Week 12
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Stanford (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.065 (10) | 7.671 7.671  1 | |||
| 2. Oregon (10 - 0) Schedule: 4.498 (46) | 7.653 7.653  1 | |||
| 3. Boise St (10 - 0) Schedule: 4.122 (62) | 7.604 7.604  1 | |||
| 4. TCU  (11 - 0) Schedule: 4.026 (67) | 7.358 7.358  1 | |||
| 5. Alabama (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.601 (38) | 7.117 7.117  2 | |||
| 6. Missouri (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.046 (13) | 6.973 6.973  5 | |||
| 7. Oklahoma St (10 - 1) Schedule: 4.468 (47) | 6.957 6.957  1 | |||
| 8. Ohio State (10 - 1) Schedule: 4.236 (56) | 6.949 6.949  1 | |||
| 9. Nebraska (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.69 (32) | 6.929 6.929  2 | |||
| 10. Auburn (11 - 0) Schedule: 4.725 (28) | 6.897 6.897  4 | |||
| 11. Oklahoma (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.049 (12) | 6.884 6.884  3 | |||
| 12. Virginia Tech  (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.406 (50) | 6.65 6.65  3 | |||
| 13. Arkansas (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.668 (33) | 6.607 6.607  | |||
| 14. South Carolina (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.886 (18) | 6.57 6.57  3 | |||
| 15. Texas A&M (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.318 (7) | 6.57 6.57  2 | |||
| 16. LSU (10 - 1) Schedule: 4.704 (30) | 6.493 6.493  6 | |||
| 17. Wisconsin (10 - 1) Schedule: 4.009 (69) | 6.302 6.302  5 | |||
| 18. Iowa (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.525 (42) | 6.129 6.129  2 | |||
| 19. Nevada (10 - 1) Schedule: 3.488 (93) | 6.125 6.125  2 | |||
| 20. Florida St (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.51 (44) | 6.118 6.118  4 | |||
| 21. Arizona (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.849 (21) | 6.115 6.115  2 | |||
| 22. Michigan St (10 - 1) Schedule: 4.19 (58) | 6.089 6.089  3 | |||
| 23. Florida (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.858 (20) | 5.97 5.97  2 | |||
| 24. Miami FL (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.786 (23) | 5.917 5.917  3 | |||
| 25. Southern Cal (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.344 (6) | 5.911 5.911  7 | |||
| 26. Utah (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.046 (64) | 5.803 5.803  2 | |||
| 27. Pittsburgh (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.501 (45) | 5.795 5.795  1 | |||
| 28. North Carolina St (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.336 (54) | 5.771 5.771  1 | |||
| 29. Oregon St (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.54 (3) | 5.743 5.743  7 | |||
| 30. Notre Dame  (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.989 (16) | 5.623 5.623  4 | |||
| 31. Arizona St (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.194 (9) | 5.556 5.556  | |||
| 32. Hawai`i (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.165 (61) | 5.529 5.529  | |||
| 33. West Virginia (7 - 3) Schedule: 3.893 (78) | 5.514 5.514  | |||
| 34. California (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.461 (5) | 5.491 5.491  7 | |||
| 35. Kansas St (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.004 (15) | 5.451 5.451  5 | |||
| 36. Illinois (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.647 (35) | 5.443 5.443  6 | |||
| 37. Clemson (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.214 (57) | 5.377 5.377  1 | |||
| 38. Air Force (8 - 4) Schedule: 3.933 (75) | 5.3 5.3  1 | |||
| 39. Mississippi St (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.661 (34) | 5.25 5.25  4 | |||
| 40. Central Florida (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.326 (102) | 5.242 5.242  | |||
| 41. North Carolina (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.052 (11) | 5.141 5.141  4 | |||
| 42. Georgia (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.455 (48) | 5.093 5.093  1 | |||
| 43. Northern Illinois (9 - 2) Schedule: 3.001 (115) | 5.082 5.082  4 | |||
| 44. Baylor (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.696 (31) | 5.013 5.013  3 | |||
| 45. Navy (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.86 (81) | 5.003 5.003  | |||
| 46. Michigan (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.566 (40) | 4.921 4.921  2 | |||
| 47. San Diego St (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.667 (89) | 4.824 4.824  2 | |||
| 48. Texas Tech (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.891 (17) | 4.822 4.822  6 | |||
| 49. Penn State (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.527 (41) | 4.762 4.762  2 | |||
| 50. Colorado (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.011 (14) | 4.752 4.752  6 | |||
| 51. Tulsa (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.342 (100) | 4.748 4.748  3 | |||
| 52. Washington (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.848 (1) | 4.729 4.729  9 | |||
| 53. Southern Miss (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.306 (104) | 4.689 4.689  | |||
| 54. UCLA (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.525 (4) | 4.684 4.684  8 | |||
| 55. Texas (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.771 (24) | 4.667 4.667  5 | |||
| 56. Maryland (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.042 (65) | 4.582 4.582  6 | |||
| 57. Fresno St (6 - 4) Schedule: 3.989 (71) | 4.578 4.578  5 | |||
| 58. Iowa St (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.316 (8) | 4.509 4.509  3 | |||
| 59. Kentucky (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.871 (79) | 4.502 4.502  1 | |||
| 60. Tennessee (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.645 (36) | 4.441 4.441  3 | |||
| 61. Connecticut (6 - 4) Schedule: 3.831 (84) | 4.323 4.323  11 | |||
| 62. Temple (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.219 (106) | 4.319 4.319  3 | |||
| 63. Georgia Tech (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.086 (63) | 4.28 4.28  4 | |||
| 64. Ohio U. (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.785 (117) | 4.241 4.241  7 | |||
| 65. Syracuse (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.572 (91) | 4.22 4.22  8 | |||
| 66. Louisville (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.029 (66) | 4.198 4.198  | |||
| 67. South Florida (6 - 4) Schedule: 3.861 (80) | 4.189 4.189  5 | |||
| 68. Northwestern (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.797 (85) | 4.163 4.163  4 | |||
| 69. Idaho (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.006 (70) | 4.124 4.124  9 | |||
| 70. Boston College (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.402 (51) | 4.123 4.123  2 | |||
| 71. Cincinnati (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.34 (53) | 4.089 4.089  5 | |||
| 72. Louisiana Tech (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.424 (49) | 4.045 4.045  1 | |||
| 73. Toledo (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.705 (88) | 4.039 4.039  4 | |||
| 74. SMU (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.852 (82) | 4.038 4.038  | |||
| 75. Brigham Young (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.176 (59) | 3.994 3.994  | |||
| 76. Houston (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.404 (96) | 3.976 3.976  7 | |||
| 77. Mississippi (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.52 (43) | 3.847 3.847  3 | |||
| 78. East Carolina (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.172 (60) | 3.817 3.817  13 | |||
| 79. Washington St (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.739 (2) | 3.751 3.751  | |||
| 80. Army (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.155 (108) | 3.721 3.721  10 | |||
| 81. Purdue (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.734 (25) | 3.626 3.626  5 | |||
| 82. Virginia (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.895 (77) | 3.541 3.541  | |||
| 83. Florida Int'l (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.235 (105) | 3.453 3.453  1 | |||
| 84. Western Michigan (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.152 (109) | 3.375 3.375  8 | |||
| 85. Rutgers (4 - 6) Schedule: 3.711 (87) | 3.308 3.308  4 | |||
| 86. Duke (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.578 (39) | 3.274 3.274  3 | |||
| 87. Indiana (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.975 (72) | 3.224 3.224  2 | |||
| 88. Minnesota (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.708 (29) | 3.008 3.008  5 | |||
| 89. Troy (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.158 (107) | 2.966 2.966  2 | |||
| 90. Kansas (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.86 (19) | 2.956 2.956  1 | |||
| 91. UTEP  (6 - 6) Schedule: 2.736 (118) | 2.933 2.933  6 | |||
| 92. Miami OH (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.083 (113) | 2.896 2.896  2 | |||
| 93. Alabama-Birmingham (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.556 (92) | 2.893 2.893  3 | |||
| 94. Arkansas St (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.006 (114) | 2.87 2.87  6 | |||
| 95. Wyoming (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.362 (52) | 2.849 2.849  7 | |||
| 96. Central Michigan (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.384 (99) | 2.828 2.828  2 | |||
| 97. Vanderbilt (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.843 (22) | 2.797 2.797  3 | |||
| 98. Utah St (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.974 (73) | 2.731 2.731  9 | |||
| 99. Marshall (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.917 (76) | 2.671 2.671  | |||
| 100. Wake Forest (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.732 (27) | 2.636 2.636  | |||
| 101. Kent St (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.1 (112) | 2.54 2.54  6 | |||
| 102. Colorado St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.294 (55) | 2.401 2.401  1 | |||
| 103. UNLV (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.627 (37) | 2.382 2.382  3 | |||
| 104. San Jose St (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.733 (26) | 2.346 2.346  | |||
| 105. Louisiana-Monroe (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.386 (98) | 2.343 2.343  | |||
| 106. Rice (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.846 (83) | 2.199 2.199  6 | |||
| 107. Florida Atlantic (4 - 6) Schedule: 3.111 (111) | 2.186 2.186  4 | |||
| 108. Ball St (4 - 8) Schedule: 2.998 (116) | 2.159 2.159  1 | |||
| 109. Tulane (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.592 (90) | 2.02 2.02  1 | |||
| 110. Bowling Green (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.404 (97) | 1.893 1.893  1 | |||
| 111. North Texas (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.698 (119) | 1.683 1.683  | |||
| 112. Western Kentucky (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.118 (110) | 1.645 1.645  2 | |||
| 113. Middle Tennessee St (4 - 6) Schedule: 2.083 (120) | 1.644 1.644  | |||
| 114. New Mexico St (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.944 (74) | 1.32 1.32  2 | |||
| 115. Buffalo (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.466 (94) | 1.276 1.276  | |||
| 116. Louisiana-Lafayette (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.326 (101) | 1.276 1.276  2 | |||
| 117. Eastern Michigan (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.438 (95) | 1.268 1.268  1 | |||
| 118. New Mexico (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.026 (68) | 1.123 1.123  1 | |||
| 119. Memphis (1 - 10) Schedule: 3.751 (86) | 0.884 0.884  | |||
| 120. Akron (0 - 11) Schedule: 3.306 (103) | 0.434 0.434  |