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. Texas (7 - 0) Schedule: 6.135 (31) | 9.585 9.585  1 | |||
| 2. Southern Cal (7 - 0) Schedule: 6.333 (21) | 9.576 9.576  1 | |||
| 3. Ohio State (5 - 2) Schedule: 7.044 (3) | 8.977 8.977  | |||
| 4. Virginia Tech  (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.528 (64) | 8.886 8.886  3 | |||
| 5. Penn State (7 - 1) Schedule: 6.648 (10) | 8.88 8.88  1 | |||
| 6. Notre Dame  (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.698 (8) | 8.58 8.58  | |||
| 7. Miami FL (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.88 (42) | 8.463 8.463  3 | |||
| 8. Alabama (7 - 0) Schedule: 6.079 (34) | 8.445 8.445  3 | |||
| 9. LSU (5 - 1) Schedule: 6.596 (11) | 8.262 8.262  1 | |||
| 10. Oregon (7 - 1) Schedule: 6.351 (20) | 8.139 8.139  1 | |||
| 11. Georgia (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.507 (67) | 8.046 8.046  2 | |||
| 12. Michigan (5 - 3) Schedule: 7.169 (1) | 7.842 7.842  1 | |||
| 13. UCLA (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.529 (63) | 7.715 7.715  7 | |||
| 14. Florida St (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.325 (78) | 7.7 7.7  5 | |||
| 15. Wisconsin (7 - 1) Schedule: 6.047 (37) | 7.698 7.698  1 | |||
| 16. Florida (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.114 (33) | 7.697 7.697  | |||
| 17. Minnesota (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.435 (15) | 7.682 7.682  | |||
| 18. Auburn (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.558 (58) | 7.666 7.666  | |||
| 19. Northwestern (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.751 (6) | 7.543 7.543  10 | |||
| 20. Boston College (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.608 (54) | 7.428 7.428  2 | |||
| 21. Fresno St (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.191 (112) | 7.358 7.358  | |||
| 22. Arizona St (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.911 (4) | 7.353 7.353  7 | |||
| 23. Colorado (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.166 (28) | 7.318 7.318  4 | |||
| 24. TCU  (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.354 (73) | 7.28 7.28  12 | |||
| 25. Michigan St (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.4 (16) | 7.227 7.227  13 | |||
| 26. Tennessee (3 - 3) Schedule: 7.106 (2) | 7.104 7.104  3 | |||
| 27. Georgia Tech (4 - 2) Schedule: 6.229 (24) | 7.099 7.099  3 | |||
| 28. Clemson (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.122 (32) | 6.988 6.988  2 | |||
| 29. Louisville (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.257 (80) | 6.942 6.942  5 | |||
| 30. Oklahoma (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.705 (7) | 6.939 6.939  1 | |||
| 31. West Virginia (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.511 (65) | 6.878 6.878  3 | |||
| 32. UTEP  (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.868 (91) | 6.85 6.85  12 | |||
| 33. California (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.79 (92) | 6.848 6.848  1 | |||
| 34. Iowa (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.784 (46) | 6.728 6.728  4 | |||
| 35. Southern Miss (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.342 (75) | 6.648 6.648  10 | |||
| 36. Texas A&M (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.595 (55) | 6.641 6.641  3 | |||
| 37. Missouri (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.768 (47) | 6.609 6.609  15 | |||
| 38. Iowa St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.723 (49) | 6.599 6.599  13 | |||
| 39. South Florida (3 - 3) Schedule: 6.145 (30) | 6.579 6.579  2 | |||
| 40. Nebraska (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.557 (59) | 6.573 6.573  7 | |||
| 41. Texas Tech (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.479 (105) | 6.525 6.525  6 | |||
| 42. Maryland (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.077 (35) | 6.287 6.287  2 | |||
| 43. Toledo (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.586 (119) | 6.253 6.253  5 | |||
| 44. Baylor (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.234 (81) | 6.141 6.141  14 | |||
| 45. Miami OH (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.232 (82) | 6.136 6.136  4 | |||
| 46. South Carolina (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.991 (39) | 6.121 6.121  4 | |||
| 47. Virginia (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.562 (57) | 6.082 6.082  | |||
| 48. Pittsburgh (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.541 (60) | 6.026 6.026  1 | |||
| 49. Houston (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.336 (76) | 6.009 6.009  15 | |||
| 50. Oregon St (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.392 (17) | 6.007 6.007  7 | |||
| 51. Arkansas (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.447 (13) | 5.996 5.996  2 | |||
| 52. North Carolina (3 - 3) Schedule: 6.437 (14) | 5.972 5.972  3 | |||
| 53. Northern Illinois (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.735 (96) | 5.966 5.966  6 | |||
| 54. Stanford (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.985 (40) | 5.964 5.964  23 | |||
| 55. New Mexico (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.375 (71) | 5.946 5.946  19 | |||
| 56. Colorado St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.801 (45) | 5.936 5.936  5 | |||
| 57. Tulsa (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.375 (72) | 5.932 5.932  12 | |||
| 58. Purdue (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.667 (9) | 5.882 5.882  2 | |||
| 59. Rutgers (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.319 (110) | 5.872 5.872  2 | |||
| 60. Wyoming (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.509 (66) | 5.858 5.858  6 | |||
| 61. Washington St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.148 (84) | 5.853 5.853  5 | |||
| 62. Boise St (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.656 (99) | 5.83 5.83  14 | |||
| 63. Indiana (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.767 (48) | 5.792 5.792  17 | |||
| 64. Central Michigan (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.353 (74) | 5.742 5.742  4 | |||
| 65. North Carolina St (2 - 4) Schedule: 6.208 (25) | 5.721 5.721  15 | |||
| 66. Memphis (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.187 (83) | 5.595 5.595  3 | |||
| 67. Wake Forest (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.354 (19) | 5.424 5.424  6 | |||
| 68. Vanderbilt (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.716 (50) | 5.414 5.414  3 | |||
| 69. Central Florida (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.305 (79) | 5.413 5.413  1 | |||
| 70. Navy (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.565 (101) | 5.394 5.394  9 | |||
| 71. Brigham Young (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.19 (26) | 5.391 5.391  4 | |||
| 72. Mississippi (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.538 (62) | 5.349 5.349  5 | |||
| 73. Connecticut (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.922 (116) | 5.324 5.324  1 | |||
| 74. Kansas St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.981 (87) | 5.161 5.161  4 | |||
| 75. Kansas (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.579 (56) | 5.122 5.122  6 | |||
| 76. Utah (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.958 (88) | 5.08 5.08  2 | |||
| 77. Air Force (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.327 (77) | 4.96 4.96  2 | |||
| 78. San Diego St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.488 (68) | 4.96 4.96  6 | |||
| 79. Washington (1 - 6) Schedule: 6.885 (5) | 4.944 4.944  2 | |||
| 80. Arizona (1 - 6) Schedule: 6.159 (29) | 4.907 4.907  9 | |||
| 81. Louisiana Tech (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.508 (102) | 4.901 4.901  4 | |||
| 82. Alabama-Birmingham (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.501 (103) | 4.834 4.834  2 | |||
| 83. Bowling Green (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.259 (111) | 4.78 4.78  21 | |||
| 84. East Carolina (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.125 (85) | 4.723 4.723  | |||
| 85. Marshall (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.714 (51) | 4.652 4.652  2 | |||
| 86. Cincinnati (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.878 (43) | 4.592 4.592  4 | |||
| 87. Eastern Michigan (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.397 (70) | 4.592 4.592  1 | |||
| 88. Oklahoma St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.425 (69) | 4.523 4.523  1 | |||
| 89. Hawai`i (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.067 (86) | 4.409 4.409  1 | |||
| 90. SMU (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.54 (61) | 4.369 4.369  5 | |||
| 91. Mississippi St (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.076 (36) | 4.34 4.34  1 | |||
| 92. Nevada (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.15 (114) | 4.322 4.322  2 | |||
| 93. Army (1 - 6) Schedule: 6.006 (38) | 4.287 4.287  13 | |||
| 94. Ohio U. (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.655 (52) | 4.251 4.251  3 | |||
| 95. Illinois (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.288 (22) | 4.23 4.23  4 | |||
| 96. Western Michigan (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.986 (115) | 4.132 4.132  11 | |||
| 97. Tulane (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.878 (90) | 4.116 4.116  5 | |||
| 98. Arkansas St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.639 (118) | 4.088 4.088  2 | |||
| 99. Kentucky (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.822 (44) | 3.89 3.89  1 | |||
| 100. Duke (1 - 7) Schedule: 6.186 (27) | 3.808 3.808  1 | |||
| 101. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.695 (98) | 3.741 3.741  1 | |||
| 102. Middle Tennessee St (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.383 (108) | 3.637 3.637  10 | |||
| 103. Syracuse (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.645 (53) | 3.608 3.608  | |||
| 104. Akron (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.754 (94) | 3.531 3.531  11 | |||
| 105. Louisiana-Lafayette (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.733 (97) | 3.423 3.423  6 | |||
| 106. Ball St (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.891 (41) | 3.384 3.384  5 | |||
| 107. Kent St (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.738 (95) | 3.222 3.222  2 | |||
| 108. UNLV (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.498 (104) | 3.166 3.166  2 | |||
| 109. Rice (0 - 6) Schedule: 6.364 (18) | 3.15 3.15  5 | |||
| 110. Troy (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.457 (106) | 3.061 3.061  1 | |||
| 111. New Mexico St (0 - 7) Schedule: 6.233 (23) | 2.89 2.89  4 | |||
| 112. Temple (0 - 8) Schedule: 6.494 (12) | 2.887 2.887  1 | |||
| 113. Florida Atlantic (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.895 (89) | 2.875 2.875  1 | |||
| 114. San Jose St (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.327 (109) | 2.667 2.667  | |||
| 115. North Texas (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.179 (113) | 2.608 2.608  7 | |||
| 116. Utah St (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.413 (107) | 2.482 2.482  1 | |||
| 117. Florida Int'l (1 - 5) Schedule: 3.765 (117) | 2.383 2.383  1 | |||
| 118. Idaho (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.648 (100) | 2.376 2.376  | |||
| 119. Buffalo (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.786 (93) | 1.631 1.631  |