Week 12
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. North Dakota St (10 - 1) Schedule: 3.96 (1) | 5.942 5.942  | |||
| 2. Eastern Washington (10 - 1) Schedule: 3.437 (5) | 5.736 5.736  | |||
| 3. Jacksonville St (10 - 1) Schedule: 2.468 (41) | 4.953 4.953  | |||
| 4. South Dakota St (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.546 (4) | 4.835 4.835  1 | |||
| 5. Sam Houston St (11 - 0) Schedule: 1.381 (85) | 4.676 4.676  4 | |||
| 6. Central Arkansas (9 - 2) Schedule: 2.456 (42) | 4.445 4.445  2 | |||
| 7. The Citadel (10 - 1) Schedule: 2.802 (22) | 4.331 4.331  | |||
| 8. Youngstown St (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.346 (7) | 4.322 4.322  2 | |||
| 9. James Madison (10 - 1) Schedule: 2.104 (61) | 4.258 4.258  1 | |||
| 10. Northern Iowa (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.778 (3) | 4.25 4.25  4 | |||
| 11. Coastal Carolina (9 - 2) Schedule: 1.888 (68) | 4.198 4.198  | |||
| 12. Charleston Southern (7 - 3) Schedule: 2.533 (35) | 4.134 4.134  1 | |||
| 13. Chattanooga (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.481 (38) | 4.074 4.074  1 | |||
| 14. North Dakota (9 - 2) Schedule: 2.596 (31) | 3.934 3.934  1 | |||
| 15. Lehigh (9 - 2) Schedule: 1.662 (73) | 3.924 3.924  1 | |||
| 16. Wofford (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.473 (40) | 3.905 3.905  2 | |||
| 17. Villanova (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.451 (44) | 3.757 3.757  4 | |||
| 18. Cal Poly SLO (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.136 (14) | 3.615 3.615  2 | |||
| 19. Grambling St (8 - 1) Schedule: 0.448 (115) | 3.592 3.592  5 | |||
| 20. Illinois St (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.199 (13) | 3.53 3.53  3 | |||
| 21. Samford (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.66 (29) | 3.501 3.501  7 | |||
| 22. Southern Utah (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.338 (8) | 3.486 3.486  7 | |||
| 23. Princeton (8 - 2) Schedule: 1.117 (95) | 3.429 3.429  2 | |||
| 24. Western Illinois (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.41 (6) | 3.395 3.395  5 | |||
| 25. Richmond (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.26 (51) | 3.317 3.317  8 | |||
| 26. Montana (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.485 (37) | 3.231 3.231  4 | |||
| 27. South Dakota (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.857 (2) | 3.189 3.189  3 | |||
| 28. San Diego (9 - 1) Schedule: 0.128 (119) | 3.177 3.177  1 | |||
| 29. McNeese St (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.197 (54) | 3.084 3.084  5 | |||
| 30. New Hampshire (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.155 (58) | 2.944 2.944  2 | |||
| 31. Albany NY (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.928 (67) | 2.911 2.911  2 | |||
| 32. Weber St (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.722 (26) | 2.863 2.863  3 | |||
| 33. Northern Arizona (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.907 (19) | 2.807 2.807  7 | |||
| 34. Liberty (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.694 (27) | 2.769 2.769  3 | |||
| 35. SE Louisiana (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.371 (47) | 2.757 2.757  5 | |||
| 36. North Carolina A&T (9 - 2) Schedule: 0.739 (106) | 2.735 2.735  8 | |||
| 37. Colgate (5 - 5) Schedule: 1.691 (72) | 2.689 2.689  2 | |||
| 38. Furman (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.03 (15) | 2.674 2.674  2 | |||
| 39. Southern Illinois (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.926 (17) | 2.669 2.669  3 | |||
| 40. Nicholls St (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.656 (30) | 2.621 2.621  3 | |||
| 41. Portland St (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.271 (10) | 2.605 2.605  8 | |||
| 42. Fordham (8 - 3) Schedule: 1.577 (77) | 2.566 2.566  4 | |||
| 43. Northern Colorado (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.725 (25) | 2.538 2.538  2 | |||
| 44. Duquesne (8 - 3) Schedule: 1.43 (84) | 2.514 2.514  1 | |||
| 45. Pennsylvania (7 - 3) Schedule: 1.45 (79) | 2.481 2.481  5 | |||
| 46. Mercer (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.681 (28) | 2.48 2.48  2 | |||
| 47. Kennesaw St (8 - 3) Schedule: 0.978 (101) | 2.451 2.451  9 | |||
| 48. Maine (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.81 (20) | 2.4 2.4  5 | |||
| 49. Montana St (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.779 (24) | 2.359 2.359  9 | |||
| 50. Stony Brook (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.593 (32) | 2.298 2.298  6 | |||
| 51. Southern U. (8 - 2) Schedule: 0.649 (114) | 2.269 2.269  6 | |||
| 52. Tennessee Tech (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.384 (46) | 2.265 2.265  7 | |||
| 53. Indiana St (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.262 (11) | 2.225 2.225  | |||
| 54. Gardner-Webb (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.027 (65) | 2.21 2.21  3 | |||
| 55. Dayton (9 - 2) Schedule: 0.071 (120) | 2.177 2.177  | |||
| 56. St Francis PA (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.048 (97) | 2.175 2.175  9 | |||
| 57. Tennessee-Martin (7 - 5) Schedule: 1.625 (76) | 2.165 2.165  5 | |||
| 58. William & Mary (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.181 (57) | 2.11 2.11  3 | |||
| 59. Eastern Illinois (6 - 5) Schedule: 2.193 (56) | 2.106 2.106  1 | |||
| 60. North Carolina Central (9 - 2) Schedule: 0.652 (113) | 1.945 1.945  7 | |||
| 61. UC-Davis (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.231 (12) | 1.837 1.837  7 | |||
| 62. Delaware (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.338 (49) | 1.816 1.816  6 | |||
| 63. Harvard (7 - 3) Schedule: 0.946 (103) | 1.808 1.808  9 | |||
| 64. Stephen F. Austin (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.45 (45) | 1.762 1.762  1 | |||
| 65. Prairie View A&M (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.136 (92) | 1.711 1.711  4 | |||
| 66. South Carolina St (4 - 6) Schedule: 1.864 (69) | 1.7 1.7  | |||
| 67. Missouri St (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.924 (18) | 1.552 1.552  5 | |||
| 68. Towson (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.357 (48) | 1.55 1.55  3 | |||
| 69. Lamar (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.803 (21) | 1.538 1.538  5 | |||
| 70. Wagner (6 - 5) Schedule: 1.038 (98) | 1.484 1.484  4 | |||
| 71. SE Missouri St (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.253 (53) | 1.445 1.445  1 | |||
| 72. Tennessee St (7 - 4) Schedule: 1.132 (94) | 1.395 1.395  8 | |||
| 73. Bryant (5 - 6) Schedule: 1.167 (90) | 1.324 1.324  4 | |||
| 74. Western Carolina (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.001 (16) | 1.324 1.324  1 | |||
| 75. Idaho St (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.308 (9) | 1.273 1.273  3 | |||
| 76. VMI (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.558 (34) | 1.261 1.261  3 | |||
| 77. Bucknell (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.653 (74) | 1.255 1.255  6 | |||
| 78. Dartmouth (4 - 6) Schedule: 1.443 (81) | 1.179 1.179  2 | |||
| 79. Alcorn St (5 - 5) Schedule: 1.018 (99) | 1.167 1.167  6 | |||
| 80. Murray St (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.058 (63) | 1.146 1.146  8 | |||
| 81. Monmouth NJ (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.095 (62) | 1.082 1.082  | |||
| 82. Sacred Heart (6 - 5) Schedule: 0.735 (108) | 0.992 0.992  3 | |||
| 83. Drake (7 - 4) Schedule: 0.737 (107) | 0.957 0.957  5 | |||
| 84. East Tennessee St (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.15 (59) | 0.923 0.923  6 | |||
| 85. Houston Christian (4 - 7) Schedule: 2.453 (43) | 0.898 0.898  3 | |||
| 86. Bethune-Cookman (4 - 5) Schedule: 0.661 (112) | 0.803 0.803  9 | |||
| 87. Abilene Christian (2 - 9) Schedule: 2.529 (36) | 0.799 0.799  1 | |||
| 88. Cornell NY (4 - 6) Schedule: 1.48 (78) | 0.718 0.718  5 | |||
| 89. Sacramento St (2 - 9) Schedule: 2.477 (39) | 0.675 0.675  2 | |||
| 90. Eastern Kentucky (3 - 8) Schedule: 1.716 (71) | 0.633 0.633  6 | |||
| 91. Holy Cross (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.638 (75) | 0.54 0.54  2 | |||
| 92. Columbia (3 - 7) Schedule: 1.361 (86) | 0.498 0.498  7 | |||
| 93. Texas Southern (4 - 7) Schedule: 0.969 (102) | 0.498 0.498  6 | |||
| 94. Northwestern St (1 - 10) Schedule: 2.268 (50) | 0.492 0.492  3 | |||
| 95. Incarnate Word (3 - 8) Schedule: 2.029 (64) | 0.441 0.441  2 | |||
| 96. Yale (3 - 7) Schedule: 1.938 (66) | 0.381 0.381  9 | |||
| 97. Alabama St (3 - 7) Schedule: 0.902 (104) | 0.303 0.303  5 | |||
| 98. Rhode Island (2 - 9) Schedule: 2.257 (52) | 0.281 0.281  2 | |||
| 99. Lafayette (2 - 9) Schedule: 2.128 (60) | 0.229 0.229  | |||
| 100. Florida A&M (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.441 (83) | 0.217 0.217  6 | |||
| 101. Alabama A&M (4 - 7) Schedule: 1.442 (82) | 0.214 0.214  10 | |||
| 102. Hampton (5 - 5) Schedule: 0.687 (110) | 0.201 0.201  10 | |||
| 103. Jacksonville FL (5 - 5) Schedule: 0.001 (122) | 0.114 0.114  | |||
| 104. Brown (4 - 6) Schedule: 1.132 (93) | 0.084 0.084  11 | |||
| 105. Morehead St (4 - 7) Schedule: 0.05 (121) | -0.037 -0.037  5 | |||
| 106. Presbyterian (2 - 9) Schedule: 2.798 (23) | -0.047 -0.047  1 | |||
| 107. Central Conn St (2 - 9) Schedule: 1.793 (70) | -0.09 -0.09  3 | |||
| 108. Savannah St (3 - 6) Schedule: 1.221 (89) | -0.109 -0.109  7 | |||
| 109. Elon (2 - 9) Schedule: 2.194 (55) | -0.122 -0.122  | |||
| 110. Georgetown DC (3 - 8) Schedule: 1.308 (87) | -0.127 -0.127  4 | |||
| 111. Norfolk St (4 - 7) Schedule: 0.85 (105) | -0.185 -0.185  3 | |||
| 112. Marist (5 - 6) Schedule: 0.29 (117) | -0.262 -0.262  4 | |||
| 113. Jackson St (3 - 8) Schedule: 0.997 (100) | -0.383 -0.383  | |||
| 114. Austin Peay (0 - 11) Schedule: 2.589 (33) | -0.441 -0.441  3 | |||
| 115. Robert Morris (2 - 9) Schedule: 1.444 (80) | -0.478 -0.478  | |||
| 116. Campbell (5 - 5) Schedule: -0.545 (124) | -0.537 -0.537  | |||
| 117. Butler (4 - 7) Schedule: -0.037 (123) | -0.77 -0.77  1 | |||
| 118. Stetson (4 - 7) Schedule: 0.179 (118) | -0.775 -0.775  6 | |||
| 119. Valparaiso (4 - 7) Schedule: 0.408 (116) | -0.82 -0.82  | |||
| 120. Howard (2 - 9) Schedule: 1.148 (91) | -0.923 -0.923  | |||
| 121. Morgan St (2 - 8) Schedule: 0.667 (111) | -1.357 -1.357  | |||
| 122. Mississippi Valley St (1 - 10) Schedule: 1.289 (88) | -1.583 -1.583  | |||
| 123. Delaware St (0 - 11) Schedule: 1.084 (96) | -1.769 -1.769  | |||
| 124. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 10) Schedule: 0.709 (109) | -2.209 -2.209  1 | |||
| 125. Davidson (2 - 9) Schedule: -0.564 (125) | -2.283 -2.283  1 |