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.

Florida State lost tremendous talent to the NFL draft, losing players like Jordan Travis, Trey Benson, Keon Coleman, Johnny Wilson, Jared Verse and Braden Fiske. They filled in that talent with experienced college football players like Roydell Williams and Malik Benson, but the chemistry on the Noles' rosters has been lackluster all year.