Week 5
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Cal Poly SLO (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.16 (18) | 5.549 5.549  2 | |||
| 2. Harvard (3 - 0) Schedule: 2.298 (52) | 5.189 5.189  7 | |||
| 3. Illinois St (5 - 0) Schedule: 2.239 (57) | 4.899 4.899  1 | |||
| 4. North Dakota St (4 - 0) Schedule: 1.454 (89) | 4.776 4.776  2 | |||
| 5. Youngstown St (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.518 (45) | 4.606 4.606  | |||
| 6. Albany NY (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.25 (55) | 4.552 4.552  11 | |||
| 7. Montana St (5 - 0) Schedule: 2.134 (61) | 4.537 4.537  3 | |||
| 8. Delaware (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.279 (53) | 4.48 4.48  7 | |||
| 9. Tennessee St (5 - 0) Schedule: 1.732 (79) | 4.423 4.423  2 | |||
| 10. South Dakota St (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.782 (34) | 4.227 4.227  1 | |||
| 11. Eastern Kentucky (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.787 (32) | 4.185 4.185  3 | |||
| 12. Georgia Southern (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.465 (47) | 4.143 4.143  8 | |||
| 13. Old Dominion (5 - 0) Schedule: 1.238 (99) | 4.026 4.026  1 | |||
| 14. Northern Arizona (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.852 (29) | 3.986 3.986  1 | |||
| 15. Wofford (4 - 0) Schedule: 0.016 (119) | 3.909 3.909  17 | |||
| 16. New Hampshire (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.598 (40) | 3.816 3.816  23 | |||
| 17. Villanova (4 - 1) Schedule: 1.74 (78) | 3.674 3.674  14 | |||
| 18. McNeese St (4 - 1) Schedule: 1.979 (68) | 3.626 3.626  18 | |||
| 19. James Madison (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.656 (84) | 3.593 3.593  3 | |||
| 20. Indiana St (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.207 (59) | 3.554 3.554  23 | |||
| 21. Eastern Washington (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.173 (60) | 3.529 3.529  6 | |||
| 22. Towson (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.614 (10) | 3.434 3.434  13 | |||
| 23. Northern Iowa (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.784 (6) | 3.377 3.377  4 | |||
| 24. Stephen F. Austin (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.479 (13) | 3.285 3.285  13 | |||
| 25. UC-Davis (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.973 (23) | 3.279 3.279  17 | |||
| 26. Brown (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.224 (58) | 3.278 3.278  37 | |||
| 27. Appalachian St (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.05 (21) | 3.244 3.244  23 | |||
| 28. Central Arkansas (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.305 (51) | 3.206 3.206  8 | |||
| 29. Northwestern St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.496 (12) | 3.178 3.178  8 | |||
| 30. Bethune-Cookman (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.908 (25) | 3.116 3.116  8 | |||
| 31. Tennessee-Martin (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.611 (38) | 3.116 3.116  8 | |||
| 32. Montana (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.898 (27) | 3.111 3.111  6 | |||
| 33. The Citadel (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.904 (26) | 3.04 3.04  25 | |||
| 34. Eastern Illinois (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.464 (48) | 3.014 3.014  9 | |||
| 35. Stony Brook (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.844 (104) | 2.978 2.978  25 | |||
| 36. Samford (4 - 1) Schedule: 1.715 (82) | 2.956 2.956  21 | |||
| 37. Southern Utah (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.673 (8) | 2.955 2.955  13 | |||
| 38. Sam Houston St (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.978 (69) | 2.951 2.951  6 | |||
| 39. Alabama A&M (5 - 0) Schedule: 0.64 (113) | 2.905 2.905  9 | |||
| 40. South Dakota (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.16 (1) | 2.894 2.894  19 | |||
| 41. North Dakota (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.998 (67) | 2.893 2.893  12 | |||
| 42. South Carolina St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.39 (14) | 2.888 2.888  10 | |||
| 43. Richmond (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.284 (94) | 2.674 2.674  2 | |||
| 44. Lehigh (5 - 0) Schedule: 0.966 (102) | 2.611 2.611  5 | |||
| 45. Chattanooga (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.58 (41) | 2.607 2.607  36 | |||
| 46. Western Illinois (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.671 (9) | 2.444 2.444  1 | |||
| 47. San Diego (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.828 (30) | 2.42 2.42  21 | |||
| 48. Howard (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.917 (74) | 2.417 2.417  19 | |||
| 49. Dartmouth (2 - 1) Schedule: 1.273 (96) | 2.416 2.416  21 | |||
| 50. Furman (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.551 (42) | 2.386 2.386  4 | |||
| 51. Colgate (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.946 (72) | 2.38 2.38  26 | |||
| 52. Elon (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.548 (43) | 2.269 2.269  34 | |||
| 53. Florida A&M (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.534 (44) | 2.252 2.252  27 | |||
| 54. Murray St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.857 (28) | 2.228 2.228  8 | |||
| 55. Cornell NY (2 - 1) Schedule: 0.768 (107) | 2.215 2.215  15 | |||
| 56. Coastal Carolina (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.09 (20) | 2.201 2.201  23 | |||
| 57. Lafayette (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.393 (91) | 2.184 2.184  23 | |||
| 58. Alabama St (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.868 (103) | 2.143 2.143  3 | |||
| 59. William & Mary (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.783 (33) | 2.133 2.133  11 | |||
| 60. Monmouth NJ (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.27 (98) | 2.116 2.116  3 | |||
| 61. SE Louisiana St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.551 (11) | 2.04 2.04  13 | |||
| 62. Drake (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.3 (93) | 2.009 2.009  14 | |||
| 63. Portland St (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.17 (17) | 1.994 1.994  7 | |||
| 64. Fordham (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.272 (97) | 1.909 1.909  10 | |||
| 65. Jacksonville St (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.813 (31) | 1.844 1.844  24 | |||
| 66. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.58 (87) | 1.801 1.801  21 | |||
| 67. Pennsylvania (1 - 2) Schedule: 2.758 (35) | 1.753 1.753  24 | |||
| 68. Jacksonville FL (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.119 (117) | 1.594 1.594  10 | |||
| 69. Duquesne (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.343 (114) | 1.551 1.551  4 | |||
| 70. Southern Illinois (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.257 (54) | 1.46 1.46  19 | |||
| 71. Princeton (1 - 2) Schedule: 0.709 (109) | 1.459 1.459  25 | |||
| 72. Delaware St (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.019 (22) | 1.386 1.386  19 | |||
| 73. Missouri St (0 - 5) Schedule: 4.009 (3) | 1.347 1.347  3 | |||
| 74. Sacramento St (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.584 (86) | 1.332 1.332  14 | |||
| 75. Lamar (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.714 (83) | 1.304 1.304  14 | |||
| 76. Maine (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.612 (37) | 1.268 1.268  4 | |||
| 77. Jackson St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.089 (64) | 1.243 1.243  21 | |||
| 78. Holy Cross (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.675 (7) | 1.198 1.198  16 | |||
| 79. Southern U. (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.006 (65) | 1.169 1.169  25 | |||
| 80. Nicholls St (1 - 2) Schedule: 1.732 (80) | 1.148 1.148  | |||
| 81. Weber St (0 - 5) Schedule: 4.14 (2) | 1.116 1.116  2 | |||
| 82. Norfolk St (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.722 (81) | 1.075 1.075  16 | |||
| 83. Western Carolina (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.611 (39) | 1.058 1.058  8 | |||
| 84. Northern Colorado (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.366 (50) | 0.996 0.996  11 | |||
| 85. North Carolina Central (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.473 (88) | 0.97 0.97  21 | |||
| 86. Robert Morris (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.967 (24) | 0.882 0.882  21 | |||
| 87. Butler (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.107 (118) | 0.869 0.869  2 | |||
| 88. Liberty (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.511 (46) | 0.839 0.839  6 | |||
| 89. St Francis PA (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.314 (92) | 0.816 0.816  3 | |||
| 90. Bucknell (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.131 (62) | 0.805 0.805  25 | |||
| 91. Savannah St (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.963 (5) | 0.64 0.64  20 | |||
| 92. North Carolina A&T (2 - 2) Schedule: -0.41 (121) | 0.472 0.472  23 | |||
| 93. Idaho St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.245 (56) | 0.462 0.462  15 | |||
| 94. Dayton (1 - 4) Schedule: 1.959 (70) | 0.356 0.356  1 | |||
| 95. Grambling St (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.615 (36) | 0.326 0.326  11 | |||
| 96. Georgetown DC (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.224 (116) | 0.284 0.284  6 | |||
| 97. Austin Peay (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.983 (4) | 0.247 0.247  | |||
| 98. SE Missouri St (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.114 (100) | 0.197 0.197  12 | |||
| 99. Wagner (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.313 (115) | 0.185 0.185  3 | |||
| 100. Tennessee Tech (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.822 (105) | 0.185 0.185  16 | |||
| 101. Morgan St (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.281 (95) | 0.171 0.171  15 | |||
| 102. Presbyterian (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.701 (110) | 0.158 0.158  3 | |||
| 103. Morehead St (1 - 3) Schedule: 0.739 (108) | 0.132 0.132  2 | |||
| 104. Mississippi Valley St (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.434 (90) | -0.078 -0.078  5 | |||
| 105. Sacred Heart (1 - 3) Schedule: 0.794 (106) | -0.287 -0.287  13 | |||
| 106. VMI (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.774 (77) | -0.293 -0.293  2 | |||
| 107. Marist (2 - 3) Schedule: -0.781 (122) | -0.356 -0.356  7 | |||
| 108. Hampton (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.395 (49) | -0.387 -0.387  3 | |||
| 109. Yale (1 - 2) Schedule: 1.626 (85) | -0.409 -0.409  8 | |||
| 110. Gardner-Webb (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.256 (16) | -0.535 -0.535  2 | |||
| 111. Charleston Southern (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.949 (71) | -0.619 -0.619  9 | |||
| 112. Texas Southern (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.005 (66) | -0.643 -0.643  1 | |||
| 113. Georgia St (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.264 (15) | -0.674 -0.674  1 | |||
| 114. Rhode Island (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.105 (19) | -0.713 -0.713  1 | |||
| 115. Prairie View A&M (0 - 5) Schedule: 1.917 (73) | -0.724 -0.724  5 | |||
| 116. Columbia (1 - 2) Schedule: 1.004 (101) | -0.768 -0.768  29 | |||
| 117. Alcorn St (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.108 (63) | -0.827 -0.827  11 | |||
| 118. Valparaiso (0 - 4) Schedule: 1.908 (75) | -1.342 -1.342  1 | |||
| 119. Campbell (1 - 4) Schedule: 0.658 (112) | -1.465 -1.465  2 | |||
| 120. Central Conn St (0 - 5) Schedule: 1.861 (76) | -1.492 -1.492  | |||
| 121. Bryant (0 - 5) Schedule: 0.693 (111) | -2.142 -2.142  | |||
| 122. Davidson (0 - 4) Schedule: -0.242 (120) | -3.395 -3.395  |