Alabama, Florida among top 25 teams on upset alert in treacherous Week 5 for those on the road

The going-through-the-motions portion of the schedule is over for college football's Power Four programs.

Week 5 brings tougher conference matchups across the top 25, and a few contenders are about to learn whether early-season success travels.

This is where the potential for upset gets interesting every weekend. Teams with superior rosters can survive a sluggish quarter against overmatched opponents, but the margin for error diminishes away from home, and there are a couple of unbeaten top-10 SEC teams going on the road as narrow favorites Saturday in a prime spot for a letdown.

With the College Football Playoff picture still taking shape, getting out of Week 5 with a win is the assignment. We put Michigan and Louisville on upset alert at home last week, and both were beaten as Iowa and Wake Forest made their respective climbs in the national conversation.

Here are the teams facing the most uncomfortable matchups this weekend as schedules begin to bite. One team that narrowly missed this group this week is Ohio State, which is a 13.5-point favorite at Iowa. The Hawkeyes are unbeaten after beating Michigan, while the Buckeyes already have a loss after the Week 2 setback at Texas.

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