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 (5 - 1) Schedule: 6.108 (28) | 9.204 9.204  2 | |||
| 2. Oregon (7 - 0) Schedule: 6.171 (25) | 8.914 8.914  2 | |||
| 3. Alabama (5 - 2) Schedule: 7.002 (2) | 8.638 8.638  2 | |||
| 4. Texas (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.839 (42) | 8.63 8.63  3 | |||
| 5. Iowa St (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.858 (39) | 8.62 8.62  3 | |||
| 6. Georgia (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.408 (16) | 8.614 8.614  4 | |||
| 7. Kansas St (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.527 (10) | 8.499 8.499  | |||
| 8. Indiana (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.045 (94) | 8.498 8.498  4 | |||
| 9. Brigham Young (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.886 (38) | 8.412 8.412  3 | |||
| 10. Notre Dame  (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.908 (37) | 8.388 8.388  1 | |||
| 11. Miami FL (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.613 (51) | 8.322 8.322  3 | |||
| 12. Penn State (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.485 (63) | 8.098 8.098  1 | |||
| 13. Boise St (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.374 (71) | 7.969 7.969  1 | |||
| 14. Clemson (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.648 (49) | 7.951 7.951  6 | |||
| 15. Colorado (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.592 (9) | 7.94 7.94  4 | |||
| 16. LSU (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.837 (43) | 7.923 7.923  12 | |||
| 17. Mississippi (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.37 (72) | 7.911 7.911  2 | |||
| 18. Tennessee (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.705 (46) | 7.863 7.863  3 | |||
| 19. SMU (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.508 (59) | 7.786 7.786  3 | |||
| 20. Virginia Tech  (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.193 (24) | 7.707 7.707  6 | |||
| 21. Texas A&M (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.957 (34) | 7.62 7.62  4 | |||
| 22. Wisconsin (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.054 (29) | 7.535 7.535  9 | |||
| 23. South Carolina (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.456 (13) | 7.425 7.425  21 | |||
| 24. Iowa (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.43 (14) | 7.326 7.326  15 | |||
| 25. Louisville (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.28 (20) | 7.288 7.288  | |||
| 26. Navy (6 - 0) Schedule: 3.7 (130) | 7.161 7.161  1 | |||
| 27. Florida (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.461 (12) | 7.158 7.158  29 | |||
| 28. Southern Cal (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.626 (6) | 7.151 7.151  6 | |||
| 29. Pittsburgh (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.059 (93) | 7.107 7.107  5 | |||
| 30. Army (7 - 0) Schedule: 3.399 (132) | 7.052 7.052  12 | |||
| 31. Washington St (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.349 (75) | 7.025 7.025  1 | |||
| 32. Cincinnati (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.538 (55) | 7.001 7.001  | |||
| 33. Nebraska (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.45 (64) | 6.99 6.99  4 | |||
| 34. Baylor (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.35 (18) | 6.854 6.854  12 | |||
| 35. UNLV (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.602 (110) | 6.847 6.847  6 | |||
| 36. James Madison (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.943 (98) | 6.786 6.786  13 | |||
| 37. Georgia Southern (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.959 (33) | 6.776 6.776  24 | |||
| 38. Illinois (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.246 (80) | 6.775 6.775  20 | |||
| 39. Memphis (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.527 (113) | 6.766 6.766  5 | |||
| 40. Western Kentucky (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.105 (87) | 6.714 6.714  19 | |||
| 41. Washington (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.603 (52) | 6.629 6.629  8 | |||
| 42. Tulane (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.882 (101) | 6.613 6.613  5 | |||
| 43. Vanderbilt (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.523 (57) | 6.608 6.608  5 | |||
| 44. Maryland (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.196 (23) | 6.598 6.598  4 | |||
| 45. Missouri (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.075 (88) | 6.576 6.576  6 | |||
| 46. Minnesota (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.857 (40) | 6.533 6.533  4 | |||
| 47. Syracuse (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.075 (89) | 6.508 6.508  5 | |||
| 48. Central Florida (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.405 (17) | 6.443 6.443  18 | |||
| 49. Virginia (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.987 (32) | 6.441 6.441  4 | |||
| 50. Toledo (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.895 (100) | 6.384 6.384  18 | |||
| 51. Arizona St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.616 (50) | 6.345 6.345  11 | |||
| 52. Boston College (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.93 (36) | 6.303 6.303  5 | |||
| 53. Duke (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.803 (103) | 6.286 6.286  1 | |||
| 54. Michigan (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.476 (11) | 6.263 6.263  19 | |||
| 55. Texas Tech (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.052 (30) | 6.248 6.248  19 | |||
| 56. West Virginia (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.599 (7) | 6.2 6.2  11 | |||
| 57. Oklahoma St (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.259 (21) | 6.173 6.173  6 | |||
| 58. Kentucky (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.425 (15) | 6.109 6.109  7 | |||
| 59. Georgia Tech (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.428 (69) | 6.105 6.105  1 | |||
| 60. Marshall (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.845 (41) | 6.087 6.087  19 | |||
| 61. California (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.503 (61) | 6.072 6.072  12 | |||
| 62. Michigan St (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.112 (27) | 6.06 6.06  15 | |||
| 63. Oklahoma (4 - 3) Schedule: 6.307 (19) | 6.002 6.002  20 | |||
| 64. Louisiana-Monroe (5 - 1) Schedule: 4.72 (106) | 5.947 5.947  7 | |||
| 65. Utah (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.37 (73) | 5.931 5.931  15 | |||
| 66. Northern Illinois (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.169 (85) | 5.918 5.918  6 | |||
| 67. Oregon St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.227 (81) | 5.904 5.904  2 | |||
| 68. Kansas (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.536 (56) | 5.878 5.878  14 | |||
| 69. North Carolina (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.709 (45) | 5.863 5.863  2 | |||
| 70. Arkansas (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.505 (60) | 5.839 5.839  8 | |||
| 71. Louisiana-Lafayette (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.909 (128) | 5.835 5.835  7 | |||
| 72. Rutgers (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.413 (70) | 5.768 5.768  1 | |||
| 73. Texas St-San Marcos (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.545 (111) | 5.708 5.708  18 | |||
| 74. Northwestern (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.037 (31) | 5.693 5.693  5 | |||
| 75. Connecticut (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.671 (108) | 5.675 5.675  11 | |||
| 76. TCU  (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.256 (79) | 5.64 5.64  7 | |||
| 77. North Texas (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.373 (120) | 5.599 5.599  3 | |||
| 78. Arizona (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.232 (22) | 5.56 5.56  8 | |||
| 79. Sam Houston St (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.486 (115) | 5.533 5.533  6 | |||
| 80. Old Dominion (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.683 (47) | 5.392 5.392  16 | |||
| 81. North Carolina St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.739 (44) | 5.341 5.341  13 | |||
| 82. San Jose St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.977 (126) | 5.34 5.34  2 | |||
| 83. Mississippi St (1 - 6) Schedule: 6.837 (3) | 5.299 5.299  3 | |||
| 84. UCLA (2 - 5) Schedule: 7.038 (1) | 5.269 5.269  7 | |||
| 85. Coastal Carolina (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.166 (86) | 5.26 5.26  10 | |||
| 86. Nevada (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.558 (54) | 5.254 5.254  10 | |||
| 87. Auburn (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.439 (66) | 5.193 5.193  2 | |||
| 88. Bowling Green (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.745 (105) | 5.184 5.184  4 | |||
| 89. Fresno St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.004 (96) | 5.158 5.158  1 | |||
| 90. Buffalo (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.924 (99) | 5.156 5.156  9 | |||
| 91. Miami OH (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.573 (53) | 5.151 5.151  4 | |||
| 92. Western Michigan (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.044 (95) | 5.047 5.047  9 | |||
| 93. Wake Forest (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.678 (48) | 5.015 5.015  9 | |||
| 94. Liberty (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.083 (134) | 5.008 5.008  1 | |||
| 95. Florida St (1 - 6) Schedule: 6.753 (4) | 4.875 4.875  5 | |||
| 96. Stanford (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.648 (5) | 4.874 4.874  1 | |||
| 97. Colorado St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.979 (97) | 4.872 4.872  8 | |||
| 98. South Alabama (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.287 (122) | 4.733 4.733  8 | |||
| 99. Houston (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.169 (26) | 4.62 4.62  15 | |||
| 100. Ohio U. (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.375 (118) | 4.528 4.528  2 | |||
| 101. Jacksonville St (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.94 (127) | 4.477 4.477  1 | |||
| 102. Arkansas St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.066 (91) | 4.457 4.457  3 | |||
| 103. Georgia St (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.933 (35) | 4.41 4.41  2 | |||
| 104. Purdue (1 - 6) Schedule: 6.593 (8) | 4.397 4.397  5 | |||
| 105. Appalachian St (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.439 (67) | 4.378 4.378  7 | |||
| 106. South Florida (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.207 (82) | 4.254 4.254  2 | |||
| 107. UNC-Charlotte (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.441 (65) | 4.197 4.197  3 | |||
| 108. Eastern Michigan (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.648 (131) | 4.125 4.125  1 | |||
| 109. East Carolina (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.374 (119) | 4.086 4.086  5 | |||
| 110. Ball St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.369 (74) | 4.06 4.06  3 | |||
| 111. Florida Atlantic (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.776 (104) | 3.985 3.985  8 | |||
| 112. Troy (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.498 (62) | 3.881 3.881  15 | |||
| 113. Texas-San Antonio (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.174 (124) | 3.878 3.878  4 | |||
| 114. Temple (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.341 (76) | 3.802 3.802  3 | |||
| 115. Florida Int'l (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.43 (116) | 3.729 3.729  5 | |||
| 116. New Mexico (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.378 (117) | 3.558 3.558  7 | |||
| 117. Central Michigan (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.112 (125) | 3.534 3.534  3 | |||
| 118. Hawai`i (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.372 (121) | 3.534 3.534  | |||
| 119. Utah St (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.282 (77) | 3.432 3.432  3 | |||
| 120. San Diego St (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.838 (129) | 3.376 3.376  1 | |||
| 121. Louisiana Tech (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.337 (133) | 3.333 3.333  2 | |||
| 122. Alabama-Birmingham (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.433 (68) | 3.331 3.331  7 | |||
| 123. Wyoming (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.18 (84) | 3.247 3.247  1 | |||
| 124. Akron (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.517 (58) | 3.217 3.217  3 | |||
| 125. Rice (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.661 (109) | 3.192 3.192  1 | |||
| 126. UTEP  (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.205 (83) | 2.977 2.977  6 | |||
| 127. Massachusetts (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.072 (90) | 2.891 2.891  1 | |||
| 128. New Mexico St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.53 (112) | 2.837 2.837  3 | |||
| 129. Tulsa (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.237 (123) | 2.805 2.805  4 | |||
| 130. Air Force (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.698 (107) | 2.791 2.791  1 | |||
| 131. Middle Tennessee St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.064 (92) | 2.787 2.787  1 | |||
| 132. Southern Miss (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.877 (102) | 2.728 2.728  6 | |||
| 133. Kent St (0 - 7) Schedule: 5.281 (78) | 2.328 2.328  | |||
| 134. Kennesaw St (0 - 6) Schedule: 4.518 (114) | 1.403 1.403  |