Week 2 is in the books, and for the third time, a Nick Saban protégè has defeated the master. This also makes a third different assistant to beat Nick Saban, and the first time Nick Saban has lost to a former assistant at home. Washington State got a big win over a big ten team, Miami got a big win, and a few teams survived scares. Mel Tucker is suspended for the foreseeable future and it will be interesting to see how the Spartans continue without him. LSU and Clemson bounced back in big ways despite playing inferior teams. This season will be chaotic for sure, and is an extension to the chaos that already ensued before the season even started. ESPN indicated too that this is the first time in 6 years that every power 5 conference was represented in the AP top 5. Back in 2017, it was 1) Alabama, 2) Ohio State, 3) Clemson, 4) USC, 5) Oklahoma. This year it is 1) Georgia, 2) Michigan, 3) Florida State, 4) Texas, 5) USC.
Additionally, while he is not a freshman, Bert Auburn has the most ironic name in all of college football. He’s the kicker for Texas, whose main color is ‘Bert’ Orange, and his team has played Alabama twice (and won at least once) before Auburn has so far in his college career.
I will try to make sure I don’t do it again, but in the first two weeks, I failed to predict all the games that happened each week. I missed Temple/Rutgers last week after missing another game in week 1.
Week 2 record: 68-16 (.810)
Total record through Week 2: 150-27 (.847)
September 14 (2 games):
22) Miami (FL) def. Bethune Cookman, 52-10
Memphis def. Navy, 38-21
September 15 (3 games):
Maryland def. Virginia, 41-24
UTSA def. Army, 37-24
Air Force def. Utah State, 35-28
September 16 (69 games):
3) Florida State def. Boston College, 45-10
7) Penn State def. Illinois, 41-20
14) LSU def. Mississippi State, 31-17
15) Kansas State def. Missouri, 48-17
Liberty def. Buffalo, 44-23
Louisville def. Indiana, 38-24
Wisconsin def. Georgia Southern, 45-17
Wake Forest def. Old Dominion, 41-23
Baylor def. Long Island, 38-14
Iowa State def. Ohio, 24-20
Kent State def. Central Connecticut, 39-14
Boise State def. North Dakota, 34-10
12) Utah def. Weber State, 38-7
NC State def. VMI, 47-16
Eastern Michigan def. UMass, 31-17
Temple def. Norfolk State, 31-9
Ball State def. Indiana State, 42-14
9) Notre Dame def. Central Michigan, 52-3
1) Georgia def. South Carolina, 47-21
10) Alabama def. South Florida, 51-10
16) Oregon State def. San Diego State, 45-14
19) Oklahoma def. Tulsa, 48-13
20) North Carolina def. Minnesota, 38-27
21) Duke def. Northwestern, 45-13
25) Iowa def. Western Michigan, 31-10
Virginia Tech def. Rutgers, 31-24
UConn def. FIU, 38-17
Appalachian State def. East Carolina, 35-14
6) Ohio State def. Western Kentucky, 42-10
Texas A&M def. UL Monroe, 49-7
California def. Idaho, 30-7
Tulane def. Southern Mississippi, 34-17
8) Washington def. Michigan State, 41-20
23) Washington State def. Northern Colorado, 36-10
24) UCLA def. NC Central, 44-13
Georgia State def. Charlotte, 34-20
UCF def. Villanova, 45-17
11) Tennessee def. Florida, 38-21
Auburn def. Samford, 41-10
Louisiana Tech def. North Texas, 38-33
MTSU def. Murray State, 27-13
Northern Illinois def. Nebraska, 27-23
Vanderbilt def. UNLV, 31-17
Cincinnati def. Miami (OH), 39-14
Oklahoma State def. South Alabama, 38-17
Texas Tech def. Tarleton State, 51-17
Louisiana def. UAB, 37-34
SMU def. Prairie View, 35-21
Rice def. Texas Southern, 38-10
Coastal Carolina def. Duquesne, 47-14
Arkansas State def. Stony Brook, 41-13
James Madison def. Troy, 42-28
2) Michigan def. Bowling Green, 45-10
17) Ole Miss def. Georgia Tech, 45-20
Arkansas def. BYU, 35-17
Kentucky def. Akron, 33-14
Purdue def. Syracuse, 38-35
West Virginia def. Pittsburgh, 41-38
4) Texas def. Wyoming, 51-10
13) Oregon def. Hawaii, 45-7
New Mexico State def. New Mexico, 36-31
Stanford def. Sacramento State, 37-21
Clemson def. FAU, 55-20
TCU def. Houston, 41-30
Jackson State def. Texas State, 39-35
18) Colorado def. Colorado State, 48-10
Fresno State def. Arizona State, 37-31
Kansas def. Nevada, 35-14
Arizona def. UTEP, 38-13
As a footnote, part of the reason there are fewer games to do predictions on because fewer teams in the FBS level are playing lower-level teams, despite it still being the middle of September for playing non-conference games. This will continue to decrease as we get into October and November, as teams will exclusively compete against other teams in their conference, where there will be a total of ~65 games to reflect that there are 130 teams in the FBS.
College Football Prediction Central with Paul Shen 