NCAA Football Top 30 with Regional Rankings and Big Game Predictions Week 4, 2017 Season

TOP 30

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  1  1. Alabama Crimson Tide 3-0, b Colo State 41-23, @Vandy

  2  2. Oklahoma Sooners 3-0, b Tulane 54-14, @Baylor

  3  3. Clemson Tigers 3-0, b #10Lou  47-21, vs. BC

  4  4. USC Trojans 3-0, b Texas 27-24 2OT, @Cal

  5  5. Michigan Wolverines 3-0, b AF 29-13, @#30t Purdue

  8  6. Oklahoma State Cowboys 3-0, b Pitt 59-21, vs. #14 TCU

  6  7. Washington Huskies 3-0, b Fresno St 48-16, @Colo

  7  8. Penn State Nittany Lions 3-0, b Georgia St 50-0, @#28 Iowa

12  9. Wisconsin Badgers 3-0, b BYU 40-6, off

11 10. Florida State Seminoles 0-1, Postponed Miami, vs. NC St

13 11. Ohio State Buckeyes 2-1, b Army 38-7, vs. UNLV

14 12. Georgia Bulldogs 3-0, b Samford 42-14, vs. #19 MSU

15 13. Miami (Fl) Hurricanes 1-0, Postponed FSU, vs. Toledo

16 14. TCU Horned Frogs 3-0, b SMU 56-36, @#6 OkSt

17 15. Virginia Tech Hokies 3-0, b E.Car 64-17, vs. Old Dominion

18 16. Auburn Tigers 2-1, b Mercer 24-10, @Missouri

26 17. San Diego State Aztecs, 3-0, b#22 Stanford 20-17, @AF

10 18. Louisville Cardinals 2-1, L#3 Clemson 21-47, vs. Kent St.

--   19. Mississippi State Bulldogs 3-0, b#9 LSU 37-7, @#12 Geo

20 20. Washington State Wildcats 3-0, b Oregon St. 52-23, vs. Nevada

 9  21. LSU Tigers 2-1, L Miss State 7-37, vs. Syracuse

--   22. Florida Gators 1-1, b #23 Tenn 26-20, @#30t Kentucky

25 23. Utah Utes 3-0, b San Jose St. 54-16, @Ariz

27 24. West Virginia Mountaineers 2-1, b Dele St 59-16, @Kansas

28 25. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2-1, b BC 49-20, @Mich St

--   26. Oregon Ducks 3-0, b Wyoming 49-13, @ASU

29 27. Maryland Terrapins 2-0, off, vs. UCF

30 28. Iowa Hawkeyes 3-0, b NT31-14, vs. #8 Penn St

23 29. Tennessee Volunteers 2-1, L Florida 20-26, vs. UMass

--   30. Kentucky Wildcats 3-0, b #24 S.Car 21-13, vs. #22 Florida

--   30. Purdue Boilermakers 2-1, b Missouri 35-3, vs. #5 Mich

Dropped out: #19 Kansas State, #21 UCLA, #22 Stanford, #23 Tennessee
#24 South Carolina

REGIONAL RANKINGS

EAST                    SoEAST          MidWEST          SoWEST           WEST

1.PSU-8                1.Alab-1          1.Mich-5             1.OU-2              1.USC-4

2.VT-15                 2.Clem-3        2.Wis-9               2.OKSt-6           2. Wash-7

3.Lou-18               3.FSU-10        3.OhioSt-11        3.TCU-14          3. SDSt-17

4.WVir-24             4.Geo-12        4.ND-25              4.LSU-21          4. WashSt-20

5.Mary-27             5.Mia-13         5. Iowa-28          5.Tex(1-2)         5. Utah-23

6.Tenn-29              6.Aub-16        6.Pur-30t             6.TA&M(2-1)    6. Oregon-26

7. KY-30t              7.MSU-19       7. Colo(3-0)        7. Hou(2-0)       7. UCLA(2-1)

8. Memphis(2-0)   8.Fl-22            8. Minn(3-0)       8. SMU (2-1)    8. Cal(3-0)

9. Navy (2-0)        9.USF(3-0)      9. Iowa St(2-1)   9. TT (2-0)        9. Boise St (2-1)

10. Vir(2-1)         10. S.Car(2-1) 10. MichSt(2-0)  10.UTSA(2-0)   10. Stanford(1-2)

BIG GAMES

#5 Michigan Wolverines (3-0) at #30t Purdue Boilermakers (2-1) = It's been a really long time since Purdue wasn't the doormat of the Big 10. I've seen a lot of improvement from the Boilermakers this year. They are still a year or two away in my opinion. Michigan is already tested, and ready.

- Michigan 32 Purdue 24

#14 TCU Horned Frogs (3-0) at #6 Oklahoma State Cowboys (3-0) = This could be the highest scoring game of the season. One of those that add up well over 100 pts total. Both have been explosive from the get go. Both are excellent, but the edge goes to State playing at home. 

- Oklahoma St. 55 TCU 52

#8 Penn State Nittany Lions (3-0) at #28 Iowa Hawkeyes (3-0) = Finally Penn State will play someone who isn't a doormat. Iowa is a strange team they get up for the big games, but play down to their opponents sometimes. Luckily for them this is a big game, and at home. So this should be a good ole fashion Big 10 game.

- Penn State 26 Iowa 24

#19 Mississippi State Bulldogs (3-0) at #12 Georgia Bulldogs (3-0) = The Battle of the Bulldogs. MSU is coming off an upset thrashing of then #9 LSU, so the real question is will they have a hangover effect from the game. Georgia is still up in the air on will they get their starting QB healthy for the game in which i'm betting he won't play. That's why i'm going with the upset. Also of note is the fact that MSU usually plays its best at the beginning of the season.

- Georgia 31 MSU 17

#22 Florida Gators (1-1) at #30t Kentucky Wildcats (3-0) = This is Kentucky's first real chance to show the SEC and the world that they are for real. The question is how good will the Gators offense play after the strong 4th quarter showing they had, including a miracle finish last week against Tennessee. Sometimes games like that can propel momentum, just ask Tennessee, and Auburn.

- Florida 17 Kentucky 13

Texas Tech Red Raiders (2-0) at Houston Cougars (2-0) = Tech has been quietly winning under the radar, while the Cougars are playing with heavy hearts after Hurricane Harvey. Should be quite a shootout.

-Houston 45 TT 42

Virginia Cavaliers (2-1) at Boise State Broncos (2-1) = Boise State has been quietly lately putting up good season after good season. While Virginia is still trying to get back to former glory. Nobody wants to play the Broncos on the blue turf. 

- Boise State 38 Virginia 28

*OTHER PREDICTIONS*

Temple Owls (2-1) at South Florida Bulls (3-0) = USF 34-17

#23 Utah Utes (3-0) at Arizona Wildcats (2-1) = Utah 38-24

NC State Wolfpack (2-1) at #10 Florida State Seminoles (0-1) = FSU 21-17

Texas A&M Aggies (2-1) at Arkansas Razorbacks (1-1) = TA&M 31-28

#1 Alabama Crimson Tide (3-0) at Vanderbilt Commodores (3-0) = Alab 55-17

#4 USC Trojans (3-0) at California Golden Bears (3-0) = USC 45-22
Cincinnati Bearcats (2-1) at Navy Midshipmen (2-0) = Navy 45-42
#17 San Diego State Aztecs (3-0) at Air Force Falcons (1-1) = SDSU 29-10
#25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-1) at Michigan State Spartans (3-0) = ND 27-24