Daniels for the season in the 31-23 season-opening win against Fresno State. 23 Stanford at Southern California | 10:30 p.m. If Auburn QB Nix can work on his accuracy (13-for-31 against Oregon with two interceptions), Tigers coach Gus Malzahn could see his team have another odd year of success (BCS National Championship game for 2013, SEC runner up in 2017). Playing an FIU team that went 9-4 in 2018, the Green Wave picked up 545 yards and won in a rout, 42-14. Tulane's impressive Week 1 dominance might have been overlooked, especially when it comes to Auburn and freshman QB Bo Nix's late-game heroics. In the 2003 Cotton Bowl, the Longhorns beat the Tigers 35-20. This is only the programs' second meeting since LSU won 13-0 in 1963. But the focus will be on the LSU defense vs. Though it was against Georgia Southern (a Sun Belt team that won 10 games in 2018), LSU QB Joe Burrow passed for 278 yards and five touchdowns. The one thing holding the Tigers back has been a dynamic offense. Nebraska struggled to put away South Alabama in their 2019 debut, so the Huskers still have to prove their preseason national ranking is more than offseason hype.
The long-time day after Thanksgiving game when the pair were in the Big 12, these two met a year ago in Lincoln, where the Buffaloes won 33-28 as part of the Huskers' 0-6 start. The Aggies might need a career game from Kellen Mond to complete the upset, as it's difficult to imagine Clemson struggling to score with all that offensive firepower. So top-ranked Clemson is going to be prepared. Texas A&M almost upset Clemson in one of the Tigers' rare close games in 2018. A rising Maryland would make the division even more difficult to traverse. The Big Ten East is rough enough with Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State and Michigan State all ranked. In 20, the victim role belonged to Texas. Maryland has a history of upsetting ranked teams early in the season. But what fun is college football without having some fun projection? And Army pushed eventual College Football Playoff participant Oklahoma to overtime just last year.
If Army can somehow pull this off, it would be fun to think about an undefeated Black Knights team as a New Year's Six candidate. This is, by far, Army's toughest game - and it's not even close. 7 | FOXĪfter Clemson-Texas A&M and LSU-Texas, this might be the most intriguing game, simply because of what craziness an Army upset would create. It will be fun seeing Fickell's and DC Marcus Freeman's (a former OSU player) defense against Buckeyes QB Justin Fields. But Cincinnati comes in with no pressure. Cincinnati is 1-0 this year after beating UCLA, but Ohio State figures to be a much, much tougher foe. After going 4-8 in 2018, the Bearcats went 11-2 last season and finished No. 7 | ABCĬincinnati has been on a roll under former Ohio State interim coach and player Luke Fickell. SCOREBOARD: Live updates, scores for every game 1 Clemson? Can LSU halt Texas' rise with a primetime win in Austin? Also, could Army (gulp) already end what could be a special season for Michigan?Ĭollege football Week 2 preview: Top games Check out our top games, what to watch and Top 25 rankings below.Ĭan Texas A&M upset No. 18 Mississippi St.Week 2 of the 2019 college football season should do more to separate College Football Playoff contenders from the rest, thanks to two huge showdowns. should again be pretty bad as Randy Edsall continues to build for seasons down the line. . . He’ll have the pleasure of coaching quarterback McKenzie Milton, who - as SB Nation’s Bill Connelly notes - was plenty good against UCF’s strong opponents last season but devastating against the bad ones, and U-Conn. Scott Frost left to coach Nebraska in the most obvious move ever, so the school tabbed another former quarterback who shined in the early days of the Big 12: Former Oklahoma signal-caller Josh Heupel, who if anything may make the Knights’ offense go even faster (he’s also serving as offensive coordinator, the same position he held at Missouri last season). We do have “national champion” Central Florida, kicking off its “defense” at Connecticut. College football’s opening Thursday night has never been about the glitzy powerhouses - you’ll probably never see Alabama playing on the Thursday before Labor Day - and as usual most of the teams kicking things off this season are either meat-and-potatoes FBS or paycheck-seeking FCS.
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