Such is the state of college football in 2024, a time when change is the only true constant. Just look around in Week 4, and everything felt a bit topsy-turvy. In Texas, the headlines were all about the ballyhooed quarterback with the magical name who would lead an undefeated team into battle.

Week 4 in college football featured one of the first slates with conference play scattered across the landscape, and the arrival of that portion of the season brings the first real challenges for voters in the AP Top 25 poll.