Week 4 College Polls Released

There is little question about which team is the top national title contender with South Carolina dispatching another challenger in routine fashion. However, it has been a tougher journey for teams sitting in the No. 2 spot in the national rankings. Iowa's loss means that a new team is at No. 2 in the Associated Press poll with Ohio State moving on…

A look at Week 11 in the Southeastern Conference: No. 10 Mississippi (8-1, 5-1 SEC, No. 9 CFP) at No. 1 Georgia (9-0, 6-0, No. 2), Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN) Ole Miss hasn't been part of a top 10 versus No. 1 matchup since the 1950s. The Rebels have been rolling since a loss to No. 8 Alabama. The Bulldogs are fresh from a battle against No. 16…

Finally, No. 2 Michigan gets a test. The Wolverines (9-0) have stomped through the season, crushing opponents by an average of 34 points per game, the best margin in the country. None of those opponents has been ranked in the AP Top 25, creating some questions about just how good Michigan is. A trip to Happy Valley to face No. 9 Penn State on…

A week ago 20 of the 62 Associated Press voters thought Texas A&M was a Top 20 team. This week the Aggies didn't get one vote after losing to Miami. Texas was ranked 11th last week. It beat Alabama and now the Longhorns shoot up to fourth. A pair of voters had UT atop the poll, six others voted them No. 2 and 11 more had the Longhorns No. 3. I had…

The Miami football team was completely left out of the Associated Press Poll that was released on Monday. Number eight Florida State is the highest-ranked ACC team followed by number nine Clemson and 21st-ranked North Carolina. Pittsburgh, Louisville and North Carolina State are other ACC teams in the AP Poll. Florida State received 1147 points,…

It is getting crowded atop the ACC standings as a couple of recent losses by Clemson helped Virginia and Pittsburgh move into a tie with the Tigers for first place. Miami is just a half- game behind. None of the top four teams will be playing each other this weekend. However, Virginia does welcome Duke to Charlottesville for the top game in the ACC…

Saturday, January 28th, 2023 | 5:00pm CT / 6:00pm ET Knoxville, TN - Taking a brief hiatus from conference play, No. 4 Tennessee men's basketball is set to host No. 10 Texas in this year's edition of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge Saturday at 5:00pm CT inside Thompson-Boling Arena. Fans can catch Saturday's game on ESPN and online or on any mobile device…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Taking a brief hiatus from conference play, No. 4 Tennessee is set to host No. 10 Texas in this year's edition of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge Saturday at 6 p.m. ET inside Thompson-Boling Arena. Fans can catch Saturday's game on ESPN and online or on any mobile device through WatchESPN. WatchESPN can be accessed through the ESPN App,…

This year's Cheez-It Bowl will feature the 6-6 Oklahoma Sooners and the 9-3 No. 13 Florida State Seminoles. This season for the Oklahoma Sooners was the definition of a "rebuilding year." After losing their head coach and both of their starting quarterbacks from the 2021 season, Oklahoma lost their stability and were unable to recreate the same…

Make some room, Phi Slama Jama. Another Houston team has reached the top of men's college basketball. Nearly four decades after Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon took the Cougars to No. 1, the latest group, led by Marcus Sasser and star freshman Jarace Walker, took over the top spot in the AP Top 25 on Monday. They received 45 of 63 first-place…

This week marks the beginning of the College Football Playoff rankings. Whereas before we used the AP Poll as the ranking system for our teams, we will now be deferring to the CFP poll for the rest of the season - seeing as that determines what will be the national championship game. Last week, we saw Michigan reclaim the Paul Bunyan trophy, a huge…

Oklahoma State ATS: 5-2 Kansas State ATS: 4-2-1 Over/under: 56 Moneyline: OSU+100, KSU -125 FPI pick: Oklahoma State 54.1% No. 9 Oklahoma State: Three points keep the Cowboys from being undefeated up to now, but this is still a contender in the Big 12 with a 6-1 overall record and a 3-1 mark in the conference. OSU scored the final 17 points to…

During the college football season, the Stadium staff will provide weekly betting picks and advice in this roundtable. Here are our thoughts on the Week 7 slate. podcast. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more sports betting content. Alex Symonds, Stadium Senior Producer: Southern Miss -4 over Arkansas…

As we head into Week 6 of the college football season, we have a good idea of which teams are contenders. A handful of teams have drastically performed well below their preseason expectations too. Notre Dame, Texas A&M and Michigan State, to name a few, are on the latter list. Let's run through those and the other biggest disappointments of the…

Alabama reclaimed No. 1 from Georgia in The Associated Press college football poll in one of the closest votes in the recent years, and six teams - including Kansas - made their season debut on Sunday. The Crimson Tide received 25 first-place votes and 1523 points in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank, two points more than the Bulldogs.…

Four weeks into the 2022 college football season, only 21 teams remain unbeaten. Of the undefeated or one-loss teams, some look familiar to college basketball fans. The reigning national champion Kansas Jayhawks are among the undefeated college football teams. The Kentucky Wildcats are also 4-0 and started the round of 64 as the No. 2 seed before…

Going into the 2022 season, it was popular among national college football media to suggest this is the year for several teams looking for a return to prominence, headlined by the Texas Longhorns and the Miami Hurricanes. Just four weeks into the season and both programs already have been handed two losses and have not only dropped from the Top 25…

The offseason coaching carousel was a wild one, with several big-name programs making changes. As a result, there are 29 head coaches making their debuts during the 2022 season. Fourteen of the new faces are coaching in the Power Five, too. After three weeks, let's check in on how each is doing. No, we're not hitting the panic button on anyone…

It's never too early to overreact or at least recognize a big win for Tennessee football. Oddsmakers certainly like the Vols more than they did a week ago. Numerous betting sites dramatically improved Tennessee's odds to win a national championship after a 34-27 overtime win at Pittsburgh last week. The Vols are now No. 3 among SEC teams in…

Texas A&M is coming off an ugly loss at home as it welcomes ACC upstart Miami to Kyle Field in college football's Week 3 action on Saturday. A&M took one on the chin at Kyle Field in a loss to unranked Appalachian State, while the Hurricanes are a shaky 2-0 after a shaky effort against Southern Miss last weekend. What do the experts think of the…

Coming off an overtime win on the road Saturday against a nationally ranked Pittsburgh team, Tennessee moved into the top 25 in the Coaches Poll and climbed higher in the Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday. The Vols' 2-0 start to the season also improved their national championship odds on multiple sportsbooks. At least four different sportsbooks…

Week 2 of the college football season was absolutely wild, and as a result we've seen plenty of movement in the new AP Top 25 poll for Week 3. It was an amazing Saturday for the Sun Belt Conference. Three of its teams pulled off exciting upsets on the road. Appalachian State defeated No. 6 Texas A&M 17-14. Marshall beat No. 8 Notre Dame 26-21 and…

This week's theme is "bouncing back": Every Kentucky-based university involved in the Courier Journal sports staff Week 9 picks is coming off a loss in its most recent game. The in-state teams have their work cut out for them this week. Louisville and Kentucky host ranked foes in Duke and Tennessee, respectively. WKU welcomes an unbeaten Liberty…

A wild Week 1 of the 2022 college football season has resulted in a fresh AP Top 25 poll that's creating plenty of debate. Florida was one of the biggest winners of the opening weekend. Not only did the Gators upset No. 7 Utah at home, they also jumped from unranked to No. 12 in the Week 2 AP poll. The Gators' schedule doesn't get any easier,…