Week 13
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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: 6.33 (15) | 9.522 9.522  | |||
| 2. Texas (11 - 0) Schedule: 5.8 (40) | 9.197 9.197  | |||
| 3. Ohio State (9 - 2) Schedule: 6.866 (2) | 9.109 9.109  | |||
| 4. Penn State (10 - 1) Schedule: 6.6 (5) | 8.95 8.95  | |||
| 5. Virginia Tech  (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.877 (37) | 8.692 8.692  | |||
| 6. Miami FL (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.946 (32) | 8.368 8.368  | |||
| 7. Notre Dame  (9 - 2) Schedule: 6.141 (26) | 8.321 8.321  | |||
| 8. Michigan (7 - 4) Schedule: 7.077 (1) | 8.064 8.064  | |||
| 9. Oregon (10 - 1) Schedule: 6.152 (25) | 7.998 7.998  | |||
| 10. Auburn (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.595 (55) | 7.854 7.854  1 | |||
| 11. LSU (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.674 (51) | 7.826 7.826  1 | |||
| 12. Georgia (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.693 (47) | 7.625 7.625  6 | |||
| 13. Alabama (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.589 (56) | 7.563 7.563  3 | |||
| 14. Iowa (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.423 (13) | 7.557 7.557  2 | |||
| 15. Minnesota (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.594 (7) | 7.518 7.518  2 | |||
| 16. Boston College (8 - 3) Schedule: 6.03 (29) | 7.377 7.377  1 | |||
| 17. West Virginia (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.166 (70) | 7.292 7.292  9 | |||
| 18. Florida (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.841 (39) | 7.238 7.238  15 | |||
| 19. Fresno St (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.657 (92) | 7.211 7.211  5 | |||
| 20. TCU  (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.017 (75) | 7.201 7.201  3 | |||
| 21. Louisville (8 - 2) Schedule: 4.993 (76) | 7.185 7.185  4 | |||
| 22. Wisconsin (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.057 (28) | 7.148 7.148  1 | |||
| 23. Clemson (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.886 (35) | 7.136 7.136  3 | |||
| 24. Iowa St (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.685 (48) | 7.114 7.114  5 | |||
| 25. UCLA (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.663 (52) | 7.082 7.082  2 | |||
| 26. Northwestern (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.835 (3) | 7.065 7.065  2 | |||
| 27. Arizona St (6 - 5) Schedule: 6.323 (16) | 7.014 7.014  2 | |||
| 28. Georgia Tech (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.466 (11) | 6.967 6.967  6 | |||
| 29. Texas Tech (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.963 (77) | 6.957 6.957  3 | |||
| 30. Oklahoma (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.321 (17) | 6.953 6.953  5 | |||
| 31. California (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.401 (66) | 6.809 6.809  3 | |||
| 32. Michigan St (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.5 (10) | 6.797 6.797  1 | |||
| 33. Purdue (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.592 (8) | 6.656 6.656  3 | |||
| 34. Colorado (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.926 (33) | 6.55 6.55  6 | |||
| 35. South Florida (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.421 (64) | 6.498 6.498  6 | |||
| 36. Florida St (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.634 (54) | 6.48 6.48  6 | |||
| 37. South Carolina (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.086 (27) | 6.393 6.393  | |||
| 38. Nebraska (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.746 (44) | 6.347 6.347  5 | |||
| 39. Tennessee (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.209 (19) | 6.135 6.135  5 | |||
| 40. Northern Illinois (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.809 (85) | 6.093 6.093  6 | |||
| 41. Virginia (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.779 (42) | 6.077 6.077  2 | |||
| 42. North Carolina St (6 - 5) Schedule: 6.013 (30) | 6.064 6.064  2 | |||
| 43. Arkansas (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.911 (34) | 6.019 6.019  5 | |||
| 44. Maryland (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.177 (21) | 5.975 5.975  6 | |||
| 45. Boise St (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.404 (102) | 5.969 5.969  6 | |||
| 46. Kansas (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.98 (31) | 5.966 5.966  1 | |||
| 47. Toledo (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.313 (108) | 5.915 5.915  5 | |||
| 48. Texas A&M (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.177 (22) | 5.868 5.868  2 | |||
| 49. Washington St (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.847 (38) | 5.842 5.842  | |||
| 50. Tulsa (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.784 (87) | 5.815 5.815  2 | |||
| 51. North Carolina (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.6 (6) | 5.762 5.762  10 | |||
| 52. Miami OH (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.444 (99) | 5.745 5.745  5 | |||
| 53. Southern Miss (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.816 (84) | 5.715 5.715  2 | |||
| 54. Stanford (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.573 (9) | 5.7 5.7  2 | |||
| 55. Missouri (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.573 (57) | 5.683 5.683  2 | |||
| 56. Pittsburgh (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.551 (58) | 5.631 5.631  11 | |||
| 57. Rutgers (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.683 (91) | 5.58 5.58  4 | |||
| 58. Brigham Young (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.366 (68) | 5.58 5.58  3 | |||
| 59. Oregon St (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.172 (23) | 5.554 5.554  1 | |||
| 60. Central Michigan (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.285 (69) | 5.529 5.529  1 | |||
| 61. San Diego St (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.439 (63) | 5.468 5.468  1 | |||
| 62. Arizona (3 - 8) Schedule: 6.227 (18) | 5.411 5.411  2 | |||
| 63. Vanderbilt (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.684 (50) | 5.407 5.407  3 | |||
| 64. Utah (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.948 (78) | 5.379 5.379  3 | |||
| 65. Baylor (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.699 (46) | 5.376 5.376  | |||
| 66. Wake Forest (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.166 (24) | 5.307 5.307  3 | |||
| 67. Central Florida (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.684 (90) | 5.265 5.265  | |||
| 68. Houston (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.653 (93) | 5.191 5.191  5 | |||
| 69. Kansas St (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.495 (59) | 5.187 5.187  1 | |||
| 70. Navy (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.443 (100) | 5.178 5.178  2 | |||
| 71. Colorado St (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.415 (65) | 5.112 5.112  | |||
| 72. Memphis (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.721 (89) | 5.092 5.092  7 | |||
| 73. Bowling Green (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.424 (101) | 5.027 5.027  1 | |||
| 74. Indiana (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.355 (14) | 4.989 4.989  | |||
| 75. Washington (2 - 9) Schedule: 6.438 (12) | 4.97 4.97  | |||
| 76. UTEP  (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.719 (117) | 4.955 4.955  7 | |||
| 77. New Mexico (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.865 (81) | 4.931 4.931  1 | |||
| 78. Connecticut (5 - 5) Schedule: 4.529 (96) | 4.873 4.873  6 | |||
| 79. Army (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.466 (60) | 4.849 4.849  2 | |||
| 80. Alabama-Birmingham (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.348 (106) | 4.825 4.825  3 | |||
| 81. Air Force (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.11 (72) | 4.793 4.793  1 | |||
| 82. Western Michigan (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.376 (103) | 4.691 4.691  4 | |||
| 83. Nevada (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.184 (110) | 4.6 4.6  10 | |||
| 84. Louisiana Tech (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.059 (113) | 4.582 4.582  1 | |||
| 85. SMU (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.832 (83) | 4.578 4.578  4 | |||
| 86. Akron (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.525 (97) | 4.575 4.575  1 | |||
| 87. Wyoming (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.066 (74) | 4.569 4.569  2 | |||
| 88. Oklahoma St (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.733 (45) | 4.539 4.539  6 | |||
| 89. Ball St (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.685 (49) | 4.404 4.404  3 | |||
| 90. East Carolina (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.904 (80) | 4.339 4.339  5 | |||
| 91. Hawai`i (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.075 (73) | 4.338 4.338  1 | |||
| 92. Eastern Michigan (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.762 (88) | 4.296 4.296  1 | |||
| 93. Illinois (2 - 9) Schedule: 6.705 (4) | 4.178 4.178  1 | |||
| 94. Mississippi (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.445 (61) | 4.087 4.087  6 | |||
| 95. Cincinnati (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.647 (53) | 4.036 4.036  3 | |||
| 96. Kentucky (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.749 (43) | 3.923 3.923  | |||
| 97. Louisiana-Lafayette (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.809 (116) | 3.882 3.882  3 | |||
| 98. Middle Tennessee St (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.137 (111) | 3.832 3.832  1 | |||
| 99. Marshall (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.936 (79) | 3.776 3.776  2 | |||
| 100. Mississippi St (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.44 (62) | 3.751 3.751  3 | |||
| 101. Ohio U. (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.146 (71) | 3.622 3.622  3 | |||
| 102. Duke (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.878 (36) | 3.364 3.364  1 | |||
| 103. Arkansas St (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.398 (118) | 3.315 3.315  1 | |||
| 104. Syracuse (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.789 (41) | 3.312 3.312  2 | |||
| 105. San Jose St (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.355 (105) | 3.097 3.097  1 | |||
| 106. UNLV (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.794 (86) | 2.973 2.973  1 | |||
| 107. Louisiana-Monroe (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.843 (115) | 2.965 2.965  2 | |||
| 108. Rice (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.393 (67) | 2.914 2.914  | |||
| 109. Tulane (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.481 (98) | 2.895 2.895  1 | |||
| 110. Troy (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.926 (114) | 2.783 2.783  1 | |||
| 111. Florida Int'l (4 - 6) Schedule: 3.39 (119) | 2.761 2.761  6 | |||
| 112. Utah St (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.544 (94) | 2.627 2.627  1 | |||
| 113. Temple (0 - 11) Schedule: 6.207 (20) | 2.577 2.577  1 | |||
| 114. North Texas (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.117 (112) | 2.474 2.474  | |||
| 115. Idaho (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.365 (104) | 2.473 2.473  | |||
| 116. Florida Atlantic (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.293 (109) | 2.337 2.337  5 | |||
| 117. Kent St (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.334 (107) | 2.309 2.309  1 | |||
| 118. New Mexico St (0 - 12) Schedule: 4.845 (82) | 1.803 1.803  | |||
| 119. Buffalo (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.541 (95) | 1.711 1.711  |