It's only the second week of the season, and it's looking to be deadly to play on Thursday evening! Last week the favored South Carolina Gamecocks were thrashed by Texas A&M, now this week the Arizona Wildcats barely scrape out a win against the UTSA Roadrunners, a team in only their third season as a FBS team.
Friday saw an upset, as Pitt shocked Boston College. Saturday continued the strangeness. It was a terrible day for the Big Ten, a tough day for many Big XII teams, a strange day for the Pac-12, and a great day for ACC (the latter two seeming to continue what began on Thurs and Fri). Washington nearly lost to Eastern Washington, whose quarterback threw for seven touchdowns against the Huskies. The performance was so impressive that the Fox Sports late night analysts got confused and actually thought Eastern Washington was a FBS team!
Michigan State kept Oregon at bay through two and a half quarters, but then they let the game get away from them. Virginia Tech upset Ohio State and Michigan was shut out by Notre Dame, effectively removing all contenders of the Big Ten from playoff contention except Nebraska, who is the only Big Ten team in the Top 25. Texas wanted to redeem themselves against BYU, and instead suffered an even more embarrassing loss.
So how does that leave the Top 25? All FBS teams are now eligible, but there have been enough strange results in the past two weeks that I'm not sure we'll see lots of movement in the next two weeks. Still, here we go with the first OFFICIAL Top 25:
TOP 25
1. USC TROJANS (2-0) : Impressive defensive victory over Stanford, who usually has the best defense in the Pac-12
2. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-0) : They slaughtered Michigan in their final scheduled match-up
3. Alabama Crimson Tide (2-0) : Florida Atlantic is not a great team, but the Tide played a flawless game, which is a definite improvement from last week.
4. Oklahoma Sooners (2-0) : The only impressive Big XII performance against a FBS team this week
5. Ole Miss Rebels (2-0) : Vandy is definitely a bust this season, but impressive play by Boise State makes last week's result better
6. Auburn Tigers (2-0) : Nice games against opponents who have been decent in previous seasons
7. Florida Gators (1-0) : The Gators get to finish a game, and it was impressive
8. Texas A&M Aggies (2-0): They get no credit for demolishing FCS Lamar; this position is still due to their shocker over South Carolina last week
9. BYU Cougars (2-0) : They thoroughly trounced Texas
10. Tennessee Volunteers (2-0) : This team believes in themselves, and they are making believers out of the rest of us
11. Baylor Bears (2-0)
12. Georgia Bulldogs (1-0) : Dangerous time of year for a bye week
13. Arizona State Sun Devils (2-0) : New Mexico is not a challenge, but the Sun Devils offense was still impressive
14. Oregon Ducks (2-0) : They held up against the Spartans defense, but they need to find some consistency
15. Stanford Cardinal (1-1)
16. Virginia Tech Hokies (2-0) : Convincing defensive win for the mastermind of Beamer Ball
17. Florida State Seminoles (2-0) : Still looking for an impressive FBS win
18. Mississippi State Bulldogs (2-0)
19. Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-0)
20. Missouri Tigers (2-0) : The offense rolled against Toledo, but the defense showed vulnerabilities
21. LSU Tigers (2-0)
22. Louisville Cardinals (2-0)
23. Utah Utes (2-0) : This team is showing sparks of their pre-Pac-12 strong days
24. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (2-0) : Tulane wasn't quite wrapped up as well as they should have been
25. Kentucky Wildcats (2-0) : Offense didn't show up as much this week
On the Edge: Oregon State Beavers (2-0), Duke Blue Devils (2-0), Virginia Cavaliers (1-1), West Virginia Mountaineers (1-1)
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