College Football Rankings: Projecting the AP Top 25 after Week 4

The Associated Press voters have some big questions to answer as the fourth Saturday of ranked football action in the 2018 season comes to a close.

No. 5 Oklahoma needed overtime to defeat unranked Army 28-21 in a game that aired on Pay-Per-View (apparently still a thing outside the SEC).

Will the Sooners fall out of the top five? Well, No. 6 LSU did not exactly dominate against unranked Louisiana Tech. The Tigers did end up winning 38-21 and could justifiably be bumped up ahead of OU based on their resume of wins over Miami and Auburn.

No. 13 Virginia Tech will likely out of the poll after losing 35-49 to Old Dominion, a Conference USA team that entered the game 0-3. There will be lots of movement as No. 14 Mississippi State, No. 15 Oklahoma State, No. 17 TCU, No. 20 Oregon, No. 22 Texas A&M and No. 23 Boston College also lost.

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. LSU def. Louisiana Tech 38-21
6. Oklahoma def. Army 28-21
7. Stanford def. No. 20 Oregon 38-31
8. Notre Dame def. Wake Forest 56-27
9. Auburn def. Arkansas 34-3
10. Penn State def. Illinois 63-24
11. Washington beating Arizona State 17-10 in second quarter
12. West Virginia def. Kansas State 35-6
13. UCF def. FAU 56-36
14. Wisconsin def. Iowa 28-17
15. Michigan def. Nebraska 56-10
16. Miami def. FIU 31-17
17. Michigan State def. Indiana 35-21
18. BYU def. McNeese 30-3
19. Kentucky def. No. 14 Mississippi State 28-7
20. Texas def. No. 17 TCU 31-16
21. Oregon lost to No. 7 Stanford 31-38
22. Boise State BYE
23. Duke def. NC Central 55-13
24. Mississippi State lost to Kentucky 7-28
25. Oklahoma State lost to Texas Tech 17-41

Projected to fall out of AP Top 25: No. 13 Virginia Tech lost to Old Dominion 35-49; No. 17 TCU lost to Texas 16-31; No. 22 Texas A&M lost to Alabama 23-45; No. 23 Boston College lost to Purdue 13-30

Andrew Olson

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