Taking a look around the nation, in the Top 25, #1 Notre Dame destroyed Purdue 52-9. #2 Ohio State opened their year by thrashing Kent State 63-21. #3 Alabama edged out Vanderbilt 35-28. #5 North Carolina topped Rice 30-7. The game of the week went to #6 Oklahoma, who bested #17 Tennessee 45-28. #7 Texas A&M ran it up over FCS East 63-14. #8 USC whooped Boston College 48-21. UCLA scored an upset over #10 Washington 24-10. #11 Virginia Tech recovered from week 1 with a 45-10 beat down of Western Michigan. #12 Michigan State whooped Eastern Michigan 51-3.

#13 Georgia Tech squeaked one out over Tulane 17-3. #14 Oregon fought off Wyoming 28-24. #15 LSU escaped Louisiana-Monroe 31-28. #16 TCU pulled away from FCS Midwest 38-20. In a neutral site game, it was Ole Miss knocking off #18 Boise State 28-20. #19 Miami recovered from their opening loss by dismantling Louisiana Tech 42-7. In a second neutral site game, the upsets continued as East Carolina knocked off #20 South Carolina 38-34. #21 Auburn demolished #22 Kansas State 52-7. #23 Arizona beat UTSA 37-17. #24 Florida beat Arkansas 37-13. #25 Illinois fought off FCS Northwest 35-23.

For our readers, JeffHCross, #2 Ohio State opens their year 1-0 (0-0 Big Ten) with a 63-21 win over Kent State. Morsdraconis, West Virginia improves to 1-1 (0-0 Big 12) with a 42-25 win over FCS East. Souljahbill, Southern Miss opens their year 1-0 (0-0 C-USA) with a 27-17 win over FCS Southeast. Jaymo, Arizona State opens their year 1-0 (0-0 Pac-12) with a 63-38 shellacking of Rutgers. LeeSO, #21 Auburn opens 1-0 (0-0 SEC) with a 52-7 dismantling of #22 Kansas State. SCClassof93, #20 South Carolina drops to 1-1 (1-0 SEC) after getting knocked off by East Carolina 38-34. Other teams of interest, Arkansas State opens their year 1-0 (1-0 Sun Belt) with a 38-20 win over Idaho. Florida International drops to 0-2 (0-0 C-USA) with a 42-10 loss to Louisville. Navy opens their year 1-0 (1-0 American) with a 28-17 win over SMU. Tulsa opens their year 1-0 (0-0 American) with a 42-21 win over Utah State.

In Mountain West action, San Diego State beat FCS Northwest 24-17, San Jose State beat Memphis 35-30, #14 Oregon edged out Wyoming 28-24, Ole Miss knocked off #18 Boise State 28-20, FCS Midwest stunned Colorado State 20-17 in overtime, Oregon State doubled up Hawaii 34-17, Washington State held off Nevada 31-24, Missouri escaped New Mexico 38-35 in overtime, Stanford topped UNLV 38-7 and Tulsa beat Utah State 42-21.

Another terrible week for the Mountain West, going a combined 2-8, with the worst loss of the week coming on Colorado State's 20-17 overtime loss to FCS Midwest.

Taking a look at the new Top 25 Coaches Poll, Notre Dame (41 first place votes) remains #1, Ohio State (20 votes) remains #2, Alabama remains #3, Texas remains #4 and North Carolina remains #5. Oklahoma remains #6, Texas A&M remains #7, USC remains #8, Nebraska remains #9 and Virginia Tech climbs one to #10. Michigan State climbs one to #11, Georgia Tech jumps one to #12, Oregon moves up one to #13, TCU jumps two to #14 and LSU remains #15. Washington drops six to #16, Miami climbs two to #17, Auburn jumps three to #18, Arizona leaps four to #19 and Tennessee drops three to #20. UCLA enters the poll at #21, Florida climbs two to #22, Illinois moves up two to #23, Ole Miss enters the poll at #24 and Boise State (184 points) drops seven to #25. Dropping out of the poll this week were: South Carolina (from #20) and Kansas State (from #22). Looking at Others Receiving Votes, Baylor (162 points) is #26, followed by Northwestern (84), West Virginia (84), Oregon State (58) and Washington State (21) to round out the Top 30.

An early season look at the Heisman race, Ohio State QB Matt Cowan is #1 (LW: #1), Arizona HB Kevin Simpson is #2 (LW: #2), Alabama HB Derek Scott is #3 (LW: #5), Connecticut HB David Ward is #4 (LW: #3) and Notre Dame QB Mike Harper is #5 (LW: NR). Dropping off of the Heisman Watch List this week was Georgia Tech QB Phil Terrell (LW: #4).