Week 5
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Jacksonville St (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.969 (32) | 5.067 5.067  4 | |||
| 2. James Madison (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.53 (15) | 5.039 5.039  4 | |||
| 3. Cal Poly SLO (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.032 (29) | 4.996 4.996  2 | |||
| 4. Richmond (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.081 (27) | 4.909 4.909  3 | |||
| 5. New Hampshire (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.034 (66) | 4.703 4.703  6 | |||
| 6. Massachusetts (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.627 (1) | 4.652 4.652  3 | |||
| 7. Wofford (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.362 (22) | 4.483 4.483  3 | |||
| 8. Montana (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.662 (11) | 4.481 4.481  4 | |||
| 9. Appalachian St (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.076 (28) | 4.361 4.361  7 | |||
| 10. McNeese St (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.559 (46) | 4.338 4.338  8 | |||
| 11. Villanova (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.484 (18) | 4.268 4.268  3 | |||
| 12. Northeastern (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.088 (3) | 4.205 4.205  7 | |||
| 13. Weber St (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.233 (26) | 4.189 4.189  13 | |||
| 14. Delaware (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.566 (14) | 4.181 4.181  11 | |||
| 15. Furman (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.347 (24) | 4.18 4.18  13 | |||
| 16. Elon (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.74 (39) | 4.025 4.025  27 | |||
| 17. Western Illinois (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.469 (50) | 3.973 3.973  4 | |||
| 18. Sam Houston St (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.917 (34) | 3.839 3.839  3 | |||
| 19. Georgia Southern (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.69 (10) | 3.792 3.792  18 | |||
| 20. Central Arkansas (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.051 (65) | 3.72 3.72  9 | |||
| 21. Northern Arizona (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.159 (62) | 3.642 3.642  24 | |||
| 22. Northern Iowa (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.015 (30) | 3.606 3.606  2 | |||
| 23. North Dakota (4 - 1) Schedule: 1.525 (82) | 3.554 3.554  4 | |||
| 24. Coastal Carolina (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.694 (41) | 3.528 3.528  11 | |||
| 25. Harvard (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.465 (51) | 3.487 3.487  3 | |||
| 26. South Dakota St (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.638 (13) | 3.467 3.467  1 | |||
| 27. William & Mary (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.485 (49) | 3.465 3.465  15 | |||
| 28. Eastern Washington (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.641 (12) | 3.428 3.428  20 | |||
| 29. Montana St (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.552 (47) | 3.263 3.263  6 | |||
| 30. Tennessee St (5 - 1) Schedule: 1.459 (83) | 3.171 3.171  14 | |||
| 31. Cornell NY (3 - 0) Schedule: 2.004 (67) | 3.128 3.128  14 | |||
| 32. Yale (2 - 1) Schedule: 1.887 (71) | 3.097 3.097  8 | |||
| 33. Liberty (5 - 0) Schedule: 1.109 (95) | 3.096 3.096  | |||
| 34. UC-Davis (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.469 (20) | 3.092 3.092  | |||
| 35. Holy Cross (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.672 (43) | 3.081 3.081  5 | |||
| 36. Southern Illinois (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.904 (5) | 3.066 3.066  14 | |||
| 37. North Dakota St (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.733 (75) | 3.046 3.046  5 | |||
| 38. Eastern Illinois (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.869 (6) | 2.96 2.96  8 | |||
| 39. Albany NY (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.471 (19) | 2.91 2.91  1 | |||
| 40. Grambling St (4 - 2) Schedule: 1.77 (74) | 2.891 2.891  7 | |||
| 41. Tennessee-Martin (4 - 2) Schedule: 1.395 (87) | 2.839 2.839  10 | |||
| 42. Northwestern St (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.799 (38) | 2.792 2.792  3 | |||
| 43. Hofstra (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.524 (16) | 2.742 2.742  7 | |||
| 44. South Carolina St (4 - 2) Schedule: 1.994 (68) | 2.678 2.678  6 | |||
| 45. Missouri St (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.864 (7) | 2.638 2.638  7 | |||
| 46. Stephen F. Austin (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.395 (21) | 2.635 2.635  6 | |||
| 47. Bethune-Cookman (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.765 (101) | 2.627 2.627  1 | |||
| 48. Illinois St (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.935 (70) | 2.604 2.604  18 | |||
| 49. Southern Utah (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.683 (42) | 2.537 2.537  4 | |||
| 50. Maine (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.828 (8) | 2.497 2.497  8 | |||
| 51. Rhode Island (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.338 (25) | 2.476 2.476  23 | |||
| 52. Sacramento St (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.204 (57) | 2.36 2.36  3 | |||
| 53. Lafayette (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.928 (98) | 2.344 2.344  21 | |||
| 54. Fordham (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.538 (81) | 2.299 2.299  | |||
| 55. SE Louisiana St (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.856 (36) | 2.261 2.261  | |||
| 56. Charleston Southern (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.852 (37) | 2.207 2.207  11 | |||
| 57. The Citadel (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.873 (72) | 2.153 2.153  16 | |||
| 58. Pennsylvania (1 - 2) Schedule: 2.202 (58) | 2.058 2.058  1 | |||
| 59. Portland St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.576 (45) | 2.015 2.015  16 | |||
| 60. Brown (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.268 (56) | 1.971 1.971  37 | |||
| 61. Colgate (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.168 (61) | 1.958 1.958  5 | |||
| 62. Eastern Kentucky (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.548 (48) | 1.933 1.933  31 | |||
| 63. San Diego (5 - 0) Schedule: -1.833 (125) | 1.854 1.854  5 | |||
| 64. Southern U. (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.385 (88) | 1.844 1.844  7 | |||
| 65. Samford (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.154 (94) | 1.832 1.832  24 | |||
| 66. Youngstown St (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.731 (40) | 1.822 1.822  3 | |||
| 67. Florida A&M (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.935 (97) | 1.819 1.819  10 | |||
| 68. Gardner-Webb (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.715 (77) | 1.785 1.785  4 | |||
| 69. Central Conn St (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.522 (103) | 1.75 1.75  16 | |||
| 70. Chattanooga (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.273 (2) | 1.718 1.718  9 | |||
| 71. Hampton (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.327 (105) | 1.684 1.684  11 | |||
| 72. Lehigh (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.96 (69) | 1.633 1.633  9 | |||
| 73. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.376 (89) | 1.611 1.611  7 | |||
| 74. Northern Colorado (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.359 (23) | 1.609 1.609  17 | |||
| 75. Idaho St (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.8 (9) | 1.576 1.576  10 | |||
| 76. Morgan St (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.29 (90) | 1.557 1.557  12 | |||
| 77. SE Missouri St (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.993 (31) | 1.533 1.533  2 | |||
| 78. Monmouth NJ (3 - 3) Schedule: 1.171 (93) | 1.507 1.507  | |||
| 79. Tennessee Tech (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.101 (64) | 1.496 1.496  28 | |||
| 80. Princeton (2 - 1) Schedule: 1.401 (86) | 1.479 1.479  3 | |||
| 81. Towson (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.514 (17) | 1.398 1.398  1 | |||
| 82. Dayton (4 - 1) Schedule: -0.441 (115) | 1.303 1.303  9 | |||
| 83. Bucknell (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.783 (99) | 1.283 1.283  20 | |||
| 84. South Dakota (2 - 4) Schedule: 1.433 (84) | 1.186 1.186  2 | |||
| 85. Murray St (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.311 (55) | 1.178 1.178  13 | |||
| 86. Duquesne (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.775 (100) | 1.076 1.076  10 | |||
| 87. Western Carolina (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.189 (59) | 1.072 1.072  17 | |||
| 88. Sacred Heart (5 - 0) Schedule: -1.256 (123) | 1.054 1.054  4 | |||
| 89. Norfolk St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.102 (63) | 1.05 1.05  2 | |||
| 90. Presbyterian (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.329 (54) | 0.889 0.889  5 | |||
| 91. Stony Brook (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.639 (44) | 0.841 0.841  1 | |||
| 92. Prairie View A&M (4 - 1) Schedule: -1.134 (122) | 0.809 0.809  20 | |||
| 93. Butler (3 - 1) Schedule: -1.076 (121) | 0.784 0.784  31 | |||
| 94. Nicholls St (0 - 2) Schedule: 3.954 (4) | 0.724 0.724  11 | |||
| 95. Bryant (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.28 (106) | 0.705 0.705  1 | |||
| 96. VMI (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.232 (92) | 0.598 0.598  4 | |||
| 97. Alcorn St (1 - 5) Schedule: 2.359 (53) | 0.483 0.483  3 | |||
| 98. Jacksonville FL (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.059 (110) | 0.463 0.463  1 | |||
| 99. Columbia (0 - 3) Schedule: 1.725 (76) | 0.416 0.416  3 | |||
| 100. Jackson St (1 - 4) Schedule: 1.539 (80) | 0.314 0.314  1 | |||
| 101. Robert Morris (1 - 4) Schedule: 1.035 (96) | 0.215 0.215  1 | |||
| 102. Delaware St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.172 (60) | 0.182 0.182  4 | |||
| 103. Morehead St (3 - 2) Schedule: -0.769 (118) | 0.027 0.027  11 | |||
| 104. Alabama A&M (2 - 4) Schedule: 1.402 (85) | 0.003 0.003  | |||
| 105. Dartmouth (0 - 3) Schedule: 2.906 (35) | -0.007 -0.007  2 | |||
| 106. Alabama St (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.237 (91) | -0.025 -0.025  1 | |||
| 107. Austin Peay (0 - 6) Schedule: 2.429 (52) | -0.292 -0.292  1 | |||
| 108. North Carolina Central (1 - 4) Schedule: 1.655 (78) | -0.386 -0.386  8 | |||
| 109. Indiana St (0 - 5) Schedule: 2.932 (33) | -0.393 -0.393  2 | |||
| 110. Davidson (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.113 (108) | -0.493 -0.493  11 | |||
| 111. Georgetown DC (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.798 (73) | -0.548 -0.548  8 | |||
| 112. North Carolina A&T (2 - 4) Schedule: 0.045 (111) | -0.593 -0.593  | |||
| 113. Texas Southern (3 - 3) Schedule: -0.321 (113) | -0.792 -0.792  4 | |||
| 114. Wagner (2 - 3) Schedule: -0.415 (114) | -0.937 -0.937  1 | |||
| 115. Drake (2 - 3) Schedule: -0.106 (112) | -1.035 -1.035  3 | |||
| 116. Winston-Salem St (1 - 4) Schedule: 0.176 (107) | -1.172 -1.172  6 | |||
| 117. Iona (3 - 2) Schedule: -0.79 (119) | -1.267 -1.267  2 | |||
| 118. Marist (1 - 5) Schedule: 0.534 (102) | -1.287 -1.287  1 | |||
| 119. Howard (1 - 4) Schedule: 0.07 (109) | -1.331 -1.331  9 | |||
| 120. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0 - 5) Schedule: 1.589 (79) | -1.377 -1.377  1 | |||
| 121. Savannah St (3 - 3) Schedule: -0.677 (117) | -1.433 -1.433  1 | |||
| 122. St Francis PA (0 - 5) Schedule: 0.384 (104) | -2.396 -2.396  1 | |||
| 123. Mississippi Valley St (1 - 3) Schedule: -0.527 (116) | -2.527 -2.527  2 | |||
| 124. Valparaiso (1 - 3) Schedule: -1.462 (124) | -2.712 -2.712  | |||
| 125. Campbell (1 - 5) Schedule: -1.059 (120) | -3.298 -3.298  |