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. LSU (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.965 (6) | 8.316 8.316  | |||
| 2. Oregon (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.345 (20) | 8.14 8.14  2 | |||
| 3. Ohio State (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.476 (69) | 7.916 7.916  1 | |||
| 4. South Florida (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.81 (8) | 7.857 7.857  1 | |||
| 5. Florida (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.079 (4) | 7.744 7.744  | |||
| 6. West Virginia (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.689 (52) | 7.717 7.717  | |||
| 7. Auburn (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.437 (1) | 7.472 7.472  | |||
| 8. Arizona St (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.437 (72) | 7.366 7.366  | |||
| 9. Boston College (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.669 (53) | 7.349 7.349  3 | |||
| 10. Missouri (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.928 (43) | 7.254 7.254  4 | |||
| 11. Kentucky (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.772 (10) | 7.181 7.181  2 | |||
| 12. Oklahoma (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.448 (71) | 6.952 6.952  2 | |||
| 13. Virginia Tech  (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.794 (49) | 6.883 6.883  2 | |||
| 14. Kansas (7 - 0) Schedule: 3.585 (113) | 6.643 6.643  2 | |||
| 15. Kansas St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.192 (34) | 6.625 6.625  2 | |||
| 16. Alabama (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.296 (24) | 6.589 6.589  18 | |||
| 17. Georgia (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.338 (21) | 6.584 6.584  4 | |||
| 18. South Carolina (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.471 (16) | 6.553 6.553  7 | |||
| 19. Penn State (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.457 (70) | 6.521 6.521  | |||
| 20. California (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.325 (23) | 6.487 6.487  3 | |||
| 21. Rutgers (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.843 (46) | 6.478 6.478  3 | |||
| 22. Arkansas (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.047 (37) | 6.425 6.425  13 | |||
| 23. Southern Cal (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.125 (93) | 6.391 6.391  4 | |||
| 24. Michigan (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.224 (32) | 6.377 6.377  4 | |||
| 25. Connecticut (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.045 (95) | 6.362 6.362  | |||
| 26. Cincinnati (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.023 (96) | 6.344 6.344  8 | |||
| 27. Georgia Tech (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.829 (47) | 6.193 6.193  5 | |||
| 28. Brigham Young (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.544 (62) | 6.184 6.184  2 | |||
| 29. UCLA (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.296 (25) | 6.17 6.17  7 | |||
| 30. Virginia (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.258 (29) | 6.164 6.164  3 | |||
| 31. Vanderbilt (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.509 (15) | 6.114 6.114  22 | |||
| 32. Oklahoma St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.236 (30) | 6.065 6.065  6 | |||
| 33. Florida St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.212 (33) | 5.994 5.994  4 | |||
| 34. Texas (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.319 (81) | 5.993 5.993  3 | |||
| 35. Clemson (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.637 (57) | 5.992 5.992  9 | |||
| 36. Michigan St (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.792 (50) | 5.992 5.992  2 | |||
| 37. Tennessee (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.642 (12) | 5.972 5.972  17 | |||
| 38. Illinois (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.004 (41) | 5.962 5.962  16 | |||
| 39. Texas Tech (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.844 (106) | 5.962 5.962  16 | |||
| 40. Maryland (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.467 (17) | 5.941 5.941  10 | |||
| 41. Wake Forest (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.106 (35) | 5.931 5.931  1 | |||
| 42. Purdue (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.291 (85) | 5.797 5.797  1 | |||
| 43. Texas A&M (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.494 (66) | 5.768 5.768  11 | |||
| 44. Miami FL (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.875 (45) | 5.699 5.699  5 | |||
| 45. Boise St (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.725 (112) | 5.583 5.583  6 | |||
| 46. Troy (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.222 (89) | 5.58 5.58  6 | |||
| 47. Air Force (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.419 (73) | 5.573 5.573  5 | |||
| 48. Washington (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.373 (2) | 5.497 5.497  5 | |||
| 49. North Carolina (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.051 (5) | 5.414 5.414  5 | |||
| 50. Oregon St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.259 (28) | 5.413 5.413  3 | |||
| 51. Louisville (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.616 (59) | 5.4 5.4  4 | |||
| 52. Colorado (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.532 (14) | 5.267 5.267  2 | |||
| 53. Houston (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.351 (79) | 5.209 5.209  14 | |||
| 54. Fresno St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.888 (105) | 5.206 5.206  9 | |||
| 55. Wisconsin (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.273 (86) | 5.19 5.19  4 | |||
| 56. Central Florida (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.575 (61) | 5.133 5.133  9 | |||
| 57. New Mexico (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.792 (108) | 5.087 5.087  9 | |||
| 58. Mississippi St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.328 (22) | 5.039 5.039  12 | |||
| 59. Pittsburgh (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.102 (36) | 4.982 4.982  13 | |||
| 60. Utah (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.522 (64) | 4.963 4.963  6 | |||
| 61. Indiana (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.067 (94) | 4.924 4.924  1 | |||
| 62. Ball St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.807 (107) | 4.911 4.911  5 | |||
| 63. Hawai`i (7 - 0) Schedule: 1.922 (120) | 4.842 4.842  7 | |||
| 64. Navy (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.961 (42) | 4.824 4.824  5 | |||
| 65. Stanford (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.769 (11) | 4.759 4.759  5 | |||
| 66. TCU  (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.313 (83) | 4.757 4.757  4 | |||
| 67. Wyoming (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.633 (58) | 4.714 4.714  6 | |||
| 68. East Carolina (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.277 (27) | 4.626 4.626  10 | |||
| 69. Mississippi (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.883 (7) | 4.599 4.599  1 | |||
| 70. Northwestern (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.483 (68) | 4.598 4.598  1 | |||
| 71. Nebraska (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.362 (19) | 4.573 4.573  7 | |||
| 72. Middle Tennessee St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.497 (65) | 4.487 4.487  7 | |||
| 73. Arizona (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.018 (40) | 4.428 4.428  4 | |||
| 74. Florida Atlantic (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.775 (51) | 4.343 4.343  | |||
| 75. North Carolina St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.534 (13) | 4.255 4.255  16 | |||
| 76. Bowling Green (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.382 (77) | 4.201 4.201  8 | |||
| 77. Central Michigan (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.403 (76) | 4.104 4.104  2 | |||
| 78. Tulsa (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.314 (82) | 4.044 4.044  5 | |||
| 79. Iowa (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.491 (67) | 3.994 3.994  3 | |||
| 80. Duke (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.78 (9) | 3.97 3.97  6 | |||
| 81. Miami OH (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.218 (90) | 3.929 3.929  4 | |||
| 82. Nevada (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.985 (99) | 3.911 3.911  2 | |||
| 83. Washington St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.229 (31) | 3.882 3.882  | |||
| 84. Southern Miss (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.367 (118) | 3.808 3.808  2 | |||
| 85. UTEP  (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.385 (117) | 3.799 3.799  4 | |||
| 86. Colorado St (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.812 (48) | 3.779 3.779  12 | |||
| 87. Notre Dame  (1 - 7) Schedule: 6.349 (3) | 3.77 3.77  | |||
| 88. Kent St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.345 (80) | 3.713 3.713  10 | |||
| 89. Western Michigan (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.246 (87) | 3.7 3.7  3 | |||
| 90. Akron (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.656 (55) | 3.649 3.649  2 | |||
| 91. Western Kentucky (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.04 (119) | 3.432 3.432  6 | |||
| 92. Minnesota (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.029 (38) | 3.375 3.375  4 | |||
| 93. New Mexico St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.732 (110) | 3.373 3.373  | |||
| 94. Louisiana Tech (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.666 (54) | 3.371 3.371  | |||
| 95. Buffalo (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.005 (98) | 3.343 3.343  5 | |||
| 96. UNLV (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.614 (60) | 3.275 3.275  11 | |||
| 97. Arkansas St (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.746 (109) | 3.241 3.241  8 | |||
| 98. San Jose St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.38 (78) | 3.128 3.128  3 | |||
| 99. San Diego St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.64 (56) | 3.117 3.117  4 | |||
| 100. Army (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.232 (88) | 3.092 3.092  | |||
| 101. Syracuse (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.29 (26) | 3.047 3.047  3 | |||
| 102. Memphis (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.524 (115) | 2.984 2.984  3 | |||
| 103. Baylor (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.411 (74) | 2.969 2.969  4 | |||
| 104. Temple (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.903 (104) | 2.884 2.884  5 | |||
| 105. Ohio U. (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.424 (116) | 2.795 2.795  3 | |||
| 106. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.131 (92) | 2.764 2.764  6 | |||
| 107. Alabama-Birmingham (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.017 (97) | 2.754 2.754  6 | |||
| 108. Iowa St (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.914 (44) | 2.663 2.663  | |||
| 109. Marshall (0 - 7) Schedule: 5.027 (39) | 2.611 2.611  2 | |||
| 110. Eastern Michigan (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.963 (101) | 2.554 2.554  | |||
| 111. Utah St (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.541 (63) | 2.472 2.472  5 | |||
| 112. Toledo (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.938 (103) | 2.433 2.433  4 | |||
| 113. Tulane (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.966 (100) | 2.36 2.36  | |||
| 114. Louisiana-Lafayette (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.409 (75) | 2.269 2.269  1 | |||
| 115. Rice (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.158 (91) | 2.209 2.209  4 | |||
| 116. North Texas (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.298 (84) | 2.192 2.192  1 | |||
| 117. Florida Int'l (0 - 7) Schedule: 5.376 (18) | 2.097 2.097  3 | |||
| 118. Idaho (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.942 (102) | 1.969 1.969  1 | |||
| 119. Northern Illinois (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.563 (114) | 1.827 1.827  1 | |||
| 120. SMU (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.731 (111) | 1.754 1.754  2 |