What we learned this week in college football

By Chris Maza
Fan Fanatic Sports Staff

Week 4 of the college football season is in the books and here's the lessons we learned.

Ole Miss was, indeed, overrated.
Most of this has been covered already, but just to reiterate the point, No. 4 Ole Miss lost to an unranked South Carolina team in embarassing fashion. Remember that until Jevan Snead threw a fourth-quarter touchdown pass, the Gamecocks had dominated for three quarters. Had USC been able to capitalize on three red zone trips with touchdowns instead of field goals, this one could have been a lot uglier.

Penn State is not a championship calliber team.
Year after year Penn State plays one of the softest schedules in college football and is considered a terrific football team bound for BCS glory. Then they lose one of their perceived cupcake games and it all unravels. This year is no different. For the second straight year, Iowa may have disrupted Penn State's hopes for a championship. Any team that can apply decent pressure will be able to disrupt the Nitany Lions' spread offense and Iowa exploited that flaw.

There is life after LaGarrett Blount for Oregon afterall.
The Oregon offense lost what was perceived to be its best player in its opening day loss to Boise State, but the Ducks have gone 3-1 without him, including putting up 42 points against sixth-ranked California. While scoring on Cal shouldn't be all that surprising, holding the Golden Bears to three points is. Jahvid Best was held in check after scoring five touchdowns a week ago. Looks like the Pac-10 just might be a three-team race.

Tim Tebow is not God.
Contrary to what the media might like to tell you, Tim Tebow is not the second coming. Tebow was knocked out of Saturday's blowout win at Kentucky with a concussion and is uncertain for next week's game against LSU. For many, it would only be sweet justice that the team touted as the best in the land for beating up on the likes of Troy and Charleston Southern would be without its best player for its first game against a real opponent.

Notre Dame isn't a Top-25 team, but it sure is fun to watch.
Love them or hate them, the Irish have been party to some of the most entertaining games in college football this year. Saturday night's 24-21 win over Purdue marks the third straight time a Notre Dame game was decided within the last minute. This time, a hobbled Jimmy Clausen, who didn't play pretty much the entire second half, came in with his team down and led them on a 13-play, 72-yard drive to take the lead with 24.8 seconds remaining.

The ACC is way to close to even venture a guess at a champion.
Florida State can't decide whether or not they're a good team. Miami proved they're vulnerable. Despite this week's big win, Virginia Tech still has major question marks. Georgia Tech is back in the Top-25, but has lacked consistency. The only thing for certain in this conference is there's a lot of uncertainty. One thing to note is that all the teams in this discussion are in the Coastal Division. Boston College and Clemson lead the Atlantic at this point and neither can be considered a team to beat. Both already have one conference loss. Clemson lost to Georgia Tech by a field goal, but then topped Boston College, holding the Eagles to 49 total yards. Boston College came off of that loss and beat Wake Forest in overtime, but gave up 500 yards in the process.