Week two concluded with a couple of upsets that resulted in teams sliding down in the polls (or off them altogether: note that Notre Dame is gone form the list this week). The elite teams in the top 5 have firmed up their positions and, barring a major surprise, should continue to do so this week.
Having escaped the Thursday Night Curse due to the play of their place kicker, Scott Blair (threw for a TD, kicked tying and winning field goals in the final minutes, etc.), #14 Georgia Tech puts it to the test once more against #20 Miami (Fla.). The Hurricanes should watch for a fake punt or, maybe, an end around flea flicker this week. ;-)
Only one other contest pits Top 25 teams against each other: #1 Virginia Tech (1-1) hosts #19 Nebraska (2-0).
Here are the rankings and matchups of the Top 25 (more or less) going into week three of the college football season. The rankings are from the AP/Coaches Poll/CBSSports 120. Those in parentheses are from last week prior to play.
1/1/1 (1/1/1) Florida (2-0) hosts Tennessee (1-1).
2/2/2 (2/2/2) Texas (2-0) hosts Texas Tech (2-0).
3/3/3 (3/3/4) Southern California (2-0) plays at Washington (1-1).
4/4/4 (4/4/3) Alabama (2-0) hosts North Texas (1-1).
5/5/6 (7/5/8) Penn State (2-0) hosts Temple (0-1).
5/6/8 (6/8/9) Mississippi (1-0) hosts Southeastern Louisiana (2-0).
7/9/5 (9/12/7) Brigham Young (2-0) hosts Florida State (1-1).
8/7/11 (10/10/12) California (2-0) plays at Minnesota (2-0) Saturday. Bears vs. Gophers? No contest.
9/7/10 (11/9/11) LSU (2-0) hosts Louisiana-Lafayette (2-0).
10/10/9 (12/11/10) Boise State plays at Fresno State on Friday night.
11/11/7 (8/7/5) Ohio State (1-1) at Toledo (1-1).
12/12/12 (13/14/13) Oklahoma (1-1) hosts Tulsa (2-0).
13/14/15 (14/15/16) Virginia Tech (1-1) hosts #19 Nebraska (2-0).
14/13/13 (15/13/14) Georgia Tech (2-0) plays on Thursday night again. This time at #20 Miami (Fla.) (1-0). Beware the Thursday Night Curse!
15/15/14 (16/16/15) TCU (1-0) hosts Texas State-San Marcos (1-0).
16/17/18 (5/6/6) Oklahoma State (1-1) hosts Rice (0-2).
17/21/25 (13/13/NL) Cincinnati (2-0) plays at Oregon State (2-0). Hmm…Bearcats vs Beavers. If it doesn’t rain the ‘Cats should win. No?
18/16/16 (17/17/18) Utah (2-0) plays at Oregon (1-1).
19/18/21 (22/18/20) Nebraska (2-0) plays at #13 Virginia Tech (1-1).
20/22/24 (20/22/23) Miami (Fla.) (1-0) hosts Georgia Tech (2-0) on Thursday night.
21/NL/17 (NL/NL/NL) Houston does not play this week.
22/23/20 (24/25/19) Kansas (2-0) hosts Duke (1-1).
23/20/19 (21/21/17) Georgia (1-1) plays at Arkansas (1-0).
24/19/23 (19/19/22) North Carolina (2-0) hosts East Carolina (1-1).
25/NL/22 (NL/NL/NL) Michigan (2-0) hosts Eastern Michigan (0-2).
NL/24/NL (NL/24/NL) Oregon State (2-0) hosts #17 Cincinnati (2-0).
NL/25/NL (25/NL/NL) Missouri (2-0) hosts Furman (2-0).
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