Week 12
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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. Alabama (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.334 (35) | 8.494 8.494  | |||
| 2. Oregon (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.383 (33) | 8.278 8.278  | |||
| 3. Notre Dame  (11 - 0) Schedule: 5.533 (25) | 8.066 8.066  1 | |||
| 4. Florida (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.783 (15) | 7.887 7.887  1 | |||
| 5. Texas A&M (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.635 (21) | 7.794 7.794  1 | |||
| 6. Kansas St (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.467 (26) | 7.759 7.759  3 | |||
| 7. Oregon St (8 - 2) Schedule: 6.112 (3) | 7.695 7.695  1 | |||
| 8. Stanford (9 - 2) Schedule: 6.097 (4) | 7.556 7.556  4 | |||
| 9. Georgia (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.165 (41) | 7.525 7.525  1 | |||
| 10. Oklahoma (8 - 2) Schedule: 5.576 (22) | 7.488 7.488  3 | |||
| 11. South Carolina (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.399 (31) | 7.376 7.376  2 | |||
| 12. LSU (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.746 (18) | 7.329 7.329  1 | |||
| 13. Southern Cal (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.769 (16) | 7.132 7.132  | |||
| 14. Ohio State (11 - 0) Schedule: 4.914 (54) | 7.066 7.066  1 | |||
| 15. Clemson (10 - 1) Schedule: 4.501 (73) | 7.064 7.064  1 | |||
| 16. Oklahoma St (7 - 3) Schedule: 5.365 (34) | 7.033 7.033  1 | |||
| 17. Texas (8 - 2) Schedule: 5.558 (23) | 7.021 7.021  1 | |||
| 18. UCLA (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.432 (29) | 6.918 6.918  | |||
| 19. Florida St (10 - 1) Schedule: 4.131 (100) | 6.877 6.877  | |||
| 20. Nebraska (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.178 (40) | 6.854 6.854  1 | |||
| 21. Arizona (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.063 (6) | 6.737 6.737  1 | |||
| 22. Utah St (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.399 (78) | 6.71 6.71  2 | |||
| 23. Baylor (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.799 (14) | 6.488 6.488  13 | |||
| 24. Wisconsin (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.258 (37) | 6.477 6.477  1 | |||
| 25. Rutgers (9 - 1) Schedule: 4.108 (103) | 6.463 6.463  9 | |||
| 26. Michigan (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.243 (38) | 6.459 6.459  2 | |||
| 27. Arizona St (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.433 (28) | 6.454 6.454  | |||
| 28. Boise St (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.039 (106) | 6.399 6.399  3 | |||
| 29. San Jose St (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.294 (88) | 6.381 6.381  1 | |||
| 30. Penn State (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.869 (56) | 6.36 6.36  3 | |||
| 31. Brigham Young (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.119 (45) | 6.354 6.354  7 | |||
| 32. Washington (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.071 (5) | 6.312 6.312  1 | |||
| 33. Fresno St (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.353 (80) | 6.234 6.234  4 | |||
| 34. Northwestern (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.102 (46) | 6.186 6.186  1 | |||
| 35. Mississippi St (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.046 (48) | 6.147 6.147  3 | |||
| 36. Texas Tech (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.409 (30) | 6.06 6.06  10 | |||
| 37. Cincinnati (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.33 (83) | 6.035 6.035  5 | |||
| 38. Iowa St (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.725 (19) | 5.91 5.91  5 | |||
| 39. Northern Illinois (10 - 1) Schedule: 3.525 (121) | 5.893 5.893  2 | |||
| 40. TCU  (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.031 (49) | 5.824 5.824  1 | |||
| 41. Vanderbilt (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.009 (50) | 5.802 5.802  9 | |||
| 42. Louisiana Tech (9 - 2) Schedule: 3.859 (116) | 5.764 5.764  2 | |||
| 43. Mississippi (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.757 (17) | 5.755 5.755  2 | |||
| 44. San Diego St (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.343 (81) | 5.745 5.745  3 | |||
| 45. Michigan St (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.65 (20) | 5.716 5.716  3 | |||
| 46. Louisville (9 - 1) Schedule: 4.24 (93) | 5.702 5.702  | |||
| 47. North Carolina (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.292 (89) | 5.631 5.631  9 | |||
| 48. Syracuse (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.289 (36) | 5.623 5.623  3 | |||
| 49. West Virginia (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.808 (13) | 5.623 5.623  | |||
| 50. Kent St (10 - 1) Schedule: 3.701 (119) | 5.601 5.601  2 | |||
| 51. Missouri (5 - 6) Schedule: 6 (7) | 5.578 5.578  7 | |||
| 52. Central Florida (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.919 (112) | 5.574 5.574  5 | |||
| 53. Miami FL (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.387 (32) | 5.563 5.563  4 | |||
| 54. Utah (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.952 (9) | 5.528 5.528  6 | |||
| 55. Tulsa (9 - 2) Schedule: 3.908 (114) | 5.468 5.468  1 | |||
| 56. Georgia Tech (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.554 (69) | 5.266 5.266  4 | |||
| 57. Arkansas (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.854 (12) | 5.248 5.248  4 | |||
| 58. Louisiana-Lafayette (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.446 (75) | 5.225 5.225  1 | |||
| 59. Louisiana-Monroe (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.268 (90) | 5.225 5.225  3 | |||
| 60. Toledo (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.305 (86) | 5.2 5.2  2 | |||
| 61. North Carolina St (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.617 (66) | 5.033 5.033  3 | |||
| 62. Arkansas St (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.136 (99) | 5.03 5.03  1 | |||
| 63. Tennessee (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.464 (27) | 5.004 5.004  8 | |||
| 64. Ball St (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.41 (77) | 5.003 5.003  1 | |||
| 65. Virginia Tech  (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.951 (53) | 4.92 4.92  1 | |||
| 66. California (3 - 9) Schedule: 6.231 (1) | 4.896 4.896  5 | |||
| 67. Pittsburgh (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.527 (71) | 4.801 4.801  5 | |||
| 68. Western Kentucky (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.154 (96) | 4.731 4.731  3 | |||
| 69. Middle Tennessee St (7 - 3) Schedule: 3.975 (108) | 4.728 4.728  6 | |||
| 70. Navy (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.324 (84) | 4.697 4.697  7 | |||
| 71. Duke (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.805 (59) | 4.675 4.675  2 | |||
| 72. Purdue (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.165 (42) | 4.667 4.667  2 | |||
| 73. Bowling Green (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.428 (122) | 4.624 4.624  5 | |||
| 74. Iowa (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.242 (39) | 4.604 4.604  4 | |||
| 75. Minnesota (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.88 (55) | 4.574 4.574  8 | |||
| 76. Indiana (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.968 (52) | 4.512 4.512  3 | |||
| 77. Nevada (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.9 (115) | 4.461 4.461  2 | |||
| 78. South Florida (3 - 7) Schedule: 5.098 (47) | 4.459 4.459  2 | |||
| 79. Troy (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.15 (98) | 4.333 4.333  1 | |||
| 80. SMU (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.224 (94) | 4.325 4.325  2 | |||
| 81. Auburn (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.553 (24) | 4.316 4.316  3 | |||
| 82. East Carolina (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.967 (109) | 4.148 4.148  3 | |||
| 83. Kansas (1 - 10) Schedule: 6.182 (2) | 4.135 4.135  2 | |||
| 84. Kentucky (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.917 (10) | 4.107 4.107  5 | |||
| 85. Ohio U. (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.094 (123) | 4.084 4.084  3 | |||
| 86. Rice (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.998 (107) | 4.031 4.031  10 | |||
| 87. Virginia (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.998 (51) | 4.03 4.03  4 | |||
| 88. Air Force (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.617 (120) | 4.014 4.014  1 | |||
| 89. Washington St (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.861 (11) | 3.885 3.885  3 | |||
| 90. Wake Forest (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.859 (57) | 3.881 3.881  2 | |||
| 91. Temple (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.789 (61) | 3.853 3.853  10 | |||
| 92. Connecticut (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.192 (95) | 3.707 3.707  | |||
| 93. Marshall (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.82 (118) | 3.698 3.698  5 | |||
| 94. Boston College (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.148 (43) | 3.678 3.678  | |||
| 95. Wyoming (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.514 (72) | 3.595 3.595  4 | |||
| 96. Maryland (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.615 (67) | 3.565 3.565  1 | |||
| 97. Houston (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.261 (91) | 3.53 3.53  4 | |||
| 98. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 7) Schedule: 4.623 (65) | 3.518 3.518  7 | |||
| 99. Western Michigan (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.911 (113) | 3.507 3.507  9 | |||
| 100. New Mexico (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.04 (105) | 3.489 3.489  5 | |||
| 101. Florida Atlantic (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.599 (68) | 3.277 3.277  1 | |||
| 102. Central Michigan (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.962 (110) | 3.263 3.263  7 | |||
| 103. Florida Int'l (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.321 (85) | 3.178 3.178  8 | |||
| 104. North Texas (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.298 (87) | 3.162 3.162  2 | |||
| 105. Buffalo (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.113 (102) | 3.133 3.133  2 | |||
| 106. UNLV (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.632 (64) | 3.112 3.112  1 | |||
| 107. Colorado St (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.792 (60) | 3.111 3.111  1 | |||
| 108. Miami OH (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.333 (82) | 3.059 3.059  4 | |||
| 109. Illinois (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.12 (44) | 3.012 3.012  1 | |||
| 110. Colorado (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.956 (8) | 3.01 3.01  2 | |||
| 111. Alabama-Birmingham (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.091 (104) | 2.932 2.932  8 | |||
| 112. Texas-San Antonio (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.671 (124) | 2.908 2.908  1 | |||
| 113. UTEP  (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.44 (76) | 2.908 2.908  | |||
| 114. Memphis (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.129 (101) | 2.901 2.901  1 | |||
| 115. Army (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.54 (70) | 2.658 2.658  2 | |||
| 116. Tulane (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.489 (74) | 2.469 2.469  1 | |||
| 117. South Alabama (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.952 (111) | 2.272 2.272  1 | |||
| 118. Eastern Michigan (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.39 (79) | 2.266 2.266  3 | |||
| 119. Hawai`i (1 - 9) Schedule: 4.836 (58) | 2.15 2.15  3 | |||
| 120. Idaho (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.775 (62) | 2.056 2.056  1 | |||
| 121. Akron (1 - 10) Schedule: 3.832 (117) | 1.983 1.983  1 | |||
| 122. Southern Miss (0 - 11) Schedule: 4.664 (63) | 1.86 1.86  | |||
| 123. New Mexico St (1 - 9) Schedule: 4.152 (97) | 1.744 1.744  | |||
| 124. Massachusetts (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.251 (92) | 1.483 1.483  |