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. Mississippi (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.974 (3) | 8.755 8.755  | |||
| 2. Auburn (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.457 (2) | 8.571 8.571  | |||
| 3. Alabama (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.965 (6) | 8.325 8.325  1 | |||
| 4. Mississippi St (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.722 (14) | 8.238 8.238  1 | |||
| 5. TCU  (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.101 (41) | 7.848 7.848  | |||
| 6. Kansas St (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.534 (20) | 7.795 7.795  3 | |||
| 7. Georgia (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.331 (29) | 7.76 7.76  1 | |||
| 8. Oklahoma (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.896 (7) | 7.723 7.723  1 | |||
| 9. Oregon (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.243 (34) | 7.504 7.504  1 | |||
| 10. Nebraska (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.989 (49) | 7.426 7.426  3 | |||
| 11. Notre Dame  (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.358 (27) | 7.362 7.362  | |||
| 12. Michigan St (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.797 (59) | 7.269 7.269  4 | |||
| 13. LSU (7 - 2) Schedule: 5.782 (9) | 7.224 7.224  7 | |||
| 14. Baylor (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.626 (72) | 7.203 7.203  4 | |||
| 15. Florida St (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.963 (52) | 7.2 7.2  3 | |||
| 16. Southern Cal (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.74 (11) | 7.083 7.083  1 | |||
| 17. Ohio State (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.648 (71) | 6.975 6.975  3 | |||
| 18. Utah (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.11 (40) | 6.966 6.966  1 | |||
| 19. Clemson (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.722 (13) | 6.914 6.914  2 | |||
| 20. Arizona St (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.98 (50) | 6.912 6.912  6 | |||
| 21. West Virginia (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.423 (26) | 6.887 6.887  6 | |||
| 22. Louisville (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.655 (70) | 6.831 6.831  | |||
| 23. UCLA (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.884 (8) | 6.758 6.758  5 | |||
| 24. Missouri (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.206 (36) | 6.749 6.749  7 | |||
| 25. Marshall (8 - 0) Schedule: 3.075 (125) | 6.712 6.712  2 | |||
| 26. Texas A&M (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.691 (17) | 6.663 6.663  2 | |||
| 27. Arizona (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.093 (42) | 6.528 6.528  2 | |||
| 28. Wisconsin (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.584 (74) | 6.516 6.516  11 | |||
| 29. Miami FL (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.276 (33) | 6.5 6.5  12 | |||
| 30. Georgia Tech (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.948 (53) | 6.396 6.396  13 | |||
| 31. Stanford (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.009 (48) | 6.349 6.349  6 | |||
| 32. Arkansas (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.45 (22) | 6.299 6.299  1 | |||
| 33. Tennessee (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.521 (1) | 6.229 6.229  5 | |||
| 34. Boise St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.012 (47) | 6.048 6.048  15 | |||
| 35. Duke (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.915 (103) | 6.021 6.021  3 | |||
| 36. Virginia Tech  (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.445 (23) | 5.995 5.995  11 | |||
| 37. South Carolina (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.739 (12) | 5.964 5.964  8 | |||
| 38. Colorado St (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.235 (92) | 5.9 5.9  2 | |||
| 39. Minnesota (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.736 (64) | 5.807 5.807  9 | |||
| 40. Boston College (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.678 (67) | 5.782 5.782  5 | |||
| 41. Memphis (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.421 (81) | 5.756 5.756  3 | |||
| 42. Washington (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.025 (46) | 5.663 5.663  | |||
| 43. East Carolina (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.672 (112) | 5.643 5.643  9 | |||
| 44. Maryland (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.168 (37) | 5.631 5.631  12 | |||
| 45. Kentucky (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.712 (66) | 5.607 5.607  9 | |||
| 46. Virginia (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.125 (39) | 5.584 5.584  10 | |||
| 47. Iowa (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.666 (68) | 5.564 5.564  1 | |||
| 48. Oklahoma St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.218 (35) | 5.537 5.537  17 | |||
| 49. Florida (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.97 (5) | 5.511 5.511  2 | |||
| 50. Louisiana Tech (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.726 (65) | 5.486 5.486  2 | |||
| 51. Central Florida (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.588 (73) | 5.439 5.439  5 | |||
| 52. Nevada (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.741 (62) | 5.435 5.435  3 | |||
| 53. Northwestern (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.292 (32) | 5.333 5.333  4 | |||
| 54. North Carolina (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.692 (16) | 5.33 5.33  9 | |||
| 55. Utah St (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.453 (80) | 5.285 5.285  5 | |||
| 56. Penn State (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.829 (58) | 5.255 5.255  2 | |||
| 57. Brigham Young (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.93 (54) | 5.23 5.23  9 | |||
| 58. Georgia Southern (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.874 (127) | 5.203 5.203  7 | |||
| 59. California (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.333 (28) | 5.133 5.133  | |||
| 60. Syracuse (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.749 (10) | 5.006 5.006  2 | |||
| 61. Arkansas St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.349 (87) | 5 5  8 | |||
| 62. North Carolina St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.079 (44) | 4.971 4.971  2 | |||
| 63. Pittsburgh (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.851 (57) | 4.96 4.96  16 | |||
| 64. Oregon St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.882 (56) | 4.925 4.925  3 | |||
| 65. Texas (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.575 (19) | 4.89 4.89  5 | |||
| 66. Rutgers (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.583 (75) | 4.75 4.75  4 | |||
| 67. Toledo (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.531 (76) | 4.749 4.749  | |||
| 68. Washington St (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.526 (21) | 4.724 4.724  | |||
| 69. Houston (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.928 (102) | 4.721 4.721  3 | |||
| 70. Cincinnati (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.503 (77) | 4.664 4.664  6 | |||
| 71. Iowa St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.971 (4) | 4.639 4.639  2 | |||
| 72. Indiana (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.084 (43) | 4.615 4.615  1 | |||
| 73. Rice (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.136 (93) | 4.559 4.559  4 | |||
| 74. Purdue (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.315 (31) | 4.544 4.544  1 | |||
| 75. Texas Tech (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.666 (18) | 4.519 4.519  3 | |||
| 76. Western Michigan (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.582 (116) | 4.517 4.517  4 | |||
| 77. Michigan (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.315 (30) | 4.516 4.516  5 | |||
| 78. UTEP  (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.381 (86) | 4.443 4.443  19 | |||
| 79. Western Kentucky (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.972 (97) | 4.396 4.396  4 | |||
| 80. Air Force (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.453 (120) | 4.365 4.365  1 | |||
| 81. Illinois (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.138 (38) | 4.351 4.351  15 | |||
| 82. Colorado (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.428 (25) | 4.325 4.325  5 | |||
| 83. San Diego St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.717 (111) | 4.322 4.322  2 | |||
| 84. Alabama-Birmingham (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.939 (99) | 4.27 4.27  10 | |||
| 85. Louisiana-Lafayette (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.411 (82) | 4.235 4.235  13 | |||
| 86. Middle Tennessee St (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.045 (95) | 4.231 4.231  5 | |||
| 87. San Jose St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.454 (79) | 4.193 4.193  14 | |||
| 88. South Alabama (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.415 (121) | 4.175 4.175  2 | |||
| 89. Fresno St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.886 (55) | 4.132 4.132  2 | |||
| 90. Central Michigan (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.85 (109) | 4.105 4.105  2 | |||
| 91. Navy (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.895 (107) | 4.096 4.096  3 | |||
| 92. Florida Int'l (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.41 (83) | 4.004 4.004  10 | |||
| 93. Northern Illinois (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.344 (122) | 4 4  1 | |||
| 94. Ball St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.91 (105) | 3.937 3.937  5 | |||
| 95. Florida Atlantic (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.043 (45) | 3.836 3.836  2 | |||
| 96. Temple (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.022 (126) | 3.83 3.83  7 | |||
| 97. Wyoming (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.976 (51) | 3.746 3.746  2 | |||
| 98. Akron (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.553 (118) | 3.674 3.674  8 | |||
| 99. Bowling Green (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.59 (115) | 3.619 3.619  3 | |||
| 100. Texas-San Antonio (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.739 (63) | 3.599 3.599  16 | |||
| 101. Hawai`i (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.664 (69) | 3.588 3.588  | |||
| 102. Southern Miss (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.768 (60) | 3.545 3.545  2 | |||
| 103. Old Dominion (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.937 (100) | 3.4 3.4  | |||
| 104. New Mexico (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.327 (88) | 3.356 3.356  | |||
| 105. Vanderbilt (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.434 (24) | 3.309 3.309  3 | |||
| 106. Tulane (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.389 (84) | 3.237 3.237  1 | |||
| 107. Kansas (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.751 (61) | 3.143 3.143  2 | |||
| 108. Massachusetts (2 - 7) Schedule: 3.734 (110) | 3.12 3.12  2 | |||
| 109. Wake Forest (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.456 (78) | 3.099 3.099  | |||
| 110. South Florida (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.385 (85) | 3.021 3.021  4 | |||
| 111. Buffalo (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.085 (124) | 2.749 2.749  2 | |||
| 112. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.897 (106) | 2.745 2.745  1 | |||
| 113. Miami OH (2 - 7) Schedule: 3.891 (108) | 2.735 2.735  1 | |||
| 114. Ohio U. (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.911 (104) | 2.706 2.706  2 | |||
| 115. Texas St-San Marcos (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.652 (128) | 2.552 2.552  8 | |||
| 116. New Mexico St (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.649 (114) | 2.514 2.514  3 | |||
| 117. Appalachian St (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.086 (123) | 2.377 2.377  1 | |||
| 118. Army (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.663 (113) | 2.283 2.283  2 | |||
| 119. UNLV (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.272 (90) | 2.169 2.169  3 | |||
| 120. Kent St (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.947 (98) | 2.146 2.146  5 | |||
| 121. Georgia St (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.136 (94) | 2.142 2.142  3 | |||
| 122. Tulsa (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.3 (89) | 2.138 2.138  1 | |||
| 123. North Texas (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.581 (117) | 2.111 2.111  6 | |||
| 124. Connecticut (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.241 (91) | 2.04 2.04  3 | |||
| 125. Idaho (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.487 (119) | 1.945 1.945  1 | |||
| 126. Troy (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.974 (96) | 1.855 1.855  1 | |||
| 127. SMU (0 - 7) Schedule: 5.698 (15) | 1.786 1.786  3 | |||
| 128. Eastern Michigan (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.932 (101) | 1.684 1.684  |