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. Ohio State (10 - 0) Schedule: 5.141 (52) | 9.044 9.044  | |||
| 2. Utah (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.443 (32) | 8.386 8.386  1 | |||
| 3. Oregon (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.758 (12) | 8.331 8.331  1 | |||
| 4. Alabama (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.139 (53) | 8.321 8.321  1 | |||
| 5. LSU (10 - 0) Schedule: 5.508 (28) | 8.232 8.232  1 | |||
| 6. Clemson (11 - 0) Schedule: 4.679 (76) | 8.229 8.229  1 | |||
| 7. Penn State (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.512 (27) | 7.898 7.898  1 | |||
| 8. Georgia (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.243 (46) | 7.882 7.882  2 | |||
| 9. Oklahoma (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.348 (38) | 7.77 7.77  1 | |||
| 10. Auburn (7 - 3) Schedule: 6.162 (3) | 7.626 7.626  1 | |||
| 11. Wisconsin (8 - 2) Schedule: 5.596 (21) | 7.543 7.543  | |||
| 12. Florida (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.502 (29) | 7.52 7.52  1 | |||
| 13. Michigan (8 - 2) Schedule: 5.554 (22) | 7.497 7.497  1 | |||
| 14. Washington (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.905 (10) | 7.406 7.406  2 | |||
| 15. Notre Dame  (8 - 2) Schedule: 5.527 (25) | 7.305 7.305  5 | |||
| 16. Minnesota (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.16 (51) | 7.116 7.116  1 | |||
| 17. Iowa (7 - 3) Schedule: 5.62 (16) | 7.03 7.03  2 | |||
| 18. Iowa St (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.924 (9) | 6.967 6.967  2 | |||
| 19. Southern Cal (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.184 (2) | 6.894 6.894  6 | |||
| 20. Memphis (9 - 1) Schedule: 4.644 (79) | 6.808 6.808  2 | |||
| 21. Baylor (9 - 1) Schedule: 4.933 (62) | 6.775 6.775  | |||
| 22. Cincinnati (9 - 1) Schedule: 5.019 (59) | 6.763 6.763  4 | |||
| 23. Oklahoma St (7 - 3) Schedule: 5.469 (31) | 6.693 6.693  | |||
| 24. Navy (7 - 2) Schedule: 4.771 (68) | 6.576 6.576  7 | |||
| 25. SMU (9 - 1) Schedule: 4.657 (78) | 6.538 6.538  1 | |||
| 26. Central Florida (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.526 (86) | 6.523 6.523  | |||
| 27. Boise St (9 - 1) Schedule: 4.463 (91) | 6.522 6.522  1 | |||
| 28. Texas (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.75 (13) | 6.504 6.504  1 | |||
| 29. Air Force (8 - 2) Schedule: 4.596 (84) | 6.499 6.499  | |||
| 30. Appalachian St (9 - 1) Schedule: 4.073 (103) | 6.47 6.47  1 | |||
| 31. Texas A&M (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.926 (64) | 6.191 6.191  5 | |||
| 32. TCU  (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.424 (34) | 6.017 6.017  1 | |||
| 33. Kansas St (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.294 (42) | 6.013 6.013  3 | |||
| 34. Washington St (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.188 (48) | 5.973 5.973  6 | |||
| 35. Miami FL (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.99 (60) | 5.958 5.958  3 | |||
| 36. Arizona St (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.743 (14) | 5.914 5.914  2 | |||
| 37. Louisiana-Lafayette (8 - 2) Schedule: 3.781 (118) | 5.914 5.914  5 | |||
| 38. Virginia (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.738 (71) | 5.797 5.797  1 | |||
| 39. Indiana (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.479 (89) | 5.777 5.777  3 | |||
| 40. San Diego St (8 - 2) Schedule: 4.232 (100) | 5.737 5.737  3 | |||
| 41. Michigan St (4 - 6) Schedule: 6.243 (1) | 5.708 5.708  6 | |||
| 42. Brigham Young (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.424 (35) | 5.648 5.648  7 | |||
| 43. California (5 - 5) Schedule: 6.056 (5) | 5.614 5.614  6 | |||
| 44. Wake Forest (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.931 (63) | 5.595 5.595  1 | |||
| 45. Oregon St (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.619 (17) | 5.553 5.553  5 | |||
| 46. Mississippi St (4 - 6) Schedule: 6.148 (4) | 5.535 5.535  5 | |||
| 47. North Carolina (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.606 (19) | 5.483 5.483  3 | |||
| 48. Tennessee (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.546 (23) | 5.472 5.472  5 | |||
| 49. Pittsburgh (7 - 3) Schedule: 5.075 (56) | 5.461 5.461  5 | |||
| 50. Texas Tech (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.285 (43) | 5.439 5.439  2 | |||
| 51. Louisville (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.424 (33) | 5.408 5.408  10 | |||
| 52. Missouri (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.133 (54) | 5.393 5.393  5 | |||
| 53. UCLA (4 - 6) Schedule: 6.055 (6) | 5.386 5.386  2 | |||
| 54. Virginia Tech  (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.435 (93) | 5.374 5.374  9 | |||
| 55. Florida St (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.099 (55) | 5.366 5.366  1 | |||
| 56. Wyoming (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.274 (99) | 5.342 5.342  10 | |||
| 57. Mississippi (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.515 (26) | 5.305 5.305  2 | |||
| 58. Florida Atlantic (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.016 (107) | 5.252 5.252  1 | |||
| 59. Tulane (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.606 (82) | 5.238 5.238  7 | |||
| 60. Illinois (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.604 (83) | 5.235 5.235  | |||
| 61. Utah St (6 - 4) Schedule: 5.198 (47) | 5.195 5.195  3 | |||
| 62. Kentucky (5 - 5) Schedule: 5.03 (58) | 5.154 5.154  9 | |||
| 63. Boston College (5 - 5) Schedule: 4.766 (69) | 5.139 5.139  9 | |||
| 64. Temple (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.588 (85) | 5.1 5.1  5 | |||
| 65. Western Michigan (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.073 (104) | 5.08 5.08  2 | |||
| 66. Southern Miss (7 - 3) Schedule: 3.859 (113) | 5.038 5.038  2 | |||
| 67. Hawai`i (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.734 (72) | 5.031 5.031  6 | |||
| 68. South Carolina (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.597 (20) | 5.001 5.001  9 | |||
| 69. Fresno St (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.03 (57) | 4.963 4.963  3 | |||
| 70. Arkansas St (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.644 (80) | 4.945 4.945  6 | |||
| 71. Georgia Southern (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.794 (67) | 4.945 4.945  12 | |||
| 72. Stanford (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.927 (8) | 4.871 4.871  10 | |||
| 73. Colorado (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.709 (15) | 4.84 4.84  3 | |||
| 74. Marshall (7 - 3) Schedule: 4.071 (105) | 4.824 4.824  12 | |||
| 75. Tulsa (3 - 7) Schedule: 6.025 (7) | 4.817 4.817  5 | |||
| 76. Nebraska (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.378 (37) | 4.784 4.784  2 | |||
| 77. Duke (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.169 (50) | 4.782 4.782  19 | |||
| 78. Arizona (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.615 (18) | 4.74 4.74  1 | |||
| 79. Miami OH (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.812 (65) | 4.734 4.734  5 | |||
| 80. Houston (3 - 7) Schedule: 5.265 (45) | 4.712 4.712  6 | |||
| 81. Western Kentucky (6 - 4) Schedule: 3.817 (117) | 4.678 4.678  2 | |||
| 82. Purdue (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.284 (44) | 4.648 4.648  1 | |||
| 83. West Virginia (4 - 6) Schedule: 5.829 (11) | 4.642 4.642  6 | |||
| 84. Central Michigan (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.841 (115) | 4.627 4.627  1 | |||
| 85. Buffalo (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.853 (114) | 4.573 4.573  5 | |||
| 86. South Florida (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.98 (61) | 4.535 4.535  1 | |||
| 87. Syracuse (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.799 (66) | 4.473 4.473  12 | |||
| 88. Louisiana Tech (8 - 2) Schedule: 3.079 (129) | 4.467 4.467  13 | |||
| 89. Troy (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.519 (123) | 4.45 4.45  3 | |||
| 90. Georgia St (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.525 (87) | 4.428 4.428  11 | |||
| 91. Maryland (3 - 7) Schedule: 5.327 (39) | 4.324 4.324  | |||
| 92. Army (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.509 (124) | 4.322 4.322  2 | |||
| 93. Louisiana-Monroe (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.73 (73) | 4.202 4.202  5 | |||
| 94. Ohio U. (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.339 (98) | 4.119 4.119  1 | |||
| 95. Kansas (3 - 7) Schedule: 5.409 (36) | 4.104 4.104  2 | |||
| 96. San Jose St (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.458 (92) | 4.06 4.06  1 | |||
| 97. Ball St (4 - 6) Schedule: 3.994 (110) | 4.045 4.045  3 | |||
| 98. Nevada (6 - 4) Schedule: 4.67 (77) | 4.011 4.011  2 | |||
| 99. Coastal Carolina (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.011 (109) | 3.894 3.894  1 | |||
| 100. Kent St (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.371 (97) | 3.875 3.875  3 | |||
| 101. North Carolina St (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.616 (81) | 3.768 3.768  | |||
| 102. Alabama-Birmingham (7 - 3) Schedule: 2.637 (130) | 3.753 3.753  6 | |||
| 103. Toledo (6 - 4) Schedule: 3.824 (116) | 3.71 3.71  5 | |||
| 104. Liberty (6 - 4) Schedule: 3.115 (128) | 3.709 3.709  2 | |||
| 105. Colorado St (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.013 (108) | 3.7 3.7  3 | |||
| 106. Northern Illinois (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.092 (102) | 3.624 3.624  5 | |||
| 107. Northwestern (2 - 8) Schedule: 5.185 (49) | 3.62 3.62  3 | |||
| 108. Arkansas (2 - 8) Schedule: 5.32 (41) | 3.514 3.514  1 | |||
| 109. Eastern Michigan (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.927 (112) | 3.477 3.477  4 | |||
| 110. East Carolina (3 - 7) Schedule: 4.395 (95) | 3.398 3.398  2 | |||
| 111. Georgia Tech (2 - 8) Schedule: 5.321 (40) | 3.396 3.396  6 | |||
| 112. North Texas (4 - 6) Schedule: 3.769 (119) | 3.392 3.392  5 | |||
| 113. Middle Tennessee St (3 - 7) Schedule: 4.15 (101) | 3.275 3.275  3 | |||
| 114. UNC-Charlotte (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.504 (125) | 3.155 3.155  1 | |||
| 115. Florida Int'l (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.152 (127) | 2.987 2.987  1 | |||
| 116. Rutgers (2 - 8) Schedule: 5.471 (30) | 2.902 2.902  5 | |||
| 117. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 7) Schedule: 4.681 (74) | 2.846 2.846  3 | |||
| 118. Vanderbilt (2 - 8) Schedule: 5.537 (24) | 2.799 2.799  1 | |||
| 119. New Mexico (2 - 8) Schedule: 4.466 (90) | 2.627 2.627  | |||
| 120. UNLV (2 - 8) Schedule: 4.416 (94) | 2.606 2.606  2 | |||
| 121. Rice (1 - 9) Schedule: 4.68 (75) | 2.594 2.594  1 | |||
| 122. Bowling Green (3 - 7) Schedule: 4.03 (106) | 2.429 2.429  2 | |||
| 123. South Alabama (1 - 9) Schedule: 4.389 (96) | 2.334 2.334  3 | |||
| 124. New Mexico St (1 - 9) Schedule: 4.748 (70) | 2.319 2.319  1 | |||
| 125. Texas-San Antonio (4 - 6) Schedule: 3.62 (120) | 2.245 2.245  1 | |||
| 126. Connecticut (2 - 8) Schedule: 4.496 (88) | 2.215 2.215  3 | |||
| 127. Old Dominion (1 - 9) Schedule: 3.985 (111) | 1.862 1.862  | |||
| 128. UTEP  (1 - 9) Schedule: 3.559 (122) | 0.995 0.995  | |||
| 129. Akron (0 - 10) Schedule: 3.588 (121) | 0.146 0.146  | |||
| 130. Massachusetts (1 - 10) Schedule: 3.19 (126) | -0.159 -0.159  |