| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Alabama | The Crimson Tide shut down the Ole Miss offense. They will do the same against poor Georgia State this week. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes held on to beat Wisconsin. This week they have to go on the road and face another good team in NW. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Oregon | Well, Cal was not the team who could stop the Duck offense this year. This week Colorado gets an opportunity. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Stanford | Oregon keeps getting attention for their offense, but Stanford has yet to run into anybody who can stop them. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Clemson | Tajh Boyd and Sammy Watkins led Clemson to an easy 56-7 win over Wake Forest. The Orange are the next victim. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Louisville | It was weird not watching Louisville beat up on somebody at noon on Saturday. They get Temple this week at noon. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Georgia | The Bulldogs came out on the winning end of a back and forth game against LSU thanks to Aaron Murray. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Florida State | Florida State fell behind early to BC, but came away with a 48-34 victory. They take on undefeated Maryland next. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies were on the right side of yet another high scoring SEC shootout. After a week off, they head to Ole Miss. | 10 |
| 10 |  | LSU | LSU could not quite do enough to surpass Georgia in the end. The Tigers hope to get back on track at MSU. | 7 |
| 11 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina held on to beat UCF. It was a close game, but UCF is good and always plays tough at home. | 11 |
| 12 |  | UCLA | The Bruins got the week off in preparation for their Pac-12 opener in Utah on Thursday night. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Oklahoma | OU looked good during their first road test of the season in South Bend. On Saturday night they're back home. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Michigan | Michigan needed a week off to figure out how they almost lost to Akron and Connecticut. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Miami (FL) | The Hurricanes offense keeps rolling along. The defense will be tested this week when Georgia Tech comes to town. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Florida | The Florida offense is not going to do much any time soon, but the defense covered them against Kentucky. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Northwestern | Northwestern is 4-0 overall and are hoping to win the ultra-competitive Legends Division. It starts with Ohio State. | 18 |
| 18 |  | Washington | UW played better in the rain than Zona. If the Huskies want a shot at winning the North, they need to win at Stanford. | 21 |
| 19 |  | Baylor | Baylor watched WVU beat OSU during their week off. Now the Bears hope they can do better than the Cowboys. | 23 |
| 20 |  | Fresno State | Arguably, the two toughest games for Fresno were against Boise State and at Hawaii. Those are behind them now. | 24 |
| 21 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska begins Big Ten play this week against an Illinois team that is looking unstoppable on offense. | 22 |
| 22 |  | Texas Tech | Texas Tech moved into the Top 25 after a bye week. This week they head to Kansas and will likely be 5-0. | NR |
| 23 |  | Oklahoma State | Some thought West Virginia could hang in there with OSU, but few saw a quality WVU win coming. | 20 |
| 24 |  | Mississippi | It would have been more promising if Ole Miss could have at least scored against Alabama, but a loss is not bad. | 19 |
| 25 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State is back in the top 25 after a nice win over USC. Next up is Notre Dame in Arlington, Texas. | NR |
Week 5 Football Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 09/29/2013
