Week 7
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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. LSU (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.585 (11) | 9.132 9.132  2 | |||
| 2. Boise St (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.257 (28) | 8.828 8.828  1 | |||
| 3. Oklahoma (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.583 (12) | 8.812 8.812  1 | |||
| 4. Alabama (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.825 (55) | 8.631 8.631  2 | |||
| 5. Oklahoma St (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.591 (10) | 8.519 8.519  | |||
| 6. Stanford (6 - 0) Schedule: 4.1 (99) | 8.079 8.079  1 | |||
| 7. Wisconsin (6 - 0) Schedule: 4.112 (98) | 7.837 7.837  1 | |||
| 8. Oregon (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.39 (23) | 7.803 7.803  1 | |||
| 9. Texas A&M (4 - 2) Schedule: 6.123 (3) | 7.731 7.731  4 | |||
| 10. Clemson (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.977 (44) | 7.324 7.324  | |||
| 11. Michigan (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.928 (50) | 7.229 7.229  3 | |||
| 12. Notre Dame  (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.532 (14) | 7.135 7.135  1 | |||
| 13. Arizona St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.478 (17) | 7.038 7.038  2 | |||
| 14. Texas (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.9 (5) | 6.984 6.984  | |||
| 15. Georgia (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.659 (7) | 6.941 6.941  3 | |||
| 16. West Virginia (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.017 (40) | 6.932 6.932  | |||
| 17. Nebraska (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.49 (16) | 6.867 6.867  5 | |||
| 18. South Carolina (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.066 (37) | 6.753 6.753  1 | |||
| 19. Kansas St (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.203 (32) | 6.68 6.68  5 | |||
| 20. Virginia Tech  (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.8 (57) | 6.679 6.679  12 | |||
| 21. Michigan St (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.673 (64) | 6.632 6.632  15 | |||
| 22. Missouri (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.432 (20) | 6.509 6.509  15 | |||
| 23. TCU  (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.74 (60) | 6.491 6.491  6 | |||
| 24. Penn State (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.998 (43) | 6.472 6.472  4 | |||
| 25. SMU (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.663 (65) | 6.429 6.429  10 | |||
| 26. Arkansas (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.745 (59) | 6.405 6.405  3 | |||
| 27. Miami FL (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.423 (21) | 6.316 6.316  15 | |||
| 28. Baylor (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.253 (29) | 6.307 6.307  10 | |||
| 29. Toledo (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.221 (31) | 6.297 6.297  3 | |||
| 30. Georgia Tech (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.21 (90) | 6.272 6.272  11 | |||
| 31. Temple (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.146 (96) | 6.256 6.256  3 | |||
| 32. Texas Tech (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.937 (48) | 6.252 6.252  4 | |||
| 33. North Carolina (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.95 (46) | 6.124 6.124  3 | |||
| 34. Washington (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.7 (62) | 6.059 6.059  6 | |||
| 35. Southern Cal (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.844 (54) | 6.054 6.054  18 | |||
| 36. Ohio State (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.407 (22) | 6.051 6.051  15 | |||
| 37. Tennessee (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.644 (8) | 6.049 6.049  16 | |||
| 38. Illinois (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.617 (70) | 5.95 5.95  13 | |||
| 39. Florida St (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.594 (71) | 5.897 5.897  11 | |||
| 40. Rutgers (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.134 (97) | 5.849 5.849  13 | |||
| 41. Utah (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.614 (9) | 5.805 5.805  16 | |||
| 42. Cincinnati (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.445 (116) | 5.755 5.755  3 | |||
| 43. Auburn (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.438 (19) | 5.75 5.75  2 | |||
| 44. Houston (6 - 0) Schedule: 3.305 (118) | 5.739 5.739  3 | |||
| 45. South Florida (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.419 (77) | 5.649 5.649  12 | |||
| 46. Maryland (2 - 4) Schedule: 6.174 (2) | 5.596 5.596  2 | |||
| 47. Florida (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.202 (33) | 5.594 5.594  16 | |||
| 48. Southern Miss (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.589 (112) | 5.574 5.574  2 | |||
| 49. Vanderbilt (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.542 (13) | 5.444 5.444  2 | |||
| 50. Nevada (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.245 (30) | 5.413 5.413  1 | |||
| 51. San Diego St (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.809 (56) | 5.391 5.391  9 | |||
| 52. Mississippi St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.038 (39) | 5.253 5.253  2 | |||
| 53. Northern Illinois (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.234 (89) | 5.247 5.247  18 | |||
| 54. Brigham Young (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.892 (53) | 5.197 5.197  4 | |||
| 55. Pittsburgh (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.348 (24) | 5.188 5.188  17 | |||
| 56. Iowa (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.154 (94) | 5.175 5.175  4 | |||
| 57. Tulsa (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.343 (25) | 5.166 5.166  13 | |||
| 58. Western Michigan (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.45 (75) | 5.028 5.028  15 | |||
| 59. Virginia (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.426 (76) | 4.954 4.954  15 | |||
| 60. Utah St (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.408 (79) | 4.942 4.942  4 | |||
| 61. Navy (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.641 (68) | 4.826 4.826  9 | |||
| 62. UCLA (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.492 (15) | 4.756 4.756  4 | |||
| 63. Louisiana-Lafayette (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.466 (113) | 4.741 4.741  2 | |||
| 64. Florida Int'l (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.677 (109) | 4.726 4.726  2 | |||
| 65. California (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.955 (45) | 4.659 4.659  10 | |||
| 66. North Carolina St (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.3 (84) | 4.633 4.633  3 | |||
| 67. Wake Forest (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.186 (93) | 4.604 4.604  4 | |||
| 68. Ohio U. (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.388 (117) | 4.593 4.593  9 | |||
| 69. Hawai`i (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.779 (106) | 4.589 4.589  2 | |||
| 70. Connecticut (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.369 (82) | 4.573 4.573  6 | |||
| 71. Kansas (2 - 4) Schedule: 6.314 (1) | 4.56 4.56  1 | |||
| 72. Air Force (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.692 (63) | 4.502 4.502  11 | |||
| 73. Iowa St (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.844 (6) | 4.499 4.499  9 | |||
| 74. Central Florida (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.834 (105) | 4.495 4.495  6 | |||
| 75. Fresno St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.016 (41) | 4.416 4.416  6 | |||
| 76. Wyoming (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.15 (95) | 4.391 4.391  11 | |||
| 77. Ball St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.059 (38) | 4.379 4.379  | |||
| 78. Arkansas St (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.733 (108) | 4.367 4.367  7 | |||
| 79. Arizona (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.994 (4) | 4.365 4.365  1 | |||
| 80. Syracuse (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.417 (78) | 4.355 4.355  5 | |||
| 81. UTEP  (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.187 (92) | 4.263 4.263  5 | |||
| 82. Washington St (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.056 (100) | 4.26 4.26  9 | |||
| 83. Bowling Green (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.253 (85) | 4.215 4.215  6 | |||
| 84. San Jose St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.937 (47) | 4.2 4.2  4 | |||
| 85. Mississippi (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.453 (18) | 4.127 4.127  6 | |||
| 86. Louisiana Tech (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.468 (74) | 4.095 4.095  3 | |||
| 87. Louisville (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.383 (80) | 4.041 4.041  3 | |||
| 88. Purdue (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.61 (111) | 3.993 3.993  6 | |||
| 89. Northwestern (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.249 (86) | 3.993 3.993  9 | |||
| 90. Kentucky (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.13 (35) | 3.776 3.776  3 | |||
| 91. Oregon St (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.306 (26) | 3.687 3.687  | |||
| 92. Marshall (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.133 (34) | 3.669 3.669  4 | |||
| 93. Rice (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.64 (69) | 3.616 3.616  3 | |||
| 94. Duke (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.314 (83) | 3.558 3.558  12 | |||
| 95. Eastern Michigan (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.931 (104) | 3.477 3.477  4 | |||
| 96. East Carolina (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.649 (66) | 3.472 3.472  6 | |||
| 97. Indiana (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.898 (51) | 3.465 3.465  1 | |||
| 98. Colorado (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.287 (27) | 3.461 3.461  3 | |||
| 99. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.001 (101) | 3.373 3.373  14 | |||
| 100. Army (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.971 (102) | 3.331 3.331  4 | |||
| 101. Colorado St (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.766 (107) | 3.311 3.311  5 | |||
| 102. Buffalo (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.773 (58) | 3.305 3.305  10 | |||
| 103. New Mexico St (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.465 (114) | 3.216 3.216  4 | |||
| 104. Miami OH (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.247 (88) | 3.097 3.097  8 | |||
| 105. Boston College (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.475 (73) | 3.092 3.092  4 | |||
| 106. Central Michigan (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.369 (81) | 3.007 3.007  1 | |||
| 107. North Texas (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.894 (52) | 2.898 2.898  10 | |||
| 108. Minnesota (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.731 (61) | 2.84 2.84  3 | |||
| 109. Kent St (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.085 (36) | 2.833 2.833  6 | |||
| 110. Idaho (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.499 (72) | 2.826 2.826  | |||
| 111. Troy (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.194 (91) | 2.562 2.562  11 | |||
| 112. Akron (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.248 (87) | 2.327 2.327  3 | |||
| 113. UNLV (1 - 5) Schedule: 5 (42) | 2.319 2.319  5 | |||
| 114. Western Kentucky (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.465 (115) | 2.254 2.254  6 | |||
| 115. New Mexico (0 - 6) Schedule: 4.936 (49) | 2.066 2.066  1 | |||
| 116. Middle Tennessee St (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.279 (119) | 2.04 2.04  1 | |||
| 117. Florida Atlantic (0 - 6) Schedule: 4.645 (67) | 1.792 1.792  8 | |||
| 118. Tulane (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.19 (120) | 1.716 1.716  4 | |||
| 119. Memphis (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.672 (110) | 1.313 1.313  1 | |||
| 120. Alabama-Birmingham (0 - 6) Schedule: 3.96 (103) | 1.283 1.283  1 |