Week 4
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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. Texas (3 - 0) Schedule: 4.709 (37) | 8.396 8.396  | |||
| 2. Stanford (3 - 0) Schedule: 6.277 (1) | 8.224 8.224  | |||
| 3. Texas Tech (3 - 0) Schedule: 4.159 (66) | 8.082 8.082  | |||
| 4. Alabama (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.016 (77) | 7.958 7.958  | |||
| 5. Notre Dame  (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.158 (17) | 7.787 7.787  | |||
| 6. West Virginia (3 - 0) Schedule: 4.332 (58) | 7.445 7.445  | |||
| 7. Florida (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.796 (28) | 7.37 7.37  | |||
| 8. Oregon St (2 - 0) Schedule: 6.106 (2) | 7.28 7.28  | |||
| 9. South Carolina (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.157 (67) | 7.235 7.235  | |||
| 10. Southern Cal (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.249 (13) | 7.177 7.177  | |||
| 11. Georgia (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.554 (103) | 7.08 7.08  | |||
| 12. Arizona St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.436 (51) | 7.072 7.072  | |||
| 13. Kansas St (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.305 (60) | 7.038 7.038  | |||
| 14. Purdue (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.769 (32) | 7.026 7.026  | |||
| 15. Oregon (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.586 (100) | 6.774 6.774  | |||
| 16. LSU (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.634 (97) | 6.769 6.769  | |||
| 17. Texas A&M (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.51 (44) | 6.767 6.767  | |||
| 18. UCLA (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.003 (19) | 6.695 6.695  | |||
| 19. Oklahoma (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.592 (42) | 6.666 6.666  | |||
| 20. Ohio State (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.156 (68) | 6.547 6.547  | |||
| 21. Florida St (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.332 (110) | 6.531 6.531  | |||
| 22. TCU  (3 - 0) Schedule: 2.932 (118) | 6.516 6.516  | |||
| 23. Baylor (3 - 0) Schedule: 3.7 (94) | 6.493 6.493  | |||
| 24. Iowa St (3 - 0) Schedule: 3.978 (78) | 6.38 6.38  | |||
| 25. Cincinnati (2 - 0) Schedule: 2.932 (119) | 6.372 6.372  | |||
| 26. Louisiana Tech (3 - 0) Schedule: 3.792 (88) | 6.343 6.343  | |||
| 27. San Jose St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.484 (48) | 6.275 6.275  | |||
| 28. Ohio U. (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.557 (102) | 6.263 6.263  | |||
| 29. Clemson (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.502 (45) | 6.226 6.226  | |||
| 30. Louisville (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.776 (91) | 6.038 6.038  | |||
| 31. Northwestern (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.87 (82) | 6.007 6.007  | |||
| 32. Michigan St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.944 (22) | 5.963 5.963  | |||
| 33. Boise St (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.692 (38) | 5.949 5.949  | |||
| 34. Mississippi (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.297 (61) | 5.818 5.818  | |||
| 35. Mississippi St (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.868 (120) | 5.791 5.791  | |||
| 36. Arizona (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.859 (26) | 5.786 5.786  | |||
| 37. Nebraska (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.096 (114) | 5.731 5.731  | |||
| 38. Oklahoma St (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.041 (74) | 5.72 5.72  | |||
| 39. North Carolina (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.209 (63) | 5.709 5.709  | |||
| 40. Miami FL (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.972 (21) | 5.688 5.688  | |||
| 41. Rutgers (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.01 (115) | 5.638 5.638  | |||
| 42. North Carolina St (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.969 (79) | 5.571 5.571  | |||
| 43. Utah St (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.925 (80) | 5.551 5.551  | |||
| 44. Minnesota (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.722 (93) | 5.532 5.532  | |||
| 45. Wisconsin (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.93 (23) | 5.518 5.518  | |||
| 46. Nevada (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.043 (73) | 5.518 5.518  | |||
| 47. Duke (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.782 (89) | 5.378 5.378  | |||
| 48. Central Florida (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.016 (76) | 5.282 5.282  | |||
| 49. Washington (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.489 (47) | 5.067 5.067  | |||
| 50. Missouri (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.694 (6) | 5.067 5.067  | |||
| 51. Tennessee (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.549 (104) | 5.036 5.036  | |||
| 52. Penn State (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.34 (56) | 5.026 5.026  | |||
| 53. Tulsa (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.495 (107) | 5.022 5.022  | |||
| 54. Georgia Tech (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.631 (98) | 5.017 5.017  | |||
| 55. Brigham Young (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.494 (108) | 4.994 4.994  | |||
| 56. Western Kentucky (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.627 (99) | 4.842 4.842  | |||
| 57. California (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.628 (8) | 4.823 4.823  | |||
| 58. Louisiana-Lafayette (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.033 (75) | 4.822 4.822  | |||
| 59. Michigan (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.039 (18) | 4.766 4.766  | |||
| 60. Northern Illinois (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.501 (106) | 4.763 4.763  | |||
| 61. Toledo (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.846 (85) | 4.722 4.722  | |||
| 62. Marshall (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.746 (35) | 4.717 4.717  | |||
| 63. Fresno St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.563 (101) | 4.658 4.658  | |||
| 64. Louisiana-Monroe (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.98 (20) | 4.647 4.647  | |||
| 65. Texas St-San Marcos (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.657 (39) | 4.615 4.615  | |||
| 66. Auburn (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.858 (5) | 4.607 4.607  | |||
| 67. Western Michigan (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.437 (50) | 4.593 4.593  | |||
| 68. Connecticut (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.859 (83) | 4.585 4.585  | |||
| 69. San Diego St (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.145 (71) | 4.575 4.575  | |||
| 70. Maryland (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.641 (40) | 4.567 4.567  | |||
| 71. Iowa (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.455 (49) | 4.563 4.563  | |||
| 72. Boston College (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.394 (53) | 4.542 4.542  | |||
| 73. Kentucky (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.582 (9) | 4.537 4.537  | |||
| 74. South Florida (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.148 (70) | 4.528 4.528  | |||
| 75. New Mexico (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.78 (29) | 4.52 4.52  | |||
| 76. Syracuse (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.179 (15) | 4.466 4.466  | |||
| 77. Ball St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.376 (55) | 4.461 4.461  | |||
| 78. Utah (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.537 (43) | 4.45 4.45  | |||
| 79. Vanderbilt (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.193 (14) | 4.422 4.422  | |||
| 80. Troy (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.34 (57) | 4.4 4.4  | |||
| 81. Illinois (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.594 (41) | 4.376 4.376  | |||
| 82. Virginia Tech  (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.996 (116) | 4.371 4.371  | |||
| 83. Temple (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.196 (64) | 4.205 4.205  | |||
| 84. Kent St (2 - 1) Schedule: 3.184 (111) | 4.08 4.08  | |||
| 85. Virginia (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.811 (27) | 4.014 4.014  | |||
| 86. Indiana (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.608 (121) | 4.008 4.008  | |||
| 87. SMU (1 - 2) Schedule: 5.347 (12) | 3.938 3.938  | |||
| 88. Kansas (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.772 (30) | 3.934 3.934  | |||
| 89. Rice (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.422 (11) | 3.895 3.895  | |||
| 90. Arkansas (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.748 (34) | 3.839 3.839  | |||
| 91. Wyoming (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.861 (25) | 3.79 3.79  | |||
| 92. East Carolina (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.181 (65) | 3.736 3.736  | |||
| 93. Air Force (1 - 2) Schedule: 2.991 (117) | 3.708 3.708  | |||
| 94. Pittsburgh (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.639 (96) | 3.657 3.657  | |||
| 95. Wake Forest (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.841 (87) | 3.655 3.655  | |||
| 96. Middle Tennessee St (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.392 (123) | 3.635 3.635  | |||
| 97. UTEP  (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.172 (16) | 3.509 3.509  | |||
| 98. Hawai`i (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.892 (24) | 3.482 3.482  | |||
| 99. Alabama-Birmingham (0 - 3) Schedule: 6.061 (3) | 3.403 3.403  | |||
| 100. North Texas (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.401 (52) | 3.342 3.342  | |||
| 101. Florida Int'l (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.716 (36) | 3.333 3.333  | |||
| 102. Central Michigan (2 - 1) Schedule: 3.779 (90) | 3.298 3.298  | |||
| 103. Miami OH (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.858 (84) | 3.118 3.118  | |||
| 104. Houston (0 - 3) Schedule: 5.884 (4) | 3.107 3.107  | |||
| 105. UNLV (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.9 (81) | 3.083 3.083  | |||
| 106. Arkansas St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.531 (105) | 3.019 3.019  | |||
| 107. Navy (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.21 (62) | 2.877 2.877  | |||
| 108. Bowling Green (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.495 (46) | 2.843 2.843  | |||
| 109. Eastern Michigan (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.678 (7) | 2.743 2.743  | |||
| 110. New Mexico St (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.762 (92) | 2.684 2.684  | |||
| 111. Florida Atlantic (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.752 (33) | 2.615 2.615  | |||
| 112. Washington St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.17 (113) | 2.508 2.508  | |||
| 113. Colorado St (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.384 (54) | 2.464 2.464  | |||
| 114. Texas-San Antonio (4 - 0) Schedule: -0.442 (124) | 2.311 2.311  | |||
| 115. Army (0 - 3) Schedule: 4.331 (59) | 2.169 2.169  | |||
| 116. Akron (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.183 (112) | 2.167 2.167  | |||
| 117. Buffalo (1 - 2) Schedule: 3.414 (109) | 2.112 2.112  | |||
| 118. South Alabama (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.67 (95) | 2.007 2.007  | |||
| 119. Tulane (0 - 3) Schedule: 5.493 (10) | 1.933 1.933  | |||
| 120. Memphis (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.842 (86) | 1.719 1.719  | |||
| 121. Southern Miss (0 - 3) Schedule: 4.77 (31) | 1.546 1.546  | |||
| 122. Idaho (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.154 (69) | 1.517 1.517  | |||
| 123. Colorado (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.597 (122) | 1.388 1.388  | |||
| 124. Massachusetts (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.119 (72) | 0.704 0.704  |