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College Football Week 4 Power Rankings

By Elias Arnett

Oct 24, 2015; Harrisonburg, VA, USA; General view of ESPN Gameday set during the broadcast in the front of Wilson Hall on the campus of James Madison University prior to the homecoming game between Richmond and James Madison at Bridgeforth Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 24, 2015; Harrisonburg, VA, USA; General view of ESPN Gameday set during the broadcast in the front of Wilson Hall on the campus of James Madison University prior to the homecoming game between Richmond and James Madison at Bridgeforth Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Clemson Tigers were a team many were picking to win the College Football playoff at the end of the year. They were ranked #2 in the AP pre-season poll, and were widely talked about all off-season.

A little bit of that hype got taken away when Louisville and Lamar Jackson busted on to the scene.

However, the Clemson faithful have nothing to complain about through the first four games of the season. Their defense is only giving up about 11 points per game, and their high powered offense is averaging nearly 34 points per game.

If their defense can keep those numbers up, the whole college football community should be worried.

The Tiger offense is lead by Heisman candidate and quarterback Deshaun Watson. The junior quarterback was coming off a stellar 2015 season, where he threw for over 4,100 yards and ran for another 1,100 and change. That’s over 5,200 yards from one player.

Yikes.

This week we will figure out what the Tigers are made of, as they take on Louisville for ESPN’s College GameDay of the week. Many are anticipating a high scored game, as they should with both Watson and Jackson running their offenses.

I don’t believe two ACC schools will be able to get in to the College Football Playoff, as a one-loss BIG10 school is more appealing than a one-loss ACC school, so all eyes will be focused on Memorial Stadium this Saturday night.

Clemson might not be able to slow down Jackson and the Louisville offense, but I think they will just enough to out-score them this weekend.

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