Article:Week 5 College Football Projections: Scores From Every Game

Week 5 NCAA Projections

Scores and standings for every team

By Paul Bessire, WhatIfSports.com

August 15th, 2008

We will preview a college football week each day for 15 days, including scores and updated standings for each week. At the conclusion of those previews, we will present our bowl match-ups with results and final updated pre-season Power Rankings (see original rankings below).

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Today we preview Week 5.

Game of the Week: #12 Illinois 30 (3-1) @ Penn State 21 (4-1) Penn State enters this game undefeated and with dreams of competing with Ohio State for the Big Ten and national championship. Juice Williams and Illinois, which come in at 2-1 after losing to Missouri in the opener, put an end to those aspirations by winning 77% of the time by an average score of 30-21 in Happy Valley.

Week 5 Scores for Every FBS Game

Matchup	Home Win%	Avg Score Rhode Island @ Boston College	95	4-35 Marshall @ W. Virginia	95	10-42 Morgan State @ Rutgers	95	5-40 Minn. @ Ohio State	95	8-47 Troy @ Oklahoma State	95	14-36 Central Arkansas @ Tulsa	95	5-43 Virginia Military @ Ohio	95	5-36 Weber State @ Utah	95	4-41 Mississippi State @ LSU	95	8-36 Army @ Texas A&M	95	10-37 TCU @ Oklahoma	95	17-35 Navy @ WF	93.4	16-38 Western Kentucky @ Kentucky	93.4	8-32 San Jose State @ Hawaii	93.4	9-30 Alabama @ Georgia	91.8	14-38 Mississippi @ Florida	91.8	16-32 UAB @ S. Carolina	91.8	11-36 Colorado St. @ California	90.2	20-38 LA-Laf @ Kansas State	86.9	22-34 Fla. Int. @ Toledo	85.2	17-32 Maryland @ Clemson	83.6	17-35 North Texas @ Rice	80.3	18-30 Kent St. @ Ball State	80.3	21-35 Stanford @ Washington	80.3	20-34 Buffalo @ C. Michigan	67.2	26-39 Bowling Green @ Wyoming	67.2	16-25 Northwestern @ Iowa	65.6	18-27 Colorado @ Florida State	63.9	21-29 Tennessee @ Auburn	55.7	18-24 Michigan State @ Indiana	50.8	24-30 Houston @ East Carolina	49.2	29-29 Arkansas St. @ Memphis	45.9	24-24 Connecticut @ Louisville	44.3	35-35 W. Michigan @ Temple	42.6	21-20 Northern Illinois @ E. Michigan	39.3	23-22 Purdue @ Notre Dame	37.7	26-21 Virginia @ Duke	31.1	17-16 SMU @ Tulane	31.1	33-27 Fresno State @ UCLA	31.1	33-29 North Carolina @ Miami (FL)	24.6	24-17 Idaho @ San Diego State	24.6	31-20 Illinois @ Penn State	23	30-21 Nevada @ UNLV	21.3	38-31 Wisconsin @ Michigan	19.7	29-19 Virginia Tech @ Nebraska	18	27-17 New Mexico @ New Mexico State	16.4	27-16 Oregon @ Washington St.	13.1	33-17 Pittsburgh @ Syracuse	9.8	32-16 South Florida @ NC St.	5	36-11 UCF @ UTEP	5	30-15 USC @ Oregon State	5	36-8 Cincinnati @ Akron	5	35-10

Updated FBS Standings through Week 5

Conference	Team	Abs Record	Exp Record Atlantic Coast	Clemson	5 - 0	5 - 0 Atlantic Coast	WF	4 - 0	4 - 0 Atlantic Coast	Virginia Tech	5 - 0	4 - 1 Atlantic Coast	Boston College	3 - 1	3 - 1 Atlantic Coast	Florida State	3 - 1	3 - 1 Atlantic Coast	Maryland	3 - 2	3 - 1 Atlantic Coast	North Carolina	3 - 1	3 - 1 Atlantic Coast	Duke	1 - 3	2 - 2 Atlantic Coast	GA Tech	2 - 2	2 - 2 Atlantic Coast	Miami (FL)	2 - 2	2 - 2 Atlantic Coast	Virginia	2 - 2	2 - 2 Atlantic Coast	NC St.	1 - 4	1 - 4 Big East	W. Virginia	4 - 0	4 - 0 Big East	Connecticut	5 - 0	4 - 1 Big East	South Florida	4 - 1	4 - 1 Big East	Cincinnati	3 - 1	3 - 1 Big East	Louisville	3 - 1	3 - 1 Big East	Pittsburgh	4 - 0	3 - 1 Big East	Rutgers	2 - 2	3 - 1 Big East	Syracuse	2 - 3	2 - 3 Big Ten	Ohio State	5 - 0	5 - 0 Big Ten	Iowa	4 - 1	4 - 1 Big Ten	Penn State	4 - 1	4 - 1 Big Ten	Illinois	3 - 1	3 - 1 Big Ten	Indiana	4 - 0	3 - 1 Big Ten	Purdue	4 - 0	3 - 1 Big Ten	Wisconsin	4 - 0	3 - 1 Big Ten	Michigan State	2 - 3	3 - 2 Big Ten	Minn. 3 - 2	3 - 2 Big Ten	Northwestern	4 - 1	3 - 2 Big Ten	Michigan	3 - 1	2 - 2 Big Twelve	Kansas	4 - 0	4 - 0 Big Twelve	Oklahoma	4 - 0	4 - 0 Big Twelve	Texas Tech	4 - 0	4 - 0 Big Twelve	Texas	4 - 0	4 - 0 Big Twelve	Kansas State	3 - 1	3 - 1 Big Twelve	Missouri	4 - 0	3 - 1 Big Twelve	Nebraska	3 - 1	3 - 1 Big Twelve	Oklahoma State	4 - 0	3 - 1 Big Twelve	Texas A&M	2 - 2	3 - 1 Big Twelve	Baylor	1 - 3	2 - 2 Big Twelve	Colorado	2 - 2	2 - 2 Big Twelve	Iowa State	1 - 3	2 - 2 Conference USA	Tulsa	3 - 1	3 - 1 Conference USA	UCF	3 - 1	3 - 1 Conference USA	East Carolina	2 - 3	3 - 2 Conference USA	Houston	4 - 1	3 - 2 Conference USA	Rice	3 - 2	3 - 2 Conference USA	SMU	3 - 2	3 - 2 Conference USA	S. Miss	3 - 1	2 - 2 Conference USA	Marshall	2 - 3	2 - 3 Conference USA	Memphis	1 - 4	2 - 3 Conference USA	Tulane	0 - 4	1 - 3 Conference USA	UTEP	1 - 3	1 - 3 Conference USA	UAB	1 - 4	1 - 4 Independents (FBS)	Notre Dame	2 - 2	2 - 2 Independents (FBS)	Navy	2 - 3	2 - 3 Independents (FBS)	Western Kentucky	2 - 3	2 - 3 Independents (FBS)	Army	1 - 3	1 - 3 Mid-American	Ball State	4 - 1	3 - 2 Mid-American	C. Michigan	3 - 2	3 - 2 Mid-American	Kent St.	3 - 2	3 - 2 Mid-American	W. Michigan	4 - 1	3 - 2 Mid-American	Miami (OH)	2 - 2	2 - 2 Mid-American	Northern Illinois	2 - 2	2 - 2 Mid-American	Toledo	2 - 2	2 - 2 Mid-American	E. Michigan	1 - 4	2 - 3 Mid-American	Ohio	1 - 4	2 - 3 Mid-American	Temple	2 - 3	2 - 3 Mid-American	Bowling Green	0 - 4	1 - 3 Mid-American	Akron	1 - 4	1 - 4 Mid-American	Buffalo	1 - 4	1 - 4 Mountain West	TCU	4 - 1	4 - 1 Mountain West	Utah	4 - 1	4 - 1 Mountain West	Brigham Young	4 - 0	3 - 1 Mountain West	New Mexico	3 - 2	3 - 2 Mountain West	Wyoming	3 - 2	3 - 2 Mountain West	Air Force	2 - 2	2 - 2 Mountain West	Colorado St.	1 - 3	2 - 2 Mountain West	UNLV	2 - 3	2 - 3 Mountain West	San Diego State	1 - 3	1 - 3 Pacific-10	Oregon	4 - 1	4 - 1 Pacific-10	Arizona St.	3 - 1	3 - 1 Pacific-10	Arizona	3 - 1	3 - 1 Pacific-10	California	4 - 0	3 - 1 Pacific-10	USC	2 - 1	2 - 1 Pacific-10	Oregon State	2 - 2	2 - 2 Pacific-10	UCLA	1 - 3	2 - 2 Pacific-10	Washington St.	2 - 3	2 - 3 Pacific-10	Washington	1 - 3	1 - 3 Pacific-10	Stanford	1 - 4	1 - 4 Southeastern	Georgia	5 - 0	5 - 0 Southeastern	LSU	5 - 0	5 - 0 Southeastern	Florida	4 - 0	4 - 0 Southeastern	S. Carolina	4 - 1	4 - 1 Southeastern	Kentucky	3 - 1	3 - 1 Southeastern	Alabama	3 - 2	3 - 2 Southeastern	Auburn	4 - 1	3 - 2 Southeastern	Mississippi State	2 - 3	3 - 2 Southeastern	Mississippi	3 - 2	3 - 2 Southeastern	Arkansas	2 - 2	2 - 2 Southeastern	Tennessee	2 - 2	2 - 2 Southeastern	Vanderbilt	0 - 4	1 - 3 Sun Belt	Arkansas St.	3 - 2	3 - 2 Sun Belt	Florida Atlantic	2 - 2	2 - 2 Sun Belt	LA-Monroe	2 - 2	2 - 2 Sun Belt	LA-Laf	0 - 4	1 - 3 Sun Belt	Mid Tenn	1 - 3	1 - 3 Sun Belt	Troy	1 - 4	1 - 4 Sun Belt	Fla. Int. 0 - 4	0 - 4 Sun Belt	North Texas	0 - 4	0 - 4 Western Athletic	Fresno State	3 - 1	3 - 1 Western Athletic	Boise State	2 - 1	2 - 1 Western Athletic	Idaho	3 - 2	3 - 2 Western Athletic	Hawaii	2 - 2	2 - 2 Western Athletic	Nevada	2 - 2	2 - 2 Western Athletic	New Mexico State	1 - 3	2 - 2 Western Athletic	San Jose State	2 - 3	2 - 3 Western Athletic	Louisiana Tech	1 - 2	1 - 2 Western Athletic	Utah State	0 - 4	0 - 4 Ever wanted to be in be in charge of your own college football program? With Gridiron Dynasty from WhatIfSports.com, you have a chance to do just that - and it's completely FREE for a limited time ($10.95 value). From recruiting and running practice to gameplanning and scheduling - it is all under your control. Start at DIII and try to work your way up to winning the DI championship at your favorite school. Play for free today using the promo code BTBGD.

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