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 | SEC | Sun Belt Conference
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Notre Dame  (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.891 (1) | 8.946 8.946  | |||
| 2. Ohio State (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.399 (42) | 8.881 8.881  | |||
| 3. Indiana (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.774 (27) | 8.727 8.727  1 | |||
| 4. Miami FL (5 - 1) Schedule: 6.482 (3) | 8.452 8.452  1 | |||
| 5. Texas A&M (7 - 0) Schedule: 6.194 (7) | 8.435 8.435  | |||
| 6. Georgia (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.155 (10) | 8.187 8.187  1 | |||
| 7. Texas Tech (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.888 (70) | 8.116 8.116  1 | |||
| 8. Oregon (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.411 (40) | 8.045 8.045  5 | |||
| 9. Alabama (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.188 (8) | 8.021 8.021  1 | |||
| 10. Utah (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.607 (33) | 7.787 7.787  2 | |||
| 11. Southern Cal (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.88 (23) | 7.756 7.756  | |||
| 12. Louisville (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.895 (20) | 7.722 7.722  3 | |||
| 13. LSU (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.042 (12) | 7.609 7.609  4 | |||
| 14. Brigham Young (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.16 (53) | 7.54 7.54  6 | |||
| 15. Mississippi (6 - 1) Schedule: 6.042 (13) | 7.513 7.513  3 | |||
| 16. Oklahoma (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.319 (46) | 7.51 7.51  9 | |||
| 17. Vanderbilt (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.039 (60) | 7.381 7.381  4 | |||
| 18. South Florida (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.056 (57) | 7.335 7.335  | |||
| 19. Georgia Tech (7 - 0) Schedule: 5.262 (47) | 7.331 7.331  | |||
| 20. Virginia (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.403 (41) | 7.318 7.318  3 | |||
| 21. Illinois (5 - 2) Schedule: 6.179 (9) | 7.318 7.318  5 | |||
| 22. Michigan (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.889 (22) | 7.105 7.105  13 | |||
| 23. Texas (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.172 (52) | 6.952 6.952  4 | |||
| 24. Washington (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.83 (24) | 6.893 6.893  10 | |||
| 25. Tennessee (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.661 (31) | 6.891 6.891  3 | |||
| 26. Missouri (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.833 (72) | 6.879 6.879  6 | |||
| 27. North Texas (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.134 (55) | 6.876 6.876  6 | |||
| 28. Iowa St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.552 (34) | 6.825 6.825  1 | |||
| 29. TCU  (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.475 (39) | 6.786 6.786  2 | |||
| 30. SMU (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.954 (66) | 6.737 6.737  6 | |||
| 31. Tulane (6 - 1) Schedule: 5.534 (35) | 6.648 6.648  1 | |||
| 32. Houston (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.943 (67) | 6.647 6.647  2 | |||
| 33. Duke (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.699 (29) | 6.599 6.599  7 | |||
| 34. Auburn (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.234 (4) | 6.587 6.587  6 | |||
| 35. James Madison (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.264 (106) | 6.584 6.584  23 | |||
| 36. Pittsburgh (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.663 (81) | 6.576 6.576  11 | |||
| 37. Arizona St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.991 (14) | 6.574 6.574  8 | |||
| 38. Memphis (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.756 (123) | 6.534 6.534  15 | |||
| 39. Florida St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.813 (26) | 6.507 6.507  15 | |||
| 40. Cincinnati (6 - 1) Schedule: 4.519 (89) | 6.404 6.404  3 | |||
| 41. Iowa (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.537 (88) | 6.286 6.286  1 | |||
| 42. Arizona (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.362 (44) | 6.28 6.28  10 | |||
| 43. Boise St (5 - 2) Schedule: 5.229 (48) | 6.276 6.276  11 | |||
| 44. Arkansas (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.221 (5) | 6.221 6.221  2 | |||
| 45. Colorado (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.208 (6) | 6.218 6.218  1 | |||
| 46. Wake Forest (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.002 (62) | 6.176 6.176  2 | |||
| 47. East Carolina (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.046 (59) | 6.121 6.121  6 | |||
| 48. Penn State (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.053 (58) | 6.071 6.071  13 | |||
| 49. North Carolina St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.904 (19) | 6.06 6.06  10 | |||
| 50. Kansas St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.962 (16) | 6.056 6.056  9 | |||
| 51. Florida (3 - 4) Schedule: 6.525 (2) | 6.003 6.003  3 | |||
| 52. Mississippi St (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.088 (56) | 5.89 5.89  1 | |||
| 53. Kansas (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.933 (68) | 5.867 5.867  4 | |||
| 54. Louisiana Tech (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.864 (71) | 5.857 5.857  6 | |||
| 55. Northwestern (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.998 (63) | 5.826 5.826  14 | |||
| 56. Clemson (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.371 (43) | 5.81 5.81  6 | |||
| 57. Old Dominion (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.192 (50) | 5.789 5.789  19 | |||
| 58. Baylor (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.149 (54) | 5.743 5.743  4 | |||
| 59. Washington St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.893 (21) | 5.735 5.735  4 | |||
| 60. South Carolina (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.961 (17) | 5.707 5.707  9 | |||
| 61. San Diego St (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.557 (126) | 5.644 5.644  5 | |||
| 62. Maryland (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.198 (108) | 5.619 5.619  13 | |||
| 63. Nebraska (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.565 (85) | 5.507 5.507  20 | |||
| 64. Minnesota (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.715 (78) | 5.494 5.494  7 | |||
| 65. Kennesaw St (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.767 (75) | 5.456 5.456  1 | |||
| 66. Central Florida (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.339 (103) | 5.362 5.362  15 | |||
| 67. Southern Miss (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.376 (99) | 5.332 5.332  12 | |||
| 68. Navy (6 - 0) Schedule: 3.229 (134) | 5.301 5.301  | |||
| 69. Army (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.215 (49) | 5.285 5.285  9 | |||
| 70. Toledo (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.49 (128) | 5.159 5.159  4 | |||
| 71. Western Michigan (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.559 (86) | 5.149 5.149  2 | |||
| 72. Kentucky (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.934 (18) | 5.13 5.13  | |||
| 73. UCLA (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.704 (28) | 5.056 5.056  10 | |||
| 74. Purdue (2 - 5) Schedule: 6.095 (11) | 5.039 5.039  11 | |||
| 75. Marshall (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.407 (98) | 5.031 5.031  8 | |||
| 76. New Mexico (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.494 (91) | 4.972 4.972  1 | |||
| 77. Connecticut (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.444 (130) | 4.933 4.933  7 | |||
| 78. Syracuse (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.652 (32) | 4.908 4.908  13 | |||
| 79. Hawai`i (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.811 (122) | 4.874 4.874  10 | |||
| 80. Texas-San Antonio (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.83 (73) | 4.867 4.867  14 | |||
| 81. UNLV (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.949 (121) | 4.855 4.855  11 | |||
| 82. Utah St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.703 (79) | 4.846 4.846  6 | |||
| 83. Michigan St (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.501 (38) | 4.796 4.796  1 | |||
| 84. Ohio U. (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.236 (107) | 4.791 4.791  8 | |||
| 85. Temple (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.082 (114) | 4.763 4.763  2 | |||
| 86. California (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.187 (109) | 4.748 4.748  6 | |||
| 87. Rutgers (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.958 (65) | 4.746 4.746  10 | |||
| 88. Virginia Tech  (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.819 (25) | 4.614 4.614  2 | |||
| 89. Troy (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.959 (120) | 4.551 4.551  4 | |||
| 90. Stanford (3 - 4) Schedule: 5.686 (30) | 4.493 4.493  15 | |||
| 91. Wisconsin (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.985 (15) | 4.442 4.442  3 | |||
| 92. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.028 (116) | 4.389 4.389  | |||
| 93. Coastal Carolina (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.501 (90) | 4.373 4.373  2 | |||
| 94. Delaware (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.085 (113) | 4.169 4.169  4 | |||
| 95. Missouri St (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.565 (84) | 4.165 4.165  5 | |||
| 96. Wyoming (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.478 (93) | 4.16 4.16  | |||
| 97. Central Michigan (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.733 (124) | 4.146 4.146  24 | |||
| 98. Bowling Green (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.914 (69) | 4.054 4.054  13 | |||
| 99. Jacksonville St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.527 (127) | 4.014 4.014  14 | |||
| 100. Appalachian St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.685 (125) | 4.008 4.008  1 | |||
| 101. Air Force (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.442 (96) | 4.007 4.007  3 | |||
| 102. Fresno St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.437 (131) | 3.974 3.974  1 | |||
| 103. San Jose St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.687 (80) | 3.867 3.867  3 | |||
| 104. Western Kentucky (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.336 (133) | 3.867 3.867  13 | |||
| 105. Tulsa (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.985 (64) | 3.866 3.866  4 | |||
| 106. Arkansas St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.483 (92) | 3.848 3.848  4 | |||
| 107. West Virginia (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.329 (45) | 3.836 3.836  9 | |||
| 108. Florida Int'l (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.167 (110) | 3.809 3.809  18 | |||
| 109. Georgia Southern (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.58 (82) | 3.793 3.793  8 | |||
| 110. Liberty (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.12 (112) | 3.786 3.786  1 | |||
| 111. Colorado St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.002 (61) | 3.77 3.77  14 | |||
| 112. New Mexico St (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.467 (129) | 3.68 3.68  10 | |||
| 113. Oregon St (1 - 7) Schedule: 5.513 (36) | 3.603 3.603  5 | |||
| 114. Miami OH (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.227 (135) | 3.581 3.581  7 | |||
| 115. Florida Atlantic (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.348 (102) | 3.58 3.58  4 | |||
| 116. Louisiana-Lafayette (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.366 (101) | 3.529 3.529  2 | |||
| 117. South Alabama (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.796 (74) | 3.527 3.527  9 | |||
| 118. North Carolina (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.371 (100) | 3.505 3.505  3 | |||
| 119. Alabama-Birmingham (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.763 (76) | 3.497 3.497  8 | |||
| 120. Rice (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.968 (119) | 3.375 3.375  4 | |||
| 121. Ball St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.548 (87) | 3.36 3.36  2 | |||
| 122. Buffalo (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.851 (136) | 3.187 3.187  2 | |||
| 123. Oklahoma St (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.512 (37) | 3.12 3.12  1 | |||
| 124. UTEP  (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.97 (118) | 3.081 3.081  4 | |||
| 125. Kent St (2 - 5) Schedule: 4.732 (77) | 3.055 3.055  13 | |||
| 126. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.069 (115) | 3.026 3.026  4 | |||
| 127. Boston College (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.463 (95) | 2.96 2.96  4 | |||
| 128. Georgia St (1 - 6) Schedule: 5.19 (51) | 2.761 2.761  3 | |||
| 129. Nevada (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.42 (97) | 2.644 2.644  | |||
| 130. Akron (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.997 (117) | 2.485 2.485  | |||
| 131. Middle Tennessee St (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.275 (104) | 2.404 2.404  | |||
| 132. Northern Illinois (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.126 (111) | 2.123 2.123  | |||
| 133. Eastern Michigan (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.386 (132) | 2.084 2.084  | |||
| 134. Sam Houston St (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.474 (94) | 1.73 1.73  | |||
| 135. UNC-Charlotte (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.568 (83) | 1.596 1.596  | |||
| 136. Massachusetts (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.272 (105) | 1.057 1.057  |