Week 12
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. North Dakota St (10 - 1) Schedule: 2.887 (22) | 5.363 5.363  | |||
| 2. Northern Iowa (9 - 2) Schedule: 3.58 (4) | 5.358 5.358  1 | |||
| 3. Georgia Southern (9 - 2) Schedule: 3.138 (9) | 5.226 5.226  1 | |||
| 4. Sam Houston St (11 - 0) Schedule: 1.671 (71) | 5.125 5.125  | |||
| 5. Lehigh (10 - 1) Schedule: 1.837 (65) | 4.532 4.532  | |||
| 6. Harvard (9 - 1) Schedule: 1.65 (72) | 4.35 4.35  2 | |||
| 7. Wofford (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.902 (21) | 4.276 4.276  1 | |||
| 8. Illinois St (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.917 (20) | 4.18 4.18  1 | |||
| 9. Montana (9 - 2) Schedule: 2.366 (46) | 4.054 4.054  9 | |||
| 10. Chattanooga (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.446 (6) | 4.036 4.036  3 | |||
| 11. Appalachian St (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.93 (17) | 3.864 3.864  | |||
| 12. Maine (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.697 (29) | 3.837 3.837  1 | |||
| 13. Southern Utah (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.772 (26) | 3.825 3.825  3 | |||
| 14. Towson (9 - 2) Schedule: 2.359 (47) | 3.78 3.78  3 | |||
| 15. Furman (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.264 (8) | 3.75 3.75  1 | |||
| 16. Indiana St (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.516 (5) | 3.743 3.743  4 | |||
| 17. Montana St (9 - 2) Schedule: 2.141 (54) | 3.693 3.693  7 | |||
| 18. Youngstown St (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.928 (18) | 3.605 3.605  3 | |||
| 19. Old Dominion (9 - 2) Schedule: 1.982 (61) | 3.522 3.522  | |||
| 20. New Hampshire (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.022 (13) | 3.496 3.496  | |||
| 21. James Madison (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.63 (32) | 3.425 3.425  4 | |||
| 22. Stephen F. Austin (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.659 (31) | 3.365 3.365  8 | |||
| 23. Cal Poly SLO (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.987 (14) | 3.285 3.285  10 | |||
| 24. Central Arkansas (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.391 (43) | 3.262 3.262  3 | |||
| 25. Eastern Kentucky (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.385 (44) | 3.145 3.145  2 | |||
| 26. Stony Brook (8 - 3) Schedule: 1.328 (89) | 3.077 3.077  2 | |||
| 27. South Dakota (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.726 (28) | 3.024 3.024  1 | |||
| 28. The Citadel (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.127 (11) | 3.01 3.01  1 | |||
| 29. Georgetown DC (8 - 3) Schedule: 1.395 (85) | 2.966 2.966  | |||
| 30. South Dakota St (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.79 (3) | 2.964 2.964  2 | |||
| 31. Samford (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.831 (25) | 2.947 2.947  7 | |||
| 32. Eastern Washington (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.686 (30) | 2.937 2.937  6 | |||
| 33. Weber St (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.833 (24) | 2.897 2.897  8 | |||
| 34. Delaware (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.151 (53) | 2.874 2.874  1 | |||
| 35. Liberty (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.498 (82) | 2.833 2.833  1 | |||
| 36. Southern Illinois (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.132 (10) | 2.808 2.808  8 | |||
| 37. Holy Cross (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.511 (38) | 2.756 2.756  2 | |||
| 38. Portland St (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.109 (57) | 2.747 2.747  7 | |||
| 39. Brown (7 - 3) Schedule: 1.879 (64) | 2.732 2.732  17 | |||
| 40. North Dakota (8 - 3) Schedule: 1.62 (75) | 2.687 2.687  6 | |||
| 41. Albany NY (8 - 3) Schedule: 0.887 (100) | 2.59 2.59  2 | |||
| 42. Murray St (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.555 (79) | 2.572 2.572  2 | |||
| 43. Norfolk St (9 - 2) Schedule: 0.783 (105) | 2.568 2.568  1 | |||
| 44. Jacksonville St (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.023 (60) | 2.505 2.505  10 | |||
| 45. Missouri St (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.326 (1) | 2.497 2.497  10 | |||
| 46. Tennessee Tech (7 - 3) Schedule: 1.559 (78) | 2.455 2.455  4 | |||
| 47. Bucknell (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.046 (59) | 2.438 2.438  11 | |||
| 48. Bethune-Cookman (8 - 3) Schedule: 1.099 (93) | 2.426 2.426  | |||
| 49. Duquesne (9 - 2) Schedule: 0.525 (111) | 2.415 2.415  2 | |||
| 50. Massachusetts (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.607 (35) | 2.368 2.368  5 | |||
| 51. Northwestern St (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.851 (23) | 2.363 2.363  14 | |||
| 52. Northern Arizona (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.314 (48) | 2.308 2.308  | |||
| 53. Sacramento St (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.618 (33) | 2.271 2.271  4 | |||
| 54. William & Mary (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.496 (39) | 2.179 2.179  9 | |||
| 55. UC-Davis (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.074 (12) | 2.177 2.177  6 | |||
| 56. Coastal Carolina (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.633 (74) | 2.167 2.167  8 | |||
| 57. Elon (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.944 (16) | 2.137 2.137  | |||
| 58. Tennessee-Martin (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.733 (68) | 2.127 2.127  5 | |||
| 59. McNeese St (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.078 (58) | 2.124 2.124  6 | |||
| 60. South Alabama (6 - 4) Schedule: 1.58 (77) | 2.095 2.095  13 | |||
| 61. Presbyterian (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.556 (36) | 2.065 2.065  9 | |||
| 62. Cornell NY (5 - 5) Schedule: 1.608 (76) | 2.045 2.045  7 | |||
| 63. Texas St-San Marcos (6 - 6) Schedule: 2.31 (49) | 2.037 2.037  5 | |||
| 64. Yale (5 - 5) Schedule: 2.116 (56) | 1.995 1.995  8 | |||
| 65. Jackson St (9 - 2) Schedule: -0.151 (124) | 1.989 1.989  6 | |||
| 66. Rhode Island (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.927 (19) | 1.905 1.905  | |||
| 67. South Carolina St (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.054 (96) | 1.891 1.891  7 | |||
| 68. Lafayette (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.73 (27) | 1.87 1.87  6 | |||
| 69. Drake (9 - 2) Schedule: 0.473 (115) | 1.865 1.865  2 | |||
| 70. Jacksonville FL (7 - 4) Schedule: 0.831 (103) | 1.714 1.714  2 | |||
| 71. Alabama St (7 - 3) Schedule: 0.279 (118) | 1.678 1.678  1 | |||
| 72. Richmond (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.612 (34) | 1.662 1.662  3 | |||
| 73. San Diego (9 - 2) Schedule: 0.535 (110) | 1.653 1.653  5 | |||
| 74. Hampton (7 - 4) Schedule: 0.712 (107) | 1.642 1.642  5 | |||
| 75. Dartmouth (5 - 5) Schedule: 1.674 (69) | 1.602 1.602  1 | |||
| 76. Colgate (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.261 (50) | 1.59 1.59  7 | |||
| 77. Tennessee St (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.929 (62) | 1.577 1.577  10 | |||
| 78. Florida A&M (7 - 4) Schedule: 0.78 (106) | 1.524 1.524  4 | |||
| 79. Western Illinois (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.01 (2) | 1.507 1.507  2 | |||
| 80. North Carolina A&T (4 - 6) Schedule: 1.332 (87) | 1.458 1.458  3 | |||
| 81. Texas-San Antonio (4 - 6) Schedule: 1.43 (84) | 1.364 1.364  1 | |||
| 82. Bryant (7 - 4) Schedule: 0.621 (109) | 1.348 1.348  9 | |||
| 83. Pennsylvania (5 - 5) Schedule: 1.497 (83) | 1.287 1.287  3 | |||
| 84. Eastern Illinois (2 - 9) Schedule: 2.442 (41) | 1.158 1.158  | |||
| 85. Villanova (2 - 9) Schedule: 2.974 (15) | 0.931 0.931  | |||
| 86. Dayton (6 - 5) Schedule: 0.197 (120) | 0.825 0.825  | |||
| 87. SE Louisiana St (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.141 (55) | 0.819 0.819  2 | |||
| 88. Alabama A&M (8 - 3) Schedule: 0.056 (122) | 0.643 0.643  2 | |||
| 89. Georgia St (3 - 8) Schedule: 1.802 (66) | 0.622 0.622  4 | |||
| 90. Monmouth NJ (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.232 (90) | 0.62 0.62  3 | |||
| 91. Western Carolina (1 - 10) Schedule: 3.401 (7) | 0.44 0.44  3 | |||
| 92. Campbell (6 - 5) Schedule: 0.215 (119) | 0.414 0.414  5 | |||
| 93. Central Conn St (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.092 (95) | 0.387 0.387  16 | |||
| 94. Gardner-Webb (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.671 (70) | 0.38 0.38  2 | |||
| 95. Idaho St (2 - 9) Schedule: 2.525 (37) | 0.376 0.376  | |||
| 96. SE Missouri St (3 - 8) Schedule: 1.884 (63) | 0.351 0.351  5 | |||
| 97. Marist (4 - 7) Schedule: 0.876 (101) | 0.346 0.346  1 | |||
| 98. Howard (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.18 (92) | 0.339 0.339  7 | |||
| 99. Wagner (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.225 (91) | 0.316 0.316  8 | |||
| 100. Morgan St (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.096 (94) | 0.279 0.279  4 | |||
| 101. Butler (5 - 6) Schedule: 0.299 (117) | 0.253 0.253  7 | |||
| 102. Grambling St (6 - 4) Schedule: 0.169 (121) | 0.236 0.236  3 | |||
| 103. Sacred Heart (5 - 6) Schedule: 0.787 (104) | 0.216 0.216  2 | |||
| 104. Southern U. (4 - 6) Schedule: 0.361 (116) | 0.184 0.184  4 | |||
| 105. Morehead St (3 - 8) Schedule: 0.514 (112) | 0.059 0.059  6 | |||
| 106. Prairie View A&M (5 - 6) Schedule: 0.487 (113) | 0.032 0.032  4 | |||
| 107. Princeton (1 - 9) Schedule: 2.243 (51) | -0.036 -0.036  1 | |||
| 108. Austin Peay (3 - 8) Schedule: 1.799 (67) | -0.064 -0.064  5 | |||
| 109. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (6 - 5) Schedule: -0.165 (125) | -0.136 -0.136  6 | |||
| 110. Nicholls St (1 - 10) Schedule: 2.172 (52) | -0.158 -0.158  6 | |||
| 111. Columbia (1 - 9) Schedule: 1.646 (73) | -0.191 -0.191  9 | |||
| 112. Lamar (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.344 (86) | -0.224 -0.224  6 | |||
| 113. Northern Colorado (0 - 11) Schedule: 2.471 (40) | -0.264 -0.264  1 | |||
| 114. Charleston Southern (0 - 11) Schedule: 2.368 (45) | -0.28 -0.28  4 | |||
| 115. Fordham (1 - 10) Schedule: 2.41 (42) | -0.326 -0.326  2 | |||
| 116. Robert Morris (2 - 9) Schedule: 1.037 (97) | -0.355 -0.355  4 | |||
| 117. St Francis PA (2 - 9) Schedule: 1.506 (81) | -0.42 -0.42  1 | |||
| 118. North Carolina Central (2 - 9) Schedule: 1.014 (98) | -0.465 -0.465  1 | |||
| 119. Davidson (4 - 7) Schedule: 0.48 (114) | -0.516 -0.516  2 | |||
| 120. VMI (2 - 9) Schedule: 1.554 (80) | -0.747 -0.747  2 | |||
| 121. Texas Southern (4 - 7) Schedule: -0.581 (126) | -0.761 -0.761  5 | |||
| 122. Alcorn St (2 - 8) Schedule: -0.01 (123) | -1.153 -1.153  1 | |||
| 123. Delaware St (3 - 8) Schedule: 0.868 (102) | -1.273 -1.273  | |||
| 124. Savannah St (1 - 10) Schedule: 1.332 (88) | -1.695 -1.695  1 | |||
| 125. Mississippi Valley St (1 - 10) Schedule: 0.671 (108) | -1.782 -1.782  1 | |||
| 126. Valparaiso (1 - 10) Schedule: 0.903 (99) | -2.191 -2.191  |