Week 5 College Football Projections: Scores From Every Game

Week 5 NCAA Projections

Scores and standings for every team

By Paul Bessire, WhatIfSports.com

August 15th, 2008

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Today we preview Week 5.

Game of the Week: #12 Illinois 30 (3-1) @ Penn State 21 (4-1)
Penn State enters this game undefeated and with dreams of competing with Ohio State for the Big Ten and national championship. Juice Williams and Illinois, which come in at 2-1 after losing to Missouri in the opener, put an end to those aspirations by winning 77% of the time by an average score of 30-21 in Happy Valley. 

Week 5 Scores for Every FBS Game

Matchup	Home Win%	Avg Score
Rhode Island @ Boston College	95	4-35
Marshall @ W. Virginia	95	10-42
Morgan State @ Rutgers	95	5-40
Minn. @ Ohio State	95	8-47
Troy @ Oklahoma State	95	14-36
Central Arkansas @ Tulsa	95	5-43
Virginia Military @ Ohio	95	5-36
Weber State @ Utah	95	4-41
Mississippi State @ LSU	95	8-36
Army @ Texas A&M	95	10-37
TCU @ Oklahoma	95	17-35
Navy @ WF	93.4	16-38
Western Kentucky @ Kentucky	93.4	8-32
San Jose State @ Hawaii	93.4	9-30
Alabama @ Georgia	91.8	14-38
Mississippi @ Florida	91.8	16-32
UAB @ S. Carolina	91.8	11-36
Colorado St. @ California	90.2	20-38
LA-Laf @ Kansas State	86.9	22-34
Fla. Int. @ Toledo	85.2	17-32
Maryland @ Clemson	83.6	17-35
North Texas @ Rice	80.3	18-30
Kent St. @ Ball State	80.3	21-35
Stanford @ Washington	80.3	20-34
Buffalo @ C. Michigan	67.2	26-39
Bowling Green @ Wyoming	67.2	16-25
Northwestern @ Iowa	65.6	18-27
Colorado @ Florida State	63.9	21-29
Tennessee @ Auburn	55.7	18-24
Michigan State @ Indiana	50.8	24-30
Houston @ East Carolina	49.2	29-29
Arkansas St. @ Memphis	45.9	24-24
Connecticut @ Louisville	44.3	35-35
W. Michigan @ Temple	42.6	21-20
Northern Illinois @ E. Michigan	39.3	23-22
Purdue @ Notre Dame	37.7	26-21
Virginia @ Duke	31.1	17-16
SMU @ Tulane	31.1	33-27
Fresno State @ UCLA	31.1	33-29
North Carolina @ Miami (FL)	24.6	24-17
Idaho @ San Diego State	24.6	31-20
Illinois @ Penn State	23	30-21
Nevada @ UNLV	21.3	38-31
Wisconsin @ Michigan	19.7	29-19
Virginia Tech @ Nebraska	18	27-17
New Mexico @ New Mexico State	16.4	27-16
Oregon @ Washington St.	13.1	33-17
Pittsburgh @ Syracuse	9.8	32-16
South Florida @ NC St.	5	36-11
UCF @ UTEP	5	30-15
USC @ Oregon State	5	36-8
Cincinnati @ Akron	5	35-10

Updated FBS Standings through Week 5