Week 12
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. North Dakota St (10 - 1) Schedule: 3.24 (8) | 5.931 5.931  | |||
| 2. Northern Iowa (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.703 (6) | 5.32 5.32  1 | |||
| 3. Illinois St (9 - 1) Schedule: 2.834 (19) | 5.121 5.121  1 | |||
| 4. Coastal Carolina (11 - 0) Schedule: 1.647 (71) | 4.708 4.708  1 | |||
| 5. South Dakota St (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.84 (3) | 4.677 4.677  3 | |||
| 6. New Hampshire (9 - 1) Schedule: 2.198 (48) | 4.625 4.625  1 | |||
| 7. Villanova (9 - 2) Schedule: 2.271 (46) | 4.582 4.582  1 | |||
| 8. Jacksonville St (9 - 1) Schedule: 2.603 (27) | 4.571 4.571  4 | |||
| 9. Chattanooga (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.695 (23) | 4.488 4.488  | |||
| 10. Eastern Washington (9 - 2) Schedule: 2.55 (29) | 4.317 4.317  | |||
| 11. Indiana St (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.98 (2) | 4.304 4.304  | |||
| 12. Fordham (10 - 1) Schedule: 1.128 (94) | 3.986 3.986  1 | |||
| 13. SE Louisiana (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.002 (55) | 3.953 3.953  5 | |||
| 14. Youngstown St (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.991 (13) | 3.892 3.892  2 | |||
| 15. Sam Houston St (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.652 (24) | 3.718 3.718  1 | |||
| 16. Northwestern St (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.047 (12) | 3.651 3.651  1 | |||
| 17. Idaho St (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.621 (25) | 3.627 3.627  1 | |||
| 18. Southern Illinois (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.236 (9) | 3.563 3.563  1 | |||
| 19. Stephen F. Austin (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.39 (37) | 3.561 3.561  4 | |||
| 20. Harvard (9 - 0) Schedule: 0.481 (108) | 3.488 3.488  | |||
| 21. James Madison (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.614 (26) | 3.422 3.422  13 | |||
| 22. Montana (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.436 (35) | 3.402 3.402  6 | |||
| 23. Eastern Illinois (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.831 (20) | 3.338 3.338  2 | |||
| 24. Missouri St (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.816 (5) | 3.314 3.314  2 | |||
| 25. William & Mary (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.482 (33) | 3.308 3.308  8 | |||
| 26. Liberty (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.228 (47) | 3.303 3.303  3 | |||
| 27. Samford (7 - 3) Schedule: 1.945 (59) | 3.209 3.209  2 | |||
| 28. Montana St (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.287 (43) | 3.184 3.184  4 | |||
| 29. McNeese St (6 - 4) Schedule: 2.346 (39) | 3.16 3.16  8 | |||
| 30. Eastern Kentucky (9 - 2) Schedule: 1.447 (79) | 3.143 3.143  3 | |||
| 31. Western Illinois (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.826 (4) | 3.083 3.083  1 | |||
| 32. Bryant (8 - 2) Schedule: 1.401 (83) | 3.061 3.061  6 | |||
| 33. Richmond (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.284 (44) | 3.018 3.018  9 | |||
| 34. Sacred Heart (9 - 2) Schedule: 1.201 (90) | 2.895 2.895  6 | |||
| 35. Central Arkansas (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.385 (38) | 2.871 2.871  2 | |||
| 36. Alcorn St (9 - 2) Schedule: 0.05 (116) | 2.862 2.862  | |||
| 37. Western Carolina (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.843 (62) | 2.798 2.798  1 | |||
| 38. Cal Poly SLO (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.434 (36) | 2.752 2.752  7 | |||
| 39. Charleston Southern (8 - 3) Schedule: 1.424 (81) | 2.746 2.746  4 | |||
| 40. Stony Brook (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.96 (58) | 2.641 2.641  2 | |||
| 41. North Carolina A&T (9 - 2) Schedule: 0.517 (107) | 2.633 2.633  | |||
| 42. Bucknell (8 - 2) Schedule: 1.302 (87) | 2.627 2.627  2 | |||
| 43. Bethune-Cookman (8 - 3) Schedule: 1.312 (86) | 2.583 2.583  8 | |||
| 44. South Carolina St (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.646 (72) | 2.518 2.518  5 | |||
| 45. Yale (8 - 1) Schedule: 0.629 (104) | 2.494 2.494  1 | |||
| 46. Dartmouth (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.118 (95) | 2.433 2.433  4 | |||
| 47. Albany NY (6 - 5) Schedule: 1.816 (64) | 2.346 2.346  1 | |||
| 48. Northern Arizona (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.984 (56) | 2.296 2.296  3 | |||
| 49. Tennessee-Martin (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.547 (30) | 2.24 2.24  | |||
| 50. Abilene Christian (6 - 6) Schedule: 1.844 (61) | 2.237 2.237  4 | |||
| 51. Presbyterian (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.846 (18) | 2.194 2.194  1 | |||
| 52. The Citadel (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.953 (14) | 2.126 2.126  1 | |||
| 53. South Dakota (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.011 (1) | 2.081 2.081  2 | |||
| 54. Wofford (5 - 5) Schedule: 2.073 (51) | 2.074 2.074  7 | |||
| 55. Duquesne (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.685 (69) | 2.037 2.037  4 | |||
| 56. Sacramento St (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.017 (54) | 1.979 1.979  1 | |||
| 57. Delaware (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.104 (50) | 1.932 1.932  1 | |||
| 58. Wagner (6 - 4) Schedule: 1.194 (91) | 1.925 1.925  6 | |||
| 59. Jacksonville FL (9 - 2) Schedule: -0.445 (122) | 1.837 1.837  1 | |||
| 60. Mercer (6 - 5) Schedule: 0.914 (102) | 1.824 1.824  2 | |||
| 61. Lamar (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.042 (99) | 1.778 1.778  2 | |||
| 62. Maine (5 - 5) Schedule: 2.331 (40) | 1.715 1.715  1 | |||
| 63. UNC-Charlotte (4 - 6) Schedule: 1.479 (76) | 1.671 1.671  4 | |||
| 64. North Carolina Central (6 - 5) Schedule: 1.17 (92) | 1.624 1.624  1 | |||
| 65. SE Missouri St (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.747 (67) | 1.623 1.623  7 | |||
| 66. Morgan St (6 - 5) Schedule: 1.425 (80) | 1.62 1.62  8 | |||
| 67. Monmouth NJ (5 - 5) Schedule: 1.381 (84) | 1.594 1.594  4 | |||
| 68. Weber St (2 - 9) Schedule: 2.861 (17) | 1.531 1.531  | |||
| 69. Tennessee St (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.255 (88) | 1.489 1.489  | |||
| 70. Furman (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.576 (28) | 1.453 1.453  11 | |||
| 71. Lafayette (4 - 6) Schedule: 1.967 (57) | 1.446 1.446  2 | |||
| 72. St Francis PA (5 - 5) Schedule: 1.424 (82) | 1.444 1.444  7 | |||
| 73. Holy Cross (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.923 (60) | 1.44 1.44  3 | |||
| 74. Tennessee Tech (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.799 (21) | 1.429 1.429  8 | |||
| 75. Portland St (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.545 (31) | 1.391 1.391  | |||
| 76. UC-Davis (2 - 8) Schedule: 2.95 (15) | 1.389 1.389  8 | |||
| 77. Grambling St (7 - 4) Schedule: 0.916 (101) | 1.349 1.349  15 | |||
| 78. Southern Utah (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.303 (7) | 1.283 1.283  7 | |||
| 79. Alabama St (6 - 5) Schedule: 0.69 (103) | 1.253 1.253  3 | |||
| 80. Lehigh (3 - 7) Schedule: 2.031 (53) | 1.189 1.189  3 | |||
| 81. Southern U. (8 - 3) Schedule: 0.593 (106) | 1.186 1.186  1 | |||
| 82. Colgate (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.626 (73) | 1.173 1.173  4 | |||
| 83. Northern Colorado (3 - 7) Schedule: 2.469 (34) | 1.148 1.148  7 | |||
| 84. Towson (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.317 (41) | 1.09 1.09  7 | |||
| 85. Murray St (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.112 (49) | 1.027 1.027  1 | |||
| 86. North Dakota (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.315 (42) | 1.008 1.008  4 | |||
| 87. Princeton (5 - 4) Schedule: 0.357 (110) | 0.857 0.857  | |||
| 88. Prairie View A&M (5 - 5) Schedule: 0.594 (105) | 0.847 0.847  1 | |||
| 89. San Diego (9 - 1) Schedule: -0.155 (118) | 0.827 0.827  4 | |||
| 90. Brown (4 - 5) Schedule: 1.083 (97) | 0.736 0.736  2 | |||
| 91. Elon (1 - 10) Schedule: 3.06 (11) | 0.704 0.704  | |||
| 92. Dayton (7 - 3) Schedule: -0.449 (123) | 0.703 0.703  | |||
| 93. Howard (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.157 (93) | 0.66 0.66  | |||
| 94. VMI (2 - 9) Schedule: 2.277 (45) | 0.656 0.656  | |||
| 95. Norfolk St (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.325 (85) | 0.415 0.415  1 | |||
| 96. Drake (6 - 4) Schedule: 0.29 (112) | 0.407 0.407  1 | |||
| 97. Hampton (3 - 8) Schedule: 1.793 (66) | 0.372 0.372  7 | |||
| 98. Gardner-Webb (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.837 (63) | 0.352 0.352  1 | |||
| 99. Pennsylvania (1 - 8) Schedule: 2.064 (52) | 0.301 0.301  4 | |||
| 100. Georgetown DC (2 - 8) Schedule: 1.667 (70) | 0.25 0.25  1 | |||
| 101. Incarnate Word (2 - 9) Schedule: 2.544 (32) | 0.248 0.248  2 | |||
| 102. Alabama A&M (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.117 (96) | 0.236 0.236  4 | |||
| 103. Florida A&M (3 - 8) Schedule: 1.545 (75) | 0.125 0.125  3 | |||
| 104. Central Conn St (2 - 9) Schedule: 1.478 (77) | 0.11 0.11  2 | |||
| 105. Austin Peay (1 - 10) Schedule: 3.15 (10) | -0.005 -0.005  5 | |||
| 106. Rhode Island (0 - 11) Schedule: 2.942 (16) | -0.214 -0.214  1 | |||
| 107. Texas Southern (5 - 6) Schedule: -0.228 (119) | -0.536 -0.536  | |||
| 108. Marist (4 - 7) Schedule: 0.299 (111) | -0.608 -0.608  2 | |||
| 109. Nicholls St (0 - 11) Schedule: 2.753 (22) | -0.751 -0.751  | |||
| 110. Butler (4 - 7) Schedule: 0.099 (115) | -0.877 -0.877  1 | |||
| 111. Jackson St (4 - 7) Schedule: -0.029 (117) | -0.912 -0.912  4 | |||
| 112. Campbell (5 - 6) Schedule: -0.313 (120) | -0.941 -0.941  2 | |||
| 113. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3 - 7) Schedule: 0.458 (109) | -0.993 -0.993  | |||
| 114. Morehead St (4 - 7) Schedule: 0.105 (114) | -1.023 -1.023  3 | |||
| 115. Delaware St (2 - 9) Schedule: 1.24 (89) | -1.041 -1.041  7 | |||
| 116. Houston Christian (2 - 9) Schedule: 1.064 (98) | -1.23 -1.23  | |||
| 117. Stetson (5 - 6) Schedule: -0.501 (124) | -1.233 -1.233  5 | |||
| 118. Cornell NY (1 - 8) Schedule: 1.463 (78) | -1.299 -1.299  1 | |||
| 119. Valparaiso (3 - 8) Schedule: -0.334 (121) | -1.416 -1.416  2 | |||
| 120. Robert Morris (1 - 9) Schedule: 1.733 (68) | -1.42 -1.42  2 | |||
| 121. Mississippi Valley St (1 - 9) Schedule: 1.041 (100) | -1.662 -1.662  1 | |||
| 122. Columbia (0 - 9) Schedule: 1.8 (65) | -1.833 -1.833  | |||
| 123. Savannah St (0 - 11) Schedule: 1.568 (74) | -1.871 -1.871  | |||
| 124. Davidson (0 - 10) Schedule: 0.143 (113) | -2.672 -2.672  |