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. Texas (5 - 0) Schedule: 6.192 (3) | 9.641 9.641  | |||
| 2. Michigan (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.162 (36) | 9.019 9.019  2 | |||
| 3. Alabama (4 - 1) Schedule: 6.399 (1) | 8.787 8.787  1 | |||
| 4. Penn State (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.02 (42) | 8.739 8.739  1 | |||
| 5. Washington (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.13 (38) | 8.437 8.437  2 | |||
| 6. Oklahoma (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.771 (63) | 8.393 8.393  2 | |||
| 7. Ohio State (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.094 (39) | 8.344 8.344  1 | |||
| 8. Oregon (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.57 (74) | 7.982 7.982  1 | |||
| 9. Miami FL (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.557 (75) | 7.98 7.98  2 | |||
| 10. Kansas St (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.825 (7) | 7.947 7.947  | |||
| 11. Notre Dame  (5 - 1) Schedule: 5.193 (33) | 7.721 7.721  4 | |||
| 12. Duke (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.879 (51) | 7.604 7.604  2 | |||
| 13. Missouri (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.663 (12) | 7.56 7.56  1 | |||
| 14. Oregon St (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.946 (46) | 7.548 7.548  11 | |||
| 15. Mississippi (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.848 (6) | 7.51 7.51  6 | |||
| 16. Texas A&M (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.337 (26) | 7.475 7.475  1 | |||
| 17. Florida St (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.959 (44) | 7.365 7.365  3 | |||
| 18. Washington St (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.885 (49) | 7.339 7.339  4 | |||
| 19. Wisconsin (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.934 (47) | 7.121 7.121  13 | |||
| 20. North Carolina (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.793 (61) | 7.084 7.084  4 | |||
| 21. Utah (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.599 (16) | 6.958 6.958  8 | |||
| 22. Georgia (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.987 (99) | 6.922 6.922  5 | |||
| 23. Southern Cal (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.937 (101) | 6.872 6.872  8 | |||
| 24. Maryland (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.173 (122) | 6.805 6.805  3 | |||
| 25. UCLA (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.419 (85) | 6.625 6.625  1 | |||
| 26. LSU (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.611 (15) | 6.585 6.585  12 | |||
| 27. TCU  (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.925 (48) | 6.532 6.532  4 | |||
| 28. Rutgers (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.514 (79) | 6.508 6.508  9 | |||
| 29. Tennessee (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.185 (93) | 6.484 6.484  7 | |||
| 30. Memphis (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.8 (60) | 6.465 6.465  2 | |||
| 31. Liberty (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.322 (119) | 6.391 6.391  12 | |||
| 32. West Virginia (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.318 (27) | 6.371 6.371  6 | |||
| 33. Kentucky (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.33 (118) | 6.371 6.371  15 | |||
| 34. Colorado (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.207 (2) | 6.335 6.335  8 | |||
| 35. Western Kentucky (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.247 (31) | 6.285 6.285  22 | |||
| 36. Kansas (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.297 (29) | 6.235 6.235  6 | |||
| 37. Clemson (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.056 (40) | 6.174 6.174  22 | |||
| 38. Troy (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.643 (14) | 6.109 6.109  28 | |||
| 39. Tulane (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.125 (96) | 6.072 6.072  10 | |||
| 40. Fresno St (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.351 (117) | 5.996 5.996  15 | |||
| 41. Central Florida (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.824 (59) | 5.984 5.984  23 | |||
| 42. Texas Tech (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.382 (23) | 5.962 5.962  | |||
| 43. Iowa (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.881 (50) | 5.948 5.948  7 | |||
| 44. Air Force (5 - 0) Schedule: 2.562 (132) | 5.944 5.944  8 | |||
| 45. Brigham Young (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.258 (91) | 5.88 5.88  1 | |||
| 46. Arkansas (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.165 (35) | 5.879 5.879  5 | |||
| 47. Wyoming (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.533 (20) | 5.843 5.843  13 | |||
| 48. South Florida (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.803 (8) | 5.823 5.823  8 | |||
| 49. Louisville (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.551 (115) | 5.757 5.757  16 | |||
| 50. Marshall (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.162 (94) | 5.709 5.709  10 | |||
| 51. Appalachian St (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.717 (65) | 5.648 5.648  7 | |||
| 52. California (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.031 (41) | 5.569 5.569  17 | |||
| 53. UNLV (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.158 (95) | 5.541 5.541  7 | |||
| 54. Auburn (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.629 (71) | 5.472 5.472  | |||
| 55. Syracuse (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.611 (113) | 5.447 5.447  7 | |||
| 56. Arizona (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.218 (92) | 5.422 5.422  14 | |||
| 57. James Madison (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.652 (112) | 5.396 5.396  5 | |||
| 58. Boise St (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.543 (19) | 5.331 5.331  9 | |||
| 59. Texas St-San Marcos (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.678 (111) | 5.32 5.32  4 | |||
| 60. Ohio U. (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.56 (114) | 5.289 5.289  4 | |||
| 61. SMU (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.301 (88) | 5.224 5.224  12 | |||
| 62. Florida (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.526 (77) | 5.209 5.209  25 | |||
| 63. Baylor (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.791 (9) | 5.196 5.196  4 | |||
| 64. South Carolina (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.762 (11) | 5.184 5.184  13 | |||
| 65. Purdue (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.496 (21) | 5.004 5.004  24 | |||
| 66. Cincinnati (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.159 (37) | 4.994 4.994  3 | |||
| 67. Minnesota (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.471 (82) | 4.909 4.909  8 | |||
| 68. Rice (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.861 (54) | 4.898 4.898  11 | |||
| 69. Tulsa (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.751 (64) | 4.88 4.88  5 | |||
| 70. Nebraska (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.316 (28) | 4.864 4.864  6 | |||
| 71. Wake Forest (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.866 (105) | 4.847 4.847  11 | |||
| 72. Iowa St (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.167 (34) | 4.813 4.813  5 | |||
| 73. Colorado St (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.829 (57) | 4.783 4.783  13 | |||
| 74. Georgia St (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.724 (109) | 4.783 4.783  28 | |||
| 75. Miami OH (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.14 (123) | 4.74 4.74  6 | |||
| 76. Virginia Tech  (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.789 (62) | 4.713 4.713  10 | |||
| 77. Bowling Green (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.485 (22) | 4.692 4.692  11 | |||
| 78. Georgia Tech (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.648 (70) | 4.68 4.68  20 | |||
| 79. Northwestern (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.972 (5) | 4.652 4.652  11 | |||
| 80. Georgia Southern (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.982 (126) | 4.549 4.549  20 | |||
| 81. Mississippi St (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.371 (24) | 4.523 4.523  4 | |||
| 82. Middle Tennessee St (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.783 (10) | 4.499 4.499  29 | |||
| 83. Michigan St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.974 (43) | 4.449 4.449  18 | |||
| 84. Navy (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.237 (32) | 4.4 4.4  6 | |||
| 85. North Carolina St (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.804 (106) | 4.339 4.339  2 | |||
| 86. Coastal Carolina (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.289 (90) | 4.214 4.214  14 | |||
| 87. East Carolina (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.545 (18) | 4.203 4.203  7 | |||
| 88. Illinois (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.55 (17) | 4.201 4.201  17 | |||
| 89. South Alabama (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.881 (103) | 4.192 4.192  5 | |||
| 90. Toledo (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.787 (130) | 4.159 4.159  2 | |||
| 91. Vanderbilt (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.863 (52) | 4.155 4.155  8 | |||
| 92. Louisiana-Monroe (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.612 (72) | 4.004 4.004  9 | |||
| 93. Houston (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.602 (73) | 3.987 3.987  6 | |||
| 94. Stanford (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.646 (13) | 3.971 3.971  3 | |||
| 95. Arkansas St (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.916 (102) | 3.945 3.945  11 | |||
| 96. Utah St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.077 (97) | 3.931 3.931  2 | |||
| 97. Boston College (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.7 (67) | 3.809 3.809  1 | |||
| 98. Louisiana-Lafayette (3 - 2) Schedule: 2.726 (131) | 3.808 3.808  16 | |||
| 99. Oklahoma St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.719 (110) | 3.67 3.67  9 | |||
| 100. Texas-San Antonio (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.826 (58) | 3.638 3.638  5 | |||
| 101. San Diego St (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.284 (30) | 3.633 3.633  6 | |||
| 102. Florida Atlantic (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.502 (80) | 3.614 3.614  7 | |||
| 103. Jacksonville St (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.082 (133) | 3.56 3.56  | |||
| 104. Hawai`i (2 - 4) Schedule: 4.853 (55) | 3.525 3.525  2 | |||
| 105. Army (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.917 (127) | 3.511 3.511  2 | |||
| 106. Pittsburgh (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.524 (78) | 3.43 3.43  10 | |||
| 107. Indiana (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.425 (84) | 3.425 3.425  3 | |||
| 108. Central Michigan (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.291 (89) | 3.389 3.389  18 | |||
| 109. Northern Illinois (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.661 (69) | 3.368 3.368  2 | |||
| 110. New Mexico (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.794 (107) | 3.352 3.352  5 | |||
| 111. Old Dominion (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.949 (100) | 3.296 3.296  10 | |||
| 112. Southern Miss (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.709 (66) | 3.269 3.269  1 | |||
| 113. Temple (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.532 (76) | 3.25 3.25  20 | |||
| 114. San Jose St (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.958 (45) | 3.245 3.245  3 | |||
| 115. Virginia (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.367 (25) | 3.167 3.167  3 | |||
| 116. Nevada (0 - 5) Schedule: 5.976 (4) | 3.108 3.108  6 | |||
| 117. New Mexico St (2 - 3) Schedule: 2.899 (128) | 3.031 3.031  1 | |||
| 118. Arizona St (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.862 (53) | 3.026 3.026  6 | |||
| 119. UNC-Charlotte (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.491 (81) | 2.998 2.998  22 | |||
| 120. Louisiana Tech (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.885 (129) | 2.949 2.949  8 | |||
| 121. Alabama-Birmingham (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.33 (87) | 2.947 2.947  10 | |||
| 122. Buffalo (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.44 (83) | 2.843 2.843  | |||
| 123. North Texas (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.247 (121) | 2.761 2.761  4 | |||
| 124. Florida Int'l (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.091 (125) | 2.723 2.723  1 | |||
| 125. Western Michigan (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.377 (116) | 2.474 2.474  4 | |||
| 126. Akron (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.319 (120) | 2.167 2.167  8 | |||
| 127. Massachusetts (1 - 5) Schedule: 3.748 (108) | 2.141 2.141  1 | |||
| 128. Connecticut (0 - 5) Schedule: 4.676 (68) | 2.13 2.13  3 | |||
| 129. UTEP  (1 - 5) Schedule: 4.022 (98) | 2.102 2.102  9 | |||
| 130. Kent St (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.361 (86) | 2.009 2.009  11 | |||
| 131. Sam Houston St (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.843 (56) | 1.978 1.978  1 | |||
| 132. Eastern Michigan (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.11 (124) | 1.946 1.946  1 | |||
| 133. Ball St (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.874 (104) | 1.766 1.766  1 |