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College Football Rankings, Week 5: Sagarin Top 25 Likes Alabama

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It's not yet the time of the year for BCS rankings to start coming out, and Sunday's AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll won't be out for about an hour or so (check back here soon!). For now, the best look at how the nation's best college football teams stack up is going to be USA Today's Sagarin Ratings -- of course, they're probably better than any of the other three rankings, for the most part, at least.

The computers like the Alabama Crimson Tide at No. 1, and by a considerable distance, too. A 101.35 rating for the Tide puts them 3.84 points ahead of the No. 2 LSU Tigers, which is the biggest margin between any two schools until you get way, way down the list. The Wisconsin Badgers rank ahead of the Oklahoma Sooners despite Wisconsin's 117th-ranked schedule.

The Clemson Tigers crack the top 10, showing up at No. 9, while the computers are likely kinder on the No. 11 Florida Gators than the humans will be.

On the Division I-AA side, the Georgia Southern Eagles show up ahead of the Wofford Terriers and Northern Iowa Panthers.

The Sagarin top 25:

1 Alabama

2 LSU

3 WIsconsin

4 Oklahoma

5 Boise State

6 Stanford

7 Oregon

8 Oklahoma State

9 Clemson

10 Texas

11 Florida

12 Michigan

13 Arkansas

14 Georgia Tech

15 Nebraska

16 Virginia Tech

17 Auburn

18 West Virginia

19 Arizona State

20 Texas Tech

21 Penn State

22 Illinois

23 South Carolina

24 Notre Dame

25 Texas A&M

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