Week 7
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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 (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.77 (18) | 9.557 9.557  | |||
| 2. Michigan (7 - 0) Schedule: 6.2 (7) | 9.258 9.258  | |||
| 3. California (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.413 (1) | 9.24 9.24  2 | |||
| 4. Southern Cal (6 - 0) Schedule: 6.175 (9) | 8.648 8.648  | |||
| 5. Florida (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.234 (6) | 8.462 8.462  2 | |||
| 6. Tennessee (5 - 1) Schedule: 6.18 (8) | 8.329 8.329  | |||
| 7. West Virginia (6 - 0) Schedule: 4.124 (97) | 7.732 7.732  2 | |||
| 8. Texas (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.057 (49) | 7.73 7.73  2 | |||
| 9. Louisville (6 - 0) Schedule: 4.226 (91) | 7.672 7.672  2 | |||
| 10. Oregon (5 - 1) Schedule: 6.091 (12) | 7.583 7.583  1 | |||
| 11. Auburn (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.741 (20) | 7.575 7.575  5 | |||
| 12. Boise St (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.579 (72) | 7.498 7.498  4 | |||
| 13. Wisconsin (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.51 (75) | 7.381 7.381  6 | |||
| 14. LSU (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.217 (42) | 7.364 7.364  1 | |||
| 15. Boston College (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.682 (22) | 7.355 7.355  6 | |||
| 16. Notre Dame  (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.966 (15) | 7.243 7.243  3 | |||
| 17. Brigham Young (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.985 (55) | 6.953 6.953  3 | |||
| 18. Iowa (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.371 (33) | 6.843 6.843  6 | |||
| 19. Oklahoma (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.608 (23) | 6.786 6.786  6 | |||
| 20. Tulsa (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.719 (67) | 6.774 6.774  9 | |||
| 21. Pittsburgh (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.103 (99) | 6.764 6.764  10 | |||
| 22. Clemson (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.15 (94) | 6.76 6.76  | |||
| 23. UCLA (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.141 (47) | 6.707 6.707  9 | |||
| 24. Penn State (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.335 (2) | 6.677 6.677  3 | |||
| 25. Arkansas (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.206 (43) | 6.667 6.667  7 | |||
| 26. Arizona St (3 - 3) Schedule: 6.298 (4) | 6.657 6.657  8 | |||
| 27. Rutgers (6 - 0) Schedule: 3.659 (110) | 6.586 6.586  17 | |||
| 28. Missouri (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.863 (107) | 6.444 6.444  5 | |||
| 29. Nebraska (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.143 (96) | 6.435 6.435  3 | |||
| 30. Hawai`i (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.737 (66) | 6.43 6.43  6 | |||
| 31. Washington St (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.151 (10) | 6.419 6.419  3 | |||
| 32. Air Force (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.808 (17) | 6.418 6.418  6 | |||
| 33. Georgia (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.808 (61) | 6.246 6.246  3 | |||
| 34. Georgia Tech (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.367 (81) | 6.153 6.153  4 | |||
| 35. Navy (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.28 (39) | 6.126 6.126  18 | |||
| 36. Washington (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.029 (14) | 6.047 6.047  12 | |||
| 37. Oregon St (3 - 3) Schedule: 6.038 (13) | 5.952 5.952  12 | |||
| 38. Michigan St (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.142 (11) | 5.909 5.909  2 | |||
| 39. TCU  (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.224 (41) | 5.894 5.894  2 | |||
| 40. Alabama (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.031 (52) | 5.879 5.879  5 | |||
| 41. Wake Forest (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.145 (95) | 5.822 5.822  5 | |||
| 42. Virginia Tech  (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.327 (84) | 5.774 5.774  9 | |||
| 43. Texas A&M (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.883 (106) | 5.768 5.768  2 | |||
| 44. Florida St (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.428 (79) | 5.739 5.739  3 | |||
| 45. Minnesota (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.33 (3) | 5.7 5.7  4 | |||
| 46. Southern Miss (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.192 (45) | 5.576 5.576  4 | |||
| 47. Oklahoma St (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.63 (112) | 5.505 5.505  3 | |||
| 48. Utah (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.78 (62) | 5.424 5.424  9 | |||
| 49. North Carolina St (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.685 (21) | 5.422 5.422  1 | |||
| 50. Wyoming (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.998 (53) | 5.389 5.389  12 | |||
| 51. South Carolina (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.593 (71) | 5.379 5.379  2 | |||
| 52. Nevada (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.774 (63) | 5.258 5.258  | |||
| 53. Central Michigan (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.92 (58) | 5.251 5.251  7 | |||
| 54. Vanderbilt (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.993 (54) | 5.236 5.236  11 | |||
| 55. Colorado St (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.069 (100) | 5.222 5.222  1 | |||
| 56. Miami FL (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.016 (102) | 5.156 5.156  3 | |||
| 57. Syracuse (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.607 (24) | 5.071 5.071  3 | |||
| 58. San Jose St (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.677 (109) | 5.068 5.068  15 | |||
| 59. Houston (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.114 (98) | 5.025 5.025  1 | |||
| 60. Maryland (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.458 (77) | 5.007 5.007  3 | |||
| 61. South Florida (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.554 (115) | 4.965 4.965  5 | |||
| 62. Kent St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.522 (117) | 4.943 4.943  8 | |||
| 63. Cincinnati (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.378 (31) | 4.891 4.891  11 | |||
| 64. Purdue (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.253 (86) | 4.867 4.867  9 | |||
| 65. Arizona (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.823 (16) | 4.824 4.824  3 | |||
| 66. Kentucky (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.502 (27) | 4.786 4.786  5 | |||
| 67. Western Michigan (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.732 (108) | 4.746 4.746  8 | |||
| 68. Baylor (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.847 (60) | 4.721 4.721  4 | |||
| 69. Indiana (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.945 (56) | 4.693 4.693  13 | |||
| 70. Kansas St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.039 (51) | 4.622 4.622  13 | |||
| 71. Texas Tech (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.489 (76) | 4.617 4.617  20 | |||
| 72. Ohio U. (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.76 (64) | 4.551 4.551  6 | |||
| 73. East Carolina (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.368 (34) | 4.464 4.464  18 | |||
| 74. Akron (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.045 (50) | 4.452 4.452  5 | |||
| 75. Northern Illinois (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.95 (104) | 4.445 4.445  1 | |||
| 76. Kansas (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.243 (87) | 4.421 4.421  5 | |||
| 77. Connecticut (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.448 (78) | 4.258 4.258  10 | |||
| 78. Alabama-Birmingham (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.54 (74) | 4.25 4.25  6 | |||
| 79. Fresno St (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.526 (25) | 4.218 4.218  10 | |||
| 80. Illinois (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.201 (44) | 4.178 4.178  | |||
| 81. Colorado (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.358 (35) | 4.158 4.158  19 | |||
| 82. Central Florida (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.273 (40) | 4.129 4.129  15 | |||
| 83. Iowa St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.379 (30) | 4.079 4.079  6 | |||
| 84. Rice (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.174 (46) | 4.033 4.033  | |||
| 85. Virginia (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.943 (57) | 3.985 3.985  3 | |||
| 86. Idaho (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.199 (92) | 3.985 3.985  8 | |||
| 87. New Mexico (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.661 (70) | 3.975 3.975  2 | |||
| 88. Middle Tennessee St (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.228 (90) | 3.96 3.96  7 | |||
| 89. SMU (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.591 (113) | 3.93 3.93  3 | |||
| 90. Bowling Green (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.719 (68) | 3.894 3.894  4 | |||
| 91. UTEP  (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.633 (111) | 3.891 3.891  5 | |||
| 92. Mississippi (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.394 (28) | 3.83 3.83  2 | |||
| 93. Ball St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.005 (103) | 3.798 3.798  2 | |||
| 94. Mississippi St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.52 (26) | 3.787 3.787  8 | |||
| 95. Louisiana-Lafayette (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.576 (114) | 3.687 3.687  2 | |||
| 96. Arkansas St (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.523 (116) | 3.632 3.632  5 | |||
| 97. New Mexico St (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.289 (118) | 3.422 3.422  10 | |||
| 98. Tulane (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.672 (69) | 3.401 3.401  | |||
| 99. Marshall (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.124 (48) | 3.374 3.374  14 | |||
| 100. Army (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.913 (105) | 3.363 3.363  5 | |||
| 101. Memphis (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.383 (80) | 3.343 3.343  13 | |||
| 102. Northwestern (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.754 (65) | 3.301 3.301  8 | |||
| 103. Troy (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.179 (93) | 3.118 3.118  1 | |||
| 104. North Texas (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.888 (59) | 3.087 3.087  1 | |||
| 105. Stanford (0 - 7) Schedule: 6.282 (5) | 2.935 2.935  6 | |||
| 106. North Carolina (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.376 (32) | 2.836 2.836  2 | |||
| 107. UNLV (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.558 (73) | 2.813 2.813  2 | |||
| 108. Toledo (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.338 (82) | 2.779 2.779  5 | |||
| 109. Louisiana Tech (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.312 (36) | 2.688 2.688  3 | |||
| 110. Florida Atlantic (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.335 (83) | 2.669 2.669  6 | |||
| 111. Utah St (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.386 (29) | 2.615 2.615  1 | |||
| 112. Miami OH (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.232 (89) | 2.523 2.523  2 | |||
| 113. Louisiana-Monroe (1 - 5) Schedule: 3.197 (119) | 2.512 2.512  | |||
| 114. Florida Int'l (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.243 (88) | 2.484 2.484  4 | |||
| 115. San Diego St (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.744 (19) | 2.451 2.451  4 | |||
| 116. Buffalo (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.03 (101) | 2.109 2.109  1 | |||
| 117. Duke (0 - 6) Schedule: 5.299 (38) | 2.081 2.081  2 | |||
| 118. Eastern Michigan (0 - 6) Schedule: 4.307 (85) | 2.009 2.009  1 | |||
| 119. Temple (0 - 7) Schedule: 5.309 (37) | 1.941 1.941  1 |