Week 5
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. North Dakota St (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.568 (28) | 6.31 6.31  8 | |||
| 2. Youngstown St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.175 (7) | 6.259 6.259  3 | |||
| 3. Dartmouth (3 - 0) Schedule: 2.176 (84) | 5.92 5.92  3 | |||
| 4. James Madison (5 - 0) Schedule: 2.854 (51) | 5.562 5.562  1 | |||
| 5. Coastal Carolina (5 - 0) Schedule: 2.85 (53) | 5.357 5.357  2 | |||
| 6. Illinois St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.268 (6) | 5.191 5.191  9 | |||
| 7. Harvard (3 - 0) Schedule: 1.155 (109) | 4.952 4.952  9 | |||
| 8. Western Illinois (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.952 (1) | 4.902 4.902  10 | |||
| 9. South Dakota St (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.618 (25) | 4.785 4.785  5 | |||
| 10. Southern Illinois (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.498 (5) | 4.738 4.738  2 | |||
| 11. William & Mary (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.15 (39) | 4.737 4.737  10 | |||
| 12. Princeton (3 - 0) Schedule: 1.676 (99) | 4.678 4.678  10 | |||
| 13. Yale (3 - 0) Schedule: 2.873 (50) | 4.635 4.635  39 | |||
| 14. Wofford (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.772 (17) | 4.494 4.494  3 | |||
| 15. Fordham (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.608 (66) | 4.426 4.426  35 | |||
| 16. Jacksonville St (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.485 (70) | 4.254 4.254  6 | |||
| 17. Indiana St (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.019 (44) | 4.231 4.231  25 | |||
| 18. Northern Iowa (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.688 (2) | 4.192 4.192  2 | |||
| 19. Towson (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.88 (14) | 4.136 4.136  20 | |||
| 20. Portland St (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.085 (87) | 4.095 4.095  6 | |||
| 21. Montana (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.485 (30) | 4.004 4.004  16 | |||
| 22. Montana St (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.874 (49) | 3.972 3.972  9 | |||
| 23. Stony Brook (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.667 (21) | 3.937 3.937  15 | |||
| 24. McNeese St (4 - 0) Schedule: 0.236 (121) | 3.898 3.898  1 | |||
| 25. Villanova (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.91 (12) | 3.867 3.867  8 | |||
| 26. Colgate (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.559 (3) | 3.764 3.764  36 | |||
| 27. New Hampshire (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.046 (42) | 3.744 3.744  3 | |||
| 28. Furman (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.624 (24) | 3.667 3.667  3 | |||
| 29. Charleston Southern (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.096 (85) | 3.662 3.662  7 | |||
| 30. Southern Utah (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.211 (80) | 3.647 3.647  | |||
| 31. South Dakota (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.072 (9) | 3.553 3.553  14 | |||
| 32. Eastern Washington (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.678 (20) | 3.538 3.538  11 | |||
| 33. Dayton (4 - 0) Schedule: 1.844 (96) | 3.53 3.53  14 | |||
| 34. Chattanooga (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.914 (92) | 3.49 3.49  6 | |||
| 35. Holy Cross (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.101 (40) | 3.473 3.473  56 | |||
| 36. Eastern Kentucky (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.766 (59) | 3.466 3.466  11 | |||
| 37. Cal Poly SLO (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.888 (13) | 3.463 3.463  21 | |||
| 38. Liberty (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.616 (26) | 3.463 3.463  8 | |||
| 39. Samford (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.941 (45) | 3.402 3.402  2 | |||
| 40. North Carolina A&T (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.279 (77) | 3.359 3.359  14 | |||
| 41. Eastern Illinois (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.546 (4) | 3.335 3.335  20 | |||
| 42. Richmond (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.055 (89) | 3.305 3.305  4 | |||
| 43. St Francis PA (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.847 (54) | 3.303 3.303  15 | |||
| 44. Tennessee-Martin (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.9 (48) | 3.276 3.276  17 | |||
| 45. SE Louisiana (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.759 (60) | 3.242 3.242  6 | |||
| 46. Grambling St (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.177 (83) | 3.232 3.232  12 | |||
| 47. Delaware (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.941 (10) | 3.23 3.23  7 | |||
| 48. Jacksonville FL (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.02 (90) | 3.196 3.196  4 | |||
| 49. SE Missouri St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.569 (27) | 3.187 3.187  14 | |||
| 50. Mercer (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.731 (97) | 3.148 3.148  14 | |||
| 51. North Dakota (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.817 (57) | 3.118 3.118  17 | |||
| 52. Duquesne (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.26 (105) | 2.847 2.847  15 | |||
| 53. The Citadel (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.653 (65) | 2.847 2.847  4 | |||
| 54. Central Arkansas (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.698 (64) | 2.789 2.789  11 | |||
| 55. Pennsylvania (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.096 (8) | 2.731 2.731  20 | |||
| 56. Southern U. (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.912 (47) | 2.674 2.674  7 | |||
| 57. Northern Arizona (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.564 (67) | 2.659 2.659  17 | |||
| 58. Bryant (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.209 (81) | 2.607 2.607  2 | |||
| 59. Bucknell (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.899 (93) | 2.538 2.538  18 | |||
| 60. Butler (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.266 (104) | 2.516 2.516  9 | |||
| 61. Lehigh (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.646 (23) | 2.5 2.5  36 | |||
| 62. Lamar (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.38 (74) | 2.471 2.471  5 | |||
| 63. Tennessee Tech (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.918 (11) | 2.449 2.449  20 | |||
| 64. Bethune-Cookman (4 - 1) Schedule: 1.635 (100) | 2.373 2.373  24 | |||
| 65. Weber St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.356 (32) | 2.365 2.365  20 | |||
| 66. Cornell NY (0 - 3) Schedule: 3.646 (22) | 2.356 2.356  28 | |||
| 67. Kennesaw St (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.12 (122) | 2.342 2.342  12 | |||
| 68. Albany NY (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.321 (34) | 2.325 2.325  36 | |||
| 69. Elon (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.528 (29) | 2.183 2.183  9 | |||
| 70. Monmouth NJ (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.042 (43) | 2.18 2.18  33 | |||
| 71. Campbell (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.927 (115) | 2.138 2.138  1 | |||
| 72. Robert Morris (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.823 (56) | 2.126 2.126  19 | |||
| 73. Western Carolina (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.451 (73) | 2.122 2.122  6 | |||
| 74. Georgetown DC (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.278 (35) | 2.087 2.087  14 | |||
| 75. Sam Houston St (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.527 (101) | 2.034 2.034  9 | |||
| 76. Alcorn St (4 - 1) Schedule: -0.191 (123) | 2.02 2.02  6 | |||
| 77. VMI (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.229 (38) | 1.892 1.892  1 | |||
| 78. Columbia (0 - 3) Schedule: 3.73 (19) | 1.714 1.714  34 | |||
| 79. Sacred Heart (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.004 (113) | 1.709 1.709  7 | |||
| 80. Prairie View A&M (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.87 (95) | 1.687 1.687  10 | |||
| 81. Morehead St (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.217 (107) | 1.653 1.653  10 | |||
| 82. South Carolina St (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.504 (102) | 1.61 1.61  18 | |||
| 83. Morgan St (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.163 (108) | 1.605 1.605  9 | |||
| 84. San Diego (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.454 (120) | 1.599 1.599  14 | |||
| 85. Tennessee St (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.828 (116) | 1.537 1.537  5 | |||
| 86. UC-Davis (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.756 (18) | 1.53 1.53  11 | |||
| 87. Alabama A&M (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.729 (61) | 1.467 1.467  4 | |||
| 88. Brown (1 - 2) Schedule: 2.5 (69) | 1.437 1.437  5 | |||
| 89. Drake (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.495 (103) | 1.345 1.345  1 | |||
| 90. Missouri St (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.809 (16) | 1.31 1.31  12 | |||
| 91. Gardner-Webb (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.851 (52) | 1.257 1.257  6 | |||
| 92. Murray St (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.843 (55) | 1.225 1.225  8 | |||
| 93. Stephen F. Austin (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.09 (41) | 1.149 1.149  3 | |||
| 94. Idaho St (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.379 (31) | 1.129 1.129  21 | |||
| 95. Hampton (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.018 (111) | 1.055 1.055  4 | |||
| 96. North Carolina Central (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.27 (78) | 1.02 1.02  7 | |||
| 97. Norfolk St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.468 (71) | 1.013 1.013  3 | |||
| 98. Incarnate Word (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.051 (110) | 0.894 0.894  1 | |||
| 99. Lafayette (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.337 (33) | 0.814 0.814  12 | |||
| 100. Sacramento St (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.07 (88) | 0.682 0.682  21 | |||
| 101. Central Conn St (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.806 (58) | 0.625 0.625  20 | |||
| 102. Marist (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.226 (79) | 0.502 0.502  8 | |||
| 103. Presbyterian (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.707 (63) | 0.397 0.397  1 | |||
| 104. Alabama St (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.792 (117) | 0.372 0.372  10 | |||
| 105. Northern Colorado (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.495 (119) | 0.366 0.366  6 | |||
| 106. Abilene Christian (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.963 (114) | 0.313 0.313  11 | |||
| 107. Maine (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.712 (62) | 0.284 0.284  3 | |||
| 108. Stetson (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.685 (98) | 0.06 0.06  9 | |||
| 109. Northwestern St (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.265 (36) | 0.004 0.004  2 | |||
| 110. Savannah St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.459 (72) | -0.04 -0.04  4 | |||
| 111. Rhode Island (0 - 5) Schedule: 2.931 (46) | -0.058 -0.058  2 | |||
| 112. Jackson St (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.202 (82) | -0.073 -0.073  11 | |||
| 113. Austin Peay (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.836 (15) | -0.081 -0.081  5 | |||
| 114. Nicholls St (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.251 (37) | -0.218 -0.218  9 | |||
| 115. Howard (0 - 5) Schedule: 2.553 (68) | -0.224 -0.224  | |||
| 116. Wagner (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.093 (86) | -0.386 -0.386  4 | |||
| 117. Delaware St (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.296 (76) | -0.775 -0.775  4 | |||
| 118. East Tennessee St (0 - 5) Schedule: 1.879 (94) | -1.094 -1.094  | |||
| 119. Texas Southern (2 - 3) Schedule: -0.624 (124) | -1.222 -1.222  3 | |||
| 120. Florida A&M (0 - 5) Schedule: 1.966 (91) | -1.239 -1.239  1 | |||
| 121. Valparaiso (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.232 (106) | -1.498 -1.498  2 | |||
| 122. Mississippi Valley St (0 - 5) Schedule: 2.359 (75) | -1.605 -1.605  2 | |||
| 123. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 4) Schedule: 0.583 (118) | -1.772 -1.772  2 | |||
| 124. Davidson (0 - 4) Schedule: 1.014 (112) | -1.847 -1.847  2 | |||
| 125. Houston Christian (1 - 3) Schedule: -0.901 (125) | -2.901 -2.901  |