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: 5.154 (50) | 8.787 8.787  1 | |||
| 2. Georgia (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.387 (36) | 8.721 8.721  1 | |||
| 3. Alabama (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.748 (13) | 8.235 8.235  | |||
| 4. Michigan (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.755 (68) | 7.989 7.989  | |||
| 5. Clemson (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.335 (40) | 7.948 7.948  1 | |||
| 6. Southern Cal (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.74 (14) | 7.937 7.937  5 | |||
| 7. Tennessee (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.233 (48) | 7.893 7.893  2 | |||
| 8. Illinois (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.284 (44) | 7.823 7.823  | |||
| 9. TCU  (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.345 (39) | 7.745 7.745  1 | |||
| 10. Utah (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.563 (28) | 7.543 7.543  2 | |||
| 11. Texas (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.021 (3) | 7.462 7.462  2 | |||
| 12. Oregon (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.636 (23) | 7.446 7.446  4 | |||
| 13. Penn State (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.237 (47) | 7.35 7.35  4 | |||
| 14. Syracuse (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.097 (54) | 7.287 7.287  | |||
| 15. Mississippi (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.299 (43) | 7.173 7.173  8 | |||
| 16. LSU (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.737 (15) | 7.153 7.153  8 | |||
| 17. Kansas St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.941 (6) | 7.092 7.092  2 | |||
| 18. Wake Forest (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.756 (67) | 7.07 7.07  3 | |||
| 19. Mississippi St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.909 (7) | 7.038 7.038  6 | |||
| 20. Oregon St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.587 (26) | 6.909 6.909  6 | |||
| 21. UCLA (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.992 (57) | 6.847 6.847  3 | |||
| 22. Oklahoma St (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.07 (56) | 6.735 6.735  10 | |||
| 23. Tulane (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.645 (75) | 6.655 6.655  7 | |||
| 24. North Carolina St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.593 (25) | 6.653 6.653  4 | |||
| 25. Iowa St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.978 (5) | 6.628 6.628  | |||
| 26. Kentucky (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.153 (51) | 6.531 6.531  3 | |||
| 27. Florida St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.678 (20) | 6.504 6.504  6 | |||
| 28. Kansas (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.684 (19) | 6.453 6.453  6 | |||
| 29. Central Florida (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.547 (78) | 6.43 6.43  14 | |||
| 30. Maryland (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.965 (60) | 6.382 6.382  10 | |||
| 31. East Carolina (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.25 (46) | 6.293 6.293  19 | |||
| 32. Oklahoma (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.728 (18) | 6.286 6.286  1 | |||
| 33. Iowa (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.181 (2) | 6.194 6.194  4 | |||
| 34. Florida (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.882 (8) | 6.169 6.169  1 | |||
| 35. Louisville (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.386 (37) | 6.144 6.144  16 | |||
| 36. Texas Tech (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.519 (31) | 6.128 6.128  22 | |||
| 37. Washington St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.664 (22) | 6.099 6.099  7 | |||
| 38. Washington (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.544 (79) | 6.093 6.093  1 | |||
| 39. Purdue (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.404 (34) | 6.077 6.077  12 | |||
| 40. Notre Dame  (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.56 (29) | 6.068 6.068  14 | |||
| 41. Cincinnati (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.16 (105) | 6.056 6.056  5 | |||
| 42. South Carolina (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.899 (62) | 6.041 6.041  8 | |||
| 43. Duke (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.383 (90) | 6.016 6.016  9 | |||
| 44. Baylor (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.987 (58) | 5.999 5.999  9 | |||
| 45. Houston (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.733 (16) | 5.978 5.978  12 | |||
| 46. Liberty (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.256 (98) | 5.948 5.948  14 | |||
| 47. North Carolina (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.427 (87) | 5.918 5.918  2 | |||
| 48. Auburn (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.582 (1) | 5.872 5.872  5 | |||
| 49. Wisconsin (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.332 (41) | 5.762 5.762  14 | |||
| 50. Memphis (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.266 (45) | 5.757 5.757  4 | |||
| 51. Arkansas (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.86 (10) | 5.746 5.746  9 | |||
| 52. Texas A&M (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.578 (27) | 5.73 5.73  5 | |||
| 53. Missouri (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.623 (24) | 5.648 5.648  3 | |||
| 54. Boise St (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.328 (94) | 5.627 5.627  13 | |||
| 55. Troy (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.613 (76) | 5.612 5.612  10 | |||
| 56. Minnesota (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.557 (77) | 5.588 5.588  18 | |||
| 57. Air Force (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.914 (120) | 5.572 5.572  18 | |||
| 58. Texas-San Antonio (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.44 (86) | 5.502 5.502  6 | |||
| 59. South Alabama (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.061 (112) | 5.461 5.461  10 | |||
| 60. Louisiana-Lafayette (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.217 (101) | 5.434 5.434  12 | |||
| 61. San Jose St (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.983 (116) | 5.421 5.421  | |||
| 62. James Madison (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.633 (128) | 5.406 5.406  21 | |||
| 63. Pittsburgh (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.743 (69) | 5.402 5.402  23 | |||
| 64. Western Kentucky (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.058 (113) | 5.387 5.387  4 | |||
| 65. SMU (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.076 (55) | 5.352 5.352  17 | |||
| 66. Stanford (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.732 (17) | 5.339 5.339  4 | |||
| 67. Alabama-Birmingham (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.953 (119) | 5.246 5.246  5 | |||
| 68. Appalachian St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.412 (89) | 5.166 5.166  8 | |||
| 69. Brigham Young (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.399 (35) | 5.155 5.155  10 | |||
| 70. Marshall (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.135 (107) | 5.074 5.074  23 | |||
| 71. West Virginia (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.142 (52) | 5.054 5.054  17 | |||
| 72. Toledo (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.693 (126) | 5.054 5.054  5 | |||
| 73. Virginia (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.763 (12) | 4.982 4.982  14 | |||
| 74. Rice (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.678 (71) | 4.975 4.975  1 | |||
| 75. Buffalo (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.131 (108) | 4.95 4.95  2 | |||
| 76. Indiana (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.869 (9) | 4.883 4.883  7 | |||
| 77. Vanderbilt (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.824 (11) | 4.874 4.874  3 | |||
| 78. Michigan St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.427 (33) | 4.814 4.814  1 | |||
| 79. Coastal Carolina (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.095 (110) | 4.805 4.805  1 | |||
| 80. Fresno St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.666 (72) | 4.749 4.749  14 | |||
| 81. California (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.78 (66) | 4.696 4.696  3 | |||
| 82. Navy (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.505 (32) | 4.658 4.658  11 | |||
| 83. Old Dominion (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.847 (63) | 4.655 4.655  3 | |||
| 84. Wyoming (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.456 (84) | 4.647 4.647  1 | |||
| 85. Nebraska (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.733 (70) | 4.646 4.646  2 | |||
| 86. Georgia Southern (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.037 (114) | 4.625 4.625  | |||
| 87. Arizona (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.172 (49) | 4.58 4.58  3 | |||
| 88. Arizona St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.552 (30) | 4.561 4.561  3 | |||
| 89. Tulsa (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.662 (73) | 4.543 4.543  7 | |||
| 90. North Texas (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.204 (102) | 4.476 4.476  2 | |||
| 91. Georgia Tech (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.673 (21) | 4.45 4.45  18 | |||
| 92. Rutgers (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.475 (83) | 4.327 4.327  8 | |||
| 93. Ohio U. (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.219 (100) | 4.257 4.257  3 | |||
| 94. Florida Atlantic (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.297 (96) | 4.23 4.23  13 | |||
| 95. Miami FL (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.186 (104) | 4.208 4.208  6 | |||
| 96. Southern Miss (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.3 (95) | 4.195 4.195  2 | |||
| 97. Army (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.996 (115) | 4.148 4.148  7 | |||
| 98. UNLV (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.089 (111) | 3.949 3.949  6 | |||
| 99. Arkansas St (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.8 (65) | 3.859 3.859  4 | |||
| 100. Northwestern (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.311 (42) | 3.773 3.773  10 | |||
| 101. San Diego St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.969 (118) | 3.756 3.756  12 | |||
| 102. Middle Tennessee St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.347 (93) | 3.714 3.714  1 | |||
| 103. Northern Illinois (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.153 (106) | 3.694 3.694  2 | |||
| 104. South Florida (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.347 (38) | 3.693 3.693  5 | |||
| 105. Utah St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.909 (61) | 3.643 3.643  6 | |||
| 106. Connecticut (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.36 (92) | 3.637 3.637  2 | |||
| 107. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.977 (59) | 3.599 3.599  10 | |||
| 108. Bowling Green (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.447 (85) | 3.54 3.54  10 | |||
| 109. Kent St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.499 (81) | 3.54 3.54  4 | |||
| 110. Georgia St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.655 (74) | 3.493 3.493  8 | |||
| 111. Eastern Michigan (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.681 (127) | 3.436 3.436  8 | |||
| 112. Louisiana Tech (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.841 (64) | 3.421 3.421  2 | |||
| 113. Virginia Tech  (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.248 (99) | 3.419 3.419  7 | |||
| 114. Ball St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.594 (129) | 3.416 3.416  7 | |||
| 115. Boston College (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.126 (53) | 3.403 3.403  1 | |||
| 116. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.834 (121) | 3.304 3.304  4 | |||
| 117. Temple (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.367 (91) | 3.169 3.169  | |||
| 118. UTEP  (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.815 (122) | 3.161 3.161  3 | |||
| 119. Central Michigan (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.26 (97) | 3.104 3.104  8 | |||
| 120. Miami OH (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.787 (124) | 3.062 3.062  5 | |||
| 121. Colorado (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.991 (4) | 2.884 2.884  1 | |||
| 122. Western Michigan (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.113 (109) | 2.706 2.706  5 | |||
| 123. Akron (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.482 (82) | 2.67 2.67  1 | |||
| 124. New Mexico (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.973 (117) | 2.565 2.565  1 | |||
| 125. Colorado St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.518 (80) | 2.551 2.551  | |||
| 126. Nevada (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.769 (125) | 2.427 2.427  4 | |||
| 127. Hawai`i (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.799 (123) | 2.287 2.287  1 | |||
| 128. Florida Int'l (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.212 (131) | 2.098 2.098  3 | |||
| 129. New Mexico St (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.413 (130) | 2.033 2.033  | |||
| 130. UNC-Charlotte (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.421 (88) | 1.882 1.882  4 | |||
| 131. Massachusetts (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.196 (103) | 1.86 1.86  1 |