The fourth week of the college football season was a little different than previous weeks. Six of the top 14 teams in last week’s AP Poll were on bye, and Miami and Illinois were the only Top-10 teams to play Power 4 competition. Nonetheless, all five of the top-ranked matchups this weekend ended up telling the AP voters a lot about where each of those top programs currently sit, and the new poll shows that.
The Michigan Wolverines handled business on Saturday afternoon in a hostile Lincoln, Nebraska environment to move to 3-1 on the year and 1-0 in Big Ten play. While the final score only showed a three-point win, Michigan could have won by more had it not been for dropped passes, a taunting penalty that set up a Nebraska field goal, and a last-second Hail Mary at the end of the first ha