
| 77. Central Florida (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.741 (91) | 4.933 4.933  6 | |||
| 78. Air Force (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.226 (74) | 4.909 4.909  3 | |||
| 79. Alabama-Birmingham (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.324 (110) | 4.802 4.802  1 | |||
| 80. Connecticut (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.685 (96) | 4.801 4.801  1 | |||
| 81. Nevada (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.328 (109) | 4.792 4.792  3 | |||
| 82. UTEP  (8 - 4) Schedule: 3.941 (116) | 4.741 4.741  6 | |||
| 83. Western Michigan (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.407 (106) | 4.723 4.723  | |||
| 84. Army (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.549 (61) | 4.722 4.722  1 | |||
| 85. Oklahoma St (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.897 (47) | 4.703 4.703  3 | |||
| 86. Akron (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.654 (97) | 4.686 4.686  5 | |||
| 87. Wyoming (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.183 (76) | 4.686 4.686  3 | |||
| 88. SMU (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.869 (86) | 4.614 4.614  2 | |||
| 89. Hawai`i (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.183 (75) | 4.61 4.61  2 | |||
| 90. Ball St (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.673 (57) | 4.391 4.391  | |||
| 91. East Carolina (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.944 (81) | 4.379 4.379  | |||
| 92. Eastern Michigan (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.747 (90) | 4.281 4.281  | |||
| 93. Illinois (2 - 9) Schedule: 6.675 (4) | 4.148 4.148  | |||
| 94. Mississippi (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.467 (65) | 4.109 4.109  | |||
| 95. Cincinnati (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.598 (58) | 3.986 3.986  | |||
| 96. Louisiana-Lafayette (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.883 (117) | 3.955 3.955  1 | |||
| 97. Kentucky (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.75 (52) | 3.925 3.925  1 | |||
| 98. Middle Tennessee St (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.141 (113) | 3.803 3.803  2 | |||
| 99. Mississippi St (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.45 (66) | 3.762 3.762  1 | |||
| 100. Marshall (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.894 (84) | 3.735 3.735  1 | |||
| 101. Ohio U. (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.152 (77) | 3.628 3.628  | |||
| 102. Arkansas St (6 - 6) Schedule: 3.686 (118) | 3.43 3.43  2 | |||
| 103. Duke (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.92 (45) | 3.406 3.406  1 | |||
| 104. Syracuse (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.791 (51) | 3.314 3.314  1 | |||
| 105. San Jose St (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.441 (105) | 3.182 3.182  | |||
| 106. UNLV (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.918 (82) | 3.097 3.097  2 | |||
| 107. Louisiana-Monroe (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.942 (115) | 3.064 3.064  1 | |||
| 108. Florida Int'l (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.521 (119) | 3.008 3.008  2 | |||
| 109. Rice (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.435 (68) | 2.956 2.956  2 | |||
| 110. Tulane (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.486 (101) | 2.899 2.899  1 | |||
| 111. Troy (4 - 7) Schedule: 4 (114) | 2.857 2.857  | |||
| 112. Utah St (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.694 (94) | 2.776 2.776  | |||
| 113. Temple (0 - 11) Schedule: 6.307 (21) | 2.677 2.677  | |||
| 114. North Texas (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.287 (112) | 2.644 2.644  1 | |||
| 115. Idaho (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.471 (103) | 2.579 2.579  1 | |||
| 116. Florida Atlantic (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.393 (107) | 2.437 2.437  | |||
| 117. Kent St (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.379 (108) | 2.355 2.355  | |||
| 118. New Mexico St (0 - 12) Schedule: 4.918 (83) | 1.876 1.876  | |||
| 119. Buffalo (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.579 (98) | 1.749 1.749  |