Week 4 College Football Power Rankings

There was some shakeup in this weeks version of my college football power rankings.  LSU has proven itself in my eyes and according to the numbers I use to be the clear No. 1 ranked team.  Oklahoma drops one spot to No. 2, Alabama holds at No. 3.  Oklahoma State jumps up 3 spots after its road victory against Texas A&M to No. 4 and Boise State rounds out the top 5.

The Lovell Lowdown matchup of the week is Alabama at Florida.  I think this is going to be an epic SEC battle and I think Florida has a great shot of getting the upset here and showing that they might belong in the national title talk.  With that said, I give the edge in this one to Alabama with a 27-24 win in Gainsville.

Week 4 Rankings:

Ranking	School	Record	LW	Next Game
1	LSU	4-0	2	Oct. 1 vs. Kentucky
2	Oklahoma	3-0	1	Oct. 1 vs. Ball State
3	Alabama	4-0	3	Oct. 1 @ 13 Florida
4	Oklahoma State	4-0	7	Oct. 8 vs. Kansas
5	Boise State	3-0	4	Oct. 1 vs. Nevada
6	Stanford	3-0	5	Oct. 1 vs. UCLA
7	Oregon	3-1	8	Oct. 6 vs. California
8	South Carolina	4-0	9	Oct. 1 vs. Auburn
9	Wisconsin	4-0	10	Oct. 1 vs. 12 Nebraska
10	Virginia Tech	4-0	13	Oct. 1 vs. 24 Clemson
11	Texas A&M	2-1	6	Oct. 1 vs. 14 Arkansas
12	Nebraska	4-0	14	Oct. 1 @ 9 Wisconsin
13	Florida	4-0	16	Oct. 1 vs. 3 Alabama
14	Arkansas	3-1	12	Oct. 1 vs. 11 Texas A&M
15	Florida State	2-2	11	Oct. 8 @ Wake Forest
16	Texas	3-0	18	Oct. 1 @ Iowa State
17	Michigan	4-0	19	Oct. 1 vs. Minnesota
18	Notre Dame	2-2	20	Oct. 1 @ Purdue
19	TCU	3-1	21	Oct. 1 vs. SMU
20	West Virginia	3-1	17	Oct. 1 vs. Bowling Green
21	South Florida	4-0	22	Sep. 29 @ Pittsburgh
22	USC	3-1	15	Oct. 1 vs. Arizona
23	Ohio State	3-1	23	Oct. 1 vs. 25 Michigan State
24	Clemson	4-0	NR	Oct. 1 @ 10 Virginia Tech
25	Michigan State	3-1	25	Oct. 1 @ 23 Ohio State
Next Five: Georgia, Auburn, Arizona State, Mississippi State, Penn State

Week 3 College Football Power Rankings

The last two rankings have had the same teams in the top 16, that's not the case this week.  Oklahoma has moved to my No. 1 spot after its high quality win at Florida State.  LSU's win at Mississippi State kept the Tigers at No. 2.  Despite a convincing win over North Texas Alabama dropped to No. 3, Boise State moved up one spot to No. 4 and Stanford jumped two spots to No. 5.

The game of the week this coming weekend is a Big 12 matchup between No. 6 Texas A&M and No. 7 Oklahoma State.  The game is being played at College Station, home of the infamous 12th man, which leads me to my pick of the Aggies 31-28 over the Cowboys.

Week 3 Rankings:

Ranking	School	Record	LW	Next Game
1	Oklahoma	2-0	3	Sep. 24 vs. Missouri
2	LSU	3-0	2	Sep. 24 @ 17 West Virginia
3	Alabama	3-0	1	Sep. 24 vs. 12 Arkansas
4	Boise State	2-0	5	Sep. 24 vs. Tulsa
5	Stanford	3-0	7	Oct. 1 vs. UCLA
6	Texas A&M	2-0	6	Sep. 24 vs. 7 Oklahoma State
7	Oklahoma State	3-0	8	Sep. 24 @ 6 Texas A&M
8	Oregon	2-1	9	Sep. 24 @ Arizona
9	South Carolina	3-0	10	Sep. 24 vs. Vanderbilt
10	Wisconsin	3-0	13	Sep. 24 vs. South Dakota
11	Florida State	2-1	4	Sep. 24 @ Clemson
12	Arkansas	3-0	12	Sep. 24 @ 3 Alabama
13	Virginia Tech	3-0	14	Sep. 24 @ Marshall
14	Nebraska	3-0	15	Sep. 24 @ Wyoming
15	USC	3-0	16	Sep. 24 @ Arizona State
16	Florida	3-0	17	Sep. 24 @ Kentucky
17	West Virginia	3-0	19	Sep. 24 vs. 2 LSU
18	Texas	3-0	21	Oct. 1 @ Iowa State
19	Michigan	3-0	22	Sep. 24 vs. San Diego State
20	Notre Dame	1-2	NR	Sep. 24 @ Pittsburgh
21	TCU	2-1	24	Sep. 24 vs. Portland State
22	South Florida	3-0	NR	Sep. 24 vs. UTEP
23	Ohio State	2-1	11	Sep. 24 vs. Colorado
24	Miami	1-1	NR	Sep. 24 vs. Kansas State
25	Michigan State	2-1	18	Sep. 24 vs. Central Michigan
Next Five: Georgia, Clemson, Auburn, Mississippi State, Penn State

Week 2 College Football Rankings

There is no change in the top 16 of this week's power rankings.  Alabama holds the No. 1 spot after going to Happy Valley and easily beating Penn State.  LSU remains at No.2 with Oklahoma at No. 3, Florida State at No. 4 and Boise State at No. 5.

The game of the week is without a question Oklahoma going to Florida State.  I have them ranked three and four so should be a thriller in Tallahassee.  The Seminoles went to Norman last season and got beat up on 47-17.  I expect a different story this year and give the edge to FSU by two points over the Sooners.  Now without further ado here are my week 2 power rankings.

Ranking	School	Record	LW	Next Game
1	Alabama	2-0	1	Sep. 17 vs. North Texas
2	LSU	2-0	2	Sep. 15 @ 23 Mississippi State
3	Oklahoma	1-0	3	Sep. 17 @ 4 Florida State
4	Florida State	2-0	4	Sep. 17 vs. 3 Oklahoma
5	Boise State	1-0	5	Sep. 16 @ Toledo
6	Texas A&M	1-0	6	Sep. 17 vs. Idaho
7	Stanford	2-0	7	Sep. 17 @ Arizona
8	Oklahoma State	2-0	8	Sep. 17 @ Tulsa
9	Oregon	1-1	9	Sep. 17 vs. Missouri State
10	South Carolina	2-0	10	Sep. 17 vs. Navy
11	Ohio State	2-0	11	Sep. 17 @ Miami
12	Arkansas	2-0	12	Sep. 17 vs. Troy
13	Wisconsin	2-0	13	Sep. 17 vs. Northern Illinois
14	Virginia Tech	2-0	14	Sep. 17 vs. Arkansas State
15	Nebraska	2-0	15	Sep. 17 vs. Washington
16	USC	2-0	16	Sep. 17 vs. Syracuse
17	Florida	2-0	19	Sep. 17 vs. Tennessee
18	Michigan State	2-0	18	Sep. 17 @ Notre Dame
19	West Virginia	2-0	21	Sep. 17 @ Maryland
20	Auburn	2-0	NR	Sep. 17 @ Clemson
21	Texas	2-0	22	Sep. 17 @ UCLA
22	Michigan	2-0	NR	Sep. 17 @ Eastern Michigan
23	Mississippi State	1-1	17	Sep. 15 vs. 2 LSU
24	TCU	1-1	NR	Sep. 17 vs. Louisiana-Monroe
25	Arizona State	2-0	NR	Sep. 17 @ Illinois
Next Five: South Florida, Notre Dame, Penn State, Georgia, Missouri