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. Ohio State (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.679 (22) | 9.458 9.458  | |||
| 2. Michigan (8 - 0) Schedule: 6.264 (3) | 9.296 9.296  | |||
| 3. California (7 - 1) Schedule: 6.327 (1) | 8.923 8.923  | |||
| 4. Southern Cal (6 - 0) Schedule: 6.192 (5) | 8.664 8.664  | |||
| 5. Florida (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.102 (8) | 8.324 8.324  | |||
| 6. Tennessee (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.946 (12) | 7.888 7.888  | |||
| 7. West Virginia (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.218 (95) | 7.877 7.877  | |||
| 8. Louisville (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.454 (85) | 7.848 7.848  1 | |||
| 9. Wisconsin (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.669 (73) | 7.71 7.71  4 | |||
| 10. Auburn (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.593 (25) | 7.659 7.659  1 | |||
| 11. Texas (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.118 (47) | 7.608 7.608  3 | |||
| 12. LSU (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.176 (44) | 7.515 7.515  2 | |||
| 13. Boston College (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.858 (14) | 7.471 7.471  2 | |||
| 14. Boise St (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.508 (81) | 7.403 7.403  2 | |||
| 15. Notre Dame  (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.964 (11) | 7.159 7.159  1 | |||
| 16. Clemson (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.405 (87) | 7.156 7.156  6 | |||
| 17. Oregon (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.054 (10) | 7.102 7.102  7 | |||
| 18. Rutgers (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.107 (104) | 6.974 6.974  9 | |||
| 19. Brigham Young (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.742 (67) | 6.962 6.962  2 | |||
| 20. Oklahoma (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.261 (40) | 6.798 6.798  1 | |||
| 21. Iowa (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.782 (18) | 6.71 6.71  3 | |||
| 22. Washington St (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.258 (4) | 6.696 6.696  9 | |||
| 23. Arkansas (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.901 (58) | 6.683 6.683  2 | |||
| 24. Tulsa (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.364 (88) | 6.671 6.671  4 | |||
| 25. Penn State (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.059 (9) | 6.666 6.666  1 | |||
| 26. Missouri (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.048 (105) | 6.662 6.662  2 | |||
| 27. UCLA (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.354 (35) | 6.587 6.587  4 | |||
| 28. Arizona St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.719 (19) | 6.561 6.561  2 | |||
| 29. Pittsburgh (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.481 (83) | 6.495 6.495  8 | |||
| 30. Hawai`i (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.56 (79) | 6.437 6.437  | |||
| 31. Virginia Tech  (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.592 (78) | 6.362 6.362  11 | |||
| 32. Nebraska (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.488 (82) | 6.333 6.333  3 | |||
| 33. Washington (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.29 (2) | 6.18 6.18  3 | |||
| 34. Navy (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.22 (41) | 6.064 6.064  1 | |||
| 35. Oregon St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.814 (17) | 6.016 6.016  2 | |||
| 36. Alabama (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.366 (34) | 6.01 6.01  4 | |||
| 37. Texas A&M (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.202 (96) | 6.002 6.002  6 | |||
| 38. Georgia (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.652 (75) | 5.996 5.996  5 | |||
| 39. TCU  (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.959 (52) | 5.978 5.978  | |||
| 40. South Carolina (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.754 (66) | 5.924 5.924  11 | |||
| 41. Georgia Tech (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.922 (55) | 5.911 5.911  7 | |||
| 42. Florida St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.96 (51) | 5.899 5.899  2 | |||
| 43. Wake Forest (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.147 (102) | 5.822 5.822  2 | |||
| 44. Michigan St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.827 (15) | 5.776 5.776  6 | |||
| 45. Minnesota (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.133 (7) | 5.676 5.676  | |||
| 46. Wyoming (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.868 (59) | 5.675 5.675  4 | |||
| 47. Air Force (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.268 (39) | 5.55 5.55  15 | |||
| 48. Nevada (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.662 (74) | 5.52 5.52  4 | |||
| 49. Central Michigan (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.859 (60) | 5.499 5.499  4 | |||
| 50. Oklahoma St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.99 (108) | 5.418 5.418  3 | |||
| 51. Cincinnati (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.386 (33) | 5.368 5.368  12 | |||
| 52. Houston (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.163 (100) | 5.29 5.29  7 | |||
| 53. Utah (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.81 (64) | 5.284 5.284  5 | |||
| 54. Maryland (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.651 (76) | 5.252 5.252  6 | |||
| 55. North Carolina St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.571 (26) | 5.206 5.206  6 | |||
| 56. Miami FL (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.929 (110) | 5.096 5.096  | |||
| 57. Western Michigan (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.875 (111) | 5.094 5.094  10 | |||
| 58. Syracuse (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.909 (13) | 5.05 5.05  1 | |||
| 59. Kentucky (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.717 (20) | 4.999 4.999  7 | |||
| 60. Southern Miss (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.194 (42) | 4.99 4.99  14 | |||
| 61. Kent St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.533 (117) | 4.956 4.956  1 | |||
| 62. Vanderbilt (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.137 (46) | 4.915 4.915  8 | |||
| 63. Indiana (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.555 (27) | 4.863 4.863  6 | |||
| 64. Ohio U. (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.549 (80) | 4.835 4.835  8 | |||
| 65. Texas Tech (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.355 (89) | 4.811 4.811  6 | |||
| 66. Baylor (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.83 (62) | 4.808 4.808  2 | |||
| 67. East Carolina (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.148 (45) | 4.725 4.725  6 | |||
| 68. Purdue (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.717 (70) | 4.719 4.719  4 | |||
| 69. Arizona (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.818 (16) | 4.696 4.696  4 | |||
| 70. Colorado St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.173 (98) | 4.63 4.63  15 | |||
| 71. South Florida (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.806 (112) | 4.629 4.629  10 | |||
| 72. San Jose St (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.969 (109) | 4.609 4.609  14 | |||
| 73. Northern Illinois (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.784 (113) | 4.605 4.605  2 | |||
| 74. Kansas St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.278 (38) | 4.547 4.547  4 | |||
| 75. Akron (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.716 (71) | 4.499 4.499  1 | |||
| 76. Virginia (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.787 (65) | 4.416 4.416  10 | |||
| 77. Kansas (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.304 (91) | 4.362 4.362  1 | |||
| 78. Rice (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.012 (49) | 4.267 4.267  6 | |||
| 79. Illinois (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.452 (30) | 4.241 4.241  1 | |||
| 80. Connecticut (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.956 (53) | 4.218 4.218  3 | |||
| 81. New Mexico (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.718 (69) | 4.208 4.208  6 | |||
| 82. Middle Tennessee St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.016 (107) | 4.164 4.164  6 | |||
| 83. Idaho (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.626 (77) | 4.103 4.103  2 | |||
| 84. Louisiana-Lafayette (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.546 (116) | 4.094 4.094  11 | |||
| 85. Mississippi St (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.646 (24) | 4.032 4.032  9 | |||
| 86. Fresno St (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.684 (21) | 4.025 4.025  7 | |||
| 87. Alabama-Birmingham (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.461 (84) | 4.016 4.016  9 | |||
| 88. Colorado (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.478 (29) | 3.958 3.958  7 | |||
| 89. Arkansas St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.368 (119) | 3.93 3.93  7 | |||
| 90. UTEP  (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.021 (106) | 3.86 3.86  1 | |||
| 91. Bowling Green (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.906 (57) | 3.836 3.836  1 | |||
| 92. Iowa St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.282 (36) | 3.801 3.801  9 | |||
| 93. Ball St (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.242 (93) | 3.753 3.753  | |||
| 94. SMU (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.741 (114) | 3.728 3.728  5 | |||
| 95. Mississippi (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.544 (28) | 3.707 3.707  3 | |||
| 96. Central Florida (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.928 (54) | 3.657 3.657  14 | |||
| 97. Tulane (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.193 (43) | 3.574 3.574  1 | |||
| 98. Marshall (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.83 (63) | 3.552 3.552  1 | |||
| 99. Northwestern (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.975 (50) | 3.548 3.548  3 | |||
| 100. Army (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.293 (92) | 3.465 3.465  | |||
| 101. New Mexico St (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.709 (115) | 3.393 3.393  4 | |||
| 102. Memphis (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.701 (72) | 3.264 3.264  1 | |||
| 103. San Diego St (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.663 (23) | 3.145 3.145  12 | |||
| 104. Troy (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.114 (103) | 3.057 3.057  1 | |||
| 105. Louisiana Tech (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.91 (56) | 2.896 2.896  4 | |||
| 106. UNLV (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.854 (61) | 2.825 2.825  1 | |||
| 107. Stanford (0 - 8) Schedule: 6.184 (6) | 2.791 2.791  2 | |||
| 108. North Texas (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.726 (68) | 2.716 2.716  4 | |||
| 109. Toledo (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.155 (101) | 2.7 2.7  1 | |||
| 110. North Carolina (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.393 (32) | 2.679 2.679  4 | |||
| 111. Florida Atlantic (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.42 (86) | 2.613 2.613  1 | |||
| 112. Miami OH (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.343 (90) | 2.602 2.602  | |||
| 113. Louisiana-Monroe (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.467 (118) | 2.508 2.508  | |||
| 114. Florida Int'l (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.232 (94) | 2.479 2.479  | |||
| 115. Duke (0 - 7) Schedule: 5.42 (31) | 2.464 2.464  2 | |||
| 116. Utah St (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.03 (48) | 2.405 2.405  5 | |||
| 117. Eastern Michigan (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.172 (99) | 2.316 2.316  1 | |||
| 118. Buffalo (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.177 (97) | 1.998 1.998  2 | |||
| 119. Temple (0 - 8) Schedule: 5.281 (37) | 1.951 1.951  |