Week 5
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All | ACC | Big 10 | Big 12 | Big East | Big West | Conference USA | Division I-A Independents | Mid-American Conference | MWC | Pac-12 | SEC | WAC
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Auburn (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.413 (8) | 7.95 7.95  3 | |||
| 2. Mississippi St (3 - 1) Schedule: 6.122 (3) | 7.928 7.928  1 | |||
| 3. Georgia (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.288 (10) | 7.688 7.688  4 | |||
| 4. Mississippi (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.86 (5) | 7.477 7.477  4 | |||
| 5. South Carolina (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.763 (6) | 7.458 7.458  3 | |||
| 6. Florida (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.13 (11) | 7.106 7.106  3 | |||
| 7. Alabama (2 - 3) Schedule: 6.598 (1) | 6.293 6.293  3 | |||
| 8. Arkansas (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.635 (7) | 6.083 6.083  2 | |||
| 9. Tennessee (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.412 (9) | 5.962 5.962  4 | |||
| 10. Kentucky (2 - 3) Schedule: 6.441 (2) | 5.882 5.882  1 | |||
| 11. LSU (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.803 (12) | 5.414 5.414  | |||
| 12. Vanderbilt (1 - 4) Schedule: 6.085 (4) | 4.727 4.727  |