Week 16
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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. Ohio State (13 - 1) Schedule: 6.03 (8) | 9.325 9.325  | |||
| 2. LSU (15 - 0) Schedule: 5.981 (13) | 9.004 9.004  | |||
| 3. Clemson (14 - 1) Schedule: 5.429 (45) | 8.483 8.483  | |||
| 4. Oregon (12 - 2) Schedule: 5.983 (12) | 8.285 8.285  | |||
| 5. Alabama (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.217 (56) | 8.145 8.145  3 | |||
| 6. Georgia (12 - 2) Schedule: 5.728 (24) | 7.881 7.881  4 | |||
| 7. Penn State (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.706 (25) | 7.838 7.838  2 | |||
| 8. Wisconsin (10 - 4) Schedule: 6.186 (2) | 7.814 7.814  1 | |||
| 9. Notre Dame  (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.529 (38) | 7.754 7.754  5 | |||
| 10. Oklahoma (12 - 2) Schedule: 5.902 (15) | 7.73 7.73  4 | |||
| 11. Utah (11 - 3) Schedule: 5.563 (37) | 7.694 7.694  6 | |||
| 12. Florida (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.614 (33) | 7.684 7.684  1 | |||
| 13. Auburn (9 - 4) Schedule: 6.214 (1) | 7.588 7.588  1 | |||
| 14. Michigan (9 - 4) Schedule: 6.103 (4) | 7.361 7.361  1 | |||
| 15. Washington (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.747 (21) | 7.356 7.356  2 | |||
| 16. Iowa (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.628 (32) | 7.224 7.224  2 | |||
| 17. Memphis (12 - 2) Schedule: 5.212 (57) | 7.081 7.081  1 | |||
| 18. Baylor (11 - 3) Schedule: 5.449 (43) | 6.996 6.996  3 | |||
| 19. Minnesota (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.442 (44) | 6.981 6.981  1 | |||
| 20. Texas (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.036 (7) | 6.979 6.979  6 | |||
| 21. Navy (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.03 (65) | 6.89 6.89  3 | |||
| 22. Central Florida (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.584 (86) | 6.76 6.76  5 | |||
| 23. Air Force (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.63 (84) | 6.728 6.728  2 | |||
| 24. Appalachian St (13 - 1) Schedule: 4.214 (106) | 6.712 6.712  1 | |||
| 25. Cincinnati (11 - 3) Schedule: 5.267 (54) | 6.695 6.695  5 | |||
| 26. Southern Cal (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.123 (3) | 6.61 6.61  7 | |||
| 27. Boise St (12 - 2) Schedule: 4.727 (80) | 6.577 6.577  6 | |||
| 28. Iowa St (7 - 6) Schedule: 6.018 (10) | 6.486 6.486  6 | |||
| 29. Oklahoma St (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.698 (27) | 6.445 6.445  1 | |||
| 30. Texas A&M (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.632 (31) | 6.311 6.311  3 | |||
| 31. Kansas St (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.581 (35) | 6.283 6.283  | |||
| 32. SMU (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.962 (69) | 6.277 6.277  3 | |||
| 33. Arizona St (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.734 (23) | 6.162 6.162  1 | |||
| 34. Louisiana-Lafayette (11 - 3) Schedule: 4.165 (108) | 6.09 6.09  | |||
| 35. Florida Atlantic (11 - 3) Schedule: 4.269 (102) | 6.023 6.023  6 | |||
| 36. San Diego St (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.382 (98) | 5.984 5.984  3 | |||
| 37. Virginia (9 - 5) Schedule: 5.211 (58) | 5.922 5.922  1 | |||
| 38. TCU  (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.587 (34) | 5.915 5.915  3 | |||
| 39. North Carolina (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.047 (63) | 5.875 5.875  5 | |||
| 40. Michigan St (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.799 (17) | 5.862 5.862  3 | |||
| 41. Kentucky (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.06 (62) | 5.82 5.82  2 | |||
| 42. California (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.7 (26) | 5.819 5.819  2 | |||
| 43. Washington St (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.456 (42) | 5.75 5.75  7 | |||
| 44. Tennessee (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.372 (49) | 5.732 5.732  2 | |||
| 45. Indiana (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.922 (71) | 5.614 5.614  3 | |||
| 46. Mississippi St (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.825 (16) | 5.574 5.574  1 | |||
| 47. Virginia Tech  (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.693 (81) | 5.524 5.524  | |||
| 48. Wyoming (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.458 (90) | 5.488 5.488  5 | |||
| 49. Wake Forest (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.015 (66) | 5.475 5.475  1 | |||
| 50. Missouri (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.169 (59) | 5.474 5.474  1 | |||
| 51. Oregon St (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.776 (18) | 5.445 5.445  2 | |||
| 52. Louisville (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.397 (47) | 5.428 5.428  3 | |||
| 53. Tulane (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.964 (68) | 5.396 5.396  5 | |||
| 54. Mississippi (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.641 (30) | 5.388 5.388  | |||
| 55. Nebraska (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.508 (39) | 5.264 5.264  1 | |||
| 56. Texas Tech (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.502 (40) | 5.249 5.249  4 | |||
| 57. Hawai`i (10 - 5) Schedule: 4.953 (70) | 5.212 5.212  5 | |||
| 58. Florida St (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.324 (52) | 5.189 5.189  1 | |||
| 59. Western Kentucky (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.102 (112) | 5.181 5.181  7 | |||
| 60. Miami FL (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.897 (73) | 5.164 5.164  10 | |||
| 61. Brigham Young (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.913 (72) | 5.164 5.164  2 | |||
| 62. South Carolina (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.04 (6) | 5.139 5.139  5 | |||
| 63. Buffalo (8 - 5) Schedule: 3.798 (125) | 5.131 5.131  12 | |||
| 64. UCLA (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.024 (9) | 5.113 5.113  3 | |||
| 65. Colorado (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.013 (11) | 5.067 5.067  | |||
| 66. Pittsburgh (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.046 (64) | 5.008 5.008  2 | |||
| 67. Duke (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.314 (53) | 4.993 4.993  6 | |||
| 68. Temple (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.666 (83) | 4.984 4.984  8 | |||
| 69. Boston College (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.154 (60) | 4.973 4.973  5 | |||
| 70. Georgia Southern (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.728 (79) | 4.963 4.963  7 | |||
| 71. Houston (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.377 (48) | 4.919 4.919  | |||
| 72. West Virginia (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.933 (14) | 4.897 4.897  3 | |||
| 73. Tulsa (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.761 (20) | 4.882 4.882  3 | |||
| 74. Utah St (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.101 (61) | 4.846 4.846  4 | |||
| 75. Western Michigan (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.12 (111) | 4.839 4.839  1 | |||
| 76. Illinois (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.971 (67) | 4.832 4.832  4 | |||
| 77. Stanford (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.062 (5) | 4.794 4.794  1 | |||
| 78. Arkansas St (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.418 (97) | 4.755 4.755  1 | |||
| 79. Louisiana Tech (10 - 3) Schedule: 3.305 (130) | 4.725 4.725  10 | |||
| 80. Purdue (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.581 (36) | 4.708 4.708  | |||
| 81. Marshall (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.431 (94) | 4.661 4.661  | |||
| 82. Fresno St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.863 (74) | 4.625 4.625  | |||
| 83. Central Michigan (8 - 6) Schedule: 4.049 (115) | 4.576 4.576  4 | |||
| 84. Arizona (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.772 (19) | 4.54 4.54  1 | |||
| 85. Ohio U. (7 - 6) Schedule: 3.884 (120) | 4.498 4.498  3 | |||
| 86. Syracuse (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.861 (75) | 4.465 4.465  1 | |||
| 87. Southern Miss (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.281 (101) | 4.462 4.462  3 | |||
| 88. Miami OH (8 - 6) Schedule: 4.621 (85) | 4.414 4.414  1 | |||
| 89. Kent St (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.474 (89) | 4.382 4.382  7 | |||
| 90. Louisiana-Monroe (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.741 (78) | 4.301 4.301  4 | |||
| 91. Ball St (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.125 (110) | 4.266 4.266  3 | |||
| 92. Northwestern (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.471 (41) | 4.245 4.245  | |||
| 93. South Florida (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.266 (55) | 4.23 4.23  2 | |||
| 94. Army (5 - 8) Schedule: 4.002 (116) | 4.199 4.199  4 | |||
| 95. Kansas (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.68 (29) | 4.13 4.13  2 | |||
| 96. Maryland (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.371 (50) | 4.119 4.119  1 | |||
| 97. San Jose St (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.426 (95) | 4.095 4.095  2 | |||
| 98. Troy (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.97 (117) | 4.08 4.08  | |||
| 99. Georgia St (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.443 (92) | 3.988 3.988  4 | |||
| 100. Alabama-Birmingham (9 - 5) Schedule: 3.465 (127) | 3.983 3.983  2 | |||
| 101. Liberty (8 - 5) Schedule: 3.447 (129) | 3.957 3.957  5 | |||
| 102. Nevada (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.565 (87) | 3.946 3.946  2 | |||
| 103. Coastal Carolina (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.967 (118) | 3.87 3.87  2 | |||
| 104. Colorado St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.421 (96) | 3.853 3.853  1 | |||
| 105. Eastern Michigan (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.074 (114) | 3.852 3.852  1 | |||
| 106. Arkansas (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.744 (22) | 3.737 3.737  2 | |||
| 107. Middle Tennessee St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.259 (103) | 3.73 3.73  | |||
| 108. UNC-Charlotte (7 - 6) Schedule: 3.836 (121) | 3.635 3.635  3 | |||
| 109. Florida Int'l (6 - 7) Schedule: 3.806 (122) | 3.582 3.582  | |||
| 110. North Carolina St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.67 (82) | 3.548 3.548  | |||
| 111. Northern Illinois (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.192 (107) | 3.507 3.507  | |||
| 112. Toledo (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.08 (113) | 3.47 3.47  | |||
| 113. Georgia Tech (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.334 (51) | 3.436 3.436  | |||
| 114. North Texas (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.799 (124) | 3.29 3.29  | |||
| 115. East Carolina (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.244 (104) | 3.22 3.22  | |||
| 116. Vanderbilt (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.404 (46) | 3.174 3.174  1 | |||
| 117. UNLV (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.449 (91) | 3.107 3.107  1 | |||
| 118. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.796 (77) | 2.919 2.919  | |||
| 119. Rice (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.324 (100) | 2.913 2.913  1 | |||
| 120. Rutgers (2 - 10) Schedule: 5.684 (28) | 2.877 2.877  1 | |||
| 121. New Mexico (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.797 (76) | 2.768 2.768  | |||
| 122. South Alabama (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.495 (88) | 2.661 2.661  | |||
| 123. Texas-San Antonio (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.918 (119) | 2.406 2.406  | |||
| 124. Bowling Green (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.241 (105) | 2.24 2.24  | |||
| 125. New Mexico St (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.363 (99) | 2.2 2.2  | |||
| 126. Connecticut (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.441 (93) | 2.102 2.102  | |||
| 127. Old Dominion (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.13 (109) | 1.861 1.861  | |||
| 128. UTEP  (1 - 11) Schedule: 3.451 (128) | 0.988 0.988  | |||
| 129. Akron (0 - 12) Schedule: 3.801 (123) | 0.516 0.516  | |||
| 130. Massachusetts (1 - 11) Schedule: 3.549 (126) | 0.123 0.123  |