Weekly Analysis 2024: post week four superlatives

The best game: Illinois over Nebraska.

The coach I wish I was: Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin.

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Kansas’ Lance Leipold.

The team that impressed: Tennessee.

The defensive slugfest: Florida State over California.

The offensive shootout: James Madison over North Carolina.

The team that disappointed: USC.

The Heisman favorite: Miami’s Cam Ward.

The best conference: SEC.

The worst conference: ACC.

The best team: Texas.

The underrated coach: BYU’s Kalani Sitake.

The overrated coach: Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy.

The underrated player: Illinois quarterback Luke Altmyer.

The breakout performance: Iowa Kaleb Johnson’s 206 rush yards and three touchdowns.

The biggest upset: BYU over Kansas State.

The upset no one saw coming: Buffalo over Northern Illinois.

The team that wants to hit the reset button: Kansas.

The blowout everyone predicted: Ohio State over Marshall.

The underrated team: Indiana.

The overrated team: Nebraska.

The feel-good story: Illinois’ 4-0 start.

The horror show: Clemson’s blowout win over NC State in Textile Bowl.

The must-see game in week 5: Georgia at Alabama.

The team nobody’s talking about: Louisville.

The team with an elite offense: Ole Miss.

The team with an elite defense: Penn State.

The team that was desperate for a win: Florida.

The surprising blowout: Cincinnati over Houston.

The surprising close game: Missouri over Vanderbilt.

The best comeback game: Michigan over USC.

The narrow escape: Utah over Oklahoma State.

The defense that got exposed: Oklahoma.

The coach with the most to prove: NC State’s Dave Doeren.

The dangerous Group of Five team: Navy.

Cool in the clutch: Colorado’s quarterback Shedeur Sanders.

Give that coach a raise: Pittsburgh’s Pat Narduzzi.

Man, they’re good: Miami (FL).

Wow, they’re bad: Northwestern.