2023 Week 4 wrap up

A third of the season in the books, and we're just scratching the surface.

But we can claim Washington State as the champion of the Pac-2 as they defeated their only remaining conference member, 38-35.

ACC Wheel of Destiny
Florida State (2-0)
   W:  BC, Clemson
Louisville (2-0)
   W:  Georgia Tech, BC
Duke (1-0)
   W:  Clemson
NC State (1-0)
   W:  uva
UNC (1-0)
   W:  Pitt
Georgia Tech (1-1)
   W:  Wake Forest
   L:  Louisville
Pitt (0-1)
   L:  UNC
Wake Forest (0-1)
   L: GT
uva (0-1)
   L:  NC State
Clemson (0-2)
   L:  Duke, FSU
Boston College (0-2)
   L:  FSU, Louisville

Yet to play:  VT, Miami, Syracuse

SEC
East
Controls destiny:
-Georgia (1-0)
   W:  USCe
-Florida (1-0)
   W:  Tennessee
-Kentucky (1-0)
   W:  Vandy

Needs help:
-South Carolina (1-1) needs 2 Georgia losses.
   L:  Georgia
-Tennessee (0-1) needs 2 Florida losses.
   L:  Florida
-Vanderbilt (0-1) needs 2 Kentucky losses.
   L:  Kentucky

Yet to play:  Missouri

West
Controls destiny:
-LSU (1-0)
   W:  Arkansas
-Alabama (1-0)
   W:  Ole Miss
-Texas A&M (1-0)
   W:  Auburn
-Mississippi State (0-1) has a cross divisional loss.

Needs help:
-Arkansas (0-1) needs 2 LSU losses.
   L:  LSU
-Ole Miss (0-1) needs 2 Alabama losses.
   L:  Alabama
-Auburn (0-1) needs 2 Texas A&M losses.
   L:  Texas A&M

Big Ten
East
Controls destiny:
-Penn State (2-0) has cross-divisional wins.
-Ohio State (1-0)
   W:  Indiana
-Michigan (1-0)
   W:  Rutgers
-Maryland (1-0)
   W:  Michigan State

Needs help:
-Rutgers (1-1) needs 2 Michigan losses.
   L:  Michigan
-Indiana (0-1) needs two Ohio State losses.
   L:  Ohio State
-Michigan State (0-1) needs two Maryland losses.
   L:  Maryland

West
Controls destiny:
-Wisconsin (1-0)
   W:  Purdue
-Northwestern (1-1) has a cross-divisional loss.
   W:  Minnesota
-Illinois (0-1) has a cross-divisional loss.
-Iowa (0-1) has a cross-divisional loss.

Needs help:
-Minnesota (1-1) needs a Northwestern loss.
   W:  Nebraska
   L:  Northwestern
-Nebraska (0-1) needs two Minnesota losses.
   L:  Minnesota
-Purdue (0-1) needs two Wisconsin losses.
   L:  Wisconsin

Drive for 325:  The Iowa offensive coordinator had an amendment added to his contract which basically says he needs to average 25 points per game and win at least 7 games in order to gain another extension.  Since 7 wins would mean a bowl game, there is an expectation that Iowa will play in at least 13 games this season -- so 13 x 25 = 325.

After 4 games:
Total points / Benchmark: 85 / 100
Points per game:  21.25

(The benchmark number is how many total points Iowa should have scored to stay on pace.)

Ironically, Iowa was above the average after their third game (28.3 points), but quickly lost that cushion when they neglected to score a single point in their fourth game.

Big 12
Texas (1-0)
   W:  Baylor
TCU (1-0)
   W:  Houston
Oklahoma (1-0)
   W:  Cincinnati
Kansas (1-0)
   W:  BYU
West Virginia (1-0)
   W:  Texas Tech
Texas Tech (0-1)
   L:  WVU
Iowa State (1-0)
   W:  Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State (0-1)
   L:  Iowa State
Kansas State (1-0)
   W:  UCF
UCF (0-1)
   L:  Kansas State
BYU (0-1)
   L:  Kansas
Cincinnati (0-1)
   L:  Oklahoma
Houston (0-1)
   L:  TCU
Baylor (0-1)
   L:  Texas

Pac-12
USC (2-0) - Big Ten
   W:  Stanford, Arizona State
Washington (1-0) - Big Ten
   W:  Cal
Oregon (1-0) - Big Ten
   W:  Colorado
Utah (1-0) - Big 12
   W:  UCLA
Washington State (1-0) - Pac-2
   W:  Oregon State
Arizona (1-0) - Big 12
   W:  Stanford
Oregon State (0-1) - Pac-2
   L:  Washington State
UCLA (0-1) - Big Ten
   L:  Utah
Colorado (0-1) - Big 12
   L:  Oregon
Cal (0-1) - ACC
   L:  Washington
Arizona State (0-1) - Big 12
   L:  USC
Stanford (0-2) - ACC
   L:  USC, Arizona