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

Gilbert McGregor

Edward Sutelan

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

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

RankingTeamRecordPoints (No. 1 votes)
1Georgia4-01,592 (61)
2Michigan4-01,495
3Ohio State4-01,414 (2)
4Florida State4-01,390
5Texas4-01,336
6USC4-01,288
7Penn State4-01,225
8Washington4-01,194 (1)
9Oregon4-01,071
10Utah4-01,010
11Alabama3-1930
12LSU3-1844
13Notre Dame4-1837
14Oklahoma4-0784
15North Carolina4-0698
16Duke4-0605
17Washington State4-0555
18Miami4-0485
19Tennessee3-1404
20Mississippi3-1305
21Oregon State3-1293
22Missouri4-0140
23Florida3-1134
24Kansas4-0120
25Kansas State3-1109

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

RankingTeamRecordPoints (No. 1 votes)
1Georgia4-01,562 (55)
2Michigan4-01,445 (1)
3Texas4-01,401 (2)
4Ohio State4-01,370 (1)
5Florida State4-01,351 (3)
6Penn State4-01,244
7Washington4-01,228 (1)
8USC4-01,169 
9Oregon4-01,076
10Utah4-0981
11Notre Dame4-1904
12Alabama3-1862
13LSU3-1813
14Oklahoma4-0716
15North Carolina4-0659
16Washington State4-0652
17Duke4-0648
18Miami4-0523
19Oregon State3-1366
20Mississippi3-1349
21Tennessee3-1260
22Florida3-1235
23Missouri4-0197
24Kansas4-0132
25Fresno State4-064

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

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

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.