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. LSU (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.045 (37) | 8.652 8.652  | |||
| 2. Ohio State (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.51 (65) | 8.325 8.325  2 | |||
| 3. South Florida (4 - 0) Schedule: 6.017 (6) | 8.297 8.297  4 | |||
| 4. Oregon (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.503 (16) | 8.059 8.059  1 | |||
| 5. West Virginia (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.007 (39) | 7.637 7.637  3 | |||
| 6. California (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.31 (21) | 7.474 7.474  10 | |||
| 7. Kentucky (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.585 (61) | 7.447 7.447  4 | |||
| 8. Southern Cal (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.542 (64) | 7.435 7.435  3 | |||
| 9. Florida (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.214 (27) | 7.423 7.423  7 | |||
| 10. Arizona St (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.217 (81) | 7.421 7.421  9 | |||
| 11. Boston College (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.94 (40) | 7.42 7.42  1 | |||
| 12. Oklahoma (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.143 (86) | 7.096 7.096  6 | |||
| 13. Auburn (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.242 (2) | 7.09 7.09  14 | |||
| 14. Missouri (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.507 (66) | 7.048 7.048  5 | |||
| 15. Cincinnati (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.007 (113) | 6.961 6.961  2 | |||
| 16. South Carolina (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.333 (20) | 6.914 6.914  2 | |||
| 17. Georgia (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.736 (50) | 6.906 6.906  4 | |||
| 18. Virginia Tech  (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.306 (22) | 6.786 6.786  2 | |||
| 19. Illinois (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.697 (52) | 6.722 6.722  4 | |||
| 20. UCLA (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.064 (36) | 6.687 6.687  13 | |||
| 21. Connecticut (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.433 (108) | 6.686 6.686  5 | |||
| 22. Kansas St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.416 (71) | 6.533 6.533  24 | |||
| 23. Florida St (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.254 (26) | 6.441 6.441  8 | |||
| 24. Nebraska (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.132 (29) | 6.287 6.287  4 | |||
| 25. Washington (2 - 3) Schedule: 6.197 (3) | 6.269 6.269  12 | |||
| 26. Alabama (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.259 (25) | 6.232 6.232  14 | |||
| 27. Brigham Young (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.126 (30) | 6.205 6.205  3 | |||
| 28. Arkansas (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.196 (28) | 6.066 6.066  5 | |||
| 29. Michigan St (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.208 (82) | 5.988 5.988  10 | |||
| 30. Wyoming (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.61 (58) | 5.968 5.968  15 | |||
| 31. Wisconsin (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.321 (77) | 5.961 5.961  7 | |||
| 32. Virginia (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.109 (33) | 5.912 5.912  36 | |||
| 33. Wake Forest (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.757 (12) | 5.9 5.9  5 | |||
| 34. Purdue (5 - 0) Schedule: 2.743 (117) | 5.864 5.864  1 | |||
| 35. Vanderbilt (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.164 (84) | 5.783 5.783  6 | |||
| 36. Georgia Tech (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.392 (72) | 5.729 5.729  31 | |||
| 37. Colorado (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.758 (11) | 5.703 5.703  23 | |||
| 38. Clemson (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.904 (95) | 5.684 5.684  24 | |||
| 39. Mississippi St (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.475 (17) | 5.655 5.655  3 | |||
| 40. Texas A&M (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.757 (102) | 5.635 5.635  15 | |||
| 41. Boise St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.055 (88) | 5.627 5.627  32 | |||
| 42. Tennessee (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.586 (14) | 5.622 5.622  10 | |||
| 43. Miami FL (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.15 (85) | 5.586 5.586  3 | |||
| 44. Rutgers (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.559 (107) | 5.563 5.563  23 | |||
| 45. Maryland (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.794 (45) | 5.56 5.56  4 | |||
| 46. Kansas (4 - 0) Schedule: 1.782 (120) | 5.55 5.55  2 | |||
| 47. Indiana (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.844 (97) | 5.541 5.541  3 | |||
| 48. Texas (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.222 (80) | 5.528 5.528  26 | |||
| 49. Central Florida (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.823 (98) | 5.447 5.447  24 | |||
| 50. North Carolina (1 - 4) Schedule: 6.139 (4) | 5.402 5.402  22 | |||
| 51. Hawai`i (5 - 0) Schedule: 1.884 (119) | 5.33 5.33  10 | |||
| 52. Fresno St (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.873 (43) | 5.29 5.29  26 | |||
| 53. Houston (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.85 (44) | 5.288 5.288  19 | |||
| 54. Penn State (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.614 (106) | 5.211 5.211  5 | |||
| 55. Troy (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.714 (51) | 5.188 5.188  13 | |||
| 56. Texas Tech (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.495 (118) | 5.159 5.159  9 | |||
| 57. Michigan (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.744 (47) | 5.126 5.126  13 | |||
| 58. Ball St (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.75 (103) | 5.11 5.11  6 | |||
| 59. Oklahoma St (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.606 (59) | 5.088 5.088  3 | |||
| 60. Kent St (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.467 (68) | 4.99 4.99  6 | |||
| 61. Tulsa (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.68 (54) | 4.919 4.919  18 | |||
| 62. Bowling Green (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.922 (94) | 4.903 4.903  18 | |||
| 63. Louisville (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.379 (110) | 4.859 4.859  16 | |||
| 64. TCU  (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.854 (96) | 4.788 4.788  7 | |||
| 65. Arizona (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.686 (53) | 4.748 4.748  22 | |||
| 66. New Mexico (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.938 (92) | 4.689 4.689  19 | |||
| 67. East Carolina (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.76 (10) | 4.657 4.657  14 | |||
| 68. Pittsburgh (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.737 (49) | 4.605 4.605  14 | |||
| 69. Air Force (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.379 (73) | 4.588 4.588  17 | |||
| 70. Oregon St (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.081 (34) | 4.567 4.567  19 | |||
| 71. Navy (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.257 (79) | 4.476 4.476  11 | |||
| 72. Akron (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.86 (8) | 4.433 4.433  7 | |||
| 73. Mississippi (1 - 4) Schedule: 6.043 (5) | 4.345 4.345  25 | |||
| 74. Stanford (1 - 3) Schedule: 6.377 (1) | 4.336 4.336  1 | |||
| 75. Ohio U. (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.611 (57) | 4.313 4.313  4 | |||
| 76. Colorado St (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.814 (9) | 4.306 4.306  14 | |||
| 77. Iowa (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.766 (101) | 4.232 4.232  24 | |||
| 78. Nevada (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.964 (91) | 4.051 4.051  11 | |||
| 79. UNLV (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.375 (74) | 4.038 4.038  16 | |||
| 80. Western Michigan (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.582 (62) | 3.955 3.955  3 | |||
| 81. Utah (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.494 (67) | 3.944 3.944  3 | |||
| 82. Florida Atlantic (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.328 (76) | 3.886 3.886  6 | |||
| 83. Duke (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.292 (24) | 3.842 3.842  11 | |||
| 84. Western Kentucky (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.415 (109) | 3.821 3.821  15 | |||
| 85. Louisiana Tech (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.738 (48) | 3.813 3.813  8 | |||
| 86. Northwestern (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.462 (69) | 3.801 3.801  | |||
| 87. Army (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.339 (75) | 3.761 3.761  4 | |||
| 88. Arkansas St (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.068 (87) | 3.757 3.757  14 | |||
| 89. North Carolina St (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.443 (18) | 3.743 3.743  31 | |||
| 90. Washington St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.631 (56) | 3.736 3.736  29 | |||
| 91. Minnesota (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.3 (23) | 3.697 3.697  5 | |||
| 92. Southern Miss (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.005 (90) | 3.688 3.688  16 | |||
| 93. Miami OH (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.876 (42) | 3.523 3.523  7 | |||
| 94. Middle Tennessee St (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.565 (63) | 3.491 3.491  5 | |||
| 95. UTEP  (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.769 (116) | 3.451 3.451  2 | |||
| 96. Alabama-Birmingham (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.033 (89) | 3.396 3.396  6 | |||
| 97. San Jose St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.601 (60) | 3.34 3.34  12 | |||
| 98. New Mexico St (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.34 (112) | 3.302 3.302  5 | |||
| 99. Iowa St (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.643 (55) | 3.164 3.164  7 | |||
| 100. San Diego St (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.038 (38) | 3.138 3.138  2 | |||
| 101. Memphis (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.666 (105) | 3.053 3.053  11 | |||
| 102. Louisiana-Lafayette (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.596 (13) | 2.969 2.969  2 | |||
| 103. Syracuse (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.121 (32) | 2.911 2.911  | |||
| 104. Central Michigan (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.744 (104) | 2.794 2.794  8 | |||
| 105. Baylor (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.878 (115) | 2.782 2.782  10 | |||
| 106. Utah St (0 - 5) Schedule: 4.877 (41) | 2.588 2.588  1 | |||
| 107. Marshall (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.941 (7) | 2.569 2.569  1 | |||
| 108. Buffalo (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.17 (83) | 2.437 2.437  7 | |||
| 109. Tulane (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.123 (31) | 2.378 2.378  7 | |||
| 110. Temple (0 - 5) Schedule: 4.452 (70) | 2.183 2.183  3 | |||
| 111. Notre Dame  (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.584 (15) | 2.178 2.178  8 | |||
| 112. SMU (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.814 (99) | 2.068 2.068  1 | |||
| 113. Eastern Michigan (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.346 (111) | 2.025 2.025  2 | |||
| 114. Louisiana-Monroe (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.357 (19) | 2.023 2.023  7 | |||
| 115. North Texas (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.779 (46) | 1.917 1.917  1 | |||
| 116. Idaho (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.932 (93) | 1.875 1.875  10 | |||
| 117. Toledo (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.265 (78) | 1.828 1.828  1 | |||
| 118. Florida Int'l (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.08 (35) | 1.607 1.607  1 | |||
| 119. Northern Illinois (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.886 (114) | 1.252 1.252  9 | |||
| 120. Rice (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.8 (100) | 0.586 0.586  |