the rankings
- notre dame (6-0, +198)
- georgia (6-0, +193)
- indiana (6-0, +170)
- james madison (6-0, +161)
- usc (6-1, +79)
- miami (5-0, +199)
- utah (5-0, +149)
- ucla (5-0, +106, 196 pf)
- byu (5-0, +106, 173 pf)
- duke (5-0, +104)
- texas tech (5-0, +93)
- ohio state (5-1, +177)
- nebraska (5-1, +144)
- alabama (5-1, +141)
- houston (5-1, +125)
- pittsburgh (5-1, +121)
- tennessee (5-1, +115)
- north dakota state (5-1, +113)
- missouri (5-1, +109)
- memphis (5-1, +106)
- arizona (5-1, +100)
- iowa (5-1, +99)
- liberty (5-1, +95)
- wake forest (5-1, +92)
- boise state (5-1, +76)
- kentucky (5-1, +40)
- utsa (5-1, +33)
- new mexico (4-1, +164)
- baylor (4-1, +103)
- georgia state (4-1, +102)
- northwestern (4-1, +96)
- oklahoma state (4-1, +84)
- texas (4-1, +77)
- wisconsin (4-1, +75)
- smu (4-1, +58)
- air force (4-1, +57)
- mississippi state (4-1, +55)
- ole miss (4-1, +54)
- florida atlantic (4-1, +53, 186 pf)
- cincinnati (4-1, +53, 169 pf)
- lsu (4-2, +141)
- oregon state (4-2, +119)
- virginia tech (4-2, +102)
- virginia (4-2, +82)
- north texas (4-2, +78)
- florida (4-2, +76)
- toledo (4-2, +69, 220 pf)
- umass (4-2, +69, 178 pf)
- south florida (4-2, +53)
- fresno state (4-2, +50, 170 pf)
- western michigan (4-2, +50, 154 pf)
- louisiana (4-2, +48)
- minnesota (4-2, +42)
- jacksonville state (4-2, +29)
- south alabama (4-2, +26)
- ohio (4-2, +17)
- unlv (4-2, +13)
- eastern michigan (4-3, -15)
- oregon (3-2, +95)
- kansas state (3-2, +82)
- army (3-2, +57)
- appalachian state (3-2, +43)
- michigan (3-2, +36)
- florida international (3-2, +33)
- louisiana tech (3-2, +29)
- auburn (3-2, +27, 134 pf)
- oklahoma (3-2, +27, 115 pf)
- arizona state (3-2, +24)
- north carolina (3-2, +22)
- troy (3-2, +20)
- east carolina (3-2, +11)
- clemson (3-2, -32)
- south carolina (3-3, +73)
- penn state (3-3, +72)
- louisville (3-3, +71)
- uconn (3-3, +63)
- ucf (3-3, +60)
- iowa state (3-3, +48)
- texas a&m (3-3, +45)
- florida state (3-3, +34)
- nc state (3-3, +32)
- tulsa (3-3, +25)
- illinois (3-3, +24, 191 pf)
- washington (3-3, +24, 157 pf)
- west virginia (3-3, +22)
- california (3-3, +7)
- purdue (3-3, +5)
- miami ohio (3-3, -11)
- san jose state (3-3, -15)
- uab (3-3, -22)
- vanderbilt (3-3, -33)
- buffalo (3-3, -36, 125 pf)
- wyoming (3-3, -36, 87 pf)
- central michigan (3-3, -56)
- marshall (3-3, -70)
- tcu (2-3, +60)
- kansas (2-3, +59)
- syracuse (2-3, +44)
- nevada (2-3, +29)
- navy (2-3, +18)
- texas state (2-3, +8)
- colorado state (2-3, -6)
- delaware (2-3, -21, 107 pf)
- tulane (2-3, -21, 92 pf)
- boston college (2-3, -22)
- colorado (2-3, -34)
- middle tennessee (2-3, -36)
- coastal carolina (2-4, +5)
- georgia southern (2-4, +2)
- arkansas state (2-4, -4)
- temple (2-4, -9)
- new mexico state (2-4, -12)
- michigan state (2-4, -26)
- maryland (2-4, -28)
- arkansas (2-4, -50)
- utah state (2-4, -54)
- old dominion (2-4, -56)
- san diego state (2-4, -73)
- western kentucky (2-4, -78)
- bowling green (2-4, -80)
- kent state (2-4, -113)
- stanford (2-4, -155)
- georgia tech (1-4, +1)
- kennesaw state (1-4, -4)
- rutgers (1-4, -11)
- sam houston (1-4, -17)
- southern miss (1-4, -41)
- missouri state (1-4, -53)
- washington state (1-5, -31)
- hawaii (1-5, -54)
- rice (1-5, -63)
- akron (1-5, -75)
- sacramento state (1-5, -83)
- ball state (1-5, -124)
- utep (1-5, -142)
- louisiana monroe (0-5, -103)
- northern illinois (0-5, -111)
- charlotte (0-6, -157)
bowl qualification
congratulations are due to the teams that qualified themselves for postseason play this week. in temporal order, they are:
- the indiana hoosiers
- the notre dame fighting irish
- the georgia bulldogs
- the james madison dukes
- the usc trojans
the belt
notre dame retains the belt. stanford stood no chance with their record this year, and byu acts as notre dame's last opponent before their bye week next saturday.