Week 5
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All | ACC | Big 10 | Big 12 | Big East | Conference USA | Division I-A Independents | Mid-American Conference | MWC | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt Conference | WAC
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Virginia Tech  (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.632 (36) | 9.195 9.195  1 | |||
| 2. Florida St (5 - 1) Schedule: 6.453 (3) | 8.695 8.695  4 | |||
| 3. Southern Cal (3 - 2) Schedule: 7.153 (1) | 8.627 8.627  2 | |||
| 4. Notre Dame  (5 - 0) Schedule: 6.25 (6) | 8.422 8.422  8 | |||
| 5. Miami FL (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.577 (91) | 8.395 8.395  2 | |||
| 6. Ohio State (6 - 0) Schedule: 5.371 (50) | 8.325 8.325  2 | |||
| 7. Georgia (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.948 (19) | 8.224 8.224  | |||
| 8. Texas (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.659 (85) | 8.002 8.002  3 | |||
| 9. Michigan (4 - 1) Schedule: 6.25 (7) | 7.677 7.677  5 | |||
| 10. Oregon (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.648 (86) | 7.655 7.655  22 | |||
| 11. Iowa St (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.187 (62) | 7.633 7.633  7 | |||
| 12. California (4 - 2) Schedule: 6.074 (11) | 7.629 7.629  15 | |||
| 13. Air Force (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.389 (49) | 7.559 7.559  9 | |||
| 14. North Carolina St (6 - 0) Schedule: 4.312 (95) | 7.515 7.515  6 | |||
| 15. Washington St (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.99 (15) | 7.506 7.506  9 | |||
| 16. Penn State (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.886 (26) | 7.499 7.499  7 | |||
| 17. UCLA (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.971 (17) | 7.425 7.425  9 | |||
| 18. Oklahoma (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.59 (89) | 7.324 7.324  3 | |||
| 19. Alabama (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.907 (23) | 7.284 7.284  6 | |||
| 20. Kansas St (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.867 (78) | 7.165 7.165  12 | |||
| 21. Oregon St (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.444 (44) | 7.146 7.146  4 | |||
| 22. Clemson (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.178 (10) | 7.131 7.131  13 | |||
| 23. Bowling Green (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.544 (115) | 7.128 7.128  13 | |||
| 24. Wisconsin (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.368 (53) | 7.1 7.1  3 | |||
| 25. Iowa (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.483 (42) | 7.068 7.068  9 | |||
| 26. LSU (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.881 (76) | 7.05 7.05  3 | |||
| 27. Arkansas (2 - 2) Schedule: 6.189 (9) | 7.046 7.046  11 | |||
| 28. Auburn (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.728 (84) | 6.985 6.985  9 | |||
| 29. Colorado (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.719 (2) | 6.964 6.964  1 | |||
| 30. Louisville (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.328 (55) | 6.807 6.807  5 | |||
| 31. Texas Tech (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.927 (22) | 6.792 6.792  8 | |||
| 32. Georgia Tech (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.368 (52) | 6.781 6.781  21 | |||
| 33. Utah (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.765 (31) | 6.771 6.771  | |||
| 34. Texas A&M (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.852 (29) | 6.726 6.726  9 | |||
| 35. Washington (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.292 (58) | 6.718 6.718  2 | |||
| 36. Colorado St (4 - 2) Schedule: 6.27 (4) | 6.605 6.605  8 | |||
| 37. Nebraska (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.468 (43) | 6.527 6.527  11 | |||
| 38. Florida (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.407 (46) | 6.527 6.527  6 | |||
| 39. Marshall (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.369 (51) | 6.481 6.481  12 | |||
| 40. Kentucky (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.591 (88) | 6.376 6.376  2 | |||
| 41. Minnesota (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.979 (103) | 6.361 6.361  5 | |||
| 42. Purdue (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.721 (33) | 6.297 6.297  11 | |||
| 43. South Carolina (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.317 (57) | 6.289 6.289  5 | |||
| 44. Boise St (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.503 (93) | 6.28 6.28  14 | |||
| 45. Virginia (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.767 (30) | 6.207 6.207  5 | |||
| 46. Maryland (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.97 (72) | 6.161 6.161  17 | |||
| 47. Mississippi (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.779 (81) | 6.098 6.098  | |||
| 48. Missouri (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.044 (68) | 6.087 6.087  12 | |||
| 49. Michigan St (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.324 (56) | 6.066 6.066  12 | |||
| 50. Arizona St (4 - 2) Schedule: 4.633 (87) | 5.998 5.998  9 | |||
| 51. TCU  (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.166 (98) | 5.985 5.985  1 | |||
| 52. Pittsburgh (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.882 (106) | 5.971 5.971  3 | |||
| 53. Boston College (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.404 (47) | 5.97 5.97  11 | |||
| 54. Tennessee (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.089 (101) | 5.75 5.75  8 | |||
| 55. Arizona (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.943 (20) | 5.724 5.724  10 | |||
| 56. Wake Forest (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.883 (27) | 5.585 5.585  15 | |||
| 57. Fresno St (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.979 (16) | 5.574 5.574  11 | |||
| 58. Cincinnati (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.635 (35) | 5.537 5.537  14 | |||
| 59. Southern Miss (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.648 (113) | 5.471 5.471  3 | |||
| 60. South Florida (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.967 (73) | 5.442 5.442  1 | |||
| 61. Miami OH (4 - 2) Schedule: 5.15 (64) | 5.405 5.405  4 | |||
| 62. Oklahoma St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.735 (83) | 5.367 5.367  2 | |||
| 63. Brigham Young (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.795 (80) | 5.36 5.36  20 | |||
| 64. Hawai`i (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.947 (104) | 5.335 5.335  24 | |||
| 65. New Mexico St (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.867 (28) | 5.31 5.31  9 | |||
| 66. Toledo (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.042 (102) | 5.299 5.299  | |||
| 67. North Carolina (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.997 (14) | 5.052 5.052  3 | |||
| 68. Stanford (1 - 3) Schedule: 6.206 (8) | 5.048 5.048  11 | |||
| 69. Western Michigan (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.41 (45) | 4.992 4.992  | |||
| 70. Central Florida (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.157 (63) | 4.799 4.799  9 | |||
| 71. New Mexico (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.539 (39) | 4.782 4.782  9 | |||
| 72. Duke (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.544 (37) | 4.781 4.781  11 | |||
| 73. West Virginia (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.552 (92) | 4.77 4.77  19 | |||
| 74. Northern Illinois (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.905 (74) | 4.708 4.708  3 | |||
| 75. Vanderbilt (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.89 (25) | 4.67 4.67  8 | |||
| 76. Nevada (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.399 (48) | 4.644 4.644  4 | |||
| 77. North Texas (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.899 (24) | 4.616 4.616  13 | |||
| 78. Indiana (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.735 (32) | 4.447 4.447  3 | |||
| 79. San Jose St (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.925 (105) | 4.434 4.434  3 | |||
| 80. Connecticut (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.864 (79) | 4.409 4.409  7 | |||
| 81. Northwestern (2 - 4) Schedule: 6.014 (13) | 4.398 4.398  14 | |||
| 82. Illinois (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.49 (41) | 4.348 4.348  7 | |||
| 83. Idaho (1 - 5) Schedule: 6.266 (5) | 4.255 4.255  6 | |||
| 84. Houston (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.007 (70) | 4.166 4.166  | |||
| 85. Tulane (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.737 (111) | 4.092 4.092  5 | |||
| 86. Louisiana Tech (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.341 (54) | 3.937 3.937  8 | |||
| 87. UNLV (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.515 (40) | 3.932 3.932  6 | |||
| 88. Memphis (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.131 (100) | 3.909 3.909  | |||
| 89. Syracuse (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.891 (75) | 3.801 3.801  7 | |||
| 90. Mississippi St (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.956 (18) | 3.8 3.8  3 | |||
| 91. East Carolina (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.882 (107) | 3.79 3.79  5 | |||
| 92. San Diego St (0 - 5) Schedule: 6.043 (12) | 3.773 3.773  5 | |||
| 93. Central Michigan (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.319 (117) | 3.766 3.766  1 | |||
| 94. Temple (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.643 (34) | 3.691 3.691  8 | |||
| 95. Rice (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.878 (77) | 3.594 3.594  15 | |||
| 96. Kent St (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.467 (94) | 3.545 3.545  2 | |||
| 97. Utah St (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.94 (21) | 3.415 3.415  8 | |||
| 98. Alabama-Birmingham (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.587 (90) | 3.398 3.398  1 | |||
| 99. Kansas (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.31 (96) | 3.385 3.385  8 | |||
| 100. Navy (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.273 (59) | 3.366 3.366  7 | |||
| 101. Louisiana-Lafayette (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.54 (38) | 3.364 3.364  3 | |||
| 102. Baylor (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.55 (114) | 3.288 3.288  4 | |||
| 103. Ball St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.771 (82) | 3.253 3.253  18 | |||
| 104. Troy (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.694 (112) | 3.165 3.165  4 | |||
| 105. Arkansas St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.328 (116) | 2.913 2.913  1 | |||
| 106. Middle Tennessee St (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.051 (67) | 2.761 2.761  3 | |||
| 107. Akron (0 - 6) Schedule: 5.197 (61) | 2.649 2.649  4 | |||
| 108. Eastern Michigan (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.135 (99) | 2.579 2.579  7 | |||
| 109. Wyoming (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.031 (69) | 2.463 2.463  5 | |||
| 110. Ohio U. (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.072 (66) | 2.424 2.424  2 | |||
| 111. UTEP  (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.983 (71) | 2.411 2.411  10 | |||
| 112. Buffalo (1 - 5) Schedule: 3.88 (108) | 2.359 2.359  3 | |||
| 113. SMU (0 - 6) Schedule: 5.213 (60) | 2.114 2.114  1 | |||
| 114. Louisiana-Monroe (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.074 (65) | 1.995 1.995  12 | |||
| 115. Tulsa (0 - 5) Schedule: 4.169 (97) | 1.727 1.727  2 | |||
| 116. Rutgers (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.793 (109) | 1.646 1.646  | |||
| 117. Army (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.768 (110) | 0.183 0.183  |