Week 9
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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 (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.542 (27) | 9.425 9.425  | |||
| 2. Notre Dame  (8 - 0) Schedule: 6.167 (6) | 8.657 8.657  4 | |||
| 3. Kansas St (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.52 (28) | 8.527 8.527  1 | |||
| 4. Oregon (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.922 (50) | 8.336 8.336  1 | |||
| 5. Florida (7 - 1) Schedule: 6.016 (10) | 8.112 8.112  3 | |||
| 6. Oklahoma (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.837 (14) | 7.857 7.857  3 | |||
| 7. Oregon St (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.049 (9) | 7.679 7.679  1 | |||
| 8. Texas A&M (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.581 (26) | 7.548 7.548  2 | |||
| 9. Stanford (6 - 2) Schedule: 6.156 (7) | 7.386 7.386  | |||
| 10. South Carolina (7 - 2) Schedule: 5.501 (29) | 7.272 7.272  1 | |||
| 11. Texas Tech (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.708 (20) | 7.204 7.204  4 | |||
| 12. LSU (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.26 (36) | 7.134 7.134  | |||
| 13. Arizona (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.355 (2) | 7.129 7.129  3 | |||
| 14. Ohio State (9 - 0) Schedule: 5.096 (45) | 7.121 7.121  3 | |||
| 15. Southern Cal (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.24 (37) | 7.096 7.096  1 | |||
| 16. Georgia (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.201 (39) | 6.983 6.983  11 | |||
| 17. Boise St (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.487 (79) | 6.891 6.891  4 | |||
| 18. Florida St (8 - 1) Schedule: 4.141 (101) | 6.877 6.877  2 | |||
| 19. Texas (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.637 (22) | 6.768 6.768  6 | |||
| 20. Oklahoma St (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.958 (48) | 6.717 6.717  5 | |||
| 21. Arizona St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.194 (42) | 6.704 6.704  3 | |||
| 22. Clemson (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.358 (89) | 6.696 6.696  6 | |||
| 23. Utah St (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.369 (87) | 6.633 6.633  8 | |||
| 24. Brigham Young (5 - 4) Schedule: 5.367 (32) | 6.584 6.584  11 | |||
| 25. UCLA (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.342 (34) | 6.566 6.566  8 | |||
| 26. Mississippi St (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.536 (77) | 6.501 6.501  7 | |||
| 27. Nebraska (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.938 (49) | 6.473 6.473  15 | |||
| 28. Wisconsin (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.2 (40) | 6.425 6.425  6 | |||
| 29. Iowa St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.817 (16) | 6.372 6.372  3 | |||
| 30. Fresno St (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.654 (68) | 6.26 6.26  11 | |||
| 31. Rutgers (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.085 (105) | 6.256 6.256  16 | |||
| 32. San Jose St (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.58 (74) | 6.248 6.248  4 | |||
| 33. Michigan (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.591 (24) | 6.213 6.213  7 | |||
| 34. Mississippi (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.468 (30) | 6.191 6.191  | |||
| 35. Northwestern (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.839 (56) | 6.128 6.128  10 | |||
| 36. Cincinnati (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.121 (104) | 6.084 6.084  2 | |||
| 37. Penn State (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.778 (58) | 6.071 6.071  8 | |||
| 38. West Virginia (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.582 (25) | 6.055 6.055  14 | |||
| 39. Michigan St (5 - 4) Schedule: 5.678 (21) | 6.044 6.044  8 | |||
| 40. Northern Illinois (8 - 1) Schedule: 3.658 (121) | 6.028 6.028  3 | |||
| 41. TCU  (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.756 (61) | 5.961 5.961  18 | |||
| 42. Louisiana Tech (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.707 (119) | 5.939 5.939  5 | |||
| 43. Louisville (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.199 (95) | 5.888 5.888  3 | |||
| 44. Washington (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.672 (1) | 5.852 5.852  10 | |||
| 45. Louisiana-Monroe (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.269 (94) | 5.841 5.841  6 | |||
| 46. Baylor (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.756 (18) | 5.825 5.825  16 | |||
| 47. Arkansas (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.887 (11) | 5.766 5.766  7 | |||
| 48. North Carolina (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.271 (93) | 5.716 5.716  4 | |||
| 49. Utah (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.053 (8) | 5.627 5.627  16 | |||
| 50. Kent St (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.729 (117) | 5.622 5.622  14 | |||
| 51. Tennessee (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.752 (19) | 5.606 5.606  1 | |||
| 52. Missouri (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.829 (15) | 5.462 5.462  15 | |||
| 53. Central Florida (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.714 (118) | 5.441 5.441  10 | |||
| 54. North Carolina St (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.585 (73) | 5.41 5.41  5 | |||
| 55. Toledo (8 - 1) Schedule: 4.046 (108) | 5.409 5.409  3 | |||
| 56. Western Kentucky (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.151 (100) | 5.405 5.405  8 | |||
| 57. Tulsa (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.775 (116) | 5.394 5.394  6 | |||
| 58. San Diego St (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.135 (103) | 5.349 5.349  1 | |||
| 59. Miami FL (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.851 (13) | 5.345 5.345  | |||
| 60. Syracuse (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.144 (44) | 5.327 5.327  2 | |||
| 61. California (3 - 6) Schedule: 5.873 (12) | 5.208 5.208  8 | |||
| 62. Iowa (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.354 (33) | 5.185 5.185  1 | |||
| 63. Indiana (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.773 (59) | 4.983 4.983  12 | |||
| 64. Navy (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.712 (63) | 4.972 4.972  24 | |||
| 65. Virginia Tech  (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.636 (70) | 4.957 4.957  3 | |||
| 66. Purdue (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.395 (31) | 4.934 4.934  11 | |||
| 67. Minnesota (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.851 (54) | 4.931 4.931  9 | |||
| 68. SMU (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.366 (88) | 4.918 4.918  2 | |||
| 69. Duke (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.3 (91) | 4.897 4.897  13 | |||
| 70. Vanderbilt (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.87 (52) | 4.859 4.859  2 | |||
| 71. Air Force (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.843 (115) | 4.819 4.819  13 | |||
| 72. Nevada (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.953 (112) | 4.742 4.742  12 | |||
| 73. Pittsburgh (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.135 (102) | 4.72 4.72  18 | |||
| 74. South Florida (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.181 (43) | 4.639 4.639  5 | |||
| 75. Ball St (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.422 (83) | 4.625 4.625  4 | |||
| 76. Bowling Green (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.202 (122) | 4.539 4.539  10 | |||
| 77. Kansas (1 - 7) Schedule: 6.238 (5) | 4.523 4.523  5 | |||
| 78. New Mexico (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.521 (78) | 4.51 4.51  7 | |||
| 79. Middle Tennessee St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.951 (113) | 4.476 4.476  11 | |||
| 80. Louisiana-Lafayette (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.689 (120) | 4.456 4.456  22 | |||
| 81. Ohio U. (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.729 (123) | 4.352 4.352  7 | |||
| 82. Houston (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.372 (86) | 4.33 4.33  1 | |||
| 83. Troy (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.955 (111) | 4.306 4.306  13 | |||
| 84. Arkansas St (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.008 (110) | 4.286 4.286  12 | |||
| 85. Georgia Tech (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.345 (90) | 4.249 4.249  2 | |||
| 86. Auburn (1 - 7) Schedule: 6.317 (4) | 4.221 4.221  1 | |||
| 87. Kentucky (1 - 8) Schedule: 6.335 (3) | 4.186 4.186  10 | |||
| 88. Washington St (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.767 (17) | 4.163 4.163  6 | |||
| 89. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.649 (69) | 4.093 4.093  | |||
| 90. East Carolina (5 - 4) Schedule: 4.174 (96) | 3.959 3.959  12 | |||
| 91. Maryland (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.901 (114) | 3.926 3.926  11 | |||
| 92. Temple (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.676 (65) | 3.889 3.889  19 | |||
| 93. Marshall (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.16 (98) | 3.84 3.84  10 | |||
| 94. Western Michigan (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.28 (92) | 3.76 3.76  6 | |||
| 95. Boston College (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.806 (57) | 3.719 3.719  8 | |||
| 96. Wake Forest (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.402 (84) | 3.7 3.7  4 | |||
| 97. Rice (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.174 (97) | 3.697 3.697  5 | |||
| 98. Connecticut (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.078 (106) | 3.536 3.536  3 | |||
| 99. North Texas (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.455 (81) | 3.535 3.535  6 | |||
| 100. Miami OH (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.559 (75) | 3.499 3.499  6 | |||
| 101. Wyoming (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.227 (38) | 3.418 3.418  2 | |||
| 102. Central Michigan (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.558 (76) | 3.404 3.404  5 | |||
| 103. UNLV (1 - 8) Schedule: 5.285 (35) | 3.384 3.384  1 | |||
| 104. Virginia (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.763 (60) | 3.34 3.34  7 | |||
| 105. Illinois (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.044 (46) | 3.236 3.236  4 | |||
| 106. Alabama-Birmingham (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.607 (71) | 3.213 3.213  8 | |||
| 107. Florida Atlantic (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.844 (55) | 3.193 3.193  2 | |||
| 108. UTEP  (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.866 (53) | 3.02 3.02  4 | |||
| 109. Colorado (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.623 (23) | 3.02 3.02  7 | |||
| 110. Colorado St (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.002 (47) | 2.942 2.942  6 | |||
| 111. Buffalo (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.712 (62) | 2.916 2.916  1 | |||
| 112. Florida Int'l (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.597 (72) | 2.784 2.784  4 | |||
| 113. Tulane (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.911 (51) | 2.713 2.713  3 | |||
| 114. Texas-San Antonio (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.245 (124) | 2.651 2.651  1 | |||
| 115. South Alabama (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.159 (99) | 2.551 2.551  3 | |||
| 116. Army (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.389 (85) | 2.437 2.437  4 | |||
| 117. Hawai`i (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.672 (67) | 2.372 2.372  6 | |||
| 118. Eastern Michigan (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.695 (64) | 2.226 2.226  1 | |||
| 119. Akron (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.078 (107) | 2.217 2.217  2 | |||
| 120. Southern Miss (0 - 8) Schedule: 5.199 (41) | 2.195 2.195  6 | |||
| 121. Memphis (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.441 (82) | 2.133 2.133  | |||
| 122. Idaho (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.673 (66) | 2.112 2.112  | |||
| 123. New Mexico St (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.017 (109) | 2.007 2.007  | |||
| 124. Massachusetts (0 - 8) Schedule: 4.467 (80) | 1.139 1.139  |