Week 12
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Northern Iowa (11 - 0) Schedule: 2.427 (30) | 5.395 5.395  | |||
| 2. Massachusetts (9 - 2) Schedule: 3.124 (8) | 5.282 5.282  1 | |||
| 3. McNeese St (11 - 0) Schedule: 1.893 (48) | 5.209 5.209  1 | |||
| 4. Richmond (9 - 2) Schedule: 2.934 (15) | 4.564 4.564  3 | |||
| 5. North Dakota St (10 - 1) Schedule: 2.292 (36) | 4.559 4.559  1 | |||
| 6. Appalachian St (9 - 2) Schedule: 2.503 (27) | 4.528 4.528  | |||
| 7. Delaware (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.811 (18) | 4.488 4.488  2 | |||
| 8. James Madison (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.778 (20) | 4.376 4.376  | |||
| 9. Southern Illinois (10 - 1) Schedule: 1.784 (52) | 4.242 4.242  1 | |||
| 10. Wofford (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.372 (32) | 4.015 4.015  1 | |||
| 11. South Dakota St (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.745 (21) | 3.981 3.981  2 | |||
| 12. Yale (9 - 1) Schedule: 1.443 (68) | 3.939 3.939  3 | |||
| 13. Villanova (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.451 (5) | 3.875 3.875  2 | |||
| 14. Montana (11 - 0) Schedule: 1.27 (76) | 3.823 3.823  | |||
| 15. New Hampshire (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.97 (14) | 3.749 3.749  2 | |||
| 16. Hofstra (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.817 (17) | 3.727 3.727  4 | |||
| 17. Harvard (8 - 2) Schedule: 1.79 (51) | 3.651 3.651  8 | |||
| 18. Youngstown St (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.58 (26) | 3.596 3.596  2 | |||
| 19. Eastern Washington (8 - 3) Schedule: 1.935 (47) | 3.556 3.556  1 | |||
| 20. Elon (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.787 (19) | 3.518 3.518  2 | |||
| 21. Georgia Southern (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.608 (25) | 3.357 3.357  2 | |||
| 22. Cal Poly SLO (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.771 (53) | 3.271 3.271  | |||
| 23. Eastern Kentucky (9 - 2) Schedule: 1.64 (62) | 3.213 3.213  2 | |||
| 24. Holy Cross (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.171 (42) | 3.209 3.209  | |||
| 25. Western Illinois (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.658 (24) | 3.116 3.116  2 | |||
| 26. Furman (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.043 (11) | 3.095 3.095  1 | |||
| 27. Liberty (8 - 3) Schedule: 0.918 (91) | 3.033 3.033  2 | |||
| 28. The Citadel (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.173 (41) | 2.96 2.96  2 | |||
| 29. Grambling St (8 - 2) Schedule: 1.226 (78) | 2.896 2.896  1 | |||
| 30. Sam Houston St (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.201 (40) | 2.688 2.688  | |||
| 31. Albany NY (8 - 3) Schedule: 0.936 (90) | 2.601 2.601  8 | |||
| 32. South Carolina St (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.707 (58) | 2.571 2.571  1 | |||
| 33. Delaware St (10 - 1) Schedule: 1.058 (86) | 2.552 2.552  1 | |||
| 34. Eastern Illinois (8 - 3) Schedule: 1.434 (70) | 2.525 2.525  | |||
| 35. Colgate (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.889 (50) | 2.506 2.506  1 | |||
| 36. Illinois St (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.973 (12) | 2.408 2.408  2 | |||
| 37. Northeastern (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.466 (4) | 2.372 2.372  2 | |||
| 38. Central Arkansas (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.364 (34) | 2.358 2.358  1 | |||
| 39. William & Mary (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.619 (2) | 2.348 2.348  3 | |||
| 40. Lafayette (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.154 (82) | 2.319 2.319  8 | |||
| 41. Northern Arizona (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.04 (43) | 2.22 2.22  3 | |||
| 42. Dayton (10 - 1) Schedule: -0.353 (112) | 2.211 2.211  1 | |||
| 43. Nicholls St (6 - 5) Schedule: 1.941 (45) | 2.204 2.204  3 | |||
| 44. Fordham (8 - 3) Schedule: 1.197 (79) | 2.138 2.138  11 | |||
| 45. Missouri St (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.372 (33) | 2.077 2.077  2 | |||
| 46. UC-Davis (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.445 (29) | 2.058 2.058  7 | |||
| 47. Maine (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.059 (10) | 2.011 2.011  2 | |||
| 48. Stony Brook (6 - 5) Schedule: 1.643 (61) | 1.974 1.974  4 | |||
| 49. Jackson St (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.001 (89) | 1.932 1.932  | |||
| 50. Brown (5 - 5) Schedule: 1.677 (59) | 1.902 1.902  6 | |||
| 51. Lehigh (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.892 (49) | 1.901 1.901  4 | |||
| 52. Jacksonville St (6 - 5) Schedule: 1.297 (73) | 1.9 1.9  9 | |||
| 53. Pennsylvania (4 - 6) Schedule: 1.755 (54) | 1.899 1.899  14 | |||
| 54. San Diego (9 - 2) Schedule: -0.177 (109) | 1.889 1.889  4 | |||
| 55. Northwestern St (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.695 (22) | 1.88 1.88  6 | |||
| 56. Towson (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.108 (9) | 1.869 1.869  4 | |||
| 57. Montana St (6 - 5) Schedule: 1.728 (56) | 1.866 1.866  6 | |||
| 58. Southern U. (7 - 3) Schedule: 0.477 (101) | 1.844 1.844  4 | |||
| 59. Alabama A&M (8 - 3) Schedule: 0.523 (100) | 1.843 1.843  13 | |||
| 60. Rhode Island (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.391 (6) | 1.809 1.809  2 | |||
| 61. Hampton (6 - 5) Schedule: 1.182 (80) | 1.809 1.809  4 | |||
| 62. Norfolk St (8 - 3) Schedule: 1.06 (85) | 1.792 1.792  3 | |||
| 63. Prairie View A&M (7 - 3) Schedule: 0.541 (99) | 1.667 1.667  2 | |||
| 64. Weber St (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.981 (44) | 1.662 1.662  6 | |||
| 65. Chattanooga (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.359 (7) | 1.552 1.552  2 | |||
| 66. Texas St-San Marcos (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.663 (23) | 1.525 1.525  2 | |||
| 67. Tennessee-Martin (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.442 (69) | 1.464 1.464  3 | |||
| 68. SE Louisiana St (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.214 (38) | 1.417 1.417  4 | |||
| 69. Winston-Salem St (6 - 5) Schedule: 0.86 (95) | 1.376 1.376  | |||
| 70. Coastal Carolina (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.403 (71) | 1.373 1.373  6 | |||
| 71. Cornell NY (5 - 5) Schedule: 1.443 (67) | 1.224 1.224  3 | |||
| 72. Dartmouth (3 - 7) Schedule: 2.237 (37) | 1.22 1.22  1 | |||
| 73. Portland St (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.318 (35) | 1.202 1.202  2 | |||
| 74. Western Carolina (1 - 10) Schedule: 3.597 (3) | 1.152 1.152  8 | |||
| 75. Austin Peay (7 - 4) Schedule: 0.829 (96) | 1.07 1.07  2 | |||
| 76. Sacramento St (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.381 (31) | 1.043 1.043  3 | |||
| 77. Tennessee St (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.323 (72) | 1.034 1.034  3 | |||
| 78. Gardner-Webb (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.518 (63) | 0.942 0.942  5 | |||
| 79. Southern Utah (0 - 11) Schedule: 3.882 (1) | 0.91 0.91  3 | |||
| 80. Idaho St (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.213 (39) | 0.894 0.894  2 | |||
| 81. Morgan St (5 - 6) Schedule: 0.652 (97) | 0.821 0.821  1 | |||
| 82. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.293 (74) | 0.821 0.821  1 | |||
| 83. Princeton (4 - 6) Schedule: 1.937 (46) | 0.78 0.78  4 | |||
| 84. Morehead St (7 - 4) Schedule: -0.321 (111) | 0.596 0.596  1 | |||
| 85. Presbyterian (6 - 5) Schedule: 0.129 (104) | 0.523 0.523  | |||
| 86. Drake (6 - 5) Schedule: 0.098 (106) | 0.494 0.494  2 | |||
| 87. Tennessee Tech (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.047 (87) | 0.484 0.484  1 | |||
| 88. Bethune-Cookman (5 - 6) Schedule: 0.373 (102) | 0.417 0.417  7 | |||
| 89. Alabama St (5 - 5) Schedule: 1.01 (88) | 0.357 0.357  1 | |||
| 90. Samford (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.508 (64) | 0.35 0.35  1 | |||
| 91. Monmouth NJ (4 - 6) Schedule: 0.64 (98) | 0.332 0.332  2 | |||
| 92. Central Conn St (6 - 5) Schedule: 0.205 (103) | 0.19 0.19  1 | |||
| 93. Charleston Southern (5 - 6) Schedule: 0.882 (93) | 0.144 0.144  7 | |||
| 94. Stephen F. Austin (0 - 11) Schedule: 2.917 (16) | 0.048 0.048  | |||
| 95. SE Missouri St (3 - 8) Schedule: 1.651 (60) | 0.026 0.026  6 | |||
| 96. Howard (4 - 7) Schedule: 0.862 (94) | 0.008 0.008  1 | |||
| 97. Davidson (6 - 4) Schedule: -0.431 (113) | -0.009 -0.009  1 | |||
| 98. Murray St (2 - 9) Schedule: 1.48 (66) | -0.082 -0.082  | |||
| 99. Florida A&M (3 - 8) Schedule: 1.159 (81) | -0.083 -0.083  7 | |||
| 100. Bucknell (3 - 8) Schedule: 1.507 (65) | -0.112 -0.112  7 | |||
| 101. Wagner (7 - 4) Schedule: -1.106 (117) | -0.124 -0.124  2 | |||
| 102. Northern Colorado (1 - 11) Schedule: 2.481 (28) | -0.302 -0.302  2 | |||
| 103. Iona (7 - 4) Schedule: -1.177 (118) | -0.363 -0.363  1 | |||
| 104. Duquesne (6 - 4) Schedule: -1.207 (119) | -0.472 -0.472  1 | |||
| 105. Columbia (1 - 9) Schedule: 1.715 (57) | -0.489 -0.489  3 | |||
| 106. Mississippi Valley St (3 - 8) Schedule: 0.908 (92) | -0.528 -0.528  1 | |||
| 107. Indiana St (0 - 11) Schedule: 2.972 (13) | -0.547 -0.547  1 | |||
| 108. Alcorn St (2 - 8) Schedule: 1.124 (84) | -0.611 -0.611  1 | |||
| 109. VMI (2 - 9) Schedule: 1.26 (77) | -0.628 -0.628  5 | |||
| 110. Robert Morris (4 - 6) Schedule: 0.114 (105) | -0.701 -0.701  | |||
| 111. Georgetown DC (1 - 10) Schedule: 1.734 (55) | -0.869 -0.869  | |||
| 112. North Carolina A&T (0 - 11) Schedule: 1.147 (83) | -1.479 -1.479  1 | |||
| 113. Jacksonville FL (3 - 8) Schedule: -0.075 (107) | -1.611 -1.611  1 | |||
| 114. St Francis PA (3 - 7) Schedule: -0.102 (108) | -1.663 -1.663  2 | |||
| 115. Texas Southern (0 - 10) Schedule: 1.286 (75) | -1.664 -1.664  | |||
| 116. Butler (4 - 7) Schedule: -0.928 (115) | -1.725 -1.725  2 | |||
| 117. Sacred Heart (3 - 8) Schedule: -0.953 (116) | -1.903 -1.903  | |||
| 118. Marist (3 - 8) Schedule: -0.233 (110) | -1.921 -1.921  | |||
| 119. Valparaiso (5 - 6) Schedule: -1.282 (120) | -2.059 -2.059  | |||
| 120. Savannah St (1 - 9) Schedule: -0.553 (114) | -3.654 -3.654  | |||
| 121. La Salle (0 - 10) Schedule: -1.32 (121) | -4.575 -4.575  |