Here's a listing of games between ranked teams this week in college football, as most conference open up conference play:
FBS
Clemson at Virginia Tech: The Tigers get what may be their final major test in ACC play.
USC at Washington State: Trojans are on upset alert in Pullman Friday night.
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech: Oklahoma State needs a major bounce back in Lubbock.
Memphis at UCF: Knights could cement themselves as a major threat with win at home over Tigers.
FCS
James Madison at Delaware: Dukes get a major test on the road against improving Hens.
South Dakota at Western Illinois: Both teams have wins over FBS opponents this season.
Sam Houston State at Central Arkansas: Bearkats get a major challenge in SLC play.
South Dakota State at Youngstown State: Jackrabbits and Penguins go for it in major MVC clash.
William & Mary at Stony Brook: Early CAA game for playoff positioning.
Albany at Elon: Two surprising CAA teams clash to see which is for real.
UT-Martin at Austin Peay: APSU is having one of their best seasons in a long time.
Columbia at Princeton: Early positioning for two Ivy Leaguers in title chase.
Division 2
Assumption at LIU Post: Key Northeast 10 game displays emerging powers.
Upper Iowa at Winona State: Winona State will have hands full against emerging UIU.
Ouachita Baptist at Arkansas Tech: OBU on the road in key GAC date with rising Arkansas Tech.
California at Slippery Rock: PSAC powers collide in this game between major title contenders.
Colorado Mesa at CSU-Pueblo: Major rivalry game in RMAC, could be key game in playoff hunt.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
College Football Week 4 In Review: Seven Points
Point One: The Florida Gators Are Two Plays From 0-3
Obviously, the Gators had no shot to win the opener vs. Michigan after 10 players were suspended for that game. The Qb situation was in flux, and still is. Take away the Michigan game, as that was an outright loss. That said, if Feleipe Franks' pass does not hit the target at the end of the Tennessee game, the Gators are 0-2. If Kentucky covers any receivers at all in the closing minutes of Florida's 28-27 win, the Wildcats get their first win against the Gators since 1986. If all of these tings come to play, we are looking at an 0-3 Florida football team, and two of the three state powers are a combined 0-5. It is possible that recruiting successes at UCF and USF are bleeding the talent pool a bit. It is possible that outside powers in other Power 5 conferences are raiding the talent vault as well. One thing can be certain, and that is that the power hold at Florida, and at FSU, in the State of Florida, has come to an end. Florida has now moved onto QB number 3 of the season for starts, and that will be Luke Del Rio against Vanderbilt.
Point Two: UCLA Is A Play From Being 1-3, and Everyone Is Done With It
Another football team that is completely adrift right now is UCLA. If the Bruins fail or come up short in any way in their rally against Texas A&M, you are looking at a football team that has a lone win against Hawaii in 2017. The Bruins, as it stands, look to be toast, and Jim Mora's record in his last 15 games vs. Power 5 opponents in just 4-11. It would seem that my article from last October: http://bilofootball.blogspot.com/2016/10/jim-mora-has-gone-stale-at-ucla-but-who.html is still holding strong. If the Bruins lose to Colorado this Saturday, and they might very well do so, the season can be stamped as being virtually over. At that point, does Dan Guerrero have the guts to fire a fourth football coach during his tenure, or should he even be allowed to make that decision on his own anymore? The fan base is done, the media is no longer buying in, and those are the facts. Look for a half empty Rose Bowl this week, and that alone should be the signal flare that Mora is done at UCLA.
Point Three: Oklahoma Is Dominant, Even When They Aren't
Oklahoma, by far, played their worst football game of the season last Saturday against Baylor. There were scuffles during warm ups, and Oklahoma seemed to take it all not entirely in stride, as even Baker Mayfield got into the mix. He, too, had his worst game of the season, but after all of that, the Sooners had more than enough to take down the hapless Bears on the road, and even at their worst, didn't look bad. The Sooners moved into our number one ranking this week, and appear to be a solid front runner in the Big 12, and nationally.
Point Four: Florida State Has Grown Into Irrelevance
The Seminoles are now 0-2 for the first time since 1989, when they lost to a Brett Favre led Southern Miss team. It would seem as if there are too many problems to count right now, and all it took was one loss and one injury to ensure that the Seminoles would not be part of the larger national conversation this season. The problem is that it should not have gone down that hard that fast. The talent level on offense is not great right now, as the Noles have been held to just 28 points in losses to Alabama and NC State. There has been no discernible depth at the QB position, and if James Blackmon goes down, God help them. Clemson has raced right by FSU in a very short amount of time, and for now, there may be no catching them.
Point Five A: Gary Patterson May Be the Best Coach In the Nation
TCU has had their ups and downs over the years, but Gary Patterson always gets it right in the end. Remember, they are in their third conference in the last two decades, and every time they changed leagues, there was an adjustment period. TCU has now firmly established themselves in the Big 12 as a dark horse contender for the crown after beating Oklahoma State. Patterson came in with a plan to control the offensive tempo, had a plan to get turnovers out of a highly efficient Oklahoma State offense, and has taken TCU right back to the top of the heap after one reloading season. There is a reason why Patterson has bene at TCU forever, and has done something that nobody before him has pulled off at TCU, and that is because he outsmarts everyone. Patterson is one of the top five coaches in the nation, and it's time he starts getting that respect.
Point Five B: Five Coaches Who I Would Fire Right Now
As early as it is in the season, it's never too early to start projecting who needs to go as head coaches all over the nation are floundering in failures. Here are five coaches who need to go right now:
Butch Jones, Tennessee: The locker room is a mess. Players are fighting with players. Coaches are fighting with coaches and leaking stories about each other. The media sees a massive mess, and it would seem that Butch Jones is willing to go Sean Spicer and start calling fake news about the imminent disaster that is coming up the road. He is done, he hs lost his team, and his staff, and it's time to call his tenure DOA.
Jim Mora: When Mora was hired, he preached consistency, discipline, and an improved physicality to this football program. Here is what he has delivered...zero consistency, a penalty ridden team that is annually high on the penalty leader board in college football, and a team that annually gets muscled around by just about everyone. Mora, as he was in the NFL, is all talk. He is all preparation and no H. He has brought nothing new to a program that has not seen a conference title since 1998. It's time for him to go.
Sean Kugler, UTEP: Have you seen the Miners play? He has had long enough now to get the Miners competitive at the very least, but instead, he loses to New Mexico State 40-14 last weekend. Hey, at least they didn't give up 60 again. UTEP is currently our worst ranked team in the nation in FBS football, and the program has bottomed out.
Steve Addazio, Boston College: Listen, since Gene DeFillipo retired as AD, that job has been a rotating door at BC, a school that virtually gets very little love in their own market for athletics. Coverage of BC is horrible, at best, in Boston, and there has never been much in the way of buzz around the athletic department. The reality is, like most places, that if you win, it changes things, an BC has never gone all in on anything. That said, a move away from the failing Addazio is the right thing to do with yet another AD in place to make the move. Addazio was never the right fit for the program, and his move to a spread option look from a pro set has been abysmal. BC has never really struggled to get QBs (Matt Ryan, Doug Flutie, an even Paul Peterson was salvageable and mostly solid), but under Addazio, it has been an impossible task to find one that is credible. His ACC record is a train wreck, and his record against Power 5 opponents in general is downright laughable. Move on, make a splash the next time out, or be irrelevant forever. Those re the options.
David Beaty, Kansas: There is no movement in the right direction, no matter how people are trying to sell it in the media. Everyone keeps trying to sell it, but when you deliver the product that Kansas has given, the story on the field is a completely different thing than what has been sold, and it continues to fester in the basement of the Big 12.
Point Six: St. John's and St. Thomas Break All-Time D3 Attendance Record
Congrats to these two Minnesota schools for breaking the all-time D3 attendance record for football with over 37,000 in attendance last weekend for a game at Target Field, the home of the Minnesota Twins. It is encouraging that people will support D3 football. which is one of the purest forms of the game. By the way, these two teams shattered the old record, which they also held in unison.
Point Seven: FCS Coaches Who Deserve FBS Shots
There are a few FCS coaches who look ready to take shots at the uppermost floors of the college football tower. They are as follows:
Mike Houston, James Madison: Winner of the national title last season at JMU, he also got the Citadel into winner territory. A solid coach, with a solid reputation, he may be able to make some magic somewhere in FBS football next season.
Rod Broadway, North Carolina A&T: Broadway has had a dominant program at A&T for the last couple of seasons, and the program looks to be staying on top for some time. He may get on the radar at a school he just beat in Charlotte if they move on this off-season.
Brock Spack, Illinois State: I figured he'd already have a job by now, but he is still waiting on the FCS level, and still winning. He took the Redbirds to back to back NCAA finals appearances, and has ISU moving towards a playoff birth this season as well.
Chris Klieman, North Dakota State: I am not certain what more he has to do with the Bison to get an FBS gig, bcause all he does is win. He took the torch from Craig Bohl and made it his own, and looks primed to move up any time.
John Stiegelmeier, South Dakota State: If he didn't have NDSU in his way in the Missouri Valley, I am not sure how high the Jackrabbits could be flying. Still, this program is one of the most underrated in FCS football, and Stiegelmeier looks like he can coach just about anywhere.
Bo Pelini, Youngstown State: Despite his infamous attitude, all Pelini does is win. He never won fewer than nine games at Nebraska, yet he is now coaching FCS football. I would tell ADs, boosters, and fan bases to check your fragile egos at the door and hire this guy yesterday.
John Grass, Jacksonville State: Grass is 33-6 at JSU. It's time for him to get a move up. With some potential movement down south this off-season, I can see him getting some calls in either the Sun Belt, or even in some lower tiered SEC job that may open. He is rock solid.
Mike Ayers, Wofford: If any of the triple option coaches move on this year, Ayers should be the first guy to get a call, as that is his specialty. I could see him at least being considered for OC if Georgia Southern makes a move, and they certainly seem to be leaning that way.
KC Keeler, Sam Houston State: He has been at the FCS level forever between stints at Delaware and now Sam Houston State, and he has been known to have his limitations, but all he is doing is winning at Sam Houston State, and there has to be a place for a guy like him somewhere.
Stay tuned for the Power Rated Football Podcast: Episode 7, coming up tomorrow (Wednesday) night, and don't forget to subscribe to the Power Rated Premium Picks letter that releases every Wednesday throughout the football season, and continues into the off-season with more college football and NFL draft coverage! Just $19.95 per year!
Obviously, the Gators had no shot to win the opener vs. Michigan after 10 players were suspended for that game. The Qb situation was in flux, and still is. Take away the Michigan game, as that was an outright loss. That said, if Feleipe Franks' pass does not hit the target at the end of the Tennessee game, the Gators are 0-2. If Kentucky covers any receivers at all in the closing minutes of Florida's 28-27 win, the Wildcats get their first win against the Gators since 1986. If all of these tings come to play, we are looking at an 0-3 Florida football team, and two of the three state powers are a combined 0-5. It is possible that recruiting successes at UCF and USF are bleeding the talent pool a bit. It is possible that outside powers in other Power 5 conferences are raiding the talent vault as well. One thing can be certain, and that is that the power hold at Florida, and at FSU, in the State of Florida, has come to an end. Florida has now moved onto QB number 3 of the season for starts, and that will be Luke Del Rio against Vanderbilt.
Point Two: UCLA Is A Play From Being 1-3, and Everyone Is Done With It
Another football team that is completely adrift right now is UCLA. If the Bruins fail or come up short in any way in their rally against Texas A&M, you are looking at a football team that has a lone win against Hawaii in 2017. The Bruins, as it stands, look to be toast, and Jim Mora's record in his last 15 games vs. Power 5 opponents in just 4-11. It would seem that my article from last October: http://bilofootball.blogspot.com/2016/10/jim-mora-has-gone-stale-at-ucla-but-who.html is still holding strong. If the Bruins lose to Colorado this Saturday, and they might very well do so, the season can be stamped as being virtually over. At that point, does Dan Guerrero have the guts to fire a fourth football coach during his tenure, or should he even be allowed to make that decision on his own anymore? The fan base is done, the media is no longer buying in, and those are the facts. Look for a half empty Rose Bowl this week, and that alone should be the signal flare that Mora is done at UCLA.
Point Three: Oklahoma Is Dominant, Even When They Aren't
Oklahoma, by far, played their worst football game of the season last Saturday against Baylor. There were scuffles during warm ups, and Oklahoma seemed to take it all not entirely in stride, as even Baker Mayfield got into the mix. He, too, had his worst game of the season, but after all of that, the Sooners had more than enough to take down the hapless Bears on the road, and even at their worst, didn't look bad. The Sooners moved into our number one ranking this week, and appear to be a solid front runner in the Big 12, and nationally.
Point Four: Florida State Has Grown Into Irrelevance
The Seminoles are now 0-2 for the first time since 1989, when they lost to a Brett Favre led Southern Miss team. It would seem as if there are too many problems to count right now, and all it took was one loss and one injury to ensure that the Seminoles would not be part of the larger national conversation this season. The problem is that it should not have gone down that hard that fast. The talent level on offense is not great right now, as the Noles have been held to just 28 points in losses to Alabama and NC State. There has been no discernible depth at the QB position, and if James Blackmon goes down, God help them. Clemson has raced right by FSU in a very short amount of time, and for now, there may be no catching them.
Point Five A: Gary Patterson May Be the Best Coach In the Nation
TCU has had their ups and downs over the years, but Gary Patterson always gets it right in the end. Remember, they are in their third conference in the last two decades, and every time they changed leagues, there was an adjustment period. TCU has now firmly established themselves in the Big 12 as a dark horse contender for the crown after beating Oklahoma State. Patterson came in with a plan to control the offensive tempo, had a plan to get turnovers out of a highly efficient Oklahoma State offense, and has taken TCU right back to the top of the heap after one reloading season. There is a reason why Patterson has bene at TCU forever, and has done something that nobody before him has pulled off at TCU, and that is because he outsmarts everyone. Patterson is one of the top five coaches in the nation, and it's time he starts getting that respect.
Point Five B: Five Coaches Who I Would Fire Right Now
As early as it is in the season, it's never too early to start projecting who needs to go as head coaches all over the nation are floundering in failures. Here are five coaches who need to go right now:
Butch Jones, Tennessee: The locker room is a mess. Players are fighting with players. Coaches are fighting with coaches and leaking stories about each other. The media sees a massive mess, and it would seem that Butch Jones is willing to go Sean Spicer and start calling fake news about the imminent disaster that is coming up the road. He is done, he hs lost his team, and his staff, and it's time to call his tenure DOA.
Jim Mora: When Mora was hired, he preached consistency, discipline, and an improved physicality to this football program. Here is what he has delivered...zero consistency, a penalty ridden team that is annually high on the penalty leader board in college football, and a team that annually gets muscled around by just about everyone. Mora, as he was in the NFL, is all talk. He is all preparation and no H. He has brought nothing new to a program that has not seen a conference title since 1998. It's time for him to go.
Sean Kugler, UTEP: Have you seen the Miners play? He has had long enough now to get the Miners competitive at the very least, but instead, he loses to New Mexico State 40-14 last weekend. Hey, at least they didn't give up 60 again. UTEP is currently our worst ranked team in the nation in FBS football, and the program has bottomed out.
Steve Addazio, Boston College: Listen, since Gene DeFillipo retired as AD, that job has been a rotating door at BC, a school that virtually gets very little love in their own market for athletics. Coverage of BC is horrible, at best, in Boston, and there has never been much in the way of buzz around the athletic department. The reality is, like most places, that if you win, it changes things, an BC has never gone all in on anything. That said, a move away from the failing Addazio is the right thing to do with yet another AD in place to make the move. Addazio was never the right fit for the program, and his move to a spread option look from a pro set has been abysmal. BC has never really struggled to get QBs (Matt Ryan, Doug Flutie, an even Paul Peterson was salvageable and mostly solid), but under Addazio, it has been an impossible task to find one that is credible. His ACC record is a train wreck, and his record against Power 5 opponents in general is downright laughable. Move on, make a splash the next time out, or be irrelevant forever. Those re the options.
David Beaty, Kansas: There is no movement in the right direction, no matter how people are trying to sell it in the media. Everyone keeps trying to sell it, but when you deliver the product that Kansas has given, the story on the field is a completely different thing than what has been sold, and it continues to fester in the basement of the Big 12.
Point Six: St. John's and St. Thomas Break All-Time D3 Attendance Record
Congrats to these two Minnesota schools for breaking the all-time D3 attendance record for football with over 37,000 in attendance last weekend for a game at Target Field, the home of the Minnesota Twins. It is encouraging that people will support D3 football. which is one of the purest forms of the game. By the way, these two teams shattered the old record, which they also held in unison.
Point Seven: FCS Coaches Who Deserve FBS Shots
There are a few FCS coaches who look ready to take shots at the uppermost floors of the college football tower. They are as follows:
Mike Houston, James Madison: Winner of the national title last season at JMU, he also got the Citadel into winner territory. A solid coach, with a solid reputation, he may be able to make some magic somewhere in FBS football next season.
Rod Broadway, North Carolina A&T: Broadway has had a dominant program at A&T for the last couple of seasons, and the program looks to be staying on top for some time. He may get on the radar at a school he just beat in Charlotte if they move on this off-season.
Brock Spack, Illinois State: I figured he'd already have a job by now, but he is still waiting on the FCS level, and still winning. He took the Redbirds to back to back NCAA finals appearances, and has ISU moving towards a playoff birth this season as well.
Chris Klieman, North Dakota State: I am not certain what more he has to do with the Bison to get an FBS gig, bcause all he does is win. He took the torch from Craig Bohl and made it his own, and looks primed to move up any time.
John Stiegelmeier, South Dakota State: If he didn't have NDSU in his way in the Missouri Valley, I am not sure how high the Jackrabbits could be flying. Still, this program is one of the most underrated in FCS football, and Stiegelmeier looks like he can coach just about anywhere.
Bo Pelini, Youngstown State: Despite his infamous attitude, all Pelini does is win. He never won fewer than nine games at Nebraska, yet he is now coaching FCS football. I would tell ADs, boosters, and fan bases to check your fragile egos at the door and hire this guy yesterday.
John Grass, Jacksonville State: Grass is 33-6 at JSU. It's time for him to get a move up. With some potential movement down south this off-season, I can see him getting some calls in either the Sun Belt, or even in some lower tiered SEC job that may open. He is rock solid.
Mike Ayers, Wofford: If any of the triple option coaches move on this year, Ayers should be the first guy to get a call, as that is his specialty. I could see him at least being considered for OC if Georgia Southern makes a move, and they certainly seem to be leaning that way.
KC Keeler, Sam Houston State: He has been at the FCS level forever between stints at Delaware and now Sam Houston State, and he has been known to have his limitations, but all he is doing is winning at Sam Houston State, and there has to be a place for a guy like him somewhere.
Stay tuned for the Power Rated Football Podcast: Episode 7, coming up tomorrow (Wednesday) night, and don't forget to subscribe to the Power Rated Premium Picks letter that releases every Wednesday throughout the football season, and continues into the off-season with more college football and NFL draft coverage! Just $19.95 per year!
Monday, September 25, 2017
College Football D2 PRS Rankings: Week 4
| Team | W-L | Points |
| 1. Bowie State | 4-0 | 1145 |
| 2. Catawba | 4-0 | 1080 |
| 3. Shippensburg | 4-0 | 1016 |
| 4. Assumption | 4-0 | 993 |
| 5. Texas A&M-Commerce | 4-0 | 970 |
| 6. Fort Hays State | 4-0 | 966 |
| 7. Winona State | 4-0 | 965 |
| 8. Sioux Falls | 4-0 | 947 |
| 9. Northwest Missouri | 4-0 | 946 |
| 10T. SE Oklahoma | 4-0 | 939 |
| 10T. Central Washington | 4-0 | 939 |
| 12. Arkansas Tech | 4-0 | 937 |
| 13. Slippery Rock | 4-0 | 931 |
| 14. Wingate | 4-0 | 914 |
| 15. Minnesota State | 4-0 | 891 |
| 16. Delta State | 4-0 | 888 |
| 17. Indiana (PA) | 4-0 | 874 |
| 18. Colorado Mesa | 4-0 | 869 |
| 19. Humboldt State | 4-0 | 840 |
| 20. Indianapolis | 4-0 | 837 |
| 21. Virginia State | 3-0 | 789 |
| 22. California (PA) | 4-0 | 774 |
| 23. West Alabama | 3-1 | 765 |
| 24. Shepherd | 3-0 | 680 |
| 25. CSU Pueblo | 3-1 | 640 |
| 26. Grand Valley State | 3-1 | 637 |
| 27. West Chester | 3-1 | 630 |
| 28. Findlay | 3-1 | 614 |
| 29. Upper Iowa | 3-1 | 590 |
| 30. Notre Dame (Ohio) | 3-1 | 588 |
| 31. McKendree | 3-1 | 569 |
| 32. Tiffin | 3-1 | 558 |
| 33. LIU Post | 3-1 | 557 |
| 34. Ouachita Baptist | 3-1 | 552 |
| 35. Ashland | 3-1 | 540 |
| 36. Clark Atlanta | 3-1 | 538 |
| 37. St. Cloud | 3-1 | 521 |
| 38. Florida Tech | 3-1 | 520 |
| 39. Kutztown | 3-1 | 517 |
| 40. West Georgia | 3-1 | 501 |
| 41. Tarleton State | 3-1 | 500 |
| 42. Central Missouri | 3-1 | 491 |
| 43. Bentley | 3-1 | 489 |
| 44. Chadron State | 3-1 | 488 |
| 45. New Haven | 3-1 | 487 |
| 46. Virginia-Wise | 3-1 | 483 |
| 47. Fairmont State | 3-1 | 474 |
| 48. Bloomsburg | 3-1 | 471 |
| 49. Midwestern State | 2-0 | 463 |
| 50. North Greenville | 3-1 | 462 |
| 51. Eastern New Mexico | 3-1 | 449 |
| 52. Washburn | 3-1 | 441 |
| 53. Elizabeth City State | 3-1 | 378 |
| 54. Ferris State | 2-1 | 329 |
| 55. Morehouse | 2-2 | 328 |
| 56. Virginia Union | 1-3 | 325 |
| 57. Mars Hill | 2-2 | 323 |
| 58. West Florida | 2-1 | 260 |
| 59. Colorado Mines | 2-2 | 233 |
| 60. Tusculum | 2-2 | 228 |
| 61. Limestone | 2-2 | 222 |
| 62. Azusa Pacific | 2-2 | 214 |
| 63. Adams State | 2-2 | 193 |
| 64. Miles | 2-2 | 191 |
| 65. Urbana | 2-2 | 188 |
| 66. Southwest Baptist | 2-2 | 177 |
| 67. Wayne State (NE) | 2-2 | 175 |
| 68. Lindenwood | 2-2 | 165 |
| 69. Saginaw Valley | 2-2 | 157 |
| 70. Missouri S&T | 2-2 | 151 |
| 71. Pittsburg State | 2-2 | 144 |
| 72. Newberry | 2-2 | 143 |
| 73. Missouri Western | 2-2 | 139 |
| 74. Angelo State | 2-2 | 137 |
| 75. Fayetteville State | 2-2 | 131 |
| 76. Arkansas-Monticello | 2-2 | 129 |
| 77. Winston-Salem State | 2-2 | 125 |
| 78. Wayne State (MI) | 2-2 | 124 |
| 79. South Dakota Mines | 2-2 | 120 |
| 80. Benedict | 2-2 | 119 |
| 81. Southern Arkansas | 2-2 | 116 |
| 82T. Hillsdale | 2-2 | 111 |
| 82T. Emporia State | 2-2 | 111 |
| 84. Edinboro | 2-2 | 107 |
| 85. Stonehill | 2-2 | 106 |
| 86. Henderson State | 2-2 | 100 |
| 87. Tuskegee | 2-2 | 99 |
| 88. MSU Moorhead | 2-2 | 96 |
| 89. Michigan Tech | 2-2 | 89 |
| 90. Bemidji State | 2-2 | 81 |
| 91. Minnesota-Duluth | 2-2 | 79 |
| 92. West Virginia Wesleyan | 2-2 | 74 |
| 93. Albany State | 2-2 | 72 |
| 94. Kentucky Wesleyan | 1-2 | 69 |
| 95. Mercyhurst | 2-2 | 68 |
| 96. NW Oklahoma | 2-2 | 60 |
| 97. Western Oregon | 1-3 | 48 |
| 98. Augustana | 2-2 | 47 |
| 99.Black Hills State | 2-2 | 32 |
| 100. Pace | 2-2 | 24 |
| 101. West Texas A&M | 2-2 | 17 |
| 102. West Liberty | 2-2 | 12 |
| 103. Quincy | 2-2 | 6 |
| 104. Kentucky State | 2-2 | -17 |
| 105. Ohio Dominican | 1-3 | -21 |
| 106. Southern Nazarene | 2-2 | -45 |
| 107. Carson-Newman | 2-2 | -51 |
| 108. Valdosta State | 1-2 | -96 |
| 109. Northwood | 2-2 | -122 |
| 110. Fort Valley | 1-2 | -141 |
| 111. Northern Michigan | 1-2 | -146 |
| 112. Merrimack | 1-3 | -154 |
| 113. North Alabama | 1-2 | -162 |
| 114. Gannon | 1-3 | -199 |
| 115. Shaw | 1-3 | -212 |
| 116. West Virginia State | 1-3 | -213 |
| 117. Central Oklahoma | 1-3 | -219 |
| 118. Harding | 1-3 | -223 |
| 119. St. Augustine's | 1-3 | -233 |
| 120. Millersville | 1-3 | -238 |
| 121. New Mexico Highlands | 2-2 | -241 |
| 122. Dixie State | 1-3 | -255 |
| 123. Texas-Permian Basin | 1-3 | -259 |
| 124. Lane | 1-3 | -263 |
| 125. Glenville State | 1-3 | -269 |
| 126. Charleston | 1-3 | -275 |
| 127. Alderson-Broaddus | 1-3 | -279 |
| 128. SW Minnesota | 1-3 | -284 |
| 129. Cheyney | 1-3 | -285 |
| 130. UNC-Pembroke | 1-3 | -288 |
| 131. East Central | 1-3 | -299 |
| 132. Fort Lewis | 1-3 | -308 |
| 133. Chowan | 1-3 | -315 |
| 134. Concordia-St. Paul | 1-3 | -317 |
| 135T. American International | 1-3 | -322 |
| 135T. Truman State | 1-3 | -322 |
| 136. Texas A&M-Kingsville | 1-3 | -334 |
| 137. Southern Connecticut | 1-3 | -337 |
| 138. East Stroudsburg | 1-3 | -361 |
| 139. SW Oklahoma | 1-3 | -366 |
| 140. Nebraska-Kearney | 1-3 | -371 |
| 141. Concord | 1-3 | -375 |
| 142. Northern State | 1-3 | -382 |
| 143. Lincoln (MO) | 1-3 | -387 |
| 144. Walsh | 0-4 | -388 |
| 145. Lenoir-Rhyne | 1-3 | -429 |
| 146. Livingstone | 0-4 | -467 |
| 147. St. Anselm | 0-4 | -531 |
| 148. Lock Haven | 0-4 | -540 |
| 149. Davenport | 0-3 | -543 |
| 150. Western New Mexico | 0-4 | -562 |
| 151. Johnson C Smith | 0-4 | -570 |
| 152. Malone | 0-3 | -572 |
| 153. Central State | 0-4 | -574 |
| 154. Mississippi College | 0-4 | -689 |
| 155. Seton Hill | 0-4 | -693 |
| 156T. Clarion | 0-4 | -707 |
| 156T. Oklahoma Baptist | 0-4 | -707 |
| 158. Minot State | 0-4 | -733 |
| 159. Western State | 0-4 | -742 |
| 160. Lincoln (PA) | 0-4 | -752 |
| 161. Shorter | 0-4 | -760 |
| 162. UM-Crookston | 0-4 | -787 |
| 163. Northeastern State | 0-4 | -789 |
| 164. Mary | 0-4 | -803 |
| 165. William Jewell | 0-4 | -804 |
| 166. Missouri Southern | 0-4 | -806 |
| 167. Lake Erie | 0-4 | -836 |
| 168. Simon Fraser | 0-4 | -912 |
College Football FBS PRS Rankings: Week 4
| Sunday, September 24, 2017 | ||||
| Rank | Points | Team | Record | Opponent |
| 1 | 1006 | Oklahoma | 4-0 | Def. Baylor 49-41 |
| 2 | 990 | Alabama | 4-0 | Def. Vanderbilt 59-0 |
| 3 | 941 | Penn State | 4-0 | Def. Iowa 21-19 |
| 4 | 915 | Clemson | 4-0 | Def. Boston College 34-7 |
| 5 | 898 | Michigan | 4-0 | Def. Purdue 28-10 |
| 6 | 847 | Southern California | 4-0 | Def. California 30-20 |
| 7 | 802 | Virginia Tech | 4-0 | Def. Old Dominion 38-0 |
| 8 | 799 | Texas Christian | 4-0 | Def. Oklahoma State 44-31 |
| 9 | 796 | Washington | 4-0 | Def. Colorado 37-10 |
| 10 | 755 | Wake Forest | 4-0 | Def. Appalachian State 20-19 |
| 11 | 730 | Wisconsin | 3-0 | Bye |
| 12 | 726 | South Florida | 4-0 | Def. Temple 43-7 |
| 13 | 724 | Utah | 4-0 | Def. Arizona 30-24 |
| 14 | 703 | Duke | 4-0 | Def. North Carolina 27-17 |
| 15 | 695 | Washington State | 4-0 | Def. Nevada-Reno 45-7 |
| 16 | 690 | Oklahoma State | 3-1 | Lost to Texas Christian 44-31 |
| 17 | 674 | Minnesota | 3-0 | Bye |
| 18 | 666 | San Diego State | 4-0 | Def. Air Force 28-24 |
| 19 | 660 | Georgia | 4-0 | Def. Mississippi State 31-3 |
| 20 | 642 | Navy | 3-0 | Def. Cincinnati 42-32 |
| 21 | 586 | Notre Dame | 3-1 | Def. Michigan State 38-18 |
| 22 | 534 | Ohio State | 3-1 | Def. Nevada-Las Vegas 54-21 |
| 23 | 532 | Texas-San Antonio | 3-0 | Def. Texas State 44-14 |
| 24 | 527 | Louisville | 3-1 | Def. Kent State 42-3 |
| 25 | 521 | Central Florida | 2-0 | Def. Maryland 38-10 |
| 26 | 507 | Iowa | 3-1 | Lost to Penn State 21-19 |
| 27 | 485 | Texas Tech | 3-0 | Def. Houston 27-24 |
| 28 | 462 | South Carolina | 3-1 | Def. Louisiana Tech 17-16 |
| 29 | 430 | West Virginia | 3-1 | Def. Kansas 56-34 |
| 30 | 409 | Memphis | 3-0 | Def. Southern Illinois 44-31 |
| 31 | 375 | Auburn | 3-1 | Def. Missouri 51-14 |
| 32 | 373 | Oregon | 3-1 | Lost to Arizona State 37-35 |
| 33 | 361 | Kentucky | 3-1 | Lost to Florida 28-27 |
| 34 | 353 | Southern Methodist | 3-1 | Def. Arkansas State 44-21 |
| 35 | 345 | Ohio | 3-1 | Def. Eastern Michigan 27-20 2 OT's |
| 36 | 343 | North Carolina State | 3-1 | Def. Florida State 27-21 |
| 37 | 334 | Mississippi State | 3-1 | Lost to Georgia 31-3 |
| 38 | 329 | Texas A&M | 3-1 | Def. Arkansas 50-43 OT |
| 39 | 313 | Tennessee | 3-1 | Def. Massachusetts 17-13 |
| 40 | 310 | Louisiana State | 3-1 | Def. Syracuse 35-26 |
| 41 | 305 | Colorado | 3-1 | Lost to Washington 37-10 |
| 42 | 301 | California | 3-1 | Lost to Southern California 30-20 |
| 43 | 299 | Toledo | 3-1 | Lost to Miami (FL) 52-30 |
| 44 | 287 | Virginia | 3-1 | Def. Boise State 42-23 |
| 45 | 286 | Troy | 3-1 | Def. Akron 22-17 |
| 46 | 281 | Indiana | 2-1 | Def. Georgia Southern 52-17 |
| 47 | 276 | Northwestern | 2-1 | Bye |
| 48 | 273 | Eastern Michigan | 2-1 | Lost to Ohio 27-20 2 OT's |
| 49 | 269 | Stanford | 2-2 | Def. UCLA 58-34 |
| 50 | 262 | Florida | 2-1 | Def. Kentucky 28-27 |
| 51 | 254 | Vanderbilt | 3-1 | Lost to Alabama 59-0 |
| 52 | 252 | Miami (FL) | 2-0 | Def. Toledo 52-30 |
| 53 | 250 | Michigan State | 2-1 | Lost to Notre Dame 38-18 |
| 54 | 231 | Marshall | 2-1 | Bye |
| 55 | 209 | Illinois | 2-1 | Bye |
| 56 | 197 | Purdue | 2-2 | Lost to Michigan 28-10 |
| 57 | 143 | New Mexico State | 2-2 | Def. Texas-El Paso 41-14 |
| 58T | 139 | Maryland | 2-1 | Lost to Central Florida 38-10 |
| 58T | 139 | Kansas State | 2-1 | Bye |
| 60 | 137 | UCLA | 2-2 | Lost to Stanford 58-34 |
| 61 | 124 | Iowa State | 2-1 | Bye |
| 62 | 122 | Boise State | 2-2 | Lost to Virginia 42-23 |
| 63 | 120 | Georgia Tech | 2-1 | Def. Pittsburgh 35-17 |
| 64 | 109 | Hawaii | 2-2 | Lost to Wyoming 28-21 OT |
| 65T | 94 | Mississippi | 2-1 | Bye |
| 65T | 94 | Southern Mississippi | 2-1 | Bye |
| 67 | 80 | Arizona State | 2-2 | Def. Oregon 37-35 |
| 68 | 78 | Nebraska | 2-2 | Def. Rutgers 27-17 |
| 69 | 70 | Northern Illinois | 2-1 | Bye |
| 70 | 49 | Florida International | 2-1 | Def. Rice 13-7 |
| 71 | 29 | Arizona | 2-2 | Lost to Utah 30-24 |
| 72 | 28 | Middle Tennessee State | 2-2 | Def. Bowling Green State 24-13 |
| 73 | -15 | Utah State | 2-2 | Def. San Jose State 61-10 |
| 74 | -19 | Appalachian State | 2-2 | Lost to Wake Forest 20-19 |
| 75 | -36 | Texas | 1-2 | Bye |
| 76 | -39 | Colorado State | 2-2 | Bye |
| 77 | -42 | Central Michigan | 2-2 | Lost to Miami (OH) 31-14 |
| 78 | -46 | North Texas | 2-2 | Def. Alabama-Birmingham 46-43 |
| 79 | -47 | Miami (OH) | 2-2 | Def. Central Michigan 31-14 |
| 80 | -56 | Western Michigan | 2-2 | Def. Wagner 49-14 |
| 81 | -61 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1-2 | Def. Louisiana-Lafayette 56-50 2 OT's |
| 82 | -80 | Buffalo | 2-2 | Def. Florida Atlantic 34-31 |
| 83T | -81 | New Mexico | 2-2 | Def. Tulsa 16-13 |
| 83T | -81 | Alabama-Birmingham | 2-2 | Lost to North Texas 46-43 |
| 85 | -86 | Idaho | 2-2 | Def. South Alabama 29-23 2 OT's |
| 86 | -87 | Ball State | 2-2 | Lost to Western Kentucky 33-21 |
| 87 | -90 | Houston | 2-1 | Lost to Texas Tech 27-24 |
| 88 | -99 | Cincinnati | 2-2 | Lost to Navy 42-32 |
| 89 | -105 | Tulane | 2-2 | Def. Army 21-17 |
| 90 | -106 | Syracuse | 2-2 | Lost to Louisiana State 35-26 |
| 91 | -126 | Western Kentucky | 2-2 | Def. Ball State 33-21 |
| 92 | -128 | Army | 2-2 | Lost to Tulane 21-17 |
| 93 | -148 | Louisiana Tech | 2-2 | Lost to South Carolina 17-16 |
| 94 | -163 | Tulsa | 1-3 | Lost to New Mexico 16-13 |
| 95 | -179 | Wyoming | 2-2 | Def. Hawaii 28-21 OT |
| 96 | -203 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 1-2 | Lost to Ohio State 54-21 |
| 97 | -204 | Old Dominion | 2-2 | Lost to Virginia Tech 38-0 |
| 98 | -206 | Temple | 2-2 | Lost to South Florida 43-7 |
| 99 | -209 | North Carolina | 1-3 | Lost to Duke 27-17 |
| 100 | -221 | Air Force | 1-2 | Lost to San Diego State 28-24 |
| 101 | -247 | Georgia State | 1-2 | Def. Charlotte 28-0 |
| 102 | -268 | Coastal Carolina | 1-2 | Lost to Western Illinois 52-10 |
| 103 | -271 | Fresno State | 1-2 | Bye |
| 104 | -278 | Arkansas State | 1-2 | Lost to Southern Methodist 44-21 |
| 105 | -281 | Rice | 1-3 | Lost to Florida International 13-7 |
| 106 | -286 | Arkansas | 1-2 | Lost to Texas A&M 50-43 OT |
| 107 | -295 | Florida State | 0-2 | Lost to North Carolina State 27-21 |
| 108 | -343 | Connecticut | 1-2 | Def. East Carolina 41-38 |
| 109 | -384 | Florida Atlantic | 1-3 | Lost to Buffalo 34-31 |
| 110 | -388 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1-3 | Lost to Louisiana-Monroe 56-50 2 OT's |
| 111 | -417 | Boston College | 1-3 | Lost to Clemson 34-7 |
| 112 | -439 | Kansas | 1-3 | Lost to West Virginia 56-34 |
| 113T | -461 | South Alabama | 1-3 | Lost to Idaho 29-23 2 OT's |
| 113T | -461 | East Carolina | 1-3 | Lost to Connecticut 41-38 |
| 115 | -520 | Rutgers | 1-3 | Lost to Nebraska 27-17 |
| 116 | -527 | Oregon State | 1-3 | Bye |
| 117 | -532 | Texas State | 1-3 | Lost to Texas-San Antonio 44-14 |
| 118 | -540 | Akron | 1-3 | Lost to Troy 22-17 |
| 119 | -566 | Pittsburgh | 1-3 | Lost to Georgia Tech 35-17 |
| 120 | -578 | Missouri | 1-3 | Lost to Auburn 51-14 |
| 121 | -584 | Brigham Young | 1-3 | Bye |
| 122 | -600 | Kent State | 1-3 | Lost to Louisville 42-3 |
| 123 | -693 | Georgia Southern | 0-3 | Lost to Indiana 52-17 |
| 124 | -716 | Baylor | 0-4 | Lost to Oklahoma 49-41 |
| 125 | -746 | San Jose State | 1-4 | Lost to Utah State 61-10 |
| 126 | -802 | Charlotte | 0-4 | Lost to Georgia State 28-0 |
| 127 | -825 | Nevada-Reno | 0-4 | Lost to Washington State 45-7 |
| 128 | -829 | Bowling Green State | 0-4 | Lost to Middle Tennessee State 24-13 |
| 129 | -831 | Massachusetts | 0-5 | Lost to Tennessee 17-13 |
| 130 | -839 | Texas-El Paso | 0-4 | Lost to New Mexico State 41-14 |
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