Week 5
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. North Dakota St (4 - 0) Schedule: 1.804 (53) | 5.185 5.185  3 | |||
| 2. Montana (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.115 (19) | 4.995 4.995  6 | |||
| 3. Sacramento St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.979 (4) | 4.69 4.69  11 | |||
| 4. Idaho St (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.132 (3) | 4.592 4.592  2 | |||
| 5. Weber St (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.325 (2) | 4.59 4.59  4 | |||
| 6. Northern Iowa (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.838 (6) | 4.374 4.374  5 | |||
| 7. James Madison (4 - 1) Schedule: 1.305 (74) | 4.196 4.196  | |||
| 8. Villanova (5 - 0) Schedule: 0.962 (85) | 4.053 4.053  2 | |||
| 9. Youngstown St (4 - 0) Schedule: 0.581 (101) | 4 4  4 | |||
| 10. Montana St (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.416 (36) | 3.939 3.939  3 | |||
| 11. South Dakota St (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.263 (76) | 3.813 3.813  11 | |||
| 12. Yale (2 - 0) Schedule: 1.631 (62) | 3.804 3.804  1 | |||
| 13. SE Louisiana (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.245 (39) | 3.748 3.748  10 | |||
| 14. Central Arkansas (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.422 (13) | 3.693 3.693  2 | |||
| 15. Towson (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.858 (23) | 3.626 3.626  3 | |||
| 16. Princeton (2 - 0) Schedule: -0.465 (117) | 3.535 3.535  18 | |||
| 17. SE Missouri St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.575 (12) | 3.402 3.402  9 | |||
| 18. Southern Illinois (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.846 (24) | 3.373 3.373  11 | |||
| 19. Eastern Washington (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.298 (14) | 3.311 3.311  1 | |||
| 20. Furman (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.81 (52) | 3.215 3.215  2 | |||
| 21. Tennessee-Martin (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.981 (21) | 3.169 3.169  24 | |||
| 22. South Dakota (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.494 (1) | 3.149 3.149  21 | |||
| 23. Kennesaw St (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.52 (103) | 3.14 3.14  6 | |||
| 24. Houston Christian (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.734 (95) | 3.065 3.065  1 | |||
| 25. Idaho (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.603 (10) | 3.015 3.015  10 | |||
| 26. Dartmouth (2 - 0) Schedule: -1.045 (122) | 2.955 2.955  33 | |||
| 27. UC-Davis (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.589 (11) | 2.929 2.929  8 | |||
| 28. Florida A&M (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.181 (41) | 2.72 2.72  19 | |||
| 29. Illinois St (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.837 (88) | 2.618 2.618  5 | |||
| 30. Austin Peay (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.478 (68) | 2.566 2.566  26 | |||
| 31. North Dakota (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.938 (22) | 2.554 2.554  18 | |||
| 32. Sam Houston St (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.922 (86) | 2.53 2.53  33 | |||
| 33. Nicholls St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.264 (15) | 2.424 2.424  10 | |||
| 34. Stony Brook (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.806 (91) | 2.386 2.386  4 | |||
| 35. Northern Arizona (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.562 (31) | 2.35 2.35  4 | |||
| 36. Portland St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.525 (32) | 2.304 2.304  5 | |||
| 37. Alcorn St (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.517 (66) | 2.244 2.244  | |||
| 38. Maine (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.447 (35) | 2.241 2.241  1 | |||
| 39. Jacksonville St (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.945 (48) | 2.173 2.173  11 | |||
| 40. Cal Poly SLO (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.841 (25) | 2.171 2.171  6 | |||
| 41. Southern U. (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.663 (59) | 2.171 2.171  20 | |||
| 42. North Carolina A&T (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.573 (64) | 2.112 2.112  2 | |||
| 43. Samford (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.649 (60) | 2.068 2.068  5 | |||
| 44. South Carolina St (2 - 1) Schedule: 1.196 (77) | 2.061 2.061  8 | |||
| 45. McNeese St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.182 (18) | 1.984 1.984  10 | |||
| 46. The Citadel (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.026 (46) | 1.956 1.956  16 | |||
| 47. Delaware (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.834 (51) | 1.944 1.944  28 | |||
| 48. Prairie View A&M (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.053 (44) | 1.909 1.909  6 | |||
| 49. Indiana St (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.321 (73) | 1.887 1.887  1 | |||
| 50. Elon (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.7 (29) | 1.864 1.864  23 | |||
| 51. Bethune-Cookman (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.588 (100) | 1.824 1.824  19 | |||
| 52. Campbell (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.289 (75) | 1.813 1.813  18 | |||
| 53. Cornell NY (1 - 1) Schedule: 1.028 (82) | 1.738 1.738  25 | |||
| 54. Abilene Christian (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.537 (65) | 1.713 1.713  33 | |||
| 55. Albany NY (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.627 (99) | 1.683 1.683  3 | |||
| 56. East Tennessee St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.034 (45) | 1.663 1.663  11 | |||
| 57. Tennessee Tech (4 - 1) Schedule: 0.798 (92) | 1.659 1.659  | |||
| 58. Northern Colorado (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.956 (5) | 1.601 1.601  21 | |||
| 59. Murray St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.343 (37) | 1.591 1.591  26 | |||
| 60. Holy Cross (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.831 (7) | 1.524 1.524  3 | |||
| 61. Monmouth NJ (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.723 (28) | 1.493 1.493  8 | |||
| 62. Wofford (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.017 (84) | 1.451 1.451  9 | |||
| 63. New Hampshire (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.152 (80) | 1.445 1.445  24 | |||
| 64. William & Mary (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.727 (57) | 1.443 1.443  12 | |||
| 65. Central Conn St (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.052 (109) | 1.422 1.422  3 | |||
| 66. Sacred Heart (3 - 1) Schedule: -0.154 (113) | 1.414 1.414  2 | |||
| 67. Lamar (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.725 (58) | 1.263 1.263  25 | |||
| 68. San Diego (1 - 2) Schedule: 1.991 (47) | 1.225 1.225  5 | |||
| 69. Stephen F. Austin (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.779 (26) | 1.223 1.223  8 | |||
| 70. Davidson (3 - 1) Schedule: -0.758 (118) | 1.209 1.209  15 | |||
| 71. Norfolk St (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.454 (33) | 1.195 1.195  11 | |||
| 72. Dayton (2 - 1) Schedule: 0.752 (94) | 1.192 1.192  19 | |||
| 73. Missouri St (0 - 3) Schedule: 3.716 (9) | 1.076 1.076  5 | |||
| 74. Georgetown DC (3 - 1) Schedule: -1.344 (124) | 1.033 1.033  39 | |||
| 75. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.082 (81) | 1.029 1.029  31 | |||
| 76. Eastern Kentucky (3 - 2) Schedule: -0.087 (111) | 1.011 1.011  8 | |||
| 77. Pennsylvania (1 - 1) Schedule: 0.636 (98) | 0.876 0.876  13 | |||
| 78. Harvard (1 - 1) Schedule: -0.408 (116) | 0.874 0.874  18 | |||
| 79. Columbia (1 - 1) Schedule: 0.752 (93) | 0.85 0.85  77 | |||
| 80. Grambling St (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.451 (34) | 0.808 0.808  6 | |||
| 81. Drake (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.918 (49) | 0.725 0.725  26 | |||
| 82. Alabama St (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.44 (70) | 0.599 0.599  10 | |||
| 83. VMI (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.17 (79) | 0.595 0.595  17 | |||
| 84. Mercer (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.529 (102) | 0.561 0.561  4 | |||
| 85. Southern Utah (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.762 (27) | 0.532 0.532  2 | |||
| 86. Rhode Island (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.149 (42) | 0.528 0.528  19 | |||
| 87. St Francis PA (3 - 2) Schedule: 0.333 (107) | 0.471 0.471  32 | |||
| 88. Charleston Southern (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.102 (20) | 0.454 0.454  12 | |||
| 89. Chattanooga (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.45 (69) | 0.381 0.381  7 | |||
| 90. Duquesne (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.711 (96) | 0.338 0.338  39 | |||
| 91. Incarnate Word (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.322 (72) | 0.235 0.235  26 | |||
| 92. Northwestern St (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.744 (8) | 0.221 0.221  3 | |||
| 93. Wagner (1 - 4) Schedule: 1.762 (55) | 0.182 0.182  9 | |||
| 94. Robert Morris (1 - 4) Schedule: 1.757 (56) | 0.032 0.032  13 | |||
| 95. Lehigh (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.641 (61) | -0.056 -0.056  9 | |||
| 96. Howard (1 - 4) Schedule: 1.604 (63) | -0.114 -0.114  2 | |||
| 97. Fordham (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.693 (97) | -0.152 -0.152  1 | |||
| 98. Stetson (3 - 1) Schedule: -2.833 (126) | -0.203 -0.203  20 | |||
| 99. Butler (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.85 (50) | -0.21 -0.21  13 | |||
| 100. North Alabama (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.498 (104) | -0.281 -0.281  7 | |||
| 101. Colgate (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.227 (16) | -0.284 -0.284  10 | |||
| 102. Western Illinois (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.111 (43) | -0.367 -0.367  1 | |||
| 103. Hampton (2 - 2) Schedule: -0.341 (114) | -0.373 -0.373  | |||
| 104. Richmond (1 - 3) Schedule: 0.807 (90) | -0.636 -0.636  9 | |||
| 105. Texas Southern (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.624 (30) | -0.646 -0.646  11 | |||
| 106. Gardner-Webb (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.481 (67) | -0.658 -0.658  4 | |||
| 107. Lafayette (0 - 5) Schedule: 1.382 (71) | -0.672 -0.672  1 | |||
| 108. Eastern Illinois (0 - 5) Schedule: 2.269 (38) | -0.687 -0.687  3 | |||
| 109. North Carolina Central (2 - 3) Schedule: -0.039 (110) | -0.702 -0.702  10 | |||
| 110. Bucknell (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.193 (17) | -0.72 -0.72  4 | |||
| 111. Alabama A&M (3 - 2) Schedule: -0.823 (120) | -0.823 -0.823  7 | |||
| 112. Merrimack (2 - 3) Schedule: -1.094 (123) | -0.888 -0.888  15 | |||
| 113. Morgan St (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.185 (40) | -1.176 -1.176  14 | |||
| 114. Mississippi Valley St (0 - 4) Schedule: 1.025 (83) | -1.22 -1.22  22 | |||
| 115. Tennessee St (1 - 4) Schedule: 0.301 (108) | -1.23 -1.23  27 | |||
| 116. Jackson St (1 - 3) Schedule: 0.459 (106) | -1.399 -1.399  16 | |||
| 117. Western Carolina (1 - 3) Schedule: 0.846 (87) | -1.464 -1.464  9 | |||
| 118. LIU-Post (0 - 3) Schedule: 1.803 (54) | -1.464 -1.464  3 | |||
| 119. Morehead St (2 - 2) Schedule: -1.582 (125) | -1.582 -1.582  13 | |||
| 120. Marist (1 - 3) Schedule: 0.823 (89) | -1.748 -1.748  4 | |||
| 121. Jacksonville FL (2 - 2) Schedule: -1.032 (121) | -1.806 -1.806  2 | |||
| 122. Delaware St (1 - 3) Schedule: -0.385 (115) | -1.959 -1.959  | |||
| 123. Brown (1 - 1) Schedule: -0.781 (119) | -2.041 -2.041  8 | |||
| 124. Valparaiso (0 - 4) Schedule: 1.193 (78) | -2.151 -2.151  1 | |||
| 125. Bryant (0 - 5) Schedule: 0.469 (105) | -2.436 -2.436  4 | |||
| 126. Presbyterian (0 - 4) Schedule: -0.129 (112) | -3.486 -3.486  |