Week 12
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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. Wisconsin (11 - 0) Schedule: 5.436 (33) | 8.594 8.594  3 | |||
| 2. Notre Dame  (9 - 2) Schedule: 6.286 (1) | 8.466 8.466  1 | |||
| 3. Georgia (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.628 (22) | 8.435 8.435  | |||
| 4. Clemson (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.675 (17) | 8.249 8.249  2 | |||
| 5. Penn State (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.697 (15) | 8.159 8.159  | |||
| 6. Alabama (11 - 0) Schedule: 4.991 (62) | 8.157 8.157  1 | |||
| 7. Miami FL (10 - 0) Schedule: 5.658 (19) | 8.089 8.089  1 | |||
| 8. Auburn (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.328 (43) | 7.924 7.924  1 | |||
| 9. Ohio State (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.542 (27) | 7.857 7.857  1 | |||
| 10. Central Florida (10 - 0) Schedule: 4.291 (84) | 7.733 7.733  | |||
| 11. Washington (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.934 (68) | 7.451 7.451  | |||
| 12. Oklahoma (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.18 (50) | 7.372 7.372  | |||
| 13. TCU  (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.018 (60) | 7.267 7.267  6 | |||
| 14. Michigan (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.626 (23) | 7.244 7.244  1 | |||
| 15. Virginia Tech  (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.469 (29) | 7.078 7.078  1 | |||
| 16. Southern Cal (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.599 (24) | 7.006 7.006  2 | |||
| 17. North Carolina St (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.092 (5) | 6.879 6.879  1 | |||
| 18. Mississippi St (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.311 (45) | 6.877 6.877  2 | |||
| 19. Oklahoma St (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.346 (39) | 6.864 6.864  4 | |||
| 20. Iowa (6 - 5) Schedule: 6.232 (3) | 6.849 6.849  3 | |||
| 21. Michigan St (8 - 3) Schedule: 6.234 (2) | 6.818 6.818  1 | |||
| 22. Iowa St (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.461 (30) | 6.679 6.679  1 | |||
| 23. Washington St (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.125 (54) | 6.652 6.652  2 | |||
| 24. Wake Forest (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.677 (16) | 6.647 6.647  | |||
| 25. Northwestern (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.806 (11) | 6.605 6.605  3 | |||
| 26. Stanford (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.325 (44) | 6.466 6.466  | |||
| 27. Boise St (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.436 (80) | 6.437 6.437  | |||
| 28. Georgia Tech (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.931 (9) | 6.384 6.384  7 | |||
| 29. LSU (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.118 (56) | 6.377 6.377  2 | |||
| 30. Memphis (9 - 1) Schedule: 4.694 (76) | 6.325 6.325  3 | |||
| 31. Purdue (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.853 (10) | 6.284 6.284  3 | |||
| 32. Boston College (6 - 5) Schedule: 6.063 (7) | 6.172 6.172  2 | |||
| 33. South Florida (9 - 1) Schedule: 3.683 (115) | 6.139 6.139  4 | |||
| 34. Texas (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.334 (42) | 6.108 6.108  5 | |||
| 35. Louisville (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.226 (49) | 6.095 6.095  2 | |||
| 36. South Carolina (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.128 (53) | 6.063 6.063  1 | |||
| 37. Florida Atlantic (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.342 (82) | 5.945 5.945  4 | |||
| 38. Toledo (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.253 (86) | 5.937 5.937  2 | |||
| 39. Oregon (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.674 (18) | 5.86 5.86  7 | |||
| 40. Arizona (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.832 (71) | 5.83 5.83  8 | |||
| 41. Navy (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.361 (35) | 5.79 5.79  4 | |||
| 42. San Diego St (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.209 (90) | 5.648 5.648  1 | |||
| 43. West Virginia (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.893 (69) | 5.647 5.647  5 | |||
| 44. Texas A&M (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.174 (51) | 5.609 5.609  7 | |||
| 45. Missouri (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.975 (66) | 5.604 5.604  11 | |||
| 46. Indiana (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.506 (28) | 5.542 5.542  11 | |||
| 47. Arizona St (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.352 (38) | 5.505 5.505  1 | |||
| 48. Florida St (4 - 6) Schedule: 6.087 (6) | 5.498 5.498  8 | |||
| 49. Duke (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.356 (37) | 5.466 5.466  13 | |||
| 50. Northern Illinois (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.025 (96) | 5.458 5.458  3 | |||
| 51. Kansas St (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.965 (67) | 5.421 5.421  9 | |||
| 52. Syracuse (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.738 (12) | 5.385 5.385  10 | |||
| 53. California (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.546 (26) | 5.367 5.367  2 | |||
| 54. Minnesota (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.261 (47) | 5.362 5.362  10 | |||
| 55. Utah (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.118 (55) | 5.329 5.329  3 | |||
| 56. UCLA (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.704 (14) | 5.303 5.303  3 | |||
| 57. SMU (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.794 (72) | 5.292 5.292  5 | |||
| 58. Houston (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.663 (77) | 5.286 5.286  8 | |||
| 59. Nebraska (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.011 (8) | 5.226 5.226  7 | |||
| 60. Texas Tech (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.446 (32) | 5.223 5.223  11 | |||
| 61. Ohio U. (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.75 (112) | 5.171 5.171  7 | |||
| 62. Kentucky (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.985 (63) | 5.15 5.15  1 | |||
| 63. Virginia (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.338 (41) | 5.14 5.14  2 | |||
| 64. Fresno St (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.863 (104) | 5.112 5.112  1 | |||
| 65. Marshall (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.756 (110) | 5.005 5.005  12 | |||
| 66. Florida (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.638 (21) | 4.998 4.998  5 | |||
| 67. Pittsburgh (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.642 (20) | 4.987 4.987  1 | |||
| 68. Army (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.818 (107) | 4.926 4.926  4 | |||
| 69. Maryland (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.222 (4) | 4.915 4.915  | |||
| 70. Mississippi (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.978 (64) | 4.903 4.903  3 | |||
| 71. Colorado (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.87 (70) | 4.815 4.815  1 | |||
| 72. North Carolina (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.731 (13) | 4.743 4.743  3 | |||
| 73. Troy (8 - 2) Schedule: 3.264 (123) | 4.736 4.736  1 | |||
| 74. Utah St (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.175 (91) | 4.624 4.624  5 | |||
| 75. Colorado St (7 - 5) Schedule: 3.821 (106) | 4.612 4.612  1 | |||
| 76. Western Michigan (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.987 (100) | 4.605 4.605  2 | |||
| 77. Tulane (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.79 (73) | 4.539 4.539  6 | |||
| 78. Wyoming (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.03 (95) | 4.524 4.524  5 | |||
| 79. Eastern Michigan (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.258 (85) | 4.439 4.439  3 | |||
| 80. Temple (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.976 (65) | 4.431 4.431  3 | |||
| 81. Tennessee (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.345 (40) | 4.363 4.363  3 | |||
| 82. Buffalo (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.01 (99) | 4.342 4.342  1 | |||
| 83. Arkansas St (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.597 (130) | 4.306 4.306  3 | |||
| 84. North Texas (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.802 (108) | 4.257 4.257  4 | |||
| 85. Rutgers (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.457 (31) | 4.225 4.225  5 | |||
| 86. Akron (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.318 (83) | 4.151 4.151  3 | |||
| 87. Miami OH (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.248 (87) | 4.137 4.137  3 | |||
| 88. Central Michigan (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.021 (97) | 4.134 4.134  1 | |||
| 89. Arkansas (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.357 (36) | 4.126 4.126  5 | |||
| 90. Texas-San Antonio (6 - 4) Schedule: 2.926 (128) | 4.103 4.103  2 | |||
| 91. Vanderbilt (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.021 (59) | 4.085 4.085  6 | |||
| 92. Appalachian St (6 - 4) Schedule: 3.349 (121) | 4.069 4.069  1 | |||
| 93. Tulsa (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.999 (61) | 3.885 3.885  2 | |||
| 94. Florida Int'l (6 - 4) Schedule: 3.883 (103) | 3.745 3.745  4 | |||
| 95. Louisiana Tech (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.621 (117) | 3.738 3.738  2 | |||
| 96. Southern Miss (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.053 (126) | 3.736 3.736  4 | |||
| 97. Baylor (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.231 (48) | 3.557 3.557  5 | |||
| 98. Air Force (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.348 (81) | 3.531 3.531  1 | |||
| 99. UNLV (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.791 (109) | 3.518 3.518  2 | |||
| 100. Massachusetts (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.698 (113) | 3.515 3.515  3 | |||
| 101. Cincinnati (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.111 (57) | 3.464 3.464  10 | |||
| 102. Alabama-Birmingham (7 - 4) Schedule: 2.807 (129) | 3.449 3.449  4 | |||
| 103. Middle Tennessee St (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.755 (111) | 3.44 3.44  7 | |||
| 104. Illinois (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.553 (25) | 3.409 3.409  | |||
| 105. East Carolina (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.16 (52) | 3.247 3.247  12 | |||
| 106. Nevada (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.549 (79) | 3.228 3.228  1 | |||
| 107. Western Kentucky (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.091 (125) | 3.225 3.225  | |||
| 108. Georgia St (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.998 (127) | 3.164 3.164  3 | |||
| 109. Brigham Young (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.591 (78) | 3.15 3.15  1 | |||
| 110. Old Dominion (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.938 (101) | 3.145 3.145  4 | |||
| 111. Louisiana-Monroe (4 - 6) Schedule: 3.692 (114) | 3.125 3.125  5 | |||
| 112. Connecticut (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.059 (58) | 3.044 3.044  2 | |||
| 113. New Mexico St (4 - 6) Schedule: 3.272 (122) | 3.029 3.029  3 | |||
| 114. Bowling Green (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.76 (74) | 2.971 2.971  5 | |||
| 115. New Mexico (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.172 (92) | 2.947 2.947  | |||
| 116. Idaho (3 - 7) Schedule: 3.658 (116) | 2.834 2.834  3 | |||
| 117. Louisiana-Lafayette (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.459 (120) | 2.825 2.825  3 | |||
| 118. Oregon St (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.385 (34) | 2.739 2.739  | |||
| 119. South Alabama (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.482 (119) | 2.664 2.664  7 | |||
| 120. Kansas (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.273 (46) | 2.648 2.648  1 | |||
| 121. Hawai`i (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.019 (98) | 2.545 2.545  2 | |||
| 122. Georgia Southern (1 - 9) Schedule: 4.222 (89) | 1.97 1.97  5 | |||
| 123. Coastal Carolina (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.593 (118) | 1.956 1.956  2 | |||
| 124. Kent St (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.757 (75) | 1.919 1.919  2 | |||
| 125. Ball St (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.933 (102) | 1.778 1.778  2 | |||
| 126. Rice (1 - 10) Schedule: 4.036 (94) | 1.718 1.718  2 | |||
| 127. Texas St-San Marcos (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.238 (124) | 1.428 1.428  2 | |||
| 128. UNC-Charlotte (1 - 10) Schedule: 3.859 (105) | 1.319 1.319  2 | |||
| 129. San Jose St (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.239 (88) | 1.298 1.298  1 | |||
| 130. UTEP  (0 - 11) Schedule: 4.125 (93) | 0.812 0.812  |