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. Alabama (8 - 0) Schedule: 6.191 (11) | 9.54 9.54  | |||
| 2. Michigan (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.914 (18) | 9.233 9.233  | |||
| 3. Ohio State (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.667 (26) | 8.322 8.322  | |||
| 4. Washington (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.807 (73) | 8.268 8.268  1 | |||
| 5. Clemson (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.919 (16) | 8.261 8.261  1 | |||
| 6. Louisville (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.272 (46) | 8.245 8.245  1 | |||
| 7. West Virginia (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.447 (31) | 7.947 7.947  6 | |||
| 8. Colorado (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.813 (23) | 7.697 7.697  7 | |||
| 9. Wisconsin (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.396 (7) | 7.687 7.687  3 | |||
| 10. Texas A&M (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.119 (14) | 7.66 7.66  4 | |||
| 11. Auburn (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.918 (17) | 7.648 7.648  3 | |||
| 12. LSU (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.893 (19) | 7.642 7.642  8 | |||
| 13. Boise St (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.378 (35) | 7.584 7.584  4 | |||
| 14. Washington St (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.03 (15) | 7.521 7.521  4 | |||
| 15. Florida St (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.503 (4) | 7.504 7.504  7 | |||
| 16. Western Michigan (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.371 (96) | 7.358 7.358  5 | |||
| 17. Tennessee (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.823 (1) | 7.324 7.324  1 | |||
| 18. Virginia Tech  (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.413 (33) | 7.295 7.295  9 | |||
| 19. Southern Cal (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.702 (3) | 7.275 7.275  2 | |||
| 20. Florida (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.67 (77) | 7.223 7.223  3 | |||
| 21. Penn State (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.486 (5) | 7.182 7.182  9 | |||
| 22. Nebraska (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.663 (79) | 7.054 7.054  3 | |||
| 23. Mississippi (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.454 (6) | 7.029 7.029  14 | |||
| 24. North Carolina (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.695 (25) | 6.837 6.837  5 | |||
| 25. Utah (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.287 (45) | 6.816 6.816  7 | |||
| 26. Stanford (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.79 (2) | 6.736 6.736  1 | |||
| 27. Baylor (6 - 0) Schedule: 3.534 (125) | 6.599 6.599  10 | |||
| 28. South Florida (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.678 (75) | 6.532 6.532  6 | |||
| 29. Oklahoma (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.741 (24) | 6.531 6.531  3 | |||
| 30. Miami FL (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.313 (41) | 6.473 6.473  6 | |||
| 31. Brigham Young (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.149 (12) | 6.446 6.446  5 | |||
| 32. Houston (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.674 (76) | 6.437 6.437  16 | |||
| 33. Toledo (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.026 (108) | 6.407 6.407  1 | |||
| 34. Appalachian St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.006 (62) | 6.377 6.377  1 | |||
| 35. Pittsburgh (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.195 (50) | 6.369 6.369  3 | |||
| 36. UCLA (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.224 (10) | 6.354 6.354  3 | |||
| 37. Temple (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.077 (57) | 6.25 6.25  14 | |||
| 38. North Carolina St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.303 (42) | 6.212 6.212  10 | |||
| 39. Iowa (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.058 (58) | 6.155 6.155  3 | |||
| 40. Minnesota (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.054 (59) | 6.15 6.15  1 | |||
| 41. Troy (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.886 (114) | 6.009 6.009  4 | |||
| 42. California (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.606 (28) | 5.949 5.949  10 | |||
| 43. TCU  (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.32 (40) | 5.947 5.947  4 | |||
| 44. Arkansas (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.852 (20) | 5.938 5.938  13 | |||
| 45. Oklahoma St (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.668 (78) | 5.926 5.926  2 | |||
| 46. San Diego St (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.733 (121) | 5.914 5.914  3 | |||
| 47. Arizona St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.851 (21) | 5.905 5.905  1 | |||
| 48. Navy (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.727 (74) | 5.823 5.823  2 | |||
| 49. Georgia Tech (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.396 (34) | 5.8 5.8  5 | |||
| 50. Central Florida (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.873 (69) | 5.787 5.787  3 | |||
| 51. Tulsa (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.647 (80) | 5.775 5.775  5 | |||
| 52. Wake Forest (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.91 (67) | 5.697 5.697  9 | |||
| 53. Northwestern (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.339 (36) | 5.678 5.678  1 | |||
| 54. Memphis (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.389 (95) | 5.675 5.675  14 | |||
| 55. Oregon (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.148 (13) | 5.633 5.633  5 | |||
| 56. Kansas St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.174 (51) | 5.575 5.575  1 | |||
| 57. Western Kentucky (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.462 (92) | 5.495 5.495  10 | |||
| 58. Louisiana Tech (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.919 (112) | 5.434 5.434  4 | |||
| 59. Texas (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.928 (65) | 5.417 5.417  1 | |||
| 60. Texas Tech (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.131 (54) | 5.352 5.352  3 | |||
| 61. Wyoming (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.474 (91) | 5.306 5.306  2 | |||
| 62. Georgia (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.258 (48) | 5.288 5.288  1 | |||
| 63. Air Force (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.343 (98) | 5.262 5.262  5 | |||
| 64. Arizona (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.242 (9) | 5.187 5.187  | |||
| 65. Oregon St (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.265 (8) | 5.168 5.168  4 | |||
| 66. Colorado St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.162 (52) | 5.157 5.157  6 | |||
| 67. Akron (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.632 (82) | 5.14 5.14  1 | |||
| 68. Maryland (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.091 (105) | 5.13 5.13  10 | |||
| 69. Indiana (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.302 (44) | 5.122 5.122  14 | |||
| 70. Middle Tennessee St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.92 (111) | 5.078 5.078  5 | |||
| 71. Utah St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.022 (61) | 5.033 5.033  6 | |||
| 72. Syracuse (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.569 (29) | 4.985 4.985  1 | |||
| 73. Vanderbilt (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.988 (63) | 4.974 4.974  | |||
| 74. SMU (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.492 (30) | 4.934 4.934  35 | |||
| 75. Kentucky (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.33 (38) | 4.865 4.865  6 | |||
| 76. Notre Dame  (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.023 (60) | 4.836 4.836  8 | |||
| 77. Central Michigan (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.513 (88) | 4.761 4.761  12 | |||
| 78. Mississippi St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.302 (43) | 4.736 4.736  2 | |||
| 79. Duke (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.95 (64) | 4.662 4.662  3 | |||
| 80. Boston College (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.566 (86) | 4.639 4.639  10 | |||
| 81. New Mexico (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.133 (104) | 4.556 4.556  22 | |||
| 82. Illinois (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.654 (27) | 4.502 4.502  9 | |||
| 83. Georgia Southern (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.869 (116) | 4.488 4.488  4 | |||
| 84. Missouri (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.206 (49) | 4.466 4.466  3 | |||
| 85. Hawai`i (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.615 (84) | 4.389 4.389  17 | |||
| 86. Ohio U. (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.653 (124) | 4.378 4.378  | |||
| 87. Southern Miss (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.776 (120) | 4.333 4.333  7 | |||
| 88. Eastern Michigan (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.042 (107) | 4.311 4.311  2 | |||
| 89. Connecticut (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.078 (56) | 4.301 4.301  7 | |||
| 90. Cincinnati (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.288 (100) | 4.246 4.246  5 | |||
| 91. Old Dominion (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.891 (113) | 4.197 4.197  17 | |||
| 92. Michigan St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.322 (39) | 4.164 4.164  4 | |||
| 93. Tulane (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.494 (89) | 4.164 4.164  8 | |||
| 94. Rutgers (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.82 (22) | 4.154 4.154  10 | |||
| 95. Virginia (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.26 (47) | 4.121 4.121  7 | |||
| 96. Northern Illinois (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.89 (68) | 4.119 4.119  | |||
| 97. Georgia St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.81 (72) | 4.113 4.113  1 | |||
| 98. Army (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.918 (128) | 4.105 4.105  15 | |||
| 99. Arkansas St (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.425 (32) | 4.056 4.056  | |||
| 100. East Carolina (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.082 (55) | 4.045 4.045  15 | |||
| 101. Idaho (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.915 (66) | 4.028 4.028  4 | |||
| 102. South Carolina (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.873 (70) | 3.99 3.99  10 | |||
| 103. South Alabama (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.45 (94) | 3.984 3.984  2 | |||
| 104. Kent St (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.456 (93) | 3.946 3.946  4 | |||
| 105. Ball St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.513 (126) | 3.924 3.924  12 | |||
| 106. Iowa St (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.331 (37) | 3.877 3.877  1 | |||
| 107. North Texas (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.788 (119) | 3.848 3.848  7 | |||
| 108. Louisiana-Lafayette (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.305 (99) | 3.765 3.765  5 | |||
| 109. Purdue (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.491 (90) | 3.708 3.708  3 | |||
| 110. UNLV (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.226 (102) | 3.521 3.521  2 | |||
| 111. Texas-San Antonio (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.476 (127) | 3.49 3.49  10 | |||
| 112. Bowling Green (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.159 (53) | 3.22 3.22  2 | |||
| 113. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.564 (87) | 3.134 3.134  7 | |||
| 114. Miami OH (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.356 (97) | 3.092 3.092  5 | |||
| 115. Nevada (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.719 (122) | 2.987 2.987  | |||
| 116. San Jose St (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.632 (83) | 2.887 2.887  1 | |||
| 117. Fresno St (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.64 (81) | 2.692 2.692  1 | |||
| 118. Kansas (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.868 (71) | 2.656 2.656  2 | |||
| 119. Marshall (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.954 (109) | 2.655 2.655  1 | |||
| 120. UNC-Charlotte (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.872 (115) | 2.627 2.627  2 | |||
| 121. Massachusetts (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.582 (85) | 2.541 2.541  | |||
| 122. New Mexico St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.216 (103) | 2.516 2.516  3 | |||
| 123. Texas St-San Marcos (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.07 (106) | 2.515 2.515  12 | |||
| 124. Rice (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.273 (101) | 2.391 2.391  2 | |||
| 125. Florida Int'l (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.829 (118) | 2.271 2.271  1 | |||
| 126. Florida Atlantic (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.708 (123) | 2.191 2.191  3 | |||
| 127. UTEP  (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.938 (110) | 1.799 1.799  1 | |||
| 128. Buffalo (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.844 (117) | 1.298 1.298  1 |