The Northwestern Wildcats were able to pull off a road victory at Cal in its season opener, but it came at a cost. Now the Cats’ will have to host a Syracuse team on Saturday without the possibility of two key offensive weapons.
The Oklahoma Sooners took the field for their season opener last Saturday under the direction of redshirt freshman Trevor Knight under center.
The Oregon State Beavers had one of the most disappointing results of any FBS team in Week 1. They lost to the Eastern Washington Eagles (FCS), and as a result, they dropped out of the AP Top 25. The Hawaii Warriors are also looking for their first win, as they fell to USC 30-13.
The Florida International Golden Panthers will face a stern test in their first home game under new head coach Ron Turner when they host in-state rival Central Florida.
Florida Atlantic joined Conference USA this season but little is expected of them in terms of really competing, heck they were barely worth mentioning in the Sun Belt, a much easier league.
The Arizona State Sun Devils didn’t play in Week 1, which means their matchup against the Sacramento State Hornets will be their first of the season. Sacramento State didn’t have last week off, but it probably wishes it did, as it fell 24-0 to San Jose State in the opener.
The Michigan State Spartans and their tenacious defense will face off against the South Florida Bulls on Saturday at Spartan Stadium, looking to improve to 2-0 on the year.
The Demon Deacons and the Eagles meet for the ninth time since Boston joined the ACC on Friday.
Welcome to the ACC Pittsburgh. One of the conference’s newcomers wastes no time getting started with a conference game and they couldn’t have asked for a for challenging opponent even though there are some questions about just how good this Florida State really is.
A long offseason for the Texas A&M Aggies finally comes to an end. While they’ll have to play the first 30-minutes of this contest without star quarterback Johnny Manziel, the Aggies will surely be happy to finally get an opportunity to do their talking on the football field.
An undefeated season in 2012 has placed high expectations on this year’s Buckeyes squad, but with the pressure now on them the team will be hard-pressed to repeat their feat from a year ago.
Texas head coach Mack Brown thinks the Longhorns can go undefeated. They won’t have any trouble getting off to a 1-0 start against a bad New Mexico State team.
A pair of new head coaches will get their first opportunity to impress their respective fan bases as Tommy Tuberville and Darrell Hazell make their debuts with Cincinnati and Purdue, respectively.
Head coach Doc Holliday has done a great job of bringing in talent at Marshall, but this is the year the squad needs to turn all that talent into wins.
There are some very good games in the first week of the season as we have been offered some fun neutral site contests and even some rare conference games…but this one is the prize of the week pitting two Top 10 teams in an on-campus BCS Championship elimination match before we even get to Labour Day (neutral sites are cool but they often lack emotion).
Louisville is getting about as much preseason buzz as the program ever has heading into this season and it is for good reason.
