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. Tulsa (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.719 (6) | 6.774 6.774  | |||
| 2. Southern Miss (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.192 (3) | 5.576 5.576  | |||
| 3. Houston (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.114 (10) | 5.025 5.025  1 | |||
| 4. East Carolina (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.368 (1) | 4.464 4.464  1 | |||
| 5. Alabama-Birmingham (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.54 (8) | 4.25 4.25  1 | |||
| 6. Central Florida (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.273 (2) | 4.129 4.129  1 | |||
| 7. Rice (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.174 (4) | 4.033 4.033  | |||
| 8. SMU (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.591 (12) | 3.93 3.93  2 | |||
| 9. UTEP  (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.633 (11) | 3.891 3.891  2 | |||
| 10. Tulane (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.672 (7) | 3.401 3.401  2 | |||
| 11. Marshall (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.124 (5) | 3.374 3.374  3 | |||
| 12. Memphis (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.383 (9) | 3.343 3.343  3 |