Week 15
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Stanford (12 - 1) Schedule: 5.405 (7) | 8.201 8.201  | |||
| 2. Oregon (12 - 1) Schedule: 5.091 (16) | 7.866 7.866  | |||
| 3. Boise St (12 - 1) Schedule: 4.312 (64) | 7.528 7.528  | |||
| 4. Auburn (14 - 0) Schedule: 5.318 (10) | 7.474 7.474  | |||
| 5. Alabama (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.008 (22) | 7.342 7.342  3 | |||
| 6. TCU  (13 - 0) Schedule: 4.085 (78) | 7.314 7.314  1 | |||
| 7. Oklahoma (12 - 2) Schedule: 5.243 (13) | 7.136 7.136  1 | |||
| 8. Oklahoma St (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.783 (35) | 7.094 7.094  3 | |||
| 9. Ohio State (12 - 1) Schedule: 4.416 (60) | 7.07 7.07  2 | |||
| 10. Missouri (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.967 (23) | 6.828 6.828  1 | |||
| 11. Arkansas (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.051 (21) | 6.725 6.725  2 | |||
| 12. Virginia Tech  (11 - 3) Schedule: 4.852 (31) | 6.709 6.709  | |||
| 13. LSU (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.086 (17) | 6.692 6.692  6 | |||
| 14. Nebraska (10 - 4) Schedule: 4.883 (28) | 6.637 6.637  4 | |||
| 15. Florida St (10 - 4) Schedule: 5.077 (19) | 6.61 6.61  3 | |||
| 16. South Carolina (9 - 5) Schedule: 5.307 (12) | 6.525 6.525  2 | |||
| 17. Nevada (13 - 1) Schedule: 3.998 (80) | 6.47 6.47  1 | |||
| 18. Wisconsin (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.311 (65) | 6.457 6.457  1 | |||
| 19. Texas A&M (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.313 (11) | 6.302 6.302  4 | |||
| 20. Southern Cal (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.462 (6) | 6.068 6.068  2 | |||
| 21. Notre Dame  (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.206 (15) | 6.057 6.057  5 | |||
| 22. North Carolina St (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.599 (51) | 6.007 6.007  8 | |||
| 23. Arizona St (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.366 (9) | 5.987 5.987  1 | |||
| 24. Iowa (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.563 (53) | 5.944 5.944  1 | |||
| 25. Michigan St (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.506 (54) | 5.916 5.916  5 | |||
| 26. Florida (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.077 (20) | 5.898 5.898  3 | |||
| 27. West Virginia (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.261 (69) | 5.832 5.832  6 | |||
| 28. Pittsburgh (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.606 (50) | 5.807 5.807  4 | |||
| 29. Arizona (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.403 (8) | 5.78 5.78  6 | |||
| 30. Utah (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.486 (55) | 5.717 5.717  3 | |||
| 31. Oregon St (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.04 (1) | 5.642 5.642  2 | |||
| 32. Mississippi St (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.666 (45) | 5.607 5.607  6 | |||
| 33. Miami FL (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.958 (24) | 5.599 5.599  5 | |||
| 34. Illinois (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.632 (48) | 5.552 5.552  2 | |||
| 35. Air Force (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.101 (75) | 5.507 5.507  1 | |||
| 36. California (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.539 (5) | 5.456 5.456  1 | |||
| 37. Washington (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.801 (2) | 5.37 5.37  10 | |||
| 38. Hawai`i (10 - 4) Schedule: 3.936 (86) | 5.311 5.311  7 | |||
| 39. San Diego St (9 - 4) Schedule: 3.782 (88) | 5.292 5.292  5 | |||
| 40. Central Florida (11 - 3) Schedule: 3.28 (106) | 5.284 5.284  | |||
| 41. Clemson (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.639 (46) | 5.213 5.213  4 | |||
| 42. Northern Illinois (11 - 3) Schedule: 3.049 (115) | 5.182 5.182  6 | |||
| 43. North Carolina (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.887 (27) | 5.142 5.142  | |||
| 44. Maryland (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.295 (66) | 5.122 5.122  5 | |||
| 45. Tulsa (10 - 3) Schedule: 3.588 (92) | 5.119 5.119  6 | |||
| 46. Georgia (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.588 (52) | 5.1 5.1  4 | |||
| 47. Navy (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.125 (74) | 5.038 5.038  6 | |||
| 48. Kansas St (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.622 (49) | 5.035 5.035  9 | |||
| 49. Texas Tech (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.728 (38) | 4.92 4.92  3 | |||
| 50. Penn State (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.784 (34) | 4.705 4.705  2 | |||
| 51. Baylor (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.697 (40) | 4.69 4.69  6 | |||
| 52. Boston College (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.802 (33) | 4.642 4.642  7 | |||
| 53. Louisville (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.055 (79) | 4.606 4.606  7 | |||
| 54. Michigan (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.875 (30) | 4.583 4.583  4 | |||
| 55. Tennessee (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.694 (41) | 4.576 4.576  3 | |||
| 56. Texas (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.807 (32) | 4.564 4.564  1 | |||
| 57. Southern Miss (8 - 5) Schedule: 3.5 (96) | 4.541 4.541  1 | |||
| 58. Colorado (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.08 (18) | 4.535 4.535  4 | |||
| 59. Brigham Young (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.419 (59) | 4.511 4.511  7 | |||
| 60. Fresno St (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.229 (70) | 4.506 4.506  7 | |||
| 61. Connecticut (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.09 (77) | 4.499 4.499  4 | |||
| 62. UCLA (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.64 (4) | 4.483 4.483  | |||
| 63. South Florida (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.146 (72) | 4.474 4.474  2 | |||
| 64. Iowa St (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.207 (14) | 4.399 4.399  3 | |||
| 65. Syracuse (8 - 5) Schedule: 3.907 (87) | 4.334 4.334  3 | |||
| 66. Kentucky (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.176 (71) | 4.326 4.326  3 | |||
| 67. Georgia Tech (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.351 (63) | 4.301 4.301  3 | |||
| 68. Idaho (6 - 7) Schedule: 3.968 (84) | 4.068 4.068  1 | |||
| 69. Northwestern (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.091 (76) | 4.038 4.038  1 | |||
| 70. Temple (8 - 4) Schedule: 3.281 (105) | 3.983 3.983  3 | |||
| 71. SMU (7 - 7) Schedule: 3.946 (85) | 3.968 3.968  2 | |||
| 72. Mississippi (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.682 (43) | 3.919 3.919  4 | |||
| 73. Toledo (8 - 5) Schedule: 3.599 (91) | 3.911 3.911  2 | |||
| 74. Louisiana Tech (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.386 (62) | 3.904 3.904  2 | |||
| 75. Houston (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.557 (94) | 3.898 3.898  | |||
| 76. Cincinnati (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.638 (47) | 3.861 3.861  1 | |||
| 77. Washington St (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.762 (3) | 3.814 3.814  3 | |||
| 78. Army (7 - 6) Schedule: 3.41 (101) | 3.772 3.772  | |||
| 79. Troy (8 - 5) Schedule: 3.081 (114) | 3.745 3.745  8 | |||
| 80. Western Michigan (6 - 6) Schedule: 3.113 (113) | 3.678 3.678  1 | |||
| 81. Virginia (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.272 (68) | 3.64 3.64  1 | |||
| 82. East Carolina (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.292 (67) | 3.579 3.579  3 | |||
| 83. Ohio U. (8 - 5) Schedule: 2.916 (119) | 3.565 3.565  9 | |||
| 84. Miami OH (10 - 4) Schedule: 3.201 (109) | 3.558 3.558  | |||
| 85. Purdue (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.669 (44) | 3.543 3.543  2 | |||
| 86. Florida Int'l (7 - 6) Schedule: 3.285 (104) | 3.501 3.501  3 | |||
| 87. Duke (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.781 (36) | 3.473 3.473  2 | |||
| 88. Minnesota (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.896 (26) | 3.393 3.393  | |||
| 89. Indiana (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.97 (83) | 3.391 3.391  3 | |||
| 90. Wake Forest (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.759 (37) | 3.165 3.165  | |||
| 91. Arkansas St (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.289 (103) | 3.088 3.088  1 | |||
| 92. Kent St (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.236 (108) | 3.029 3.029  1 | |||
| 93. Rutgers (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.982 (82) | 3.017 3.017  3 | |||
| 94. Wyoming (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.484 (56) | 2.971 2.971  3 | |||
| 95. Utah St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.408 (61) | 2.962 2.962  | |||
| 96. Kansas (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.94 (25) | 2.86 2.86  3 | |||
| 97. Central Michigan (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.467 (99) | 2.844 2.844  1 | |||
| 98. Alabama-Birmingham (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.492 (97) | 2.827 2.827  1 | |||
| 99. UTEP  (6 - 7) Schedule: 2.927 (118) | 2.81 2.81  5 | |||
| 100. Marshall (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.68 (90) | 2.714 2.714  | |||
| 101. Colorado St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.482 (57) | 2.589 2.589  1 | |||
| 102. Vanderbilt (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.725 (39) | 2.521 2.521  1 | |||
| 103. San Jose St (1 - 12) Schedule: 4.687 (42) | 2.51 2.51  2 | |||
| 104. UNLV (2 - 11) Schedule: 4.881 (29) | 2.416 2.416  | |||
| 105. Louisiana-Monroe (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.444 (100) | 2.378 2.378  2 | |||
| 106. Middle Tennessee St (6 - 7) Schedule: 2.461 (120) | 2.318 2.318  1 | |||
| 107. Rice (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.72 (89) | 2.267 2.267  1 | |||
| 108. Ball St (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.032 (116) | 2.192 2.192  | |||
| 109. North Texas (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.03 (117) | 1.978 1.978  | |||
| 110. Tulane (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.506 (95) | 1.888 1.888  | |||
| 111. Florida Atlantic (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.174 (112) | 1.747 1.747  1 | |||
| 112. Bowling Green (2 - 10) Schedule: 3.484 (98) | 1.739 1.739  1 | |||
| 113. Western Kentucky (2 - 10) Schedule: 3.263 (107) | 1.72 1.72  | |||
| 114. Louisiana-Lafayette (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.346 (102) | 1.578 1.578  | |||
| 115. New Mexico (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.44 (58) | 1.42 1.42  1 | |||
| 116. New Mexico St (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.137 (73) | 1.371 1.371  1 | |||
| 117. Eastern Michigan (2 - 10) Schedule: 3.584 (93) | 1.236 1.236  | |||
| 118. Buffalo (2 - 10) Schedule: 3.2 (110) | 1.077 1.077  | |||
| 119. Memphis (1 - 11) Schedule: 3.99 (81) | 1.061 1.061  | |||
| 120. Akron (1 - 11) Schedule: 3.181 (111) | 0.664 0.664  |