Week 8
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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. Mississippi (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.655 (15) | 8.943 8.943  1 | |||
| 2. Auburn (5 - 1) Schedule: 6.507 (1) | 8.839 8.839  1 | |||
| 3. Mississippi St (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.796 (9) | 8.344 8.344  | |||
| 4. Alabama (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.901 (7) | 8.221 8.221  4 | |||
| 5. TCU  (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.36 (24) | 7.944 7.944  1 | |||
| 6. Georgia (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.316 (29) | 7.748 7.748  1 | |||
| 7. Oklahoma (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.911 (6) | 7.738 7.738  3 | |||
| 8. Oregon (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.355 (25) | 7.572 7.572  4 | |||
| 9. Kansas St (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.535 (16) | 7.552 7.552  2 | |||
| 10. Baylor (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.769 (66) | 7.345 7.345  5 | |||
| 11. Notre Dame  (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.334 (26) | 7.342 7.342  2 | |||
| 12. Florida St (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.063 (41) | 7.303 7.303  2 | |||
| 13. Nebraska (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.863 (58) | 7.288 7.288  6 | |||
| 14. Ohio State (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.72 (72) | 7.187 7.187  10 | |||
| 15. Southern Cal (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.487 (19) | 7.129 7.129  2 | |||
| 16. Michigan St (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.835 (62) | 7.126 7.126  4 | |||
| 17. Missouri (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.502 (17) | 7.012 7.012  9 | |||
| 18. UCLA (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.191 (3) | 7.011 7.011  2 | |||
| 19. Utah (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.856 (60) | 6.898 6.898  1 | |||
| 20. LSU (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.366 (22) | 6.898 6.898  1 | |||
| 21. Louisville (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.661 (75) | 6.837 6.837  8 | |||
| 22. Clemson (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.794 (10) | 6.837 6.837  1 | |||
| 23. Marshall (7 - 0) Schedule: 3.08 (124) | 6.813 6.813  6 | |||
| 24. Texas A&M (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.684 (12) | 6.655 6.655  11 | |||
| 25. Virginia Tech  (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.362 (23) | 6.6 6.6  2 | |||
| 26. Arizona St (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.839 (61) | 6.574 6.574  19 | |||
| 27. West Virginia (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.499 (18) | 6.566 6.566  16 | |||
| 28. Tennessee (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.427 (2) | 6.473 6.473  13 | |||
| 29. Arizona (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.287 (31) | 6.445 6.445  2 | |||
| 30. Minnesota (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.89 (56) | 6.223 6.223  3 | |||
| 31. Oklahoma St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.179 (37) | 6.154 6.154  3 | |||
| 32. Maryland (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.059 (43) | 6.123 6.123  17 | |||
| 33. Arkansas (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.66 (14) | 6.096 6.096  2 | |||
| 34. East Carolina (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.009 (101) | 6.052 6.052  | |||
| 35. Boston College (4 - 3) Schedule: 5 (47) | 6.051 6.051  5 | |||
| 36. Virginia (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.32 (28) | 6.027 6.027  4 | |||
| 37. Stanford (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.01 (44) | 6.024 6.024  12 | |||
| 38. Duke (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.855 (108) | 5.963 5.963  1 | |||
| 39. Wisconsin (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.309 (84) | 5.944 5.944  3 | |||
| 40. Colorado St (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.294 (85) | 5.936 5.936  7 | |||
| 41. Miami FL (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.117 (38) | 5.91 5.91  7 | |||
| 42. Washington (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.733 (70) | 5.909 5.909  15 | |||
| 43. Georgia Tech (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.795 (65) | 5.88 5.88  7 | |||
| 44. Memphis (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.99 (48) | 5.837 5.837  14 | |||
| 45. South Carolina (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.412 (21) | 5.791 5.791  4 | |||
| 46. Iowa (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.825 (63) | 5.725 5.725  | |||
| 47. Pittsburgh (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.009 (45) | 5.705 5.705  4 | |||
| 48. Brigham Young (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.904 (54) | 5.693 5.693  10 | |||
| 49. Boise St (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.881 (57) | 5.62 5.62  8 | |||
| 50. Utah St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.923 (51) | 5.567 5.567  6 | |||
| 51. Florida (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.961 (5) | 5.505 5.505  21 | |||
| 52. Louisiana Tech (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.957 (49) | 5.504 5.504  1 | |||
| 53. Arkansas St (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.443 (80) | 5.496 5.496  3 | |||
| 54. Kentucky (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.12 (96) | 5.481 5.481  17 | |||
| 55. Nevada (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.94 (50) | 5.474 5.474  8 | |||
| 56. Central Florida (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.918 (53) | 5.383 5.383  2 | |||
| 57. Northwestern (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.285 (32) | 5.329 5.329  5 | |||
| 58. Penn State (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.551 (77) | 5.302 5.302  2 | |||
| 59. California (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.076 (40) | 5.22 5.22  1 | |||
| 60. Texas (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.453 (20) | 5.209 5.209  5 | |||
| 61. Oregon St (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.522 (78) | 5.178 5.178  3 | |||
| 62. Syracuse (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.682 (13) | 5.155 5.155  8 | |||
| 63. North Carolina (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.712 (11) | 5.12 5.12  6 | |||
| 64. North Carolina St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.062 (42) | 4.957 4.957  4 | |||
| 65. Georgia Southern (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.885 (126) | 4.937 4.937  6 | |||
| 66. Houston (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.121 (95) | 4.917 4.917  14 | |||
| 67. Toledo (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.741 (67) | 4.873 4.873  6 | |||
| 68. Washington St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.299 (30) | 4.829 4.829  2 | |||
| 69. Iowa St (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.147 (4) | 4.816 4.816  4 | |||
| 70. Rutgers (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.225 (88) | 4.778 4.778  9 | |||
| 71. Indiana (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.18 (36) | 4.712 4.712  9 | |||
| 72. Michigan (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.079 (39) | 4.705 4.705  2 | |||
| 73. San Jose St (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.734 (69) | 4.647 4.647  8 | |||
| 74. Alabama-Birmingham (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.672 (112) | 4.586 4.586  15 | |||
| 75. Purdue (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.33 (27) | 4.562 4.562  4 | |||
| 76. Cincinnati (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.73 (71) | 4.474 4.474  18 | |||
| 77. Rice (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.458 (79) | 4.471 4.471  2 | |||
| 78. Texas Tech (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.19 (35) | 4.414 4.414  4 | |||
| 79. Air Force (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.47 (120) | 4.384 4.384  3 | |||
| 80. Western Michigan (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.74 (109) | 4.379 4.379  7 | |||
| 81. Middle Tennessee St (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.163 (94) | 4.349 4.349  12 | |||
| 82. Florida Int'l (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.676 (74) | 4.274 4.274  5 | |||
| 83. Western Kentucky (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.033 (100) | 4.26 4.26  11 | |||
| 84. Texas-San Antonio (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.923 (52) | 4.227 4.227  2 | |||
| 85. San Diego St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.611 (116) | 4.215 4.215  12 | |||
| 86. South Alabama (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.712 (110) | 4.192 4.192  2 | |||
| 87. Colorado (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.238 (34) | 4.158 4.158  2 | |||
| 88. Central Michigan (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.04 (99) | 4.128 4.128  4 | |||
| 89. Temple (4 - 2) Schedule: 2.636 (127) | 4.107 4.107  22 | |||
| 90. Akron (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.648 (113) | 4.088 4.088  12 | |||
| 91. Fresno St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.736 (68) | 3.981 3.981  7 | |||
| 92. Northern Illinois (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.541 (118) | 3.959 3.959  3 | |||
| 93. Florida Atlantic (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.894 (55) | 3.935 3.935  3 | |||
| 94. Navy (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.86 (107) | 3.904 3.904  11 | |||
| 95. Wyoming (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.001 (46) | 3.858 3.858  4 | |||
| 96. Illinois (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.862 (59) | 3.857 3.857  6 | |||
| 97. UTEP  (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.383 (81) | 3.746 3.746  2 | |||
| 98. Louisiana-Lafayette (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.197 (92) | 3.697 3.697  11 | |||
| 99. Ball St (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.93 (104) | 3.658 3.658  2 | |||
| 100. Southern Miss (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.688 (73) | 3.608 3.608  6 | |||
| 101. Hawai`i (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.57 (76) | 3.603 3.603  12 | |||
| 102. Bowling Green (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.538 (119) | 3.568 3.568  10 | |||
| 103. Old Dominion (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.701 (111) | 3.315 3.315  | |||
| 104. New Mexico (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.201 (90) | 3.232 3.232  9 | |||
| 105. Kansas (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.823 (64) | 3.217 3.217  3 | |||
| 106. South Florida (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.32 (83) | 3.145 3.145  5 | |||
| 107. Tulane (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.291 (86) | 3.137 3.137  | |||
| 108. Vanderbilt (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.254 (33) | 3.085 3.085  4 | |||
| 109. Wake Forest (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.381 (82) | 3.045 3.045  9 | |||
| 110. Massachusetts (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.613 (115) | 3.026 3.026  5 | |||
| 111. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.113 (97) | 2.978 2.978  6 | |||
| 112. Ohio U. (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.881 (106) | 2.898 2.898  8 | |||
| 113. Buffalo (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.956 (125) | 2.801 2.801  5 | |||
| 114. Miami OH (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.172 (93) | 2.623 2.623  4 | |||
| 115. Kent St (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.217 (89) | 2.439 2.439  11 | |||
| 116. Appalachian St (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.098 (123) | 2.388 2.388  11 | |||
| 117. North Texas (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.622 (114) | 2.353 2.353  5 | |||
| 118. Georgia St (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.995 (102) | 2.325 2.325  4 | |||
| 119. New Mexico St (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.418 (121) | 2.28 2.28  | |||
| 120. Army (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.608 (117) | 2.227 2.227  10 | |||
| 121. Tulsa (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.288 (87) | 2.127 2.127  | |||
| 122. UNLV (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.197 (91) | 2.098 2.098  3 | |||
| 123. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.339 (128) | 2.015 2.015  6 | |||
| 124. SMU (0 - 6) Schedule: 5.804 (8) | 1.949 1.949  8 | |||
| 125. Troy (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.992 (103) | 1.92 1.92  11 | |||
| 126. Idaho (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.383 (122) | 1.839 1.839  2 | |||
| 127. Connecticut (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.062 (98) | 1.754 1.754  3 | |||
| 128. Eastern Michigan (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.918 (105) | 1.679 1.679  5 |