2017-18 NCAA Football (Week 2)

(13) Auburn 6-14 (3) Clemson
Not a lot of offense in this game.  Auburn fans are acting like this is a bad loss but I think holding that Clemson attack to 14 points isn't bad. Good win for Clemson, this combined with Buckeyes gacking up a home game cements their Bama-in-waiting status early.

(5) Oklahoma 31-16 (2) Ohio State
Good win for OK. Looked like they'd play each other to a stalemate but the Sooners were finally able to punch through the Buckeye D, while the Buckeye offense just never get going. Not a terrible loss for OSU but Michigan's looking good, so their margin for error is razor thin.

(14) Stanford 24-42 (6) Southern Cal
Bummer of a loss for Stanford fans but a good ol' fashioned thumping of a conference foe in front of the home folks was what Southern Cal needed. I wouldn't write off Stanford just yet, these outcomes happen when you play the same foes year in year out.

(15) Georgia 20-19 (24) Notre Dame
I thought Notre Dame was generally the better team, but weren't able to get that last score or last stop they needed. Good win for Georgia, thought they might leap frog more people in this week's ranking; not a terrible loss for Notre Dame, they have USC, Stanford, Miami on the schedule, they can still put together a good season.

Top 25
Handled their business:
(1) Alabama, (3) Clemson, (4) Penn State, (5) Oklahoma, (6) Southern Cal, (7) Washington, (8) Michigan, (9) Wisconsin, (11) Oklahoma State, (12) LSU, (15) Georgia, (17) Louisville, (18) Virginia Tech, (19) Kansas State, (23) TCU, (25) Tennessee

Got it done but did not impress
(20) Washington State (going triple OT at home to an unranked Boise St that basically matched them every step of the way, suggests that they are an edge of top 20 team at best--and maybe Boise St too)

Bad beat
(13) Auburn
(14) Stanford
(24) Notre Dame (felt like they were gonna pull it it out)

Not so good
(2) Ohio State (getting steadily thumped through the 2nd half in an early season home game just don't seem right for an Urban Meyer squad)

Cancelled/Postponed (casualties of Hurricane Irma)
(10) Florida State, (16) Miami, (21) South Florida, (22) Florida

Other interesting games: Iowa 44-41 (ot) at Iowa St (road rivalry win, nice work, Hawkeyes), Indiana 34-16 Virginia (Hoosiers Run Wild in Chancellorsville, only in Trump's America smh), Nebraska 35-42 Oregon (fun game, watched some of them running up and down on each other, good stuff for football lovers, not sure it impacts the ranking much, doubt we'll see either of these teams making any kind of run this season), South Carolina 31-13 at Missouri (are the Gamecocks good or the Tigers bad?), Utah 19-13 BYU (Utes takin care of bidness, another road rivalry win)

Next week's interesting games: (17) Miami @ (11) Florida State (postponed); (23) Tennessee @ (24) Florida; (3) Clemson @ (14) Louisville