Five Top Tens After Week Four of College Football

The time change got me, as I'm back but still feel like I'm on vacation, so it's just a high five this week.

Top Ten Teams

1) USC: Going to be tough to overtake the Trojans without them losing.

2) Oklahoma: Bradford has the offense running better than just OK.

3) Georgia: While not everyone will agree, since when do I agree with everyone?

4) Florida: Hoping to take a chomp out of Rocky Top this week.

5) Missouri: Did they just score again? Wow!

6) Wisconsin: Favorite in the Big Ten at this point?

7) Penn State: Favorite in the Big Ten at this point?

8) LSU: Still living off last year—they’ve played no one.

9) Oregon: One of the sleepwalking Pac-10 road teams.

10) South Florida: Took down the ranked Jayhawks when they had every excuse to quit.

Ten Weird Things That We Noticed

1) Kirk Ferentz Took The Points: So did we—but up by 14 late with your team laying 13 ½, you take an intentional safety?  I’m sure this isn’t the last we’ve heard of this.

2) Helmets Were Flying: Every game and almost every play, someone lost a helmet.  Did I miss an equipment change?

3) The Screen Pass: This has almost entirely replaced the toss sweep.

4) West Coast Teams Get No Love: They start their out of conference road games at the equivalent of 9 am their time.

5) Western Kentucky: Not one person I talked to realized they were very recently a I-AA program.

6) Two QB System: So many teams are using these.

7) The Face Mask Rule: Maybe the five-yard unintentional wasn’t such a bad thing.

8) Defense: Not many seem to appreciate it, as most are more stunned than appreciate the 3-2 game.

9) Vandy: Not just undefeated—perfect against the spread.

10) Bad Kicking: Is it me, or does it seem like these guys are about 50/50 to make a field goal these days?

Ten That Stunk It Up This Week

1) Greg Schiano: What was the game plan again?

2) Rick Neuheisel: Your team didn’t get much preparation, so you are going to need some Preparation H.

3) Michigan Offense: Can someone hold on to the ball?

4) Jeff Tedford: Let’s see: You have two QBs, and one them isn’t getting it done.  What would you do?

5) Washington: It was over before it started; I think the Huskies are still wishing it never started.

6) Nevada Defense: Who can they tackle?

7) Craig James: I guess I never realized just how bad he is.

8) Ohio State: I may take some heat for this, but they quit out on the field.

9) Illinois: Could have easily lost that game.

10) Miami Mitch: Went 9-11-1 against the spread—his worst week of the year.

Ten That Stink a Little Less but Still Stink a Little

1) Notre Dame: Congrats on the 2-0 start.  The world is already hoping that you turn down the BCS Bowl Game.

2) Maryland: What more can I say?  They beat a ranked team.

3) Clemson: Can beat a non-JV opponent, but it was NC State.

4) UNLV: Who saw that coming?

5) North Texas State: At least they can cover a 42 1/2 point spread.

6) North Carolina: From barely beating to McNeese State to blowing out the "Kings of Thursday Night."

7) Baylor: Or did they just beat up on a new worst team?

8) South Carolina: Made the SEC proud by showing up for the Dawgs.

9) Southern Miss: I bashed their offseason coaching move, and now they're bashing me.

10) Duke: Hey, they're 2-1.

Ten Games We're Looking Forward to This Week

1) Georgia at Arizona State: Lost some of its luster with the whole UNLV thing, but it's still a game to see.

2) LSU at Auburn: We know Auburn can win scoring only three points—can LSU?

3) Florida at Tennessee: Always great, but the loss in Pasadena hurts a little.

4) Troy at Ohio State: The Buckeyes get another crack at men from Troy—how do they react?

5) Miami at Texas A&M: At least I'm looking forward to it. :)

6) Boise State at Oregon: Now that I know they're playing, I'm intrigued.

7) Notre Dame at Michigan State: I guess we're going to find a few things out in this one.

8) Wake Forest at Florida State: Interesting they made Florida State a 4 1/2 point favorite.

9) West Virginia at Colorado: Looks interesting enough for a Thursday night.

10) Kansas State at Louisville: Who cares who is playing?  It's college football on a Wednesday.

We'll be back tomorrow with our first set of picks for the upcoming week.

You can always find Mitch and more of what he has to say at The College Football Place.