College football rankings 2018: Projecting the AP Top 25 in Week 4
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
Herman’s seat will cool a bit after this big win. Helton’s is definitely heating up. The USC fanbase was already disgruntled with him. Bad loss for the PAC. LSU solidly in the top 10 after many criticized the voters for putting them in the top 25 preseason poll is pretty crazy.
Please stop referring to ULL as Louisiana. That is incorrect. No school has the title of Louisiana
They are allowed to call themselves Louisiana in athletics. They have Louisiana stitched onto their uniforms. More and more people are accepting it.
I’m beginning to think maybe LSU is a top 10 team.
I’m beginning to agree with you. They look damn good.
How long can Ohio St stay in the top 5? Reputation alone has them there for now.
That’s an odd comment. They just beat the 15th ranked team on the road. They also beat two other P5 teams, albeit bad ones. Why don’t you just ask, what is keeping UGA in the top 5 because your schedule has been worse than theirs.
Looks like the cheerleaders have some problems this week, one where they now have to rank BYU higher than Wisconsin. Ok, girls, see how messed up you are for issuing polls based on who pays you the most.
It’s the body of work, not just one game. It was a nice win by BYU though.
I wasn’t sure how to feel about the LSU loss because i wasn’t buying LSU as one of the better teams in the country. After surveying the cfb landscape its pretty clear LSU is a top 10 team even had they missed that fg yesterday. Moving forward im not sure Auburn will reach its full potential on offense because the scheme Auburn runs does not highlight the best players on offense which are their wide outs. The o-line has played decent considering the opponents in our first couple of games. If Auburn insists on running a slightly different version of the gus offense they might as well play Malik Willis instead of Stidham.