Week 2 handed college football one of its defining early moments of the season, and it came in Columbus and Austin. No. 4 Texas erased a 20-3 halftime deficit to stun top-ranked Ohio State 24-23, giving the Longhorns their first win over an AP No. 1 team since 2008.
That was the headline, but it wasn’t the only shakeup. No.
6 Oregon went down at Oklahoma State, No. 11 Oklahoma fell at Michigan, and Iowa squeezed out another tense finish in the Cy-Hawk rivalry.
Elsewhere, the ranked teams mostly did what ranked teams are supposed to do, piling up lopsided wins across the board.
Here’s how the Week 2 Top 25 played out:
No. 1 Ohio State 23, No. 4 Texas 24
No. 2 Georgia 70, Western Kentucky 20
No. 3 Notre Dame 52, Rice 0
No. 5 Indiana 55, Howard 0
No. 6 Oregon 31, Oklahoma State 39
No. 7 Miami 77, Florida A&M 7
No. 8 LSU 45, Louisiana Tech 14
No. 9 Ole Miss 41, Charlotte 9
No. 10 Texas A&M 48, Arizona State 20
No. 11 Oklahoma 10, Michigan 17
No. 12 Alabama 45, Kentucky 17
No. 13 Texas Tech 35, Oregon State 24
No. 14 USC 49, Louisiana 30
No. 15 BYU 28, Arizona 17
No. 16 Penn State 27, Temple 9
No. 17 SMU 56, UC Davis 10
No. 18 Tennessee 45, Georgia Tech 24
No. 19 Washington 16, Utah State 14
No. 20 Utah 43, Arkansas 10
No. 21 Iowa 16, Iowa State 13
No. 22 Houston 77, Southern University 6
No. 23 Missouri 38, Kansas 21
No. 24 Louisville 59, Villanova 13
No. 25 Virginia 59, Norfolk State 3
There were also a few individual storylines tucked inside the results. LSU’s Sam Leavitt was intercepted three times by Louisiana Tech, though it didn’t stop the Tigers from winning comfortably, 45-14.
And around the country, the weekend produced plenty to chew on: Ohio State and Texas delivered the early-game of-the-year candidate, Michigan’s win over Oklahoma came after a week of scrutiny, and Oregon’s loss at Oklahoma State raised fresh questions about the Ducks. Texas A&M survived its first test against Arizona State, while Iowa again needed a late field goal to finish off Iowa State.
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