With their road win at West Virginia, the LSU Tigers leapfrogged Oklahoma to take the top overall slot in the college football rankings after Week 4. Oklahoma State defeated Texas A&M and climbed ahead of Stanford to enter the top-five, while Wisconsin and Nebraska are ranked seventh and eight respectively ahead of their showdown on Saturday. The Les Miles • Bryan Lazare of TigerBait: After having their lead trimmed to six points at 27-21, the Tigers were dominant in all phases of the game. First, Morris Claiborne returned a West Virginia kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown to immediately give momentum back to LSU. Then, the Tigers offense put together a couple of scoring drives with reserve tailbacks Michael Ford and Alfred Blue recording the touchdowns. Meanwhile, the defense permitted the Mountaineers to run just two plays in Tigers territory the rest of the game. "We needed all three parts - offense, defense and special teams - to win the game," Les Miles said. "Mo Claiborne's kickoff return was right on time. The defense made some stops. Then, we controlled the ball on the ground on offense and finished it off." " The Bob Stoops • Crimson and Cream Machine: "Did Landry Jones throw for almost 450 yards?  Yes.  Did his performance tonight illicit any confidence?  Your answer should be a resounding no and if it isn't, well then you didn't pay much attention to this game.  The sunshine pumpers (my words) will point to all the things he did, but IMO this game was much more about what he didn't do.  What he didn't do was show progression once again.  Hist first INT was either a terrible decision or yet another under throw. His second INT was classic panic Landry, at least from what I saw, which just shows the guy hasn't really improved all that much from previous years.  The slightest bit or even the hint of pressure causes him to freak out and force the ball out of his hands at all costs, often at the cost of turnovers or plays very close to that." The Nick Saban • Don Kausler Jr. of the Tuscaloosa Bureau: "The credit for holding Tyler Wilson back, of course, goes to Alabama's rugged defense. What made good pass coverage better was a pass rush that was more effective than one sack shows, but the real reason Arkansas couldn't throw well was that it couldn't run at all. The Razorbacks were held to 17 yards rushing on 19 attempts. That was not a number inflated by sacks. Nick Gentry had the only sack, for a 10-yard loss. Subtract that and Arkansas ran 18 times for 27 yards (1.5 yards per carry). The Crimson Tide made the Razorbacks much more one-dimensional than coach Bobby Petrino surely wanted." The Chris Petersen • Kevan Lee of One Bronco Nation Under God: "The Boise State defense shut down and shut out the Tulsa offense for the first two-and-a-half quarters, which was enough time for the Bronco offense to put up 34 points and put Kellen Moore into safe mode on the sidelines. Moore threw four TD passes while he was in, two to Tyler Shoemaker. Doug Martin ran for a 33-yard score, his longest run of the season. And Jerrell Gavins picked surprise starter G.J. Kinne twice." The Mike Gundy • : "The Cowboys defense, after stressing fundamentals and installing fixes at the half, pitched a second-half shutout until the Aggies got a final touchdown late. Bill Young's crew allowed just five first downs in the second half and forced four turnovers, contributing to a third quarter that featured the OSU offense on the field for 37 of its staggering 95 total plays. “I thought we wore their D down,” said Cowboys receiver Josh Cooper, who finished with a career-high 11 catches for 123 yards. The Aggies didn't disagree." The David Shaw • Kevin Gemmell of ESPN: "To David Shaw the wide receiver, Bill Walsh’s player meetings were more than daily get-togethers to plan for the upcoming opponent. They were road maps. Blueprints. An ongoing archetype that would later be the philosophical foundation for David Shaw the offensive coordinator. And eventually, David Shaw the Stanford head coach.. And now, two decades later, Shaw still holds those core beliefs that Walsh passed on close to him: run the football, be physical up front, and above all, have balance. “That's who we are,” Shaw said. “It's who we've always been. When Jim [Harbaugh] first got here, we talked about establishing a balanced attack and it's been constant. It's what we've been trying to do from the beginning. Our guys know that when we can run the ball well, and be efficient with the run and run it physically between the tackles, it makes everything else go.” Through three games this season, the Cardinal have struck that balance that Shaw so eagerly wants to see. They’ve run 201 offensive plays, 54 percent on the ground (109 rushes) and 46 percent (92 passes) through the air. They’ve totaled 1,444 yards of offense, 59 percent in the passing game (856) and 41 percent through the running game (588 yards). They've scored 17 touchdowns -- eight on the ground, nine in the air. " The Bret Bielema • CBS Sports: "It was a final tune up for No. 6 Wisconsin -- starring Nick Toon. Toon caught seven passes for a career-high 155 yards and two touchdowns as the Badgers recovered from a slow start to rout South Dakota 59-10 at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday. With their last non-conference game out of the way, the Badgers finally can say it: Bring on Nebraska." The Bo Pelini • Husker Mike of Corn Nation: "The previous two weeks, Taylor Martinez looked more comfortable leading the team and his passing was more accurate than we'd seen out of Martinez previously. This week, it was a step backwards. Martinez was erratic with his throws in the first half, and didn't handle the football all that well. In the first quarter, Martinez felt non-existent pressure, and ran right into the line where he was sacked. That's not the offensive line's fault; that goes on Martinez for running into trouble instead of staying out of it." The Chip Kelly • Gary Horowitz of the Statesman Journal: "LaMichael James is 10 pounds heavier than last season, and based on his performance Saturday against Arizona, the Ducks' 5-foot-9, 195-pound junior tailback appears to be running with more power. James rushed for a single-game school record of 288 yards on 23 carries in Oregon's 56-31 victory at Arizona. He often initiated contact, broke tackles and pushed the pile. "He did that stuff on some runs against Stanford last year," coach Chip Kelly said Sunday of James' previous career-high of 257 yards against the Cardinal. "I think he's been the same." " The Steve Spurrier • Garnet and Black Attack: "The quarterback controversy is back with a vengeance, and that's not a position you want to be in heading into a huge game against the Auburn Tigers. After seemingly winning back the starting job with gusto with a solid performance against East Carolina, Stephen Garcia's performance has deteriorated with each subsequent game. I think it may be safe to say, though, that tonight's tilt with Vanderbilt was the worst of them all--perhaps the worst of his career. Garcia has seemingly regressed to 2008-Outback Bowl levels of ineptitude. He threw four interceptions, and outside of one or two plays, his passes were almost all off the mark somehow or another. Even his longer completions were generally bad passes; a couple can only be described as circus catches, heady plays by the receivers at best and simply lucky at worst, and others were thrown behind receivers, costing us yards after the catch. Likely much later than most of us would have liked, Spurrier finally opted to put Connor Shaw into the game. Shaw, for his part, made a couple of decent plays, but he also missed a wide open receiver on an underneath crossing route. Although he can say that he didn't turn the ball over, he hardly made a decisive statement for himself. Needless to say, Spurrier has a lot to think about heading into the Auburn game."

Cameron Marshall ran for 141 yards and three touchdowns to help Arizona State end an 11-game losing streak to USC with a 43-22 win over the No. 23 Trojans on Saturday night. "Cam was an absolute beast," said Arizona State quarterback Brock Osweiler, who threw for 223 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Marshall was questionable against USC after turning his ankle in Arizona State's error-filled 17-14 loss at Illinois.

Bryant Moniz set a Hawaii record and tied an NCAA record by throwing seven touchdown passes in the first half against UC Davis on Saturday night. Moniz led the Warriors to a 49-0 lead before sitting out the second half. He finished 30 of 40 for 424 yards, a school record for yards passing in a half, and added five carries for 50 yards.

South Carolina president Harris Pastides would like to see the SEC cap expansion to 14 teams. Pastides and the other SEC presidents have voted to accept Texas A&M as the league's 13th member. The presidents have not decided whether to add a 14th team. "I don't think 13 is a sustainable number, but I think 14 is," Pastides said. "I'm not in favor of 16 personally right now. You begin to lose what is a very special quality."

Chuck Neinas will take over the Big 12 as interim commissioner on Oct. 3. The Big 12 dumped former commissioner Dan Beebe on Thursday in a mutual agreement after the conference nearly fell apart for the second time in 15 months. "I am not a caretaker. My mission is to bring the conference closer together and move forward and make progress in all areas," Neinas said, adding he expects to be on the job six months or longer.

Penn State's Joe Paterno coached the first half against Eastern Michigan on Saturday afternoon from the sideline before returning to the press box after halftime. Paterno was making his first appearance on the field this season since getting hurt in practice last month. The 84-year-old injured his right shoulder and pelvis after a receiver accidentally crashed into him during preseason drills Aug. 7.

Notre Dame scored midway through the fourth quarter to edge Pittsburgh 15-12 at Heinz Field on Saturday afternoon. Irish quarterback Tommy Rees shrugged off a miserable start to hit tight end Tyler Eifert for a six-yard touchdown pass with less than seven minutes to go. It was Notre Dame's second straight victory. Rees went 8-for-8 on the game-winning drive, remaining patient even as the Panthers bottled up Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd.

Linebacker and leading tackler Shayne Skov is out for the season with a left knee injury, dealing a blow to No. 5 Stanford’s bid for a Pac-12 title and national championship. The school made the announcement Monday. Skov injured his knee in the second quarter of the Cardinal’s victory at Arizona on Saturday night.

Stanford will be without Shayne Skov for the remainder of the 2011 season. Skov is Stanford's leading tackler. The linebacker was injured during the second quarter of Stanford's win at Arizona on Saturday. The middle linebacker relays most of the calls to teammates and oversees audibles at the line of scrimmage. The signature eye black that Skov spreads liberally around his face and his mini-mohawk cut have also become staples on the Stanford defense.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has extended its northern reach, adding Pittsburgh and Syracuse. Now the question becomes, will the league stop there, or keep growing to 16? The ACC announced Sunday that its council of presidents unanimously voted to accept those two schools, a move that increases its membership to 14 and sends the Big East scrambling, again, to replace two of its cornerstone programs. “We are constantly evaluating the competitive landscape to ensure the conference’s viability for years to come, and this, I believe, has staying power,” ACC Commissioner John Swofford said on a conference call.