The Texas Longhorns are the new No. 1 team in college football starting Week 4 of the 2024 season. … [+]
The Georgia Bulldogs held on for a 13-12 win at Kentucky last Saturday, but it wasn’t enought to keep Georgia at the top of the college football AP Top 25 poll. The Texas Longhorns are the new No. 1 into Week 4 of the 2024 college football season.
The top-10 is completed by Ohio State, Alabama, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Missouri, Miami, Oregon and Penn State giving the SEC six teams in the top-10 and Big Ten three teams. No. 11 USC had a bye last week and begins Big Ten play at defending national champion Michigan, who makes a quarterback change ahead of the Sept. 21 Big Ten opener at the Big House in Ann Arbor.
Miami in the ACC is the other top-10 team, and for the first time since 1955, both Florida and Florida State have losing records through three games.
Alabama’s 42-10 road win last Saturday in Madison over Wisconsin earned Crimson Tide QB Jalen Milroe AP national player of the week. Milroe passed for three touchdowns and ran for two more in victory.
But Texas’ 56-7 route of UT San Antonio earned backup QB Arch Manning runner-up honors for national player of the week. Manning took over for an injured Quinn Ewers early in the second quarter and completed 9 of 12 passes for 223 yards and 4 touchdowns and added a 67-yard TD run in the victory.
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Texas received 35 first place votes, Georgia 23 and Ohio State the other 5 to start Week 4.
Friday, Sept. 20
- No. 22 Nebraska (-8.5) vs. No. 24 Illinois | 8 p.m. | FOX
Saturday, Sept. 21
- No. 1 Texas (-44.5) vs. UL Monroe | 8 p.m. | ESPN+/SECN+
- No. 2 Georgia | Bye
- No. 3 Ohio State (-39.5) vs. Marshall | 12 p.m. | FOX
- No. 4 Alabama | Bye
- No. 5 Ole Miss (36.5) vs. Georgia Southern | 7:45 p.m. | SEC Network
- No. 6 Tennessee (-6.5) at No. 15 Oklahoma | 7:30 p.m. | ABC/ESPN+
- No. 7 Missouri (-21.5) vs. Vanderbilt | 2:15 p.m. | SEC Network
- No. 8 Miami (-16.5) at South Florida | 7p.m. | ESPN
- No. 10 Penn State (-49.5) vs. Kent State | 3:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network
- No. 11 USC (-5.5) at No. 18 Michigan | 3:30 p.m. | CBS
- No. 12 Utah (-21.5) at No. 14 Oklahoma State | 4 p.m. | FOX
- No. 13 Kansas State (-7.5) at BYU | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN
- No. 16 LSU (-24.5) vs. UCLA | 3:30 p.m. | ABC
- No. 17 Notre Dame (-27.5) vs. Miami (Ohio) | 3:30 p.m. | NBC
- No. 19 Louisville (-10.5) vs. Georgia Tech | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2
- No. 20 Iowa State (-21.5) vs. Arkansas State | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
- No. 21 Clemson (-19.5) vs. NC State | 12 p.m. | ABC/ESPN+
- No. 23 Northern Illinois vs. Buffalo | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN+
- No. 25 Texas A&M (-22.5) vs. Bowling Green | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN+/SECN+
Others receiving votes: Memphis 77, Boise St. 62, Syracuse 62, UNLV 54, Boston College 47, Washington St. 30, Arizona 15, Iowa 15, Indiana 13, California 11, Liberty 10, Toledo 9, UCF 6, South Carolina 3, North Carolina 3, Arizona St. 3, BYU 2, Pittsburgh 1.
Group Of 5 News
Another story is developing out of Las Vegas. The UNLV Rebels (3-0) beat their second Big 12 team this season with a 23-20 upset of Kansas as 7-point road underdogs Friday in a rematch of last season’s Guaranteed Rate Bowl. The UNLV Rebels are moving up inside the top-30 of the AP Poll getting votes, but cracked the Top 25 Coaches Poll this week at No. 25 for their first Top 25 ranking in program history.
UNLV has an 18.2% chance of making the 12-team College Football Playoff field, according to ESPN’s playoff projections. That places UNLV fourth among Group of 5 teams, behind Central Florida (UCF, 36.7%), Memphis (23.1%) and fellow Mountain West team Boise State (23.5%), who announced last week their intentions to leave the Mountain West by 2026 and join the revived Pac 12 conference.
Notable Line Moves Week 4
Circa Sports in Las Vegas opens the weekly college football lines on Sunday morning, and here are the notable line moves with updates on FanDuel.
- Texas -40 to -44.5
- Ohio State -37 to -39.5
- Ole Miss -30 to -36.5
- Clemson -14 to -21.5
- USC -3 to -5.5
- Kentucky -15 to -19.5
- LSU -21 to -24.5
- No. Illinois -11 to -14.5
- Indiana -25 to -28.5
There was also no less than eight game totals that moved at least 5-points.
There are more big games and key Top 25 matchups as the season moves along. That includes next week in Tuscaloosa when SEC heavyweights Georgia and Alabama battle in a rematch of last year’s SEC Championship game won by the Crimson Tide 27-24 to knock undefeated Georgia out of the 4-team College Football Playoff. The advance betting line on next week’s game is Georgia -2.5 with a game total of 51 points, according to odds at FanDuel Sportsbook. Both teams have a bye this week ahead of the huge Southeastern Conference showdown.
Also making headlines in the political news is that former President Donald Trump will attend the Georgia-Alabama game, but not cast a vote on the winner.
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That includes this week with two Top 25 Big Ten matchups along with one SEC and one Big 12 showdown drawing more watch and wager action. Rivalry games are also on the schedule with Iowa at Minnesota battling for the traveling trophy known as Floyd of Rosedale, the bronze pig. The Gophers-Hawkeyes game has the lowest total of the week at 36.5 points and Minnesota won last year’s matchup and battle for the pig 12-10 knowing Iowa out of the AP Top 25. More eyes and bets will be on those biggest games again this weekend with next week’s Georgia-Alabama game to draw the biggest betting handle yet this college football season.
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