Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Week 4 Rankings and Opponents

Week 4 is upon us with the first game of the week slated for Thursday night (#21 West Virginia at Colorado).

Here is a look at the Top 25 (plus or minus) following Week 3 and their opponents in Week 4. (Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 4. The pre-Week 3 rankings are after the team’s name. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked)
1/1/1 Southern California (1/1/4). The Trojans have the weekend off. They face Oregon State on Thursday, September 25.

2/2/2 Oklahoma (3/3/1). After scoring 57, 52 and 55 points, the Sooners’ offense will enjoy an idle week.

3/3/3 Georgia (2/2/3). The Bulldogs go across the country to play at Arizona State.


4/4/4 Florida (4/4/5). The Gators play at Tennessee.


5/5/5 Missouri (6/6/6). The Missouri Tigers host the Buffalo Bulls. Having scored 52, 52, and 69 points, I wonder what the over/under is on this one? (I just checked vegas.com and there is no over/under listed. Missouri is favored by 34, however.)

6/6/6 LSU (7/7/7). The Tigers travel to play at #10 Auburn.


7/7/8 Texas (8/8/9). The Longhorns play host to the Rice Owls.

8/8/9 Wisconsin (10/10/11). The Badgers are idle this week.


9/13/13 Alabama (11/16/16). The Tide rolls into Arkansas to take on the Razorbacks.


10/9/7 Auburn (9/9/8). The Auburn Tigers host the #6 LSU Tigers. (There are way too many tigers out there.)

11/10/11 Texas Tech (12/12/12). The Red Raiders host the UMass Minutemen on Saturday.

12/16/17 South Florida (19/18/20). The Bulls play Florida International in Miami.

13/14/12 Ohio State (5/5/2). The Buckeyes host Troy.

14/11/10 Brigham Young (18/15/13). The Cougars host Wyoming.

15/17/16 East Carolina (14/20/18). The Pirates play at North Carolina State.

16/15/18 Penn State (17/17/21). The Nittany Lions host Temple.

17/12/15 Oregon (16/14/17). The Ducks host Boise State on Saturday.

18/18/14 Wake Forest (20/19/15). The Demon Deacons travel to #24 Florida State.

19/19/19 Kansas (13/11/10). The Jayhawks host Sam Houston State this week.

20/20/20 Utah (22/22/23). The Utes square off against Air Force in Colorado Springs.

21/22/21 West Virginia (25/24/22). The Mountaineers play Thursday night at Colorado.

22/23/23 Illinois (24/NR/24). The Illini are idle this week.

23/21/22 Clemson (NR/23/NR). The Tigers host South Carolina State.

24/25/NR Florida State (NR/NR/NR). The Seminoles host #18 Wake Forest.

25/NR/24 Fresno State (21/21/19). The Bulldogs are at Toledo this week. Heck of a travel schedule they have!

NR/24/NR Arizona State (NR/NR/NR). The Sun Devils will play host to #3 Georgia.

NR/NR/25 Virginia Tech (NR/NR/NR). The Hokies play at North Carolina this week.

2 comments:

GUYK said...

USF looks pretty good again this year..and I think maybe they have some depth that they didn't have last year. I don't expect to see them go undefeated but the schedule is kinda weak from here on out.

joated said...

I just peeked at their schedule and to say it is kinda week is an understatement. Unless Rutgers, UConn, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh suddenly turn things around and return to playing ball like they did last year and the year before, the only real tough game the USF Bulls have left will be the last one at West Virginia on December 6. And that could be for the Big East Title.