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. Michigan (11 - 0) Schedule: 4.822 (50) | 8.353 8.353  | |||
| 2. Ohio State (11 - 0) Schedule: 5.074 (35) | 8.336 8.336  | |||
| 3. Texas (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.621 (4) | 7.958 7.958  | |||
| 4. Oregon (10 - 1) Schedule: 4.981 (39) | 7.873 7.873  | |||
| 5. Penn State (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.321 (18) | 7.866 7.866  | |||
| 6. Georgia (11 - 0) Schedule: 4.635 (61) | 7.753 7.753  3 | |||
| 7. Washington (11 - 0) Schedule: 5.446 (11) | 7.677 7.677  1 | |||
| 8. Alabama (10 - 1) Schedule: 5.165 (28) | 7.542 7.542  2 | |||
| 9. Kansas St (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.485 (9) | 7.483 7.483  1 | |||
| 10. Oklahoma (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.296 (20) | 7.441 7.441  1 | |||
| 11. Florida St (11 - 0) Schedule: 4.463 (68) | 7.375 7.375  4 | |||
| 12. Oregon St (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.193 (25) | 7.014 7.014  1 | |||
| 13. Missouri (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.335 (17) | 6.916 6.916  1 | |||
| 14. Notre Dame  (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.736 (57) | 6.845 6.845  | |||
| 15. Arizona (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.179 (27) | 6.813 6.813  3 | |||
| 16. LSU (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.063 (36) | 6.697 6.697  1 | |||
| 17. Mississippi (9 - 2) Schedule: 5.128 (33) | 6.531 6.531  1 | |||
| 18. Louisville (10 - 1) Schedule: 4.551 (65) | 6.405 6.405  2 | |||
| 19. Texas A&M (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.759 (56) | 6.283 6.283  2 | |||
| 20. Utah (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.667 (3) | 6.241 6.241  3 | |||
| 21. Kansas (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.495 (8) | 6.164 6.164  5 | |||
| 22. Troy (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.119 (81) | 6.137 6.137  | |||
| 23. Southern Cal (7 - 5) Schedule: 5.604 (6) | 6.07 6.07  4 | |||
| 24. Liberty (11 - 0) Schedule: 3.323 (122) | 6.033 6.033  6 | |||
| 25. UCLA (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.926 (43) | 6.032 6.032  8 | |||
| 26. Iowa St (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.353 (15) | 6.014 6.014  3 | |||
| 27. TCU  (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.343 (16) | 5.993 5.993  5 | |||
| 28. Iowa (9 - 2) Schedule: 4.787 (53) | 5.987 5.987  3 | |||
| 29. Tennessee (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.284 (21) | 5.981 5.981  5 | |||
| 30. Duke (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.049 (37) | 5.972 5.972  7 | |||
| 31. Oklahoma St (8 - 3) Schedule: 5.319 (19) | 5.969 5.969  | |||
| 32. North Carolina (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.533 (66) | 5.893 5.893  4 | |||
| 33. West Virginia (7 - 4) Schedule: 5.13 (32) | 5.811 5.811  4 | |||
| 34. Texas Tech (6 - 5) Schedule: 5.364 (13) | 5.801 5.801  | |||
| 35. James Madison (10 - 1) Schedule: 3.725 (104) | 5.787 5.787  8 | |||
| 36. Clemson (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.831 (48) | 5.738 5.738  | |||
| 37. Maryland (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.94 (40) | 5.713 5.713  2 | |||
| 38. UNLV (9 - 2) Schedule: 3.875 (93) | 5.536 5.536  4 | |||
| 39. Miami FL (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.819 (51) | 5.521 5.521  1 | |||
| 40. SMU (9 - 2) Schedule: 3.475 (115) | 5.516 5.516  | |||
| 41. Tulane (10 - 1) Schedule: 3.668 (108) | 5.435 5.435  3 | |||
| 42. Central Florida (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.123 (34) | 5.42 5.42  1 | |||
| 43. Boise St (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.446 (70) | 5.37 5.37  8 | |||
| 44. North Carolina St (8 - 3) Schedule: 4.489 (67) | 5.337 5.337  1 | |||
| 45. Auburn (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.876 (46) | 5.301 5.301  10 | |||
| 46. Kentucky (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.645 (60) | 5.222 5.222  3 | |||
| 47. Washington St (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.999 (38) | 5.216 5.216  14 | |||
| 48. California (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.576 (7) | 5.202 5.202  | |||
| 49. Wisconsin (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.779 (54) | 5.076 5.076  4 | |||
| 50. Toledo (10 - 1) Schedule: 3.164 (126) | 5.06 5.06  2 | |||
| 51. Rutgers (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.912 (44) | 5.005 5.005  4 | |||
| 52. Appalachian St (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.832 (96) | 4.991 4.991  6 | |||
| 53. Air Force (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.446 (116) | 4.937 4.937  3 | |||
| 54. Memphis (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.821 (97) | 4.934 4.934  1 | |||
| 55. Nebraska (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.729 (58) | 4.929 4.929  5 | |||
| 56. Colorado (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.62 (5) | 4.891 4.891  10 | |||
| 57. Texas-San Antonio (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.479 (114) | 4.874 4.874  7 | |||
| 58. South Carolina (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.218 (24) | 4.861 4.861  4 | |||
| 59. San Jose St (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.209 (79) | 4.858 4.858  2 | |||
| 60. Florida (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.764 (55) | 4.826 4.826  3 | |||
| 61. Miami OH (9 - 2) Schedule: 2.797 (133) | 4.801 4.801  2 | |||
| 62. Virginia Tech  (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.631 (62) | 4.79 4.79  8 | |||
| 63. Georgia Tech (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.596 (64) | 4.787 4.787  2 | |||
| 64. Brigham Young (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.384 (12) | 4.778 4.778  4 | |||
| 65. South Alabama (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.935 (88) | 4.746 4.746  6 | |||
| 66. Fresno St (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.739 (102) | 4.674 4.674  17 | |||
| 67. Arkansas (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.624 (63) | 4.652 4.652  | |||
| 68. Wyoming (7 - 4) Schedule: 4.658 (59) | 4.633 4.633  8 | |||
| 69. Minnesota (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.142 (30) | 4.628 4.628  3 | |||
| 70. New Mexico St (9 - 3) Schedule: 3.089 (129) | 4.623 4.623  15 | |||
| 71. Coastal Carolina (7 - 4) Schedule: 3.846 (94) | 4.588 4.588  11 | |||
| 72. Northwestern (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.87 (47) | 4.575 4.575  2 | |||
| 73. Western Kentucky (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.029 (86) | 4.45 4.45  4 | |||
| 74. Jacksonville St (8 - 3) Schedule: 3.201 (125) | 4.443 4.443  8 | |||
| 75. Illinois (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.14 (31) | 4.352 4.352  3 | |||
| 76. Michigan St (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.359 (14) | 4.263 4.263  4 | |||
| 77. Arizona St (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.724 (2) | 4.261 4.261  3 | |||
| 78. Houston (4 - 7) Schedule: 5.244 (23) | 4.255 4.255  1 | |||
| 79. Purdue (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.447 (10) | 4.233 4.233  7 | |||
| 80. Syracuse (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.448 (69) | 4.213 4.213  7 | |||
| 81. Mississippi St (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.938 (41) | 4.195 4.195  5 | |||
| 82. Boston College (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.401 (71) | 4.153 4.153  7 | |||
| 83. Ohio U. (8 - 3) Schedule: 2.933 (130) | 4.115 4.115  1 | |||
| 84. Virginia (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.25 (22) | 4.108 4.108  6 | |||
| 85. Stanford (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.734 (1) | 4.089 4.089  4 | |||
| 86. Arkansas St (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.888 (92) | 4.04 4.04  11 | |||
| 87. Bowling Green (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.809 (99) | 4 4  | |||
| 88. Rice (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.78 (101) | 3.923 3.923  8 | |||
| 89. Indiana (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.181 (26) | 3.879 3.879  1 | |||
| 90. Cincinnati (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.93 (42) | 3.867 3.867  1 | |||
| 91. Texas St-San Marcos (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.605 (110) | 3.849 3.849  14 | |||
| 92. Utah St (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.018 (87) | 3.801 3.801  9 | |||
| 93. Wake Forest (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.829 (49) | 3.737 3.737  1 | |||
| 94. Pittsburgh (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.813 (52) | 3.661 3.661  5 | |||
| 95. Army (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.904 (90) | 3.648 3.648  5 | |||
| 96. Middle Tennessee St (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.124 (80) | 3.628 3.628  2 | |||
| 97. Baylor (3 - 8) Schedule: 5.162 (29) | 3.609 3.609  6 | |||
| 98. Georgia St (6 - 5) Schedule: 4.109 (82) | 3.597 3.597  5 | |||
| 99. Louisiana-Lafayette (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.393 (118) | 3.588 3.588  2 | |||
| 100. Colorado St (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.039 (85) | 3.533 3.533  2 | |||
| 101. Georgia Southern (6 - 5) Schedule: 3.24 (124) | 3.501 3.501  6 | |||
| 102. Northern Illinois (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.241 (123) | 3.485 3.485  5 | |||
| 103. Navy (5 - 5) Schedule: 3.149 (128) | 3.436 3.436  2 | |||
| 104. Marshall (5 - 6) Schedule: 4.34 (73) | 3.416 3.416  10 | |||
| 105. Old Dominion (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.904 (89) | 3.409 3.409  2 | |||
| 106. North Texas (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.68 (107) | 3.264 3.264  6 | |||
| 107. New Mexico (4 - 7) Schedule: 4.096 (83) | 3.101 3.101  11 | |||
| 108. Hawai`i (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.321 (74) | 3.063 3.063  1 | |||
| 109. Florida Atlantic (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.62 (109) | 3.01 3.01  1 | |||
| 110. Southern Miss (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.089 (84) | 3.002 3.002  4 | |||
| 111. East Carolina (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.32 (75) | 2.992 2.992  7 | |||
| 112. South Florida (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.814 (98) | 2.961 2.961  2 | |||
| 113. Vanderbilt (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.886 (45) | 2.923 2.923  | |||
| 114. Western Michigan (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.573 (111) | 2.842 2.842  3 | |||
| 115. San Diego St (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.247 (78) | 2.819 2.819  1 | |||
| 116. Massachusetts (3 - 8) Schedule: 4.272 (76) | 2.804 2.804  | |||
| 117. Tulsa (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.786 (100) | 2.715 2.715  2 | |||
| 118. UTEP  (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.899 (91) | 2.584 2.584  5 | |||
| 119. Alabama-Birmingham (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.723 (105) | 2.564 2.564  2 | |||
| 120. Buffalo (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.518 (113) | 2.557 2.557  1 | |||
| 121. Ball St (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.385 (119) | 2.486 2.486  3 | |||
| 122. Nevada (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.267 (77) | 2.465 2.465  5 | |||
| 123. Louisiana Tech (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.537 (112) | 2.452 2.452  3 | |||
| 124. Central Michigan (5 - 6) Schedule: 3.422 (117) | 2.452 2.452  2 | |||
| 125. Sam Houston St (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.735 (103) | 2.399 2.399  3 | |||
| 126. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 9) Schedule: 4.358 (72) | 2.356 2.356  | |||
| 127. Connecticut (2 - 9) Schedule: 3.841 (95) | 2.235 2.235  2 | |||
| 128. UNC-Charlotte (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.72 (106) | 2.081 2.081  1 | |||
| 129. Eastern Michigan (5 - 6) Schedule: 2.846 (132) | 2.058 2.058  | |||
| 130. Temple (3 - 8) Schedule: 3.355 (120) | 1.826 1.826  | |||
| 131. Florida Int'l (4 - 7) Schedule: 3.351 (121) | 1.784 1.784  | |||
| 132. Akron (2 - 9) Schedule: 2.86 (131) | 1.14 1.14  | |||
| 133. Kent St (1 - 10) Schedule: 3.15 (127) | 0.386 0.386  |