Bad openers for a third of the top 25 teams

[Cuyahoga Falls Eers]

3, 5 & 16 lost, 9 had to go overtime to beat a non-Power 5 team today.

2, 8, 12 and 25 were unimpressive in victory.

So 8 of the top 25 teams were either bad or ugly. And 3 more ranked teams haven’t played yet in this 5-day weekend.


THE GOOD

#1 Alabama up 52-6 on #20 USC

#6 Ohio State demolished Bowling Green, 77-10

#7 Michigan destroyed Hawaii, 63-3

#13 TCU up 59-41 on South Dakota State (defense a lost art)

#17 Iowa beat Miami of Ohio, 45-21

#18 Georgia beat #22 North Carolina, 33-24

#21 Oklahoma State beat Southeastern Louisiana, 61-7

#24 Oregon beat California-Davis, 53-28

#19 Louisville beat Charlotte, 70-14

#23 Baylor beat Northwestern State, 55-7


THE BAD

#2 Clemson only up 13-6 on unranked Auburn.

#8 Stanford beat Kansas State, 26-13

#12 Michigan State beat Furman, 28-13

#25 Florida beat UMass, 24-7


THE UGLY

#3 Oklahoma lost to #15 Houston, 33-23 (Houston’s audition for Big 12 membership)

#5 LSU lost to unranked Wisconsin, 16-14

#9 Tennessee beat unranked Appalachian State in overtime, 20-13

#16 UCLA lost in overtime to unranked Texas A&M, 31-24



SUNDAY

#10 Notre Dame vs. Texas

MONDAY

#11 Mississippi vs. #4 Florida State

 

[ColoradoMountaineer]

I wonder if they have started the coaching search in baton rouge.