College football rankings 2018: Projecting the AP Top 25 in Week 4
By Andrew Olson
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The Week 3 schedule included two top-15 showdowns: No. 4 Ohio State met No. 15 TCU in Arlington, Texas at the neutral AT&T Stadium and No. 7 Auburn hosted division rival No. 12 LSU. With the dust mostly settled, one thing is for sure – the top three is safe.
No. 1 Alabama blew out Ole Miss 62-7 on the road in Oxford. No. 2 Clemson took care of business against Georgia Southern, winning 38-7. Similarly, No. 3 Georgia handled Middle Tennessee State 49-7.
Ohio State ran into some trouble against TCU trailing 13-14 at the half and 13-21 in the third quarter. The Buckeyes rallied and roared back strong, appearing to flip a switch and suddenly look like the No. 4 team. OSU began to control the game in the fourth quarter.
Wisconsin entered Saturday ranked No. 6, but will fall after losing to unranked BYU 21-24 at home.
Auburn was No. 7, but will drop some after losing to No. 12 LSU at home. Since Auburn has a top-10 win on its resume, Gus Malzahn’s squad may not fall too far.
In the Week 3 poll, Utah, Texas A&M and Boston College were the top three unranked vote-getters. With Boise State and USC likely to drop out of the rankings, look for the Aggies (2-1) and Eagles (3-0) to grab the two open spots. BYU will likely receive some votes, but the 2-1 Cougars were previously off the radar entirely.
- Alabama def. Ole Miss 62-7
- Clemson def. Georgia Southern 38-7
- Georgia def. Middle Tennessee State 49-7
- Ohio State beating No. 15 TCU 40-28 in fourth quarter
- Oklahoma def. Iowa State 37-27
- LSU def. No. 7 Auburn 22-21
- Notre Dame def. Vanderbilt 22-17
- Stanford def. UC Davis 30-10
- Auburn lost to No. 12 LSU 22-21
- Washington beating Utah 14-7 in second quarter
- Penn State def. Kent State 63-10
- Virginia Tech did not play due to Hurricane Florence
- West Virginia did not play due to Hurricane Florence
- Mississippi State def. Louisiana 56-10
- Wisconsin lost to BYU 21-24
- Oklahoma State def. No. 17 Boise State 44-21
- TCU losing to No. 4 Ohio State 28-40 in fourth quarter
- UCF did not play due to Hurricane Florence
- Michigan def. SMU 45-20
- Oregon def. San Jose State 35-22
- Miami def. Toledo 49-24
- Arizona State leads San Diego State 13-7 in second quarter
- Michigan State BYE
- Boston College def. Wake Forest 41-34
- Texas A&M def. ULM 48-10
Projected to fall out of the AP Top 25: No. 19 Boise State lost to No. 24 Oklahoma State 21-44; No. 22 USC losing to Texas 14-37 in fourth quarter
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
