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. Alabama (14 - 0) Schedule: 5.655 (3) | 8.569 8.569  | |||
| 2. Florida (13 - 1) Schedule: 5.351 (18) | 8.002 8.002  1 | |||
| 3. Virginia Tech  (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.546 (7) | 7.809 7.809  1 | |||
| 4. Texas (13 - 1) Schedule: 5.074 (33) | 7.798 7.798  2 | |||
| 5. TCU  (12 - 1) Schedule: 4.582 (65) | 7.577 7.577  | |||
| 6. Ohio State (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.916 (47) | 7.132 7.132  4 | |||
| 7. Oregon (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.538 (8) | 7.084 7.084  1 | |||
| 8. Boise St (14 - 0) Schedule: 4.031 (92) | 7.024 7.024  1 | |||
| 9. Georgia Tech (11 - 3) Schedule: 5.593 (6) | 6.941 6.941  2 | |||
| 10. Penn State (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.554 (69) | 6.911 6.911  2 | |||
| 11. Cincinnati (12 - 1) Schedule: 4.709 (59) | 6.81 6.81  3 | |||
| 12. Miami FL (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.452 (11) | 6.728 6.728  1 | |||
| 13. Arkansas (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.427 (15) | 6.673 6.673  | |||
| 14. Pittsburgh (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.862 (51) | 6.627 6.627  3 | |||
| 15. Nebraska (10 - 4) Schedule: 4.947 (45) | 6.622 6.622  5 | |||
| 16. Iowa (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.093 (31) | 6.602 6.602  5 | |||
| 17. LSU (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.487 (10) | 6.577 6.577  2 | |||
| 18. Clemson (9 - 5) Schedule: 5.253 (22) | 6.569 6.569  2 | |||
| 19. Oklahoma (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.231 (23) | 6.525 6.525  | |||
| 20. Mississippi (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.996 (39) | 6.46 6.46  5 | |||
| 21. Stanford (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.181 (26) | 6.405 6.405  7 | |||
| 22. Texas Tech (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.657 (60) | 6.275 6.275  2 | |||
| 23. Southern Cal (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.26 (20) | 6.246 6.246  | |||
| 24. Brigham Young (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.605 (64) | 6.235 6.235  8 | |||
| 25. Auburn (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.428 (14) | 6.118 6.118  1 | |||
| 26. Utah (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.485 (72) | 6.068 6.068  5 | |||
| 27. Oregon St (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.069 (34) | 6.032 6.032  9 | |||
| 28. North Carolina (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.18 (27) | 5.952 5.952  2 | |||
| 29. Arizona (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.38 (17) | 5.922 5.922  7 | |||
| 30. Tennessee (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.402 (16) | 5.92 5.92  3 | |||
| 31. West Virginia (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.035 (35) | 5.906 5.906  3 | |||
| 32. Wisconsin (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.726 (57) | 5.901 5.901  3 | |||
| 33. Connecticut (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.876 (49) | 5.82 5.82  6 | |||
| 34. Air Force (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.204 (82) | 5.797 5.797  11 | |||
| 35. Georgia (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.488 (9) | 5.795 5.795  3 | |||
| 36. Florida St (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.675 (2) | 5.727 5.727  5 | |||
| 37. Oklahoma St (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.948 (44) | 5.725 5.725  8 | |||
| 38. Notre Dame  (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.2 (25) | 5.625 5.625  1 | |||
| 39. Navy (10 - 4) Schedule: 4.345 (78) | 5.619 5.619  12 | |||
| 40. South Carolina (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.632 (5) | 5.605 5.605  7 | |||
| 41. California (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.152 (29) | 5.472 5.472  7 | |||
| 42. Boston College (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.987 (41) | 5.414 5.414  2 | |||
| 43. Kentucky (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.026 (36) | 5.409 5.409  | |||
| 44. Mississippi St (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.637 (4) | 5.396 5.396  2 | |||
| 45. Missouri (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.855 (52) | 5.304 5.304  9 | |||
| 46. Central Michigan (12 - 2) Schedule: 3.424 (115) | 5.285 5.285  1 | |||
| 47. Rutgers (9 - 4) Schedule: 3.845 (97) | 5.222 5.222  9 | |||
| 48. UCLA (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.174 (28) | 5.22 5.22  | |||
| 49. South Florida (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.512 (71) | 5.199 5.199  8 | |||
| 50. East Carolina (9 - 5) Schedule: 4.627 (62) | 5.196 5.196  3 | |||
| 51. Michigan St (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.967 (43) | 5.169 5.169  3 | |||
| 52. Wake Forest (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.3 (19) | 5.145 5.145  3 | |||
| 53. Washington (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.438 (13) | 5.138 5.138  4 | |||
| 54. Houston (10 - 4) Schedule: 3.874 (95) | 5.129 5.129  10 | |||
| 55. Texas A&M (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.977 (42) | 5.016 5.016  5 | |||
| 56. Nevada (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.118 (86) | 5.008 5.008  14 | |||
| 57. Fresno St (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.2 (83) | 4.988 4.988  5 | |||
| 58. Troy (9 - 4) Schedule: 3.831 (98) | 4.864 4.864  | |||
| 59. Purdue (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.87 (50) | 4.681 4.681  1 | |||
| 60. Middle Tennessee St (10 - 3) Schedule: 3.44 (114) | 4.638 4.638  7 | |||
| 61. Minnesota (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.254 (21) | 4.626 4.626  1 | |||
| 62. Kansas (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.893 (48) | 4.621 4.621  1 | |||
| 63. Arizona St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.918 (46) | 4.586 4.586  4 | |||
| 64. Temple (9 - 4) Schedule: 3.525 (112) | 4.522 4.522  | |||
| 65. Virginia (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.703 (1) | 4.496 4.496  | |||
| 66. Iowa St (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.427 (73) | 4.48 4.48  3 | |||
| 67. Northwestern (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.189 (84) | 4.451 4.451  4 | |||
| 68. Kansas St (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.622 (63) | 4.405 4.405  | |||
| 69. Central Florida (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.169 (85) | 4.369 4.369  6 | |||
| 70. Southern Miss (7 - 6) Schedule: 3.704 (102) | 4.355 4.355  4 | |||
| 71. Ohio U. (9 - 5) Schedule: 3.605 (107) | 4.302 4.302  1 | |||
| 72. Marshall (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.303 (80) | 4.273 4.273  3 | |||
| 73. Duke (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.712 (58) | 4.218 4.218  1 | |||
| 74. SMU (8 - 5) Schedule: 3.998 (94) | 4.208 4.208  8 | |||
| 75. Louisiana Tech (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.249 (81) | 4.208 4.208  1 | |||
| 76. Michigan (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.515 (70) | 4.2 4.2  | |||
| 77. Bowling Green (7 - 6) Schedule: 3.851 (96) | 4.166 4.166  5 | |||
| 78. North Carolina St (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.771 (53) | 4.15 4.15  1 | |||
| 79. Idaho (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.018 (93) | 4.017 4.017  | |||
| 80. Illinois (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.007 (37) | 3.937 3.937  | |||
| 81. Wyoming (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.752 (54) | 3.883 3.883  8 | |||
| 82. Colorado (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.99 (40) | 3.85 3.85  1 | |||
| 83. Northern Illinois (7 - 6) Schedule: 3.229 (118) | 3.847 3.847  5 | |||
| 84. Baylor (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.112 (30) | 3.841 3.841  2 | |||
| 85. Tulsa (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.746 (99) | 3.803 3.803  1 | |||
| 86. Syracuse (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.002 (38) | 3.767 3.767  | |||
| 87. UNLV (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.574 (66) | 3.758 3.758  | |||
| 88. Indiana (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.565 (68) | 3.716 3.716  | |||
| 89. Utah St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.381 (75) | 3.712 3.712  4 | |||
| 90. Maryland (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.222 (24) | 3.615 3.615  | |||
| 91. Louisville (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.745 (55) | 3.573 3.573  1 | |||
| 92. Alabama-Birmingham (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.103 (87) | 3.532 3.532  1 | |||
| 93. San Diego St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.365 (77) | 3.456 3.456  3 | |||
| 94. Buffalo (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.603 (108) | 3.409 3.409  1 | |||
| 95. Hawai`i (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.044 (91) | 3.379 3.379  2 | |||
| 96. Vanderbilt (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.09 (32) | 3.379 3.379  | |||
| 97. Colorado St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.631 (61) | 3.378 3.378  1 | |||
| 98. UTEP  (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.708 (101) | 3.325 3.325  1 | |||
| 99. Louisiana-Monroe (6 - 6) Schedule: 3.535 (110) | 3.107 3.107  | |||
| 100. Western Michigan (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.216 (120) | 2.951 2.951  | |||
| 101. Florida Atlantic (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.643 (106) | 2.944 2.944  1 | |||
| 102. Kent St (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.228 (119) | 2.929 2.929  1 | |||
| 103. Louisiana-Lafayette (6 - 6) Schedule: 3.528 (111) | 2.824 2.824  1 | |||
| 104. Toledo (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.644 (105) | 2.747 2.747  1 | |||
| 105. Arkansas St (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.266 (117) | 2.665 2.665  | |||
| 106. Florida Int'l (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.078 (88) | 2.622 2.622  | |||
| 107. Memphis (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.305 (79) | 2.407 2.407  | |||
| 108. San Jose St (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.573 (67) | 2.283 2.283  | |||
| 109. Army (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.387 (116) | 2.211 2.211  2 | |||
| 110. North Texas (2 - 10) Schedule: 3.505 (113) | 2.199 2.199  2 | |||
| 111. Ball St (2 - 10) Schedule: 3.591 (109) | 2.158 2.158  1 | |||
| 112. New Mexico (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.741 (56) | 2.098 2.098  2 | |||
| 113. Washington St (1 - 11) Schedule: 5.443 (12) | 2.075 2.075  4 | |||
| 114. Akron (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.665 (103) | 1.985 1.985  1 | |||
| 115. Tulane (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.073 (90) | 1.853 1.853  1 | |||
| 116. Rice (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.368 (76) | 1.818 1.818  1 | |||
| 117. Miami OH (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.381 (74) | 1.77 1.77  2 | |||
| 118. New Mexico St (3 - 10) Schedule: 4.076 (89) | 1.645 1.645  | |||
| 119. Western Kentucky (0 - 12) Schedule: 3.744 (100) | 1.151 1.151  | |||
| 120. Eastern Michigan (0 - 12) Schedule: 3.663 (104) | 0.74 0.74  |