Rankings: Week 5

It's October, which means that it's time to start looking at the teams first.

At the top are the 5-0 teams, specifically Iowa followed by LSU & Cincinnati. Each of them have at least one great road win, despite some of their close calls and/or erratic play. We're also seeing some of the filtering going on - both Virginia Tech and USC at 4-1 are ahead of Florida at 4-0. This is because 1) the Hokies and Trojans have played tough schedules (whereas Florida has not), and 2) their wins have made up for their one loss (VT lost to Alabama but have beaten Miami & Nebraska, while USC lost to Washington but have beaten Ohio State and their other three W's were by more than 20). Plus the obvious fact that Florida had a bye week this week, so they moved down a bit.

SoS still reigns in the West, with Washington, Colorado, and Washington State taking up three of the top four spots. Of the top teams, Ohio State, LSU, and USC are solid - that'll help them in the long run.

At the bottom of the pack are Ball State, New Mexico, Rice, and Miami (OH), all at 0-5. The worst BCS teams are Washington State and Purdue at 1-4, and Virginia and Louisville at 1-3.

Week 5 Achievement Rankings
Rank	Conf	Team	Pts	W	L	W%	oPts	oW	oL	oW%	rank∆
1	Big10	Iowa	169.93	5	0	100.0%	320.18	35	19	64.8%	0
2	SEC	LSU	165.70	5	0	100.0%	435.25	34	20	63.0%	1
3	BigEast	Cincinnati	158.60	5	0	100.0%	-129.26	26	24	52.0%	1
4	SEC	Alabama	156.45	5	0	100.0%	177.28	30	20	60.0%	4
5	WAC	Boise St	149.15	5	0	100.0%	-481.89	23	33	41.1%	-3
6	SEC	Auburn	145.77	5	0	100.0%	44.80	29	22	56.9%	4
7	Big10	Wisconsin	142.04	5	0	100.0%	77.74	31	24	56.4%	6
8	BigEast	South Florida	139.32	5	0	100.0%	-185.80	26	22	54.2%	3
9	Big12	Texas	127.88	4	0	100.0%	360.74	34	19	64.2%	-3
10	MtnWest	TCU	116.22	4	0	100.0%	-302.81	25	28	47.2%	5
11	ACC	Virginia Tech	112.65	4	1	80.0%	396.55	36	21	63.2%	6
12	Big12	Kansas	111.73	4	0	100.0%	61.11	30	21	58.8%	-3
13	Pac10	USC	111.34	4	1	80.0%	421.03	34	22	60.7%	11
14	SEC	Florida	109.65	4	0	100.0%	-154.12	26	27	49.1%	-7
15	Big12	Missouri	105.58	4	0	100.0%	-3.84	27	21	56.3%	-3
16	Big10	Ohio St	104.54	4	1	80.0%	496.32	38	21	64.4%	22
17	WAC	Idaho	99.28	4	1	80.0%	-122.51	25	29	46.3%	10
18	Pac10	Stanford	96.64	4	1	80.0%	365.63	33	23	58.9%	13
19	SEC	South Carolina	93.97	4	1	80.0%	-2.14	28	23	54.9%	2
20	Pac10	Oregon	93.71	4	1	80.0%	427.91	34	22	60.7%	0
21	BigEast	Pittsburgh	92.08	4	1	80.0%	235.22	33	19	63.5%	16
22	Big10	Michigan	89.52	4	1	80.0%	111.46	31	22	58.5%	-17
23	ACC	Georgia Tech	88.29	4	1	80.0%	-145.15	27	28	49.1%	6
24	CUSA	Tulsa	87.55	4	1	80.0%	-378.98	23	29	44.2%	10
25	MAC	Central Michigan	86.70	4	1	80.0%	-632.30	20	34	37.0%	16
26	Indy	Notre Dame	85.73	4	1	80.0%	300.43	33	25	56.9%	10
27	MtnWest	Brigham Young	83.63	4	1	80.0%	-73.24	27	28	49.1%	-1
28	Big10	Penn St	83.15	4	1	80.0%	75.31	30	22	57.7%	18
29	ACC	Miami (FL)	75.55	3	1	75.0%	122.78	31	22	58.5%	22
30	ACC	Boston College	75.14	4	1	80.0%	1.98	30	25	54.5%	17
31	Pac10	Arizona	74.86	3	1	75.0%	400.69	35	19	64.8%	-8
32	BigEast	Connecticut	67.07	3	1	75.0%	396.85	36	16	69.2%	0
33	Pac10	UCLA	66.99	3	1	75.0%	301.62	33	25	56.9%	-17
34	SEC	Mississippi	61.41	3	1	75.0%	-51.93	30	21	58.8%	19
35	CUSA	Houston	59.92	3	1	75.0%	-360.95	25	29	46.3%	-21
36	MtnWest	Utah	59.53	3	1	75.0%	-64.71	28	28	50.0%	-3
37	SunBelt	Mid Tenn St	58.82	3	1	75.0%	-667.43	16	37	30.2%	-7
38	BigEast	West Virginia	56.86	3	1	75.0%	363.05	35	17	67.3%	19
39	Big12	Nebraska	56.21	3	1	75.0%	224.61	30	22	57.7%	0
40	Big12	Baylor	55.53	3	1	75.0%	281.33	33	17	66.0%	18
41	BigEast	Rutgers	49.22	3	1	75.0%	-167.09	27	21	56.3%	8
42	Big12	Texas A&M	48.06	3	1	75.0%	-5.05	27	26	50.9%	-24
43	Big12	Oklahoma St	46.73	3	1	75.0%	88.20	29	20	59.2%	2
44	SEC	Georgia	45.31	3	2	60.0%	375.19	35	16	68.6%	-25
45	Big10	Minnesota	37.07	3	2	60.0%	196.34	33	21	61.1%	-23
46	CUSA	East Carolina	36.09	3	2	60.0%	-146.77	28	26	51.9%	25
47	ACC	Wake Forest	34.44	3	2	60.0%	134.37	32	22	59.3%	18
48	Indy	Navy	31.07	3	2	60.0%	-210.98	28	27	50.9%	18
49	Pac10	California	30.86	3	2	60.0%	180.50	31	22	58.5%	-24
50	MtnWest	Colorado St	29.27	3	2	60.0%	-170.49	27	26	50.9%	-7
51	Pac10	Oregon St	27.91	3	2	60.0%	302.08	33	20	62.3%	25
52	ACC	North Carolina	27.87	3	2	60.0%	-5.62	29	19	60.4%	-24
53	Big12	Kansas St	27.16	3	2	60.0%	10.32	28	16	63.6%	24
54	MAC	Northern Illinois	25.30	3	2	60.0%	-485.18	23	31	42.6%	13
55	MtnWest	Air Force	25.02	3	2	60.0%	-138.28	29	26	52.7%	-11
56	Big10	Indiana	24.60	3	2	60.0%	95.85	31	22	58.5%	-21
57	ACC	NC State	24.54	3	2	60.0%	-63.25	30	22	57.7%	-7
58	SunBelt	LA-Monroe	21.59	3	2	60.0%	-516.76	17	28	37.8%	5
59	MAC	Ohio	20.25	3	2	60.0%	-864.38	16	37	30.2%	19
60	CUSA	Marshall	19.46	3	2	60.0%	-215.31	26	27	49.1%	-20
61	CUSA	Southern Miss	19.38	3	2	60.0%	-158.81	27	25	51.9%	-13
62	CUSA	UCF	18.96	3	2	60.0%	-244.00	25	27	48.1%	13
63	Big12	Texas Tech	18.93	3	2	60.0%	36.58	28	20	58.3%	7
64	Big12	Iowa St	18.44	3	2	60.0%	286.29	33	16	67.3%	-22
65	MAC	Toledo	14.11	3	2	60.0%	-653.83	18	38	32.1%	17
66	Big10	Northwestern	12.28	3	2	60.0%	-230.67	26	28	48.1%	18
67	Big12	Oklahoma	11.47	2	2	50.0%	521.73	37	13	74.0%	-15
68	MtnWest	Wyoming	10.30	3	2	60.0%	-184.99	26	26	50.0%	18
69	Pac10	Washington	2.29	2	3	40.0%	752.99	40	17	70.2%	-8
70	SunBelt	LA-Lafayette	1.79	2	2	50.0%	-363.35	21	27	43.8%	-2
71	SEC	Arkansas	0.06	2	2	50.0%	471.37	36	15	70.6%	21
72	WAC	Louisiana Tech	-2.78	2	2	50.0%	79.55	30	22	57.7%	19
73	Pac10	Arizona St	-5.55	2	2	50.0%	259.78	33	22	60.0%	-18
74	SunBelt	Troy	-5.86	2	2	50.0%	-432.46	19	32	37.3%	-5
75	CUSA	SMU	-7.26	2	2	50.0%	-172.65	27	26	50.9%	-16
76	SEC	Kentucky	-7.32	2	2	50.0%	57.40	31	23	57.4%	-20
77	WAC	Hawaii	-8.08	2	2	50.0%	-174.05	29	28	50.9%	-23
78	CUSA	Tulane	-10.48	2	2	50.0%	14.68	31	23	57.4%	17
79	ACC	Clemson	-12.01	2	3	40.0%	242.12	33	19	63.5%	-19
80	MAC	Temple	-18.99	2	2	50.0%	-700.43	20	34	37.0%	16
81	ACC	Florida St	-19.20	2	3	40.0%	386.68	37	18	67.3%	-19
82	Big10	Michigan St	-21.04	2	3	40.0%	327.82	36	19	65.5%	18
83	MtnWest	San Diego St	-30.96	2	3	40.0%	2.36	31	23	57.4%	15
84	SEC	Mississippi St	-31.02	2	3	40.0%	603.07	38	12	76.0%	-20
85	CUSA	UTEP	-32.07	2	3	40.0%	-50.15	28	27	50.9%	23
86	SEC	Tennessee	-32.17	2	3	40.0%	405.78	35	20	63.6%	-13
87	MAC	Western Michigan	-34.12	2	3	40.0%	-574.08	22	33	40.0%	-15
88	CUSA	UAB	-37.24	2	3	40.0%	-220.63	25	30	45.5%	16
89	BigEast	Syracuse	-37.77	2	3	40.0%	373.63	35	16	68.6%	-9
90	MAC	Kent St	-40.98	2	3	40.0%	-606.22	20	32	38.5%	-7
91	SEC	Vanderbilt	-43.21	2	3	40.0%	88.81	31	22	58.5%	-17
92	ACC	Maryland	-43.64	2	3	40.0%	43.77	30	23	56.6%	17
93	MtnWest	UNLV	-46.47	2	3	40.0%	-99.51	28	24	53.8%	-12
94	Indy	Army	-50.65	2	3	40.0%	-534.23	21	29	42.0%	-15
95	ACC	Duke	-50.96	2	3	40.0%	-16.37	30	19	61.2%	-10
96	WAC	New Mexico St	-53.43	2	3	40.0%	-307.60	25	30	45.5%	-9
97	WAC	Fresno St	-55.93	1	3	25.0%	26.43	29	22	56.9%	2
98	Big12	Colorado	-56.08	1	3	25.0%	652.34	39	14	73.6%	-5
99	WAC	Utah St	-57.30	1	3	25.0%	-27.95	28	22	56.0%	-9
100	WAC	Nevada	-57.55	1	3	25.0%	182.53	31	23	57.4%	11
101	SunBelt	North Texas	-61.33	1	3	25.0%	-418.66	21	32	39.6%	0
102	Big10	Illinois	-61.42	1	3	25.0%	250.96	34	20	63.0%	-14
103	WAC	San Jose St	-62.48	1	3	25.0%	58.51	29	22	56.9%	-1
104	SunBelt	Arkansas St	-62.98	1	3	25.0%	-395.14	20	27	42.6%	-10
105	MAC	Akron	-63.81	1	3	25.0%	-361.07	25	29	46.3%	-2
106	BigEast	Louisville	-65.01	1	3	25.0%	337.84	34	16	68.0%	-17
107	ACC	Virginia	-68.47	1	3	25.0%	298.58	35	19	64.8%	8
108	MAC	Bowling Green	-87.48	1	4	20.0%	-145.03	28	29	49.1%	-11
109	MAC	Buffalo	-89.13	1	4	20.0%	-404.05	24	30	44.4%	-3
110	Big10	Purdue	-91.64	1	4	20.0%	546.42	39	20	66.1%	-3
111	Pac10	Washington St	-94.48	1	4	20.0%	569.44	36	19	65.5%	-6
112	CUSA	Memphis	-98.62	1	4	20.0%	60.30	31	22	58.5%	-2
113	SunBelt	Florida Intl	-110.85	0	4	0.0%	16.97	27	24	52.9%	0
114	SunBelt	Florida Atl	-119.62	0	4	0.0%	-180.45	24	28	46.2%	-2
115	MAC	Eastern Michigan	-130.70	0	4	0.0%	-163.29	28	29	49.1%	-1
116	SunBelt	Western Kentucky	-144.88	0	4	0.0%	-305.37	23	27	46.0%	3
117	MAC	Miami (OH)	-157.80	0	5	0.0%	101.68	32	26	55.2%	-1
118	CUSA	Rice	-160.55	0	5	0.0%	169.00	32	24	57.1%	0
119	MtnWest	New Mexico	-160.64	0	5	0.0%	347.65	36	21	63.2%	-2
120	MAC	Ball St	-182.72	0	5	0.0%	-228.63	27	26	50.9%	0

Looking at the conference race, we can see that... Huh? The BigEast? Really? Yup. Here's the breakdown.

Sure they're opponents have been weak, but no weaker than the SEC's or Big12's. All of their losses have been to teams .500 or better, and a lot of their wins were on the road at decent to good teams. Six of the eight conference teams are 3-1 or better. Solid.

Here's more stats to ponder - the 2009 Non-Conference Games, along with records, points earned, and teams yet to play.

Week 5 Conference Achievement Rankings
Rank	Avg Points	Conference	non-conf W	non-conf L	non-conf W%	non-conf oPts	non-conf oW	non-conf oL	non-conf oW%
1	55.57	BigEast	23	7	76.7%	-1858.33	48	61	44.0%
2	50.80	SEC	25	3	89.3%	-1801.47	39	65	37.5%
3	46.89	Big12	34	13	72.3%	-2077.81	84	103	44.9%
4	39.74	Big10	25	9	73.5%	-946.35	71	67	51.4%
5	35.44	Pac10	19	8	70.4%	83.27	69	46	60.0%
6	16.31	ACC	21	13	61.8%	-672.70	78	40	66.1%
7	9.44	MtnWest	20	15	57.1%	-1320.52	63	75	45.7%
8	-5.54	WAC	16	17	48.5%	-843.42	75	64	54.0%
9	-8.31	CUSA	17	18	48.6%	-1429.01	66	62	51.6%
10	-45.90	SunBelt	8	21	27.6%	205.42	77	46	62.6%
11	-47.60	MAC	13	31	29.5%	-264.29	109	71	60.6%

#1 BigEast
Best Win: Connecticut @ Baylor, 30-22
Worst Loss: Connecticut vs North Carolina, 10-12

#2 SEC
Best Win: Alabama v Virginia Tech, 34-24
Worst Loss: Tennessee vs UCLA, 15-19

#3 Big12
Best Win: Oklahoma @ Tulsa, 45-0
Worst Loss: Colorado vs Colorado State, 17-23

#4 Big10
Best Win: Iowa @ Iowa State, 35-3
Worst Loss: Minnesota vs California, 21-35

#5 Pac10
Best Win: USC @ Ohio State, 18-15
Worst Loss: Washington State vs Hawaii, 20-38

#6 ACC
Best Win: Florida State @ BYU, 54-28
Worst Loss: Virginia vs William & Mary, 14-26

#7 MtnWest
Best Win: TCU @ Clemson, 14-10
Worst Loss: New Mexico vs New Mexico State, 17-20

#8 WAC
Best Win: Boise State @ Oregon, 19-8
Worst Loss: New Mexico State vs UTEP, 12-38

#9 CUSA
Best Win: Houston @ Oklahoma State, 45-35
Worst Loss: UTEP vs Buffalo, 17-23

#10 SunBelt
Best Win: Middle TN State @ Maryland, 32-31
Worst Loss: Western Kentucky vs Central Arkansas, 7-28

#11 MAC
Best Win: Central Michigan @ Michigan State, 29-27
Worst Loss: Ball State vs New Hampshire, 16-23