Week 15
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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. Alabama (14 - 1) Schedule: 6.4 (1) | 9.553 9.553  | |||
| 2. Clemson (14 - 1) Schedule: 6.17 (6) | 8.437 8.437  5 | |||
| 3. Washington (12 - 2) Schedule: 5.797 (23) | 8.344 8.344  1 | |||
| 4. Ohio State (11 - 2) Schedule: 6.098 (9) | 8.051 8.051  1 | |||
| 5. Michigan (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.818 (22) | 8.002 8.002  1 | |||
| 6. Southern Cal (10 - 3) Schedule: 6.271 (3) | 7.852 7.852  1 | |||
| 7. Florida St (10 - 3) Schedule: 6.352 (2) | 7.815 7.815  3 | |||
| 8. LSU (8 - 4) Schedule: 6.26 (4) | 7.712 7.712  3 | |||
| 9. Wisconsin (11 - 3) Schedule: 5.897 (17) | 7.622 7.622  1 | |||
| 10. Penn State (11 - 3) Schedule: 5.905 (15) | 7.574 7.574  4 | |||
| 11. Oklahoma (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.698 (33) | 7.509 7.509  2 | |||
| 12. Miami FL (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.51 (46) | 7.26 7.26  10 | |||
| 13. Stanford (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.954 (12) | 7.209 7.209  1 | |||
| 14. Colorado (10 - 4) Schedule: 5.963 (11) | 7.085 7.085  5 | |||
| 15. Louisville (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.399 (55) | 7.058 7.058  | |||
| 16. Florida (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.771 (27) | 7.005 7.005  13 | |||
| 17. Virginia Tech  (10 - 4) Schedule: 5.6 (42) | 6.985 6.985  7 | |||
| 18. Oklahoma St (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.481 (50) | 6.94 6.94  15 | |||
| 19. North Carolina (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.888 (18) | 6.916 6.916  6 | |||
| 20. Western Michigan (13 - 1) Schedule: 4.275 (102) | 6.896 6.896  4 | |||
| 21. West Virginia (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.669 (35) | 6.851 6.851  4 | |||
| 22. Auburn (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.888 (19) | 6.81 6.81  2 | |||
| 23. Washington St (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.898 (16) | 6.803 6.803  9 | |||
| 24. Tennessee (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.772 (26) | 6.703 6.703  10 | |||
| 25. Utah (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.564 (45) | 6.583 6.583  4 | |||
| 26. Pittsburgh (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.866 (21) | 6.579 6.579  5 | |||
| 27. Texas A&M (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.643 (36) | 6.538 6.538  1 | |||
| 28. Temple (10 - 4) Schedule: 4.5 (88) | 6.491 6.491  9 | |||
| 29. Iowa (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.718 (30) | 6.473 6.473  11 | |||
| 30. Appalachian St (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.482 (91) | 6.458 6.458  6 | |||
| 31. Minnesota (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.343 (57) | 6.418 6.418  1 | |||
| 32. Brigham Young (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.021 (68) | 6.418 6.418  5 | |||
| 33. Kansas St (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.342 (58) | 6.408 6.408  5 | |||
| 34. North Carolina St (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.72 (29) | 6.378 6.378  12 | |||
| 35. Boise St (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.923 (70) | 6.355 6.355  12 | |||
| 36. Nebraska (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.495 (48) | 6.333 6.333  10 | |||
| 37. South Florida (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.645 (82) | 6.316 6.316  7 | |||
| 38. San Diego St (11 - 3) Schedule: 4.302 (100) | 6.281 6.281  3 | |||
| 39. Georgia Tech (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.631 (38) | 6.253 6.253  8 | |||
| 40. Western Kentucky (11 - 3) Schedule: 4.164 (107) | 6.213 6.213  3 | |||
| 41. Tulsa (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.469 (94) | 6.128 6.128  4 | |||
| 42. Toledo (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.48 (93) | 6.034 6.034  3 | |||
| 43. Mississippi (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.231 (5) | 6.01 6.01  2 | |||
| 44. Northwestern (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.699 (32) | 6.003 6.003  2 | |||
| 45. Houston (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.71 (80) | 5.95 5.95  10 | |||
| 46. Arkansas (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.752 (28) | 5.732 5.732  4 | |||
| 47. TCU  (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.579 (44) | 5.711 5.711  2 | |||
| 48. Georgia (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.496 (47) | 5.681 5.681  11 | |||
| 49. Notre Dame  (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.718 (31) | 5.621 5.621  6 | |||
| 50. Memphis (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.829 (75) | 5.617 5.617  6 | |||
| 51. Baylor (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.068 (65) | 5.614 5.614  17 | |||
| 52. Navy (9 - 5) Schedule: 4.908 (71) | 5.61 5.61  12 | |||
| 53. Air Force (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.144 (108) | 5.592 5.592  | |||
| 54. California (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.1 (8) | 5.514 5.514  3 | |||
| 55. Louisiana Tech (9 - 5) Schedule: 4.08 (112) | 5.489 5.489  9 | |||
| 56. Colorado St (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.854 (73) | 5.481 5.481  8 | |||
| 57. Troy (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.052 (115) | 5.478 5.478  4 | |||
| 58. Mississippi St (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.616 (41) | 5.456 5.456  1 | |||
| 59. Texas (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.491 (49) | 5.446 5.446  4 | |||
| 60. UCLA (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.975 (10) | 5.426 5.426  8 | |||
| 61. Texas Tech (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.381 (56) | 5.333 5.333  5 | |||
| 62. Vanderbilt (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.422 (52) | 5.266 5.266  2 | |||
| 63. Wyoming (8 - 6) Schedule: 4.897 (72) | 5.248 5.248  1 | |||
| 64. Oregon St (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.878 (20) | 5.234 5.234  8 | |||
| 65. Oregon (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.947 (14) | 5.223 5.223  7 | |||
| 66. Boston College (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.172 (61) | 5.197 5.197  6 | |||
| 67. Kentucky (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.278 (60) | 5.195 5.195  | |||
| 68. Wake Forest (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.408 (54) | 5.185 5.185  8 | |||
| 69. Arkansas St (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.241 (103) | 5.165 5.165  5 | |||
| 70. Indiana (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.409 (53) | 5.123 5.123  5 | |||
| 71. Central Florida (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.722 (79) | 5.066 5.066  17 | |||
| 72. Old Dominion (10 - 3) Schedule: 3.667 (125) | 4.881 4.881  5 | |||
| 73. Duke (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.676 (34) | 4.86 4.86  7 | |||
| 74. New Mexico (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.203 (106) | 4.825 4.825  1 | |||
| 75. Idaho (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.392 (97) | 4.814 4.814  3 | |||
| 76. Arizona St (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.787 (24) | 4.813 4.813  6 | |||
| 77. Michigan St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.778 (25) | 4.788 4.788  6 | |||
| 78. Maryland (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.029 (67) | 4.781 4.781  9 | |||
| 79. Ohio U. (8 - 6) Schedule: 4.09 (110) | 4.757 4.757  4 | |||
| 80. Iowa St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.62 (39) | 4.596 4.596  2 | |||
| 81. South Carolina (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.305 (59) | 4.57 4.57  3 | |||
| 82. Syracuse (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.949 (13) | 4.541 4.541  3 | |||
| 83. Northern Illinois (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.566 (85) | 4.53 4.53  2 | |||
| 84. Arizona (3 - 9) Schedule: 6.131 (7) | 4.45 4.45  5 | |||
| 85. SMU (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.065 (66) | 4.293 4.293  2 | |||
| 86. Missouri (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.087 (64) | 4.25 4.25  1 | |||
| 87. Army (8 - 5) Schedule: 3.544 (128) | 4.201 4.201  12 | |||
| 88. Georgia Southern (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.443 (95) | 4.201 4.201  3 | |||
| 89. Southern Miss (7 - 6) Schedule: 3.831 (123) | 4.162 4.162  6 | |||
| 90. Texas-San Antonio (6 - 7) Schedule: 3.961 (120) | 4.123 4.123  1 | |||
| 91. Utah St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.156 (62) | 4.121 4.121  5 | |||
| 92. Louisiana-Lafayette (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.278 (101) | 4.042 4.042  3 | |||
| 93. Hawai`i (7 - 7) Schedule: 4.497 (89) | 3.981 3.981  5 | |||
| 94. Eastern Michigan (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.045 (116) | 3.967 3.967  1 | |||
| 95. Tulane (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.724 (78) | 3.952 3.952  7 | |||
| 96. Central Michigan (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.409 (96) | 3.951 3.951  4 | |||
| 97. Virginia (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.592 (43) | 3.903 3.903  4 | |||
| 98. Middle Tennessee St (8 - 5) Schedule: 3.577 (127) | 3.878 3.878  4 | |||
| 99. Miami OH (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.065 (113) | 3.872 3.872  | |||
| 100. South Alabama (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.088 (111) | 3.852 3.852  3 | |||
| 101. Illinois (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.636 (37) | 3.792 3.792  5 | |||
| 102. Akron (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.338 (99) | 3.769 3.769  | |||
| 103. Kent St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.527 (87) | 3.568 3.568  2 | |||
| 104. East Carolina (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.977 (69) | 3.489 3.489  4 | |||
| 105. Rutgers (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.618 (40) | 3.488 3.488  2 | |||
| 106. Bowling Green (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.493 (90) | 3.487 3.487  1 | |||
| 107. Nevada (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.014 (117) | 3.483 3.483  2 | |||
| 108. Cincinnati (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.83 (74) | 3.462 3.462  4 | |||
| 109. Purdue (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.152 (63) | 3.433 3.433  3 | |||
| 110. San Jose St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.677 (81) | 3.432 3.432  | |||
| 111. Ball St (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.908 (121) | 3.43 3.43  | |||
| 112. Georgia St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.48 (92) | 3.312 3.312  1 | |||
| 113. Kansas (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.464 (51) | 3.3 3.3  1 | |||
| 114. UNLV (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.234 (104) | 3.204 3.204  2 | |||
| 115. Massachusetts (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.738 (76) | 3.085 3.085  2 | |||
| 116. Louisiana-Monroe (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.593 (83) | 3.068 3.068  | |||
| 117. North Texas (5 - 8) Schedule: 3.975 (118) | 2.983 2.983  2 | |||
| 118. New Mexico St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.571 (84) | 2.916 2.916  | |||
| 119. Connecticut (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.735 (77) | 2.888 2.888  4 | |||
| 120. Florida Int'l (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.053 (114) | 2.669 2.669  | |||
| 121. UNC-Charlotte (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.761 (124) | 2.626 2.626  1 | |||
| 122. Florida Atlantic (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.971 (119) | 2.604 2.604  1 | |||
| 123. Fresno St (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.553 (86) | 2.566 2.566  2 | |||
| 124. Rice (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.139 (109) | 2.531 2.531  | |||
| 125. UTEP  (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.59 (126) | 2.499 2.499  | |||
| 126. Marshall (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.881 (122) | 2.385 2.385  | |||
| 127. Buffalo (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.213 (105) | 2.071 2.071  | |||
| 128. Texas St-San Marcos (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.353 (98) | 1.787 1.787  |