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: 5.419 (10) | 8.541 8.541  1 | |||
| 2. Michigan (8 - 0) Schedule: 4.287 (72) | 8.232 8.232  3 | |||
| 3. Texas (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.586 (4) | 8.12 8.12  | |||
| 4. Florida St (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.181 (21) | 7.951 7.951  4 | |||
| 5. Penn State (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.865 (45) | 7.84 7.84  1 | |||
| 6. Oklahoma (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.941 (37) | 7.784 7.784  5 | |||
| 7. Alabama (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.635 (3) | 7.674 7.674  2 | |||
| 8. Washington (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.899 (42) | 7.638 7.638  4 | |||
| 9. Kansas St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.501 (6) | 7.503 7.503  6 | |||
| 10. Oregon St (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.051 (31) | 7.435 7.435  1 | |||
| 11. Oregon (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.737 (51) | 7.358 7.358  4 | |||
| 12. Duke (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.015 (32) | 7.123 7.123  2 | |||
| 13. Notre Dame  (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.977 (36) | 7.092 7.092  1 | |||
| 14. Utah (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.328 (12) | 6.934 6.934  4 | |||
| 15. Missouri (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.089 (28) | 6.889 6.889  5 | |||
| 16. Mississippi (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.306 (14) | 6.876 6.876  2 | |||
| 17. LSU (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.113 (26) | 6.873 6.873  1 | |||
| 18. Georgia (7 - 0) Schedule: 3.749 (103) | 6.824 6.824  1 | |||
| 19. UCLA (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.911 (39) | 6.718 6.718  2 | |||
| 20. Tennessee (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.176 (22) | 6.704 6.704  1 | |||
| 21. North Carolina (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.592 (62) | 6.461 6.461  8 | |||
| 22. James Madison (7 - 0) Schedule: 4.179 (79) | 6.345 6.345  8 | |||
| 23. Texas A&M (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.184 (20) | 6.324 6.324  4 | |||
| 24. Southern Cal (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.01 (33) | 6.319 6.319  2 | |||
| 25. Air Force (7 - 0) Schedule: 3.3 (119) | 6.273 6.273  | |||
| 26. Troy (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.696 (54) | 6.175 6.175  5 | |||
| 27. Maryland (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.13 (82) | 6.119 6.119  8 | |||
| 28. Iowa (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.083 (29) | 6.057 6.057  6 | |||
| 29. Wisconsin (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.705 (52) | 6.055 6.055  | |||
| 30. Tulane (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.225 (76) | 6.049 6.049  6 | |||
| 31. Arizona (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.669 (57) | 6.023 6.023  3 | |||
| 32. TCU  (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.269 (17) | 5.995 5.995  9 | |||
| 33. Kansas (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.895 (43) | 5.979 5.979  3 | |||
| 34. Miami FL (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.168 (80) | 5.947 5.947  1 | |||
| 35. Iowa St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.316 (13) | 5.945 5.945  3 | |||
| 36. Oklahoma St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.27 (16) | 5.871 5.871  9 | |||
| 37. Liberty (7 - 0) Schedule: 3.249 (123) | 5.743 5.743  1 | |||
| 38. Washington St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.368 (11) | 5.683 5.683  1 | |||
| 39. Clemson (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.874 (44) | 5.632 5.632  5 | |||
| 40. Louisville (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.977 (90) | 5.485 5.485  2 | |||
| 41. Fresno St (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.516 (111) | 5.468 5.468  2 | |||
| 42. Memphis (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.977 (91) | 5.426 5.426  7 | |||
| 43. Brigham Young (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.469 (66) | 5.416 5.416  8 | |||
| 44. Texas Tech (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.158 (24) | 5.393 5.393  5 | |||
| 45. Rutgers (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.84 (99) | 5.347 5.347  2 | |||
| 46. Colorado (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.167 (23) | 5.261 5.261  2 | |||
| 47. South Alabama (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.881 (96) | 5.244 5.244  10 | |||
| 48. Arkansas (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.246 (18) | 5.24 5.24  7 | |||
| 49. Florida (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.045 (86) | 5.234 5.234  4 | |||
| 50. West Virginia (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.902 (41) | 5.225 5.225  10 | |||
| 51. Wyoming (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.006 (34) | 5.21 5.21  5 | |||
| 52. California (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.531 (5) | 5.19 5.19  2 | |||
| 53. SMU (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.354 (118) | 5.189 5.189  3 | |||
| 54. Nebraska (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.766 (48) | 5.138 5.138  1 | |||
| 55. Western Kentucky (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.302 (71) | 5.135 5.135  11 | |||
| 56. Central Florida (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.925 (38) | 5.105 5.105  10 | |||
| 57. Kentucky (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.878 (97) | 5.093 5.093  1 | |||
| 58. Minnesota (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.149 (25) | 5.036 5.036  4 | |||
| 59. Georgia St (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.713 (107) | 4.994 4.994  1 | |||
| 60. UNLV (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.461 (114) | 4.978 4.978  8 | |||
| 61. Auburn (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.095 (27) | 4.939 4.939  | |||
| 62. Syracuse (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.556 (64) | 4.796 4.796  2 | |||
| 63. Mississippi St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.858 (46) | 4.766 4.766  15 | |||
| 64. Toledo (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.997 (127) | 4.643 4.643  16 | |||
| 65. South Carolina (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.717 (1) | 4.622 4.622  5 | |||
| 66. Boise St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.703 (53) | 4.599 4.599  1 | |||
| 67. Boston College (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.668 (58) | 4.592 4.592  18 | |||
| 68. Virginia Tech  (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.687 (55) | 4.575 4.575  2 | |||
| 69. Purdue (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.679 (2) | 4.572 4.572  1 | |||
| 70. Houston (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.071 (30) | 4.536 4.536  14 | |||
| 71. Texas-San Antonio (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.798 (101) | 4.497 4.497  22 | |||
| 72. Coastal Carolina (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.04 (87) | 4.47 4.47  2 | |||
| 73. Texas St-San Marcos (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.236 (124) | 4.406 4.406  10 | |||
| 74. Miami OH (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.785 (131) | 4.405 4.405  7 | |||
| 75. Utah St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.635 (61) | 4.361 4.361  12 | |||
| 76. Ohio U. (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.947 (129) | 4.344 4.344  17 | |||
| 77. Marshall (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.279 (73) | 4.324 4.324  1 | |||
| 78. San Jose St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.642 (60) | 4.323 4.323  20 | |||
| 79. North Carolina St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.36 (68) | 4.317 4.317  2 | |||
| 80. Illinois (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.493 (7) | 4.261 4.261  2 | |||
| 81. Virginia (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.245 (19) | 4.202 4.202  19 | |||
| 82. Michigan St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.279 (15) | 4.197 4.197  9 | |||
| 83. Jacksonville St (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.251 (122) | 4.15 4.15  6 | |||
| 84. Georgia Tech (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.32 (70) | 4.139 4.139  12 | |||
| 85. Georgia Southern (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.272 (121) | 4.054 4.054  3 | |||
| 86. Appalachian St (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.72 (106) | 4.051 4.051  15 | |||
| 87. Rice (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.562 (110) | 4 4  15 | |||
| 88. Louisiana-Lafayette (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.217 (126) | 3.924 3.924  6 | |||
| 89. Baylor (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.763 (49) | 3.917 3.917  7 | |||
| 90. Cincinnati (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.744 (50) | 3.901 3.901  15 | |||
| 91. Bowling Green (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.111 (84) | 3.896 3.896  1 | |||
| 92. Wake Forest (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.75 (102) | 3.873 3.873  1 | |||
| 93. Northern Illinois (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.723 (105) | 3.841 3.841  6 | |||
| 94. Colorado St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.249 (75) | 3.824 3.824  4 | |||
| 95. Stanford (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.437 (9) | 3.814 3.814  14 | |||
| 96. Northwestern (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.852 (47) | 3.777 3.777  10 | |||
| 97. Arizona St (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.465 (8) | 3.722 3.722  10 | |||
| 98. New Mexico St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.445 (133) | 3.695 3.695  8 | |||
| 99. Navy (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.9 (95) | 3.689 3.689  | |||
| 100. Middle Tennessee St (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.674 (56) | 3.607 3.607  3 | |||
| 101. Florida Atlantic (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.994 (89) | 3.598 3.598  32 | |||
| 102. Pittsburgh (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.018 (88) | 3.49 3.49  7 | |||
| 103. North Texas (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.449 (116) | 3.462 3.462  6 | |||
| 104. South Florida (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.125 (83) | 3.441 3.441  3 | |||
| 105. Old Dominion (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.385 (117) | 3.253 3.253  6 | |||
| 106. San Diego St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.642 (59) | 3.238 3.238  9 | |||
| 107. Tulsa (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.821 (100) | 3.201 3.201  28 | |||
| 108. Indiana (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.903 (40) | 3.185 3.185  3 | |||
| 109. Vanderbilt (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.542 (65) | 3.179 3.179  1 | |||
| 110. Arkansas St (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.946 (93) | 3.123 3.123  6 | |||
| 111. Army (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.976 (92) | 2.993 2.993  3 | |||
| 112. New Mexico (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.454 (115) | 2.981 2.981  13 | |||
| 113. Buffalo (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.292 (120) | 2.961 2.961  5 | |||
| 114. Louisiana Tech (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.233 (125) | 2.953 2.953  1 | |||
| 115. Nevada (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.996 (35) | 2.911 2.911  9 | |||
| 116. Alabama-Birmingham (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.212 (78) | 2.812 2.812  4 | |||
| 117. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.058 (85) | 2.8 2.8  1 | |||
| 118. Southern Miss (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.419 (67) | 2.678 2.678  3 | |||
| 119. Western Michigan (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.853 (98) | 2.657 2.657  3 | |||
| 120. Hawai`i (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.149 (81) | 2.612 2.612  10 | |||
| 121. Connecticut (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.343 (69) | 2.551 2.551  1 | |||
| 122. East Carolina (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.224 (77) | 2.518 2.518  3 | |||
| 123. Central Michigan (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.502 (112) | 2.504 2.504  6 | |||
| 124. Eastern Michigan (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.718 (132) | 2.453 2.453  1 | |||
| 125. UNC-Charlotte (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.902 (94) | 2.441 2.441  3 | |||
| 126. Sam Houston St (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.568 (63) | 2.27 2.27  | |||
| 127. Massachusetts (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.26 (74) | 2.223 2.223  | |||
| 128. Florida Int'l (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.91 (130) | 2.163 2.163  1 | |||
| 129. UTEP  (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.732 (104) | 2.109 2.109  8 | |||
| 130. Ball St (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.469 (113) | 1.701 1.701  2 | |||
| 131. Temple (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.633 (109) | 1.539 1.539  1 | |||
| 132. Akron (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.977 (128) | 1.07 1.07  1 | |||
| 133. Kent St (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.637 (108) | 0.919 0.919  2 |