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2016 College Football Season: Week 4 Rankings Changes Predictions
Not everyone was active in week 4, but there was plenty of action to go around, from the easiness teams like Alabama, Louisville and Michigan enjoyed, contrasted with the big ranked vs ranked wins teams like Wisconsin, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Tennessee had, which should mean a lot of changes in the 20-5 area of the rankings, including LSU, Florida and Georgia probably dropped from the top 25, or at least taking a very heavy hit.
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College Football Week 4 Scores & Standings
While Alabama, Louisville and Michigan didn’t break a sweat in dominant wins over unranked teams, Tennessee showed their true worth by finally beating Florida while erasing a 21-point deficit, Auburn beat LSU without even scoring a touchdown, and Wisconsin impressed by dominating Michigan State in East Lansing, getting their second win over a top 10 team this season.
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2016 College Football Season: 16 Musings on Week 4 Games
In week 4 of the 2016 college football season, the spotlight is turned to a couple of big conference games: In the Big Ten, Michigan State hosting Wisconsin might not be entertaining but it’s going to be fun, while in the SEC undefeated Arkansas travel to play loss-less Texas A&M in a semi-clash of styles that could give us the main challenger to Alabama in the division and conference.
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The Highest Paid State Employee in the United States? Nick Saban, Alabama Crimson Tide Head Coach
A perfect example of just how big of a business college football has become is the salaries of head coaches. For example, Nick Saban, the head coach of Alabama, is the highest paid state employee, not just in the state of Alabama, but in the entire United States.
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College Football Week 3 Rankings
Three newcomers to the top 25, as Nebraska, San Diego State and Utah replace Iowa, Notre Dame and Oregon. Alabama maintain the top spot while Ohio State rise to number 2 and Louisville take over number 3. The rest of the top 7 remains unchanged, while Miami moving up 10 spots to number 15 is the biggest rise of the week. Both Oklahoma and Florida State dropped 11 spots.
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College Football: Rankings Changes, Upsets & Big Comebacks
If the results of week 3 taught us anything about the 2016 college football season, is that we have a better picture of the real contenders and favorites for the playoffs and national title, like Alabama and Ohio State after their impressive road wins against ranked opponents, and who doesn’t belong there: Florida State after being crushed by Louisville, Notre Dame following another home loss, and Oklahoma themselves, with two losses against ranked teams to show their big game problem hasn’t disappeared.
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College Football: Week 3 Standings & Scores
Despite falling behind by 21 points, Alabama survive their first SEC game of the season and escape Oxford with a win over Ole Miss. Florida State couldn’t do the same in their first ACC game, getting destroyed by Louisville and Lamar Jackson. The Big Ten favorites both won: Ohio State manhandled Oklahoma in Norman, while Michigan had a bad start against Colorado, but managed to come out on top in the end.
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College Football: Week 3 Big Games, Potential Upsets & Predictions
Week 3 of the 2016 college football season really throws us into the action, with four games between ranked teams: #2 Florida State in an ACC clash with #10 Louisville, #1 Alabama playing at #19 Ole Miss, #12 Michigan State facing #18 Notre Dame, and #3 Ohio State travelling to Norman, facing #14 Oklahoma.