Week 5
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Montana (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.262 (8) | 6.421 6.421  1 | |||
| 2. South Dakota St (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.686 (62) | 6.419 6.419  1 | |||
| 3. Northern Iowa (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.726 (25) | 6.123 6.123  2 | |||
| 4. James Madison (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.171 (44) | 5.956 5.956  | |||
| 5. Harvard (3 - 0) Schedule: 1.87 (99) | 5.937 5.937  1 | |||
| 6. Eastern Washington (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.684 (26) | 5.93 5.93  5 | |||
| 7. Missouri St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.726 (3) | 5.883 5.883  3 | |||
| 8. Southern Illinois (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.544 (30) | 5.664 5.664  5 | |||
| 9. Sam Houston St (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.749 (58) | 5.421 5.421  2 | |||
| 10. North Dakota St (4 - 0) Schedule: 1.933 (93) | 5.308 5.308  2 | |||
| 11. East Tennessee St (5 - 0) Schedule: 2.275 (80) | 5.066 5.066  2 | |||
| 12. South Dakota (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.981 (52) | 4.934 4.934  5 | |||
| 13. Montana St (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.097 (84) | 4.731 4.731  12 | |||
| 14. William & Mary (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.37 (36) | 4.683 4.683  13 | |||
| 15. UC-Davis (5 - 0) Schedule: 2.352 (77) | 4.662 4.662  4 | |||
| 16. Mercer (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.358 (37) | 4.608 4.608  6 | |||
| 17. Kennesaw St (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.227 (41) | 4.593 4.593  17 | |||
| 18. Princeton (3 - 0) Schedule: 0.81 (118) | 4.566 4.566  6 | |||
| 19. Incarnate Word (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.388 (76) | 4.432 4.432  7 | |||
| 20. Chattanooga (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.071 (47) | 4.365 4.365  5 | |||
| 21. Jackson St (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.11 (46) | 4.248 4.248  7 | |||
| 22. New Hampshire (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.166 (9) | 4.184 4.184  14 | |||
| 23. Rhode Island (4 - 0) Schedule: 1.91 (94) | 4.174 4.174  2 | |||
| 24. Weber St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.819 (21) | 4.105 4.105  16 | |||
| 25. SE Louisiana (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.042 (87) | 3.992 3.992  2 | |||
| 26. Western Illinois (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.258 (2) | 3.938 3.938  6 | |||
| 27. Central Arkansas (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.741 (23) | 3.911 3.911  6 | |||
| 28. Dartmouth (3 - 0) Schedule: 0.475 (123) | 3.838 3.838  1 | |||
| 29. Florida A&M (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.908 (55) | 3.757 3.757  26 | |||
| 30. Delaware (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.197 (43) | 3.723 3.723  16 | |||
| 31. Murray St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.639 (28) | 3.674 3.674  30 | |||
| 32. Tennessee-Martin (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.963 (53) | 3.575 3.575  2 | |||
| 33. Youngstown St (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.555 (1) | 3.555 3.555  8 | |||
| 34. Elon (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.933 (13) | 3.555 3.555  41 | |||
| 35. Samford (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.004 (49) | 3.435 3.435  3 | |||
| 36. Stephen F. Austin (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.875 (98) | 3.415 3.415  12 | |||
| 37. Holy Cross (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.298 (38) | 3.389 3.389  19 | |||
| 38. Campbell (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.003 (50) | 3.367 3.367  22 | |||
| 39. Villanova (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.885 (97) | 3.333 3.333  6 | |||
| 40. Duquesne (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.003 (89) | 3.299 3.299  39 | |||
| 41. Monmouth NJ (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.026 (48) | 3.266 3.266  9 | |||
| 42. Fordham (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.098 (10) | 3.229 3.229  16 | |||
| 43. North Dakota (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.58 (66) | 3.226 3.226  4 | |||
| 44. Austin Peay (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.451 (35) | 3.211 3.211  28 | |||
| 45. Nicholls St (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.662 (64) | 3.211 3.211  8 | |||
| 46. Charleston Southern (1 - 2) Schedule: 3.735 (24) | 3.054 3.054  20 | |||
| 47. Furman (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.528 (31) | 3.039 3.039  6 | |||
| 48. Abilene Christian (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.103 (83) | 3.015 3.015  28 | |||
| 49. Merrimack (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.854 (100) | 3.012 3.012  36 | |||
| 50. The Citadel (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.278 (39) | 2.953 2.953  12 | |||
| 51. Illinois St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.882 (16) | 2.909 2.909  20 | |||
| 52. Stony Brook (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.915 (14) | 2.845 2.845  13 | |||
| 53. Eastern Kentucky (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.556 (68) | 2.747 2.747  12 | |||
| 54. Prairie View A&M (4 - 1) Schedule: 1.52 (110) | 2.732 2.732  13 | |||
| 55. Norfolk St (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.693 (60) | 2.686 2.686  3 | |||
| 56. Wofford (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.857 (19) | 2.617 2.617  38 | |||
| 57. Richmond (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.292 (79) | 2.529 2.529  14 | |||
| 58. Maine (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.695 (5) | 2.516 2.516  23 | |||
| 59. Sacramento St (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.664 (63) | 2.468 2.468  2 | |||
| 60. Idaho (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.648 (27) | 2.412 2.412  17 | |||
| 61. Columbia (2 - 1) Schedule: 1.719 (104) | 2.376 2.376  17 | |||
| 62. Portland St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.862 (57) | 2.349 2.349  24 | |||
| 63. Jacksonville St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.745 (22) | 2.345 2.345  21 | |||
| 64. Lafayette (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.914 (15) | 2.297 2.297  14 | |||
| 65. Albany NY (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.704 (4) | 2.275 2.275  6 | |||
| 66. North Carolina A&T (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.84 (101) | 2.275 2.275  6 | |||
| 67. McNeese St (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.977 (12) | 2.269 2.269  16 | |||
| 68. Dayton (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.444 (72) | 2.238 2.238  21 | |||
| 69. VMI (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.075 (85) | 2.216 2.216  1 | |||
| 70. Indiana St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.044 (11) | 2.149 2.149  21 | |||
| 71. Northern Arizona (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.99 (51) | 2.091 2.091  12 | |||
| 72. St Thomas (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.901 (95) | 2.001 2.001  26 | |||
| 73. Towson (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.499 (33) | 1.987 1.987  2 | |||
| 74. Morehead St (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.401 (75) | 1.881 1.881  5 | |||
| 75. Yale (2 - 1) Schedule: 0.365 (125) | 1.715 1.715  21 | |||
| 76. Lamar (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.238 (81) | 1.662 1.662  12 | |||
| 77. Eastern Illinois (1 - 5) Schedule: 2.908 (54) | 1.589 1.589  4 | |||
| 78. SE Missouri St (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.512 (32) | 1.577 1.577  22 | |||
| 79. Cal Poly SLO (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.32 (7) | 1.576 1.576  8 | |||
| 80. Davidson (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.229 (116) | 1.559 1.559  25 | |||
| 81. Northern Colorado (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.314 (78) | 1.554 1.554  | |||
| 82. Southern U. (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.707 (105) | 1.534 1.534  6 | |||
| 83. Alcorn St (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.678 (106) | 1.428 1.428  14 | |||
| 84. Stetson (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.801 (120) | 1.405 1.405  1 | |||
| 85. Bryant (3 - 2) Schedule: 1.423 (112) | 1.388 1.388  6 | |||
| 86. Alabama St (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.558 (67) | 1.375 1.375  23 | |||
| 87. Southern Utah (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.875 (18) | 1.362 1.362  1 | |||
| 88. Colgate (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.641 (65) | 1.296 1.296  15 | |||
| 89. South Carolina St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.454 (71) | 1.269 1.269  10 | |||
| 90. Hampton (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.39 (113) | 1.258 1.258  8 | |||
| 91. Alabama A&M (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.691 (121) | 1.244 1.244  2 | |||
| 92. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.002 (90) | 1.223 1.223  9 | |||
| 93. Grambling St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.727 (59) | 1.192 1.192  22 | |||
| 94. Brown (0 - 3) Schedule: 3.833 (20) | 1.134 1.134  11 | |||
| 95. Texas Southern (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.549 (69) | 1.134 1.134  15 | |||
| 96. Tennessee St (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.887 (96) | 1.114 1.114  17 | |||
| 97. Georgetown DC (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.548 (70) | 1.088 1.088  27 | |||
| 98. Western Carolina (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.544 (29) | 1.085 1.085  3 | |||
| 99. St Francis PA (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.763 (103) | 0.999 0.999  9 | |||
| 100. Gardner-Webb (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.438 (111) | 0.977 0.977  4 | |||
| 101. Pennsylvania (1 - 2) Schedule: 1.543 (109) | 0.929 0.929  1 | |||
| 102. Dixie St (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.413 (6) | 0.725 0.725  16 | |||
| 103. North Alabama (0 - 5) Schedule: 3.456 (34) | 0.714 0.714  5 | |||
| 104. Tennessee Tech (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.238 (40) | 0.684 0.684  16 | |||
| 105. Presbyterian (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.274 (127) | 0.644 0.644  3 | |||
| 106. San Diego (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.906 (56) | 0.596 0.596  13 | |||
| 107. Delaware St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2 (91) | 0.584 0.584  27 | |||
| 108. Bethune-Cookman (0 - 5) Schedule: 2.422 (73) | 0.548 0.548  16 | |||
| 109. Tarleton St (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.515 (122) | 0.509 0.509  22 | |||
| 110. Northwestern St (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.17 (45) | 0.474 0.474  7 | |||
| 111. North Carolina Central (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.244 (115) | 0.256 0.256  1 | |||
| 112. Sacred Heart (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.347 (126) | 0.252 0.252  5 | |||
| 113. Valparaiso (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.062 (86) | 0.244 0.244  20 | |||
| 114. Idaho St (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.226 (42) | 0.089 0.089  10 | |||
| 115. LIU-Post (0 - 3) Schedule: 3.876 (17) | 0.076 0.076  3 | |||
| 116. Mississippi Valley St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.22 (82) | -0.007 -0.007  8 | |||
| 117. Central Conn St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.017 (88) | -0.064 -0.064  1 | |||
| 118. Howard (1 - 4) Schedule: 1.805 (102) | -0.238 -0.238  4 | |||
| 119. Drake (2 - 3) Schedule: 0.425 (124) | -0.29 -0.29  2 | |||
| 120. Houston Christian (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.409 (74) | -0.383 -0.383  3 | |||
| 121. Wagner (0 - 5) Schedule: 1.964 (92) | -0.485 -0.485  1 | |||
| 122. Marist (1 - 2) Schedule: 1.336 (114) | -0.496 -0.496  3 | |||
| 123. Robert Morris (1 - 2) Schedule: 1.609 (108) | -0.564 -0.564  17 | |||
| 124. Butler (2 - 3) Schedule: -0.41 (128) | -0.701 -0.701  13 | |||
| 125. Cornell NY (0 - 3) Schedule: 0.808 (119) | -0.941 -0.941  25 | |||
| 126. Lehigh (0 - 5) Schedule: 2.688 (61) | -1.352 -1.352  | |||
| 127. Bucknell (1 - 3) Schedule: 0.893 (117) | -1.507 -1.507  1 | |||
| 128. Morgan St (0 - 4) Schedule: 1.644 (107) | -1.745 -1.745  1 |