Week 4
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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. Texas (4 - 0) Schedule: 6.168 (6) | 9.539 9.539  | |||
| 2. Alabama (3 - 1) Schedule: 7.115 (1) | 9.132 9.132  | |||
| 3. Washington (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.34 (25) | 9.102 9.102  | |||
| 4. Michigan (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.131 (32) | 8.896 8.896  | |||
| 5. Penn State (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.154 (31) | 8.746 8.746  | |||
| 6. Ohio State (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.975 (39) | 8.225 8.225  | |||
| 7. Oregon (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.831 (45) | 8.038 8.038  | |||
| 8. Oklahoma (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.398 (72) | 7.983 7.983  | |||
| 9. Mississippi (3 - 1) Schedule: 6.081 (8) | 7.968 7.968  | |||
| 10. Kansas St (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.782 (13) | 7.905 7.905  | |||
| 11. Miami FL (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.467 (68) | 7.891 7.891  | |||
| 12. Missouri (4 - 0) Schedule: 6.223 (4) | 7.847 7.847  | |||
| 13. Utah (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.403 (22) | 7.808 7.808  | |||
| 14. Duke (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.917 (95) | 7.765 7.765  | |||
| 15. Notre Dame  (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.819 (47) | 7.501 7.501  | |||
| 16. North Carolina (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.923 (42) | 7.215 7.215  | |||
| 17. Texas A&M (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.99 (37) | 7.15 7.15  | |||
| 18. Central Florida (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.19 (29) | 6.95 6.95  | |||
| 19. Rutgers (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.395 (23) | 6.948 6.948  | |||
| 20. Florida St (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.505 (64) | 6.91 6.91  | |||
| 21. Maryland (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.27 (114) | 6.871 6.871  | |||
| 22. Washington St (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.394 (73) | 6.85 6.85  | |||
| 23. TCU  (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.519 (62) | 6.839 6.839  | |||
| 24. UCLA (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.628 (56) | 6.834 6.834  | |||
| 25. Oregon St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.113 (87) | 6.661 6.661  | |||
| 26. Colorado (3 - 1) Schedule: 6.171 (5) | 6.643 6.643  | |||
| 27. Georgia (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.286 (113) | 6.562 6.562  | |||
| 28. Memphis (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.605 (58) | 6.496 6.496  | |||
| 29. Tulane (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.481 (67) | 6.469 6.469  | |||
| 30. Kansas (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.309 (77) | 6.424 6.424  | |||
| 31. Wisconsin (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.157 (85) | 6.344 6.344  | |||
| 32. Southern Cal (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.986 (116) | 6.344 6.344  | |||
| 33. Louisville (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.813 (98) | 6.263 6.263  | |||
| 34. Wyoming (3 - 1) Schedule: 6.128 (7) | 6.196 6.196  | |||
| 35. California (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.603 (17) | 6.085 6.085  | |||
| 36. Tennessee (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.966 (94) | 6.08 6.08  | |||
| 37. Florida (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.454 (69) | 6.077 6.077  | |||
| 38. LSU (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.624 (57) | 6.033 6.033  | |||
| 39. West Virginia (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.016 (36) | 6.024 6.024  | |||
| 40. Marshall (3 - 0) Schedule: 4.211 (84) | 6.02 6.02  | |||
| 41. Arkansas (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.541 (60) | 5.949 5.949  | |||
| 42. Texas Tech (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.893 (11) | 5.927 5.927  | |||
| 43. Liberty (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.814 (122) | 5.883 5.883  | |||
| 44. Appalachian St (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.021 (35) | 5.876 5.876  | |||
| 45. Georgia St (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.479 (104) | 5.855 5.855  | |||
| 46. Brigham Young (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.029 (91) | 5.778 5.778  | |||
| 47. Kentucky (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.657 (124) | 5.693 5.693  | |||
| 48. Syracuse (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.564 (126) | 5.684 5.684  | |||
| 49. Boise St (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.717 (15) | 5.643 5.643  | |||
| 50. Iowa (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.703 (53) | 5.605 5.605  | |||
| 51. South Carolina (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.505 (19) | 5.544 5.544  | |||
| 52. Air Force (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.245 (130) | 5.532 5.532  | |||
| 53. Middle Tennessee St (1 - 3) Schedule: 6.244 (3) | 5.522 5.522  | |||
| 54. Auburn (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.053 (89) | 5.502 5.502  | |||
| 55. Fresno St (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.935 (119) | 5.435 5.435  | |||
| 56. South Florida (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.992 (9) | 5.431 5.431  | |||
| 57. Western Kentucky (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.981 (38) | 5.395 5.395  | |||
| 58. Georgia Tech (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.796 (49) | 5.342 5.342  | |||
| 59. Clemson (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.757 (50) | 5.334 5.334  | |||
| 60. UNLV (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.391 (74) | 5.275 5.275  | |||
| 61. Colorado St (1 - 2) Schedule: 6.338 (2) | 5.263 5.263  | |||
| 62. James Madison (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.349 (110) | 5.227 5.227  | |||
| 63. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.612 (100) | 5.11 5.11  | |||
| 64. Ohio U. (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.338 (111) | 5.066 5.066  | |||
| 65. Michigan St (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.251 (27) | 5.029 5.029  | |||
| 66. Troy (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.339 (26) | 4.871 4.871  | |||
| 67. Baylor (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.919 (10) | 4.868 4.868  | |||
| 68. Northwestern (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.414 (20) | 4.823 4.823  | |||
| 69. Cincinnati (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.744 (51) | 4.819 4.819  | |||
| 70. Arizona (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.939 (118) | 4.817 4.817  | |||
| 71. Illinois (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.585 (18) | 4.783 4.783  | |||
| 72. Coastal Carolina (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.49 (66) | 4.745 4.745  | |||
| 73. SMU (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.226 (81) | 4.668 4.668  | |||
| 74. Tulsa (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.178 (30) | 4.604 4.604  | |||
| 75. Minnesota (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.43 (71) | 4.571 4.571  | |||
| 76. Nebraska (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.049 (90) | 4.544 4.544  | |||
| 77. Iowa St (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.019 (92) | 4.519 4.519  | |||
| 78. Navy (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.82 (46) | 4.487 4.487  | |||
| 79. Rice (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.725 (52) | 4.474 4.474  | |||
| 80. East Carolina (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.769 (14) | 4.389 4.389  | |||
| 81. Miami OH (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.412 (106) | 4.351 4.351  | |||
| 82. Wake Forest (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.359 (108) | 4.341 4.341  | |||
| 83. North Carolina St (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.328 (112) | 4.306 4.306  | |||
| 84. South Alabama (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.559 (103) | 4.248 4.248  | |||
| 85. Mississippi St (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.23 (80) | 4.139 4.139  | |||
| 86. Virginia Tech  (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.802 (48) | 4.076 4.076  | |||
| 87. Houston (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.148 (86) | 4.072 4.072  | |||
| 88. Bowling Green (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.408 (21) | 3.912 3.912  | |||
| 89. Purdue (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.385 (24) | 3.889 3.889  | |||
| 90. Central Michigan (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.194 (28) | 3.875 3.875  | |||
| 91. Stanford (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.888 (43) | 3.853 3.853  | |||
| 92. Toledo (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.317 (129) | 3.843 3.843  | |||
| 93. Temple (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.65 (55) | 3.783 3.783  | |||
| 94. Utah St (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.22 (82) | 3.729 3.729  | |||
| 95. San Diego St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.944 (40) | 3.717 3.717  | |||
| 96. Pittsburgh (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.437 (70) | 3.7 3.7  | |||
| 97. UNC-Charlotte (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.854 (44) | 3.699 3.699  | |||
| 98. Boston College (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.941 (41) | 3.638 3.638  | |||
| 99. Vanderbilt (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.861 (96) | 3.61 3.61  | |||
| 100. Georgia Southern (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.997 (132) | 3.609 3.609  | |||
| 101. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.001 (93) | 3.604 3.604  | |||
| 102. Hawai`i (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.502 (65) | 3.586 3.586  | |||
| 103. Jacksonville St (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.09 (131) | 3.584 3.584  | |||
| 104. Indiana (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.844 (97) | 3.536 3.536  | |||
| 105. Texas-San Antonio (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.688 (54) | 3.5 3.5  | |||
| 106. Arkansas St (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.353 (76) | 3.499 3.499  | |||
| 107. Army (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.896 (121) | 3.488 3.488  | |||
| 108. Oklahoma St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.418 (105) | 3.369 3.369  | |||
| 109. Florida Atlantic (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.216 (83) | 3.328 3.328  | |||
| 110. Nevada (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.887 (12) | 3.108 3.108  | |||
| 111. Northern Illinois (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.506 (63) | 3.08 3.08  | |||
| 112. Virginia (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.621 (16) | 3.063 3.063  | |||
| 113. Southern Miss (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.26 (79) | 3.014 3.014  | |||
| 114. Louisiana-Lafayette (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.234 (133) | 2.992 2.992  | |||
| 115. New Mexico (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.196 (115) | 2.965 2.965  | |||
| 116. New Mexico St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.71 (123) | 2.842 2.842  | |||
| 117. San Jose St (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.519 (61) | 2.807 2.807  | |||
| 118. Akron (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.65 (99) | 2.517 2.517  | |||
| 119. Kent St (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.358 (75) | 2.475 2.475  | |||
| 120. UTEP  (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.057 (88) | 2.372 2.372  | |||
| 121. Old Dominion (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.975 (117) | 2.35 2.35  | |||
| 122. Buffalo (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.588 (59) | 2.281 2.281  | |||
| 123. Florida Int'l (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.591 (125) | 2.223 2.223  | |||
| 124. Arizona St (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.278 (78) | 2.177 2.177  | |||
| 125. Connecticut (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.037 (34) | 2.165 2.165  | |||
| 126. Massachusetts (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.359 (109) | 2.144 2.144  | |||
| 127. North Texas (1 - 2) Schedule: 3.404 (107) | 2.138 2.138  | |||
| 128. Louisiana Tech (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.445 (127) | 1.904 1.904  | |||
| 129. Western Michigan (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.585 (101) | 1.82 1.82  | |||
| 130. Sam Houston St (0 - 3) Schedule: 5.127 (33) | 1.779 1.779  | |||
| 131. Alabama-Birmingham (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.933 (120) | 1.652 1.652  | |||
| 132. Ball St (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.559 (102) | 1.559 1.559  | |||
| 133. Eastern Michigan (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.401 (128) | 1.137 1.137  |