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. Central Florida (3 - 0) Schedule: 5.72 (29) | 9.628 9.628  18 | |||
| 2. Georgia (5 - 0) Schedule: 6.224 (12) | 9.523 9.523  1 | |||
| 3. Alabama (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.755 (27) | 9.3 9.3  1 | |||
| 4. Notre Dame  (4 - 1) Schedule: 6.374 (9) | 9.167 9.167  2 | |||
| 5. Clemson (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.856 (22) | 9.09 9.09  2 | |||
| 6. Miami FL (3 - 0) Schedule: 5.43 (46) | 9.021 9.021  19 | |||
| 7. Michigan (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.811 (25) | 8.948 8.948  5 | |||
| 8. TCU  (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.271 (50) | 8.421 8.421  1 | |||
| 9. Penn State (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.243 (52) | 8.338 8.338  12 | |||
| 10. Ohio State (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.61 (35) | 8.216 8.216  3 | |||
| 11. Oklahoma St (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.828 (24) | 8.11 8.11  7 | |||
| 12. Southern Cal (4 - 1) Schedule: 6.599 (5) | 7.979 7.979  7 | |||
| 13. Oklahoma (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.966 (69) | 7.925 7.925  5 | |||
| 14. Washington (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.032 (111) | 7.871 7.871  3 | |||
| 15. Wisconsin (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.547 (92) | 7.564 7.564  5 | |||
| 16. Georgia Tech (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.234 (53) | 7.468 7.468  20 | |||
| 17. Navy (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.392 (47) | 7.364 7.364  4 | |||
| 18. Auburn (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.835 (72) | 7.323 7.323  30 | |||
| 19. Oregon (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.136 (57) | 7.322 7.322  22 | |||
| 20. Maryland (3 - 1) Schedule: 6.629 (4) | 7.293 7.293  | |||
| 21. Texas Tech (3 - 1) Schedule: 6.154 (14) | 7.242 7.242  7 | |||
| 22. Washington St (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.673 (82) | 7.196 7.196  12 | |||
| 23. San Diego St (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.531 (40) | 7.128 7.128  8 | |||
| 24. North Carolina St (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.59 (36) | 7.111 7.111  8 | |||
| 25. Stanford (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.025 (17) | 7.043 7.043  2 | |||
| 26. Michigan St (3 - 1) Schedule: 6.038 (16) | 7.035 7.035  24 | |||
| 27. Iowa (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.995 (18) | 7.01 7.01  4 | |||
| 28. Texas (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.929 (19) | 6.935 6.935  5 | |||
| 29. Florida (3 - 1) Schedule: 6.565 (6) | 6.912 6.912  1 | |||
| 30. South Florida (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.573 (121) | 6.906 6.906  6 | |||
| 31. Minnesota (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.751 (78) | 6.905 6.905  1 | |||
| 32. Virginia Tech  (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.839 (71) | 6.876 6.876  6 | |||
| 33. Wake Forest (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.582 (90) | 6.852 6.852  16 | |||
| 34. Marshall (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.557 (37) | 6.797 6.797  18 | |||
| 35. Florida St (1 - 2) Schedule: 7.754 (1) | 6.67 6.67  37 | |||
| 36. Mississippi St (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.807 (26) | 6.662 6.662  24 | |||
| 37. Duke (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.169 (56) | 6.618 6.618  21 | |||
| 38. Houston (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.074 (62) | 6.466 6.466  11 | |||
| 39. Kansas St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.472 (94) | 6.431 6.431  30 | |||
| 40. Toledo (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.382 (48) | 6.403 6.403  23 | |||
| 41. Louisville (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.979 (68) | 6.296 6.296  12 | |||
| 42. SMU (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.272 (107) | 6.264 6.264  6 | |||
| 43. Virginia (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.737 (79) | 6.264 6.264  5 | |||
| 44. California (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.206 (13) | 6.235 6.235  22 | |||
| 45. Purdue (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.519 (41) | 6.17 6.17  2 | |||
| 46. Vanderbilt (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.486 (43) | 6.15 6.15  9 | |||
| 47. Arizona St (2 - 3) Schedule: 6.703 (2) | 6.139 6.139  5 | |||
| 48. Texas A&M (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.83 (73) | 6.129 6.129  14 | |||
| 49. Indiana (2 - 2) Schedule: 6.29 (10) | 6.019 6.019  14 | |||
| 50. Boise St (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.846 (23) | 5.947 5.947  16 | |||
| 51. Nebraska (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.994 (67) | 5.921 5.921  32 | |||
| 52. Iowa St (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.207 (54) | 5.907 5.907  1 | |||
| 53. Northern Illinois (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.11 (60) | 5.853 5.853  33 | |||
| 54. UCLA (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.536 (39) | 5.85 5.85  5 | |||
| 55. Miami OH (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.617 (34) | 5.837 5.837  3 | |||
| 56. Tennessee (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.681 (32) | 5.79 5.79  9 | |||
| 57. Colorado St (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.596 (89) | 5.755 5.755  24 | |||
| 58. Arizona (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.417 (97) | 5.754 5.754  2 | |||
| 59. Utah (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.265 (123) | 5.746 5.746  5 | |||
| 60. Tulane (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.711 (30) | 5.711 5.711  14 | |||
| 61. Cincinnati (2 - 3) Schedule: 6.564 (7) | 5.697 5.697  16 | |||
| 62. Texas-San Antonio (3 - 0) Schedule: 2.323 (130) | 5.649 5.649  22 | |||
| 63. Colorado (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.617 (87) | 5.61 5.61  12 | |||
| 64. Western Michigan (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.79 (76) | 5.587 5.587  11 | |||
| 65. Mississippi (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.504 (42) | 5.524 5.524  26 | |||
| 66. Arkansas (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.199 (55) | 5.512 5.512  19 | |||
| 67. South Carolina (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.079 (61) | 5.459 5.459  10 | |||
| 68. Buffalo (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.532 (93) | 5.441 5.441  11 | |||
| 69. Pittsburgh (2 - 3) Schedule: 6.474 (8) | 5.413 5.413  25 | |||
| 70. Memphis (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.472 (44) | 5.402 5.402  3 | |||
| 71. UNLV (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.631 (85) | 5.381 5.381  3 | |||
| 72. Kentucky (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.302 (104) | 5.373 5.373  34 | |||
| 73. Florida Atlantic (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.451 (45) | 5.259 5.259  5 | |||
| 74. Boston College (2 - 3) Schedule: 6.702 (3) | 5.202 5.202  13 | |||
| 75. West Virginia (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.806 (128) | 5.158 5.158  4 | |||
| 76. North Carolina (1 - 4) Schedule: 6.093 (15) | 5.102 5.102  29 | |||
| 77. New Mexico (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.403 (98) | 5.078 5.078  16 | |||
| 78. Utah St (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.453 (95) | 5.015 5.015  14 | |||
| 79. Northwestern (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.827 (74) | 4.992 4.992  1 | |||
| 80. Tulsa (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.923 (20) | 4.899 4.899  17 | |||
| 81. Troy (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.827 (117) | 4.846 4.846  9 | |||
| 82. Appalachian St (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.619 (86) | 4.818 4.818  9 | |||
| 83. LSU (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.01 (113) | 4.803 4.803  23 | |||
| 84. New Mexico St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.68 (81) | 4.78 4.78  7 | |||
| 85. Army (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.345 (101) | 4.762 4.762  9 | |||
| 86. Fresno St (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.895 (70) | 4.676 4.676  2 | |||
| 87. Syracuse (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.85 (116) | 4.505 4.505  11 | |||
| 88. Air Force (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.062 (63) | 4.467 4.467  20 | |||
| 89. Florida Int'l (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.306 (103) | 4.465 4.465  45 | |||
| 90. Eastern Michigan (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.919 (114) | 4.45 4.45  11 | |||
| 91. North Texas (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.127 (109) | 4.43 4.43  13 | |||
| 92. Temple (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.742 (28) | 4.271 4.271  10 | |||
| 93. Wyoming (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.166 (108) | 4.264 4.264  19 | |||
| 94. Ohio U. (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.242 (124) | 4.254 4.254  5 | |||
| 95. Arkansas St (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.306 (102) | 4.22 4.22  5 | |||
| 96. Louisiana Tech (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.665 (119) | 4.203 4.203  14 | |||
| 97. Idaho (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.294 (106) | 4.202 4.202  5 | |||
| 98. Baylor (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.872 (21) | 4.116 4.116  14 | |||
| 99. Southern Miss (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.568 (122) | 4.02 4.02  38 | |||
| 100. Rutgers (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.297 (49) | 3.962 3.962  10 | |||
| 101. Georgia St (1 - 2) Schedule: 4.383 (100) | 3.909 3.909  7 | |||
| 102. Akron (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.442 (96) | 3.862 3.862  11 | |||
| 103. Old Dominion (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.613 (88) | 3.848 3.848  7 | |||
| 104. Middle Tennessee St (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.041 (65) | 3.617 3.617  2 | |||
| 105. Illinois (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.652 (83) | 3.614 3.614  35 | |||
| 106. Kent St (1 - 4) Schedule: 6.239 (11) | 3.582 3.582  1 | |||
| 107. Hawai`i (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.385 (99) | 3.495 3.495  2 | |||
| 108. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.641 (120) | 3.323 3.323  5 | |||
| 109. South Alabama (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.641 (84) | 3.162 3.162  2 | |||
| 110. Alabama-Birmingham (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.744 (129) | 3.114 3.114  5 | |||
| 111. Connecticut (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.563 (91) | 3.088 3.088  2 | |||
| 112. Rice (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.042 (64) | 3.031 3.031  17 | |||
| 113. Brigham Young (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.79 (77) | 2.924 2.924  1 | |||
| 114. Ball St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.133 (125) | 2.897 2.897  23 | |||
| 115. Western Kentucky (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.846 (127) | 2.882 2.882  26 | |||
| 116. Nevada (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.131 (58) | 2.739 2.739  1 | |||
| 117. East Carolina (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.619 (33) | 2.71 2.71  1 | |||
| 118. Louisiana-Lafayette (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.294 (105) | 2.661 2.661  8 | |||
| 119. Oregon St (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.71 (31) | 2.654 2.654  9 | |||
| 120. Massachusetts (0 - 6) Schedule: 4.023 (112) | 2.592 2.592  1 | |||
| 121. Missouri (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.808 (75) | 2.577 2.577  4 | |||
| 122. Central Michigan (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.872 (115) | 2.548 2.548  2 | |||
| 123. San Jose St (1 - 5) Schedule: 5.118 (59) | 2.537 2.537  5 | |||
| 124. Coastal Carolina (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.675 (118) | 2.481 2.481  5 | |||
| 125. Bowling Green (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.028 (66) | 2.387 2.387  1 | |||
| 126. Georgia Southern (0 - 3) Schedule: 5.536 (38) | 2.343 2.343  3 | |||
| 127. UNC-Charlotte (0 - 5) Schedule: 4.728 (80) | 2.089 2.089  3 | |||
| 128. Kansas (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.131 (126) | 2.016 2.016  1 | |||
| 129. UTEP  (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.25 (51) | 1.822 1.822  2 | |||
| 130. Texas St-San Marcos (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.075 (110) | 1.709 1.709  8 |