Results of Week 4 in College Football

More than autumn was in the air as there were many upsets (seven of them in the Top 25) again this week among The Top 25 (more or less). Upsets and loses within the ranks means the polls will be shuffled considerably.

Here are the of week 4 of the college football season. The rankings are from the AP/Coaches Poll/CBSSports 120.

1/1/1 Florida (4-0) The Gators humbled Kentucky (2-1). It was 31-0 after the first quarter and 31-7 at the half. But Tim Tebow was injured/ill in the third quarter and on his way to the hospital during the fourth. Luckily, the Gators will be idle next week.

2/2/2 Texas (3-0) The Longhorns trounced Texas-El Paso (1-3) 64-7. Colt McCoy threw an early interception for a TD but also completed three TD passes to his own teammates—in the first half.

3/3/3 Alabama (4-0) The Tide shut down Arkansas’ (1-2) running game on their way to a 35-7 victory.

4/5/6 Mississippi (2-1) The Rebels were upset by South Carolina (3-1) 16-10 on Thursday night.

5/4/4 Penn State (3-1) lost to Iowa (4-0). The Hawkeyes spotted the Nittany Lions 7 early points but went on to return a blocked punt for a TD, score a safety and forced 4 turnovers resulting in an Iowa victory 21-10 for the seventh time in the last eight meeting between these two teams.

6/6/7 California (3-1) The Golden Bears and Oregon (3-1) were 3-3 at the end of the first quarter but it was all Ducks 42-3 after that.

7/7/8 LSU (4-0) snuck past Mississippi State (2-2) 30-26 when the Tigers’ defense stopped a final play at the 6-inch line after the Bulldogs had the ball first and goal on the 2 with less than two minutes to play.

8/8/5 Boise State (4-0) scored 29 points in the second quarter at Bowling Green (1-3) as the Broncos won 49-14.

9/13/11 Miami (Fla.) (2-1) The Hurricanes were upset by #11 Virginia Tech (3-1) in the rain 31-7. Hurricanes and rain usually go together. Not today.

10/9/10 Oklahoma (2-1) did not play this weekend.

11/12/14 Virginia Tech (3-1) beat #9 Miami (Fla.) (2-1) 31-7.

12/10/12 Southern California (3-1) The Trojans rebounded from last week’s loss with a 27-6 win at Washington State (1-3).

13/11/9 Ohio State (3-1) The Buckeyes shut out Illinois (1-2) by a score of 30-0.

14/15/16 Cincinnati (4-0) The Bearcats beat Fresno State (1-3) 28-20.

15/14/13 TCU (3-0) beat Clemson (2-4) 14-10 in a game that saw both offenses struggle.

16/16/17 Oklahoma State (3-1) The Cowboys trounced Grambling (2-2) 56-6.

17/23/15 Houston QB Case Keenum scored on a 4-yard keeper with 49 seconds left to beat Texas Tech (2-1) 29-28. Keenum also completed 38 of 58 passes for 435 yards and one TD.

18/25/25 Florida State (2-2) The Seminoles got beat by the South Florida Bulls (4-0) despite the absence of Bulls’ QB Matt Grothe who suffered a season ending injury last week. His replacement, red-shirt freshman QB B.J. Daniels stepped in to complete 8 of 21 passes for 215 yards and 2 touchdowns. Plus he ran for 126 yards.

19/20/21 Brigham Young (3-1) scored 21 points in the first quarter thanks to two INT and a blocked punt on their way to defeating Colorado State (3-1) 42-23.

20/19/19 Kansas (4-0) The Jayhawks managed to beat Southern Mississippi (3-1) 35-28 after the defense, porous for the first three quarters tightened things up in the fourth.

21/17/18 Georgia (3-1) with the score tied at 17 against Arizona State (2-1), the Bulldogs had to first block a field goal attempt with less than five minutes left and then make a 37-yard FG as time ran out to win 20-17.

22/18/22 North Carolina (3-1) The Tarheels got beat by Georgia Tech (3-1) 24-7.

23/22/20 Michigan (4-0) A Wolverines 26-yard TD pass with 2:29 remaining put Michigan ahead for good 36-33 in this see-saw game against Indiana (3-1).

24/NL/NL Washington (2-2) The Huskies were outplayed by Stanford (3-1)34-10.

25/24/NL Nebraska (3-1) The Cornhuskers shut out Louisiana-Lafayette (2-2) 55-0.

NL/21/NL Missouri (4-0) defeated Nevada (0-3) 31-21 on Friday night.

NL/NL/23 Auburn (4-0) The Tigers beat Ball State (0-4) in a high scoring affair 54-30.

NL/NL/24 Utah (3-1) The Utes beat Louisville (1-2) 30-14.