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. Georgia (11 - 0) Schedule: 5.959 (12) | 9.23 9.23  | |||
| 2. Ohio State (11 - 0) Schedule: 5.288 (52) | 8.633 8.633  | |||
| 3. Michigan (11 - 0) Schedule: 4.968 (65) | 8.17 8.17  | |||
| 4. Alabama (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.764 (22) | 7.963 7.963  1 | |||
| 5. TCU  (11 - 0) Schedule: 5.68 (26) | 7.786 7.786  1 | |||
| 6. Penn State (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.529 (37) | 7.785 7.785  1 | |||
| 7. Texas (7 - 4) Schedule: 6.301 (2) | 7.683 7.683  3 | |||
| 8. Utah (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.718 (25) | 7.68 7.68  | |||
| 9. Tennessee (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.79 (18) | 7.677 7.677  5 | |||
| 10. Kansas St (8 - 3) Schedule: 6.061 (6) | 7.634 7.634  1 | |||
| 11. Clemson (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.27 (53) | 7.437 7.437  2 | |||
| 12. Oregon (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.661 (28) | 7.428 7.428  | |||
| 13. Southern Cal (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.359 (44) | 7.41 7.41  2 | |||
| 14. LSU (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.782 (19) | 7.337 7.337  | |||
| 15. Florida St (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.232 (55) | 7.202 7.202  | |||
| 16. Oregon St (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.544 (35) | 7.159 7.159  | |||
| 17. Illinois (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.345 (46) | 6.905 6.905  | |||
| 18. Notre Dame  (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.491 (39) | 6.813 6.813  3 | |||
| 19. Iowa (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.743 (23) | 6.781 6.781  | |||
| 20. Louisville (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.528 (38) | 6.72 6.72  6 | |||
| 21. UCLA (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.205 (58) | 6.706 6.706  1 | |||
| 22. Mississippi St (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.835 (17) | 6.704 6.704  | |||
| 23. Mississippi (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.54 (36) | 6.7 6.7  5 | |||
| 24. Washington (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.949 (66) | 6.602 6.602  1 | |||
| 25. Oklahoma (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.879 (16) | 6.554 6.554  6 | |||
| 26. Tulane (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.595 (75) | 6.543 6.543  6 | |||
| 27. Washington St (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.628 (30) | 6.528 6.528  2 | |||
| 28. Florida (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.986 (10) | 6.366 6.366  3 | |||
| 29. Iowa St (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.144 (4) | 6.334 6.334  2 | |||
| 30. Baylor (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.658 (29) | 6.302 6.302  3 | |||
| 31. Wake Forest (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.244 (54) | 6.256 6.256  4 | |||
| 32. Central Florida (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.831 (70) | 6.239 6.239  8 | |||
| 33. Cincinnati (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.461 (78) | 6.235 6.235  1 | |||
| 34. Kansas (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.94 (13) | 6.224 6.224  6 | |||
| 35. North Carolina (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.836 (69) | 6.129 6.129  5 | |||
| 36. Texas Tech (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.92 (14) | 6.092 6.092  4 | |||
| 37. Arkansas (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.972 (11) | 6.089 6.089  14 | |||
| 38. Kentucky (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.776 (21) | 6.06 6.06  | |||
| 39. Minnesota (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.57 (76) | 5.967 5.967  2 | |||
| 40. Pittsburgh (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.106 (61) | 5.934 5.934  6 | |||
| 41. South Carolina (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.368 (41) | 5.931 5.931  18 | |||
| 42. Auburn (5 - 6) Schedule: 6.245 (3) | 5.897 5.897  14 | |||
| 43. Duke (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.35 (86) | 5.884 5.884  4 | |||
| 44. Oklahoma St (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.592 (33) | 5.874 5.874  8 | |||
| 45. Maryland (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.596 (32) | 5.853 5.853  | |||
| 46. Missouri (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.677 (27) | 5.848 5.848  2 | |||
| 47. Texas-San Antonio (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.214 (95) | 5.822 5.822  8 | |||
| 48. Syracuse (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.356 (45) | 5.798 5.798  5 | |||
| 49. Houston (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.086 (62) | 5.768 5.768  11 | |||
| 50. Purdue (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.344 (47) | 5.741 5.741  8 | |||
| 51. North Carolina St (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.226 (56) | 5.74 5.74  10 | |||
| 52. Boise St (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.18 (97) | 5.734 5.734  2 | |||
| 53. Wisconsin (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.317 (51) | 5.724 5.724  6 | |||
| 54. Air Force (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.793 (121) | 5.699 5.699  5 | |||
| 55. Memphis (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.714 (72) | 5.558 5.558  3 | |||
| 56. Troy (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.365 (85) | 5.558 5.558  3 | |||
| 57. South Alabama (9 - 2) Schedule: 3.766 (125) | 5.533 5.533  3 | |||
| 58. East Carolina (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.052 (63) | 5.462 5.462  14 | |||
| 59. West Virginia (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.054 (8) | 5.411 5.411  2 | |||
| 60. SMU (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.011 (64) | 5.408 5.408  8 | |||
| 61. Texas A&M (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.333 (50) | 5.315 5.315  1 | |||
| 62. Brigham Young (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.13 (60) | 5.262 5.262  1 | |||
| 63. Vanderbilt (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.888 (15) | 5.223 5.223  11 | |||
| 64. Marshall (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.144 (101) | 5.22 5.22  7 | |||
| 65. Liberty (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.054 (110) | 5.212 5.212  8 | |||
| 66. Arizona (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.066 (5) | 5.156 5.156  1 | |||
| 67. James Madison (7 - 3) Schedule: 3.775 (124) | 5.136 5.136  | |||
| 68. Fresno St (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.127 (102) | 5.103 5.103  5 | |||
| 69. California (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.737 (24) | 5.098 5.098  | |||
| 70. Coastal Carolina (9 - 1) Schedule: 4.102 (103) | 5.019 5.019  | |||
| 71. Michigan St (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.62 (31) | 5.004 5.004  7 | |||
| 72. Western Kentucky (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.066 (108) | 4.973 4.973  6 | |||
| 73. Ohio U. (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.09 (104) | 4.885 4.885  4 | |||
| 74. Alabama-Birmingham (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.257 (92) | 4.778 4.778  2 | |||
| 75. Navy (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.363 (42) | 4.76 4.76  8 | |||
| 76. Appalachian St (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.913 (116) | 4.754 4.754  4 | |||
| 77. Louisiana-Lafayette (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.379 (83) | 4.744 4.744  2 | |||
| 78. Toledo (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.653 (127) | 4.738 4.738  10 | |||
| 79. Indiana (4 - 7) Schedule: 6.032 (9) | 4.721 4.721  3 | |||
| 80. North Texas (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.031 (111) | 4.69 4.69  4 | |||
| 81. San Jose St (6 - 4) Schedule: 3.781 (123) | 4.645 4.645  3 | |||
| 82. Stanford (3 - 8) Schedule: 6.054 (7) | 4.626 4.626  3 | |||
| 83. San Diego St (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.064 (109) | 4.519 4.519  4 | |||
| 84. Miami FL (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.726 (71) | 4.461 4.461  1 | |||
| 85. Army (4 - 6) Schedule: 4.328 (89) | 4.458 4.458  9 | |||
| 86. Nebraska (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.359 (43) | 4.365 4.365  | |||
| 87. Wyoming (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.083 (106) | 4.362 4.362  1 | |||
| 88. Arizona St (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.571 (34) | 4.337 4.337  4 | |||
| 89. Buffalo (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.986 (114) | 4.27 4.27  1 | |||
| 90. Georgia Tech (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.452 (40) | 4.213 4.213  11 | |||
| 91. Tulsa (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.883 (68) | 4.183 4.183  | |||
| 92. Virginia (3 - 7) Schedule: 5.342 (48) | 4.136 4.136  1 | |||
| 93. Florida Atlantic (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.027 (112) | 4.127 4.127  12 | |||
| 94. Georgia St (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.42 (79) | 4.091 4.091  2 | |||
| 95. Georgia Southern (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.228 (94) | 4.001 4.001  6 | |||
| 96. Utah St (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.409 (81) | 3.957 3.957  4 | |||
| 97. Rutgers (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.223 (57) | 3.932 3.932  2 | |||
| 98. Middle Tennessee St (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.796 (120) | 3.918 3.918  12 | |||
| 99. Connecticut (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.086 (105) | 3.916 3.916  8 | |||
| 100. Southern Miss (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.378 (84) | 3.916 3.916  | |||
| 101. Kent St (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.414 (80) | 3.826 3.826  4 | |||
| 102. UNLV (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.17 (99) | 3.787 3.787  4 | |||
| 103. Virginia Tech  (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.662 (74) | 3.765 3.765  5 | |||
| 104. Northwestern (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.782 (20) | 3.704 3.704  1 | |||
| 105. Boston College (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.334 (49) | 3.646 3.646  | |||
| 106. Louisiana-Monroe (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.695 (73) | 3.613 3.613  2 | |||
| 107. Ball St (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.852 (118) | 3.516 3.516  5 | |||
| 108. Eastern Michigan (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.518 (130) | 3.474 3.474  5 | |||
| 109. Rice (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.259 (91) | 3.426 3.426  3 | |||
| 110. Bowling Green (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.232 (93) | 3.39 3.39  9 | |||
| 111. Temple (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.386 (82) | 3.362 3.362  2 | |||
| 112. Central Michigan (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.971 (115) | 3.312 3.312  5 | |||
| 113. Miami OH (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.625 (128) | 3.294 3.294  5 | |||
| 114. South Florida (1 - 10) Schedule: 5.18 (59) | 3.285 3.285  1 | |||
| 115. Old Dominion (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.537 (77) | 3.279 3.279  3 | |||
| 116. Northern Illinois (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.831 (119) | 3.27 3.27  5 | |||
| 117. UTEP  (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.669 (126) | 3.23 3.23  4 | |||
| 118. Texas St-San Marcos (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.789 (122) | 3.172 3.172  2 | |||
| 119. Colorado (1 - 10) Schedule: 6.304 (1) | 3.125 3.125  2 | |||
| 120. Arkansas St (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.178 (98) | 3.113 3.113  6 | |||
| 121. Louisiana Tech (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.182 (96) | 2.979 2.979  1 | |||
| 122. Western Michigan (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.009 (113) | 2.904 2.904  | |||
| 123. Colorado St (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.892 (67) | 2.793 2.793  | |||
| 124. Hawai`i (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.082 (107) | 2.593 2.593  4 | |||
| 125. Nevada (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.334 (88) | 2.506 2.506  1 | |||
| 126. Akron (1 - 9) Schedule: 4.344 (87) | 2.406 2.406  | |||
| 127. New Mexico St (4 - 6) Schedule: 3.13 (131) | 2.392 2.392  2 | |||
| 128. UNC-Charlotte (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.169 (100) | 2.39 2.39  1 | |||
| 129. New Mexico (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.284 (90) | 2.253 2.253  2 | |||
| 130. Florida Int'l (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.579 (129) | 1.892 1.892  | |||
| 131. Massachusetts (1 - 10) Schedule: 3.884 (117) | 1.512 1.512  |