College football polls: Updated AP Top 25, Coaches Poll after Week 4 as Colorado falls out of rankings

Gilbert McGregor

Edward Sutelan

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Week 4 of the college football season was billed as one of the best of the season. It's safe to say it lived up to the hype.

Saturday featured six games between ranked opponents, and another that featured an unranked Clemson against No. 4 Florida State in a matchup of ACC powers that required overtime to be settled, in favor of the Seminoles.

There were certainly statements made from the weekend slate. Kyle McCord led Ohio State on a game-winning drive on the road against Notre Dame, and Washington State survived a fourth-quarter push from Oregon State. Oregon demolished Colorado for Deion Sanders' first loss since arriving in Boulder, while Utah edged out UCLA in a low-scoring Pac-12 affair. Alabama answered some early season concerns with a standout performance against Ole Miss in Tuscaloosa and Penn State won its white-out against Iowa in convincing fashion.

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The weekend's action brought about a wave of changes in both the coaches poll and the AP Top 25 rankings, including Colorado dropping into the "others receiving votes" category in both. Here's a look at how those are looking after Week 4.

College football rankings for Week 4

Coaches poll

Ranking Team Record Points (No. 1 votes)
1 Georgia 4-0 1,592 (61)
2 Michigan 4-0 1,495
3 Ohio State 4-0 1,414 (2)
4 Florida State 4-0 1,390
5 Texas 4-0 1,336
6 USC 4-0 1,288
7 Penn State 4-0 1,225
8 Washington 4-0 1,194 (1)
9 Oregon 4-0 1,071
10 Utah 4-0 1,010
11 Alabama 3-1 930
12 LSU 3-1 844
13 Notre Dame 4-1 837
14 Oklahoma 4-0 784
15 North Carolina 4-0 698
16 Duke 4-0 605
17 Washington State 4-0 555
18 Miami 4-0 485
19 Tennessee 3-1 404
20 Mississippi 3-1 305
21 Oregon State 3-1 293
22 Missouri 4-0 140
23 Florida 3-1 134
24 Kansas 4-0 120
25 Kansas State 3-1 109

Others receiving votes: Fresno State 93; Kentucky 87; Texas Christian 54; Maryland 39; UCLA 36; Texas A&M 36; Louisville 36; Clemson 35; Syracuse 32; Colorado 29; Air Force 24; Iowa 16; Tulane 11; Wyoming 8; Marshall 2; James Madison 2; Liberty 1; Georgia St. 1.

AP poll

Ranking Team Record Points (No. 1 votes)
1 Georgia 4-0 1,562 (55)
2 Michigan 4-0 1,445 (1)
3 Texas 4-0 1,401 (2)
4 Ohio State 4-0 1,370 (1)
5 Florida State 4-0 1,351 (3)
6 Penn State 4-0 1,244
7 Washington 4-0 1,228 (1)
8 USC 4-0 1,169 
9 Oregon 4-0 1,076
10 Utah 4-0 981
11 Notre Dame 4-1 904
12 Alabama 3-1 862
13 LSU 3-1 813
14 Oklahoma 4-0 716
15 North Carolina 4-0 659
16 Washington State 4-0 652
17 Duke 4-0 648
18 Miami 4-0 523
19 Oregon State 3-1 366
20 Mississippi 3-1 349
21 Tennessee 3-1 260
22 Florida 3-1 235
23 Missouri 4-0 197
24 Kansas 4-0 132
25 Fresno State 4-0 64

Others receiving votes: Kansas St. 57, Kentucky 41, Colorado 32, Louisville 32, UCLA 28, Maryland 20, TCU 17, Tulane 11, Syracuse 8, Wisconsin 6, Air Force 6, Clemson 5, Texas A&M 5.

Gilbert McGregor

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Gilbert McGregor first joined The Sporting News in 2018 as a content producer for Global editions of NBA.com. Before covering the game, McGregor played basketball collegiately at Wake Forest, graduating with a Communication degree in 2016. McGregor began covering the NBA during the 2017-18 season and has been on hand for a number of league events.

Edward Sutelan

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Edward Sutelan joined The Sporting News in 2021 after covering high school sports for PennLive. Edward graduated from The Ohio State University in 2019, where he gained experience covering the baseball, football and basketball teams. Edward also spent time working for The Columbus Dispatch and Cape Cod Times.