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 | SEC | Sun Belt Conference
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Miami FL (4 - 0) Schedule: 6.003 (12) | 8.901 8.901  1 | |||
| 2. Notre Dame  (2 - 2) Schedule: 7.477 (1) | 8.846 8.846  7 | |||
| 3. Texas A&M (4 - 0) Schedule: 6.787 (2) | 8.794 8.794  2 | |||
| 4. Oklahoma (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.989 (13) | 8.767 8.767  3 | |||
| 5. Indiana (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.759 (24) | 8.713 8.713  4 | |||
| 6. Ohio State (4 - 0) Schedule: 5.278 (38) | 8.523 8.523  25 | |||
| 7. Vanderbilt (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.44 (88) | 8.047 8.047  11 | |||
| 8. Mississippi (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.88 (17) | 7.97 7.97  2 | |||
| 9. Brigham Young (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.752 (67) | 7.903 7.903  7 | |||
| 10. LSU (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.826 (21) | 7.819 7.819  4 | |||
| 11. Oregon (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.562 (81) | 7.81 7.81  12 | |||
| 12. Georgia (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.857 (18) | 7.716 7.716  8 | |||
| 13. Southern Cal (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.379 (35) | 7.697 7.697  1 | |||
| 14. Tennessee (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.591 (27) | 7.663 7.663  3 | |||
| 15. Texas Tech (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.794 (119) | 7.653 7.653  15 | |||
| 16. Illinois (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.833 (20) | 7.552 7.552  16 | |||
| 17. Alabama (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.953 (16) | 7.548 7.548  25 | |||
| 18. Houston (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.566 (79) | 7.483 7.483  15 | |||
| 19. Auburn (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.178 (5) | 7.477 7.477  5 | |||
| 20. Michigan (3 - 1) Schedule: 6.006 (11) | 7.424 7.424  16 | |||
| 21. Louisville (4 - 0) Schedule: 4.601 (78) | 7.33 7.33  4 | |||
| 22. North Texas (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.867 (61) | 7.286 7.286  8 | |||
| 23. Virginia (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.989 (52) | 7.255 7.255  12 | |||
| 24. Arizona St (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.821 (22) | 7.232 7.232  3 | |||
| 25. Georgia Tech (5 - 0) Schedule: 5.182 (41) | 7.221 7.221  5 | |||
| 26. Washington (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.552 (30) | 7.181 7.181  18 | |||
| 27. Florida St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.932 (56) | 7.124 7.124  2 | |||
| 28. Maryland (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.794 (118) | 7.086 7.086  6 | |||
| 29. Iowa St (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.827 (62) | 7.041 7.041  10 | |||
| 30. Mississippi St (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.014 (49) | 7.009 7.009  15 | |||
| 31. Memphis (5 - 0) Schedule: 3.638 (124) | 6.984 6.984  12 | |||
| 32. Utah (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.52 (84) | 6.976 6.976  17 | |||
| 33. TCU  (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.922 (57) | 6.947 6.947  20 | |||
| 34. Old Dominion (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.034 (47) | 6.88 6.88  6 | |||
| 35. South Florida (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.577 (29) | 6.827 6.827  1 | |||
| 36. Louisiana Tech (4 - 1) Schedule: 4.89 (59) | 6.826 6.826  15 | |||
| 37. Missouri (5 - 0) Schedule: 4.025 (106) | 6.816 6.816  4 | |||
| 38. Colorado (2 - 3) Schedule: 6.522 (4) | 6.708 6.708  12 | |||
| 39. Penn State (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.204 (98) | 6.647 6.647  1 | |||
| 40. Texas (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.319 (94) | 6.528 6.528  21 | |||
| 41. Duke (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.634 (25) | 6.52 6.52  24 | |||
| 42. East Carolina (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.113 (44) | 6.45 6.45  13 | |||
| 43. South Carolina (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.611 (26) | 6.438 6.438  19 | |||
| 44. Michigan St (3 - 1) Schedule: 5.255 (40) | 6.392 6.392  2 | |||
| 45. Tulane (4 - 1) Schedule: 5.265 (39) | 6.373 6.373  14 | |||
| 46. North Carolina St (3 - 2) Schedule: 6.095 (8) | 6.309 6.309  2 | |||
| 47. Cincinnati (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.69 (73) | 6.22 6.22  9 | |||
| 48. Arkansas (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.782 (23) | 6.182 6.182  23 | |||
| 49. Nebraska (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.352 (93) | 6.139 6.139  4 | |||
| 50. James Madison (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.925 (109) | 6.072 6.072  2 | |||
| 51. Kansas (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.362 (92) | 6.053 6.053  10 | |||
| 52. Iowa (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.606 (77) | 6.05 6.05  21 | |||
| 53. Purdue (2 - 2) Schedule: 6.01 (10) | 6.033 6.033  6 | |||
| 54. Navy (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.357 (130) | 5.953 5.953  14 | |||
| 55. Arizona (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.699 (71) | 5.87 5.87  18 | |||
| 56. SMU (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.625 (75) | 5.761 5.761  8 | |||
| 57. Washington St (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.587 (28) | 5.657 5.657  7 | |||
| 58. Baylor (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.796 (63) | 5.622 5.622  10 | |||
| 59. Toledo (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.883 (114) | 5.615 5.615  8 | |||
| 60. New Mexico (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.152 (100) | 5.595 5.595  44 | |||
| 61. San Diego St (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.233 (97) | 5.581 5.581  9 | |||
| 62. Utah St (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.949 (53) | 5.486 5.486  9 | |||
| 63. Kentucky (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.486 (31) | 5.406 5.406  20 | |||
| 64. Florida (1 - 3) Schedule: 6.14 (7) | 5.399 5.399  10 | |||
| 65. Kansas St (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.458 (33) | 5.374 5.374  4 | |||
| 66. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.038 (104) | 5.357 5.357  6 | |||
| 67. Texas-San Antonio (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.049 (45) | 5.338 5.338  1 | |||
| 68. Western Michigan (2 - 3) Schedule: 6.09 (9) | 5.324 5.324  14 | |||
| 69. Ohio U. (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.048 (46) | 5.31 5.31  25 | |||
| 70. California (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.901 (113) | 5.31 5.31  10 | |||
| 71. Delaware (3 - 1) Schedule: 4.387 (89) | 5.29 5.29  14 | |||
| 72. Southern Miss (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.768 (64) | 5.278 5.278  9 | |||
| 73. Boise St (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.811 (117) | 5.24 5.24  11 | |||
| 74. Wake Forest (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.942 (55) | 5.23 5.23  2 | |||
| 75. Temple (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.993 (51) | 5.211 5.211  3 | |||
| 76. Syracuse (3 - 2) Schedule: 5.151 (43) | 5.187 5.187  31 | |||
| 77. Pittsburgh (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.908 (111) | 5.152 5.152  8 | |||
| 78. Clemson (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.971 (14) | 5.127 5.127  20 | |||
| 79. Minnesota (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.862 (115) | 5.023 5.023  11 | |||
| 80. Virginia Tech  (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.953 (15) | 5.019 5.019  21 | |||
| 81. Rutgers (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.841 (116) | 4.947 4.947  14 | |||
| 82. Army (1 - 3) Schedule: 6.171 (6) | 4.91 4.91  31 | |||
| 83. Fresno St (4 - 1) Schedule: 3.523 (128) | 4.879 4.879  6 | |||
| 84. Central Florida (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.187 (133) | 4.87 4.87  34 | |||
| 85. Wisconsin (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.76 (66) | 4.827 4.827  12 | |||
| 86. Wyoming (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.62 (76) | 4.712 4.712  2 | |||
| 87. Connecticut (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.697 (122) | 4.5 4.5  12 | |||
| 88. Coastal Carolina (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.868 (60) | 4.499 4.499  17 | |||
| 89. Bowling Green (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.89 (58) | 4.394 4.394  8 | |||
| 90. Western Kentucky (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.977 (135) | 4.275 4.275  19 | |||
| 91. Rice (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.055 (103) | 4.259 4.259  | |||
| 92. Hawai`i (4 - 2) Schedule: 3.66 (123) | 4.257 4.257  7 | |||
| 93. Stanford (2 - 3) Schedule: 5.376 (36) | 4.198 4.198  15 | |||
| 94. Louisiana-Monroe (3 - 1) Schedule: 3.31 (131) | 4.147 4.147  26 | |||
| 95. South Alabama (1 - 4) Schedule: 5.462 (32) | 4.131 4.131  20 | |||
| 96. New Mexico St (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.546 (83) | 4.116 4.116  22 | |||
| 97. Kennesaw St (3 - 2) Schedule: 4.026 (105) | 4.099 4.099  18 | |||
| 98. Tulsa (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.509 (85) | 4.071 4.071  26 | |||
| 99. Alabama-Birmingham (2 - 2) Schedule: 5.029 (48) | 4.058 4.058  6 | |||
| 100. Boston College (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.98 (107) | 4.024 4.024  14 | |||
| 101. Marshall (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.903 (112) | 3.992 3.992  12 | |||
| 102. Florida Int'l (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.564 (80) | 3.936 3.936  10 | |||
| 103. North Carolina (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.94 (108) | 3.89 3.89  16 | |||
| 104. UNLV (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.356 (136) | 3.828 3.828  25 | |||
| 105. Oregon St (0 - 5) Schedule: 6.627 (3) | 3.819 3.819  18 | |||
| 106. Missouri St (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.482 (87) | 3.745 3.745  3 | |||
| 107. West Virginia (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.687 (74) | 3.743 3.743  4 | |||
| 108. Northern Illinois (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.345 (37) | 3.674 3.674  22 | |||
| 109. Troy (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.198 (99) | 3.656 3.656  9 | |||
| 110. Northwestern (2 - 2) Schedule: 4.384 (91) | 3.635 3.635  7 | |||
| 111. Georgia St (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.856 (19) | 3.622 3.622  1 | |||
| 112. Ball St (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.453 (34) | 3.575 3.575  10 | |||
| 113. Central Michigan (3 - 2) Schedule: 3.618 (125) | 3.524 3.524  6 | |||
| 114. Jacksonville St (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.364 (129) | 3.481 3.481  18 | |||
| 115. Air Force (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.063 (102) | 3.475 3.475  3 | |||
| 116. San Jose St (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.69 (72) | 3.44 3.44  6 | |||
| 117. UTEP  (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.735 (69) | 3.432 3.432  10 | |||
| 118. Florida Atlantic (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.765 (65) | 3.382 3.382  12 | |||
| 119. Colorado St (1 - 3) Schedule: 5.157 (42) | 3.376 3.376  36 | |||
| 120. Louisiana-Lafayette (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.597 (126) | 3.341 3.341  2 | |||
| 121. Oklahoma St (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.547 (82) | 3.296 3.296  5 | |||
| 122. Georgia Southern (2 - 3) Schedule: 4.5 (86) | 3.175 3.175  9 | |||
| 123. Arkansas St (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.385 (90) | 3.096 3.096  16 | |||
| 124. Appalachian St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.221 (132) | 3.091 3.091  26 | |||
| 125. Liberty (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.24 (96) | 3.072 3.072  4 | |||
| 126. Buffalo (2 - 3) Schedule: 3.016 (134) | 3.018 3.018  2 | |||
| 127. Kent St (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.739 (68) | 2.739 2.739  2 | |||
| 128. Akron (1 - 4) Schedule: 4.312 (95) | 2.736 2.736  2 | |||
| 129. Miami OH (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.725 (121) | 2.475 2.475  7 | |||
| 130. Nevada (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.119 (101) | 2.445 2.445  | |||
| 131. UCLA (0 - 4) Schedule: 5.009 (50) | 2.439 2.439  3 | |||
| 132. Middle Tennessee St (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.918 (110) | 1.93 1.93  1 | |||
| 133. Eastern Michigan (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.728 (120) | 1.921 1.921  5 | |||
| 134. Sam Houston St (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.722 (70) | 1.882 1.882  1 | |||
| 135. Massachusetts (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.942 (54) | 1.692 1.692  | |||
| 136. UNC-Charlotte (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.54 (127) | 1.071 1.071  4 |