Week 5
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. McNeese St (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.475 (39) | 6.118 6.118  3 | |||
| 2. Northern Iowa (5 - 0) Schedule: 2.771 (28) | 5.879 5.879  1 | |||
| 3. Yale (3 - 0) Schedule: 2.256 (44) | 5.684 5.684  8 | |||
| 4. Delaware (5 - 0) Schedule: 1.984 (58) | 5.621 5.621  1 | |||
| 5. Massachusetts (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.437 (6) | 5.566 5.566  3 | |||
| 6. James Madison (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.01 (21) | 5.046 5.046  14 | |||
| 7. Appalachian St (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.834 (25) | 4.473 4.473  8 | |||
| 8. Youngstown St (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.637 (32) | 4.348 4.348  9 | |||
| 9. North Dakota St (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.043 (52) | 4.226 4.226  1 | |||
| 10. Richmond (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.614 (34) | 4.054 4.054  9 | |||
| 11. Elon (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.371 (8) | 3.94 3.94  4 | |||
| 12. Hofstra (4 - 0) Schedule: 1.739 (67) | 3.895 3.895  7 | |||
| 13. Wofford (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.118 (48) | 3.803 3.803  5 | |||
| 14. The Citadel (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.271 (79) | 3.613 3.613  2 | |||
| 15. Lehigh (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.306 (41) | 3.611 3.611  8 | |||
| 16. New Hampshire (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.19 (18) | 3.579 3.579  15 | |||
| 17. South Dakota St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.931 (22) | 3.532 3.532  5 | |||
| 18. William & Mary (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.666 (3) | 3.507 3.507  10 | |||
| 19. Southern Illinois (5 - 0) Schedule: 0.058 (107) | 3.504 3.504  5 | |||
| 20. Southern U. (5 - 0) Schedule: 1.045 (86) | 3.466 3.466  19 | |||
| 21. Montana (4 - 0) Schedule: 0.501 (99) | 3.45 3.45  13 | |||
| 22. Cornell NY (2 - 1) Schedule: 1.972 (59) | 3.347 3.347  47 | |||
| 23. Holy Cross (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.428 (7) | 3.315 3.315  10 | |||
| 24. Villanova (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.292 (14) | 3.264 3.264  12 | |||
| 25. Eastern Illinois (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.208 (45) | 3.219 3.219  5 | |||
| 26. Eastern Kentucky (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.849 (24) | 3.123 3.123  1 | |||
| 27. Montana St (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.442 (74) | 3.105 3.105  16 | |||
| 28. Grambling St (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.823 (65) | 3.074 3.074  4 | |||
| 29. Eastern Washington (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.101 (85) | 3.044 3.044  23 | |||
| 30. Illinois St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.356 (10) | 3.004 3.004  5 | |||
| 31. Delaware St (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.517 (38) | 2.977 2.977  23 | |||
| 32. Western Illinois (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.303 (42) | 2.771 2.771  11 | |||
| 33. Dayton (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.629 (94) | 2.77 2.77  24 | |||
| 34. South Carolina St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.077 (19) | 2.481 2.481  2 | |||
| 35. San Diego (4 - 0) Schedule: -0.768 (115) | 2.47 2.47  1 | |||
| 36. Towson (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.37 (9) | 2.392 2.392  8 | |||
| 37. Alabama A&M (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.175 (104) | 2.364 2.364  8 | |||
| 38. Harvard (1 - 2) Schedule: 2.659 (31) | 2.358 2.358  | |||
| 39. Gardner-Webb (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.586 (35) | 2.342 2.342  1 | |||
| 40. Princeton (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.078 (50) | 2.314 2.314  5 | |||
| 41. Georgia Southern (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.478 (102) | 2.304 2.304  32 | |||
| 42. Fordham (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.702 (69) | 2.258 2.258  8 | |||
| 43. Liberty (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.003 (87) | 2.243 2.243  3 | |||
| 44. Stony Brook (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.854 (64) | 2.198 2.198  21 | |||
| 45. UC-Davis (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.31 (40) | 2.127 2.127  16 | |||
| 46. Maine (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.077 (2) | 2.102 2.102  3 | |||
| 47. Portland St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.283 (16) | 2.035 2.035  34 | |||
| 48. Jackson St (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.913 (89) | 2.02 2.02  9 | |||
| 49. Lafayette (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.102 (105) | 2.009 2.009  7 | |||
| 50. Sacramento St (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.335 (11) | 1.986 1.986  52 | |||
| 51. Colgate (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.582 (36) | 1.955 1.955  14 | |||
| 52. Cal Poly SLO (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.578 (96) | 1.904 1.904  10 | |||
| 53. Sam Houston St (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.893 (62) | 1.893 1.893  5 | |||
| 54. Hampton (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.511 (98) | 1.825 1.825  9 | |||
| 55. Norfolk St (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.481 (101) | 1.765 1.765  22 | |||
| 56. Austin Peay (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.86 (90) | 1.763 1.763  5 | |||
| 57. Rhode Island (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.317 (12) | 1.762 1.762  5 | |||
| 58. Florida A&M (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.994 (57) | 1.734 1.734  38 | |||
| 59. Nicholls St (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.424 (75) | 1.732 1.732  | |||
| 60. Missouri St (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.06 (51) | 1.707 1.707  10 | |||
| 61. Furman (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.232 (17) | 1.586 1.586  35 | |||
| 62. Tennessee St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.269 (43) | 1.554 1.554  1 | |||
| 63. Prairie View A&M (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.737 (92) | 1.539 1.539  20 | |||
| 64. Coastal Carolina (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.757 (29) | 1.518 1.518  29 | |||
| 65. Albany NY (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.89 (23) | 1.409 1.409  17 | |||
| 66. Morehead St (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.07 (106) | 1.356 1.356  2 | |||
| 67. Drake (4 - 1) Schedule: -0.207 (110) | 1.328 1.328  26 | |||
| 68. Northern Arizona (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.665 (71) | 1.326 1.326  13 | |||
| 69. Morgan St (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.499 (100) | 1.303 1.303  22 | |||
| 70. VMI (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.041 (53) | 1.287 1.287  33 | |||
| 71. Northwestern St (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.032 (55) | 1.282 1.282  5 | |||
| 72. SE Missouri St (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.943 (61) | 1.239 1.239  5 | |||
| 73. Jacksonville St (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.383 (78) | 1.114 1.114  3 | |||
| 74. Western Carolina (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.622 (4) | 1.098 1.098  27 | |||
| 75. Dartmouth (1 - 2) Schedule: 1.891 (63) | 1.092 1.092  9 | |||
| 76. Tennessee Tech (4 - 1) Schedule: -0.68 (113) | 1.056 1.056  1 | |||
| 77. Brown (1 - 2) Schedule: 1.245 (81) | 1.051 1.051  11 | |||
| 78. Iona (4 - 1) Schedule: -0.676 (112) | 1.008 1.008  12 | |||
| 79. Northeastern (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.816 (26) | 0.966 0.966  8 | |||
| 80. Texas St-San Marcos (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.664 (30) | 0.943 0.943  9 | |||
| 81. SE Louisiana St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.006 (56) | 0.897 0.897  4 | |||
| 82. Central Arkansas (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.729 (68) | 0.858 0.858  12 | |||
| 83. Central Conn St (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.678 (93) | 0.854 0.854  11 | |||
| 84. Southern Utah (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.574 (1) | 0.816 0.816  6 | |||
| 85. Alabama St (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.513 (97) | 0.797 0.797  1 | |||
| 86. Monmouth NJ (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.635 (33) | 0.791 0.791  6 | |||
| 87. Samford (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.57 (73) | 0.765 0.765  7 | |||
| 88. Stephen F. Austin (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.29 (15) | 0.715 0.715  20 | |||
| 89. Winston-Salem St (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.613 (95) | 0.7 0.7  2 | |||
| 90. Charleston Southern (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.688 (70) | 0.647 0.647  13 | |||
| 91. Chattanooga (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.519 (37) | 0.637 0.637  4 | |||
| 92. Robert Morris (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.993 (88) | 0.617 0.617  39 | |||
| 93. Columbia (1 - 2) Schedule: 0.807 (91) | 0.613 0.613  19 | |||
| 94. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 4) Schedule: 1.197 (82) | 0.572 0.572  6 | |||
| 95. Idaho St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.181 (46) | 0.391 0.391  35 | |||
| 96. Wagner (3 - 1) Schedule: -0.919 (116) | 0.318 0.318  14 | |||
| 97. Weber St (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.522 (5) | 0.293 0.293  13 | |||
| 98. Pennsylvania (0 - 3) Schedule: 2.122 (47) | 0.14 0.14  19 | |||
| 99. Bucknell (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.413 (76) | 0.128 0.128  13 | |||
| 100. Tennessee-Martin (0 - 5) Schedule: 1.814 (66) | 0.113 0.113  6 | |||
| 101. Bethune-Cookman (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.327 (103) | 0.107 0.107  45 | |||
| 102. Georgetown DC (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.311 (13) | 0.105 0.105  1 | |||
| 103. Howard (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.571 (72) | -0.019 -0.019  8 | |||
| 104. Davidson (3 - 1) Schedule: -1.102 (117) | -0.094 -0.094  4 | |||
| 105. Indiana St (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.053 (20) | -0.123 -0.123  6 | |||
| 106. Duquesne (2 - 2) Schedule: -0.758 (114) | -0.384 -0.384  10 | |||
| 107. Mississippi Valley St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.105 (49) | -0.401 -0.401  2 | |||
| 108. Presbyterian (2 - 3) Schedule: -0.08 (108) | -0.455 -0.455  10 | |||
| 109. Murray St (1 - 4) Schedule: 1.25 (80) | -0.696 -0.696  5 | |||
| 110. Butler (4 - 1) Schedule: -2.002 (120) | -0.876 -0.876  13 | |||
| 111. Northern Colorado (0 - 5) Schedule: 2.792 (27) | -0.955 -0.955  5 | |||
| 112. Sacred Heart (2 - 3) Schedule: -1.336 (119) | -1.089 -1.089  6 | |||
| 113. Alcorn St (0 - 4) Schedule: 1.96 (60) | -1.215 -1.215  | |||
| 114. St Francis PA (0 - 3) Schedule: 1.405 (77) | -1.242 -1.242  9 | |||
| 115. Texas Southern (0 - 5) Schedule: 2.034 (54) | -1.372 -1.372  2 | |||
| 116. Jacksonville FL (1 - 3) Schedule: -0.2 (109) | -1.387 -1.387  9 | |||
| 117. Marist (0 - 5) Schedule: 1.108 (83) | -2.15 -2.15  3 | |||
| 118. North Carolina A&T (0 - 5) Schedule: 1.108 (84) | -2.218 -2.218  2 | |||
| 119. Savannah St (1 - 3) Schedule: -0.242 (111) | -2.528 -2.528  4 | |||
| 120. Valparaiso (3 - 2) Schedule: -2.826 (121) | -2.619 -2.619  1 | |||
| 121. La Salle (0 - 4) Schedule: -1.292 (118) | -4.484 -4.484  |