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. Ohio State (12 - 0) Schedule: 5.441 (25) | 8.844 8.844  | |||
| 2. Southern Cal (9 - 1) Schedule: 6.054 (4) | 8.529 8.529  1 | |||
| 3. Michigan (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.783 (10) | 8.444 8.444  1 | |||
| 4. Louisville (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.224 (32) | 8.02 8.02  1 | |||
| 5. California (8 - 3) Schedule: 6.194 (2) | 7.952 7.952  1 | |||
| 6. West Virginia (9 - 1) Schedule: 4.956 (47) | 7.935 7.935  | |||
| 7. Wisconsin (11 - 1) Schedule: 4.654 (62) | 7.365 7.365  1 | |||
| 8. Florida (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.233 (31) | 7.308 7.308  1 | |||
| 9. Brigham Young (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.49 (77) | 7.277 7.277  3 | |||
| 10. Notre Dame  (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.216 (33) | 7.23 7.23  | |||
| 11. LSU (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.131 (38) | 7.21 7.21  2 | |||
| 12. Virginia Tech  (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.878 (51) | 7.189 7.189  7 | |||
| 13. Tennessee (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.771 (11) | 7.161 7.161  1 | |||
| 14. Texas (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.831 (57) | 7.021 7.021  1 | |||
| 15. Arkansas (10 - 1) Schedule: 4.836 (56) | 6.974 6.974  2 | |||
| 16. Boston College (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.088 (41) | 6.964 6.964  2 | |||
| 17. Oklahoma (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.921 (50) | 6.834 6.834  4 | |||
| 18. Boise St (11 - 0) Schedule: 3.974 (107) | 6.831 6.831  3 | |||
| 19. Rutgers (9 - 1) Schedule: 4.863 (53) | 6.82 6.82  8 | |||
| 20. Auburn (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.191 (35) | 6.814 6.814  | |||
| 21. UCLA (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.838 (9) | 6.633 6.633  3 | |||
| 22. Hawai`i (9 - 2) Schedule: 3.88 (110) | 6.476 6.476  4 | |||
| 23. Penn State (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.599 (16) | 6.47 6.47  1 | |||
| 24. Oregon (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.866 (7) | 6.428 6.428  8 | |||
| 25. Clemson (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.735 (59) | 6.418 6.418  2 | |||
| 26. Oregon St (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.638 (14) | 6.254 6.254  4 | |||
| 27. Nebraska (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.73 (60) | 6.231 6.231  1 | |||
| 28. South Carolina (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.444 (23) | 6.179 6.179  5 | |||
| 29. Georgia (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.04 (42) | 6.157 6.157  | |||
| 30. Arizona St (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.727 (13) | 6.126 6.126  5 | |||
| 31. Cincinnati (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.757 (12) | 6.078 6.078  15 | |||
| 32. TCU  (8 - 2) Schedule: 4.224 (95) | 6.051 6.051  3 | |||
| 33. Wake Forest (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.635 (65) | 5.965 5.965  6 | |||
| 34. Georgia Tech (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.485 (78) | 5.952 5.952  | |||
| 35. Arizona (6 - 5) Schedule: 6.116 (3) | 5.95 5.95  14 | |||
| 36. Minnesota (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.868 (6) | 5.901 5.901  1 | |||
| 37. Washington St (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.855 (8) | 5.867 5.867  6 | |||
| 38. Nevada (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.858 (113) | 5.853 5.853  1 | |||
| 39. Pittsburgh (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.847 (54) | 5.803 5.803  1 | |||
| 40. Navy (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.467 (80) | 5.737 5.737  4 | |||
| 41. Texas A&M (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.456 (81) | 5.705 5.705  2 | |||
| 42. Iowa (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.443 (24) | 5.699 5.699  1 | |||
| 43. Missouri (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.372 (85) | 5.69 5.69  11 | |||
| 44. Oklahoma St (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.566 (74) | 5.546 5.546  2 | |||
| 45. Tulsa (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.326 (86) | 5.42 5.42  5 | |||
| 46. Alabama (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.173 (36) | 5.395 5.395  4 | |||
| 47. Florida St (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.792 (58) | 5.376 5.376  1 | |||
| 48. Washington (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.048 (5) | 5.372 5.372  5 | |||
| 49. South Florida (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.645 (64) | 5.343 5.343  2 | |||
| 50. Houston (9 - 3) Schedule: 3.869 (112) | 5.339 5.339  3 | |||
| 51. Maryland (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.99 (44) | 5.317 5.317  7 | |||
| 52. Utah (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.325 (87) | 5.239 5.239  2 | |||
| 53. Kentucky (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.235 (30) | 5.167 5.167  1 | |||
| 54. Central Michigan (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.417 (84) | 5.156 5.156  9 | |||
| 55. Texas Tech (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.627 (68) | 5.085 5.085  3 | |||
| 56. Kansas (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.202 (96) | 4.95 4.95  14 | |||
| 57. Purdue (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.865 (52) | 4.937 4.937  7 | |||
| 58. Ohio U. (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.061 (102) | 4.875 4.875  8 | |||
| 59. Southern Miss (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.315 (91) | 4.847 4.847  2 | |||
| 60. Air Force (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.095 (40) | 4.818 4.818  | |||
| 61. East Carolina (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.589 (73) | 4.816 4.816  1 | |||
| 62. Michigan St (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.513 (22) | 4.803 4.803  5 | |||
| 63. Kansas St (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.963 (46) | 4.79 4.79  8 | |||
| 64. Miami FL (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.561 (75) | 4.766 4.766  8 | |||
| 65. Northern Illinois (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.082 (101) | 4.717 4.717  11 | |||
| 66. Vanderbilt (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.242 (29) | 4.709 4.709  7 | |||
| 67. Wyoming (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.549 (76) | 4.662 4.662  2 | |||
| 68. Middle Tennessee St (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.954 (108) | 4.654 4.654  5 | |||
| 69. San Jose St (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.187 (97) | 4.641 4.641  8 | |||
| 70. Indiana (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.587 (17) | 4.616 4.616  2 | |||
| 71. Western Michigan (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.002 (106) | 4.463 4.463  1 | |||
| 72. Syracuse (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.545 (19) | 4.456 4.456  3 | |||
| 73. Rice (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.648 (63) | 4.416 4.416  | |||
| 74. Connecticut (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.154 (37) | 4.4 4.4  3 | |||
| 75. Northwestern (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.532 (20) | 4.396 4.396  2 | |||
| 76. Virginia (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.657 (61) | 4.386 4.386  2 | |||
| 77. North Carolina St (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.247 (28) | 4.371 4.371  12 | |||
| 78. Ball St (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.423 (83) | 4.201 4.201  2 | |||
| 79. Mississippi St (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.58 (18) | 4.187 4.187  | |||
| 80. Illinois (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.528 (21) | 4.163 4.163  6 | |||
| 81. Marshall (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.321 (88) | 4.115 4.115  9 | |||
| 82. Mississippi (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.304 (27) | 4.085 4.085  2 | |||
| 83. SMU (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.883 (109) | 4.055 4.055  4 | |||
| 84. Fresno St (3 - 7) Schedule: 5.025 (43) | 3.974 3.974  5 | |||
| 85. Colorado St (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.317 (89) | 3.895 3.895  1 | |||
| 86. New Mexico (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.595 (72) | 3.879 3.879  3 | |||
| 87. Kent St (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.721 (116) | 3.877 3.877  1 | |||
| 88. Akron (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.088 (100) | 3.864 3.864  6 | |||
| 89. Baylor (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.987 (45) | 3.812 3.812  4 | |||
| 90. UTEP  (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.098 (99) | 3.715 3.715  9 | |||
| 91. Colorado (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.843 (55) | 3.669 3.669  | |||
| 92. Alabama-Birmingham (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.475 (79) | 3.54 3.54  3 | |||
| 93. North Carolina (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.617 (15) | 3.466 3.466  7 | |||
| 94. Troy (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.65 (117) | 3.414 3.414  2 | |||
| 95. Stanford (1 - 10) Schedule: 6.252 (1) | 3.382 3.382  2 | |||
| 96. Central Florida (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.631 (66) | 3.365 3.365  2 | |||
| 97. Louisiana-Lafayette (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.33 (119) | 3.229 3.229  1 | |||
| 98. Toledo (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.047 (103) | 3.2 3.2  3 | |||
| 99. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 8) Schedule: 3.88 (111) | 3.175 3.175  4 | |||
| 100. Tulane (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.617 (70) | 3.172 3.172  2 | |||
| 101. Iowa St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.949 (48) | 3.15 3.15  6 | |||
| 102. San Diego St (2 - 8) Schedule: 4.94 (49) | 3.135 3.135  6 | |||
| 103. Arkansas St (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.637 (118) | 3.071 3.071  2 | |||
| 104. Idaho (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.445 (82) | 3.01 3.01  7 | |||
| 105. Bowling Green (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.173 (98) | 2.988 2.988  6 | |||
| 106. Miami OH (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.242 (93) | 2.922 2.922  2 | |||
| 107. New Mexico St (2 - 8) Schedule: 3.799 (114) | 2.921 2.921  3 | |||
| 108. Florida Atlantic (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.003 (105) | 2.867 2.867  2 | |||
| 109. Army (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.232 (94) | 2.73 2.73  | |||
| 110. Buffalo (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.62 (69) | 2.686 2.686  1 | |||
| 111. Memphis (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.315 (90) | 2.665 2.665  2 | |||
| 112. Louisiana Tech (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.602 (71) | 2.38 2.38  2 | |||
| 113. UNLV (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.627 (67) | 2.367 2.367  3 | |||
| 114. North Texas (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.793 (115) | 2.346 2.346  2 | |||
| 115. Eastern Michigan (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.266 (92) | 2.34 2.34  1 | |||
| 116. Utah St (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.211 (34) | 2.248 2.248  2 | |||
| 117. Duke (0 - 11) Schedule: 5.44 (26) | 2.237 2.237  | |||
| 118. Temple (1 - 11) Schedule: 5.095 (39) | 2.235 2.235  3 | |||
| 119. Florida Int'l (0 - 10) Schedule: 4.029 (104) | 1.742 1.742  |