The week 5 MWC GOTW is the only matchup of non-human coaches.

Washington U (4-0, #23/#25) travels to Defiance (3-1, #6/#5) as a 8.5 point favorite. The favorite? Who knew! Long time Defiance coach sternes9 trails the head to head and school to school matchup 0-1. Sternes9 started coaching Defiance in season 51 which preceeded whoever is coaching Washington by a couple of seasons. Last week Defiance traveled to Indiania and handed Hanover (2-2, unranked) a 23-7 loss. Washington U hosted Pella's own Centeral College (1-3, unranked) and posted a 31-10 win with a dominate second half after trailing going into the break.