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. Clemson (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.185 (10) | 6.611 6.611  3 | |||
| 2. Boston College (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.32 (4) | 6.583 6.583  1 | |||
| 3. Georgia Tech (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.566 (8) | 6.578 6.578  2 | |||
| 4. Virginia Tech  (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.813 (11) | 6.318 6.318  3 | |||
| 5. Wake Forest (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.555 (12) | 6.093 6.093  3 | |||
| 6. Florida St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.926 (7) | 6.087 6.087  1 | |||
| 7. North Carolina St (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.794 (1) | 5.54 5.54  1 | |||
| 8. Miami FL (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.304 (5) | 5.194 5.194  1 | |||
| 9. Maryland (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.319 (9) | 5.033 5.033  1 | |||
| 10. Virginia (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.084 (6) | 4.294 4.294  2 | |||
| 11. North Carolina (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.585 (2) | 3.451 3.451  | |||
| 12. Duke (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.338 (3) | 2.187 2.187  2 |