Week 6
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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 (5 - 1) Schedule: 6.058 (1) | 8.761 8.761  | |||
| 2. Michigan (6 - 0) Schedule: 4.81 (53) | 8.722 8.722  | |||
| 3. Penn State (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.846 (47) | 8.561 8.561  1 | |||
| 4. Oklahoma (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.379 (13) | 8.559 8.559  2 | |||
| 5. Ohio State (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.329 (15) | 8.534 8.534  2 | |||
| 6. Washington (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.927 (41) | 8.229 8.229  1 | |||
| 7. Alabama (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.858 (3) | 8.084 8.084  4 | |||
| 8. Oregon (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.398 (76) | 7.804 7.804  | |||
| 9. Mississippi (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.873 (2) | 7.433 7.433  6 | |||
| 10. Florida St (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.827 (51) | 7.409 7.409  7 | |||
| 11. Duke (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.659 (60) | 7.367 7.367  1 | |||
| 12. Oregon St (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.843 (48) | 7.329 7.329  2 | |||
| 13. North Carolina (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.692 (58) | 7.266 7.266  7 | |||
| 14. Georgia (6 - 0) Schedule: 4.203 (87) | 7.259 7.259  8 | |||
| 15. Wisconsin (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.061 (29) | 7.206 7.206  4 | |||
| 16. Notre Dame  (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.139 (27) | 7.017 7.017  5 | |||
| 17. UCLA (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.872 (43) | 6.904 6.904  8 | |||
| 18. Texas A&M (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.318 (17) | 6.851 6.851  2 | |||
| 19. Southern Cal (6 - 0) Schedule: 4.157 (91) | 6.721 6.721  4 | |||
| 20. Miami FL (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.234 (86) | 6.708 6.708  11 | |||
| 21. LSU (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.609 (7) | 6.703 6.703  5 | |||
| 22. Washington St (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.012 (33) | 6.698 6.698  4 | |||
| 23. Maryland (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.118 (93) | 6.627 6.627  1 | |||
| 24. Utah (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.207 (23) | 6.562 6.562  3 | |||
| 25. Louisville (6 - 0) Schedule: 4.319 (81) | 6.486 6.486  24 | |||
| 26. Tennessee (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.191 (89) | 6.479 6.479  3 | |||
| 27. Kansas St (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.932 (39) | 6.374 6.374  17 | |||
| 28. Tulane (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.418 (74) | 6.35 6.35  11 | |||
| 29. Missouri (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.059 (30) | 6.349 6.349  16 | |||
| 30. Air Force (5 - 0) Schedule: 2.945 (128) | 6.316 6.316  14 | |||
| 31. Kansas (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.871 (44) | 6.271 6.271  5 | |||
| 32. Texas Tech (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.958 (37) | 6.147 6.147  10 | |||
| 33. Brigham Young (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.486 (67) | 6.104 6.104  12 | |||
| 34. Iowa (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.038 (32) | 6.101 6.101  9 | |||
| 35. West Virginia (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.05 (31) | 6.098 6.098  2 | |||
| 36. Clemson (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.856 (46) | 5.941 5.941  1 | |||
| 37. Rutgers (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.565 (64) | 5.883 5.883  9 | |||
| 38. TCU  (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.897 (42) | 5.851 5.851  11 | |||
| 39. Troy (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.841 (49) | 5.847 5.847  1 | |||
| 40. Arkansas (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.426 (11) | 5.836 5.836  6 | |||
| 41. Colorado (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.463 (9) | 5.776 5.776  7 | |||
| 42. Fresno St (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.654 (113) | 5.728 5.728  2 | |||
| 43. Liberty (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.071 (125) | 5.691 5.691  12 | |||
| 44. James Madison (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.91 (106) | 5.659 5.659  13 | |||
| 45. Wyoming (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.284 (20) | 5.656 5.656  2 | |||
| 46. Memphis (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.986 (102) | 5.64 5.64  16 | |||
| 47. Iowa St (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.529 (8) | 5.603 5.603  25 | |||
| 48. Arizona (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.721 (56) | 5.598 5.598  8 | |||
| 49. California (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.383 (12) | 5.506 5.506  3 | |||
| 50. Kentucky (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.588 (115) | 5.487 5.487  18 | |||
| 51. Western Kentucky (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.335 (79) | 5.437 5.437  16 | |||
| 52. Auburn (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.581 (62) | 5.418 5.418  2 | |||
| 53. Ohio U. (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.254 (120) | 5.298 5.298  7 | |||
| 54. Appalachian St (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.328 (80) | 5.265 5.265  3 | |||
| 55. Florida (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.034 (99) | 5.204 5.204  7 | |||
| 56. UNLV (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.823 (109) | 5.201 5.201  3 | |||
| 57. Georgia Tech (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.944 (38) | 5.182 5.182  21 | |||
| 58. Nebraska (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.971 (35) | 5.118 5.118  12 | |||
| 59. Marshall (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.04 (97) | 5.117 5.117  9 | |||
| 60. SMU (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.197 (88) | 5.115 5.115  1 | |||
| 61. South Carolina (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.66 (5) | 5.081 5.081  3 | |||
| 62. Minnesota (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.327 (16) | 4.977 4.977  5 | |||
| 63. Cincinnati (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.14 (26) | 4.97 4.97  3 | |||
| 64. Miami OH (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.99 (126) | 4.959 4.959  11 | |||
| 65. Syracuse (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.037 (98) | 4.932 4.932  10 | |||
| 66. Oklahoma St (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.687 (59) | 4.892 4.892  33 | |||
| 67. South Alabama (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.896 (107) | 4.87 4.87  22 | |||
| 68. Georgia St (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.791 (110) | 4.845 4.845  5 | |||
| 69. Boise St (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.821 (52) | 4.83 4.83  11 | |||
| 70. Central Florida (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.463 (68) | 4.803 4.803  29 | |||
| 71. Purdue (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.351 (14) | 4.749 4.749  6 | |||
| 72. Georgia Southern (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.179 (122) | 4.741 4.741  8 | |||
| 73. North Carolina St (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.169 (90) | 4.734 4.734  12 | |||
| 74. Wake Forest (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.119 (92) | 4.704 4.704  3 | |||
| 75. Texas St-San Marcos (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.438 (116) | 4.688 4.688  16 | |||
| 76. Utah St (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.299 (83) | 4.64 4.64  20 | |||
| 77. Tulsa (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.422 (72) | 4.402 4.402  8 | |||
| 78. South Florida (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.787 (54) | 4.376 4.376  30 | |||
| 79. Virginia Tech  (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.964 (36) | 4.353 4.353  3 | |||
| 80. Coastal Carolina (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.427 (70) | 4.347 4.347  6 | |||
| 81. Mississippi St (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.769 (55) | 4.343 4.343  | |||
| 82. Louisiana-Lafayette (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.274 (119) | 4.303 4.303  16 | |||
| 83. Michigan St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.841 (50) | 4.301 4.301  | |||
| 84. Northwestern (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.168 (25) | 4.186 4.186  5 | |||
| 85. Boston College (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.707 (57) | 4.162 4.162  12 | |||
| 86. Toledo (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.544 (132) | 4.161 4.161  4 | |||
| 87. Jacksonville St (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.51 (133) | 4.154 4.154  16 | |||
| 88. Baylor (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.28 (21) | 4.06 4.06  25 | |||
| 89. Bowling Green (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.308 (19) | 4.029 4.029  12 | |||
| 90. Stanford (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.617 (6) | 3.936 3.936  4 | |||
| 91. Colorado St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.424 (71) | 3.837 3.837  17 | |||
| 92. Alabama-Birmingham (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.541 (65) | 3.817 3.817  29 | |||
| 93. Florida Atlantic (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.366 (78) | 3.802 3.802  9 | |||
| 94. Houston (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.417 (75) | 3.798 3.798  1 | |||
| 95. Illinois (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.444 (10) | 3.787 3.787  7 | |||
| 96. Rice (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.922 (104) | 3.715 3.715  28 | |||
| 97. East Carolina (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.988 (34) | 3.651 3.651  11 | |||
| 98. San Diego St (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.312 (18) | 3.651 3.651  4 | |||
| 99. Virginia (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.069 (28) | 3.641 3.641  16 | |||
| 100. Texas-San Antonio (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.081 (95) | 3.613 3.613  | |||
| 101. Northern Illinois (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.917 (105) | 3.554 3.554  8 | |||
| 102. Navy (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.047 (96) | 3.52 3.52  18 | |||
| 103. Indiana (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.486 (66) | 3.475 3.475  4 | |||
| 104. Arizona St (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.203 (24) | 3.449 3.449  14 | |||
| 105. Arkansas St (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.026 (100) | 3.424 3.424  10 | |||
| 106. Old Dominion (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.762 (112) | 3.423 3.423  5 | |||
| 107. Middle Tennessee St (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.867 (45) | 3.385 3.385  25 | |||
| 108. Vanderbilt (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.455 (69) | 3.321 3.321  17 | |||
| 109. San Jose St (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.932 (40) | 3.319 3.319  5 | |||
| 110. Hawai`i (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.569 (63) | 3.242 3.242  6 | |||
| 111. Buffalo (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.946 (103) | 3.233 3.233  11 | |||
| 112. Pittsburgh (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.303 (82) | 3.203 3.203  6 | |||
| 113. New Mexico St (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.559 (131) | 3.115 3.115  4 | |||
| 114. Army (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.838 (130) | 3.071 3.071  9 | |||
| 115. Louisiana Tech (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.16 (123) | 3.008 3.008  5 | |||
| 116. Southern Miss (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.391 (77) | 2.975 2.975  4 | |||
| 117. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.296 (84) | 2.946 2.946  25 | |||
| 118. UNC-Charlotte (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.419 (73) | 2.931 2.931  1 | |||
| 119. New Mexico (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.355 (118) | 2.919 2.919  9 | |||
| 120. Nevada (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.726 (4) | 2.863 2.863  4 | |||
| 121. Sam Houston St (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.213 (22) | 2.76 2.76  10 | |||
| 122. Central Michigan (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.112 (94) | 2.751 2.751  14 | |||
| 123. Connecticut (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.587 (61) | 2.685 2.685  5 | |||
| 124. North Texas (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.188 (121) | 2.652 2.652  1 | |||
| 125. Western Michigan (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.417 (117) | 2.374 2.374  | |||
| 126. Temple (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.845 (108) | 2.371 2.371  13 | |||
| 127. Eastern Michigan (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.901 (129) | 2.368 2.368  5 | |||
| 128. Florida Int'l (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.97 (127) | 2.217 2.217  4 | |||
| 129. UTEP  (1 - 5) Schedule: 3.994 (101) | 2.074 2.074  | |||
| 130. Massachusetts (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.766 (111) | 1.972 1.972  3 | |||
| 131. Kent St (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.276 (85) | 1.721 1.721  1 | |||
| 132. Akron (1 - 5) Schedule: 3.129 (124) | 1.462 1.462  6 | |||
| 133. Ball St (1 - 5) Schedule: 3.592 (114) | 1.407 1.407  |