Week 5
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Montana (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.497 (2) | 5.791 5.791  4 | |||
| 2. Appalachian St (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.427 (15) | 5.637 5.637  4 | |||
| 3. Massachusetts (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.329 (19) | 5.52 5.52  7 | |||
| 4. Youngstown St (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.531 (12) | 5.427 5.427  | |||
| 5. Illinois St (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.231 (23) | 5.28 5.28  3 | |||
| 6. New Hampshire (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.124 (54) | 5.213 5.213  1 | |||
| 7. Portland St (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.37 (5) | 5.16 5.16  1 | |||
| 8. Princeton (3 - 0) Schedule: 2.536 (40) | 4.745 4.745  4 | |||
| 9. James Madison (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.607 (36) | 4.742 4.742  | |||
| 10. Cal Poly SLO (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.019 (29) | 4.717 4.717  3 | |||
| 11. Richmond (4 - 0) Schedule: 1.522 (74) | 4.648 4.648  8 | |||
| 12. UC-Davis (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.876 (9) | 4.528 4.528  3 | |||
| 13. Harvard (3 - 0) Schedule: 2.166 (51) | 4.51 4.51  12 | |||
| 14. Towson (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.294 (46) | 4.455 4.455  3 | |||
| 15. San Diego (4 - 0) Schedule: 0.395 (98) | 4.386 4.386  9 | |||
| 16. North Dakota St (4 - 0) Schedule: 1.9 (65) | 4.313 4.313  5 | |||
| 17. Northern Iowa (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.224 (24) | 4.205 4.205  3 | |||
| 18. Central Arkansas (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.47 (42) | 3.763 3.763  17 | |||
| 19. Southern Illinois (4 - 0) Schedule: 0.368 (100) | 3.664 3.664  1 | |||
| 20. Hampton (5 - 0) Schedule: 0.496 (94) | 3.555 3.555  14 | |||
| 21. Jacksonville St (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.066 (57) | 3.416 3.416  12 | |||
| 22. Furman (4 - 1) Schedule: 1.461 (76) | 3.384 3.384  14 | |||
| 23. Charleston Southern (4 - 0) Schedule: 1.816 (68) | 3.311 3.311  9 | |||
| 24. Elon (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.293 (22) | 3.291 3.291  1 | |||
| 25. Sacramento St (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.294 (1) | 3.23 3.23  16 | |||
| 26. Tennessee-Martin (4 - 1) Schedule: 1.547 (73) | 3.159 3.159  5 | |||
| 27. Hofstra (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.185 (25) | 3.058 3.058  21 | |||
| 28. Delaware (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.407 (44) | 2.979 2.979  6 | |||
| 29. Lehigh (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.51 (13) | 2.883 2.883  3 | |||
| 30. Maine (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.376 (18) | 2.879 2.879  2 | |||
| 31. Villanova (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.942 (8) | 2.777 2.777  7 | |||
| 32. Eastern Washington (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.346 (6) | 2.697 2.697  12 | |||
| 33. Grambling St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.816 (31) | 2.655 2.655  18 | |||
| 34. Northwestern St (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.651 (35) | 2.601 2.601  22 | |||
| 35. Eastern Illinois (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.641 (10) | 2.588 2.588  5 | |||
| 36. Northeastern (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.375 (4) | 2.574 2.574  5 | |||
| 37. Pennsylvania (2 - 1) Schedule: 1.784 (69) | 2.554 2.554  8 | |||
| 38. William & Mary (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.757 (33) | 2.522 2.522  1 | |||
| 39. Colgate (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.116 (55) | 2.465 2.465  23 | |||
| 40. The Citadel (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.46 (3) | 2.46 2.46  21 | |||
| 41. Sam Houston St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.094 (27) | 2.454 2.454  28 | |||
| 42. Columbia (2 - 1) Schedule: 1.963 (62) | 2.415 2.415  26 | |||
| 43. Lafayette (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.134 (53) | 2.311 2.311  4 | |||
| 44. Southern Utah (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.06 (85) | 2.296 2.296  38 | |||
| 45. Liberty (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.947 (87) | 2.262 2.262  2 | |||
| 46. Chattanooga (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.239 (49) | 2.245 2.245  20 | |||
| 47. Yale (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.267 (48) | 2.225 2.225  56 | |||
| 48. Jackson St (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.368 (99) | 2.217 2.217  23 | |||
| 49. Georgia Southern (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.417 (78) | 2.117 2.117  7 | |||
| 50. Weber St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.605 (11) | 2.075 2.075  26 | |||
| 51. Idaho St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.567 (38) | 2.056 2.056  8 | |||
| 52. Montana St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.04 (28) | 2.048 2.048  26 | |||
| 53. South Dakota St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.294 (21) | 2.048 2.048  5 | |||
| 54. Rhode Island (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.165 (52) | 2.028 2.028  9 | |||
| 55. Albany NY (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.597 (71) | 2.01 2.01  35 | |||
| 56. Alabama A&M (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.244 (81) | 1.978 1.978  13 | |||
| 57. Coastal Carolina (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.102 (83) | 1.938 1.938  5 | |||
| 58. Gardner-Webb (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.212 (50) | 1.921 1.921  27 | |||
| 59. Northern Arizona (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.589 (37) | 1.908 1.908  5 | |||
| 60. SE Louisiana St (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.475 (14) | 1.907 1.907  2 | |||
| 61. Missouri St (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.13 (26) | 1.886 1.886  13 | |||
| 62. Western Kentucky (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.548 (39) | 1.879 1.879  16 | |||
| 63. Monmouth NJ (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.26 (102) | 1.876 1.876  33 | |||
| 64. Holy Cross (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.258 (80) | 1.857 1.857  37 | |||
| 65. Stephen F. Austin (0 - 5) Schedule: 4.149 (7) | 1.837 1.837  16 | |||
| 66. Brown (1 - 2) Schedule: 2.447 (43) | 1.757 1.757  47 | |||
| 67. SE Missouri St (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.628 (90) | 1.706 1.706  10 | |||
| 68. Drake (4 - 1) Schedule: -0.393 (113) | 1.686 1.686  5 | |||
| 69. Central Conn St (4 - 1) Schedule: -0.221 (109) | 1.682 1.682  44 | |||
| 70. Tennessee St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.336 (45) | 1.623 1.623  24 | |||
| 71. Wofford (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.523 (41) | 1.565 1.565  7 | |||
| 72. Southern U. (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.753 (89) | 1.546 1.546  19 | |||
| 73. Western Illinois (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.456 (95) | 1.532 1.532  10 | |||
| 74. Samford (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.9 (66) | 1.517 1.517  9 | |||
| 75. Stony Brook (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.294 (20) | 1.494 1.494  15 | |||
| 76. Nicholls St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.29 (47) | 1.484 1.484  8 | |||
| 77. Murray St (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.944 (30) | 1.305 1.305  28 | |||
| 78. Bucknell (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.219 (82) | 1.267 1.267  10 | |||
| 79. Delaware St (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.085 (84) | 1.191 1.191  4 | |||
| 80. Tennessee Tech (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.965 (61) | 0.978 0.978  21 | |||
| 81. Duquesne (3 - 2) Schedule: -0.352 (111) | 0.974 0.974  11 | |||
| 82. Bethune-Cookman (3 - 2) Schedule: -0.146 (108) | 0.84 0.84  32 | |||
| 83. Norfolk St (3 - 1) Schedule: -0.944 (120) | 0.815 0.815  23 | |||
| 84. Georgetown DC (1 - 4) Schedule: 1.998 (60) | 0.804 0.804  29 | |||
| 85. Northern Colorado (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.764 (32) | 0.776 0.776  8 | |||
| 86. Mississippi Valley St (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.398 (97) | 0.726 0.726  14 | |||
| 87. Florida A&M (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.407 (79) | 0.652 0.652  10 | |||
| 88. Davidson (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.71 (70) | 0.65 0.65  4 | |||
| 89. Wagner (4 - 1) Schedule: -1.792 (121) | 0.581 0.581  26 | |||
| 90. Morgan St (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.946 (63) | 0.565 0.565  8 | |||
| 91. Texas St-San Marcos (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.937 (64) | 0.526 0.526  9 | |||
| 92. Robert Morris (3 - 2) Schedule: -0.783 (117) | 0.496 0.496  13 | |||
| 93. Indiana St (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.398 (17) | 0.431 0.431  6 | |||
| 94. Fordham (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.039 (58) | 0.339 0.339  27 | |||
| 95. McNeese St (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.571 (72) | 0.321 0.321  4 | |||
| 96. Howard (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.029 (59) | 0.313 0.313  | |||
| 97. Dartmouth (0 - 3) Schedule: 3.411 (16) | 0.262 0.262  7 | |||
| 98. Cornell NY (1 - 2) Schedule: 1.834 (67) | 0.103 0.103  21 | |||
| 99. VMI (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.675 (34) | 0.06 0.06  10 | |||
| 100. Eastern Kentucky (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.07 (56) | 0.014 0.014  2 | |||
| 101. Texas Southern (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.448 (77) | -0.026 -0.026  21 | |||
| 102. Sacred Heart (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.16 (105) | -0.121 -0.121  7 | |||
| 103. Alabama St (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.549 (92) | -0.144 -0.144  11 | |||
| 104. South Carolina St (1 - 3) Schedule: 0.764 (88) | -0.178 -0.178  13 | |||
| 105. Western Carolina (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.174 (103) | -0.196 -0.196  2 | |||
| 106. Dayton (3 - 1) Schedule: -0.89 (119) | -0.212 -0.212  12 | |||
| 107. Prairie View A&M (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.511 (93) | -0.327 -0.327  21 | |||
| 108. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.412 (96) | -0.371 -0.371  | |||
| 109. Jacksonville FL (2 - 2) Schedule: -0.457 (114) | -0.618 -0.618  5 | |||
| 110. Austin Peay (1 - 4) Schedule: 0.554 (91) | -0.924 -0.924  1 | |||
| 111. Iona (1 - 4) Schedule: -0.239 (110) | -1.126 -1.126  1 | |||
| 112. Winston-Salem St (1 - 4) Schedule: 0.162 (104) | -1.287 -1.287  3 | |||
| 113. Alcorn St (1 - 3) Schedule: -0.386 (112) | -1.613 -1.613  2 | |||
| 114. Marist (1 - 4) Schedule: 1.053 (86) | -1.939 -1.939  8 | |||
| 115. La Salle (1 - 3) Schedule: -0.869 (118) | -2.21 -2.21  3 | |||
| 116. North Carolina A&T (0 - 4) Schedule: 1.496 (75) | -2.242 -2.242  | |||
| 117. St Francis PA (1 - 4) Schedule: -0.623 (115) | -2.467 -2.467  4 | |||
| 118. Butler (2 - 3) Schedule: -0.78 (116) | -2.612 -2.612  4 | |||
| 119. Morehead St (0 - 5) Schedule: 0.056 (106) | -2.726 -2.726  2 | |||
| 120. Valparaiso (2 - 3) Schedule: -2.212 (122) | -3.043 -3.043  3 | |||
| 121. Savannah St (0 - 4) Schedule: -0.104 (107) | -3.48 -3.48  1 | |||
| 122. St Peter's (0 - 5) Schedule: 0.288 (101) | -3.565 -3.565  4 |