Week 12
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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 (11 - 0) Schedule: 6.377 (18) | 9.569 9.569  | |||
| 2. Texas (10 - 0) Schedule: 5.823 (38) | 9.353 9.353  | |||
| 3. Ohio State (9 - 2) Schedule: 6.926 (2) | 9.169 9.169  | |||
| 4. Penn State (10 - 1) Schedule: 6.72 (5) | 9.071 9.071  | |||
| 5. Virginia Tech  (9 - 1) Schedule: 6.041 (30) | 8.772 8.772  2 | |||
| 6. Miami FL (8 - 2) Schedule: 6.176 (27) | 8.715 8.715  1 | |||
| 7. Notre Dame  (8 - 2) Schedule: 6.242 (23) | 8.494 8.494  1 | |||
| 8. Michigan (7 - 4) Schedule: 7.139 (1) | 8.128 8.128  | |||
| 9. Oregon (10 - 1) Schedule: 6.212 (24) | 8.059 8.059  | |||
| 10. LSU (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.576 (55) | 7.876 7.876  1 | |||
| 11. Auburn (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.562 (57) | 7.822 7.822  1 | |||
| 12. Iowa (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.489 (10) | 7.624 7.624  5 | |||
| 13. Minnesota (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.69 (6) | 7.614 7.614  3 | |||
| 14. Fresno St (8 - 2) Schedule: 4.688 (94) | 7.562 7.562  | |||
| 15. Boston College (8 - 3) Schedule: 6.158 (28) | 7.506 7.506  4 | |||
| 16. Alabama (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.477 (62) | 7.453 7.453  3 | |||
| 17. Louisville (7 - 2) Schedule: 5.329 (69) | 7.387 7.387  2 | |||
| 18. Georgia (8 - 2) Schedule: 5.452 (63) | 7.358 7.358  2 | |||
| 19. Iowa St (7 - 3) Schedule: 5.697 (44) | 7.336 7.336  1 | |||
| 20. Clemson (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.031 (31) | 7.282 7.282  4 | |||
| 21. Wisconsin (8 - 3) Schedule: 6.308 (20) | 7.258 7.258  | |||
| 22. Georgia Tech (7 - 3) Schedule: 6.438 (14) | 7.209 7.209  11 | |||
| 23. TCU  (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.02 (76) | 7.203 7.203  1 | |||
| 24. Northwestern (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.908 (3) | 7.139 7.139  3 | |||
| 25. Arizona St (5 - 5) Schedule: 6.448 (12) | 7.11 7.11  5 | |||
| 26. West Virginia (8 - 1) Schedule: 5.151 (73) | 7.105 7.105  | |||
| 27. UCLA (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.664 (49) | 7.083 7.083  2 | |||
| 28. Colorado (7 - 3) Schedule: 5.993 (34) | 7.08 7.08  5 | |||
| 29. South Florida (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.622 (52) | 6.924 6.924  1 | |||
| 30. Florida St (7 - 3) Schedule: 5.61 (53) | 6.908 6.908  1 | |||
| 31. Michigan St (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.592 (8) | 6.89 6.89  1 | |||
| 32. Texas Tech (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.894 (83) | 6.889 6.889  2 | |||
| 33. Florida (7 - 3) Schedule: 5.696 (45) | 6.867 6.867  4 | |||
| 34. California (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.429 (68) | 6.838 6.838  1 | |||
| 35. Oklahoma (6 - 4) Schedule: 6.447 (13) | 6.776 6.776  3 | |||
| 36. Purdue (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.65 (7) | 6.715 6.715  1 | |||
| 37. South Carolina (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.012 (33) | 6.32 6.32  1 | |||
| 38. Maryland (5 - 5) Schedule: 6.308 (21) | 6.188 6.188  1 | |||
| 39. Virginia (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.712 (43) | 6.167 6.167  1 | |||
| 40. North Carolina St (5 - 5) Schedule: 6.133 (29) | 6.09 6.09  11 | |||
| 41. North Carolina (5 - 5) Schedule: 6.545 (9) | 5.991 5.991  1 | |||
| 42. Toledo (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.333 (108) | 5.962 5.962  4 | |||
| 43. Nebraska (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.674 (48) | 5.937 5.937  6 | |||
| 44. Tennessee (4 - 6) Schedule: 6.394 (17) | 5.915 5.915  3 | |||
| 45. Pittsburgh (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.434 (67) | 5.89 5.89  2 | |||
| 46. Northern Illinois (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.844 (84) | 5.89 5.89  18 | |||
| 47. Kansas (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.946 (35) | 5.865 5.865  3 | |||
| 48. Arkansas (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.676 (47) | 5.861 5.861  10 | |||
| 49. Washington St (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.861 (37) | 5.857 5.857  1 | |||
| 50. Texas A&M (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.935 (36) | 5.803 5.803  5 | |||
| 51. Boise St (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.399 (102) | 5.794 5.794  6 | |||
| 52. Tulsa (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.754 (92) | 5.786 5.786  1 | |||
| 53. Missouri (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.652 (50) | 5.763 5.763  8 | |||
| 54. Brigham Young (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.449 (64) | 5.663 5.663  2 | |||
| 55. Southern Miss (5 - 5) Schedule: 4.994 (78) | 5.644 5.644  9 | |||
| 56. Stanford (5 - 5) Schedule: 6.423 (16) | 5.61 5.61  13 | |||
| 57. Miami OH (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.575 (97) | 5.573 5.573  13 | |||
| 58. Oregon St (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.19 (25) | 5.573 5.573  4 | |||
| 59. Central Michigan (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.313 (70) | 5.557 5.557  | |||
| 60. San Diego St (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.477 (61) | 5.507 5.507  6 | |||
| 61. Utah (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.996 (77) | 5.428 5.428  8 | |||
| 62. Rutgers (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.798 (89) | 5.418 5.418  1 | |||
| 63. Wake Forest (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.255 (22) | 5.396 5.396  7 | |||
| 64. Arizona (3 - 7) Schedule: 6.176 (26) | 5.379 5.379  1 | |||
| 65. Baylor (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.686 (46) | 5.362 5.362  7 | |||
| 66. Vanderbilt (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.581 (54) | 5.304 5.304  7 | |||
| 67. Central Florida (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.686 (95) | 5.266 5.266  5 | |||
| 68. Navy (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.521 (99) | 5.257 5.257  3 | |||
| 69. UTEP  (8 - 2) Schedule: 3.701 (117) | 5.234 5.234  13 | |||
| 70. Kansas St (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.497 (58) | 5.188 5.188  5 | |||
| 71. Colorado St (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.477 (60) | 5.174 5.174  3 | |||
| 72. Bowling Green (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.334 (107) | 5.13 5.13  11 | |||
| 73. Houston (5 - 5) Schedule: 4.771 (91) | 5.11 5.11  13 | |||
| 74. Indiana (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.426 (15) | 5.06 5.06  7 | |||
| 75. Washington (2 - 9) Schedule: 6.487 (11) | 5.02 5.02  1 | |||
| 76. New Mexico (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.942 (79) | 5.008 5.008  13 | |||
| 77. Alabama-Birmingham (5 - 5) Schedule: 4.364 (104) | 5 5  3 | |||
| 78. Western Michigan (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.254 (110) | 4.968 4.968  2 | |||
| 79. Memphis (5 - 5) Schedule: 4.839 (85) | 4.881 4.881  | |||
| 80. Air Force (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.155 (72) | 4.837 4.837  5 | |||
| 81. Army (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.447 (66) | 4.831 4.831  5 | |||
| 82. Oklahoma St (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.736 (40) | 4.79 4.79  5 | |||
| 83. Louisiana Tech (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.791 (116) | 4.754 4.754  5 | |||
| 84. Connecticut (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.363 (105) | 4.638 4.638  2 | |||
| 85. Wyoming (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.123 (75) | 4.625 4.625  4 | |||
| 86. Ball St (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.736 (41) | 4.454 4.454  3 | |||
| 87. Akron (5 - 5) Schedule: 4.745 (93) | 4.399 4.399  11 | |||
| 88. Mississippi (3 - 7) Schedule: 5.565 (56) | 4.394 4.394  4 | |||
| 89. SMU (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.836 (86) | 4.384 4.384  7 | |||
| 90. Hawai`i (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.902 (81) | 4.357 4.357  3 | |||
| 91. Eastern Michigan (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.79 (90) | 4.324 4.324  2 | |||
| 92. Cincinnati (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.715 (42) | 4.309 4.309  2 | |||
| 93. Nevada (7 - 3) Schedule: 3.908 (114) | 4.298 4.298  5 | |||
| 94. Illinois (2 - 9) Schedule: 6.75 (4) | 4.224 4.224  1 | |||
| 95. East Carolina (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.895 (82) | 4.163 4.163  2 | |||
| 96. Kentucky (3 - 7) Schedule: 5.646 (51) | 4.037 4.037  2 | |||
| 97. Marshall (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.922 (80) | 4.014 4.014  6 | |||
| 98. Ohio U. (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.158 (71) | 3.914 3.914  6 | |||
| 99. Middle Tennessee St (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.296 (109) | 3.651 3.651  | |||
| 100. Louisiana-Lafayette (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.922 (113) | 3.568 3.568  | |||
| 101. Duke (1 - 10) Schedule: 6.018 (32) | 3.503 3.503  2 | |||
| 102. Syracuse (1 - 9) Schedule: 5.759 (39) | 3.376 3.376  2 | |||
| 103. Mississippi St (2 - 8) Schedule: 5.496 (59) | 3.318 3.318  2 | |||
| 104. Arkansas St (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.534 (119) | 3.284 3.284  2 | |||
| 105. Louisiana-Monroe (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.812 (115) | 3.279 3.279  | |||
| 106. San Jose St (2 - 8) Schedule: 4.58 (96) | 3.072 3.072  4 | |||
| 107. UNLV (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.808 (88) | 2.987 2.987  1 | |||
| 108. Rice (1 - 9) Schedule: 5.447 (65) | 2.973 2.973  1 | |||
| 109. Troy (4 - 6) Schedule: 3.948 (112) | 2.967 2.967  2 | |||
| 110. Tulane (2 - 8) Schedule: 4.352 (106) | 2.945 2.945  4 | |||
| 111. Florida Atlantic (2 - 8) Schedule: 4.498 (101) | 2.712 2.712  1 | |||
| 112. Temple (0 - 11) Schedule: 6.328 (19) | 2.698 2.698  1 | |||
| 113. Utah St (2 - 8) Schedule: 4.826 (87) | 2.584 2.584  2 | |||
| 114. North Texas (2 - 8) Schedule: 4.221 (111) | 2.572 2.572  1 | |||
| 115. Idaho (2 - 8) Schedule: 4.516 (100) | 2.557 2.557  1 | |||
| 116. Kent St (1 - 9) Schedule: 4.368 (103) | 2.541 2.541  | |||
| 117. Florida Int'l (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.535 (118) | 2.428 2.428  | |||
| 118. New Mexico St (0 - 11) Schedule: 5.141 (74) | 1.944 1.944  | |||
| 119. Buffalo (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.568 (98) | 1.737 1.737  |