Week 9
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All | ACC | American Athletic Conference | Big 10 | Big 12 | Conference USA | Division I-A Independents | Mid-American Conference | MWC | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt Conference
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Florida St (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.033 (27) | 8.714 8.714  | |||
| 2. Alabama (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.648 (46) | 8.166 8.166  | |||
| 3. Oregon (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.387 (59) | 8.088 8.088  | |||
| 4. Missouri (8 - 1) Schedule: 5.162 (23) | 7.749 7.749  | |||
| 5. Arizona St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.615 (6) | 7.569 7.569  2 | |||
| 6. Baylor (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.042 (86) | 7.536 7.536  1 | |||
| 7. Stanford (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.432 (10) | 7.478 7.478  1 | |||
| 8. Clemson (8 - 1) Schedule: 5.057 (25) | 7.186 7.186  1 | |||
| 9. LSU (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.69 (44) | 6.924 6.924  1 | |||
| 10. Brigham Young (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.187 (22) | 6.891 6.891  1 | |||
| 11. Ohio State (9 - 0) Schedule: 4.056 (83) | 6.873 6.873  1 | |||
| 12. Wisconsin (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.28 (68) | 6.847 6.847  8 | |||
| 13. South Carolina (7 - 2) Schedule: 5.413 (12) | 6.836 6.836  | |||
| 14. Oklahoma St (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.355 (62) | 6.821 6.821  4 | |||
| 15. Texas A&M (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.762 (42) | 6.792 6.792  7 | |||
| 16. Georgia (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.317 (1) | 6.776 6.776  1 | |||
| 17. Michigan St (8 - 1) Schedule: 4.029 (87) | 6.72 6.72  2 | |||
| 18. Southern Cal (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.468 (9) | 6.683 6.683  5 | |||
| 19. Louisville (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.604 (103) | 6.601 6.601  2 | |||
| 20. Florida (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.785 (2) | 6.493 6.493  6 | |||
| 21. Auburn (8 - 1) Schedule: 4.629 (48) | 6.467 6.467  | |||
| 22. Washington (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.4 (13) | 6.366 6.366  3 | |||
| 23. UCLA (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.767 (40) | 6.36 6.36  5 | |||
| 24. Arizona (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.483 (53) | 6.318 6.318  8 | |||
| 25. Oklahoma (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.486 (51) | 6.231 6.231  1 | |||
| 26. Kansas St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.141 (24) | 6.177 6.177  6 | |||
| 27. Miami FL (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.576 (50) | 6.17 6.17  5 | |||
| 28. Texas (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.762 (43) | 6.103 6.103  3 | |||
| 29. Central Florida (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.996 (90) | 6.098 6.098  | |||
| 30. Mississippi (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.313 (18) | 6.056 6.056  | |||
| 31. Georgia Tech (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.793 (38) | 5.943 5.943  4 | |||
| 32. Oregon St (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.672 (45) | 5.901 5.901  6 | |||
| 33. Texas Tech (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.152 (77) | 5.895 5.895  6 | |||
| 34. Notre Dame  (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.894 (33) | 5.858 5.858  2 | |||
| 35. Virginia Tech  (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.051 (26) | 5.708 5.708  2 | |||
| 36. Houston (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.456 (107) | 5.628 5.628  2 | |||
| 37. Utah (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.7 (5) | 5.628 5.628  1 | |||
| 38. Ball St (8 - 1) Schedule: 3.096 (117) | 5.516 5.516  2 | |||
| 39. Utah St (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.998 (89) | 5.481 5.481  9 | |||
| 40. Northern Illinois (9 - 0) Schedule: 2.852 (122) | 5.449 5.449  1 | |||
| 41. Michigan (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.398 (58) | 5.418 5.418  4 | |||
| 42. Boise St (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.239 (72) | 5.41 5.41  7 | |||
| 43. East Carolina (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.475 (106) | 5.368 5.368  1 | |||
| 44. Fresno St (8 - 0) Schedule: 3.267 (115) | 5.368 5.368  3 | |||
| 45. Iowa (5 - 4) Schedule: 4.947 (29) | 5.316 5.316  6 | |||
| 46. Duke (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.042 (85) | 5.231 5.231  1 | |||
| 47. Toledo (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.275 (69) | 5.203 5.203  1 | |||
| 48. Nebraska (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.818 (93) | 5.199 5.199  6 | |||
| 49. North Texas (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.748 (96) | 5.177 5.177  3 | |||
| 50. Indiana (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.024 (28) | 5.169 5.169  7 | |||
| 51. Tennessee (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.741 (4) | 5.126 5.126  7 | |||
| 52. Minnesota (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.044 (84) | 5.122 5.122  8 | |||
| 53. Boston College (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.534 (7) | 5.096 5.096  4 | |||
| 54. North Carolina (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.332 (17) | 5.051 5.051  2 | |||
| 55. Vanderbilt (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.814 (36) | 5.048 5.048  4 | |||
| 56. Washington St (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.418 (11) | 4.988 4.988  6 | |||
| 57. Maryland (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.345 (64) | 4.92 4.92  5 | |||
| 58. Northwestern (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.763 (41) | 4.913 4.913  5 | |||
| 59. Buffalo (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.224 (116) | 4.844 4.844  | |||
| 60. Penn State (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.486 (52) | 4.837 4.837  4 | |||
| 61. Bowling Green (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.408 (108) | 4.835 4.835  8 | |||
| 62. Pittsburgh (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.899 (32) | 4.804 4.804  1 | |||
| 63. TCU  (3 - 6) Schedule: 5.246 (21) | 4.804 4.804  8 | |||
| 64. Marshall (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.02 (118) | 4.71 4.71  5 | |||
| 65. Louisiana-Lafayette (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.309 (113) | 4.647 4.647  7 | |||
| 66. West Virginia (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.362 (15) | 4.546 4.546  7 | |||
| 67. Mississippi St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.885 (34) | 4.542 4.542  1 | |||
| 68. Syracuse (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.286 (66) | 4.523 4.523  7 | |||
| 69. Navy (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.37 (61) | 4.522 4.522  3 | |||
| 70. Rice (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.674 (99) | 4.517 4.517  4 | |||
| 71. Ohio U. (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.982 (119) | 4.51 4.51  1 | |||
| 72. Cincinnati (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.401 (125) | 4.354 4.354  7 | |||
| 73. Wake Forest (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.191 (74) | 4.353 4.353  8 | |||
| 74. Arkansas (3 - 6) Schedule: 5.308 (19) | 4.327 4.327  7 | |||
| 75. Illinois (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.812 (37) | 4.165 4.165  3 | |||
| 76. San Jose St (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.184 (75) | 4.138 4.138  6 | |||
| 77. Colorado (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.39 (14) | 4.049 4.049  3 | |||
| 78. Tulane (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.534 (104) | 4.04 4.04  7 | |||
| 79. Kentucky (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.861 (35) | 4.003 4.003  5 | |||
| 80. Florida Atlantic (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.423 (56) | 3.886 3.886  11 | |||
| 81. Western Kentucky (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.287 (114) | 3.881 3.881  | |||
| 82. North Carolina St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.594 (49) | 3.878 3.878  2 | |||
| 83. Rutgers (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.605 (102) | 3.852 3.852  6 | |||
| 84. Colorado St (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.775 (95) | 3.783 3.783  1 | |||
| 85. Iowa St (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.484 (8) | 3.735 3.735  9 | |||
| 86. Middle Tennessee St (5 - 4) Schedule: 4.219 (73) | 3.653 3.653  2 | |||
| 87. Virginia (2 - 7) Schedule: 5.348 (16) | 3.65 3.65  | |||
| 88. Texas-San Antonio (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.058 (82) | 3.569 3.569  9 | |||
| 89. Nevada (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.257 (70) | 3.536 3.536  | |||
| 90. San Diego St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.129 (79) | 3.533 3.533  | |||
| 91. Memphis (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.457 (54) | 3.434 3.434  6 | |||
| 92. South Alabama (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.399 (109) | 3.369 3.369  6 | |||
| 93. Texas St-San Marcos (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.848 (123) | 3.349 3.349  2 | |||
| 94. Wyoming (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.833 (124) | 3.32 3.32  4 | |||
| 95. UNLV (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.726 (97) | 3.265 3.265  2 | |||
| 96. Louisiana-Monroe (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.515 (105) | 3.26 3.26  3 | |||
| 97. SMU (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.425 (55) | 3.169 3.169  5 | |||
| 98. Kansas (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.907 (30) | 3.08 3.08  2 | |||
| 99. Arkansas St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.718 (98) | 3.066 3.066  1 | |||
| 100. California (1 - 8) Schedule: 5.748 (3) | 3.039 3.039  4 | |||
| 101. Troy (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.973 (120) | 3.039 3.039  6 | |||
| 102. Akron (3 - 7) Schedule: 4.282 (67) | 3.032 3.032  1 | |||
| 103. Temple (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.128 (80) | 2.623 2.623  3 | |||
| 104. Kent St (2 - 8) Schedule: 4.306 (65) | 2.614 2.614  2 | |||
| 105. South Florida (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.903 (31) | 2.516 2.516  4 | |||
| 106. Army (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.388 (110) | 2.507 2.507  3 | |||
| 107. Central Michigan (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.911 (92) | 2.484 2.484  | |||
| 108. Hawai`i (0 - 8) Schedule: 4.77 (39) | 2.371 2.371  | |||
| 109. Alabama-Birmingham (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.642 (100) | 2.368 2.368  1 | |||
| 110. New Mexico (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.321 (112) | 2.344 2.344  2 | |||
| 111. Tulsa (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.023 (88) | 2.338 2.338  7 | |||
| 112. Purdue (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.286 (20) | 2.258 2.258  1 | |||
| 113. Louisiana Tech (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.875 (121) | 2.155 2.155  2 | |||
| 114. Air Force (2 - 7) Schedule: 3.786 (94) | 2.026 2.026  1 | |||
| 115. Connecticut (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.638 (47) | 1.96 1.96  1 | |||
| 116. Massachusetts (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.406 (57) | 1.621 1.621  | |||
| 117. Western Michigan (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.252 (71) | 1.563 1.563  | |||
| 118. UTEP  (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.327 (111) | 1.476 1.476  2 | |||
| 119. Idaho (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.377 (60) | 1.455 1.455  1 | |||
| 120. Georgia St (0 - 9) Schedule: 4.077 (81) | 1.392 1.392  1 | |||
| 121. Florida Int'l (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.162 (76) | 1.273 1.273  | |||
| 122. New Mexico St (1 - 8) Schedule: 3.991 (91) | 1.121 1.121  2 | |||
| 123. Southern Miss (0 - 8) Schedule: 4.352 (63) | 1.112 1.112  1 | |||
| 124. Eastern Michigan (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.151 (78) | 1.028 1.028  1 | |||
| 125. Miami OH (0 - 8) Schedule: 3.61 (101) | 0.507 0.507  |