Week 15
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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. West Virginia (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.182 (39) | 7.707 7.707  2 | |||
| 2. Southern Cal (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.334 (29) | 7.69 7.69  4 | |||
| 3. LSU (12 - 2) Schedule: 5.559 (14) | 7.651 7.651  1 | |||
| 4. Ohio State (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.959 (52) | 7.535 7.535  3 | |||
| 5. Florida (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.733 (4) | 7.487 7.487  3 | |||
| 6. Missouri (12 - 2) Schedule: 5.256 (36) | 7.324 7.324  3 | |||
| 7. Georgia (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.453 (19) | 7.292 7.292  3 | |||
| 8. Oklahoma (11 - 3) Schedule: 5.084 (44) | 7.277 7.277  1 | |||
| 9. Oregon (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.75 (3) | 7.275 7.275  2 | |||
| 10. Virginia Tech  (11 - 3) Schedule: 5.245 (37) | 7.234 7.234  5 | |||
| 11. Kansas (12 - 1) Schedule: 4.419 (71) | 6.965 6.965  3 | |||
| 12. South Florida (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.448 (20) | 6.81 6.81  4 | |||
| 13. Brigham Young (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.806 (58) | 6.764 6.764  4 | |||
| 14. Arizona St (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.478 (18) | 6.749 6.749  2 | |||
| 15. Cincinnati (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.575 (67) | 6.674 6.674  | |||
| 16. Clemson (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.18 (40) | 6.647 6.647  3 | |||
| 17. Boston College (11 - 3) Schedule: 5.259 (35) | 6.626 6.626  1 | |||
| 18. Auburn (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.42 (23) | 6.494 6.494  1 | |||
| 19. Tennessee (10 - 4) Schedule: 5.599 (11) | 6.419 6.419  2 | |||
| 20. Texas (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.913 (55) | 6.347 6.347  6 | |||
| 21. Oregon St (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.614 (10) | 6.282 6.282  3 | |||
| 22. Penn State (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.801 (59) | 6.26 6.26  2 | |||
| 23. Illinois (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.139 (42) | 6.216 6.216  5 | |||
| 24. Michigan (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.425 (22) | 6.158 6.158  3 | |||
| 25. Kentucky (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.586 (12) | 6.153 6.153  | |||
| 26. Wake Forest (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.006 (50) | 6.057 6.057  2 | |||
| 27. Texas Tech (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.432 (70) | 5.976 5.976  4 | |||
| 28. Arkansas (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.129 (43) | 5.96 5.96  5 | |||
| 29. UCLA (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.954 (1) | 5.944 5.944  4 | |||
| 30. California (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.631 (8) | 5.872 5.872  11 | |||
| 31. Utah (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.762 (63) | 5.857 5.857  3 | |||
| 32. South Carolina (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.674 (7) | 5.845 5.845  | |||
| 33. Florida St (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.411 (25) | 5.792 5.792  4 | |||
| 34. Michigan St (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.027 (47) | 5.78 5.78  4 | |||
| 35. Connecticut (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.728 (64) | 5.773 5.773  13 | |||
| 36. Oklahoma St (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.337 (28) | 5.77 5.77  8 | |||
| 37. Alabama (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.261 (34) | 5.707 5.707  5 | |||
| 38. Air Force (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.345 (75) | 5.694 5.694  1 | |||
| 39. Troy (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.326 (77) | 5.688 5.688  1 | |||
| 40. Wisconsin (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.864 (56) | 5.679 5.679  4 | |||
| 41. Virginia (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.023 (48) | 5.65 5.65  6 | |||
| 42. Rutgers (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.768 (62) | 5.632 5.632  1 | |||
| 43. Maryland (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.417 (24) | 5.582 5.582  5 | |||
| 44. Arizona (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.724 (5) | 5.574 5.574  7 | |||
| 45. Boise St (10 - 3) Schedule: 3.665 (107) | 5.552 5.552  8 | |||
| 46. Central Florida (10 - 4) Schedule: 4.022 (92) | 5.464 5.464  1 | |||
| 47. Texas A&M (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.312 (32) | 5.462 5.462  3 | |||
| 48. Washington (4 - 9) Schedule: 5.84 (2) | 5.447 5.447  4 | |||
| 49. TCU  (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.365 (74) | 5.435 5.435  4 | |||
| 50. Purdue (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.548 (69) | 5.409 5.409  4 | |||
| 51. Mississippi St (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.145 (41) | 5.358 5.358  6 | |||
| 52. Louisville (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.051 (45) | 5.348 5.348  3 | |||
| 53. Vanderbilt (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.532 (16) | 5.311 5.311  1 | |||
| 54. Hawai`i (12 - 1) Schedule: 3.374 (117) | 5.305 5.305  6 | |||
| 55. Georgia Tech (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.84 (57) | 5.266 5.266  8 | |||
| 56. Kansas St (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.931 (54) | 5.225 5.225  1 | |||
| 57. Fresno St (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.058 (89) | 5.051 5.051  1 | |||
| 58. New Mexico (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.142 (84) | 4.993 4.993  5 | |||
| 59. Pittsburgh (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.186 (38) | 4.975 4.975  3 | |||
| 60. Washington St (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.517 (17) | 4.935 4.935  2 | |||
| 61. Nebraska (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.62 (9) | 4.907 4.907  1 | |||
| 62. Colorado (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.32 (30) | 4.896 4.896  3 | |||
| 63. North Carolina (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.265 (33) | 4.611 4.611  1 | |||
| 64. Miami FL (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.03 (46) | 4.603 4.603  1 | |||
| 65. Tulsa (10 - 4) Schedule: 3.805 (99) | 4.577 4.577  7 | |||
| 66. Indiana (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.31 (78) | 4.573 4.573  5 | |||
| 67. East Carolina (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.332 (76) | 4.493 4.493  3 | |||
| 68. Navy (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.068 (88) | 4.472 4.472  1 | |||
| 69. Florida Atlantic (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.303 (79) | 4.374 4.374  4 | |||
| 70. Ball St (7 - 6) Schedule: 3.891 (96) | 4.34 4.34  4 | |||
| 71. North Carolina St (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.406 (26) | 4.277 4.277  2 | |||
| 72. Stanford (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.695 (6) | 4.258 4.258  5 | |||
| 73. Iowa (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.403 (72) | 4.245 4.245  5 | |||
| 74. Central Michigan (8 - 6) Schedule: 3.949 (94) | 4.209 4.209  3 | |||
| 75. Mississippi (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.561 (13) | 4.206 4.206  1 | |||
| 76. Southern Miss (7 - 6) Schedule: 3.719 (104) | 4.186 4.186  2 | |||
| 77. Northwestern (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.574 (68) | 4.051 4.051  2 | |||
| 78. Houston (8 - 5) Schedule: 3.391 (116) | 3.98 3.98  5 | |||
| 79. Wyoming (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.679 (65) | 3.971 3.971  2 | |||
| 80. Middle Tennessee St (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.074 (87) | 3.967 3.967  | |||
| 81. Notre Dame  (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.546 (15) | 3.928 3.928  1 | |||
| 82. Bowling Green (8 - 5) Schedule: 3.535 (113) | 3.842 3.842  8 | |||
| 83. Nevada (6 - 7) Schedule: 3.739 (102) | 3.827 3.827  4 | |||
| 84. Louisiana-Monroe (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.099 (86) | 3.799 3.799  | |||
| 85. Colorado St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.79 (60) | 3.691 3.691  | |||
| 86. Iowa St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.312 (31) | 3.541 3.541  | |||
| 87. San Diego St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.933 (53) | 3.478 3.478  2 | |||
| 88. Western Michigan (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.736 (103) | 3.376 3.376  1 | |||
| 89. Miami OH (6 - 7) Schedule: 3.781 (100) | 3.296 3.296  1 | |||
| 90. Louisiana Tech (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.164 (83) | 3.239 3.239  2 | |||
| 91. San Jose St (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.038 (91) | 3.209 3.209  2 | |||
| 92. Arkansas St (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.894 (95) | 3.201 3.201  5 | |||
| 93. Ohio U. (6 - 6) Schedule: 3.195 (119) | 3.192 3.192  2 | |||
| 94. Buffalo (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.547 (112) | 3.186 3.186  4 | |||
| 95. Western Kentucky (7 - 5) Schedule: 2.325 (120) | 3.147 3.147  1 | |||
| 96. Memphis (7 - 6) Schedule: 3.322 (118) | 3.12 3.12  1 | |||
| 97. Marshall (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.397 (73) | 3.115 3.115  2 | |||
| 98. UNLV (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.787 (61) | 3.083 3.083  2 | |||
| 99. Minnesota (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.992 (51) | 3.032 3.032  3 | |||
| 100. Duke (1 - 11) Schedule: 5.34 (27) | 3 3  2 | |||
| 101. Syracuse (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.443 (21) | 2.949 2.949  | |||
| 102. Toledo (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.818 (98) | 2.813 2.813  | |||
| 103. Eastern Michigan (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.682 (105) | 2.788 2.788  | |||
| 104. UTEP  (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.416 (115) | 2.782 2.782  4 | |||
| 105. Utah St (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.226 (82) | 2.755 2.755  | |||
| 106. Kent St (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.671 (106) | 2.749 2.749  2 | |||
| 107. Baylor (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.008 (49) | 2.713 2.713  2 | |||
| 108. Louisiana-Lafayette (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.239 (81) | 2.682 2.682  1 | |||
| 109. Akron (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.863 (97) | 2.573 2.573  3 | |||
| 110. Army (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.272 (80) | 2.426 2.426  | |||
| 111. New Mexico St (4 - 9) Schedule: 3.65 (108) | 2.381 2.381  | |||
| 112. Tulane (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.486 (114) | 2.215 2.215  2 | |||
| 113. Temple (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.593 (110) | 2.201 2.201  1 | |||
| 114. North Texas (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.044 (90) | 2.184 2.184  1 | |||
| 115. Rice (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.587 (111) | 2.156 2.156  2 | |||
| 116. Alabama-Birmingham (2 - 10) Schedule: 3.969 (93) | 2.068 2.068  2 | |||
| 117. Florida Int'l (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.605 (66) | 2.047 2.047  1 | |||
| 118. Northern Illinois (2 - 10) Schedule: 3.595 (109) | 1.968 1.968  3 | |||
| 119. Idaho (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.101 (85) | 1.959 1.959  | |||
| 120. SMU (1 - 11) Schedule: 3.773 (101) | 1.915 1.915  |