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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 most exciting team, with probably the most exciting player, in football. Like Wisconsin, Louisville was left out of the AP Top 25 pre-season poll. They now currently sit third and are second in my power rankings.

What is there to not like?

It’s hard to be critical of this Louisville Cardinal team. They have won their first four games by an average of 41 points. Their offense has not put up less than 59 points, reaching 70 in week one against Charlotte. All eyes are on one man.

Lamar Jackson.

The sophomore quarterback wasn’t getting much attention before the season, and he made sure that changed, and fast. His numbers so far this season have been staggering. He has passed for over 1,300 yards and has 13 passing touchdowns, along with 526 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns.

The man has more touchdowns than most programs in Power 5 conferences alone.

It’s not just like Jackson is beating up on no-name programs. In the second week of the season he went to Syracuse and threw for 411 yards and had five touchdowns (four rushing).

Then in week three they faced the No. 2 ranked Florida State Seminoles at home and took them to school. Jackson had 216 passing yards to go along with 146 rushing yards and five touchdowns (four rushing).

His biggest threat is his ability to run the football, and man if you don’t take that away from him you’re going to be in for a long night. One flaw to Jackson is he has thrown one interception in each of the last three games. Playing at Clemson this week, he has to take better care for the ball.

Next Matchup: at Clemson

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