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. Ohio State (12 - 0) Schedule: 5.384 (26) | 8.787 8.787  | |||
| 2. Southern Cal (10 - 1) Schedule: 6.171 (3) | 8.667 8.667  | |||
| 3. Michigan (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.771 (10) | 8.432 8.432  | |||
| 4. Louisville (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.235 (32) | 8.12 8.12  | |||
| 5. California (8 - 3) Schedule: 6.224 (2) | 7.983 7.983  | |||
| 6. West Virginia (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.931 (51) | 7.518 7.518  | |||
| 7. Florida (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.279 (28) | 7.335 7.335  1 | |||
| 8. Wisconsin (11 - 1) Schedule: 4.584 (69) | 7.295 7.295  1 | |||
| 9. LSU (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.26 (30) | 7.249 7.249  2 | |||
| 10. Virginia Tech  (10 - 2) Schedule: 4.764 (60) | 7.189 7.189  2 | |||
| 11. Brigham Young (10 - 2) Schedule: 4.473 (80) | 7.138 7.138  2 | |||
| 12. Boise St (12 - 0) Schedule: 4.117 (98) | 7.095 7.095  6 | |||
| 13. Notre Dame  (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.444 (23) | 7.066 7.066  3 | |||
| 14. Tennessee (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.717 (13) | 7.065 7.065  1 | |||
| 15. Rutgers (10 - 1) Schedule: 4.804 (57) | 6.919 6.919  4 | |||
| 16. Arkansas (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.036 (41) | 6.913 6.913  1 | |||
| 17. Oklahoma (10 - 2) Schedule: 4.964 (49) | 6.841 6.841  | |||
| 18. Auburn (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.153 (35) | 6.776 6.776  2 | |||
| 19. Texas (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.899 (53) | 6.76 6.76  5 | |||
| 20. Boston College (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.988 (44) | 6.65 6.65  4 | |||
| 21. UCLA (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.842 (8) | 6.637 6.637  | |||
| 22. Hawai`i (10 - 2) Schedule: 3.967 (102) | 6.412 6.412  | |||
| 23. Penn State (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.53 (17) | 6.401 6.401  | |||
| 24. Oregon (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.942 (6) | 6.4 6.4  | |||
| 25. Oregon St (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.747 (12) | 6.368 6.368  1 | |||
| 26. Arizona St (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.748 (11) | 6.36 6.36  4 | |||
| 27. Nebraska (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.678 (63) | 6.343 6.343  | |||
| 28. South Carolina (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.493 (18) | 6.276 6.276  | |||
| 29. Clemson (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.796 (58) | 6.23 6.23  5 | |||
| 30. TCU  (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.177 (94) | 6.23 6.23  3 | |||
| 31. Georgia (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.111 (37) | 6.192 6.192  2 | |||
| 32. Wake Forest (10 - 2) Schedule: 4.594 (68) | 6.028 6.028  1 | |||
| 33. Cincinnati (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.571 (16) | 5.975 5.975  2 | |||
| 34. Missouri (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.465 (82) | 5.969 5.969  9 | |||
| 35. Texas A&M (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.667 (64) | 5.959 5.959  6 | |||
| 36. Washington St (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.871 (7) | 5.884 5.884  1 | |||
| 37. Minnesota (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.822 (9) | 5.855 5.855  1 | |||
| 38. Georgia Tech (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.565 (72) | 5.853 5.853  4 | |||
| 39. Arizona (6 - 6) Schedule: 6.156 (4) | 5.757 5.757  4 | |||
| 40. Iowa (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.45 (21) | 5.706 5.706  2 | |||
| 41. Navy (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.411 (85) | 5.681 5.681  1 | |||
| 42. Pittsburgh (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.085 (39) | 5.647 5.647  3 | |||
| 43. Nevada (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.125 (97) | 5.595 5.595  5 | |||
| 44. South Florida (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.832 (54) | 5.583 5.583  5 | |||
| 45. Oklahoma St (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.755 (61) | 5.531 5.531  1 | |||
| 46. Tulsa (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.171 (95) | 5.481 5.481  1 | |||
| 47. Washington (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.081 (5) | 5.405 5.405  1 | |||
| 48. Alabama (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.146 (36) | 5.369 5.369  2 | |||
| 49. Houston (9 - 3) Schedule: 3.873 (110) | 5.343 5.343  1 | |||
| 50. Florida St (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.96 (50) | 5.342 5.342  3 | |||
| 51. Kentucky (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.438 (24) | 5.3 5.3  2 | |||
| 52. Utah (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.55 (73) | 5.278 5.278  | |||
| 53. Central Michigan (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.235 (91) | 5.242 5.242  1 | |||
| 54. Texas Tech (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.622 (67) | 5.08 5.08  1 | |||
| 55. Southern Miss (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.28 (90) | 5.075 5.075  4 | |||
| 56. Maryland (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.926 (52) | 5.01 5.01  5 | |||
| 57. Purdue (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.966 (48) | 4.973 4.973  | |||
| 58. Miami FL (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.666 (65) | 4.911 4.911  6 | |||
| 59. Northern Illinois (7 - 5) Schedule: 3.952 (105) | 4.894 4.894  6 | |||
| 60. East Carolina (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.513 (75) | 4.838 4.838  1 | |||
| 61. Ohio U. (9 - 3) Schedule: 3.913 (106) | 4.828 4.828  3 | |||
| 62. Kansas (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.42 (84) | 4.81 4.81  6 | |||
| 63. Kansas St (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.97 (47) | 4.797 4.797  | |||
| 64. Western Michigan (8 - 4) Schedule: 3.97 (101) | 4.752 4.752  7 | |||
| 65. San Jose St (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.042 (99) | 4.741 4.741  4 | |||
| 66. Michigan St (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.446 (22) | 4.736 4.736  4 | |||
| 67. Vanderbilt (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.25 (31) | 4.717 4.717  1 | |||
| 68. Indiana (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.614 (15) | 4.644 4.644  2 | |||
| 69. Wyoming (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.5 (78) | 4.613 4.613  2 | |||
| 70. Air Force (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.79 (59) | 4.477 4.477  10 | |||
| 71. Ball St (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.369 (87) | 4.473 4.473  7 | |||
| 72. Middle Tennessee St (7 - 5) Schedule: 3.891 (108) | 4.424 4.424  4 | |||
| 73. Connecticut (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.184 (34) | 4.379 4.379  1 | |||
| 74. Rice (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.513 (76) | 4.357 4.357  1 | |||
| 75. Northwestern (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.466 (20) | 4.329 4.329  | |||
| 76. Syracuse (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.622 (14) | 4.316 4.316  4 | |||
| 77. Virginia (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.83 (55) | 4.274 4.274  1 | |||
| 78. Mississippi (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.265 (29) | 4.205 4.205  4 | |||
| 79. North Carolina St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.106 (38) | 4.186 4.186  2 | |||
| 80. Illinois (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.492 (19) | 4.126 4.126  | |||
| 81. New Mexico (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.446 (83) | 4.097 4.097  5 | |||
| 82. Mississippi St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.415 (25) | 4.08 4.08  3 | |||
| 83. Fresno St (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.747 (62) | 3.93 3.93  1 | |||
| 84. SMU (6 - 6) Schedule: 3.801 (111) | 3.901 3.901  1 | |||
| 85. Baylor (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.983 (45) | 3.807 3.807  4 | |||
| 86. Marshall (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.302 (89) | 3.806 3.806  5 | |||
| 87. Colorado St (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.468 (81) | 3.692 3.692  2 | |||
| 88. Colorado (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.021 (42) | 3.657 3.657  3 | |||
| 89. Troy (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.697 (113) | 3.601 3.601  5 | |||
| 90. Kent St (6 - 6) Schedule: 3.68 (114) | 3.516 3.516  3 | |||
| 91. Central Florida (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.537 (74) | 3.485 3.485  5 | |||
| 92. Akron (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.023 (100) | 3.458 3.458  4 | |||
| 93. North Carolina (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.289 (27) | 3.427 3.427  | |||
| 94. Alabama-Birmingham (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.373 (86) | 3.408 3.408  2 | |||
| 95. Stanford (1 - 10) Schedule: 6.27 (1) | 3.4 3.4  1 | |||
| 96. Louisiana-Lafayette (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.262 (119) | 3.4 3.4  2 | |||
| 97. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.673 (116) | 3.368 3.368  2 | |||
| 98. UTEP  (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.954 (104) | 3.32 3.32  8 | |||
| 99. Toledo (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.905 (107) | 3.252 3.252  1 | |||
| 100. Iowa St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.974 (46) | 3.175 3.175  1 | |||
| 101. New Mexico St (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.609 (117) | 3.149 3.149  6 | |||
| 102. Florida Atlantic (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.766 (112) | 3.058 3.058  6 | |||
| 103. Tulane (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.627 (66) | 2.994 2.994  3 | |||
| 104. Memphis (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.213 (93) | 2.983 2.983  7 | |||
| 105. Idaho (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.473 (79) | 2.896 2.896  1 | |||
| 106. Arkansas St (6 - 6) Schedule: 3.598 (118) | 2.869 2.869  3 | |||
| 107. San Diego St (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.826 (56) | 2.85 2.85  5 | |||
| 108. Miami OH (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.228 (92) | 2.849 2.849  2 | |||
| 109. Bowling Green (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.962 (103) | 2.752 2.752  4 | |||
| 110. Army (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.146 (96) | 2.644 2.644  1 | |||
| 111. UNLV (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.583 (70) | 2.568 2.568  2 | |||
| 112. Buffalo (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.577 (71) | 2.474 2.474  2 | |||
| 113. Louisiana Tech (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.508 (77) | 2.346 2.346  1 | |||
| 114. Eastern Michigan (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.321 (88) | 2.197 2.197  1 | |||
| 115. Temple (1 - 11) Schedule: 5.053 (40) | 2.193 2.193  3 | |||
| 116. Duke (0 - 12) Schedule: 5.232 (33) | 2.186 2.186  1 | |||
| 117. North Texas (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.676 (115) | 2.043 2.043  3 | |||
| 118. Utah St (1 - 11) Schedule: 5.009 (43) | 1.984 1.984  2 | |||
| 119. Florida Int'l (0 - 11) Schedule: 3.89 (109) | 1.447 1.447  |