Week 9
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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: 5.739 (7) | 8.089 8.089  | |||
| 2. Oregon (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.4 (19) | 7.989 7.989  | |||
| 3. Ohio State (9 - 0) Schedule: 4.445 (64) | 7.898 7.898  | |||
| 4. West Virginia (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.697 (51) | 7.881 7.881  2 | |||
| 5. Arizona St (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.713 (50) | 7.486 7.486  3 | |||
| 6. Boston College (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.902 (42) | 7.415 7.415  3 | |||
| 7. Auburn (6 - 3) Schedule: 6.063 (3) | 7.329 7.329  | |||
| 8. South Florida (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.656 (12) | 7.295 7.295  4 | |||
| 9. Florida (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.986 (4) | 7.211 7.211  4 | |||
| 10. Georgia (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.53 (13) | 6.851 6.851  7 | |||
| 11. Kansas (8 - 0) Schedule: 3.909 (100) | 6.849 6.849  3 | |||
| 12. Oklahoma (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.324 (72) | 6.827 6.827  | |||
| 13. Virginia Tech  (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.122 (29) | 6.781 6.781  | |||
| 14. Missouri (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.448 (63) | 6.717 6.717  4 | |||
| 15. Kansas St (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.925 (40) | 6.643 6.643  | |||
| 16. Alabama (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.317 (25) | 6.608 6.608  | |||
| 17. Southern Cal (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.62 (54) | 6.458 6.458  6 | |||
| 18. Connecticut (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.278 (78) | 6.456 6.456  7 | |||
| 19. Clemson (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.877 (44) | 6.393 6.393  17 | |||
| 20. Michigan (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.932 (39) | 6.37 6.37  4 | |||
| 21. Kentucky (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.445 (17) | 6.325 6.325  10 | |||
| 22. California (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.505 (15) | 6.31 6.31  2 | |||
| 23. Penn State (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.827 (45) | 6.265 6.265  4 | |||
| 24. Florida St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.122 (28) | 6.246 6.246  9 | |||
| 25. South Carolina (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.356 (20) | 6.237 6.237  7 | |||
| 26. Arkansas (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.533 (59) | 6.203 6.203  4 | |||
| 27. Cincinnati (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.867 (103) | 6.189 6.189  1 | |||
| 28. Wake Forest (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.985 (35) | 6.171 6.171  13 | |||
| 29. Georgia Tech (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.747 (49) | 6.111 6.111  2 | |||
| 30. Vanderbilt (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.328 (24) | 6.103 6.103  1 | |||
| 31. Tennessee (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.663 (11) | 6.042 6.042  6 | |||
| 32. Brigham Young (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.38 (68) | 6.02 6.02  4 | |||
| 33. Oklahoma St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.156 (27) | 5.986 5.986  1 | |||
| 34. Purdue (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.31 (74) | 5.955 5.955  8 | |||
| 35. Illinois (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.883 (43) | 5.934 5.934  4 | |||
| 36. Texas (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.291 (76) | 5.859 5.859  2 | |||
| 37. Rutgers (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.959 (37) | 5.853 5.853  16 | |||
| 38. Virginia (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.997 (34) | 5.723 5.723  8 | |||
| 39. Boise St (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.782 (109) | 5.721 5.721  6 | |||
| 40. Troy (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.953 (97) | 5.677 5.677  6 | |||
| 41. Texas Tech (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.873 (101) | 5.614 5.614  3 | |||
| 42. Oregon St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.062 (32) | 5.605 5.605  8 | |||
| 43. Maryland (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.501 (16) | 5.584 5.584  3 | |||
| 44. Miami FL (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.752 (48) | 5.575 5.575  | |||
| 45. Texas A&M (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.616 (55) | 5.513 5.513  2 | |||
| 46. Wisconsin (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.27 (80) | 5.497 5.497  9 | |||
| 47. Michigan St (5 - 4) Schedule: 4.51 (62) | 5.474 5.474  12 | |||
| 48. Mississippi St (5 - 4) Schedule: 5.337 (22) | 5.451 5.451  10 | |||
| 49. Colorado (5 - 4) Schedule: 5.525 (14) | 5.431 5.431  3 | |||
| 50. UCLA (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.101 (30) | 5.419 5.419  21 | |||
| 51. Louisville (5 - 4) Schedule: 4.565 (57) | 5.39 5.39  | |||
| 52. Central Florida (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.392 (67) | 5.28 5.28  4 | |||
| 53. Air Force (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.33 (71) | 5.276 5.276  6 | |||
| 54. Hawai`i (8 - 0) Schedule: 2.135 (120) | 5.155 5.155  9 | |||
| 55. New Mexico (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.93 (99) | 5.153 5.153  2 | |||
| 56. Washington (2 - 6) Schedule: 6.08 (2) | 5.151 5.151  8 | |||
| 57. Utah (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.275 (79) | 5.142 5.142  3 | |||
| 58. Houston (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.124 (87) | 5.035 5.035  5 | |||
| 59. Fresno St (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.061 (88) | 4.901 4.901  5 | |||
| 60. North Carolina (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.856 (6) | 4.833 4.833  11 | |||
| 61. East Carolina (5 - 4) Schedule: 4.917 (41) | 4.752 4.752  7 | |||
| 62. Ball St (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.963 (96) | 4.745 4.745  | |||
| 63. Pittsburgh (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.983 (36) | 4.734 4.734  4 | |||
| 64. Arizona (3 - 6) Schedule: 5.076 (31) | 4.695 4.695  9 | |||
| 65. North Carolina St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.666 (9) | 4.636 4.636  10 | |||
| 66. Washington St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.335 (23) | 4.603 4.603  17 | |||
| 67. TCU  (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.157 (85) | 4.602 4.602  1 | |||
| 68. Wyoming (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.412 (66) | 4.572 4.572  1 | |||
| 69. Nebraska (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.353 (21) | 4.571 4.571  2 | |||
| 70. Navy (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.756 (47) | 4.475 4.475  6 | |||
| 71. Mississippi (2 - 7) Schedule: 5.939 (5) | 4.451 4.451  2 | |||
| 72. Stanford (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.665 (10) | 4.372 4.372  7 | |||
| 73. Middle Tennessee St (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.01 (91) | 4.354 4.354  1 | |||
| 74. Northwestern (5 - 4) Schedule: 4.533 (60) | 4.328 4.328  4 | |||
| 75. Indiana (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.938 (98) | 4.286 4.286  14 | |||
| 76. Central Michigan (5 - 4) Schedule: 4.363 (69) | 4.285 4.285  1 | |||
| 77. Iowa (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.529 (61) | 4.19 4.19  2 | |||
| 78. Nevada (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.655 (112) | 3.884 3.884  4 | |||
| 79. Tulsa (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.965 (95) | 3.832 3.832  1 | |||
| 80. Miami OH (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.238 (82) | 3.764 3.764  1 | |||
| 81. Florida Atlantic (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.267 (81) | 3.729 3.729  7 | |||
| 82. UTEP  (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.506 (115) | 3.708 3.708  3 | |||
| 83. Duke (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.719 (8) | 3.696 3.696  3 | |||
| 84. Southern Miss (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.65 (113) | 3.637 3.637  | |||
| 85. Notre Dame  (1 - 7) Schedule: 6.183 (1) | 3.604 3.604  2 | |||
| 86. Bowling Green (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.004 (92) | 3.589 3.589  10 | |||
| 87. Buffalo (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.834 (106) | 3.564 3.564  8 | |||
| 88. Louisiana Tech (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.336 (70) | 3.462 3.462  6 | |||
| 89. Kent St (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.143 (86) | 3.394 3.394  1 | |||
| 90. Colorado St (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.784 (46) | 3.345 3.345  4 | |||
| 91. UNLV (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.583 (56) | 3.313 3.313  5 | |||
| 92. San Diego St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.686 (52) | 3.164 3.164  7 | |||
| 93. Ohio U. (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.481 (117) | 3.152 3.152  12 | |||
| 94. New Mexico St (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.855 (104) | 3.123 3.123  1 | |||
| 95. Western Kentucky (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.311 (119) | 3.12 3.12  4 | |||
| 96. San Jose St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.318 (73) | 3.067 3.067  2 | |||
| 97. Army (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.197 (84) | 3.057 3.057  3 | |||
| 98. Akron (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.288 (77) | 3.051 3.051  8 | |||
| 99. Minnesota (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.934 (38) | 3.049 3.049  7 | |||
| 100. Arkansas St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.974 (94) | 2.997 2.997  3 | |||
| 101. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.027 (90) | 2.992 2.992  5 | |||
| 102. Western Michigan (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.869 (102) | 2.982 2.982  13 | |||
| 103. Eastern Michigan (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.824 (107) | 2.975 2.975  7 | |||
| 104. Syracuse (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.216 (26) | 2.973 2.973  3 | |||
| 105. Memphis (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.281 (118) | 2.968 2.968  3 | |||
| 106. Baylor (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.647 (53) | 2.952 2.952  3 | |||
| 107. Toledo (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.776 (110) | 2.852 2.852  5 | |||
| 108. Iowa St (1 - 8) Schedule: 5.054 (33) | 2.844 2.844  | |||
| 109. Marshall (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.554 (58) | 2.685 2.685  | |||
| 110. Temple (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.686 (111) | 2.667 2.667  6 | |||
| 111. Alabama-Birmingham (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.035 (89) | 2.466 2.466  4 | |||
| 112. Utah St (0 - 8) Schedule: 4.428 (65) | 2.358 2.358  1 | |||
| 113. Tulane (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.787 (108) | 2.222 2.222  | |||
| 114. Louisiana-Lafayette (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.301 (75) | 2.16 2.16  | |||
| 115. Florida Int'l (0 - 8) Schedule: 5.437 (18) | 2.104 2.104  2 | |||
| 116. Idaho (1 - 8) Schedule: 3.988 (93) | 1.973 1.973  2 | |||
| 117. North Texas (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.21 (83) | 1.972 1.972  1 | |||
| 118. Rice (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.853 (105) | 1.904 1.904  3 | |||
| 119. SMU (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.573 (114) | 1.738 1.738  1 | |||
| 120. Northern Illinois (1 - 8) Schedule: 3.491 (116) | 1.534 1.534  1 |