Week 5
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All | Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Division II Independents | Eastern Football Conference | Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Great Northwest Athletic Conference | Gulf South Conference | Lone Star Conference | Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association | North Central Conference | Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference | Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | South Atlantic Conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. North Dakota St (4 - 1) Schedule: 1.922 (4) | 4.505 4.505  | |||
| 2. North Dakota (6 - 0) Schedule: 1.417 (6) | 4.27 4.27  | |||
| 3. Nebraska-Omaha (6 - 0) Schedule: 1.488 (5) | 3.207 3.207  | |||
| 4. Augustana SD (4 - 2) Schedule: 0.951 (9) | 2.607 2.607  | |||
| 5. St Cloud St (3 - 3) Schedule: 1.186 (7) | 1.781 1.781  | |||
| 6. South Dakota St (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.832 (1) | 1.676 1.676  | |||
| 7. Northern Colorado (3 - 3) Schedule: 1.026 (8) | 1.565 1.565  1 | |||
| 8. South Dakota (1 - 5) Schedule: 2.156 (2) | 1.012 1.012  1 | |||
| 9. Minn St-Mankato (2 - 4) Schedule: 1.968 (3) | 0.514 0.514  |