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. Georgia (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.583 (18) | 8.727 8.727  | |||
| 2. Ohio State (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.005 (50) | 8.552 8.552  2 | |||
| 3. Alabama (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.263 (35) | 8.494 8.494  3 | |||
| 4. TCU  (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.788 (67) | 8.096 8.096  17 | |||
| 5. Clemson (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.139 (43) | 8.055 8.055  4 | |||
| 6. Mississippi (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.309 (31) | 7.979 7.979  6 | |||
| 7. Mississippi St (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.736 (12) | 7.973 7.973  7 | |||
| 8. Illinois (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.947 (52) | 7.92 7.92  3 | |||
| 9. Penn State (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.871 (61) | 7.791 7.791  7 | |||
| 10. Kansas (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.384 (23) | 7.498 7.498  1 | |||
| 11. Utah (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.45 (88) | 7.343 7.343  29 | |||
| 12. Texas (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.741 (11) | 7.301 7.301  11 | |||
| 13. LSU (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.184 (38) | 7.27 7.27  9 | |||
| 14. Southern Cal (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.529 (79) | 7.233 7.233  11 | |||
| 15. Maryland (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.054 (46) | 7.12 7.12  17 | |||
| 16. UCLA (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.245 (96) | 7.018 7.018  20 | |||
| 17. Kansas St (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.315 (29) | 7.01 7.01  10 | |||
| 18. Michigan (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.941 (108) | 7.001 7.001  20 | |||
| 19. Oregon (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.651 (15) | 6.991 6.991  4 | |||
| 20. Washington (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.814 (66) | 6.948 6.948  10 | |||
| 21. Tennessee (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.453 (85) | 6.936 6.936  9 | |||
| 22. Iowa St (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.608 (16) | 6.929 6.929  15 | |||
| 23. Kentucky (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.883 (60) | 6.925 6.925  7 | |||
| 24. Cincinnati (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.664 (74) | 6.906 6.906  6 | |||
| 25. Wake Forest (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.156 (41) | 6.885 6.885  6 | |||
| 26. Oklahoma (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.472 (20) | 6.827 6.827  6 | |||
| 27. North Carolina St (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.837 (63) | 6.745 6.745  8 | |||
| 28. Duke (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.453 (87) | 6.725 6.725  18 | |||
| 29. Syracuse (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.922 (110) | 6.642 6.642  21 | |||
| 30. Memphis (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.144 (42) | 6.627 6.627  22 | |||
| 31. SMU (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.181 (39) | 6.572 6.572  19 | |||
| 32. Auburn (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.373 (2) | 6.566 6.566  9 | |||
| 33. Washington St (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.815 (65) | 6.539 6.539  14 | |||
| 34. James Madison (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.289 (128) | 6.473 6.473  6 | |||
| 35. Central Florida (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.035 (101) | 6.45 6.45  10 | |||
| 36. Iowa (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.343 (27) | 6.319 6.319  23 | |||
| 37. Purdue (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.276 (32) | 6.296 6.296  2 | |||
| 38. Notre Dame  (2 - 2) Schedule: 6.288 (3) | 6.279 6.279  6 | |||
| 39. Brigham Young (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.931 (56) | 6.128 6.128  15 | |||
| 40. Arkansas (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.054 (5) | 6.12 6.12  7 | |||
| 41. Air Force (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.768 (113) | 6.088 6.088  7 | |||
| 42. Missouri (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.924 (7) | 6.057 6.057  24 | |||
| 43. San Jose St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.463 (83) | 6.044 6.044  33 | |||
| 44. Florida St (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.443 (89) | 6.031 6.031  15 | |||
| 45. Baylor (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.735 (69) | 5.958 5.958  28 | |||
| 46. Minnesota (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.264 (129) | 5.936 5.936  20 | |||
| 47. North Carolina (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.285 (95) | 5.907 5.907  27 | |||
| 48. Oregon St (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.322 (28) | 5.905 5.905  29 | |||
| 49. East Carolina (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.409 (92) | 5.856 5.856  12 | |||
| 50. UNLV (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.803 (111) | 5.846 5.846  12 | |||
| 51. Tulane (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.932 (109) | 5.845 5.845  14 | |||
| 52. California (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.358 (26) | 5.83 5.83  15 | |||
| 53. Liberty (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.646 (75) | 5.825 5.825  7 | |||
| 54. South Alabama (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.764 (115) | 5.823 5.823  | |||
| 55. Oklahoma St (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.224 (130) | 5.804 5.804  16 | |||
| 56. Florida (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.275 (33) | 5.802 5.802  | |||
| 57. Pittsburgh (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.724 (70) | 5.777 5.777  9 | |||
| 58. Appalachian St (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.017 (48) | 5.737 5.737  | |||
| 59. Texas A&M (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.113 (44) | 5.692 5.692  10 | |||
| 60. Tulsa (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.471 (21) | 5.614 5.614  15 | |||
| 61. Texas Tech (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.213 (37) | 5.59 5.59  3 | |||
| 62. South Carolina (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.546 (78) | 5.554 5.554  7 | |||
| 63. West Virginia (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.025 (47) | 5.49 5.49  12 | |||
| 64. Troy (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.898 (59) | 5.416 5.416  18 | |||
| 65. Indiana (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.693 (14) | 5.407 5.407  23 | |||
| 66. Houston (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.805 (8) | 5.299 5.299  1 | |||
| 67. Coastal Carolina (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.731 (117) | 5.295 5.295  3 | |||
| 68. Arizona (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.912 (58) | 5.152 5.152  15 | |||
| 69. Wisconsin (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.399 (22) | 5.119 5.119  12 | |||
| 70. Alabama-Birmingham (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.143 (98) | 5.102 5.102  7 | |||
| 71. Michigan St (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.256 (36) | 5.082 5.082  3 | |||
| 72. Texas-San Antonio (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.453 (86) | 5.048 5.048  12 | |||
| 73. Rice (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.694 (73) | 5.045 5.045  2 | |||
| 74. Vanderbilt (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.912 (57) | 5.006 5.006  2 | |||
| 75. Wyoming (3 - 3) Schedule: 5.585 (17) | 5.003 5.003  22 | |||
| 76. Virginia (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.773 (9) | 4.901 4.901  21 | |||
| 77. Boise St (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.953 (106) | 4.896 4.896  9 | |||
| 78. Western Kentucky (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.406 (126) | 4.896 4.896  15 | |||
| 79. Louisiana-Lafayette (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.214 (97) | 4.863 4.863  1 | |||
| 80. Marshall (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.691 (119) | 4.861 4.861  14 | |||
| 81. Louisville (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.952 (51) | 4.847 4.847  38 | |||
| 82. North Texas (3 - 3) Schedule: 4.754 (68) | 4.797 4.797  18 | |||
| 83. Arkansas St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.819 (64) | 4.79 4.79  10 | |||
| 84. Georgia Tech (2 - 3) Schedule: 6.202 (4) | 4.729 4.729  18 | |||
| 85. Toledo (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.458 (125) | 4.712 4.712  19 | |||
| 86. Nebraska (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.843 (62) | 4.691 4.691  27 | |||
| 87. Georgia Southern (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.952 (107) | 4.682 4.682  11 | |||
| 88. Stanford (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.485 (19) | 4.595 4.595  29 | |||
| 89. Miami FL (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.643 (121) | 4.569 4.569  11 | |||
| 90. Navy (1 - 3) Schedule: 6.022 (6) | 4.568 4.568  6 | |||
| 91. Buffalo (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.933 (54) | 4.353 4.353  2 | |||
| 92. Florida Atlantic (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.439 (90) | 4.35 4.35  13 | |||
| 93. Kent St (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.358 (25) | 4.347 4.347  1 | |||
| 94. Northwestern (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.365 (24) | 4.288 4.288  18 | |||
| 95. Middle Tennessee St (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.725 (118) | 4.237 4.237  22 | |||
| 96. Southern Miss (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.135 (99) | 4.135 4.135  1 | |||
| 97. Rutgers (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.353 (94) | 4.125 4.125  4 | |||
| 98. Old Dominion (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.944 (53) | 4.086 4.086  7 | |||
| 99. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.164 (40) | 4.084 4.084  11 | |||
| 100. Bowling Green (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.312 (30) | 3.938 3.938  9 | |||
| 101. Ohio U. (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.266 (34) | 3.842 3.842  16 | |||
| 102. Utah St (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.77 (10) | 3.806 3.806  4 | |||
| 103. Nevada (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.473 (82) | 3.76 3.76  13 | |||
| 104. New Mexico (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.114 (100) | 3.736 3.736  1 | |||
| 105. Northern Illinois (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.386 (93) | 3.641 3.641  10 | |||
| 106. Arizona St (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.006 (49) | 3.622 3.622  14 | |||
| 107. Temple (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.033 (102) | 3.591 3.591  4 | |||
| 108. Miami OH (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.417 (91) | 3.584 3.584  1 | |||
| 109. Army (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.003 (104) | 3.518 3.518  22 | |||
| 110. Fresno St (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.014 (103) | 3.478 3.478  29 | |||
| 111. San Diego St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.59 (77) | 3.435 3.435  4 | |||
| 112. Georgia St (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.507 (80) | 3.413 3.413  13 | |||
| 113. Central Michigan (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.704 (71) | 3.366 3.366  14 | |||
| 114. Virginia Tech  (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.748 (116) | 3.345 3.345  11 | |||
| 115. Western Michigan (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.459 (84) | 3.252 3.252  11 | |||
| 116. UTEP  (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.995 (105) | 3.217 3.217  2 | |||
| 117. Ball St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.645 (120) | 3.211 3.211  6 | |||
| 118. Louisiana Tech (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.077 (45) | 3.199 3.199  | |||
| 119. Eastern Michigan (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.602 (122) | 3.127 3.127  2 | |||
| 120. Texas St-San Marcos (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.801 (112) | 3.049 3.049  10 | |||
| 121. Akron (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.932 (55) | 3.021 3.021  5 | |||
| 122. Connecticut (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.474 (81) | 3.003 3.003  1 | |||
| 123. South Florida (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.598 (76) | 2.899 2.899  15 | |||
| 124. Boston College (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.538 (123) | 2.738 2.738  | |||
| 125. Colorado (0 - 5) Schedule: 6.458 (1) | 2.583 2.583  6 | |||
| 126. UNC-Charlotte (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.702 (72) | 2.259 2.259  2 | |||
| 127. Colorado St (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.724 (13) | 2.081 2.081  | |||
| 128. Florida Int'l (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.498 (131) | 1.578 1.578  2 | |||
| 129. Massachusetts (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.361 (127) | 1.488 1.488  2 | |||
| 130. New Mexico St (1 - 5) Schedule: 3.465 (124) | 1.452 1.452  8 | |||
| 131. Hawai`i (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.766 (114) | 1.182 1.182  2 |