Week 9
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All | ACC | American Athletic Conference | Big 10 | Big 12 | Conference USA | Division I-A Independents | Mid-American Conference | MWC | SEC | Sun Belt Conference
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Ohio State (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.456 (42) | 8.937 8.937  1 | |||
| 2. Notre Dame  (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.854 (1) | 8.906 8.906  1 | |||
| 3. Indiana (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.731 (33) | 8.78 8.78  | |||
| 4. Texas A&M (8 - 0) Schedule: 6.322 (7) | 8.742 8.742  1 | |||
| 5. Miami FL (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.145 (16) | 8.365 8.365  1 | |||
| 6. Georgia (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.241 (8) | 8.272 8.272  | |||
| 7. Utah (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.79 (29) | 8.165 8.165  3 | |||
| 8. Oregon (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.397 (46) | 8.05 8.05  | |||
| 9. Texas Tech (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.722 (82) | 8.013 8.013  2 | |||
| 10. Alabama (7 - 1) Schedule: 6.159 (15) | 7.958 7.958  1 | |||
| 11. Brigham Young (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.448 (43) | 7.836 7.836  3 | |||
| 12. Mississippi (7 - 1) Schedule: 6.215 (11) | 7.706 7.706  3 | |||
| 13. Southern Cal (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.82 (27) | 7.696 7.696  2 | |||
| 14. Georgia Tech (8 - 0) Schedule: 5.307 (51) | 7.572 7.572  5 | |||
| 15. Oklahoma (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.746 (32) | 7.458 7.458  1 | |||
| 16. Vanderbilt (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.187 (56) | 7.415 7.415  1 | |||
| 17. Washington (6 - 2) Schedule: 6.111 (18) | 7.335 7.335  7 | |||
| 18. Michigan (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.951 (22) | 7.294 7.294  4 | |||
| 19. South Florida (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.391 (47) | 7.292 7.292  1 | |||
| 20. Louisville (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.416 (45) | 7.268 7.268  8 | |||
| 21. LSU (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.339 (6) | 7.248 7.248  8 | |||
| 22. Tennessee (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.613 (36) | 7.089 7.089  3 | |||
| 23. Texas (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.281 (53) | 7.002 7.002  | |||
| 24. Virginia (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.157 (57) | 6.988 6.988  4 | |||
| 25. Houston (7 - 1) Schedule: 5.205 (54) | 6.933 6.933  7 | |||
| 26. Illinois (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.229 (10) | 6.93 6.93  5 | |||
| 27. Memphis (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.315 (106) | 6.838 6.838  11 | |||
| 28. North Texas (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.78 (78) | 6.836 6.836  1 | |||
| 29. Iowa St (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.986 (20) | 6.793 6.793  1 | |||
| 30. Pittsburgh (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.774 (79) | 6.74 6.74  6 | |||
| 31. Iowa (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.738 (81) | 6.735 6.735  10 | |||
| 32. Auburn (4 - 4) Schedule: 6.17 (14) | 6.707 6.707  2 | |||
| 33. Missouri (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.093 (59) | 6.702 6.702  7 | |||
| 34. TCU  (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.347 (50) | 6.683 6.683  5 | |||
| 35. Tulane (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.565 (37) | 6.678 6.678  4 | |||
| 36. Cincinnati (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.618 (87) | 6.643 6.643  4 | |||
| 37. SMU (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.094 (58) | 6.561 6.561  7 | |||
| 38. Kansas St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.941 (23) | 6.538 6.538  12 | |||
| 39. Boise St (6 - 2) Schedule: 5.027 (66) | 6.475 6.475  4 | |||
| 40. Duke (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.557 (38) | 6.457 6.457  7 | |||
| 41. Florida St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.76 (31) | 6.452 6.452  2 | |||
| 42. Arizona St (5 - 3) Schedule: 6.172 (13) | 6.445 6.445  5 | |||
| 43. James Madison (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.094 (116) | 6.413 6.413  8 | |||
| 44. Arizona (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.49 (41) | 6.407 6.407  2 | |||
| 45. Wake Forest (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.284 (52) | 6.394 6.394  1 | |||
| 46. Washington St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.856 (26) | 6.181 6.181  13 | |||
| 47. Arkansas (2 - 6) Schedule: 6.398 (5) | 6.17 6.17  3 | |||
| 48. East Carolina (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.064 (63) | 6.138 6.138  1 | |||
| 49. Colorado (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.595 (2) | 6.135 6.135  4 | |||
| 50. San Diego St (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.731 (125) | 6.129 6.129  11 | |||
| 51. Penn State (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.083 (60) | 6.099 6.099  3 | |||
| 52. Mississippi St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.522 (40) | 6.06 6.06  | |||
| 53. Florida (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.58 (3) | 6.058 6.058  2 | |||
| 54. Maryland (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.485 (96) | 5.906 5.906  8 | |||
| 55. Clemson (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.435 (44) | 5.873 5.873  1 | |||
| 56. North Carolina St (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.978 (21) | 5.821 5.821  7 | |||
| 57. South Carolina (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.178 (12) | 5.759 5.759  3 | |||
| 58. Nebraska (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.781 (77) | 5.737 5.737  5 | |||
| 59. Kennesaw St (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.678 (84) | 5.71 5.71  6 | |||
| 60. Northwestern (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.066 (62) | 5.656 5.656  5 | |||
| 61. Old Dominion (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.022 (67) | 5.638 5.638  4 | |||
| 62. Central Florida (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.523 (90) | 5.545 5.545  4 | |||
| 63. Kansas (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.201 (55) | 5.502 5.502  10 | |||
| 64. Baylor (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.349 (49) | 5.491 5.491  6 | |||
| 65. Army (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.375 (48) | 5.445 5.445  4 | |||
| 66. Navy (7 - 0) Schedule: 3.446 (134) | 5.403 5.403  2 | |||
| 67. Southern Miss (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.065 (118) | 5.369 5.369  | |||
| 68. New Mexico (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.562 (89) | 5.361 5.361  8 | |||
| 69. Louisiana Tech (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.684 (83) | 5.355 5.355  15 | |||
| 70. UCLA (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.238 (9) | 5.203 5.203  3 | |||
| 71. Minnesota (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.931 (71) | 5.144 5.144  7 | |||
| 72. Marshall (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.474 (98) | 5.097 5.097  3 | |||
| 73. UNLV (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.155 (112) | 5.061 5.061  8 | |||
| 74. Rutgers (4 - 4) Schedule: 5.069 (61) | 5.04 5.04  13 | |||
| 75. Kentucky (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.142 (17) | 4.994 4.994  3 | |||
| 76. Texas-San Antonio (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.889 (72) | 4.927 4.927  4 | |||
| 77. Temple (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.146 (113) | 4.899 4.899  8 | |||
| 78. Michigan St (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.771 (30) | 4.874 4.874  5 | |||
| 79. Ohio U. (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.143 (115) | 4.827 4.827  5 | |||
| 80. Toledo (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.797 (124) | 4.794 4.794  10 | |||
| 81. Syracuse (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.896 (25) | 4.788 4.788  3 | |||
| 82. Virginia Tech  (3 - 5) Schedule: 5.705 (34) | 4.771 4.771  6 | |||
| 83. Wisconsin (2 - 6) Schedule: 6.467 (4) | 4.767 4.767  8 | |||
| 84. Hawai`i (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.706 (126) | 4.767 4.767  5 | |||
| 85. California (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.346 (105) | 4.715 4.715  1 | |||
| 86. Purdue (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.79 (28) | 4.708 4.708  12 | |||
| 87. Troy (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.959 (120) | 4.698 4.698  2 | |||
| 88. Western Michigan (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.361 (104) | 4.688 4.688  17 | |||
| 89. Wyoming (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.481 (97) | 4.67 4.67  7 | |||
| 90. Connecticut (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.396 (135) | 4.607 4.607  13 | |||
| 91. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.182 (111) | 4.544 4.544  1 | |||
| 92. Stanford (3 - 5) Schedule: 6.036 (19) | 4.525 4.525  2 | |||
| 93. Utah St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.757 (80) | 4.5 4.5  11 | |||
| 94. Missouri St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.499 (94) | 4.398 4.398  1 | |||
| 95. Central Michigan (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.553 (132) | 4.383 4.383  2 | |||
| 96. Coastal Carolina (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.459 (99) | 4.332 4.332  3 | |||
| 97. Western Kentucky (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.563 (131) | 4.184 4.184  7 | |||
| 98. Appalachian St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.961 (119) | 4.152 4.152  2 | |||
| 99. Miami OH (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.651 (128) | 4.149 4.149  15 | |||
| 100. West Virginia (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.639 (35) | 4.144 4.144  7 | |||
| 101. Delaware (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.932 (121) | 4.109 4.109  7 | |||
| 102. Air Force (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.516 (91) | 4.081 4.081  1 | |||
| 103. Arkansas St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.424 (101) | 4.049 4.049  3 | |||
| 104. San Jose St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.855 (73) | 4.035 4.035  1 | |||
| 105. Jacksonville St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.501 (133) | 3.988 3.988  6 | |||
| 106. Tulsa (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.048 (65) | 3.912 3.912  1 | |||
| 107. North Carolina (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.82 (75) | 3.897 3.897  11 | |||
| 108. Florida Atlantic (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.637 (86) | 3.806 3.806  7 | |||
| 109. Bowling Green (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.646 (85) | 3.8 3.8  11 | |||
| 110. Liberty (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.074 (117) | 3.741 3.741  | |||
| 111. Alabama-Birmingham (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.991 (70) | 3.724 3.724  8 | |||
| 112. Rice (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.145 (114) | 3.718 3.718  8 | |||
| 113. Florida Int'l (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.432 (100) | 3.683 3.683  5 | |||
| 114. South Alabama (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.579 (88) | 3.643 3.643  3 | |||
| 115. Georgia Southern (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.503 (93) | 3.632 3.632  6 | |||
| 116. Oregon St (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.526 (39) | 3.616 3.616  3 | |||
| 117. Fresno St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.645 (129) | 3.583 3.583  15 | |||
| 118. New Mexico St (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.586 (130) | 3.527 3.527  6 | |||
| 119. Colorado St (2 - 6) Schedule: 5.061 (64) | 3.515 3.515  8 | |||
| 120. Louisiana-Lafayette (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.384 (103) | 3.43 3.43  4 | |||
| 121. Oklahoma St (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.896 (24) | 3.335 3.335  2 | |||
| 122. Boston College (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.846 (74) | 3.28 3.28  5 | |||
| 123. Kent St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.512 (92) | 3.137 3.137  2 | |||
| 124. UTEP  (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.841 (123) | 2.95 2.95  | |||
| 125. Ball St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.271 (107) | 2.883 2.883  4 | |||
| 126. Buffalo (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.781 (136) | 2.838 2.838  4 | |||
| 127. Northern Illinois (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.237 (109) | 2.833 2.833  5 | |||
| 128. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.195 (110) | 2.815 2.815  2 | |||
| 129. Akron (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.915 (122) | 2.782 2.782  1 | |||
| 130. Georgia St (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.02 (68) | 2.719 2.719  2 | |||
| 131. Middle Tennessee St (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.417 (102) | 2.709 2.709  1 | |||
| 132. Nevada (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.795 (76) | 2.709 2.709  2 | |||
| 133. Eastern Michigan (2 - 7) Schedule: 3.706 (127) | 2.373 2.373  | |||
| 134. UNC-Charlotte (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.008 (69) | 1.873 1.873  1 | |||
| 135. Sam Houston St (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.497 (95) | 1.755 1.755  1 | |||
| 136. Massachusetts (0 - 8) Schedule: 4.245 (108) | 0.964 0.964  |