Ivan Maisel, Adam Rittenberg and Heather Dinich discuss what's at stake for Ohio State & Penn State (4:09), the big showdown in the Big 12 (15:32), issues at Oklahoma (21:35), Clemson's handling of their QB decision (24:00) and more. Plus, Walk-Ons (27:30) and Extra Points (33:12).
With a month of games to evaluate, here are college football's most advantaged squads at the game's most important position.
Who has accomplished the most this season? For the second week in a row, LSU leads the nation in Strength of Record.
Tua Tagovailoa and Kyler Murray are off to two of the best starts among quarterbacks in recent history.
Will the Big 12 be represented in the playoff? It's basically Oklahoma-or-bust for the conference.
The 10 most likely teams to reach the College Football Playoff:
Some wild numbers from Oklahoma's overtime win over Army on Saturday night. Army ran 83 plays to 38 for Oklahoma in regulation and held the ball for 44:51. Sooners linebacker Kenneth Murray had a team-record 28 tackles — the highest total in the FBS since at least 2000 — and fellow OU linebacker Curtis Bolton had 23 stops. OU had two players record 20 or more tackles in the same game for just the second time in team history (1974 against Texas), and the Sooners' 40 total plays marked its lowest total since 1960 (38).
Biggest risers and fallers in Playoff chance after Week 4: Notre Dame reasserts its quality in strong win over Wake Forest while FPI is less certain of Oklahoma going forward after the Sooners' scare against Army.
Can we just put Alabama in all four spots? No? Well, then here's who else our reporters would have joining the Crimson Tide in the CFP after four weeks.
Kyler Murray threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to CeeDee Lamb in overtime, and Parnell Motley intercepted Kelvin Hopkins' fourth-down pass to help No. 5 Oklahoma escape with a 28-21 victory over Army on Saturday night.
Oklahoma linebacker Kenneth Murray finished with 28 tackles against Army. That is the most by an FBS player since 2000, the furthest back the NCAA record book goes, according to ESPN Stats & Info.
Army gave the Sooners all they wanted in Norman, but Oklahoma survives in overtime to keep its College Football Playoff hopes intact.
Can anyone stop Alabama? It doesn't look like it, but maybe Old Dominion should give it a try after shocking Virginia Tech. What else did we learn today?
| TEAM | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 1-0 | 4-0 |
| West Virginia | 1-0 | 3-0 |
| Baylor | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Texas | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Texas Tech | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Oklahoma State | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| Kansas | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| Kansas State | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| TCU | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| Iowa State | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| AP | COACHES |
|---|---|
| 6 | 5 |
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Rattler | QB-DT | Committed | 87 |
| Theo Wease Jr. | WR | Committed | 86 |
| Austin Stogner | TE-Y | Committed | 86 |
| Arjei Henderson | WR | Committed | 84 |
| Jaden Davis | CB | Committed | 83 |
