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. Georgia (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.535 (32) | 8.875 8.875  1 | |||
| 2. Ohio State (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.425 (38) | 8.871 8.871  1 | |||
| 3. Alabama (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.881 (14) | 8.367 8.367  | |||
| 4. Tennessee (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.361 (42) | 8.162 8.162  3 | |||
| 5. Michigan (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.849 (68) | 8.153 8.153  1 | |||
| 6. Illinois (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.185 (51) | 7.846 7.846  2 | |||
| 7. TCU  (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.391 (39) | 7.71 7.71  2 | |||
| 8. Clemson (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.009 (63) | 7.621 7.621  3 | |||
| 9. Oregon (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.616 (28) | 7.571 7.571  3 | |||
| 10. Southern Cal (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.474 (36) | 7.57 7.57  4 | |||
| 11. Utah (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.631 (26) | 7.513 7.513  1 | |||
| 12. Kansas St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.953 (8) | 7.435 7.435  5 | |||
| 13. Texas (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.964 (6) | 7.403 7.403  2 | |||
| 14. Penn State (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.713 (20) | 7.292 7.292  1 | |||
| 15. UCLA (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.108 (60) | 7.205 7.205  6 | |||
| 16. Mississippi St (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.012 (4) | 7.141 7.141  3 | |||
| 17. LSU (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.681 (21) | 7.096 7.096  1 | |||
| 18. Mississippi (8 - 1) Schedule: 5.282 (45) | 7.079 7.079  3 | |||
| 19. Oregon St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.555 (31) | 6.877 6.877  1 | |||
| 20. Oklahoma (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.88 (15) | 6.729 6.729  12 | |||
| 21. Syracuse (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.153 (53) | 6.71 6.71  7 | |||
| 22. Tulane (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.567 (79) | 6.576 6.576  1 | |||
| 23. Notre Dame  (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.774 (18) | 6.574 6.574  17 | |||
| 24. Kansas (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.774 (19) | 6.543 6.543  4 | |||
| 25. Maryland (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.124 (58) | 6.54 6.54  5 | |||
| 26. Baylor (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.12 (59) | 6.53 6.53  18 | |||
| 27. Louisville (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.371 (41) | 6.497 6.497  8 | |||
| 28. Florida St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.28 (46) | 6.466 6.466  1 | |||
| 29. Central Florida (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.718 (74) | 6.465 6.465  | |||
| 30. Wake Forest (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.866 (67) | 6.426 6.426  12 | |||
| 31. North Carolina (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.793 (72) | 6.421 6.421  16 | |||
| 32. Iowa St (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.155 (3) | 6.362 6.362  7 | |||
| 33. Iowa (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.903 (13) | 6.324 6.324  | |||
| 34. Kentucky (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.589 (29) | 6.318 6.318  8 | |||
| 35. Oklahoma St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.276 (47) | 6.256 6.256  13 | |||
| 36. Washington (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.675 (75) | 6.223 6.223  2 | |||
| 37. North Carolina St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.193 (50) | 6.22 6.22  13 | |||
| 38. East Carolina (6 - 3) Schedule: 5.133 (56) | 6.19 6.19  7 | |||
| 39. Cincinnati (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.607 (77) | 6.167 6.167  2 | |||
| 40. Washington St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.921 (10) | 6.151 6.151  3 | |||
| 41. Arkansas (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.937 (9) | 6.134 6.134  10 | |||
| 42. Purdue (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.436 (37) | 6.108 6.108  3 | |||
| 43. Florida (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.278 (2) | 6.101 6.101  9 | |||
| 44. Duke (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.457 (88) | 6.091 6.091  1 | |||
| 45. Missouri (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.655 (24) | 6.04 6.04  8 | |||
| 46. Minnesota (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.551 (82) | 5.927 5.927  10 | |||
| 47. Texas A&M (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.92 (11) | 5.904 5.904  5 | |||
| 48. South Carolina (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.209 (49) | 5.843 5.843  6 | |||
| 49. Wisconsin (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.372 (40) | 5.801 5.801  | |||
| 50. Boise St (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.185 (105) | 5.796 5.796  4 | |||
| 51. Liberty (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.081 (114) | 5.773 5.773  5 | |||
| 52. Houston (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.289 (44) | 5.769 5.769  7 | |||
| 53. Memphis (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.233 (48) | 5.724 5.724  3 | |||
| 54. Air Force (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.062 (116) | 5.718 5.718  3 | |||
| 55. South Alabama (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.912 (123) | 5.661 5.661  4 | |||
| 56. Texas Tech (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.63 (27) | 5.638 5.638  20 | |||
| 57. Auburn (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.523 (1) | 5.602 5.602  9 | |||
| 58. SMU (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.126 (57) | 5.597 5.597  7 | |||
| 59. Troy (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.561 (81) | 5.56 5.56  4 | |||
| 60. Texas-San Antonio (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.462 (87) | 5.523 5.523  2 | |||
| 61. Pittsburgh (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.093 (61) | 5.345 5.345  2 | |||
| 62. James Madison (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.542 (129) | 5.315 5.315  | |||
| 63. Brigham Young (4 - 5) Schedule: 5.661 (23) | 5.311 5.311  6 | |||
| 64. West Virginia (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.561 (30) | 5.265 5.265  8 | |||
| 65. San Jose St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.843 (124) | 5.216 5.216  4 | |||
| 66. Coastal Carolina (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.227 (99) | 5.151 5.151  13 | |||
| 67. Stanford (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.956 (7) | 5.136 5.136  1 | |||
| 68. Appalachian St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.939 (120) | 5.072 5.072  | |||
| 69. Toledo (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.72 (127) | 5.063 5.063  2 | |||
| 70. Buffalo (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.206 (102) | 5.027 5.027  5 | |||
| 71. North Texas (5 - 4) Schedule: 4.304 (93) | 5.013 5.013  19 | |||
| 72. Vanderbilt (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.911 (12) | 4.961 4.961  5 | |||
| 73. Arizona (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.641 (25) | 4.948 4.948  14 | |||
| 74. Alabama-Birmingham (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.918 (122) | 4.894 4.894  7 | |||
| 75. California (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.329 (43) | 4.883 4.883  6 | |||
| 76. Louisiana-Lafayette (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.079 (115) | 4.868 4.868  16 | |||
| 77. Western Kentucky (5 - 4) Schedule: 4.144 (107) | 4.858 4.858  13 | |||
| 78. Indiana (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.837 (16) | 4.85 4.85  2 | |||
| 79. Michigan St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.835 (17) | 4.822 4.822  1 | |||
| 80. Fresno St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.562 (80) | 4.736 4.736  | |||
| 81. Georgia Southern (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.135 (108) | 4.724 4.724  5 | |||
| 82. Marshall (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.202 (104) | 4.718 4.718  12 | |||
| 83. Virginia (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.51 (33) | 4.678 4.678  10 | |||
| 84. Nebraska (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.172 (52) | 4.652 4.652  1 | |||
| 85. Miami FL (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.454 (89) | 4.621 4.621  10 | |||
| 86. Wyoming (6 - 3) Schedule: 4.274 (96) | 4.615 4.615  2 | |||
| 87. Southern Miss (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.389 (92) | 4.573 4.573  9 | |||
| 88. Navy (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.142 (55) | 4.544 4.544  6 | |||
| 89. Florida Atlantic (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.417 (91) | 4.494 4.494  5 | |||
| 90. Tulsa (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.794 (71) | 4.461 4.461  1 | |||
| 91. Arizona St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.144 (54) | 4.456 4.456  3 | |||
| 92. Old Dominion (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.743 (73) | 4.285 4.285  9 | |||
| 93. Ohio U. (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.221 (100) | 4.259 4.259  | |||
| 94. Army (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.096 (111) | 4.246 4.246  3 | |||
| 95. UNLV (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.277 (95) | 4.137 4.137  3 | |||
| 96. Georgia Tech (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.668 (22) | 4.133 4.133  5 | |||
| 97. Georgia St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.805 (70) | 4.077 4.077  13 | |||
| 98. Rice (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.235 (97) | 3.971 3.971  24 | |||
| 99. Rutgers (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.543 (83) | 3.938 3.938  7 | |||
| 100. Connecticut (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.282 (94) | 3.927 3.927  6 | |||
| 101. San Diego St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.207 (101) | 3.919 3.919  | |||
| 102. Middle Tennessee St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.055 (117) | 3.808 3.808  | |||
| 103. South Florida (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.507 (34) | 3.796 3.796  1 | |||
| 104. Utah St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.033 (62) | 3.766 3.766  1 | |||
| 105. Virginia Tech  (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.587 (78) | 3.762 3.762  8 | |||
| 106. Northwestern (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.496 (35) | 3.739 3.739  6 | |||
| 107. Kent St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.655 (76) | 3.697 3.697  2 | |||
| 108. Northern Illinois (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.123 (109) | 3.665 3.665  5 | |||
| 109. Bowling Green (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.514 (84) | 3.607 3.607  1 | |||
| 110. Arkansas St (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.893 (66) | 3.591 3.591  11 | |||
| 111. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.95 (64) | 3.573 3.573  4 | |||
| 112. Ball St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.735 (126) | 3.556 3.556  2 | |||
| 113. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.034 (118) | 3.505 3.505  3 | |||
| 114. Miami OH (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.693 (128) | 3.456 3.456  6 | |||
| 115. Eastern Michigan (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.788 (125) | 3.437 3.437  4 | |||
| 116. UTEP  (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.09 (113) | 3.238 3.238  2 | |||
| 117. Louisiana Tech (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.508 (85) | 3.137 3.137  5 | |||
| 118. Boston College (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.91 (65) | 3.081 3.081  3 | |||
| 119. Colorado (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.966 (5) | 3.069 3.069  2 | |||
| 120. Central Michigan (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.203 (103) | 3.047 3.047  1 | |||
| 121. Temple (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.233 (98) | 3.04 3.04  4 | |||
| 122. Nevada (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.101 (110) | 2.799 2.799  4 | |||
| 123. Western Michigan (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.164 (106) | 2.757 2.757  1 | |||
| 124. UNC-Charlotte (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.487 (86) | 2.696 2.696  6 | |||
| 125. New Mexico (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.09 (112) | 2.681 2.681  1 | |||
| 126. Colorado St (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.805 (69) | 2.609 2.609  1 | |||
| 127. Florida Int'l (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.413 (130) | 2.568 2.568  1 | |||
| 128. New Mexico St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.38 (131) | 2.457 2.457  1 | |||
| 129. Hawai`i (2 - 7) Schedule: 3.949 (119) | 2.433 2.433  2 | |||
| 130. Akron (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.422 (90) | 2.406 2.406  7 | |||
| 131. Massachusetts (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.918 (121) | 1.59 1.59  |