College Football Corner: Joe Pa's House

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- This being week four of the season, it's now time to take stock of what we've witnessed to discern any trends.

No. 9 Oklahoma, a pre-season darling to make it to the Citi(C Quote) BCS National Championship Game, watched its season fizzle in a week one loss and on Sam Bradford's bum throwing shoulder. It was the same game that crowned now No. 20 BYU as the latest in a line of potential BCS busters.

Fast forward to last weekend, and that same BYU team recorded its first loss at the hands of Florida State and its 512 yards of total offense. Oklahoma, meanwhile, is back in the top 10 after an early write-off, clubbing a more than adequate Tulsa program over the weekend on the arm of backup quarter Landry Jones and his six touchdown passes.

No. 16 Oklahoma State, another fast-rising club in the pre-season, took on No. 17 Georgia in week one, and came away with its best home-opening win in recent years. With boosted Cowboy hopes that pre-season prognosticators may have just gotten it right, Oklahoma State went on to get trounced by a fast-emerging No. 23 Houston squad in week two.

The Bulldogs, meanwhile, who were forecast to languish at the bottom of the SEC barrel following the thumping in Stillwater, are 2-0 since, including rolling up 52 points on a more than formidable Arkansas Razorback squad.

No. 12 Virginia Tech took a week one slapping by No. 3 Alabama. Now, the Hokies are riding high after an impressive last-minute victory over No. 24 Nebraska.