Week 9
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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. Notre Dame  (7 - 1) Schedule: 6.193 (4) | 9.343 9.343  | |||
| 2. Georgia (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.445 (32) | 8.934 8.934  | |||
| 3. Penn State (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.916 (11) | 8.756 8.756  | |||
| 4. Clemson (7 - 1) Schedule: 6.122 (6) | 8.667 8.667  1 | |||
| 5. Ohio State (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.709 (22) | 8.424 8.424  2 | |||
| 6. Alabama (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.998 (60) | 8.366 8.366  2 | |||
| 7. Central Florida (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.585 (82) | 8.217 8.217  1 | |||
| 8. Wisconsin (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.858 (68) | 7.888 7.888  1 | |||
| 9. Washington (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.736 (75) | 7.789 7.789  1 | |||
| 10. Virginia Tech  (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.019 (58) | 7.591 7.591  4 | |||
| 11. Auburn (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.086 (55) | 7.447 7.447  4 | |||
| 12. Miami FL (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.256 (46) | 7.444 7.444  4 | |||
| 13. Oklahoma St (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.148 (51) | 7.433 7.433  1 | |||
| 14. Iowa St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.672 (25) | 7.297 7.297  5 | |||
| 15. Mississippi St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.347 (37) | 7.291 7.291  6 | |||
| 16. TCU  (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.775 (69) | 7.263 7.263  3 | |||
| 17. Oklahoma (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.298 (40) | 7.252 7.252  3 | |||
| 18. North Carolina St (6 - 2) Schedule: 6.027 (8) | 7.227 7.227  7 | |||
| 19. Michigan (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.681 (24) | 7.226 7.226  3 | |||
| 20. Southern Cal (7 - 2) Schedule: 5.817 (17) | 7.137 7.137  4 | |||
| 21. Georgia Tech (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.935 (10) | 7.017 7.017  4 | |||
| 22. Michigan St (6 - 2) Schedule: 6.026 (9) | 6.931 6.931  4 | |||
| 23. Iowa (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.799 (18) | 6.895 6.895  3 | |||
| 24. Washington St (7 - 2) Schedule: 5.087 (54) | 6.683 6.683  2 | |||
| 25. Arizona (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.919 (65) | 6.488 6.488  13 | |||
| 26. South Florida (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.88 (110) | 6.428 6.428  3 | |||
| 27. Stanford (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.988 (61) | 6.411 6.411  2 | |||
| 28. Texas (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.567 (27) | 6.408 6.408  7 | |||
| 29. Boise St (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.679 (79) | 6.37 6.37  7 | |||
| 30. Toledo (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.251 (100) | 6.346 6.346  2 | |||
| 31. Wake Forest (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.267 (43) | 6.299 6.299  4 | |||
| 32. Boston College (5 - 4) Schedule: 6.4 (2) | 6.264 6.264  13 | |||
| 33. Navy (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.378 (36) | 6.207 6.207  3 | |||
| 34. Memphis (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.972 (62) | 6.183 6.183  6 | |||
| 35. Northwestern (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.879 (13) | 6.09 6.09  11 | |||
| 36. South Carolina (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.042 (56) | 6.056 6.056  2 | |||
| 37. LSU (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.958 (63) | 6.053 6.053  6 | |||
| 38. Syracuse (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.518 (29) | 5.947 5.947  3 | |||
| 39. San Diego St (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.935 (64) | 5.922 5.922  10 | |||
| 40. Northern Illinois (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.224 (101) | 5.845 5.845  7 | |||
| 41. Texas Tech (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.704 (23) | 5.818 5.818  2 | |||
| 42. Purdue (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.656 (26) | 5.801 5.801  | |||
| 43. Oregon (5 - 4) Schedule: 5.432 (34) | 5.781 5.781  11 | |||
| 44. West Virginia (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.609 (81) | 5.759 5.759  | |||
| 45. UCLA (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.771 (20) | 5.678 5.678  5 | |||
| 46. Marshall (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.9 (109) | 5.673 5.673  15 | |||
| 47. Arizona St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.886 (12) | 5.659 5.659  15 | |||
| 48. Louisville (5 - 4) Schedule: 5.275 (42) | 5.648 5.648  | |||
| 49. Houston (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.119 (53) | 5.59 5.59  12 | |||
| 50. Texas A&M (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.311 (39) | 5.571 5.571  13 | |||
| 51. SMU (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.316 (96) | 5.566 5.566  1 | |||
| 52. Indiana (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.737 (21) | 5.566 5.566  1 | |||
| 53. Florida St (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.61 (1) | 5.531 5.531  24 | |||
| 54. Florida Atlantic (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.353 (93) | 5.53 5.53  1 | |||
| 55. Nebraska (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.782 (19) | 5.522 5.522  10 | |||
| 56. Minnesota (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.917 (66) | 5.517 5.517  2 | |||
| 57. California (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.818 (16) | 5.454 5.454  4 | |||
| 58. Fresno St (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.375 (92) | 5.43 5.43  25 | |||
| 59. Maryland (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.247 (3) | 5.375 5.375  8 | |||
| 60. Florida (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.064 (7) | 5.319 5.319  4 | |||
| 61. Pittsburgh (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.859 (14) | 5.316 5.316  1 | |||
| 62. Kansas St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.754 (72) | 5.207 5.207  1 | |||
| 63. Colorado (5 - 4) Schedule: 4.764 (70) | 5.136 5.136  10 | |||
| 64. Kentucky (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.723 (76) | 5.104 5.104  6 | |||
| 65. Duke (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.165 (49) | 5.025 5.025  5 | |||
| 66. Virginia (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.752 (73) | 4.963 4.963  7 | |||
| 67. Colorado St (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.007 (106) | 4.87 4.87  10 | |||
| 68. Utah (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.716 (77) | 4.84 4.84  2 | |||
| 69. Tennessee (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.525 (28) | 4.809 4.809  1 | |||
| 70. Tulane (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.26 (45) | 4.792 4.792  6 | |||
| 71. Western Michigan (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.125 (103) | 4.782 4.782  1 | |||
| 72. Army (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.794 (112) | 4.767 4.767  2 | |||
| 73. Vanderbilt (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.316 (38) | 4.751 4.751  2 | |||
| 74. Troy (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.495 (118) | 4.728 4.728  1 | |||
| 75. Mississippi (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.237 (48) | 4.701 4.701  6 | |||
| 76. Arkansas St (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.795 (128) | 4.672 4.672  6 | |||
| 77. Ohio U. (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.331 (121) | 4.629 4.629  | |||
| 78. Miami OH (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.474 (89) | 4.543 4.543  2 | |||
| 79. Air Force (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.325 (95) | 4.543 4.543  13 | |||
| 80. Eastern Michigan (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.701 (78) | 4.525 4.525  3 | |||
| 81. Buffalo (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.561 (83) | 4.508 4.508  2 | |||
| 82. Texas-San Antonio (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.47 (130) | 4.463 4.463  1 | |||
| 83. Akron (5 - 4) Schedule: 4.525 (85) | 4.438 4.438  6 | |||
| 84. Missouri (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.036 (57) | 4.432 4.432  13 | |||
| 85. Wyoming (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.952 (108) | 4.414 4.414  11 | |||
| 86. Rutgers (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.278 (41) | 4.387 4.387  | |||
| 87. North Carolina (1 - 8) Schedule: 6.148 (5) | 4.379 4.379  | |||
| 88. Florida Int'l (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.031 (104) | 4.329 4.329  10 | |||
| 89. Arkansas (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.44 (33) | 4.322 4.322  5 | |||
| 90. Utah St (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.498 (87) | 4.283 4.283  12 | |||
| 91. Tulsa (2 - 7) Schedule: 5 (59) | 4.235 4.235  6 | |||
| 92. Cincinnati (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.84 (15) | 4.148 4.148  4 | |||
| 93. Temple (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.76 (71) | 4.126 4.126  2 | |||
| 94. Louisiana Tech (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.756 (113) | 4.122 4.122  | |||
| 95. UNLV (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.471 (90) | 4.05 4.05  9 | |||
| 96. North Texas (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.021 (105) | 3.932 3.932  1 | |||
| 97. Southern Miss (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.331 (123) | 3.917 3.917  21 | |||
| 98. Appalachian St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.371 (120) | 3.896 3.896  5 | |||
| 99. Central Michigan (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.331 (94) | 3.71 3.71  3 | |||
| 100. New Mexico (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.3 (97) | 3.631 3.631  10 | |||
| 101. Middle Tennessee St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.737 (74) | 3.599 3.599  | |||
| 102. Illinois (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.247 (47) | 3.456 3.456  7 | |||
| 103. New Mexico St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.709 (115) | 3.39 3.39  4 | |||
| 104. Nevada (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.861 (67) | 3.377 3.377  4 | |||
| 105. Georgia St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.523 (117) | 3.374 3.374  | |||
| 106. Alabama-Birmingham (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.643 (129) | 3.363 3.363  8 | |||
| 107. Western Kentucky (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.807 (127) | 3.3 3.3  1 | |||
| 108. South Alabama (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.802 (111) | 3.227 3.227  5 | |||
| 109. Baylor (0 - 8) Schedule: 5.424 (35) | 3.162 3.162  3 | |||
| 110. East Carolina (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.508 (30) | 2.999 2.999  | |||
| 111. Idaho (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.616 (116) | 2.915 2.915  7 | |||
| 112. Kansas (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.164 (50) | 2.875 2.875  4 | |||
| 113. Old Dominion (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.475 (88) | 2.845 2.845  | |||
| 114. Hawai`i (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.968 (107) | 2.811 2.811  3 | |||
| 115. Brigham Young (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.625 (80) | 2.81 2.81  6 | |||
| 116. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.129 (125) | 2.799 2.799  4 | |||
| 117. Bowling Green (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.133 (52) | 2.787 2.787  | |||
| 118. Oregon St (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.472 (31) | 2.773 2.773  4 | |||
| 119. Kent St (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.262 (44) | 2.765 2.765  4 | |||
| 120. Connecticut (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.279 (99) | 2.761 2.761  13 | |||
| 121. Massachusetts (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.256 (124) | 2.734 2.734  1 | |||
| 122. Louisiana-Lafayette (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.486 (119) | 2.675 2.675  3 | |||
| 123. Rice (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.534 (84) | 2.111 2.111  | |||
| 124. Ball St (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.72 (114) | 2.038 2.038  2 | |||
| 125. UNC-Charlotte (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.173 (102) | 1.747 1.747  2 | |||
| 126. San Jose St (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.285 (98) | 1.668 1.668  1 | |||
| 127. Georgia Southern (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.518 (86) | 1.488 1.488  1 | |||
| 128. Coastal Carolina (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.331 (122) | 1.444 1.444  4 | |||
| 129. Texas St-San Marcos (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.029 (126) | 1.297 1.297  1 | |||
| 130. UTEP  (0 - 8) Schedule: 4.461 (91) | 1.277 1.277  1 |