Top 25 and 3 Winners and Losers for Week 2
Top 25 (week 2)
- LSU
- Boise St
- Alabama
- Wisconsin
- Oklahoma
- Florida St
- Stanford
- Nebraska
- Oklahoma St
- South Carolina
- Arkansas
- Oregon
- Texas A&M
- Ohio State
- Mich State
- Virginia Tech
- Arizona St
- West Va
- Florida
- Baylor
- Auburn
- Maryland
- Northwestern
- Miss State
- Penn State
Not much changed from last week. Oregon is still the best 1 loss team in the country. Penn State and Miss State lost to quality opponents, but I still think they are top 25 teams. We’ll learn a lot more about Miss State this week though. Otherwise this is all just wild speculation as only a few teams have proven themselves (LSU, Boise, maybe OK St).
3 Winners:
Texas: They pulled one out and came back from a 13 point deficit against a good BYU team. To say they struggled at QB is to put it gently. The QB situation is probably causing Mack Brown night terrors but they may have found a solution in a familiar name, McCoy. That would be Case McCoy, Colt’s younger brother. He can toss it to Jaxon Shipley, Jordan’s younger brother. And yes, in a made for Gameday story,they are roommates, keeping the family tradition alive.
Oklahoma State: Remember on Thursday when Weeden to Blackmon looked like two buddies playing catch in the backyard? Remember they were playing a decent Arizona team that many people picked as a Pac-12 darkhorse? The Cowboys are good this year.
Auburn: Somehow they just keep winning. Are they are a good team? Who knows but the only thing that matters right now to the Auburn fans is that they keep winning and are now 1-0 in the SEC after defeating a hyped up Miss State squad. Gene Chizik is now 9-0 in games decided by 4 points or less. (via Bruce Feldman #freebruce )
Honorary Mentions: Tennessee, Michigan
3 Losers
Notre Dame: What can I say? The offense continued to turn the ball over and the defense decided not to show up in the last two minutes of the game. At least Brian Kelly didn’t blow a gasket on national television again. I can only imagine the hell he gave those players after the game.
Miss State: Thought you could steam roll Auburn and look forward to LSU? Didn’t realize Gene Chizik had sold his soul to keep winning games without Cam Newton? Or was it just poor coaching that turned an opportunity to tie the game into a loss? I know MSU is run first and runs a mean spread option but 8 seconds left on the goal line? I’d at least try one throw.
Georgia: Georgia was clearly focused and hyped for this one. They came out strong and generally outplayed South Carolina in every way possible except they lost. Stephen Garcia looked hungover at times but Steve Spurrier dialed in enough trickery and the South Carolina defense did just enough to deliver a win. The question now is not if they fire Richt but when. The fan base is frothing at the mouth. I almost feel bad for the guy… nah. THWG!
Honorary Mentions: Iowa, Oregon State, football in the state of Indiana
