This week's Varsity Numbers is up over at Football Outsiders. In it, I discuss September's bigger surprises, the teams who are what we thought they were, the teams we weren't skeptical enough about, and ... Texas Tech, apparently your No. 6 team.

Picks for Week 5 of the 2012 college football season.

Highlighting Florida State's go-ahead drive in their 49-37 win over Clemson on Saturday.

West Virginia methodically rolled out a 31-21 victory, despite not playing at the level to which they are accustomed. Washington State, meanwhile, started out by playing its best three quarters of the season before its deficiencies were exposed.

Projections for Week 3 of the college football season.

Welcome to the third installment of a new weekly piece at Football Study Hall, The Key Drive. The Key Drive will focus on one drive a week that highly impacted the outcome of a game, essentially the drive that was the key to winning or losing.

Going forward, Matt Barkley needs to exhibit a bit more patience and let USC’s passing game develop downfield. Barkley is simply too talented to be the dink and dunk quarterback he has become in recent weeks.

If USC is to come away with a big victory in Palo Alto, Barkley is going to have to complete more than one pass downfield this time around.

Picks for Week 3 of the college football season.

While Washington State can be happy with the ultimate outcome of the game, a 24-20 home victory over Eastern Washington, the inconsistency of the Cougars' allegedly high-powered offense remains a concern.