College football rankings: Top 25 scores, results

Don’t get too attached to the Week 4 rankings, a lot of shuffling is about to happen.

The top half of the Associated Press Top 25 should mostly stay the same as Nos. 1-12 all took care of business. One ranking, to watch, however will be the No. 5 spot. Current No. 5 Oklahoma needed overtime to beat Army 28-21. Will the voters punish the Sooners for barely winning? LSU certainly has a case for being in the top five with wins over No. 7 Auburn and No. 8 Miami.

Speaking of the Tigers, the final score (38-21) looks a little better than the actual game with Louisiana Tech. The Bayou Bengals were up only three (24-21) in the fourth quarter of that game. Luckily for them, it’s doubtful too many Associated Press voters were watching that game.

But the bottom half of the poll will experience some major shuffling. No. 13 Virginia Tech, No. 14 Mississippi State, No. 15 Oklahoma State, No. 17 TCU, No. 20 Oregon and No. 22 Texas A&M all lost. While some will argue all of those teams deserve to fall out of the poll, the high number of losses will likely allow at least a couple to stay in.

Here’s how the AP Top 25 fared in Week 4:

1. Alabama def. No. 22 Texas A&M 45-23
2. Georgia def. Missouri 43-29
3. Clemson def. Georgia Tech 49-21
4. Ohio State def. Tulane 49-6
5. Oklahoma def. Army 28-21
6. LSU def. Louisiana Tech 38-21
7. Stanford def. No. 20 Oregon 38-31
8. Notre Dame def. Wake Forest 56-27
9. Auburn def. Arkansas 34-3
10. Washington def. Arizona State 27-20; Penn State def. Illinois 63-24
11. —— (Week 4 poll did not have a No. 11 due to tie at No. 10)
12. West Virginia def. Kansas State 35-6
13. Virginia Tech lost to Old Dominion 35-49
14. Mississippi State lost to Kentucky 7-28
15. Oklahoma State lost to Texas Tech 17-41
16. UCF def. FAU 56-36
17. TCU lost to Texas 16-31
18. Wisconsin def. Iowa 28-17
19. Michigan def. Nebraska 56-10
20. Oregon lost to No. 7 Stanford 31-38
21. Miami def. FIU 31-17
22. Texas A&M lost to No. 1 Alabama 23-45
23. Boston College lost to Purdue 13-30
24. Michigan State def. Indiana 35-21
25. BYU def. McNeese 30-3

Andrew Olson

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