Week 4...the AT50 starts to gel

There are weeks like this past week where I feel like Al’s Top 25 is spot on. Several teams ranked in the standard rankings lost while the AT25 predicted the proper outcome. Virginia Tech over Miami. Oregon over California. South Carolina over Mississippi. All outcomes predicted in the AT25.

Then the quirks start to pop up. For instance, thanks to a couple of upsets, Auburn is ranked #8. The AT25 predicts that this week Tennessee, which is unranked, will beat Auburn. If this takes place, by default of the calculations, there will be no change in Auburn’s ranking while Tennessee will remain our of the top 25. Weird, but that’s how the system works. Or in some cases, doesn’t work.

Here’s the way the rankings shape up after Week 4:

1. Florida (1)
2. Texas (2)
3. Alabama (3)
4. Virginia Tech (4)
5. Cincinnati (5)
6. Georgia (7)
7. Houston (21)
8. Auburn (NR)
9. Oklahoma (7)
10. Ohio State (8)
11. Boise State (9)
12. Iowa (NR)
13. Missouri (11)
14. LSU (12)
15. Clemson (14)
16. BYU (15)
17. Utah (16)
18. Oregon (17)
19. USC (18)
20. Wisconsin (19)
21. Boston College (20)
22. West Virginia (22)
23. Wake Forest (23)
24. TCU (24)
25. Central Michigan (25)

Fell Out: Texas Tech (10)
Penn State (13)

Some notable games for Week 5 are as follows:

- Alabama at Kentucky (Can UK bounce back from the Florida drubbing?)

- LSU at Georgia (the biggest SEC game of the week)

- Auburn at Tennessee (see quirky scenario above)

- Oklahoma at Miami (this WAS the big game before Miami’s (predicted) loss to Virginia Tech)

- USC at California (two PAC-1) schools that suffered big losses recently)

- Florida State at Boston College (can BC make a statement?)

- Colorado at West Virginia (The Mountaineers are dangerous when they can hold onto the ball, which isn’t often)

There are football games every day from Wednesday through Saturday! Does life get any better? Enjoy everybody!