Week 2 College Football

The big showdown in Austin on Sat night didnt really turn out to be one as I predicted. OSU was my bet of the year, and they turned a 3 pt dog line into a 17 pt win. Lets take a look at what happened. Troy Smith was the difference, much like Mr Young was last year. And on defense Mr Laurnaitis was a big playmaker on d forcing the key fumble down near the goal line when game as tied at 0, and picking off Colt McCoy in the 4th. Texas is a good squad, but is not a threat to win the Title this year like the Buckeyes are. On to the rest of the Top 10 games. Auburn went on the road in the SEC to Starkville to take on the Bulldogs of Mississippi St. As expected, Auburn (W on line) dominated through the air with Cox and on the ground with Irons. The tiger defense was stifling for the second consecutive week. Big, Big showdown next week at home when they other Tigers come calling to the Plains. Notre Dame got back on track in a big way with a big win against Penn St. (W on line). Brady Quinn had a solid game, and the Irish defense has looked solid through 2 games. This was the offense we were expecting, but this clearly is not the same PSU team as last year. Another big game this weekend when they host the Wolverines. FSU (L on line) really struggled at home vs a pesky Troy team. The Noles trailed at halftime, and into the fourth quarter before forcing two late Troy turnovers to seal the deal. The Noles offense has to be a concern at this point after only putting up 37 pts on 2 games. They have a very favorable schedule, so it isnt going to take much in my opinion for them to get to the ACC title game. The Gators put up huge numbers against George Oleary's Central Florida team. As expected, but lets see what happens when they travel up to Knoxville this weekend for the key SEC East matchup. LSU (W on line) dominated the Arizona Wildcats at home in Death Valley Sat night and was not caught looking ahead to the huge matchup with Auburn. West Virginia rolled against a very weak team to move to 2-0. And lastly, the Michigan Wolverines got Mike Hart rolling early and often for the second consecutive week to roll of C. Michigan. We got some huge, huge games coming up this weekend which are sure to effect the rankings next week. But here is my Top 10 going into Week 3:

1- Ohio State (rather obvious after Sat night)
2- USC (move up even with Bye week)
3- Notre Dame (played tougher schedule than Auburn at this point)
4- Auburn (defense looking like best in America)
5- Florida (going gets tough this week in Knoxville)
6- LSU (HUGE battle with Auburn this weekend)
7- West Virginia (again, they are gonna be here all year)
8- Florida St. (fall 3 spots after Troy struggle)
9- Texas (losing to best team in America nothing to be ashamed about)
10- Michigan (has their opportunity this weekend at ND)