Week 15
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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 (14 - 2) Schedule: 6.741 (3) | 9.374 9.374  2 | |||
| 2. Notre Dame  (14 - 2) Schedule: 6.442 (10) | 8.819 8.819  | |||
| 3. Oregon (13 - 1) Schedule: 6.426 (13) | 8.761 8.761  2 | |||
| 4. Penn State (13 - 3) Schedule: 6.457 (9) | 8.607 8.607  1 | |||
| 5. Texas (13 - 3) Schedule: 6.429 (11) | 8.422 8.422  1 | |||
| 6. Mississippi (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.479 (63) | 7.95 7.95  4 | |||
| 7. Georgia (11 - 3) Schedule: 6.5 (7) | 7.906 7.906  1 | |||
| 8. Indiana (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.596 (58) | 7.9 7.9  3 | |||
| 9. Brigham Young (11 - 2) Schedule: 5.913 (48) | 7.828 7.828  6 | |||
| 10. Alabama (9 - 4) Schedule: 6.251 (21) | 7.818 7.818  4 | |||
| 11. South Carolina (9 - 4) Schedule: 6.103 (33) | 7.567 7.567  2 | |||
| 12. SMU (11 - 3) Schedule: 5.752 (52) | 7.525 7.525  5 | |||
| 13. Arizona St (11 - 3) Schedule: 6.152 (28) | 7.523 7.523  8 | |||
| 14. Miami FL (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.484 (62) | 7.517 7.517  2 | |||
| 15. Iowa St (11 - 3) Schedule: 6.139 (31) | 7.488 7.488  6 | |||
| 16. Louisville (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.968 (46) | 7.413 7.413  | |||
| 17. Colorado (9 - 4) Schedule: 6.25 (22) | 7.349 7.349  3 | |||
| 18. Kansas St (9 - 4) Schedule: 6.179 (26) | 7.336 7.336  1 | |||
| 19. Iowa (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.092 (36) | 7.314 7.314  1 | |||
| 20. LSU (9 - 4) Schedule: 6.352 (16) | 7.3 7.3  5 | |||
| 21. Minnesota (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.185 (25) | 7.26 7.26  6 | |||
| 22. Southern Cal (7 - 6) Schedule: 6.644 (4) | 7.235 7.235  4 | |||
| 23. Tennessee (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.639 (57) | 7.175 7.175  4 | |||
| 24. Clemson (10 - 4) Schedule: 5.84 (49) | 7.173 7.173  4 | |||
| 25. Boise St (12 - 2) Schedule: 5.102 (75) | 7.144 7.144  1 | |||
| 26. Florida (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.32 (19) | 7.044 7.044  5 | |||
| 27. Baylor (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.101 (35) | 7.04 7.04  5 | |||
| 28. Michigan (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.847 (2) | 6.948 6.948  9 | |||
| 29. Illinois (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.971 (45) | 6.933 6.933  6 | |||
| 30. Virginia Tech  (6 - 7) Schedule: 6.139 (30) | 6.901 6.901  7 | |||
| 31. Texas A&M (8 - 5) Schedule: 6.147 (29) | 6.887 6.887  3 | |||
| 32. Nebraska (7 - 6) Schedule: 6.071 (37) | 6.838 6.838  1 | |||
| 33. Army (12 - 2) Schedule: 4.409 (109) | 6.766 6.766  1 | |||
| 34. Kansas (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.482 (8) | 6.76 6.76  4 | |||
| 35. TCU  (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.531 (61) | 6.683 6.683  1 | |||
| 36. Missouri (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.648 (56) | 6.589 6.589  3 | |||
| 37. UNLV (11 - 3) Schedule: 4.832 (87) | 6.565 6.565  3 | |||
| 38. Syracuse (10 - 3) Schedule: 5.654 (55) | 6.47 6.47  | |||
| 39. Navy (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.809 (88) | 6.42 6.42  14 | |||
| 40. Tulane (9 - 5) Schedule: 5.103 (74) | 6.284 6.284  11 | |||
| 41. Washington (6 - 7) Schedule: 6.338 (17) | 6.254 6.254  6 | |||
| 42. Wisconsin (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.566 (6) | 6.221 6.221  6 | |||
| 43. Marshall (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.997 (79) | 6.184 6.184  13 | |||
| 44. Rutgers (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.782 (51) | 6.161 6.161  10 | |||
| 45. Texas Tech (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.975 (44) | 6.149 6.149  5 | |||
| 46. Vanderbilt (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.952 (47) | 6.141 6.141  3 | |||
| 47. Oklahoma (6 - 7) Schedule: 6.265 (20) | 6.109 6.109  5 | |||
| 48. Memphis (11 - 2) Schedule: 4.316 (115) | 6.094 6.094  3 | |||
| 49. Boston College (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.751 (53) | 6.067 6.067  8 | |||
| 50. Ohio U. (11 - 3) Schedule: 4.303 (116) | 6.057 6.057  16 | |||
| 51. Utah (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.018 (43) | 6.036 6.036  1 | |||
| 52. Cincinnati (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.127 (32) | 6.03 6.03  6 | |||
| 53. Georgia Tech (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.803 (50) | 5.936 5.936  9 | |||
| 54. Central Florida (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.218 (24) | 5.913 5.913  1 | |||
| 55. Arkansas (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.594 (59) | 5.906 5.906  9 | |||
| 56. Duke (9 - 4) Schedule: 5.362 (66) | 5.876 5.876  13 | |||
| 57. Pittsburgh (7 - 6) Schedule: 5.537 (60) | 5.839 5.839  12 | |||
| 58. UCLA (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.851 (1) | 5.833 5.833  7 | |||
| 59. James Madison (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.284 (117) | 5.762 5.762  2 | |||
| 60. Auburn (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.66 (54) | 5.709 5.709  2 | |||
| 61. Texas St-San Marcos (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.541 (101) | 5.68 5.68  2 | |||
| 62. West Virginia (6 - 7) Schedule: 6.064 (38) | 5.629 5.629  2 | |||
| 63. Miami OH (9 - 5) Schedule: 4.777 (89) | 5.594 5.594  5 | |||
| 64. Georgia Southern (8 - 5) Schedule: 5.111 (73) | 5.574 5.574  5 | |||
| 65. California (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.361 (67) | 5.551 5.551  7 | |||
| 66. North Carolina (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.183 (70) | 5.475 5.475  9 | |||
| 67. Washington St (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.645 (96) | 5.459 5.459  | |||
| 68. Louisiana-Lafayette (10 - 4) Schedule: 4.389 (111) | 5.424 5.424  16 | |||
| 69. Kentucky (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.239 (23) | 5.366 5.366  4 | |||
| 70. Old Dominion (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.378 (65) | 5.33 5.33  1 | |||
| 71. Bowling Green (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.468 (105) | 5.299 5.299  1 | |||
| 72. Maryland (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.427 (12) | 5.297 5.297  5 | |||
| 73. South Alabama (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.409 (108) | 5.232 5.232  2 | |||
| 74. Connecticut (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.17 (122) | 5.223 5.223  6 | |||
| 75. Virginia (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.044 (40) | 5.176 5.176  3 | |||
| 76. Toledo (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.492 (103) | 5.175 5.175  5 | |||
| 77. North Carolina St (6 - 7) Schedule: 5.317 (68) | 5.145 5.145  8 | |||
| 78. Oklahoma St (3 - 9) Schedule: 6.325 (18) | 5.131 5.131  | |||
| 79. Northern Illinois (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.596 (98) | 5.111 5.111  3 | |||
| 80. Michigan St (5 - 7) Schedule: 6.049 (39) | 5.026 5.026  5 | |||
| 81. Jacksonville St (9 - 5) Schedule: 3.962 (130) | 4.988 4.988  5 | |||
| 82. Buffalo (9 - 4) Schedule: 4.091 (126) | 4.942 4.942  15 | |||
| 83. Arizona (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.027 (42) | 4.94 4.94  1 | |||
| 84. Sam Houston St (10 - 3) Schedule: 4.031 (129) | 4.929 4.929  | |||
| 85. Houston (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.38 (15) | 4.92 4.92  6 | |||
| 86. Texas-San Antonio (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.317 (114) | 4.901 4.901  10 | |||
| 87. Northwestern (4 - 8) Schedule: 6.102 (34) | 4.894 4.894  2 | |||
| 88. Fresno St (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.559 (99) | 4.837 4.837  2 | |||
| 89. Western Kentucky (8 - 6) Schedule: 4.258 (119) | 4.779 4.779  15 | |||
| 90. Mississippi St (2 - 10) Schedule: 6.385 (14) | 4.711 4.711  4 | |||
| 91. East Carolina (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.208 (120) | 4.696 4.696  7 | |||
| 92. Appalachian St (5 - 6) Schedule: 5.153 (72) | 4.669 4.669  4 | |||
| 93. North Texas (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.67 (94) | 4.65 4.65  2 | |||
| 94. Colorado St (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.405 (110) | 4.642 4.642  11 | |||
| 95. San Jose St (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.455 (106) | 4.615 4.615  8 | |||
| 96. Stanford (3 - 9) Schedule: 6.029 (41) | 4.512 4.512  4 | |||
| 97. South Florida (7 - 6) Schedule: 4.412 (107) | 4.484 4.484  4 | |||
| 98. Wake Forest (4 - 8) Schedule: 5.412 (64) | 4.45 4.45  5 | |||
| 99. Oregon St (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.98 (80) | 4.382 4.382  1 | |||
| 100. Western Michigan (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.488 (104) | 4.322 4.322  5 | |||
| 101. Louisiana-Monroe (5 - 7) Schedule: 5.006 (77) | 4.319 4.319  1 | |||
| 102. Arkansas St (8 - 5) Schedule: 4.679 (93) | 4.3 4.3  4 | |||
| 103. Coastal Carolina (6 - 7) Schedule: 4.712 (90) | 4.216 4.216  8 | |||
| 104. Liberty (8 - 4) Schedule: 3.407 (134) | 4.2 4.2  5 | |||
| 105. Purdue (1 - 11) Schedule: 6.617 (5) | 4.137 4.137  4 | |||
| 106. Florida St (2 - 10) Schedule: 6.163 (27) | 4.095 4.095  3 | |||
| 107. Troy (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.696 (92) | 4.09 4.09  3 | |||
| 108. Nevada (3 - 10) Schedule: 5.173 (71) | 4.03 4.03  1 | |||
| 109. Utah St (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.657 (95) | 3.952 3.952  1 | |||
| 110. Air Force (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.553 (100) | 3.834 3.834  | |||
| 111. Akron (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.951 (82) | 3.753 3.753  6 | |||
| 112. Rice (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.837 (86) | 3.748 3.748  3 | |||
| 113. Hawai`i (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.182 (121) | 3.74 3.74  2 | |||
| 114. UNC-Charlotte (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.967 (81) | 3.718 3.718  | |||
| 115. Wyoming (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.054 (76) | 3.706 3.706  3 | |||
| 116. Georgia St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5.227 (69) | 3.694 3.694  3 | |||
| 117. New Mexico (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.357 (112) | 3.668 3.668  1 | |||
| 118. Alabama-Birmingham (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.699 (91) | 3.585 3.585  1 | |||
| 119. Ball St (3 - 9) Schedule: 5 (78) | 3.53 3.53  2 | |||
| 120. Eastern Michigan (5 - 7) Schedule: 4.082 (127) | 3.514 3.514  2 | |||
| 121. Louisiana Tech (5 - 8) Schedule: 3.76 (132) | 3.443 3.443  3 | |||
| 122. Florida Int'l (4 - 8) Schedule: 3.656 (133) | 3.434 3.434  2 | |||
| 123. Central Michigan (4 - 8) Schedule: 4.498 (102) | 3.286 3.286  | |||
| 124. Temple (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.862 (85) | 3.088 3.088  | |||
| 125. Florida Atlantic (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.055 (128) | 3.079 3.079  | |||
| 126. San Diego St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.344 (113) | 2.894 2.894  | |||
| 127. Massachusetts (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.642 (97) | 2.875 2.875  | |||
| 128. UTEP  (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.123 (124) | 2.491 2.491  | |||
| 129. New Mexico St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.112 (125) | 2.458 2.458  | |||
| 130. Middle Tennessee St (3 - 9) Schedule: 4.271 (118) | 2.171 2.171  | |||
| 131. Southern Miss (1 - 11) Schedule: 4.9 (83) | 2.118 2.118  | |||
| 132. Tulsa (3 - 9) Schedule: 3.911 (131) | 2.047 2.047  1 | |||
| 133. Kennesaw St (2 - 10) Schedule: 4.138 (123) | 1.953 1.953  1 | |||
| 134. Kent St (0 - 12) Schedule: 4.899 (84) | 1.588 1.588  |