Week 4
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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. Auburn (4 - 0) Schedule: 6.016 (3) | 8.554 8.554  | |||
| 2. Wisconsin (3 - 0) Schedule: 4.639 (56) | 8.426 8.426  | |||
| 3. Clemson (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.634 (57) | 8.254 8.254  | |||
| 4. Alabama (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.303 (67) | 8.131 8.131  | |||
| 5. Ohio State (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.33 (65) | 8.13 8.13  | |||
| 6. Washington (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.379 (24) | 8.004 8.004  | |||
| 7. Oregon (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.494 (18) | 7.977 7.977  | |||
| 8. Michigan St (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.08 (37) | 7.671 7.671  | |||
| 9. SMU (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.257 (28) | 7.581 7.581  | |||
| 10. Georgia (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.339 (63) | 7.558 7.558  | |||
| 11. Mississippi St (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.86 (7) | 7.451 7.451  | |||
| 12. California (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.672 (14) | 7.287 7.287  | |||
| 13. Iowa (3 - 0) Schedule: 4.333 (64) | 7.234 7.234  | |||
| 14. Oklahoma St (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.065 (38) | 7.215 7.215  | |||
| 15. Utah (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.902 (45) | 7.165 7.165  | |||
| 16. Kansas St (3 - 0) Schedule: 4.136 (73) | 7.159 7.159  | |||
| 17. Penn State (3 - 0) Schedule: 4.07 (75) | 7.114 7.114  | |||
| 18. Oklahoma (3 - 0) Schedule: 3.624 (91) | 7.085 7.085  | |||
| 19. Arizona St (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.489 (19) | 7.083 7.083  | |||
| 20. Missouri (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.533 (59) | 7.046 7.046  | |||
| 21. Texas (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.028 (39) | 6.922 6.922  | |||
| 22. TCU  (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.668 (54) | 6.805 6.805  | |||
| 23. Notre Dame  (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.795 (49) | 6.789 6.789  | |||
| 24. Florida (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.212 (70) | 6.786 6.786  | |||
| 25. Wake Forest (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.495 (60) | 6.738 6.738  | |||
| 26. Utah St (2 - 1) Schedule: 5.114 (36) | 6.594 6.594  | |||
| 27. Southern Cal (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.325 (25) | 6.591 6.591  | |||
| 28. Iowa St (2 - 1) Schedule: 5.435 (23) | 6.579 6.579  | |||
| 29. Boise St (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.375 (62) | 6.5 6.5  | |||
| 30. Arizona (2 - 1) Schedule: 5.021 (40) | 6.485 6.485  | |||
| 31. Texas A&M (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.66 (15) | 6.473 6.473  | |||
| 32. LSU (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.261 (105) | 6.383 6.383  | |||
| 33. Virginia (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.775 (84) | 6.245 6.245  | |||
| 34. Central Florida (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.768 (85) | 6.189 6.189  | |||
| 35. Memphis (3 - 0) Schedule: 3.069 (109) | 6.103 6.103  | |||
| 36. Texas Tech (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.381 (61) | 6.103 6.103  | |||
| 37. Hawai`i (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.847 (8) | 6.066 6.066  | |||
| 38. San Diego St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.309 (66) | 6.021 6.021  | |||
| 39. Colorado (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.153 (33) | 6.014 6.014  | |||
| 40. Kentucky (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.725 (10) | 5.97 5.97  | |||
| 41. Cincinnati (2 - 1) Schedule: 5.436 (22) | 5.959 5.959  | |||
| 42. Mississippi (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.453 (20) | 5.722 5.722  | |||
| 43. Navy (2 - 0) Schedule: 1.872 (128) | 5.683 5.683  | |||
| 44. Wyoming (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.882 (47) | 5.624 5.624  | |||
| 45. Appalachian St (3 - 0) Schedule: 3.352 (102) | 5.623 5.623  | |||
| 46. Miami FL (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.824 (48) | 5.58 5.58  | |||
| 47. North Texas (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.936 (44) | 5.537 5.537  | |||
| 48. Duke (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.276 (68) | 5.473 5.473  | |||
| 49. North Carolina (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.556 (17) | 5.452 5.452  | |||
| 50. Nebraska (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.842 (82) | 5.434 5.434  | |||
| 51. Oregon St (1 - 2) Schedule: 5.147 (35) | 5.344 5.344  | |||
| 52. Air Force (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.16 (72) | 5.313 5.313  | |||
| 53. Tulsa (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.976 (5) | 5.255 5.255  | |||
| 54. Florida St (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.178 (31) | 5.234 5.234  | |||
| 55. Arkansas St (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.014 (41) | 5.225 5.225  | |||
| 56. Louisiana-Lafayette (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.021 (111) | 5.201 5.201  | |||
| 57. West Virginia (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.9 (46) | 5.182 5.182  | |||
| 58. Tulane (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.892 (80) | 5.163 5.163  | |||
| 59. Pittsburgh (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.601 (16) | 5.16 5.16  | |||
| 60. Southern Miss (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.697 (12) | 5.108 5.108  | |||
| 61. Michigan (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.99 (43) | 5.078 5.078  | |||
| 62. Fresno St (1 - 2) Schedule: 5.149 (34) | 5.074 5.074  | |||
| 63. Minnesota (3 - 0) Schedule: 3.988 (77) | 5.032 5.032  | |||
| 64. Nevada (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.729 (51) | 4.981 4.981  | |||
| 65. Baylor (3 - 0) Schedule: 1.695 (129) | 4.881 4.881  | |||
| 66. Maryland (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.598 (120) | 4.869 4.869  | |||
| 67. Toledo (2 - 1) Schedule: 3.85 (81) | 4.823 4.823  | |||
| 68. Brigham Young (2 - 2) Schedule: 6.207 (1) | 4.822 4.822  | |||
| 69. Syracuse (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.159 (32) | 4.818 4.818  | |||
| 70. Washington St (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.825 (113) | 4.795 4.795  | |||
| 71. South Florida (1 - 2) Schedule: 5.005 (42) | 4.586 4.586  | |||
| 72. Troy (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.314 (123) | 4.584 4.584  | |||
| 73. Marshall (2 - 1) Schedule: 3.54 (95) | 4.52 4.52  | |||
| 74. Western Michigan (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.176 (71) | 4.517 4.517  | |||
| 75. Kent St (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.2 (30) | 4.45 4.45  | |||
| 76. Army (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.299 (124) | 4.324 4.324  | |||
| 77. Coastal Carolina (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.256 (127) | 4.297 4.297  | |||
| 78. Houston (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.706 (53) | 4.287 4.287  | |||
| 79. Kansas (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.767 (86) | 4.285 4.285  | |||
| 80. South Carolina (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.312 (26) | 4.282 4.282  | |||
| 81. Central Michigan (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.085 (74) | 4.254 4.254  | |||
| 82. Stanford (1 - 3) Schedule: 6.056 (2) | 4.241 4.241  | |||
| 83. UCLA (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.965 (6) | 4.236 4.236  | |||
| 84. Virginia Tech  (2 - 1) Schedule: 3.331 (103) | 4.188 4.188  | |||
| 85. Purdue (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.777 (50) | 4.106 4.106  | |||
| 86. North Carolina St (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.27 (126) | 4.007 4.007  | |||
| 87. Louisville (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.576 (94) | 3.993 3.993  | |||
| 88. Louisiana-Monroe (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.259 (69) | 3.973 3.973  | |||
| 89. Miami OH (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.75 (9) | 3.941 3.941  | |||
| 90. Northern Illinois (1 - 2) Schedule: 5.229 (29) | 3.897 3.897  | |||
| 91. Georgia Tech (1 - 2) Schedule: 5.264 (27) | 3.891 3.891  | |||
| 92. Indiana (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.575 (121) | 3.862 3.862  | |||
| 93. Eastern Michigan (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.778 (83) | 3.84 3.84  | |||
| 94. Boston College (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.704 (117) | 3.678 3.678  | |||
| 95. Arkansas (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.583 (93) | 3.645 3.645  | |||
| 96. Georgia Southern (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.66 (55) | 3.579 3.579  | |||
| 97. Louisiana Tech (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.783 (114) | 3.576 3.576  | |||
| 98. Florida Atlantic (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.063 (76) | 3.559 3.559  | |||
| 99. Alabama-Birmingham (3 - 0) Schedule: 1.254 (130) | 3.524 3.524  | |||
| 100. Northwestern (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.621 (58) | 3.466 3.466  | |||
| 101. Texas St-San Marcos (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.681 (13) | 3.462 3.462  | |||
| 102. Illinois (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.675 (119) | 3.439 3.439  | |||
| 103. San Jose St (2 - 1) Schedule: 3.111 (107) | 3.396 3.396  | |||
| 104. UNC-Charlotte (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.105 (108) | 3.354 3.354  | |||
| 105. Buffalo (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.397 (100) | 3.286 3.286  | |||
| 106. Temple (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.371 (122) | 3.11 3.11  | |||
| 107. Tennessee (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.737 (87) | 3.068 3.068  | |||
| 108. Georgia St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.627 (90) | 3.046 3.046  | |||
| 109. Liberty (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.218 (106) | 2.997 2.997  | |||
| 110. Rice (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.716 (11) | 2.937 2.937  | |||
| 111. Ohio U. (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.59 (92) | 2.855 2.855  | |||
| 112. Old Dominion (1 - 2) Schedule: 3.988 (78) | 2.853 2.853  | |||
| 113. New Mexico (2 - 1) Schedule: 3.471 (98) | 2.835 2.835  | |||
| 114. Colorado St (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.515 (97) | 2.782 2.782  | |||
| 115. UTEP  (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.713 (52) | 2.773 2.773  | |||
| 116. Vanderbilt (0 - 3) Schedule: 6.016 (4) | 2.545 2.545  | |||
| 117. Rutgers (1 - 2) Schedule: 3.427 (99) | 2.478 2.478  | |||
| 118. East Carolina (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.679 (118) | 2.367 2.367  | |||
| 119. Ball St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.767 (115) | 2.356 2.356  | |||
| 120. New Mexico St (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.445 (21) | 2.347 2.347  | |||
| 121. Middle Tennessee St (1 - 2) Schedule: 3.536 (96) | 2.219 2.219  | |||
| 122. Western Kentucky (1 - 2) Schedule: 3.031 (110) | 2.164 2.164  | |||
| 123. South Alabama (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.664 (89) | 2.017 2.017  | |||
| 124. UNLV (1 - 2) Schedule: 2.975 (112) | 1.95 1.95  | |||
| 125. Bowling Green (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.701 (88) | 1.701 1.701  | |||
| 126. Texas-San Antonio (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.369 (101) | 1.561 1.561  | |||
| 127. Florida Int'l (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.744 (116) | 1.544 1.544  | |||
| 128. Connecticut (1 - 2) Schedule: 2.292 (125) | 0.751 0.751  | |||
| 129. Akron (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.95 (79) | 0.674 0.674  | |||
| 130. Massachusetts (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.274 (104) | -0.632 -0.632  |