Week 4 Wow Factor

09/26/2022

By: Jeff Yoder

Two Top-10 Teams Survive Upset Scares, Two Others Tumble

Week 4 of the college football season finally brought a shakeup in the top-10, and it was nearly a complete overhaul. While #5 Clemson and #7 USC needed late miracles to avoid upsets, #6 Oklahoma and #10 Arkansas took losses that will bump them from the top 10. Arkansas missed a game-winning field goal against #23 Texas A&M in heartbreaking fashion. Oklahoma suffered a stunner against Kansas State. With two teams dropping, expect the top-5 to remain intact while teams 6-10 will look vastly different in Monday’s rankings. Here’s the rundown from the weekend that was…

 

Upsets & Thrillers

#23 Texas A&M Upsets #10 Arkansas on Missed FG (23-21)

Kansas State Shocks #6 Oklahoma (41-34)

#5 Clemson Survives #21 Wake Forest in 2OT (51-45)

#11 Tennessee Chomps #20 Florida (38-33)

#15 Oregon Holds Off Washington State (44-41)

Texas Tech Upends #22 Texas (37-34)

Middle Tennessee Baffles #25 Miami (45-31)

 

Other Top-10 Highlights

#1 Georgia def. Kent State (39-22)

#2 Alabama def. Vanderbilt (55-3)

#3 Ohio State def. Wisconsin (52-21)

#4 Michigan def. Maryland (34-27)

#7 USC def. Oregon State (17-14)

#8 Kentucky def. Northern Illinois (31-23)

 

Additional Storylines

ESPN: Clemson & USC Survived, But Not Everyone Escaped Week 4

CBS Sports: Week 4 Report Cards: Oklahoma Gets ‘F’ in K-State Loss

 

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