Week 5
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All | ACC | American Athletic Conference | Big 10 | Big 12 | Conference USA | Division I-A Independents | Mid-American Conference | MWC | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt Conference
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Auburn (4 - 0) Schedule: 6.037 (9) | 9.178 9.178  1 | |||
| 2. Oklahoma (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.683 (17) | 9.13 9.13  1 | |||
| 3. Alabama (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.284 (33) | 8.395 8.395  | |||
| 4. Oregon (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.33 (31) | 8.225 8.225  5 | |||
| 5. Mississippi (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.234 (93) | 8.119 8.119  3 | |||
| 6. UCLA (4 - 0) Schedule: 6.065 (7) | 8.007 8.007  14 | |||
| 7. Notre Dame  (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.629 (68) | 7.989 7.989  | |||
| 8. Nebraska (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.101 (40) | 7.958 7.958  4 | |||
| 9. TCU  (3 - 0) Schedule: 3.956 (105) | 7.897 7.897  5 | |||
| 10. Baylor (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.083 (101) | 7.833 7.833  3 | |||
| 11. Brigham Young (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.971 (47) | 7.632 7.632  1 | |||
| 12. Kansas St (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.744 (16) | 7.555 7.555  1 | |||
| 13. Missouri (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.417 (28) | 7.545 7.545  8 | |||
| 14. Texas A&M (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.211 (95) | 7.514 7.514  1 | |||
| 15. Florida St (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.46 (24) | 7.479 7.479  3 | |||
| 16. Oklahoma St (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.756 (14) | 7.417 7.417  10 | |||
| 17. Southern Cal (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.391 (29) | 7.391 7.391  22 | |||
| 18. Maryland (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.087 (41) | 7.211 7.211  6 | |||
| 19. Mississippi St (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.35 (84) | 7.074 7.074  5 | |||
| 20. West Virginia (2 - 2) Schedule: 6.705 (3) | 7.028 7.028  4 | |||
| 21. Michigan St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.813 (51) | 7.024 7.024  21 | |||
| 22. Georgia (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.192 (37) | 6.998 6.998  8 | |||
| 23. LSU (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.691 (60) | 6.949 6.949  1 | |||
| 24. Tennessee (2 - 2) Schedule: 6.434 (4) | 6.827 6.827  2 | |||
| 25. Arkansas (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.522 (20) | 6.77 6.77  | |||
| 26. Stanford (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.662 (63) | 6.715 6.715  27 | |||
| 27. Louisville (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.225 (94) | 6.683 6.683  4 | |||
| 28. Utah (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.237 (92) | 6.682 6.682  9 | |||
| 29. Virginia (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.473 (23) | 6.614 6.614  6 | |||
| 30. Wisconsin (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.092 (99) | 6.527 6.527  3 | |||
| 31. Texas (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.745 (15) | 6.45 6.45  23 | |||
| 32. Arizona (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.676 (62) | 6.383 6.383  4 | |||
| 33. Virginia Tech  (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.058 (42) | 6.368 6.368  11 | |||
| 34. East Carolina (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.573 (71) | 6.335 6.335  3 | |||
| 35. Ohio State (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.525 (76) | 6.306 6.306  32 | |||
| 36. Washington (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.754 (56) | 6.288 6.288  8 | |||
| 37. South Carolina (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.303 (5) | 6.283 6.283  13 | |||
| 38. Miami FL (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.263 (34) | 6.236 6.236  14 | |||
| 39. Syracuse (2 - 2) Schedule: 6.177 (6) | 6.064 6.064  6 | |||
| 40. Marshall (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.455 (128) | 6.034 6.034  8 | |||
| 41. Minnesota (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.453 (81) | 5.947 5.947  14 | |||
| 42. California (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.632 (67) | 5.946 5.946  8 | |||
| 43. North Carolina St (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.268 (90) | 5.914 5.914  5 | |||
| 44. Florida (2 - 1) Schedule: 5.321 (32) | 5.848 5.848  4 | |||
| 45. Georgia Tech (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.878 (108) | 5.838 5.838  2 | |||
| 46. Indiana (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.868 (12) | 5.815 5.815  25 | |||
| 47. Duke (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.315 (117) | 5.751 5.751  18 | |||
| 48. Louisiana Tech (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.995 (10) | 5.75 5.75  1 | |||
| 49. Northwestern (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.678 (61) | 5.725 5.725  33 | |||
| 50. Penn State (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.597 (70) | 5.712 5.712  19 | |||
| 51. Clemson (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.361 (30) | 5.684 5.684  8 | |||
| 52. Iowa (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.66 (64) | 5.683 5.683  10 | |||
| 53. Boston College (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.55 (74) | 5.678 5.678  3 | |||
| 54. Arizona St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.085 (100) | 5.653 5.653  37 | |||
| 55. Colorado St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.255 (91) | 5.644 5.644  2 | |||
| 56. Nevada (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.353 (83) | 5.644 5.644  24 | |||
| 57. Kentucky (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.379 (116) | 5.597 5.597  12 | |||
| 58. Washington St (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.433 (25) | 5.557 5.557  23 | |||
| 59. Rutgers (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.148 (96) | 5.55 5.55  5 | |||
| 60. Memphis (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.019 (44) | 5.541 5.541  | |||
| 61. Pittsburgh (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.555 (73) | 5.529 5.529  12 | |||
| 62. Texas-San Antonio (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.866 (13) | 5.417 5.417  21 | |||
| 63. Boise St (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.881 (49) | 5.387 5.387  15 | |||
| 64. Air Force (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.608 (112) | 5.38 5.38  12 | |||
| 65. Temple (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.684 (127) | 5.37 5.37  25 | |||
| 66. Florida Atlantic (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.989 (11) | 5.225 5.225  3 | |||
| 67. Western Kentucky (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.377 (82) | 5.194 5.194  4 | |||
| 68. Arkansas St (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.249 (35) | 5.168 5.168  2 | |||
| 69. Oregon St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.133 (98) | 5.146 5.146  18 | |||
| 70. Central Florida (1 - 2) Schedule: 5.418 (27) | 5.085 5.085  13 | |||
| 71. Iowa St (1 - 3) Schedule: 6.778 (2) | 5.082 5.082  8 | |||
| 72. Georgia Southern (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.159 (123) | 5.081 5.081  11 | |||
| 73. Wyoming (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.043 (8) | 5.05 5.05  8 | |||
| 74. Cincinnati (2 - 1) Schedule: 4.599 (69) | 4.972 4.972  28 | |||
| 75. Toledo (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.781 (53) | 4.939 4.939  1 | |||
| 76. Texas Tech (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.514 (22) | 4.912 4.912  4 | |||
| 77. Northern Illinois (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.899 (106) | 4.91 4.91  5 | |||
| 78. Navy (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.183 (38) | 4.773 4.773  6 | |||
| 79. Illinois (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.431 (26) | 4.72 4.72  4 | |||
| 80. North Carolina (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.728 (57) | 4.483 4.483  3 | |||
| 81. Michigan (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.979 (46) | 4.461 4.461  13 | |||
| 82. Utah St (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.53 (75) | 4.439 4.439  10 | |||
| 83. Houston (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.838 (109) | 4.438 4.438  5 | |||
| 84. Akron (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.775 (54) | 4.393 4.393  13 | |||
| 85. UTEP  (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.562 (72) | 4.336 4.336  12 | |||
| 86. Ball St (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.479 (79) | 4.334 4.334  8 | |||
| 87. Middle Tennessee St (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.896 (107) | 4.333 4.333  8 | |||
| 88. Colorado (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.718 (58) | 4.154 4.154  1 | |||
| 89. North Texas (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.035 (103) | 4.136 4.136  7 | |||
| 90. Rice (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.579 (18) | 4.121 4.121  14 | |||
| 91. Alabama-Birmingham (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.281 (119) | 4.118 4.118  25 | |||
| 92. Hawai`i (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.019 (45) | 4.114 4.114  6 | |||
| 93. San Jose St (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.541 (19) | 4.073 4.073  5 | |||
| 94. Fresno St (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.219 (36) | 4.027 4.027  13 | |||
| 95. San Diego St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.476 (115) | 3.962 3.962  2 | |||
| 96. Purdue (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.831 (50) | 3.869 3.869  9 | |||
| 97. Florida Int'l (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.143 (97) | 3.792 3.792  14 | |||
| 98. Old Dominion (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.291 (118) | 3.781 3.781  13 | |||
| 99. Buffalo (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.505 (114) | 3.759 3.759  9 | |||
| 100. Bowling Green (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.975 (104) | 3.682 3.682  9 | |||
| 101. South Florida (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.043 (43) | 3.596 3.596  2 | |||
| 102. Western Michigan (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.117 (124) | 3.549 3.549  19 | |||
| 103. Texas St-San Marcos (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.105 (125) | 3.493 3.493  10 | |||
| 104. Central Michigan (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.336 (86) | 3.45 3.45  6 | |||
| 105. South Alabama (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.778 (110) | 3.299 3.299  14 | |||
| 106. Wake Forest (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.508 (113) | 3.224 3.224  9 | |||
| 107. Kansas (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.321 (87) | 3.204 3.204  8 | |||
| 108. Army (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.289 (88) | 3.17 3.17  9 | |||
| 109. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.28 (120) | 3.149 3.149  4 | |||
| 110. Tulsa (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.181 (39) | 3.126 3.126  4 | |||
| 111. Vanderbilt (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.521 (21) | 3.125 3.125  9 | |||
| 112. New Mexico St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.757 (111) | 3.118 3.118  10 | |||
| 113. Southern Miss (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.796 (52) | 3.033 3.033  12 | |||
| 114. Georgia St (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.347 (85) | 2.897 2.897  | |||
| 115. Louisiana-Lafayette (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.883 (48) | 2.883 2.883  3 | |||
| 116. Tulane (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.712 (59) | 2.876 2.876  7 | |||
| 117. SMU (0 - 4) Schedule: 6.845 (1) | 2.845 2.845  6 | |||
| 118. Ohio U. (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.218 (121) | 2.808 2.808  2 | |||
| 119. New Mexico (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.283 (89) | 2.665 2.665  19 | |||
| 120. Miami OH (0 - 5) Schedule: 4.641 (65) | 2.552 2.552  10 | |||
| 121. Connecticut (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.639 (66) | 2.381 2.381  3 | |||
| 122. Massachusetts (0 - 5) Schedule: 4.47 (80) | 2.235 2.235  2 | |||
| 123. Kent St (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.757 (55) | 1.986 1.986  5 | |||
| 124. Troy (0 - 5) Schedule: 4.523 (77) | 1.976 1.976  2 | |||
| 125. Eastern Michigan (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.479 (78) | 1.969 1.969  4 | |||
| 126. Appalachian St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.746 (126) | 1.727 1.727  1 | |||
| 127. UNLV (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.048 (102) | 1.697 1.697  1 | |||
| 128. Idaho (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.201 (122) | 0.97 0.97  1 |