Week 6
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All | Atlantic Coast Conference | Big 10 Conference | Big 12 Conference | Big East Conference | Conference USA | Division I-A Independents | Mid-American Conference | Mountain West Conference | Pacific 10 Conference | Southeastern Conference | Sun Belt Conference | Western Athletic Conference
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Nebraska (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.995 (69) | 7.687 7.687  11 | |||
| 2. Alabama (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.14 (17) | 7.579 7.579  1 | |||
| 3. TCU  (6 - 0) Schedule: 4.183 (59) | 7.509 7.509  2 | |||
| 4. Boise St (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.402 (45) | 7.429 7.429  6 | |||
| 5. Stanford (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.057 (22) | 7.368 7.368  3 | |||
| 6. Oregon (6 - 0) Schedule: 4.063 (65) | 7.34 7.34  3 | |||
| 7. South Carolina (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.372 (8) | 7.32 7.32  11 | |||
| 8. LSU (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.139 (19) | 7.156 7.156  3 | |||
| 9. Ohio State (6 - 0) Schedule: 3.99 (72) | 7.138 7.138  1 | |||
| 10. Missouri (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.366 (46) | 7.11 7.11  10 | |||
| 11. California (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.357 (9) | 6.907 6.907  10 | |||
| 12. Florida St (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.298 (52) | 6.87 6.87  17 | |||
| 13. Nevada (6 - 0) Schedule: 3.692 (95) | 6.847 6.847  2 | |||
| 14. Oklahoma (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.164 (16) | 6.782 6.782  1 | |||
| 15. Utah (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.332 (106) | 6.664 6.664  16 | |||
| 16. Arizona (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.928 (25) | 6.564 6.564  10 | |||
| 17. Iowa (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.769 (89) | 6.524 6.524  13 | |||
| 18. Virginia Tech  (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.85 (27) | 6.518 6.518  1 | |||
| 19. Arkansas (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.643 (33) | 6.513 6.513  8 | |||
| 20. Florida (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.066 (21) | 6.483 6.483  11 | |||
| 21. Oklahoma St (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.892 (79) | 6.396 6.396  7 | |||
| 22. Auburn (6 - 0) Schedule: 4.483 (41) | 6.363 6.363  6 | |||
| 23. North Carolina St (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.42 (44) | 6.331 6.331  4 | |||
| 24. Michigan St (6 - 0) Schedule: 3.779 (87) | 6.258 6.258  14 | |||
| 25. Oregon St (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.364 (1) | 6.244 6.244  17 | |||
| 26. Arizona St (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.045 (23) | 5.982 5.982  8 | |||
| 27. Texas A&M (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.686 (32) | 5.933 5.933  3 | |||
| 28. Illinois (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.186 (15) | 5.907 5.907  21 | |||
| 29. Southern Cal (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.609 (35) | 5.856 5.856  7 | |||
| 30. Mississippi St (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.474 (42) | 5.828 5.828  15 | |||
| 31. Air Force (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.625 (96) | 5.707 5.707  15 | |||
| 32. Kansas St (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.264 (12) | 5.678 5.678  25 | |||
| 33. Wisconsin (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.762 (90) | 5.602 5.602  4 | |||
| 34. Central Florida (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.921 (78) | 5.56 5.56  11 | |||
| 35. Michigan (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.345 (49) | 5.534 5.534  13 | |||
| 36. Colorado (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.46 (7) | 5.507 5.507  4 | |||
| 37. Baylor (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.848 (81) | 5.468 5.468  11 | |||
| 38. North Carolina (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.837 (29) | 5.452 5.452  6 | |||
| 39. Miami FL (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.637 (34) | 5.434 5.434  15 | |||
| 40. UCLA (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.491 (5) | 5.416 5.416  24 | |||
| 41. West Virginia (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.44 (100) | 5.406 5.406  10 | |||
| 42. Hawai`i (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.287 (54) | 5.317 5.317  19 | |||
| 43. Idaho (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.808 (84) | 5.291 5.291  10 | |||
| 44. Notre Dame  (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.234 (13) | 5.287 5.287  1 | |||
| 45. Texas (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.5 (39) | 5.235 5.235  6 | |||
| 46. Georgia (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.094 (20) | 5.198 5.198  22 | |||
| 47. Cincinnati (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.726 (31) | 5.127 5.127  10 | |||
| 48. Iowa St (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.192 (14) | 5 5  23 | |||
| 49. Georgia Tech (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.177 (60) | 4.952 4.952  5 | |||
| 50. Washington (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.524 (4) | 4.854 4.854  10 | |||
| 51. Southern Miss (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.821 (83) | 4.807 4.807  5 | |||
| 52. Texas Tech (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.292 (53) | 4.775 4.775  6 | |||
| 53. Pittsburgh (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.545 (38) | 4.74 4.74  6 | |||
| 54. Fresno St (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.149 (61) | 4.735 4.735  19 | |||
| 55. SMU (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.007 (67) | 4.731 4.731  | |||
| 56. San Diego St (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.804 (115) | 4.697 4.697  8 | |||
| 57. Northwestern (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.081 (112) | 4.598 4.598  16 | |||
| 58. Syracuse (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.554 (118) | 4.567 4.567  17 | |||
| 59. Houston (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.875 (80) | 4.54 4.54  27 | |||
| 60. Northern Illinois (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.508 (99) | 4.496 4.496  11 | |||
| 61. Navy (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.991 (71) | 4.492 4.492  16 | |||
| 62. Kentucky (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.924 (77) | 4.487 4.487  4 | |||
| 63. Toledo (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.936 (24) | 4.476 4.476  1 | |||
| 64. Penn State (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.849 (28) | 4.475 4.475  31 | |||
| 65. Tulsa (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.601 (97) | 4.425 4.425  15 | |||
| 66. Purdue (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.283 (55) | 4.37 4.37  3 | |||
| 67. Temple (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.109 (62) | 4.352 4.352  20 | |||
| 68. Louisville (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.372 (103) | 4.335 4.335  16 | |||
| 69. Army (4 - 2) Schedule: 2.983 (113) | 4.332 4.332  5 | |||
| 70. East Carolina (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.591 (36) | 4.288 4.288  8 | |||
| 71. Connecticut (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.705 (92) | 4.268 4.268  19 | |||
| 72. Ohio U. (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.704 (93) | 4.243 4.243  8 | |||
| 73. Clemson (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.439 (101) | 4.224 4.224  4 | |||
| 74. South Florida (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.295 (107) | 4.18 4.18  12 | |||
| 75. Troy (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.244 (108) | 4.149 4.149  10 | |||
| 76. Maryland (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.093 (111) | 4.104 4.104  6 | |||
| 77. Mississippi (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.775 (88) | 4.055 4.055  12 | |||
| 78. Vanderbilt (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.344 (50) | 4.004 4.004  2 | |||
| 79. Virginia (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.825 (82) | 3.973 3.973  7 | |||
| 80. Indiana (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.104 (110) | 3.879 3.879  1 | |||
| 81. Louisiana Tech (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.359 (47) | 3.699 3.699  20 | |||
| 82. Wyoming (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.474 (6) | 3.689 3.689  5 | |||
| 83. Tennessee (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.862 (26) | 3.662 3.662  13 | |||
| 84. Rutgers (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.939 (114) | 3.565 3.565  6 | |||
| 85. Brigham Young (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.309 (10) | 3.528 3.528  15 | |||
| 86. Central Michigan (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.422 (102) | 3.52 3.52  13 | |||
| 87. UTEP  (5 - 1) Schedule: 1.728 (120) | 3.399 3.399  4 | |||
| 88. Miami OH (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.252 (56) | 3.332 3.332  7 | |||
| 89. Western Michigan (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.693 (94) | 3.323 3.323  23 | |||
| 90. Kansas (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.962 (75) | 3.31 3.31  2 | |||
| 91. Wake Forest (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.25 (57) | 3.304 3.304  1 | |||
| 92. Washington St (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.65 (3) | 3.221 3.221  1 | |||
| 93. Boston College (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.492 (40) | 3.135 3.135  4 | |||
| 94. San Jose St (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.272 (11) | 3.057 3.057  8 | |||
| 95. Ball St (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.93 (76) | 3.021 3.021  28 | |||
| 96. Duke (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.316 (51) | 2.994 2.994  2 | |||
| 97. Minnesota (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.239 (58) | 2.923 2.923  3 | |||
| 98. Utah St (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.797 (85) | 2.883 2.883  12 | |||
| 99. Marshall (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.829 (30) | 2.834 2.834  3 | |||
| 100. UNLV (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.14 (18) | 2.834 2.834  5 | |||
| 101. Colorado St (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.699 (2) | 2.77 2.77  4 | |||
| 102. Arkansas St (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.336 (105) | 2.726 2.726  7 | |||
| 103. Buffalo (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.738 (91) | 2.719 2.719  12 | |||
| 104. Florida Int'l (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.043 (66) | 2.645 2.645  2 | |||
| 105. Bowling Green (1 - 5) Schedule: 3.984 (73) | 2.551 2.551  9 | |||
| 106. Tulane (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.793 (86) | 2.468 2.468  7 | |||
| 107. Kent St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.635 (117) | 2.378 2.378  10 | |||
| 108. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.993 (70) | 2.312 2.312  7 | |||
| 109. Middle Tennessee St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.415 (119) | 2.276 2.276  14 | |||
| 110. Alabama-Birmingham (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.999 (68) | 2.273 2.273  2 | |||
| 111. Florida Atlantic (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.229 (109) | 1.89 1.89  2 | |||
| 112. Western Kentucky (0 - 5) Schedule: 4.576 (37) | 1.874 1.874  2 | |||
| 113. Rice (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.092 (64) | 1.839 1.839  6 | |||
| 114. Memphis (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.092 (63) | 1.753 1.753  4 | |||
| 115. Louisiana-Lafayette (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.543 (98) | 1.733 1.733  1 | |||
| 116. Eastern Michigan (0 - 6) Schedule: 4.428 (43) | 1.645 1.645  5 | |||
| 117. North Texas (1 - 5) Schedule: 2.791 (116) | 1.121 1.121  | |||
| 118. New Mexico St (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.973 (74) | 1.08 1.08  1 | |||
| 119. New Mexico (0 - 6) Schedule: 4.349 (48) | 1.029 1.029  1 | |||
| 120. Akron (0 - 6) Schedule: 3.371 (104) | 0.436 0.436  |