Week 13
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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 (12 - 0) Schedule: 6.072 (17) | 9.368 9.368  | |||
| 2. Michigan (12 - 0) Schedule: 5.449 (52) | 8.673 8.673  1 | |||
| 3. Ohio State (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.625 (43) | 8.4 8.4  1 | |||
| 4. Alabama (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.911 (27) | 8.171 8.171  | |||
| 5. TCU  (12 - 0) Schedule: 5.905 (28) | 8.152 8.152  | |||
| 6. Tennessee (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.984 (22) | 8.063 8.063  3 | |||
| 7. Penn State (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.655 (40) | 7.974 7.974  1 | |||
| 8. Kansas St (9 - 3) Schedule: 6.259 (6) | 7.927 7.927  2 | |||
| 9. Texas (8 - 4) Schedule: 6.444 (4) | 7.842 7.842  2 | |||
| 10. Utah (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.643 (41) | 7.792 7.792  2 | |||
| 11. Southern Cal (11 - 1) Schedule: 5.637 (42) | 7.648 7.648  2 | |||
| 12. Oregon (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.944 (25) | 7.497 7.497  | |||
| 13. Oregon St (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.892 (29) | 7.439 7.439  3 | |||
| 14. Clemson (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.455 (51) | 7.341 7.341  3 | |||
| 15. Florida St (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.394 (56) | 7.269 7.269  | |||
| 16. Illinois (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.418 (54) | 7.198 7.198  1 | |||
| 17. LSU (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.932 (26) | 7.171 7.171  3 | |||
| 18. Washington (10 - 2) Schedule: 5.241 (61) | 6.982 6.982  6 | |||
| 19. Mississippi St (8 - 4) Schedule: 6.061 (18) | 6.956 6.956  3 | |||
| 20. UCLA (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.311 (60) | 6.802 6.802  1 | |||
| 21. Notre Dame  (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.721 (37) | 6.8 6.8  3 | |||
| 22. Mississippi (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.835 (32) | 6.798 6.798  1 | |||
| 23. Tulane (10 - 2) Schedule: 4.879 (72) | 6.764 6.764  3 | |||
| 24. Oklahoma (6 - 6) Schedule: 6.129 (12) | 6.681 6.681  1 | |||
| 25. Iowa (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.835 (33) | 6.65 6.65  6 | |||
| 26. Louisville (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.73 (36) | 6.628 6.628  6 | |||
| 27. Florida (6 - 6) Schedule: 6.312 (5) | 6.588 6.588  1 | |||
| 28. Washington St (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.889 (30) | 6.487 6.487  1 | |||
| 29. Kentucky (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.032 (20) | 6.486 6.486  9 | |||
| 30. Baylor (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.978 (23) | 6.436 6.436  | |||
| 31. South Carolina (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.757 (35) | 6.373 6.373  10 | |||
| 32. Texas Tech (7 - 5) Schedule: 6.119 (13) | 6.343 6.343  4 | |||
| 33. Minnesota (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.915 (70) | 6.334 6.334  6 | |||
| 34. Cincinnati (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.806 (75) | 6.332 6.332  1 | |||
| 35. Pittsburgh (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.207 (63) | 6.315 6.315  5 | |||
| 36. Iowa St (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.445 (3) | 6.302 6.302  7 | |||
| 37. Kansas (6 - 6) Schedule: 6.243 (7) | 6.277 6.277  3 | |||
| 38. Central Florida (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.852 (74) | 6.244 6.244  6 | |||
| 39. Missouri (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.988 (21) | 6.21 6.21  7 | |||
| 40. Wake Forest (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.341 (58) | 6.201 6.201  9 | |||
| 41. Maryland (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.606 (45) | 6.158 6.158  4 | |||
| 42. Arkansas (6 - 6) Schedule: 6.117 (14) | 6.156 6.156  5 | |||
| 43. North Carolina (9 - 3) Schedule: 5.034 (68) | 6.12 6.12  8 | |||
| 44. Duke (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.623 (81) | 6.096 6.096  1 | |||
| 45. Purdue (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.486 (48) | 6.08 6.08  5 | |||
| 46. Boise St (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.378 (95) | 6.03 6.03  6 | |||
| 47. Air Force (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.028 (120) | 6.022 6.022  7 | |||
| 48. Auburn (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.58 (2) | 6.014 6.014  6 | |||
| 49. North Carolina St (8 - 4) Schedule: 5.365 (57) | 5.936 5.936  2 | |||
| 50. Oklahoma St (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.759 (34) | 5.915 5.915  6 | |||
| 51. Syracuse (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.312 (59) | 5.866 5.866  3 | |||
| 52. Texas-San Antonio (10 - 2) Schedule: 4.299 (103) | 5.84 5.84  5 | |||
| 53. Wisconsin (6 - 6) Schedule: 5.602 (46) | 5.837 5.837  | |||
| 54. Troy (10 - 2) Schedule: 4.365 (97) | 5.809 5.809  1 | |||
| 55. Texas A&M (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.623 (44) | 5.792 5.792  6 | |||
| 56. West Virginia (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.212 (9) | 5.724 5.724  3 | |||
| 57. Houston (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.184 (64) | 5.697 5.697  8 | |||
| 58. SMU (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.235 (62) | 5.666 5.666  2 | |||
| 59. Memphis (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.911 (71) | 5.617 5.617  3 | |||
| 60. South Alabama (10 - 2) Schedule: 3.848 (125) | 5.563 5.563  3 | |||
| 61. James Madison (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.958 (122) | 5.54 5.54  6 | |||
| 62. Fresno St (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.316 (102) | 5.527 5.527  6 | |||
| 63. East Carolina (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.045 (67) | 5.519 5.519  5 | |||
| 64. Brigham Young (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.158 (65) | 5.422 5.422  2 | |||
| 65. Marshall (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.298 (104) | 5.351 5.351  1 | |||
| 66. Arizona (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.082 (15) | 5.313 5.313  | |||
| 67. California (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.963 (24) | 5.261 5.261  2 | |||
| 68. Vanderbilt (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.215 (8) | 5.255 5.255  5 | |||
| 69. Michigan St (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.045 (19) | 5.23 5.23  2 | |||
| 70. Ohio U. (9 - 3) Schedule: 4.181 (110) | 5.218 5.218  3 | |||
| 71. Western Kentucky (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.234 (106) | 5.164 5.164  1 | |||
| 72. Louisiana-Lafayette (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.427 (88) | 5.113 5.113  5 | |||
| 73. Navy (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.51 (47) | 4.908 4.908  2 | |||
| 74. Nebraska (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.677 (39) | 4.901 4.901  12 | |||
| 75. Alabama-Birmingham (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.247 (105) | 4.879 4.879  2 | |||
| 76. San Jose St (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.885 (124) | 4.879 4.879  6 | |||
| 77. Coastal Carolina (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.357 (98) | 4.845 4.845  7 | |||
| 78. Liberty (8 - 4) Schedule: 4.129 (113) | 4.841 4.841  13 | |||
| 79. North Texas (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.156 (112) | 4.827 4.827  1 | |||
| 80. Appalachian St (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.097 (114) | 4.8 4.8  4 | |||
| 81. Indiana (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.21 (10) | 4.778 4.778  2 | |||
| 82. Stanford (3 - 9) Schedule: 6.133 (11) | 4.68 4.68  | |||
| 83. Army (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.163 (111) | 4.662 4.662  2 | |||
| 84. Toledo (7 - 5) Schedule: 3.651 (129) | 4.55 4.55  6 | |||
| 85. San Diego St (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.376 (96) | 4.544 4.544  2 | |||
| 86. Tulsa (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.06 (66) | 4.531 4.531  5 | |||
| 87. Arizona St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.709 (38) | 4.511 4.511  1 | |||
| 88. Georgia Tech (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.871 (31) | 4.436 4.436  2 | |||
| 89. Miami FL (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.988 (69) | 4.394 4.394  5 | |||
| 90. Wyoming (7 - 5) Schedule: 4.417 (89) | 4.356 4.356  3 | |||
| 91. Florida Atlantic (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.331 (101) | 4.322 4.322  2 | |||
| 92. Georgia Southern (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.445 (87) | 4.303 4.303  3 | |||
| 93. Georgia St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.646 (80) | 4.277 4.277  1 | |||
| 94. Virginia (3 - 7) Schedule: 5.479 (49) | 4.273 4.273  2 | |||
| 95. Buffalo (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.085 (116) | 4.235 4.235  6 | |||
| 96. Kent St (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.579 (83) | 4.141 4.141  5 | |||
| 97. Southern Miss (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.355 (99) | 4.135 4.135  2 | |||
| 98. Utah St (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.708 (78) | 4.066 4.066  2 | |||
| 99. Connecticut (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.234 (107) | 4.064 4.064  1 | |||
| 100. Middle Tennessee St (7 - 5) Schedule: 3.843 (126) | 4.055 4.055  2 | |||
| 101. Rutgers (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.457 (50) | 3.957 3.957  4 | |||
| 102. UNLV (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.2 (109) | 3.916 3.916  | |||
| 103. Virginia Tech  (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.785 (76) | 3.888 3.888  | |||
| 104. Northwestern (1 - 11) Schedule: 6.08 (16) | 3.825 3.825  | |||
| 105. Eastern Michigan (8 - 4) Schedule: 3.621 (130) | 3.822 3.822  3 | |||
| 106. Boston College (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.433 (53) | 3.736 3.736  1 | |||
| 107. Rice (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.473 (85) | 3.643 3.643  2 | |||
| 108. Ball St (5 - 7) Schedule: 3.984 (121) | 3.61 3.61  1 | |||
| 109. UTEP  (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.063 (117) | 3.594 3.594  8 | |||
| 110. Miami OH (6 - 6) Schedule: 3.805 (128) | 3.567 3.567  3 | |||
| 111. Louisiana-Monroe (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.757 (77) | 3.563 3.563  5 | |||
| 112. South Florida (1 - 11) Schedule: 5.395 (55) | 3.556 3.556  2 | |||
| 113. Temple (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.587 (82) | 3.546 3.546  2 | |||
| 114. Old Dominion (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.689 (79) | 3.441 3.441  1 | |||
| 115. Colorado (1 - 11) Schedule: 6.646 (1) | 3.381 3.381  4 | |||
| 116. Bowling Green (6 - 6) Schedule: 4.457 (86) | 3.377 3.377  6 | |||
| 117. Western Michigan (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.204 (108) | 3.285 3.285  5 | |||
| 118. Colorado St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.858 (73) | 3.251 3.251  5 | |||
| 119. New Mexico St (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.494 (131) | 3.206 3.206  8 | |||
| 120. Central Michigan (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.039 (119) | 3.195 3.195  8 | |||
| 121. Louisiana Tech (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.396 (92) | 3.14 3.14  | |||
| 122. Texas St-San Marcos (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.044 (118) | 3.128 3.128  4 | |||
| 123. Arkansas St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.395 (93) | 3.068 3.068  3 | |||
| 124. Northern Illinois (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.931 (123) | 3.067 3.067  8 | |||
| 125. Akron (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.348 (100) | 2.969 2.969  1 | |||
| 126. Hawai`i (3 - 10) Schedule: 4.38 (94) | 2.829 2.829  2 | |||
| 127. Nevada (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.537 (84) | 2.794 2.794  2 | |||
| 128. UNC-Charlotte (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.398 (91) | 2.618 2.618  | |||
| 129. New Mexico (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.403 (90) | 2.224 2.224  | |||
| 130. Florida Int'l (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.818 (127) | 2.172 2.172  | |||
| 131. Massachusetts (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.091 (115) | 1.567 1.567  |