Only
games Friday and Saturday, and there are some spicy match-ups.
The Friday
game (TCU-SMU) will tell us a lot about TCU’s ability to compete for the Big XII title.
In the
early slate, USF-GT and NW-Duke will give us more clarity on the middle of the
ACC, Hou-Ariz will tell us more about the AAC contender and just how far
Sumlin and Arizona have to build up from.
The
afternoon group of games bring us a Big XII rivalry renewed (NU-CU), a big SEC
East tussle (UGA-USC), our first look at my favorite MAC offense (Buffalo-Temple),
a telling AAC West tussle (Navy-Mem) and finally, EL ASSSSSSSSICO (Iowa-IA St).
In the
evening, A&M-Clemson is a big time matchup, if in name only, Mizzou gets a
big test for their offense against a very good Wyoming squad, a middling
ACC-B1G matchup (Indiana-UVA), the most lopsided “rivalry” in the SEC (UF-UK),
a renewal of Pitt-PSU, and a preview of the Pac-12 championship game (Stan-USC),
maybe.
For your late night/degenerate perusal.
BYU-CAL is suddenly interesting off a surprising week 1 BYU victory over Arizona,
Arizona State brings a stiffer test than expected for Michigan State, and
Hawaii-Rice should be fun if only for late night Hawaii reasons (Rice has
scored an average 28 and 27 so far so at least a bit of a test).
So there
we are week 2 doesn’t have a huge slate of hyped games, but does have quite a
bit of quality as far as week 2 goes.
|
Home
|
Away
|
Home
Rating
|
Away
Rating
|
My
Spread
|
Fav.
Win%
|
Date
|
Time
|
TV
|
|
SMU
|
TCU
|
2.952
|
11.048
|
-6.182
|
56.9%
|
9/7
|
19:00
|
ESPN2
|
|
USF
|
Georgia Tech
|
0.517
|
3.766
|
-1.425
|
51.9%
|
9/8
|
11:00
|
ABC/
ESPN2
|
|
Northwestern
|
Duke
|
19.249
|
5.173
|
16.686
|
68.0%
|
9/8
|
11:00
|
ESPNU
|
|
Michigan
|
Western Michigan
|
19.577
|
-7.840
|
33.280
|
85.7%
|
9/8
|
11:00
|
FS1
|
|
Kansas State
|
Mississippi State
|
3.601
|
17.883
|
-10.154
|
61.1%
|
9/8
|
11:00
|
ESPN
|
|
Vanderbilt
|
Nevada
|
0.230
|
-10.382
|
13.295
|
64.4%
|
9/8
|
11:00
|
SECN
|
|
Houston
|
Arizona
|
1.281
|
2.445
|
1.867
|
52.4%
|
9/8
|
11:00
|
ABC/
ESPN2
|
|
Army
|
Liberty
|
4.349
|
5.088
|
2.071
|
52.6%
|
9/8
|
11:00
|
CBSSN
|
|
Purdue
|
Eastern Michigan
|
5.051
|
-6.763
|
14.747
|
66.0%
|
9/8
|
11:00
|
BTN
|
|
Wisconsin
|
New Mexico
|
26.424
|
-12.389
|
43.583
|
97.0%
|
9/8
|
11:00
|
BTN
|
|
Wake Forest
|
Towson
|
10.194
|
-22.636
|
35.697
|
-
|
9/8
|
11:00
|
ACCN
|
|
NC State
|
Georgia State
|
10.389
|
-12.528
|
27.061
|
79.1%
|
9/8
|
11:30
|
ACCN
|
|
Boston College
|
Holy Cross
|
16.001
|
-22.636
|
41.336
|
-
|
9/8
|
12:00
|
ACCN
|
|
Oklahoma
|
UCLA
|
24.005
|
3.718
|
25.395
|
77.3%
|
9/8
|
12:00
|
FOX
|
|
FAU
|
Air Force
|
7.895
|
-9.247
|
18.496
|
69.9%
|
9/8
|
13:00
|
-
|
|
Oregon
|
Portland State
|
9.302
|
-22.636
|
36.169
|
-
|
9/8
|
13:00
|
P12N
|
|
Virginia Tech
|
William & Mary
|
13.109
|
-22.636
|
39.929
|
-
|
9/8
|
13:00
|
ACCN
|
|
Central Michigan
|
Kansas
|
-10.014
|
-12.744
|
3.838
|
54.5%
|
9/8
|
14:00
|
ESPN+
|
|
Ohio State
|
Rutgers
|
22.330
|
-3.783
|
31.857
|
84.2%
|
9/8
|
14:30
|
BTN
|
|
Nebraska
|
Colorado
|
0.093
|
-0.897
|
6.289
|
57.0%
|
9/8
|
14:30
|
ABC
|
|
South Carolina
|
Georgia
|
12.932
|
22.827
|
-5.170
|
55.9%
|
9/8
|
14:30
|
CBS
|
|
Alabama
|
Arkansas State
|
26.228
|
-0.889
|
32.620
|
85.0%
|
9/8
|
14:30
|
ESPN2
|
|
East Carolina
|
North Carolina
|
-25.413
|
-3.647
|
-18.802
|
70.3%
|
9/8
|
14:30
|
ESPNU
|
|
Syracuse
|
Wagner
|
1.948
|
-22.636
|
26.973
|
-
|
9/8
|
14:30
|
ACCN
|
|
Notre Dame
|
Ball State
|
25.522
|
-12.248
|
42.600
|
95.9%
|
9/8
|
14:30
|
NBC
|
|
Temple
|
Buffalo
|
-9.265
|
-2.750
|
-4.958
|
55.6%
|
9/8
|
14:30
|
ESPN3
|
|
Navy
|
Memphis
|
-4.423
|
9.408
|
-10.389
|
61.4%
|
9/8
|
14:30
|
CBSSN
|
|
Kent State
|
Howard
|
-15.550
|
-22.636
|
8.120
|
-
|
9/8
|
14:30
|
ESPN+
|
|
Akron
|
Morgan State
|
-6.391
|
-22.636
|
17.674
|
-
|
9/8
|
14:30
|
ESPN+
|
|
Texas Tech
|
Lamar
|
-0.044
|
-22.636
|
26.498
|
-
|
9/8
|
15:00
|
-
|
|
Mississippi
|
Southern Illinois
|
5.880
|
-22.636
|
32.648
|
-
|
9/8
|
15:00
|
SECN
|
|
Tennessee
|
E. Tennessee St
|
-7.572
|
-22.636
|
20.332
|
-
|
9/8
|
15:00
|
SECN
|
|
Iowa
|
Iowa State
|
11.585
|
4.598
|
11.285
|
62.3%
|
9/8
|
16:00
|
FOX
|
|
Washington
|
North Dakota
|
20.193
|
-22.636
|
47.113
|
-
|
9/8
|
16:00
|
P12N
|
|
UCF
|
South Carolina St
|
18.458
|
-22.636
|
43.908
|
-
|
9/8
|
17:00
|
ESPN3
|
|
Charlotte
|
Appalachian State
|
-14.410
|
-4.604
|
-7.532
|
58.3%
|
9/8
|
17:00
|
ESPN+
|
|
Bowling Green
|
Maryland
|
-16.379
|
5.818
|
-20.400
|
72.0%
|
9/8
|
17:00
|
ESPN+
|
|
West Virginia
|
Youngstown State
|
3.677
|
-22.636
|
30.244
|
-
|
9/8
|
17:00
|
-
|
|
Georgia Southern
|
UMASS
|
-7.802
|
-9.788
|
3.921
|
54.5%
|
9/8
|
17:00
|
ESPN+
|
|
Miami (FL)
|
Savannah State
|
15.817
|
-22.636
|
42.231
|
-
|
9/8
|
17:00
|
ACCN
|
|
Marshall
|
Eastern Kentucky
|
4.559
|
-22.636
|
29.013
|
-
|
9/8
|
17:30
|
ESPN+
|
|
Louisiana Tech
|
Southern
|
4.056
|
-22.636
|
28.706
|
-
|
9/8
|
18:00
|
ESPN+
|
|
Middle Tennessee
|
UT Martin
|
-7.908
|
-22.636
|
16.016
|
-
|
9/8
|
18:00
|
ESPN
|
|
Southern Miss
|
ULM
|
-7.624
|
-4.965
|
-0.566
|
51.0%
|
9/8
|
18:00
|
ESPN3
|
|
UTSA
|
Baylor
|
-15.839
|
-8.007
|
-6.746
|
57.5%
|
9/8
|
18:00
|
-
|
|
Coastal Carolina
|
UAB
|
-19.824
|
-3.217
|
-13.897
|
65.1%
|
9/8
|
18:00
|
ESPN+
|
|
Louisville
|
Indiana State
|
0.044
|
-22.636
|
26.203
|
-
|
9/8
|
18:00
|
ACCN
|
|
Texas A&M
|
Clemson
|
12.912
|
27.195
|
-9.076
|
60.0%
|
9/8
|
18:00
|
ESPN
|
|
LSU
|
SE Louisiana
|
11.725
|
-22.636
|
39.739
|
-
|
9/8
|
18:00
|
ESPN2
|
|
Missouri
|
Wyoming
|
6.786
|
0.877
|
9.203
|
60.1%
|
9/8
|
18:00
|
ESPNU
|
|
Texas State
|
Texas Southern
|
-21.302
|
-22.636
|
2.892
|
-
|
9/8
|
18:00
|
ESPN3
|
|
Troy
|
Florida A&M
|
-2.115
|
-22.636
|
22.871
|
-
|
9/8
|
18:00
|
ESPN+
|
|
Florida State
|
Samford
|
6.152
|
-22.636
|
33.168
|
-
|
9/8
|
18:20
|
ACCN
|
|
WKU
|
Maine
|
-12.108
|
-22.636
|
12.596
|
-
|
9/8
|
18:30
|
ESPN+
|
|
Old Dominion
|
FIU
|
-7.253
|
-10.504
|
6.320
|
57.1%
|
9/8
|
18:30
|
-
|
|
North Texas
|
Incarnate Word
|
7.358
|
-22.636
|
31.901
|
-
|
9/8
|
18:30
|
ESPN+
|
|
Illinois
|
Western Illinois
|
-9.390
|
-22.636
|
15.927
|
-
|
9/8
|
18:30
|
BTN
|
|
Indiana
|
Virginia
|
2.472
|
-0.851
|
6.525
|
57.3%
|
9/8
|
18:30
|
BTN
|
|
Colorado State
|
Arkansas
|
-18.790
|
3.131
|
-19.015
|
70.5%
|
9/8
|
18:30
|
CBSSN
|
|
Auburn
|
Alabama State
|
26.066
|
-22.636
|
53.737
|
-
|
9/8
|
18:30
|
SECN
|
|
Florida
|
Kentucky
|
10.535
|
8.050
|
7.533
|
58.3%
|
9/8
|
18:30
|
SECN
|
|
Northern Illinois
|
Utah
|
-0.842
|
4.420
|
-4.542
|
55.2%
|
9/8
|
18:30
|
ESPNN
|
|
Minnesota
|
Fresno State
|
1.644
|
8.382
|
-3.373
|
54.0%
|
9/8
|
18:30
|
FS1
|
|
Utah State
|
New Mexico State
|
-4.853
|
-14.509
|
12.066
|
63.1%
|
9/8
|
19:00
|
-
|
|
Oklahoma State
|
South Alabama
|
9.122
|
-14.793
|
27.837
|
79.9%
|
9/8
|
19:00
|
-
|
|
Pittsburgh
|
Penn State
|
-0.945
|
18.819
|
-17.338
|
68.7%
|
9/8
|
19:00
|
ABC
|
|
Texas
|
Tulsa
|
5.244
|
-6.601
|
16.939
|
68.3%
|
9/8
|
19:00
|
LHN
|
|
Tulane
|
Nicholls
|
-8.333
|
-22.636
|
16.096
|
-
|
9/8
|
19:00
|
ESPN3
|
|
Miami (OH)
|
Cincinnati
|
-8.332
|
-5.272
|
-1.239
|
51.7%
|
9/8
|
19:00
|
ESPN3
|
|
Oregon State
|
Southern Utah
|
-13.119
|
-22.636
|
12.319
|
-
|
9/8
|
19:00
|
P12N
|
|
Stanford
|
USC
|
25.875
|
22.406
|
7.127
|
57.9%
|
9/8
|
19:30
|
FOX
|
|
UNLV
|
UTEP
|
-10.946
|
-30.004
|
20.294
|
71.8%
|
9/8
|
20:00
|
-
|
|
San Diego State
|
Sacramento State
|
6.472
|
-22.636
|
31.218
|
-
|
9/8
|
20:00
|
-
|
|
BYU
|
California
|
1.278
|
8.588
|
-3.460
|
54.1%
|
9/8
|
21:15
|
ESPN2
|
|
Boise State
|
Connecticut
|
20.372
|
-19.466
|
42.836
|
96.1%
|
9/8
|
21:15
|
ESPNU
|
|
Arizona State
|
Michigan State
|
9.078
|
24.811
|
-12.190
|
63.3%
|
9/8
|
21:45
|
ESPN
|
|
Washington State
|
San Jose State
|
14.772
|
-29.149
|
47.088
|
100.0%
|
9/8
|
22:00
|
P12N
|
|
Hawaii
|
Rice
|
-17.850
|
-20.085
|
3.704
|
54.3%
|
9/8
|
22:59
|
-
|
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