Week 13
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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 (12 - 0) Schedule: 5.872 (14) | 9.274 9.274  | |||
| 2. Ohio State (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.947 (9) | 8.396 8.396  | |||
| 3. Washington (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.419 (37) | 8.346 8.346  1 | |||
| 4. Michigan (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.83 (16) | 8.278 8.278  1 | |||
| 5. Southern Cal (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.232 (2) | 7.861 7.861  | |||
| 6. Colorado (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.811 (17) | 7.787 7.787  | |||
| 7. Wisconsin (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.757 (18) | 7.728 7.728  1 | |||
| 8. Clemson (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.39 (40) | 7.716 7.716  1 | |||
| 9. Penn State (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.689 (23) | 7.625 7.625  | |||
| 10. Florida St (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.892 (12) | 7.394 7.394  3 | |||
| 11. LSU (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.068 (5) | 7.314 7.314  3 | |||
| 12. Stanford (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.907 (11) | 7.183 7.183  1 | |||
| 13. Oklahoma (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.394 (38) | 7.042 7.042  2 | |||
| 14. Louisville (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.929 (67) | 7.035 7.035  2 | |||
| 15. Washington St (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.944 (10) | 7.025 7.025  5 | |||
| 16. Western Michigan (12 - 0) Schedule: 3.889 (114) | 6.991 6.991  2 | |||
| 17. West Virginia (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.295 (46) | 6.897 6.897  7 | |||
| 18. Iowa (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.646 (25) | 6.798 6.798  13 | |||
| 19. Auburn (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.554 (28) | 6.777 6.777  1 | |||
| 20. Miami FL (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.104 (57) | 6.745 6.745  3 | |||
| 21. Utah (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.717 (19) | 6.739 6.739  | |||
| 22. Boise St (10 - 2) Schedule: 4.869 (71) | 6.705 6.705  6 | |||
| 23. Virginia Tech  (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.092 (58) | 6.642 6.642  4 | |||
| 24. North Carolina (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.435 (33) | 6.632 6.632  5 | |||
| 25. Florida (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.137 (52) | 6.596 6.596  3 | |||
| 26. Nebraska (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.488 (32) | 6.584 6.584  9 | |||
| 27. Oklahoma St (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.969 (64) | 6.575 6.575  1 | |||
| 28. Brigham Young (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.063 (59) | 6.492 6.492  5 | |||
| 29. Texas A&M (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.426 (36) | 6.478 6.478  4 | |||
| 30. Temple (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.375 (91) | 6.46 6.46  6 | |||
| 31. South Florida (10 - 2) Schedule: 4.696 (77) | 6.42 6.42  6 | |||
| 32. Pittsburgh (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.531 (29) | 6.408 6.408  2 | |||
| 33. Minnesota (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.332 (44) | 6.395 6.395  1 | |||
| 34. Houston (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.673 (80) | 6.349 6.349  5 | |||
| 35. Tennessee (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.528 (30) | 6.346 6.346  7 | |||
| 36. Navy (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.835 (72) | 6.293 6.293  5 | |||
| 37. Appalachian St (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.159 (104) | 6.217 6.217  3 | |||
| 38. Tulsa (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.687 (78) | 6.151 6.151  3 | |||
| 39. Toledo (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.254 (96) | 6.021 6.021  | |||
| 40. TCU  (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.296 (45) | 5.965 5.965  9 | |||
| 41. San Diego St (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.063 (106) | 5.938 5.938  7 | |||
| 42. Northwestern (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.707 (22) | 5.931 5.931  2 | |||
| 43. Memphis (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.802 (73) | 5.888 5.888  3 | |||
| 44. Mississippi (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.059 (7) | 5.837 5.837  6 | |||
| 45. North Carolina St (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.435 (34) | 5.836 5.836  7 | |||
| 46. Georgia Tech (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.363 (42) | 5.819 5.819  1 | |||
| 47. Western Kentucky (9 - 3) Schedule: 3.786 (115) | 5.807 5.807  1 | |||
| 48. Kansas St (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.955 (65) | 5.741 5.741  3 | |||
| 49. Colorado St (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.9 (69) | 5.696 5.696  9 | |||
| 50. Arkansas (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.511 (31) | 5.644 5.644  7 | |||
| 51. UCLA (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.095 (4) | 5.546 5.546  9 | |||
| 52. California (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.109 (3) | 5.523 5.523  8 | |||
| 53. Air Force (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.233 (98) | 5.503 5.503  9 | |||
| 54. Notre Dame  (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.556 (27) | 5.459 5.459  2 | |||
| 55. Troy (9 - 2) Schedule: 3.758 (117) | 5.424 5.424  6 | |||
| 56. Central Florida (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.757 (76) | 5.417 5.417  2 | |||
| 57. Oregon St (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.03 (8) | 5.386 5.386  2 | |||
| 58. Mississippi St (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.634 (26) | 5.377 5.377  12 | |||
| 59. Georgia (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.266 (47) | 5.346 5.346  2 | |||
| 60. Oregon (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.062 (6) | 5.337 5.337  9 | |||
| 61. Louisiana Tech (8 - 4) Schedule: 3.593 (124) | 5.29 5.29  8 | |||
| 62. Wyoming (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.677 (79) | 5.27 5.27  12 | |||
| 63. Vanderbilt (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.123 (55) | 5.265 5.265  3 | |||
| 64. Texas (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.256 (48) | 5.21 5.21  9 | |||
| 65. Indiana (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.363 (43) | 5.136 5.136  1 | |||
| 66. Kentucky (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.996 (62) | 5.123 5.123  7 | |||
| 67. Texas Tech (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.164 (51) | 5.116 5.116  2 | |||
| 68. Baylor (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.576 (83) | 4.983 4.983  3 | |||
| 69. Maryland (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.122 (56) | 4.937 4.937  2 | |||
| 70. Arizona St (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.883 (13) | 4.908 4.908  7 | |||
| 71. Michigan St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.853 (15) | 4.862 4.862  3 | |||
| 72. Boston College (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.896 (70) | 4.839 4.839  2 | |||
| 73. New Mexico (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.226 (99) | 4.834 4.834  6 | |||
| 74. Arkansas St (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.33 (94) | 4.755 4.755  7 | |||
| 75. Wake Forest (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.022 (60) | 4.666 4.666  3 | |||
| 76. Old Dominion (9 - 3) Schedule: 3.409 (125) | 4.641 4.641  4 | |||
| 77. Ohio U. (8 - 4) Schedule: 3.66 (121) | 4.615 4.615  | |||
| 78. Duke (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.394 (39) | 4.578 4.578  3 | |||
| 79. Arizona (3 - 9) Schedule: 6.259 (1) | 4.578 4.578  3 | |||
| 80. Northern Illinois (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.539 (85) | 4.503 4.503  1 | |||
| 81. Iowa St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.427 (35) | 4.402 4.402  3 | |||
| 82. Idaho (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.338 (93) | 4.365 4.365  1 | |||
| 83. SMU (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.135 (54) | 4.363 4.363  7 | |||
| 84. South Carolina (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.018 (61) | 4.308 4.308  | |||
| 85. Syracuse (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.674 (24) | 4.265 4.265  1 | |||
| 86. Utah St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.136 (53) | 4.101 4.101  1 | |||
| 87. Missouri (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.915 (68) | 4.078 4.078  9 | |||
| 88. Texas-San Antonio (6 - 6) Schedule: 3.784 (116) | 4.026 4.026  7 | |||
| 89. Central Michigan (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.188 (103) | 4.025 4.025  2 | |||
| 90. Tulane (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.795 (74) | 4.022 4.022  8 | |||
| 91. Eastern Michigan (7 - 5) Schedule: 3.945 (109) | 3.944 3.944  | |||
| 92. Middle Tennessee St (8 - 4) Schedule: 3.401 (126) | 3.907 3.907  2 | |||
| 93. Southern Miss (6 - 6) Schedule: 3.625 (122) | 3.873 3.873  14 | |||
| 94. Illinois (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.713 (21) | 3.868 3.868  6 | |||
| 95. Georgia Southern (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.198 (102) | 3.863 3.863  6 | |||
| 96. South Alabama (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.89 (113) | 3.848 3.848  6 | |||
| 97. Hawai`i (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.549 (84) | 3.828 3.828  5 | |||
| 98. Miami OH (6 - 6) Schedule: 3.924 (110) | 3.798 3.798  2 | |||
| 99. Army (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.198 (128) | 3.78 3.78  | |||
| 100. Akron (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.28 (95) | 3.711 3.711  3 | |||
| 101. Louisiana-Lafayette (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.252 (97) | 3.71 3.71  4 | |||
| 102. Virginia (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.376 (41) | 3.686 3.686  9 | |||
| 103. Rutgers (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.715 (20) | 3.585 3.585  2 | |||
| 104. Cincinnati (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.934 (66) | 3.566 3.566  7 | |||
| 105. Purdue (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.231 (50) | 3.511 3.511  7 | |||
| 106. Kent St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.466 (89) | 3.507 3.507  3 | |||
| 107. Bowling Green (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.511 (87) | 3.505 3.505  1 | |||
| 108. East Carolina (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.988 (63) | 3.499 3.499  4 | |||
| 109. Georgia St (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.363 (92) | 3.433 3.433  1 | |||
| 110. Nevada (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.952 (107) | 3.421 3.421  6 | |||
| 111. Ball St (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.89 (112) | 3.413 3.413  3 | |||
| 112. San Jose St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.649 (81) | 3.403 3.403  3 | |||
| 113. Louisiana-Monroe (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.479 (88) | 3.199 3.199  | |||
| 114. UNLV (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.212 (100) | 3.183 3.183  12 | |||
| 115. Kansas (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.242 (49) | 3.077 3.077  2 | |||
| 116. Connecticut (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.78 (75) | 2.932 2.932  2 | |||
| 117. Massachusetts (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.579 (82) | 2.927 2.927  1 | |||
| 118. North Texas (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.745 (118) | 2.766 2.766  3 | |||
| 119. New Mexico St (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.437 (90) | 2.72 2.72  | |||
| 120. Florida Int'l (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.952 (108) | 2.567 2.567  2 | |||
| 121. Fresno St (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.534 (86) | 2.546 2.546  1 | |||
| 122. UNC-Charlotte (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.617 (123) | 2.482 2.482  1 | |||
| 123. Florida Atlantic (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.74 (119) | 2.373 2.373  | |||
| 124. Rice (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.899 (111) | 2.291 2.291  1 | |||
| 125. UTEP  (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.382 (127) | 2.29 2.29  2 | |||
| 126. Marshall (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.709 (120) | 2.213 2.213  2 | |||
| 127. Buffalo (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.1 (105) | 1.957 1.957  1 | |||
| 128. Texas St-San Marcos (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.2 (101) | 1.754 1.754  |