Few teams have been more pleasant surprises than BYU, Duke, Indiana, Illinois and Pittsburgh, which have all started 4-0 after being picked to finish toward the bottom of their respective league standings in the preseason. But there have been disappointing starts for others. Can those seasons still be salvaged? Or has hope been completely dashed?

In one of the surprises of the new season, Florida State has crashed back to Earth, while the Gators are on course for another disappointing year.

Few expected Florida State to run the table again in the Atlantic Coast Conference and coast into the expanded, 12-team College Football Playoff.