Hawaii and Louisiana Tech kick off play in Week 5 on Wednesday night in Louisiana. Then there are a pair of games on Thursday night and another pair on Friday night. The only contest with a Top 25 team is Utah State at #20 Brigham Young on Friday. There are important Big East games on both Thursday (Colorado @ West Virginia) and Friday (in conference: Pittsburgh @ Louisville).
As for the rest....
The Top 25 (more or less) got a bit of a shake up after last week’s play. Upsets and loses within the ranks means the list has been shuffled considerably. Don’t expect the same to happen this week as five of the Top 25 (six if you count the “more or less”) are idle. The idle teams include Numbers 1 & 2, Florida and Texas, respectively.
Still, there are match-ups among the ranks and conference contests that could result in considerable movement up or down.
Here are the rankings and matchups going into week five of the college football season. The rankings are from the AP/Coaches Poll/CBSSports 120. Those in parentheses are from last week prior to play.
1/1/1 (1/1/1) Florida (4-0) Idle
2/2/2 (2/2/2) Texas (3-0) Idle
3/3/3 (3/3/3) Alabama (4-0) The Tide rolls north to Kentucky (2-1) this week.
4/4/5 (7/7/8) LSU (4-0) The Tigers go east to #18 Georgia (3-1) in a huge SEC match-up.
5/5/4 (8/8/5) Boise State (4-0) The Broncos are back on their infamous Blue Rug to face UC Davis (1-2).
6/6/8 (11/12/14) Virginia Tech (3-1) The Hokies go on the road to play the Duke Blue Devils (2-2).
7/7/10 (12/10/12) Southern California (3-1) The Trojans will play at #24 California (3-1) in a game that has title implications for the Pac 10. (Although, this year, it seems almost every Pac 10 game will have title implications.)
8/8/7 (10/9/10) Oklahoma (2-1) The Sooners travel east to take on the #17 Hurricanes of Miami (Fla.) (2-1).
9/9/6 (13/11/9) Ohio State (3-1) The Buckeyes hop over to Indiana (3-1).
10/11/12 (14/15/16) Cincinnati (4-0) The Bearcats make a short road trip to face Miami (Ohio) (0-4).
11/10/9 (15/14/13) TCU (3-0) hosts Southern Methodist (2-1).
12/15/11 (17/23/15) Houston (3-0) The Cougars play at Texas-El Paso (1-3).
13/17/13 (NA/NA/NA) Iowa (4-0) The Hawkeyes host Arkansas State (1-2).
14/12/17 (16/16/17) Oklahoma State (3-1) Idle
15/13/14 (5/4/4) Penn State (3-1) The Nittany Lions are hoping a trip to Illinois (1-2) will heal their wounds from last week loss to Iowa.
16/25/21 (NA/NA/NA) Oregon (3-1) The Ducks will host Washington State (1-3) hoping to add another Pac 10 scalp to their collection.
17/21/25 (9/13/11) Miami (Fla.) (2-1) The Hurricanes host the #8 Sooners (2-1).
18/16/15 (20/19/19) Kansas (4-0) Idle
18/14/18 (21/17/18) Georgia (3-1) The Bulldogs host #4 LSU (4-0).
20/21/23 (19/20/21) Brigham Young (3-1) squares off at home against Utah State (1-2) on Friday night.
21/18/16 (4/5/6) Mississippi (2-1) After stumbling in last Thursday night’s game, the Rebels will visit Vanderbilt (2-2) with hopes of defeating the Commodores soundly.
22/20/19 (23/22/20) Michigan (4-0) The Wolverines play at in-state rival Michigan State (1-3).
23/24/NA (25/24/NL) Nebraska (3-1) Idle
24/19/22 (6/6/7) California (3-1) The Golden Bears will host # 7 Southern California (3-1) in another huge conference game.
25/NA/NA (NA/NA/NA) Georgia Tech (3-1) The Yellow Jackets will be playing Saturday at Mississippi State (2-2).
NA/23/24 (NL/21/NL) Missouri (4-0) Idle
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