Week 4: The Brakes Come Off

Week Four is the first week where preseason rankings don't matter. The Math no longer cares how well you did in 2014; your ranking is only based on your body of 2015 work.

Your Top 25:

Rk	Δ	Team	Pts
1	+7	UCLA	70.5

The Bruins vault to #1 after steamrolling Arizona 56-30 in Tuscon. Freshman QB Josh Rosen had his best performance since UCLA's opener against Virginia.

2

0

Ole Miss

70.1

Hugh Freeze's rabbit's foot does its job after Vanderbilt fails to capitalize on two Ole Miss turnovers. The Rebs end up beating the Commodores by 9 and staying put at #2.

3

-2

Georgia

68.1

Georgia dominated Southern University in things like yards (532 vs. 184), first downs (27 vs. 10), and points (48 vs. 6). But the Math expected the Bulldogs to rip the Jaguars apart like a poorly made chew toy, and so Georgia falls to #3. Let that be a lesson to those who would schedule FCS teams.

4

-1

Florida State

67.9

The Seminoles drop a spot after a bye. They say sharks start sinking when they stop swimming.

5

0

Notre Dame

67.8

Notre Dame's game against UMass was more competitive than it ought to have been until the Irish started to pull away late in the second half. The Domers ended up winning 62-27, good enough to stay in 5th.

6	+13	Utah	66.4
7	-3	LSU	65.7
8	-1	Alabama	65.3
9	+31	Michigan	63.7
10	+5	Baylor	62.4
11	-2	Oklahoma	61.4
12	-1	Northwestern	60.4
13	-7	Ohio State	60.3
14	+29	Houston	59.2
15	+2	Clemson	58.8
16	+8	NC State	58.8
17	+11	West Virginia	56.5
18	-6	Michigan State	54.4
19	+19	Boise State	53.1
20	+11	Boston College	52.8
21	+20	Duke	52.8
22	+4	California	52.7
23	+2	Wisconsin	52.4
24	-6	Memphis	52.2
25	+8	Air Force	51.3

See full rankings here.

Teams falling out of the Top 25:

• (26) Kansas State
• (28) Miami (FL)
• (29) Arizona
• (31) Texas A&M
• (33) Temple
• (34) TCU
• (36) Georgia Tech
• (39) Florida

Teams worse than the average FCS team:

• (128) Wyoming
• (129) New Mexico State

Largest improvement in rank: +51 UNLV recovered from three straight losses against Northern Illinois, UCLA, and Michigan with an 80-8 rout of Idaho State. 

Largest drop in rank: -32 Rice plummets after giving up 793 total yards in a 53-point loss to Baylor.

Conference Rankings

Conference	Average
SEC	42.66
ACC	42.42
Big Ten	41.81
Pac-12	41.29
Big 12	40.06
American	30.56
Mountain West	25.86
MAC	21.45
Conference USA	20.47
Sun Belt	18.23

Games to watch next week:

(8) Alabama at (3) Georgia (3:30 PM ET, CBS)

Line: Alabama by 9.5

(5) Notre Dame at (15) Clemson (8 PM ET, ABC)

Line: Notre Dame by 4

(17) West Virginia at (11) Oklahoma (Noon ET, Fox Sports 1)

Line: Oklahoma by 10.5

(20) Boston College at (21) Duke (3:30 PM ET, ESPN3)

Line: Duke by 4

(26) Kansas State at (30) Oklahoma State (4 PM ET, Fox Sports 1)

Line: Kansas State by 0.5

(29) Arizona at (32) Stanford (10:30 PM ET, Pac-12 Network)

Line: Stanford by 0.5