It was separation weekend for some teams as they made statements, whether bouncing back from a loss or going on the road in conference. A Big 12 team claims the top spot in this week’s power rankings, followed by three Pac-12 teams.
Using our proprietary formula, we have ranked all 128 FBS teams. See how the conferences stack up based upon their average power rankings and then see where your favorite team ranks for week 5 of the 2015 college football season.
Week 5 Conference Power Rankings
| RANK | CONFERENCE |
| 1 | SEC |
| 2 | Big 12 |
| 3 | Pac-12 |
| 4 | ACC |
| 5 | Big Ten |
| 6 | American |
| 7 | MAC |
| 8 | Mountain West |
| 9 | Conference USA |
| 10 | Sun Belt |
Week 5 College Football Power Rankings
| RANK | TEAM |
| 1 | Baylor |
| 2 | USC |
| 3 | Utah |
| 4 | UCLA |
| 5 | Georgia |
| 6 | Boise State |
| 7 | West Virginia |
| 8 | LSU |
| 9 | Mississippi |
| 10 | Alabama |
| 11 | Clemson |
| 12 | Notre Dame |
| 13 | Kansas State |
| 14 | TCU |
| 15 | Ohio State |
| 16 | Stanford |
| 17 | Florida State |
| 18 | Michigan State |
| 19 | Mississippi State |
| 20 | Georgia Tech |
| 21 | Duke |
| 22 | Michigan |
| 23 | Texas A&M |
| 24 | Wisconsin |
| 25 | North Carolina State |
| 26 | Oklahoma |
| 27 | Miami (Fla.) |
| 28 | Auburn |
| 29 | Florida |
| 30 | Houston |
| 31 | Texas Tech |
| 32 | Louisville |
| 33 | Tennessee |
| 34 | Memphis |
| 35 | California |
| 36 | Oklahoma State |
| 37 | Washington |
| 38 | Iowa |
| 39 | Louisiana Tech |
| 40 | Nebraska |
| 41 | Arkansas |
| 42 | Arizona |
| 43 | Toledo |
| 44 | Northwestern |
| 45 | Boston College |
| 46 | Western Kentucky |
| 47 | Brigham Young |
| 48 | Virginia Tech |
| 49 | Navy |
| 50 | Oregon |
| 51 | Kentucky |
| 52 | Appalachian State |
| 53 | Missouri |
| 54 | East Carolina |
| 55 | Utah State |
| 56 | Pittsburgh |
| 57 | Penn State |
| 58 | North Carolina |
| 59 | Georgia Southern |
| 60 | Arizona State |
| 61 | Minnesota |
| 62 | Northern Illinois |
| 63 | Marshall |
| 64 | Texas |
| 65 | Air Force |
| 66 | Colorado |
| 67 | Temple |
| 68 | Cincinnati |
| 69 | South Carolina |
| 70 | Bowling Green |
| 71 | Syracuse |
| 72 | Indiana |
| 73 | Vanderbilt |
| 74 | Ohio |
| 75 | Colorado State |
| 76 | Middle Tennessee |
| 77 | Ball State |
| 78 | Nevada |
| 79 | Western Michigan |
| 80 | Virginia |
| 81 | Washington State |
| 82 | Florida International |
| 83 | Central Michigan |
| 84 | Oregon State |
| 85 | Akron |
| 86 | Tulsa |
| 87 | Rutgers |
| 88 | UCF |
| 89 | Iowa State |
| 90 | Buffalo |
| 91 | Connecticut |
| 92 | Southern Mississippi |
| 93 | Arkansas State |
| 94 | SMU |
| 95 | Maryland |
| 96 | Illinois |
| 97 | San Diego State |
| 98 | Purdue |
| 99 | Kent State |
| 100 | Wake Forest |
| 101 | Hawaii |
| 102 | Rice |
| 103 | Army |
| 104 | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 105 | San Jose State |
| 106 | La.-Lafayette |
| 107 | Massachusetts |
| 108 | South Florida |
| 109 | Kansas |
| 110 | Troy |
| 111 | Texas-San Antonio |
| 112 | New Mexico |
| 113 | South Alabama |
| 114 | UNLV |
| 115 | Tulane |
| 116 | Georgia State |
| 117 | Texas-El Paso |
| 118 | New Mexico State |
| 119 | Texas State |
| 120 | Florida Atlantic |
| 121 | Eastern Michigan |
| 122 | Miami (Ohio) |
| 123 | Fresno State |
| 124 | North Texas |
| 125 | Wyoming |
| 126 | Idaho |
| 127 | Old Dominion |
| 128 | Charlotte |
Check out our week 5 college football predictions.