Week 5 approaches.

Week 5 begins Thursday night with #1 USC vs. Oregon State. With many of the larger conferences getting into their conference schedule, the time is ripe for some upsets to begin appearing in the Sunday papers’ scoreboards. Let’s take a look at the rankings and opponents for Week 5.
(Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 5. The pre-Week 4 rankings are after the team’s name. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked)

1/1/1 Southern California (1/1/1) The Trojans travel up the coast to play at Oregon State Beavers Thursday night.

2/2/2 Oklahoma (2/2/2) The Sooners host #24 TCU.

3/3/3 Georgia (3/3/3) The Bulldogs host #8 Alabama Saturday night in what should be an excellent game.

4/4/4 Florida (4/4/4) The Gators host Ole Miss.

5/6/5 LSU (6/6/6) The LSU Tigers host Mississippi State.

6/5/6 Missouri (5/5/5) The Missouri Tigers (4-0) have the weekend off.

7/7/7 Texas (7/7/8) The Longhorns play host to Arkansas.

8/10/9 Alabama (9/13/13) The Tide rolls into #3 Georgia .

9/8/8 Wisconsin (8/8/9) The Badgers are on the road to play Michigan.

10/9/11 Texas Tech (11/10/11) The Red Raiders (4-0) have the weekend to relax.

11/11/10 Brigham Young (14/11/10) The 4-0 Cougars have the weekend off.

12/12/16 Penn State (16/15/18) The Nittany Lions play host to #22 Illinois.

13/14/15 South Florida (12/16/17) The Bulls are on the road to NC State.

14/13/13 Ohio State (13/14/12) The Buckeyes host Minnesota.

15/16/12 Auburn (10/9/7) The Auburn Tigers host Tennesee.

16/15/14 Wake Forest (18/18/14) The Demon Deacons host Navy.

17/17/18 Utah (20/20/20) The Utes host Weber State this weekend.

18/18/17 Kansas (19/19/19) They Jayhawks (3-1) have an idle weekend ahead.

19/20/19 Boise State (NR/NR/NR) The Broncos (3-0) have the week off.

20/19/21 Clemson (23/21/22) Clemson hosts Maryland.

21/25/25 Vanderbilt (NR/NR/NR) The 4-0 Commodores have the week off.

22/21/23 Illinois (22/23/23) The Illini travel to Happy Valley to play #12 Penn State.

23/NR/20 East Carolina (15/17/16) The Pirates host Houston.

24/23/NR TCU (NR/NR/NR) The Horned Frogs (is there a better nickname than that?) travel to #2 Oklahoma.

25/24/24 Fresno State (25/NR/24) The Bulldogs make a short hop over to LA to face UCLA.

NR/22/NR Oregon (17/12/15) The Ducks travel to Pullman, WA to face Washington State.

NR/NR/22 Virginia Tech (NR/NR/25) The Hokies travel west to face Nebraska.