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The Granddaddy Of Them All January 1, 2018 1pm PT Games of the Week Players of the Week: Penn State at Iowa Week 3 Sat., Sept. 23, 4:30 pm PT, ABC Penn State and Iowa were the last two Big Ten representatives in the Game. They’re also both 3-0 this season. Penn State is one of the most talented teams in the country, while Iowa remains Deontay Burnett, WR one of the most physical. This may not look like much USC of a game on paper, but when the sun goes down and the lights turn on at Kinnick in Iowa The 103rd Rose City, the Hawkeyes turn into a different team. It’s star is still shining bright into strength versus strength in this one as Penn State’s the 2017 season. Burnett has high-powered offense will go against the stingy Iowa tallied 100 or more yards in defense. Whoever scores last could come out on top all three game to start the in this Big Ten battle. season, including his eight catch, 123 yard performance against on Saturday. The Washington at Compton, Calif., native added a pair of touchdowns against Sat., Sept. 23, 7 pm PT, FS1 the Longhorns, with the second It’s a rematch of the 2016 Pac-12 Championship score coming on the first Game and the Buffs have had this one circled on their play in . The Trojans calendar for quite some time. Washington blew the defeated the Longhorns, 27-24, doors off Colorado on December 2 in Santa Clara, in double OT. dashing the Buffs hope for a bid. The Huskies once again boast a strong offense, but lost a lot off a strong defensive unit from last season. Colorado will look to capitalize on those losses with senior running back Phillip Lindsay and sophomore quarterback Steven Montez leading a solid rushing attack. The Buffs need to be careful when kicking the Alex Hornibrook, QB ball as UW’s Dante Pettis tied the NCAA record for Wisconsin career punt returns touchdowns last week. Just a week after hearing TCU at Oklahoma State complaints about his arm strength, Hornibrook had a Sat., Sept. 23, 12:30 pm PT, ESPN record-setting day against BYU. The Big 12 is quickly becoming the hottest conference The lefty set the school-record in . High expectations for both for completion percentage, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have been met, while as he connected on 17-of-18 TCU has quietly climbed up to No. 16 in polls. This passes (94.7%). Hornibrook matchup pits two of the nation’s best quarterbacks also set career highs with against one another as OSU’s Mason Rudolph and 256 passing yards and four TCU’s Kenny Hill meet in Stillwater. Rudolph holds the touchdown passes. The edge as a pure passer, but Hill’s mobility makes him a sophomore posted a career- threat through the air and on the ground. This should best 277.4 pass efficiency be an old fashioned Big 12 shootout as the Cowboys rating, the second-highest mark are averaging more than 50 points a game, while TCU in Wisconsin history. has put up 50-plus twice in three games. The winner of this one has a long way to go, but will get a serious boost as we head toward the first rankings in October. In the Polls - Week 4 Associated Press USA TODAY College Football Playoff The Big Ten is back to four teams in the top-10, with Wisconsin, Ohio State and 1. Alabama 1. Alabama Michigan clustered at spots 8-10 and Penn State sliding back into a coveted 2. Clemson 2. Clemson First poll available on October 31. top-four position. The Pac-12 lost two teams in the AP and one in the coaches, 3. Oklahoma 3. Oklahoma but replaced them with Oregon in both polls and the addition of Utah in the AP 4. Penn State 4. Penn State Poll. State made a statement last week with a win over Stanford and 5. USC 5. USC now find themselves in the top-25, while Mississippi State made a meteoric rise 6. Oklahoma State 6. Washington in the polls, going from unranked to No. 17 and No. 19. 7. Washington 7. Oklahoma State The Associated Press Poll is made up of a panel of 61 sports writers and 8. Michigan 8. Michigan broadcasters from around the country. 9. Wisconsin 9. Ohio State 10. Ohio State 10. Wisconsin The USA Today Poll is also known as the Coaches Poll and is selected by the 11. Georgia 11. Florida State Amway Board of Coaches, made up of 64 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision 12. Florida State 12. Georgia schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. 13. Virginia Tech 13. Virginia Tech 14. Miami (FL) 14. Miami (FL) The College Football Playoff rankings are selected by a 12-person committee of 15. Auburn 15. TCU current athletic directors, former college football coaches, a former Secretary 16. TCU 16. Auburn of State, and a current media member. The committee will issue its first 17. Mississippi State 17. South Florida rankings Tuesday, October 31, with subsequent rankings taking place the next 18. Washington State 18. Washington State five weeks. 19. Louisville 19. Mississippi State 20. Florida 20. Louisville 21. South Florida 21. Utah 22. San Diego State 22. Florida 23. Utah 23. LSU 24. Oregon 24. Oregon 25. LSU 25. San Diego State Rose Bowl Game Projections These projections are from writers of national publications on who they predict will play in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual.

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CBS Sports The Athletic Rose Bowletin TV Schedule - Week 4 (All times below are listed in PT and subject to change) Thursday, September, 21 Saturday, September, 23 (continued) South Carolina State at NC Central, 4:30 pm, ESPNU Nevada at Washington State, 3 pm, Pac-12 Network Temple at South Florida, 4:30 pm, ESPN Oklahoma at Baylor, 5:30 pm, FS1 Mississippi State at Georgia, 4 pm, ESPN Friday, September, 22 San Diego State at Air Force, 4 pm, CBSSN Virginia at Boise State, 5 pm, ESPN2 Syracuse at LSU, 4 pm, ESPN2 Utah at Arizona, 7:30 pm, FS1 Auburn at Missouri, 4:30 pm, ESPNU Penn State at Iowa, 4:30 pm, ABC Saturday, September, 23 Florida at Kentucky, 4:30 pm, SEC Network Arkansas vs. Texas A&M (Arlington), 9 am, ESPN Notre Dame at Michigan State, 5 pm, FOX Army at Tulane, 9 am, CBSSN Oregon at Arizona State, 7 pm, Pac-12 Network North Carolina State at Florida State, 9 am, ABC or ESPN2 Washington at Colorado, 7 pm, FS1 Texas Tech at , 9 am, ABC or ESPN2 Hawaii at Wyoming, 7:15 pm, ESPN2 UMass at Tennessee, 9 am, SEC Network UCLA at Stanford, 7:30 pm, ESPN UNLV at Ohio State, 9 am, BTN West Virginia at Kansas, 9 am, ESPNU at Georgia Tech, 9:20 am, ACC Network UCF at Maryland, noon, FS1 Alabama at Vanderbilt, 12:30 pm, CBS College at Clemson, 12:30 pm, ESPN2 Saturday Cincinnati at Navy, 12:30 pm, CBSSN Times Square Duke at North Carolina, 12:30 pm, ESPNU New York City, New York Georgia Southern at Indiana, 12:30 pm, BTN Louisiana Tech at South Carolina, 12:30 pm, SEC Network Rutgers at Nebraska, 12:30 pm, BTN TCU at Oklahoma State, 12:30 pm, ESPN USC at , 12:30 pm, ABC Michigan at Purdue, 1 pm, FOX

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Week 4 Schedule East Overall Conf Ohio State 2-1 1-0 Road to the Heisman Trophy runs through the state of Oklahoma UNLV at Ohio State Penn State 3-0 0-0 Despite the fact that the reigning Heisman Trophy winner is still playing college UCF at Maryland Michigan 3-0 0-0 football, early indications are that Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield or Rutgers at Nebraska Maryland 2-0 0-0 Oklahoma State quarterback Mason Rudolph are the favorites to win the award Georgia Southern at Indiana Michigan State 2-0 0-0 given to the best college football player. Louisville’s Lamar Jackson, who won Michigan at Purdue Rutgers 1-2 0-0 the Heisman last year, along with Game stars , Penn State at Iowa Indiana 1-1 0-1 of USC, and , of Penn State, round out the early top-five. Notre Dame at Michigan State West Overall Conf Arkansas to wear Cowboys inspired uniforms in game at Jerry World Wisconsin 3-0 0-0 Arkansas will wear Dallas Cowboys replica uniforms for the Southwest Iowa 3-0 0-0 Classic against Texas A&M on Saturday, the school announced Sunday. The Minnesota 3-0 0-0 Southwest Classic is annually played inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Illinois 2-1 0-0 the Cowboys’ home stadium. Northwestern 2-1 0-0 Purdue 2-1 0-0 The alternative uniforms are being worn to honor Cowboys owner Jerry Jones Nebraska 1-2 0-0 for his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last month. Jones was a co-captain on the Razorbacks’ 1964 national title team and has long been the school’s most recognizable booster.

Pac-12 Standings The Razorbacks will wear silver helmets and pants — like Jones’ Cowboys — Pac-12 along with a red jersey. The uniform will have similar markings as the Cowboys’ North Overall Conf uniform, such as a Razorback logo on the jersey shoulder where Dallas wears Week 4 Schedule a star and wide stripes on the pants. Utah at Arizona Washington 3-0 0-0 USC at Cal Washington St. 3-0 1-0 Nevada at Washington State California 3-0 0-0 Essentially, Razorback red replaces Cowboys blue everywhere on the uniform, Washington at Colorado Oregon 3-0 0-0 which was unveiled Sunday on the UA website with players wearing the No. Oregon at Arizona State Stanford 1-2 0-1 20 jersey. That’s the number All-American running back Darren McFadden, a UCLA at Stanford Oregon State 1-3 0-1 former Razorback, now wears for the Cowboys.

South Overall Conf Oklahoma President to retire USC 3-0 1-0 University of Oklahoma president David Boren announced Wednesday that Colorado 3-0 0-0 he will retire at the end of the 2017-18 school year. Boren, 76, has served as Utah 3-0 0-0 Oklahoma’s president for 23 years. Before that he was a U.S. senator, and in UCLA 2-1 0-0 the 1970s he became the youngest governor in Oklahoma history at age 33. Arizona 2-1 0-0 Arizona State 1-2 0-0 Boren will retire as the second-longest-tenured president in university history, trailing only George Lynn Cross. As Oklahoma’s president, Boren was at the heart of the Big 12’s expansion push, which quickly fizzled after the league announced it would explore expansion in July 2016.