It’s early, they’ll tell you. Don’t read too much into the first few Saturdays, they’ll say. Teams are still trying to figure themselves out, they’ll protest. There is a great deal of truth to these reasonable sentiments. Tweaks are being made. The paint is still drying on a fresh college football season. The product being shown during Week 2 will be vastly different come Halloween. With such disclaimers in plain sight, there’s a looming sense of vulnerability hovering over ...

Last season, Tennessee proved to be more of a late-game punchline to a sad and depressing joke than it was an SEC East power. The Vols threw away three, two-touchdown leads in losses, routinely found creative ways to play not to lose instead of playing to win and lacked the killer instinct that championship-caliber teams need in crunch time. That instinct was apparent in the 45-24 win over Virginia Tech, in front of 156,990 fans at Bristol ...

In what could end up being the wildest game of this college football season, Arkansas rallied late to win 41-38 over TCU in double overtime at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. Both teams had seemingly won and lost the game at numerous points. Arkansas blew a 20-7 lead in the fourth quarter before striking with a minute left to tie the game at 28 with a reverse pass to the quarterback on the ...

Through one quarter of action, it looked like No. 17 Tennessee was in line for another disappointing performance. Virginia Tech had carved up the Volunteers defense on its way to scoring the game's first 14 points, and Butch Jones' squad looked lost. But then the Hokies started turning the ball over, and Joshua Dobbs and the Tennessee offense took complete control, going on a 45-3 run before a garbage-time Hokies touchdown made it a more respectable ...

After the sky fell in Green Bay for the LSU Tigers in Week 1, the clouds cleared—literally because of a rain delay that backed up kickoff—on Saturday as the Tigers walloped FCS opponent Jacksonville State 34-13.  By far the biggest development for the Tigers was the benching of Brandon Harris under center in favor of Danny Etling, who was put into the game after just two drives and provided an immediate spark to a stagnant offense ...

The Arkansas Razorbacks allowed 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, falling eight points behind the TCU Horned Frogs with just over two minutes remaining in regulation, but a stunning series of events allowed the Razorbacks to come back and stun the nation's 15th-ranked team with a 41-38 double-overtime win at Amon G. Carter Stadium on Saturday night. After the Razorbacks (2-0) marched 58 yards in 1:02 to pull to within two points, they deployed a ...

A boring slate of games turned into an amazing day of college football—just like what always seems to happen. There were upsets. There was controversy. There were highlights unlike anything we've ever seen. And that was just Oklahoma State-Central Michigan! With so much going on—including one player tying the FBS touchdown record—there were bound to be winners and losers. Here's a look at where things settled after Week 2.Begin Slideshow

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — To say there was discord on the University of Alabama sideline near the end of Saturday’s game at Bryant-Denny Stadium would be an understatement. Even though it didn’t show up on the scoreboard, for the second straight week, Nick Saban’s team didn’t play well, and this time he wasn’t going to hold back. That he was feverishly yelling late in the game was nothing new, but a lot of it was directed at one ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two games through the 2016 season, Ohio State's defense has been one of the most impressive in the country. But if the Buckeyes defense is truly national contender-worthy, it's going to need to prove it in its next outing, against current No. 14 Oklahoma. "Our defense is playing so well right now," Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer said on Saturday. "Obviously the challenge of challenges is coming next week." Any concern about the No. 4 ...

Two weeks into the season, the Ohio State Buckeyes look like the national title contender they thought they would be. The Buckeyes, who scored the final 45 points of the game after a 3-3 first quarter, gained 268 yards on the ground and forced six turnovers on their way to a 48-3 win over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Saturday. Quarterback J.T. Barrett had a pair of rushing touchdowns and added 149 yards through the air on ...