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BYU Drops to No. 20 in AP, No. 21 in Coaches

The week four college football polls released earlier today place the Cougars at 20th (AP) and 21st (Coaches) respectively.  Oregon, (3-1), Kansas (4-0) and Georgia (3-1) each moved ahead of BYU after each won on Saturday.  Despite covering the spread (17) and beating a previously undefeated CSU program, the Cougars were obviously hurt by Florida State's loss to South Florida.  The Seminoles dropped out the rankings entirely while the Bulls (4-0) received 145 AP votes (good enough for 29th) - just in front of UCLA and Utah.

Both Kansas (Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas) and Georgia (LSU, Florida, Georgia Tech) have some marquee opponents in the future.  Oregon plays at UCLA and Washington before hosting USC.  But there are some other schools that could move ahead of the Cougars barring further success in their respective conference games.  Mississippi, Michigan, Nebraska, and Cal are a few of those programs. 

If BYU is going to continue moving up the polls they'll certainly need to dominate in the games leading up to TCU...

Polls after the jump...

AP Top 25
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Florida (55) 4-0 1490
2 Texas (1) 4-0 1420
3 Alabama (4) 4-0 1400
4 LSU 4-0 1225
5 Boise State 4-0 1203
6 Virginia Tech 3-1 1190
7 USC 3-1 998
8 Oklahoma 2-1 979
9 Ohio State 3-1 957
10 Cincinnati 4-0 946
11 TCU 3-0 896
12 Houston 3-0 844
13 Iowa 4-0 788
14 Oklahoma State 3-1 591
15 Penn State 3-1 470
16 Oregon 3-1 462
17 Miami (FL) 2-1 452
18 Kansas 4-0 418
18 Georgia 3-1 418
20 Brigham Young 3-1 349
21 Mississippi 2-1 340
22 Michigan 4-0 271
23 Nebraska 3-1 256
24 California 3-1 206
25 Georgia Tech 3-1 185
USA Today Poll
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Florida (58) 4-0 1474
2 Texas (1) 4-0 1410
3 Alabama 4-0 1364
4 LSU 4-0 1226
5 Boise State 4-0 1144
6 Virginia Tech 3-1 1091
7 USC 3-1 1081
8 Oklahoma 2-1 1055
9 Ohio State 3-1 1036
10 TCU 3-0 928
11 Cincinnati 4-0 848
12 Oklahoma State 3-1 665
13 Penn State 3-1 627
14 Georgia 3-1 616
15 Houston 3-0 539
16 Kansas 4-0 508
17 Iowa 4-0 462
18 Mississippi 2-1 424
19 California 3-1 356
20 Michigan 4-0 304
21 Miami (FL) 2-1 298
21 Brigham Young 3-1 298
23 Missouri 4-0 295
24 Nebraska 3-1 242
25 Oregon 3-1 198