When Week 4 is over, we start to come up with a strange mix of results, interpretations, and false beliefs.
It is easy to get to the top. Not really. There are about six or seven really, really great teams. There are two truly impressive groups, but they need to avoid the bombs in order to reach their destination.
We have stuck to our result-based beliefs for 26 years, though, and now we have to deal with them.
Up until you can show otherwise, you have to stick to what happened on the field. Iowa State, for instance, still needs to be ranked higher than Iowa. Navy should be put higher than Memphis, and Buffalo beating Northern Illinois makes the whole system a mess.
We will get there.
Finally, everything will be clear in a few weeks. Then we can look at the stranger events and see them for what they were: outliers.
But for now, here are the scores for all 134 college football teams going into Week 5.
College Football Rankings: Week 5
Week 5 Rankings
Top 10Ā |Ā 11-25Ā |Ā 26-50
51-75Ā |Ā 76-100Ā |Ā 101-134
134 Kent State (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 133
Penn State 56, Kent State 0
Up Next: Eastern Michigan
133 Kennesaw State (0-3)
Last Week Rank: 134
OPEN DATE
Up Next: UT Martin
132 UMass (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 132
UMass 35, Central Connectix State 31
Up Next: at Miami University
131 Charlotte (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 131
Indiana 52, Charlotte 14
Up Next: at Rice
130 UTEP (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 130
Colorado State 27, UTEP 17
Up Next: OPEN DATE
129 Akron (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 127
South Carolina 50, Akron 7
Up Next: at Ohio
128 Southern Miss (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 109
Jacksonville State 44, Southern Miss 7
Up Next: OPEN DATE
127 Central Michigan (2-2)
Last Week Rank: 114
Central Michigan 37, Ball State 34
Up Next: San Diego State
126 FIU (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 107
Monmouth 45, FIU 42
Up Next: Louisiana Tech
125 Ball State (1-2)
Last Week Rank: 128
Central Michigan 37, Ball State 34
Up Next: at James Madison
124 Jacksonville State (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 126
Jacksonville State 44, Southern Miss 7
Up Next: OPEN DATE
123 Florida Atlantic (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 102
UConn 48, Florida Atlantic 14
Up Next: Wagner
122 UAB (1-2)
Last Week Rank: 124
OPEN DATE
Up Next: Navy
121 Rice (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 121
Army 37, Rice 14
Up Next: Charlotte
120 Utah State (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 95
Temple 45, Utah State 29
Up Next: OPEN DATE
119 Middle Tennessee (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 119
Duke 45, Middle Tennessee 17
Up Next: at Memphis
118 Wyoming (0-4)
Last Week Rank: 122
North Texas 44, Wyoming 17
Up Next: Air Force
117 Temple (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 129
Temple 45, Utah State 29
Up Next: Army (Thur)
116 New Mexico (0-4)
Last Week Rank: 116
Fresno State 38, New Mexico 21
Up Next: at New Mexico State
115 New Mexico State (2-2)
Last Week Rank: 125
Sam Houston 31, New Mexico State 11
Up Next: New Mexico
114 Western Michigan (1-2)
Last Week Rank: 123
OPEN DATE
Up Next: at Marshall
113 Louisiana Tech (1-2)
Last Week Rank: 111
Tulsa 23, Louisiana Tech 20 OT
Up Next: at FIU
112 Tulsa (2-2)
Last Week Rank: 115
Tulsa 23, Louisiana Tech 20 OT
Up Next: at North Texas
111 Troy (1-3)
Last Week Rank: 108
Troy 34, Florida A&M 12
Up Next: ULM
110 Nevada (2-3)
Last Week Rank: 105
Nevada 49, Eastern Washington 16
Up Next: OPEN DATE
109 ULM (2-1)
Last Week Rank: 120
Texas 51, ULM 3
Up Next: at Troy
108 Eastern Michigan (3-1)
Last Week Rank: 117
Eastern Michigan 36, St. Francis 0
Up Next: at Kent State
107 Hawaii (2-2)
Last Week Rank: 113
Hawaii 36, Northern Iowa 7
Up Next: OPEN DATE
106 Appalachian State (2-2)
Last Week Rank: 79
South Alabama 48, Appalachian State 14
Up Next: Liberty
105 Old Dominion (0-3)
Last Week Rank: 104
OPEN DATE
Up Next: at Bowling Green
104 UTSA (2-2)
Last Week Rank: 98
UTSA 45, Houston Christian 7
Up Next: at East Carolina
103 Sam Houston (3-1)
Last Week Rank: 101
Sam Houston 31, New Mexico State 11
Up Next: Texas State
102 Louisiana (2-1)
Last Week Rank: 100
Tulane 41, Louisiana 33
Up Next: at Wake Forest
101 Ohio (2-2)
Last Week Rank: 110
Kentucky 41, Ohio 6
Up Next: Akron
