Week 8
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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 (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.079 (34) | 8.98 8.98  | |||
| 2. Alabama (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.603 (61) | 8.186 8.186  1 | |||
| 3. Utah (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.199 (32) | 8.157 8.157  5 | |||
| 4. Oklahoma (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.821 (46) | 8.099 8.099  1 | |||
| 5. Oregon (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.612 (10) | 8.04 8.04  3 | |||
| 6. Clemson (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.506 (65) | 7.875 7.875  1 | |||
| 7. Auburn (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.511 (15) | 7.81 7.81  1 | |||
| 8. LSU (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.486 (67) | 7.659 7.659  3 | |||
| 9. Wisconsin (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.633 (58) | 7.427 7.427  5 | |||
| 10. Penn State (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.62 (60) | 7.393 7.393  | |||
| 11. Washington (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.493 (16) | 7.148 7.148  2 | |||
| 12. Notre Dame  (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.912 (41) | 7.041 7.041  8 | |||
| 13. Iowa St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.31 (23) | 7.01 7.01  | |||
| 14. Florida (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.989 (37) | 6.999 6.999  3 | |||
| 15. Georgia (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.183 (84) | 6.958 6.958  7 | |||
| 16. Cincinnati (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.321 (22) | 6.916 6.916  | |||
| 17. Southern Cal (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.113 (1) | 6.902 6.902  10 | |||
| 18. Baylor (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.379 (72) | 6.889 6.889  6 | |||
| 19. SMU (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.364 (73) | 6.863 6.863  | |||
| 20. Navy (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.302 (78) | 6.796 6.796  6 | |||
| 21. Texas (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.359 (20) | 6.63 6.63  3 | |||
| 22. Memphis (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.193 (82) | 6.576 6.576  7 | |||
| 23. Boise St (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.45 (70) | 6.517 6.517  9 | |||
| 24. Arizona St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.774 (8) | 6.485 6.485  9 | |||
| 25. Michigan St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.914 (5) | 6.469 6.469  4 | |||
| 26. Minnesota (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.114 (90) | 6.374 6.374  5 | |||
| 27. Appalachian St (6 - 0) Schedule: 3.673 (107) | 6.243 6.243  6 | |||
| 28. Oklahoma St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.214 (31) | 6.196 6.196  5 | |||
| 29. Missouri (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.203 (81) | 6.183 6.183  17 | |||
| 30. Air Force (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.531 (64) | 6.181 6.181  13 | |||
| 31. Iowa (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.761 (50) | 6.164 6.164  1 | |||
| 32. Central Florida (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.042 (94) | 6.105 6.105  7 | |||
| 33. San Diego St (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.224 (80) | 6.067 6.067  1 | |||
| 34. Michigan (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.769 (48) | 5.868 5.868  3 | |||
| 35. Utah St (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.834 (45) | 5.828 5.828  17 | |||
| 36. Wake Forest (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.461 (69) | 5.821 5.821  6 | |||
| 37. Virginia (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.402 (71) | 5.76 5.76  17 | |||
| 38. Texas A&M (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.358 (21) | 5.749 5.749  | |||
| 39. California (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.556 (13) | 5.745 5.745  11 | |||
| 40. TCU  (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.8 (47) | 5.734 5.734  8 | |||
| 41. Washington St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.725 (52) | 5.722 5.722  17 | |||
| 42. Fresno St (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.045 (36) | 5.598 5.598  18 | |||
| 43. Texas Tech (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.439 (18) | 5.418 5.418  2 | |||
| 44. Kansas St (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.72 (53) | 5.416 5.416  6 | |||
| 45. Florida St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.574 (12) | 5.368 5.368  2 | |||
| 46. North Carolina (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.305 (24) | 5.358 5.358  2 | |||
| 47. Wyoming (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.127 (89) | 5.327 5.327  2 | |||
| 48. Duke (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.551 (62) | 5.323 5.323  12 | |||
| 49. Louisiana-Lafayette (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.656 (110) | 5.287 5.287  18 | |||
| 50. South Carolina (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.482 (17) | 5.226 5.226  4 | |||
| 51. Oregon St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.296 (25) | 5.147 5.147  10 | |||
| 52. Pittsburgh (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.884 (42) | 5.125 5.125  12 | |||
| 53. Louisville (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.218 (29) | 5.118 5.118  2 | |||
| 54. Indiana (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.851 (100) | 5.103 5.103  8 | |||
| 55. Arizona (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.23 (28) | 5.079 5.079  15 | |||
| 56. Tulane (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.137 (88) | 5.076 5.076  11 | |||
| 57. Mississippi St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.551 (14) | 5.024 5.024  6 | |||
| 58. UCLA (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.004 (4) | 5.003 5.003  19 | |||
| 59. Stanford (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.077 (2) | 5.001 5.001  20 | |||
| 60. Mississippi (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.24 (26) | 4.995 4.995  7 | |||
| 61. Hawai`i (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.218 (30) | 4.949 4.949  26 | |||
| 62. Colorado (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.589 (11) | 4.823 4.823  14 | |||
| 63. Houston (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.706 (54) | 4.805 4.805  7 | |||
| 64. Brigham Young (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.735 (9) | 4.769 4.769  16 | |||
| 65. Miami FL (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.488 (66) | 4.724 4.724  8 | |||
| 66. Nebraska (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.764 (49) | 4.634 4.634  3 | |||
| 67. Tulsa (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.029 (3) | 4.621 4.621  1 | |||
| 68. Western Michigan (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.916 (97) | 4.585 4.585  9 | |||
| 69. Temple (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.796 (103) | 4.578 4.578  2 | |||
| 70. Purdue (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.198 (33) | 4.568 4.568  11 | |||
| 71. West Virginia (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.807 (7) | 4.559 4.559  5 | |||
| 72. Western Kentucky (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.354 (121) | 4.4 4.4  6 | |||
| 73. Florida Atlantic (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.052 (92) | 4.371 4.371  8 | |||
| 74. Southern Miss (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.191 (83) | 4.366 4.366  11 | |||
| 75. Louisiana Tech (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.9 (126) | 4.347 4.347  11 | |||
| 76. Boston College (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.669 (108) | 4.323 4.323  21 | |||
| 77. Arkansas St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.692 (55) | 4.319 4.319  7 | |||
| 78. Georgia St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.887 (98) | 4.263 4.263  1 | |||
| 79. Central Michigan (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.391 (120) | 4.251 4.251  3 | |||
| 80. Syracuse (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.313 (77) | 4.243 4.243  6 | |||
| 81. Northwestern (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.881 (6) | 4.195 4.195  9 | |||
| 82. Kentucky (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.949 (38) | 4.179 4.179  7 | |||
| 83. Ball St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.446 (119) | 4.161 4.161  17 | |||
| 84. Tennessee (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.372 (19) | 4.143 4.143  7 | |||
| 85. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.547 (63) | 4.119 4.119  9 | |||
| 86. Virginia Tech  (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.651 (111) | 4.069 4.069  6 | |||
| 87. Maryland (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.805 (102) | 4.047 4.047  2 | |||
| 88. Alabama-Birmingham (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.918 (130) | 4.046 4.046  7 | |||
| 89. Kansas (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.933 (40) | 3.997 3.997  10 | |||
| 90. Army (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.488 (116) | 3.985 3.985  6 | |||
| 91. South Florida (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.621 (59) | 3.98 3.98  4 | |||
| 92. Kent St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.337 (74) | 3.878 3.878  19 | |||
| 93. Troy (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.971 (125) | 3.87 3.87  3 | |||
| 94. Miami OH (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.94 (39) | 3.868 3.868  | |||
| 95. Marshall (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.848 (101) | 3.866 3.866  6 | |||
| 96. Arkansas (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.657 (57) | 3.811 3.811  6 | |||
| 97. North Carolina St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.493 (115) | 3.805 3.805  12 | |||
| 98. North Texas (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.179 (85) | 3.8 3.8  10 | |||
| 99. Illinois (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.168 (86) | 3.79 3.79  13 | |||
| 100. Nevada (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.666 (56) | 3.77 3.77  17 | |||
| 101. Georgia Southern (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.325 (76) | 3.73 3.73  4 | |||
| 102. San Jose St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.046 (93) | 3.637 3.637  1 | |||
| 103. Coastal Carolina (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.126 (124) | 3.57 3.57  1 | |||
| 104. Texas St-San Marcos (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.759 (51) | 3.515 3.515  6 | |||
| 105. Florida Int'l (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.83 (127) | 3.493 3.493  3 | |||
| 106. Northern Illinois (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.333 (75) | 3.485 3.485  | |||
| 107. Ohio U. (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.727 (104) | 3.417 3.417  4 | |||
| 108. Buffalo (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.273 (122) | 3.334 3.334  1 | |||
| 109. Eastern Michigan (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.868 (99) | 3.33 3.33  6 | |||
| 110. Toledo (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.485 (117) | 3.296 3.296  17 | |||
| 111. Liberty (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.653 (128) | 3.207 3.207  4 | |||
| 112. Georgia Tech (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.856 (44) | 3.179 3.179  6 | |||
| 113. Colorado St (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.692 (106) | 2.984 2.984  5 | |||
| 114. East Carolina (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.468 (118) | 2.907 2.907  2 | |||
| 115. Vanderbilt (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.232 (27) | 2.903 2.903  8 | |||
| 116. Middle Tennessee St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.141 (87) | 2.844 2.844  3 | |||
| 117. UNLV (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.271 (79) | 2.773 2.773  7 | |||
| 118. Rice (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.874 (43) | 2.653 2.653  4 | |||
| 119. UNC-Charlotte (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.663 (109) | 2.529 2.529  2 | |||
| 120. New Mexico (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.942 (96) | 2.49 2.49  | |||
| 121. New Mexico St (0 - 7) Schedule: 5.075 (35) | 2.418 2.418  | |||
| 122. Texas-San Antonio (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.523 (113) | 2.401 2.401  | |||
| 123. Bowling Green (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.997 (95) | 2.242 2.242  4 | |||
| 124. Rutgers (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.483 (68) | 1.778 1.778  2 | |||
| 125. South Alabama (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.649 (112) | 1.702 1.702  1 | |||
| 126. Old Dominion (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.695 (105) | 1.62 1.62  1 | |||
| 127. Connecticut (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.106 (91) | 1.55 1.55  1 | |||
| 128. UTEP  (1 - 5) Schedule: 3.516 (114) | 1.27 1.27  1 | |||
| 129. Akron (0 - 7) Schedule: 3.239 (123) | -0.004 -0.004  | |||
| 130. Massachusetts (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.65 (129) | -0.498 -0.498  |