Week 3 Results.

I'm a tad late getting this up. I was going to do it on Sunday but put it off until Monday. Then the Bolt Hole Blackout of 2008 and.... The best laid plans and all that.

Week 3 is over and most teams have now played three games. A few have only two under their belt. In either case, we are getting a better feel for just how some of these teams stack up.

I present the results of Week 3. (Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 3 and are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. The numbers following the team’s name reflect their position prior to Week 2 games. NR= Not Ranked)

1/1/4 Southern California vs #5 Ohio State. USC dominated the Buckeyes 35-3.

2/2/3 Georgia at South Carolina. The Bulldogs eked out a victory over SC 14-7

3/3/1 Oklahoma at Washington. Demolished Washington 55-14.

4/4/5 Florida was idle this week.

5/5/2 Ohio State at #1 USC. See above. All Trojans all the time.

6/6/6 Missouri vs. Nevada. Missouri surpassed the 52 point level which it had reached in each of its first two games with the most points scored by any team this week wiping out Nevada 69-17

7/7/7 LSU vs. North Texas. The Tigers easily defeated North Texas 41-3.

8/8/9 Texas vs. Arkansas. PPT Ike put a damper on this one. They will play later in the season.

9/9/8 Auburn at Mississippi State. 3-2? Did they play baseball or football? In any event, Auburn gets the W.

10/10/11 Wisconsin at #21 Fresno State. The Badgers edged out FSU 13-10.

11/16/16 Alabama vs. Western Kentucky. The Tide rolled over Western Kentucky 41-7.

12/12/12 Texas Tech vs. SMU. Texas Tech tamed the Mustangs 43-7.

13/11/10 Kansas at #19 South Florida. USF wins 37-34 on last second field goal after trailing 20-3 in first half and 20-10 at half time.

14/20/18 East Carolina at Tulane. The Pirates edged Tulane 28-24 to go 3-0 in the early season.

15/13/14 Arizona State vs. UNLV. UNLV upset ASU in overtime, 23-20.

16/14/17 Oregon at Purdue. In another overtime game, this one a double OT, the Ducks downed the Boilermakers, 32-26.

17/17/21 Penn State at Syracuse. No overtime needed here as the Lions mauled the Orange, 55-13.

18/15/13 Brigham Young vs. UCLA. All BYU over the Bruins 59-0.

19/18/20 South Florida vs. #13 Kansas. Bulls win 37-34.

20/19/15 Wake Forest was idle. (I mistakenly had them playing at Florida State. That’s week 4.)

21/21/19 Fresno State vs. #10 Wisconsin. See above Badgers 13-10.

22/22/23 Utah at Utah State. Utah romped over USU, 58-10.

23/25/NR California at Maryland. The Terps emerged victors 35-27.

24/NR/24 Illinois vs. Louisiana-Lafayette. The Illini barely edged La-Lafayette 20-17.

25/24/22 West Virginia idle.

NR/23/NR Clemson vs. North Carolina State. The Tigers of Clemson won 27-9.

NR/NR/25 UCLA at #18 BYU. See above. BYU 59-0. Not a good week for California teams whose mascots are of the ursine variety. Bye-bye UCLA and #23 California. It’s going to take a few upsets for them to climb back into the Top 25.