Week Five College Football Rankings

WhatIfSports.com utilizes its college football simulation technology to present the most comprehensive, deterministic, and unbiased ranking of all teams.

We simulated every possible DI FBS matchup 100 times, and used the winning percentages from more than 700,000 games to evaluate every team.

All 120 teams are ranked below with their average points for and against from the simulated games. Simulations are based on updated, strength-of-schedule-adjusted stats, so significant week-to-week changes could occur.

Teams Ranked by Winning Percentage
(everyone plays everyone 100 times)

	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
1.	Florida Gators	99.4	57.9	6.2
2.	Alabama Crimson Tide	98.3	56.8	5.9
3.	Texas Longhorns	96.4	47.2	8.3
4.	TCU Horned Frogs	95.2	45.5	9.3
5.	Boise State Broncos	93.6	46.2	11.2
6.	Cincinnati Bearcats	92.2	43.3	12.5
7.	Nebraska Cornhuskers	90.5	42.1	12.0
8.	Oklahoma Sooners	89.4	38.9	9.5
9.	USC Trojans	89.1	41.8	10.6
10.	Ohio State Buckeyes	88.5	37.8	9.6
11.	South Florida Bulls	86.6	36.8	13.1
12.	Oregon Ducks	85.4	35.5	10.4
13.	Missouri Tigers	84.3	37.2	14.7
14.	Virginia Tech Hokies	84.0	37.8	11.3
15.	Houston Cougars	84.0	40.0	16.6
16.	Auburn Tigers	80.7	41.0	16.6
17.	Iowa Hawkeyes	79.6	30.2	11.0
18.	Brigham Young Cougars	79.6	35.8	17.4
19.	Oklahoma State Cowboys	78.7	37.1	17.9
20.	Georgia Bulldogs	78.4	34.4	15.6
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
21.	Air Force Falcons	77.0	34.3	17.7
22.	Kansas Jayhawks	76.5	34.7	15.0
23.	Arizona Wildcats	76.5	33.3	15.1
24.	Texas A&M Aggies	76.1	34.4	17.8
25.	California Golden Bears	75.6	32.8	15.4
26.	Utah Utes	75.4	32.9	15.8
27.	LSU Tigers	75.0	27.3	13.2
28.	Penn State Nittany Lions	73.4	25.9	12.2
29.	North Carolina State Wolfpack	73.1	27.6	12.5
30.	Baylor Bears	72.8	34.1	17.6
31.	Wisconsin Badgers	72.5	35.0	21.0
32.	West Virginia Mountaineers	71.7	32.7	19.0
33.	South Carolina Gamecocks	71.6	26.1	12.8
34.	Mississippi Rebels	71.3	29.1	15.4
35.	Stanford Cardinal	71.1	34.8	18.5
36.	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	70.5	32.1	19.5
37.	Hawaii Warriors	66.1	32.7	21.7
38.	Clemson Tigers	66.0	22.9	13.4
39.	Pittsburgh Panthers	65.8	30.3	19.8
40.	Tennessee Volunteers	65.3	23.6	15.3
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
41.	Miami (FL) Hurricanes	65.0	29.8	19.3
42.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	64.4	31.4	22.1
43.	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	64.0	26.9	16.8
44.	Florida State Seminoles	63.6	28.0	20.0
45.	North Carolina Tar Heels	62.2	19.5	15.5
46.	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	61.9	30.1	18.9
47.	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	61.1	24.9	20.7
48.	Connecticut Huskies	61.1	20.7	15.2
49.	Michigan State Spartans	59.4	26.9	21.1
50.	Texas Tech Red Raiders	59.1	22.7	17.9
51.	Fresno State Bulldogs	58.8	33.8	26.6
52.	Michigan Wolverines	58.8	28.3	21.4
53.	UCLA Bruins	58.1	18.1	15.0
54.	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	57.4	26.4	21.7
55.	Arizona State Sun Devils	56.3	18.9	15.0
56.	Oregon State Beavers	55.2	22.8	19.9
57.	Navy Midshipmen	54.6	24.3	21.6
58.	Colorado State Rams	54.1	22.3	19.4
59.	Boston College Eagles	52.7	18.3	16.1
60.	Utah State Aggies	51.8	26.0	25.5
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
61.	Arkansas State Red Wolves	51.3	23.4	23.1
62.	Arkansas Razorbacks	50.4	24.6	23.8
63.	Idaho Vandals	48.0	22.6	23.7
64.	Purdue Boilermakers	46.2	23.5	25.3
65.	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	44.8	20.1	23.6
66.	Indiana Hoosiers	44.8	20.3	22.4
67.	Northern Illinois Huskies	44.3	20.9	25.3
68.	Vanderbilt Commodores	44.2	15.8	19.1
69.	Central Michigan Chippewas	43.7	17.8	22.4
70.	Mississippi State Bulldogs	43.7	17.0	23.1
71.	Kentucky Wildcats	43.4	19.0	23.2
72.	Toledo Rockets	42.9	23.7	29.1
73.	Nevada Wolf Pack	42.6	21.6	26.4
74.	Illinois Fighting Illini	42.6	20.5	25.8
75.	Temple Owls	40.3	17.6	23.8
76.	Minnesota Golden Gophers	39.6	16.1	23.3
77.	Louisville Cardinals	38.9	15.8	23.2
78.	Kansas State Wildcats	38.2	16.4	24.5
79.	Iowa State Cyclones	35.6	18.3	26.6
80.	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	34.8	16.6	26.3
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
81.	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	33.9	13.5	25.2
82.	Washington Huskies	33.4	15.6	28.0
83.	Northwestern Wildcats	33.3	16.3	26.6
84.	Marshall Thundering Herd	32.8	17.5	29.4
85.	UNLV Rebels	31.7	15.7	27.9
86.	Ohio Bobcats	30.6	11.7	23.8
87.	UAB Blazers	29.5	18.0	31.3
88.	Troy Trojans	29.4	15.6	29.1
89.	Syracuse Orange	25.3	11.9	26.7
90.	Southern Methodist Mustangs	24.7	11.2	30.5
91.	North Texas Mean Green	24.4	11.9	30.0
92.	Army Black Knights	23.7	11.4	28.7
93.	Buffalo Bulls	23.0	12.6	29.7
94.	Duke Blue Devils	20.8	10.7	31.3
95.	East Carolina Pirates	20.4	8.9	29.3
96.	Tulane Green Wave	20.2	12.8	33.3
97.	Colorado Buffaloes	19.9	9.9	30.9
98.	San Diego State Aztecs	19.7	8.3	30.4
99.	UCF Knights	19.5	8.5	27.9
100.	Western Michigan Broncos	19.4	10.0	29.4
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
101.	Virginia Cavaliers	19.1	7.3	27.6
102.	Maryland Terrapins	19.0	12.0	31.8
103.	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	18.8	10.2	33.3
104.	New Mexico State Aggies	16.8	8.4	32.9
105.	Ball State Cardinals	16.8	9.2	35.2
106.	Wyoming Cowboys	16.0	8.3	30.5
107.	Bowling Green Falcons	15.5	7.8	34.2
108.	Akron Zips	13.4	9.7	33.7
109.	Florida Atlantic Owls	13.2	10.1	39.5
110.	Eastern Michigan Eagles	12.1	6.8	37.5
111.	Kent State Golden Flashes	11.8	6.4	33.4
112.	Memphis Tigers	11.8	8.3	35.0
113.	New Mexico Lobos	11.2	7.2	34.9
114.	Rice Owls	11.2	8.1	38.5
115.	UTEP Miners	9.6	6.8	37.6
116.	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	7.6	7.1	40.4
117.	Washington State Cougars	6.2	5.1	39.3
118.	Florida International Golden Panthers	5.3	5.8	40.0
119.	San Jose State Spartans	5.1	6.2	43.6
120.	Miami (OH) RedHawks	5.0	5.1	40.5

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