Few teams have been more pleasant surprises than BYU, Duke, Indiana, Illinois and Pittsburgh, which have all started 4-0 after being picked to finish toward the bottom of their respective league standings in the preseason. But there have been disappointing starts for others. Can those seasons still be salvaged? Or has hope been completely dashed?

Few expected Florida State to run the table again in the Atlantic Coast Conference and coast into the expanded, 12-team College Football Playoff.

In one of the surprises of the new season, Florida State has crashed back to Earth, while the Gators are on course for another disappointing year.

Billy Napier temporarily escaped the rising flames from his head coach hot seat on Saturday with a Week 4 win over the Mississippi State ... Football Bowl Series teams, giving the Gators a wee bit of a boost thanks to the 45-28 triumph. Vannini lifted ...

The Gators outperformed expectations overall but still showed a few warts in their game plan. The good news is that the quarterback duo looked great in Week 4, with Graham Mertz getting the lion’s share of the passing duties;

Florida got the job done against Mississippi State on Saturday, but a 1-2 start to the year means the Gators never had a chance to earn votes in the latest US LBM Coaches Poll following Week 4 of the college football season.

Georgia football stayed in the top spot in the US LBM Coaches Poll after an open date in its schedule this past week but Texas close

On Monday, ESPN updated its 2024 college football power rankings and Michigan, of course, moved up while USC moved down. But there was a lot of movement across the rankings. See the latest below. Chan