ESPN college football power rankings updated after Week 4
Following a captivating slate of games, the ESPN college football power rankings have been updated after Week 4. Moreover, there are changes throughout, as four ranked teams lost to unranked opponents — causing some interesting shakeups inside the latest Top 25.
ESPN college football power rankings after Week 4:
1) Alabama Crimson Tide
2) Georgia Bulldogs
3) Oregon Ducks
4) Penn State Nittany Lions
5) Iowa Hawkeyes
6) Cincinnati Bearcats
7) Arkansas Razorbacks
8) Oklahoma Sooners
9) Florida Gators
10) Notre Dame Fighting Irish
11) Ole Miss Rebels
12) Ohio State Buckeyes
13) BYU Cougars
14) Texas A&M Aggies
15) Michigan Wolverines
16) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
17) Michigan State Spartans
18) UCLA Bruins
19) Oklahoma State Cowboys
20) Wake Forest Demon Deacons
21) Boston College Eagles
22) Fresno State Bulldogs
23) NC State Wolfpack
24) Baylor Bears
25) Auburn Tigers
Week 4: Huge Upsets
One of the biggest upsets of the weekend was NC State defeating Clemson. This season, Clemson has continued to struggle offensively — and they shockingly slid out of the Top 25 in ESPN’s rankings. Also, Georgia Tech beat North Carolina on Saturday — putting another dent in the ACC.
Moreover, Baylor snuck away with a 31-29 victory over Iowa State to send the Cyclones to 2-2. Elsewhere, Kansas State was the fourth ranked team to lose on Saturday — they lost to Oklahoma State 31-20, falling tp to 3-1 on the season.
Furthermore, this weekend saw two Top 25 matchups. Notre Dame completely dominated Wisconsin inside Chicago’s Soldier Field, while Arkansas also improved to 4-0 with a 20-10 victory over Texas A&M.
While it was close, Oklahoma, Michigan, Michigan State and Auburn also squeaked out victories.
Oklahoma’s offense struggled, but they found enough to get a 16-13 victory over West Virginia. Michigan was shut out in the second half against Rutgers, but the Wolverines came away with a 20-13 win.
Michigan State needed overtime to defeat Nebraska. Auburn trailed 24-12 at the end of the first half against Georgia State. The Tigers came back to earn a 34-24 victory.
Kirk Herbstreit Agrees
Today, Kirk Herbstreit revealed his top-six teams in college football so far this season. Additionally, it looks similar to ESPN’s power rankings.
Herbstreit agrees with the top four — he also has Alabama, Georgia, Oregon and Penn State at the top. However, he has Cincinnati and Florida rounding out his top-six.
As the season progresses, we’ll continue to see ESPN and Herbstreit’s power rankings move up and down. This weekend especially possesses chaos potential — Alabama takes on Ole Miss, and Georgia takes on Arkansas.