Week 12
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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. Boston College (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.407 (11) | 6.779 6.779  1 | |||
| 2. North Carolina (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.745 (6) | 6.693 6.693  1 | |||
| 3. Florida St (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.185 (12) | 6.59 6.59  4 | |||
| 4. Georgia Tech (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.482 (9) | 6.518 6.518  2 | |||
| 5. Virginia Tech  (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.634 (7) | 6.486 6.486  1 | |||
| 6. Clemson (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.631 (8) | 6.456 6.456  2 | |||
| 7. Miami FL (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.762 (5) | 6.263 6.263  4 | |||
| 8. Wake Forest (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.994 (3) | 6.253 6.253  3 | |||
| 9. Virginia (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.224 (1) | 5.648 5.648  | |||
| 10. Maryland (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.446 (10) | 5.524 5.524  | |||
| 11. North Carolina St (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.987 (4) | 5.445 5.445  1 | |||
| 12. Duke (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.056 (2) | 5.4 5.4  1 |