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Four weeks into the season, we're starting to get a feel for which teams are contenders vs. pretenders.

1. Clemson (4-0)
2. Alabama (4-0)
3. Georgia (4-0)
4. Louisiana State (4-0)
5. Ohio State (4-0)
6. Oklahoma (3-0)
7. Auburn (4-0)
8. Wisconsin (3-0)
9. Florida (4-0)
10. Notre Dame (2-1)
11. Texas (3-1)
12. Penn State (3-0)
13. Oregon (3-1)
14. Iowa (3-0)
15. California (4-0)
16. Boise State (4-0)
17. Washington (3-1)
18. Virginia (4-0)
19. Utah (3-1)
20. Michigan (2-1)
21. Southern California (3-1)
22. Central Florida (3-1) - first regular-season loss in three years!
23. Texas Agricultural & Mechanical (2-2)
24. Kansas State (3-0)
25. Michigan State (3-1)


The Gators at my alma mater are probably ranked higher than they should be. They'll be 5-0 at the beginning of October when they face against #7 Auburn, #4 LSU, South Carolina and #3 Georgia.

I loved seeing UCF get kicked out. That's now 2 losses in the last 5 games. Their fans are so annoying.
Georgia is looking really good right now.

1. Alabama (5-0)
2. Clemson (5-0)
3. Georgia (4-0)
4. Ohio State (5-0)
5. Louisiana State (4-0)
6. Oklahoma (4-0)
7. Auburn (5-0)
8. Wisconsin (4-0)
9. Notre Dame (3-1)
10. Florida (5-0)
11. Texas (3-1)
12. Penn State (4-0)
13. Oregon (3-1)
14. Iowa (4-0)
15. Washington (4-1)
16. Boise State (4-0)
17. Utah (4-1)
18. Central Florida (4-1)
19. Michigan (3-1)
20. Arizona State (4-1)
21. Oklahoma State (4-1)
22. Wake Forest (5-0)
23. Virginia (4-1)
24. Southern Methodist (5-0) - first time ranked since 1987 "death penalty"
25T. Texas Agricultural & Mechanical (3-2)
25T. Michigan State (4-1)
27. California (4-1)

ESPN's College GameDay show will be live at Ben Hill Griffon stadium as the #7 Auburn Tigers come to Gainesville to play the #10 Florida Gators this Saturday. It has been seven years since GameDay was in Gainesville.

JustAnEngineer wrote:

Four weeks into the season, we're starting to get a feel for which teams are contenders vs. pretenders.


The Gators at my alma mater are probably ranked higher than they should be. They'll be 5-0 at the beginning of October when they face against #7 Auburn, #4 LSU, South Carolina and #3 Georgia.

Alumni as well and I agree. The remaining schedule is much tougher. The early schedule included a couple universities, Towson and UT-Martin, that I've never even heard of before.
Anyway we'll see if Trask is up to the task.

Kyle Trask looks pretty good for a backup QB pressed into service. It's Florida's offensive line play that's scary. Auburn's defense is no joke (#10 in the nation according to ESPN).

JustAnEngineer wrote:

Kyle Trask looks pretty good for a backup QB pressed into service. It's Florida's offensive line play that's scary. Auburn's defense is no joke (#10 in the nation according to ESPN).

Yeah, the O line is going to make or break the game.

Good job GATORS! Nice win over Auburn.

Battle of the defenses. Our home field advantage was enough to give us the edge.

1. Alabama (5-0)
2. Clemson (5-0)
3T. Ohio State (6-0)
3T. Georgia (5-0)
5. Louisiana State (5-0)
6. Oklahoma (5-0)
7. Florida (6-0)
8. Wisconsin (5-0)
9. Notre Dame (4-1)
10. Penn State (5-0)
11. Texas (4-1)
12. Auburn (5-1)
13. Oregon (4-1)
14. Boise State (5-0)
15. Utah (4-1)
16. Michigan (4-1)
17. Iowa (4-1)
18. Arizona State (4-1)
19. Wake Forest (5-0)
20. Virginia (4-1)
21. Southern Methodist (6-0)
22. Baylor (5-0)
23. Memphis (5-0)
24. Texas Agricultural & Mechanical (3-2)
25. Cincinnati (4-1)


When we all saw Kyle Trask's leg bending in ways that it should not, I feared that the Gators' season might be over, but they managed to upset the Auburn Tigers and remain undefeated to set up this week's matchup against an even more impressive opponent.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... ec-threat/
ESPN's College GameDay show will be live at Tiger stadium as the #7 Florida Gators travel to Baton Rouge to play the #5 LSU Tigers this Saturday. With Joe Burrow looking unstoppable, the Tigers are a 13-point favorite over the Gators.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... e-exposed/

1. Alabama (6-0)
2. Louisiana State (6-0)
3. Clemson (6-0)
4. Ohio State (6-0)
5. Oklahoma (6-0)
6. Wisconsin (6-0)
7. Penn State (6-0)
8. Notre Dame (5-1)
9. Florida (6-1)
10. Georgia (5-1)
11. Auburn (5-1)
12. Oregon (5-1)
13. Utah (5-1)
14. Boise State (6-0)
15. Texas (4-2)
16. Michigan (5-1)
17. Arizona State (5-1)
18. Baylor (6-0)
19. Southern Methodist (6-0)
20. Minnesota (6-0)
21. Cincinnati (5-1)
22. Missouri (5-1)
23. Iowa (4-2)
24. Appalachian State (5-0)
25. Washington (5-2)

Georgia's loss to South Carolina was a shocker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDhzoBlsaIQ&t=0s

1. Alabama (7-0)
2. Louisiana State (7-0)
3. Ohio State (7-0)
4. Clemson (7-0)
5. Oklahoma (7-0)
6. Penn State (7-0)
7. Florida (7-1)
8. Notre Dame (5-1)
9. Auburn (6-1)
10. Georgia (6-1)
11. Oregon (6-1)
12. Utah (6-1)
13. Wisconsin (6-1)
14. Baylor (7-0)
15. Texas (5-2)
16. Southern Methodist (7-0)
17. Minnesota (7-0)
18. Cincinnati (6-1)
19. Michigan (5-2)
20. Iowa (5-2)
21. Appalachian State (6-0)
22. Boise State (6-1)
23. Iowa State (5-2)
24. Arizona State (5-2)
25. Wake Forest (6-1)

The Wisconsin Badgers were 31 point favorites over the lowly Illini.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T28nz2vIvYo

Tua Tagovailoa had "tightrope" surgery on his high ankle sprain this morning. Alabama is hoping that he can make an exceptionally-fast recovery to be ready to play against LSU on November 9.

Florida Atlantic's coach Lane Kiffen got fined $5,000 for this humorous (and appropriate) tweet:
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... refs-tweet

This video will undoubtedly lead to memes about when the wheels fell off of some teams' seasons, but Oklahoma is still rolling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-pKxp-_7Zg

Woot! Iowa State Cyclones back in the Top 25 after taking care of business for the last several weeks.

And would someone beat Baylor already? They're not that good! They fell backwards into a few of those wins.

ILL!
INI!

The Sooner Schooner is done.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ason-crash

JustAnEngineer wrote:

The Sooner Schooner is done.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ason-crash

You know that is going to be turned into a meme gif posted relentlessly if Oklahoma ever loses...

1. Louisiana State (8-0)
2. Alabama (8-0)
3. Ohio State (8-0)
4. Clemson (8-0)
5. Penn State (8-0)
6. Florida (7-1)
7. Oregon (7-1)
8. Georgia (6-1)
9. Utah (7-1)
10. Oklahoma (7-1)
11. Auburn (6-2)
12. Baylor (7-0)
13. Minnesota (8-0)
14. Michigan (6-2)
15. Southern Methodist (8-0)
16. Notre Dame (5-2)
17. Cincinnati (6-1)
18. Wisconsin (6-2)
19. Iowa (6-2)
20. Appalachian State (7-0)
21. Boise State (6-1)
22. Kansas State (5-2)
23. Wake Forest (6-1)
24. Memphis (7-1)
25. San Diego State (7-1)

Oklahoma was a 23½ point favorite over Kansas State.

JustAnEngineer wrote:

Oklahoma was a 23½ point favorite over Kansas State.

Still not as big a fail as Wisconsin losing to Illinois

idchafee wrote:

JustAnEngineer wrote:

Oklahoma was a 23½ point favorite over Kansas State.

Still not as big a fail as Wisconsin losing to Illinois

Both big losses for sure!

Oklahoma is going to be sad when they lose again to Iowa State this weekend! Sooner sad face...

Associated Press Ranking
1. Louisiana State (8-0)
2. Alabama (8-0)
3. Ohio State (8-0)
4. Clemson (9-0)
5. Penn State (8-0)
6. Georgia (7-1)
7. Oregon (8-1)
8. Utah (8-1)
9. Oklahoma (7-1)
10. Florida (7-2)
11. Baylor (8-0)
12. Auburn (7-2)
13. Minnesota (8-0)
14. Michigan (7-2)
15. Notre Dame (6-2)
16. Wisconsin (6-2)
17. Cincinnati (7-1)
18. Iowa (6-2)
19. Memphis (8-1)
20. Kansas State (6-2)
21. Boise State (7-1)
22. Wake Forest (7-1)
23. Southern Methodist (8-1)
24. San Diego State (7-1)
25. Navy (7-1)

College Football Playoff committee wrote:

1. Ohio State (8-0)
2. Louisiana State (8-0)
3. Alabama (8-0)
4. Penn State (8-0)
5. Clemson (9-0)
6. Georgia (7-1)
7. Oregon (8-1)
8. Utah (8-1)
9. Oklahoma (7-1)
10. Florida (7-2)
11. Auburn (7-2)
12. Baylor (8-0)
13. Wisconsin (6-2)
14. Michigan (7-2)
15. Notre Dame (6-2)
16. Kansas State (6-2)
17. Minnesota (8-0)
18. Iowa (6-2)
19. Wake Forest
20. Cincinnati (7-1)
21. Memphis (8-1)
22. Boise State (7-1)
23. Oklahoma State (6-3)
24. Navy (7-1)
25. Southern Methodist (8-1)

I’m not sure we deserve to be #10. The highest rated 2-loss team?

The game of the year certainly lived up to the hype. Joe Burrow looked unstoppable again.

P.S.: Amazingly, three of the sixty-two Associated Press voters believe that Clemson (who has played zero top-25 ranked teams this season and was only a failed two-point conversion away from losing to North Corolina) is the best team in the country. LSU has beaten FOUR top-t10 teams this season (Texas, Florida, Auburn and Alabama).

Seth Walder, ESPN Analytics wrote:

LSU ranks first in Strength of Record and it isn't close. An average top-25 team would have had just a 1% chance to be undefeated thus far against LSU's schedule. Meanwhile that same team would have had a 16% chance to go undefeated vs. Ohio State's schedule, the next best. Among the undefeateds, Clemson had it easiest: an average top 25 team would have had a 29% chance to be 10-0 at this point against the Tigers' schedule.

Associated Press Ranking
1. Louisiana State (9-0)
2. Ohio State (9-0)
3. Clemson (10-0)
4. Alabama (8-1)
5. Georgia (8-1)
6. Oregon (8-1)
7. Minnesota (9-0)
8. Utah (8-1)
9. Penn State (8-1)
10. Oklahoma (8-1)
11. Florida (8-2)
12. Baylor (9-0)
13. Auburn (7-2)
14. Michigan (7-2)
15. Wisconsin (7-2)
16. Notre Dame (7-2)
17. Cincinnati (8-1)
18. Memphis (8-1)
19. Boise State (8-1)
20. Southern Methodist (9-1)
21. Navy (7-1)
22. Texas (6-3)
23. Iowa (6-3)
24. Indiana (7-2)
25. Oklahoma State (6-3)

P.P.S.:

College Football Playoff committee wrote:

1. Louisiana State (9-0)
2. Ohio State (9-0)
3. Clemson (10-0)
4. Georgia (8-1)
5. Alabama (8-1)
6. Oregon (8-1)
7. Utah (8-1)
8. Minnesota (9-0)
9. Penn State (8-1)
10. Oklahoma (8-1)
11. Florida (8-2)
12. Auburn (7-2)
13. Baylor (9-0)
14. Wisconsin (7-2)
15. Michigan (7-2)
16. Notre Dame (7-2)
17. Cincinnati (8-1)
18. Memphis (8-1)
19. Texas (6-3)
20. Iowa (6-3)
21. Boise State (8-1)
22. Oklahoma State (6-3)
23. Navy (7-1)
24. Kansas State (6-3)
25. Appalachian State (8-1)

Last week, Alabama needed Tua Tagovailoa to play well to give them a chance against LSU. This week, Nick Saban's team could easily have crushed Mississippi State with Mac Jones at quarterback instead of risking Tua's health.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... cated-hip/
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... er-injury/
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ery-monday

Associated Press Ranking
1. Louisiana State (10-0)
2. Ohio State (10-0)
3. Clemson (11-0)
4. Georgia (9-1)
5. Alabama (9-1)
6. Oregon (9-1)
7. Utah (9-1)
8. Oklahoma (9-1)
9. Penn State (9-1)
10. Florida (9-2)
11. Minnesota (9-1)
12. Michigan (8-2)
13. Baylor (9-1)
14. Wisconsin (8-2)
15. Notre Dame (8-2)
16. Auburn (7-3)
17. Cincinnati (9-1)
18. Memphis (9-1)
19. Iowa (7-3)
20. Boise State (9-1)
21. Southern Methodist (9-1)
22. Oklahoma State (7-3)
23. Appalachian State (9-1)
24. Texas A&M (7-3)
25. Virginia Tech (7-3)

College Football Playoff committee wrote:

1. Louisiana State (10-0)
2. Ohio State (10-0)
3. Clemson (11-0)
4. Georgia (9-1)
5. Alabama (9-1)
6. Oregon (9-1)
7. Utah (9-1)
8. Penn State (9-1)
9. Oklahoma (9-1)
10. Minnesota (9-1)
11. Florida (9-2)
12. Wisconsin (8-2)
13. Michigan (8-2)
14. Baylor (9-1)
15. Auburn (7-3)
16. Notre Dame (8-2)
17. Iowa (7-3)
18. Memphis (9-1)
19. Cincinnati (9-1)
20. Boise State (9-1)
21. Oklahoma State (7-3)
22. Iowa State (6-4)
23. Southern California (7-4)
24. Appalachian State (9-1)
25. Southern Methodist (9-1)

Tom Fornelli ranks all 130 teams each week:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... tertaining

David M. Hale wrote:

There are people in this world -- poor, misguided souls -- who believe there are too many bowl games. They think having a 6-6 MAC team and a 7-5 Conference USA afterthought duke it out in a city that can't possibly have a stadium where football is played is somehow a bad thing. They think that, as we continue the sad, steady march toward a time of year when there will be no more college football that, of all things, we should have less of it now. They think that, in the land of 106-ounce fountain sodas and a Cheesecake Factory menu that reads like War and Peace, we shouldn't all enjoy more of a good thing.

Repeat after me: There is no such thing as too much college football. That being said, we've got 40 games to watch, so get your popcorn ready and let's draw up a road map from the least entertaining (note: We're not saying "worst," because they're all good) to the most entertaining.

I'm one of those misguided souls.

Well, at least you aren't a misguided AND lonely SOLE. :-O

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/th ... sing-math/
It's a shame that Disney (ESPN) has pushed the college bowl schedule to its current state of ridiculousness.

It has been a rough bowl exhibition season for the Big12 conference (which has had 10 teams since Colorado and Nebraska left in 2011):
https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/arti ... title-game

Associated Press Final Ranking
1. Louisiana State (15-0) - preseason #6
2. Clemson (14-1) - preseason #1
3. Ohio State (13-1) - preseason #5
4. Georgia (12-2) - preseason #3
5. Oregon (12-2) - preseason #11
6. Florida (11-2) - preseason #8
7. Oklahoma (12-2) - preseason #4
8. Alabama (11-2) - preseason #2
9. Penn State (11-2) - preseason #15
10. Minnesota (11-2) - preaseason UNRANKED
11. Wisconsin (10-4) - preaseason #19
12. Notre Dame (11-2) - preaseason #9
13. Baylor (11-3) - preseason UNRANKED (no votes)
14. Auburn (9-4) - preseason #16
15. Iowa (10-3) - preaseason #20
16. Utah (11-3) - preseason #14
17. Memphis (12-2) - preseason UNRANKED
18. Michigan (9-4) - preseason #7
19. Appalachian State (13-1) - preseason UNRANKED
20. Navy (11-2) - preseason UNRANKED (no votes)
21. Cincinnati (11-3) - preseason UNRANKED
22. Air Force (11-2) - preseason UNRANKED (no votes)
23. Boise State (12-2) - preseason UNRANKED
24. Central Florida (10-3) - preseason #17
25. Texas (8-5) - preseason #10
Unranked. Texas Agricultural & Mechanical (8-5) - preseason #12
Unranked. Washington (8-5) - preseason #13
Unranked (no votes). Michigan State (7-6) - preseason #18
Unranked (no votes). Iowa State (7-6) - preseason #21
Unranked (no votes). Syracuse (5-7) - preseason #22
Unranked (no votes). Washington State (6-7) - preseason #23
Unranked (no votes). Nebraska (5-7) - preseason #24
Unranked (no votes). Stanford (4-8) - preseason #25