Week 9
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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 (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.531 (16) | 9.406 9.406  | |||
| 2. Utah (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.16 (36) | 8.209 8.209  1 | |||
| 3. Alabama (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.549 (68) | 8.144 8.144  1 | |||
| 4. Clemson (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.644 (64) | 8.054 8.054  2 | |||
| 5. Penn State (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.057 (45) | 8.01 8.01  5 | |||
| 6. Oregon (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.596 (15) | 7.805 7.805  1 | |||
| 7. LSU (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.927 (51) | 7.79 7.79  1 | |||
| 8. Auburn (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.843 (9) | 7.766 7.766  1 | |||
| 9. Oklahoma (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.838 (56) | 7.613 7.613  5 | |||
| 10. Wisconsin (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.39 (25) | 7.366 7.366  1 | |||
| 11. Cincinnati (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.662 (12) | 7.255 7.255  5 | |||
| 12. Florida (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.109 (40) | 7.117 7.117  2 | |||
| 13. Washington (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.425 (21) | 7.077 7.077  2 | |||
| 14. Georgia (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.291 (81) | 7.06 7.06  1 | |||
| 15. SMU (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.527 (72) | 6.873 6.873  4 | |||
| 16. Michigan (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.403 (22) | 6.827 6.827  18 | |||
| 17. Iowa (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.051 (46) | 6.809 6.809  14 | |||
| 18. Iowa St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.498 (17) | 6.798 6.798  5 | |||
| 19. Navy (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.539 (69) | 6.774 6.774  1 | |||
| 20. Baylor (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.261 (84) | 6.768 6.768  2 | |||
| 21. Boise St (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.666 (62) | 6.731 6.731  2 | |||
| 22. Minnesota (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.285 (82) | 6.724 6.724  4 | |||
| 23. Southern Cal (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.853 (8) | 6.702 6.702  6 | |||
| 24. Central Florida (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.24 (85) | 6.58 6.58  8 | |||
| 25. Air Force (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.655 (63) | 6.565 6.565  5 | |||
| 26. Oklahoma St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.443 (19) | 6.49 6.49  2 | |||
| 27. Memphis (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.239 (86) | 6.483 6.483  5 | |||
| 28. Notre Dame  (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.134 (39) | 6.425 6.425  16 | |||
| 29. Appalachian St (7 - 0) Schedule: 3.541 (116) | 6.352 6.352  2 | |||
| 30. Texas (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.382 (26) | 6.322 6.322  9 | |||
| 31. Michigan St (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.241 (1) | 6.193 6.193  6 | |||
| 32. Arizona St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.658 (13) | 6.122 6.122  8 | |||
| 33. TCU  (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.048 (47) | 6.041 6.041  7 | |||
| 34. Texas A&M (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.337 (28) | 5.978 5.978  4 | |||
| 35. San Diego St (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.184 (89) | 5.96 5.96  2 | |||
| 36. Wake Forest (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.538 (70) | 5.891 5.891  | |||
| 37. Washington St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.086 (42) | 5.868 5.868  4 | |||
| 38. Kansas St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.152 (37) | 5.847 5.847  6 | |||
| 39. Florida St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.444 (18) | 5.607 5.607  6 | |||
| 40. Missouri (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.238 (87) | 5.501 5.501  11 | |||
| 41. Virginia (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.442 (75) | 5.499 5.499  4 | |||
| 42. Wyoming (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.978 (101) | 5.49 5.49  5 | |||
| 43. California (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.787 (10) | 5.487 5.487  4 | |||
| 44. Utah St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.162 (35) | 5.484 5.484  9 | |||
| 45. North Carolina (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.341 (27) | 5.476 5.476  1 | |||
| 46. Louisiana-Lafayette (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.772 (109) | 5.403 5.403  3 | |||
| 47. Louisville (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.312 (30) | 5.351 5.351  6 | |||
| 48. Indiana (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.079 (94) | 5.349 5.349  6 | |||
| 49. Duke (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.741 (58) | 5.327 5.327  1 | |||
| 50. UCLA (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.021 (4) | 5.303 5.303  8 | |||
| 51. Oregon St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.39 (24) | 5.239 5.239  | |||
| 52. Stanford (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.963 (5) | 5.178 5.178  7 | |||
| 53. Tulane (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.442 (76) | 5.173 5.173  3 | |||
| 54. Fresno St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.883 (54) | 5.092 5.092  12 | |||
| 55. Mississippi St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.856 (7) | 5.089 5.089  2 | |||
| 56. Pittsburgh (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.012 (48) | 5.06 5.06  4 | |||
| 57. Texas Tech (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.136 (38) | 5.027 5.027  14 | |||
| 58. Hawai`i (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.92 (52) | 4.979 4.979  3 | |||
| 59. Mississippi (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.218 (33) | 4.97 4.97  1 | |||
| 60. Colorado (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.786 (11) | 4.954 4.954  2 | |||
| 61. Brigham Young (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.92 (6) | 4.952 4.952  3 | |||
| 62. Arizona (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.226 (32) | 4.933 4.933  7 | |||
| 63. Miami FL (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.535 (71) | 4.894 4.894  2 | |||
| 64. Houston (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.96 (50) | 4.887 4.887  1 | |||
| 65. Florida Atlantic (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.066 (96) | 4.879 4.879  8 | |||
| 66. Kentucky (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.087 (41) | 4.875 4.875  16 | |||
| 67. Western Michigan (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.82 (107) | 4.827 4.827  1 | |||
| 68. South Carolina (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.393 (23) | 4.81 4.81  18 | |||
| 69. Arkansas St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.684 (61) | 4.809 4.809  8 | |||
| 70. Nebraska (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.083 (43) | 4.79 4.79  4 | |||
| 71. Tulsa (2 - 6) Schedule: 6.179 (2) | 4.787 4.787  4 | |||
| 72. Tennessee (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.429 (20) | 4.701 4.701  12 | |||
| 73. Georgia St (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.027 (98) | 4.651 4.651  5 | |||
| 74. Illinois (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.441 (77) | 4.6 4.6  25 | |||
| 75. Boston College (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.41 (78) | 4.514 4.514  1 | |||
| 76. Southern Miss (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.908 (103) | 4.49 4.49  2 | |||
| 77. South Florida (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.502 (74) | 4.442 4.442  14 | |||
| 78. West Virginia (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.602 (14) | 4.352 4.352  7 | |||
| 79. Miami OH (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.068 (44) | 4.351 4.351  15 | |||
| 80. Temple (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.178 (90) | 4.324 4.324  11 | |||
| 81. Marshall (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.221 (88) | 4.323 4.323  14 | |||
| 82. Western Kentucky (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.478 (118) | 4.3 4.3  10 | |||
| 83. Purdue (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.314 (29) | 4.265 4.265  13 | |||
| 84. Louisiana Tech (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.552 (129) | 4.258 4.258  9 | |||
| 85. Georgia Southern (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.177 (91) | 4.197 4.197  16 | |||
| 86. Kansas (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.89 (53) | 4.157 4.157  3 | |||
| 87. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.573 (67) | 4.147 4.147  2 | |||
| 88. Syracuse (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.513 (73) | 4.106 4.106  8 | |||
| 89. Virginia Tech  (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.691 (112) | 4.103 4.103  3 | |||
| 90. Arkansas (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.28 (31) | 4.072 4.072  6 | |||
| 91. Northwestern (1 - 6) Schedule: 6.122 (3) | 4.064 4.064  10 | |||
| 92. Maryland (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.279 (83) | 4.026 4.026  5 | |||
| 93. Ball St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.692 (111) | 4.003 4.003  10 | |||
| 94. Buffalo (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.52 (117) | 3.978 3.978  14 | |||
| 95. Alabama-Birmingham (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.839 (130) | 3.964 3.964  7 | |||
| 96. Ohio U. (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.888 (105) | 3.93 3.93  11 | |||
| 97. Army (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.65 (114) | 3.926 3.926  7 | |||
| 98. Central Michigan (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.465 (120) | 3.872 3.872  19 | |||
| 99. San Jose St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.071 (95) | 3.872 3.872  3 | |||
| 100. North Carolina St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.466 (119) | 3.776 3.776  3 | |||
| 101. Coastal Carolina (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.323 (123) | 3.769 3.769  2 | |||
| 102. Kent St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.335 (80) | 3.72 3.72  10 | |||
| 103. Middle Tennessee St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.369 (79) | 3.7 3.7  13 | |||
| 104. Northern Illinois (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.966 (102) | 3.694 3.694  2 | |||
| 105. Troy (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.245 (125) | 3.676 3.676  12 | |||
| 106. North Texas (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.082 (93) | 3.66 3.66  8 | |||
| 107. Toledo (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.654 (113) | 3.579 3.579  3 | |||
| 108. Colorado St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.893 (104) | 3.506 3.506  5 | |||
| 109. Eastern Michigan (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.026 (99) | 3.469 3.469  | |||
| 110. Nevada (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.688 (60) | 3.439 3.439  10 | |||
| 111. Georgia Tech (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.972 (49) | 3.297 3.297  1 | |||
| 112. Texas St-San Marcos (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.853 (55) | 3.267 3.267  8 | |||
| 113. UNLV (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.583 (66) | 3.113 3.113  4 | |||
| 114. Florida Int'l (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.938 (126) | 3.049 3.049  9 | |||
| 115. Liberty (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.702 (128) | 3.029 3.029  4 | |||
| 116. Vanderbilt (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.199 (34) | 2.864 2.864  1 | |||
| 117. UNC-Charlotte (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.728 (110) | 2.826 2.826  2 | |||
| 118. East Carolina (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.589 (115) | 2.598 2.598  4 | |||
| 119. New Mexico (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.02 (100) | 2.454 2.454  1 | |||
| 120. Rutgers (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.608 (65) | 2.392 2.392  4 | |||
| 121. Rice (0 - 8) Schedule: 4.725 (59) | 2.352 2.352  3 | |||
| 122. Texas-San Antonio (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.308 (124) | 2.184 2.184  | |||
| 123. Bowling Green (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.046 (97) | 2.044 2.044  | |||
| 124. New Mexico St (0 - 8) Schedule: 4.827 (57) | 2.041 2.041  3 | |||
| 125. Connecticut (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.856 (106) | 2.004 2.004  2 | |||
| 126. South Alabama (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.112 (92) | 1.874 1.874  1 | |||
| 127. Old Dominion (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.815 (108) | 1.464 1.464  1 | |||
| 128. UTEP  (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.374 (122) | 0.944 0.944  | |||
| 129. Akron (0 - 8) Schedule: 3.386 (121) | 0.084 0.084  | |||
| 130. Massachusetts (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.726 (127) | -0.413 -0.413  |