The 18th ranked Michigan Wolverines are set to take on the No. 11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in what should be one of the best games in college football this Saturday. Both teams have encountered success early, and while Michigan fell to the Alabama Crimson Tide in week one, they’ve bounced back nicely heading into this week’s matchup.
The Oregon Ducks and the Arizona Wildcats both enter their week four matchup 3-0, and they each enter as one of the top offensive teams in the entire country. The third-ranked Ducks and the No. 22 Wildcats are averaging a combined 100.3 points and 1201 yards per game. If you like offense, tune into Autzen Stadium Saturday night.
The No. 13 USC Trojans are looking to get back on track against the California Golden Bears following their heartbreaking loss to the Stanford Cardinal in week three. Meanwhile, Cal had a chance to upset Ohio State last week, but let the game slip away in a 35-28 loss. Both teams are looking for a bounce back performance.
The Alabama Crimson Tide is looking to make their second-straight BCS National Championship appearance, and simply put, the Florida Atlantic Owls couldn’t be further from it.
Virginia Tech was stunned last weekend in Pittsburgh. The Hokies look to regroup at home against Bowling Green. The Falcons played Florida tough in Gainesville earlier this year, so they certainly aren’t a cupcake.
The LSU Tigers enter week four’s matchup on a roll, while the Tigers of Auburn enter with one of their worst starts in recent memory.
West Virginia and Maryland aren’t separating by much on the map, but the Mountaineers are now part of the Big 12, while Maryland is in the ACC. The Terrapins are trying to turn the program around with Randy Edsall leading the way.
Vandy fought hard but they came up just short in games against South Carolina and Northwestern.
Well it looks like Kansas State is once again exceeding expectations. They are undefeated heading into Oklahoma looking to prove that they deserve their current lofty ranking.
Louisiana-Monroe burst onto the scene a couple weeks ago with an overtime win at Arkansas. The Warhawks lost an overtime game last weekend at Auburn.
BYU is coming off a very tough loss against in-state rival Utah. The Cougars will have to bounce back quickly, because they are heading for Boise and the blue turf to take on the Boise State Broncos.
This is the first ACC game for Florida State and while they have played a couple of cream puffs before conference play they have scored at least 55 points in each of their first 2 games and they have only given up 3 points.
Virginia Tech is 2-0 after 2 home wins and while their D has played well their offense has only been decent. They have a good chance to get on track facing a Pitt team that is off to a terrible 0-2 start and has the nation’s 94th ranked defense.
The buckeyes have not faced the Golden Bears in 40 years and they look to get to 3-0 for the 2nd time in the last 3 seasons. Ohio State has a great rushing attack, but their starting RB will miss this game with a minor knee injury.
Nebraska was upset losing at UCLA last week and while Arkansas State plays in the Sun Belt conference the Huskers cannot take them for granted since they have a solid offense and they are coming off a win.
After a couple of rough seasons many are predicting the return of Longhorns football as we used to know it. There has always been lots of highly touted talent and we have been told that this is the year it is fitting back together again.
