Week 15
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025
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. Clemson (15 - 0) Schedule: 6.376 (14) | 9.859 9.859  1 | |||
| 2. Alabama (14 - 1) Schedule: 6.524 (3) | 9.555 9.555  1 | |||
| 3. Georgia (11 - 3) Schedule: 6.454 (7) | 8.765 8.765  | |||
| 4. Oklahoma (12 - 2) Schedule: 6.467 (4) | 8.332 8.332  2 | |||
| 5. Notre Dame  (12 - 1) Schedule: 6.284 (16) | 8.281 8.281  1 | |||
| 6. Ohio State (13 - 1) Schedule: 6.113 (35) | 8.216 8.216  1 | |||
| 7. Michigan (10 - 3) Schedule: 6.236 (24) | 8.1 8.1  2 | |||
| 8. LSU (10 - 3) Schedule: 6.239 (23) | 7.86 7.86  4 | |||
| 9. Washington St (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.904 (49) | 7.818 7.818  1 | |||
| 10. Washington (10 - 4) Schedule: 6.279 (17) | 7.755 7.755  1 | |||
| 11. Iowa (9 - 4) Schedule: 6.084 (42) | 7.734 7.734  4 | |||
| 12. Florida (10 - 3) Schedule: 6.095 (38) | 7.679 7.679  8 | |||
| 13. Fresno St (12 - 2) Schedule: 5.058 (79) | 7.651 7.651  3 | |||
| 14. Central Florida (12 - 1) Schedule: 4.895 (87) | 7.595 7.595  3 | |||
| 15. Missouri (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.377 (13) | 7.594 7.594  5 | |||
| 16. Texas A&M (9 - 4) Schedule: 6.539 (2) | 7.583 7.583  6 | |||
| 17. West Virginia (8 - 4) Schedule: 6.152 (31) | 7.547 7.547  3 | |||
| 18. Penn State (9 - 4) Schedule: 6.174 (27) | 7.496 7.496  1 | |||
| 19. Kentucky (10 - 3) Schedule: 6.108 (36) | 7.422 7.422  | |||
| 20. Mississippi St (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.267 (20) | 7.384 7.384  1 | |||
| 21. Texas (10 - 4) Schedule: 6.461 (5) | 7.358 7.358  2 | |||
| 22. Utah (9 - 5) Schedule: 6.273 (18) | 7.354 7.354  9 | |||
| 23. Syracuse (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.555 (64) | 7.288 7.288  1 | |||
| 24. Stanford (9 - 4) Schedule: 6.26 (21) | 7.275 7.275  6 | |||
| 25. Boise St (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.462 (66) | 6.973 6.973  1 | |||
| 26. Appalachian St (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.398 (116) | 6.951 6.951  3 | |||
| 27. Utah St (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.386 (117) | 6.94 6.94  3 | |||
| 28. Auburn (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.132 (34) | 6.91 6.91  5 | |||
| 29. North Carolina St (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.702 (56) | 6.732 6.732  2 | |||
| 30. Army (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.846 (91) | 6.715 6.715  5 | |||
| 31. Iowa St (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.164 (30) | 6.691 6.691  3 | |||
| 32. Oregon (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.577 (62) | 6.656 6.656  1 | |||
| 33. South Carolina (7 - 6) Schedule: 6.419 (10) | 6.645 6.645  8 | |||
| 34. Northwestern (9 - 5) Schedule: 6.378 (12) | 6.641 6.641  6 | |||
| 35. Wisconsin (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.853 (51) | 6.632 6.632  6 | |||
| 36. Cincinnati (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.745 (99) | 6.572 6.572  4 | |||
| 37. Purdue (6 - 7) Schedule: 6.46 (6) | 6.543 6.543  9 | |||
| 38. Oklahoma St (7 - 6) Schedule: 6.079 (43) | 6.503 6.503  6 | |||
| 39. Virginia (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.342 (69) | 6.496 6.496  8 | |||
| 40. Duke (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.892 (50) | 6.431 6.431  9 | |||
| 41. Minnesota (7 - 6) Schedule: 6.085 (41) | 6.375 6.375  9 | |||
| 42. Vanderbilt (6 - 7) Schedule: 6.248 (22) | 6.358 6.358  6 | |||
| 43. Arizona St (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.852 (52) | 6.334 6.334  6 | |||
| 44. Michigan St (7 - 6) Schedule: 6.217 (25) | 6.323 6.323  5 | |||
| 45. Pittsburgh (7 - 7) Schedule: 6.447 (8) | 6.292 6.292  2 | |||
| 46. Miami FL (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.53 (65) | 6.264 6.264  8 | |||
| 47. Texas Tech (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.091 (39) | 6.198 6.198  1 | |||
| 48. Boston College (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.734 (55) | 6.167 6.167  3 | |||
| 49. TCU  (7 - 6) Schedule: 6.165 (29) | 6.145 6.145  3 | |||
| 50. Ohio U. (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.304 (121) | 5.981 5.981  9 | |||
| 51. Brigham Young (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.321 (70) | 5.978 5.978  7 | |||
| 52. Georgia Southern (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.513 (111) | 5.965 5.965  5 | |||
| 53. Baylor (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.997 (46) | 5.942 5.942  13 | |||
| 54. Georgia Tech (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.747 (54) | 5.898 5.898  8 | |||
| 55. Nebraska (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.165 (28) | 5.895 5.895  | |||
| 56. Wake Forest (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.95 (47) | 5.873 5.873  8 | |||
| 57. Temple (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.026 (81) | 5.869 5.869  15 | |||
| 58. California (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.801 (53) | 5.856 5.856  7 | |||
| 59. Maryland (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.191 (26) | 5.84 5.84  3 | |||
| 60. Southern Cal (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.146 (32) | 5.833 5.833  7 | |||
| 61. Troy (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.577 (108) | 5.791 5.791  7 | |||
| 62. Alabama-Birmingham (11 - 3) Schedule: 4.16 (124) | 5.745 5.745  13 | |||
| 63. Kansas St (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.063 (44) | 5.737 5.737  6 | |||
| 64. Indiana (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.268 (19) | 5.73 5.73  1 | |||
| 65. Memphis (8 - 6) Schedule: 4.757 (96) | 5.727 5.727  11 | |||
| 66. Mississippi (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.099 (37) | 5.711 5.711  1 | |||
| 67. Arkansas St (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.694 (101) | 5.636 5.636  7 | |||
| 68. Tennessee (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.411 (11) | 5.584 5.584  1 | |||
| 69. Buffalo (10 - 4) Schedule: 4.338 (118) | 5.55 5.55  7 | |||
| 70. Marshall (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.336 (119) | 5.478 5.478  10 | |||
| 71. North Texas (9 - 4) Schedule: 3.996 (128) | 5.431 5.431  | |||
| 72. Air Force (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.013 (82) | 5.424 5.424  4 | |||
| 73. Houston (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.423 (115) | 5.422 5.422  12 | |||
| 74. Middle Tennessee St (8 - 6) Schedule: 5.01 (83) | 5.417 5.417  4 | |||
| 75. Arizona (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.569 (63) | 5.38 5.38  3 | |||
| 76. Virginia Tech  (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.594 (61) | 5.359 5.359  1 | |||
| 77. Tulane (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.156 (74) | 5.352 5.352  6 | |||
| 78. Colorado (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.628 (59) | 5.344 5.344  4 | |||
| 79. Eastern Michigan (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.552 (109) | 5.285 5.285  6 | |||
| 80. Nevada (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.92 (84) | 5.265 5.265  5 | |||
| 81. Miami OH (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.894 (88) | 5.232 5.232  | |||
| 82. Wyoming (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.374 (68) | 5.22 5.22  2 | |||
| 83. UCLA (3 - 9) Schedule: 6.695 (1) | 5.2 5.2  5 | |||
| 84. Florida St (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.334 (15) | 5.154 5.154  3 | |||
| 85. Toledo (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.424 (114) | 5.035 5.035  3 | |||
| 86. Northern Illinois (8 - 6) Schedule: 5.218 (73) | 4.97 4.97  7 | |||
| 87. Florida Int'l (9 - 4) Schedule: 3.895 (130) | 4.942 4.942  2 | |||
| 88. San Diego St (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.15 (75) | 4.897 4.897  2 | |||
| 89. Kansas (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.938 (48) | 4.8 4.8  4 | |||
| 90. Florida Atlantic (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.918 (85) | 4.794 4.794  | |||
| 91. Louisiana-Lafayette (7 - 7) Schedule: 4.915 (86) | 4.786 4.786  3 | |||
| 92. Louisiana Tech (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.247 (123) | 4.62 4.62  9 | |||
| 93. North Carolina (2 - 9) Schedule: 5.625 (60) | 4.544 4.544  2 | |||
| 94. Arkansas (2 - 10) Schedule: 6.14 (33) | 4.509 4.509  2 | |||
| 95. Illinois (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.649 (58) | 4.476 4.476  2 | |||
| 96. Southern Miss (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.98 (129) | 4.463 4.463  3 | |||
| 97. Western Michigan (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.658 (104) | 4.437 4.437  6 | |||
| 98. South Florida (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.887 (89) | 4.432 4.432  6 | |||
| 99. Louisiana-Monroe (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.592 (107) | 4.383 4.383  1 | |||
| 100. Hawai`i (8 - 6) Schedule: 4.774 (95) | 4.355 4.355  6 | |||
| 101. SMU (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.044 (80) | 4.247 4.247  3 | |||
| 102. Navy (3 - 10) Schedule: 5.386 (67) | 4.157 4.157  | |||
| 103. Liberty (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.275 (122) | 3.916 3.916  2 | |||
| 104. Louisville (2 - 10) Schedule: 6.424 (9) | 3.894 3.894  3 | |||
| 105. Coastal Carolina (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.775 (94) | 3.827 3.827  4 | |||
| 106. UNLV (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.721 (100) | 3.818 3.818  2 | |||
| 107. Tulsa (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.846 (92) | 3.796 3.796  4 | |||
| 108. New Mexico (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.081 (78) | 3.761 3.761  2 | |||
| 109. UNC-Charlotte (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.442 (113) | 3.742 3.742  2 | |||
| 110. Oregon St (2 - 10) Schedule: 6.087 (40) | 3.733 3.733  4 | |||
| 111. East Carolina (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.134 (76) | 3.674 3.674  3 | |||
| 112. Rutgers (1 - 11) Schedule: 6.048 (45) | 3.652 3.652  | |||
| 113. Colorado St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.298 (71) | 3.569 3.569  2 | |||
| 114. San Jose St (1 - 11) Schedule: 5.689 (57) | 3.567 3.567  | |||
| 115. Ball St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.63 (105) | 3.503 3.503  2 | |||
| 116. Massachusetts (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.869 (90) | 3.501 3.501  | |||
| 117. Akron (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.747 (98) | 3.277 3.277  | |||
| 118. Western Kentucky (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.314 (120) | 3.17 3.17  1 | |||
| 119. Georgia St (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.131 (77) | 3.164 3.164  1 | |||
| 120. Old Dominion (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.084 (125) | 3.064 3.064  1 | |||
| 121. Bowling Green (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.66 (103) | 2.967 2.967  1 | |||
| 122. South Alabama (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.754 (97) | 2.959 2.959  2 | |||
| 123. Kent St (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.68 (102) | 2.898 2.898  1 | |||
| 124. Central Michigan (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.807 (93) | 2.78 2.78  1 | |||
| 125. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.036 (126) | 2.768 2.768  | |||
| 126. Texas-San Antonio (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.593 (106) | 2.675 2.675  | |||
| 127. New Mexico St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.519 (110) | 2.611 2.611  | |||
| 128. Connecticut (1 - 11) Schedule: 5.263 (72) | 2.356 2.356  | |||
| 129. Rice (2 - 11) Schedule: 4.445 (112) | 2.084 2.084  | |||
| 130. UTEP  (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.032 (127) | 1.573 1.573  |