Florida St.: Florida State 22-20

Boise St.: Oregon State pushed its season-opening opponent back to the tune of minus-14 yards rushing, but the Broncos are infinitely more potent than Eastern Washington.Boise State 41-34

Pittsburgh: The road hasn’t been kind to the Panthers, who didn’t win a single game away from home last season, but that has to end sometime.Pittsburgh 27-20

Tennessee: All Phillip Fulmer needs to do is keep his troops from looking ahead to facing Florida next week.Tennessee 35-9

LSU: The resourceful Mike Stoops has an experienced team and should find a way to slightly slow down the Tigers, who have a daunting date with Auburn coming up.LSU 27-24

Auburn: Sylvester Croom’s offense was absolutely hapless last week versus a South Carolina defense that pales in comparison to Auburn’s, which sacked Washington State quarterback Alex Brink on three of the Cougars’ first four plays last week.Auburn 35-7

Florida: QB Chris Leak tinkers with all his weapons (old and new) in an attempt to fine-tune Florida for its visit to Rocky Top next week.Florida 37-10

Clemson: Clemson’s balanced attack breaks through for its first conquering visit to Chestnut Hill.Clemson 27-24

Colorado St.: Dan Hawkins lets out a sigh of relief since there won’t be a sense of public humiliation if he loses to a team that won’t be fighting to be a part of a playoff in late November.But that’s little consolation for starting the season 0-2.Colorado State 27-20

South Carolina: Gamecocks QB Blake Mitchell, who passed for 330 yards and three scores in the season opener at Mississippi State, and WR Sidney Rice form a very troublesome twosome for Georgia’s secondary.South Carolina 23-21

Washington St.: Welcome back to Pullman, Dennis Erickson.The former Cougars coach crosses the border to get a good look at the program he’ll probably be taking over next season.But he won’t like what he sees on the particular trip.Washington State 30-17

Iowa: Syracuse’s only hope is that Iowa gets caught looking ahead to next week’s showdown with Iowa State that is looming large due to the 23-3 beating the Cyclones put on the then-No. 8 ranked Hawkeyes last year (featuring the lowest point total for Iowa in Ames since 1910).Iowa 28-9

Louisville: QB Brian Brohm has more than enough to get the Cardinals to fly a lot higher than the Owls, who managed to score a not-so-grand total of three points in an overtime loss to Buffalo last week.Louisville 52-7

Minnesota: Cal slips further into misery.Minnesota 30-27

Ohio St.: This time around it’s Ohio State QB Troy Smith who fills that vital role in the script and provides the key difference.Ohio State 24-20

Penn St.: Notre Dame will have a difficult time fending off Penn State’s speedy defense ... and still has some problems on special teams to iron out.Penn State 26-20

UCLA: The Bruins should have little trouble with the Owls, who blew a 16-point, third-quarter lead in a 31-30 loss to Houston last week.UCLA 48-10

Stanford: Fill-in QB Adam Tafralis completed 28-of-35 for 323 yards and three touchdowns against the Huskies to the delight of Coach Dick Tomey, who needs that kind of output to compensate for a leaky defense that returned only two starters from last year’s 3-8 club.Stanford 31-28

Florida St.: FSU middle linebacker Buster Davis leads a unit that won’t be happy with anything less than a shutout.Florida State 34-0

Virginia Tech: North Carolina is formidable at Keenan Stadium, having won three of its last four there against ranked opponents, but Virginia Tech is too tough.Virginia Tech 30-16

Oklahoma: Look for Sooners QB Paul Thompson to be comfortable operating against a Huskies defense that will always have to worry about Adrian Peterson first.Oklahoma 38-14

West Virginia: The Terrapins’ last road victory over a Top-5 team came way back in 1950.West Virginia 34-13

Toledo: QB Clint Cochran and TE Chris Hopkins, who caught 13 passes for 139 yards and three touchdowns in Toledo’s season-opening, triple-overtime loss to Iowa State, gets the Rockets headed in the right direction.Toledo 27-20

Arizona St.: Colorado is seemingly at least a year away from having that kind of stability behind center.Arizona State 30-17

Texas A&M: Army is 1-1, but has scored just 23 points this season and the going figures to get a lot tougher against an Aggie bunch that has allowed only one touchdown in its first two games.Texas A&M 35-10

BYU: History won’t repeat itself since the Eagle defense isn’t nearly as stout this season and the Cougars offense has received a boost from sophomore RB Fui Vakapuna (11 carries for 96 yards and two touchdowns last week), who complements senior RB Curtis Brown quite well.BYU 23-21

Ohio St.: Ohio State’s defense outscores Cincinnati all by itself in this one.Ohio State 37-6

Florida St.: Father can’t lose to son two years in a row, right?Florida State 19-17

Florida: Leak should emerge with the upper hand, running a little bit more spread option than usual and taking advantage of the Vols injury woes.Florida 24-23

Iowa: If Tate is healthy, Iowa stays happy and gets its revenge.Iowa 27-20

Auburn: Look for Auburn kicker John Vaughn, who blasted a career-high 55-yarder last week in the victory over Mississippi State, to bounce back from his nightmare game against LSU last year (five missed field goals) to be the difference in the latest installment of this edge-of-your-seat series.Auburn 23-20

Miami (FL): The Hurricanes survive on a late stand by their defense.Miami 28-24

Notre Dame: But even more impressive was Notre Dame’s defense that nullified a good Penn State receiver corps and should do the same to Michigan, which hasn’t won in South Bend since 1994.Notre Dame 30-24

Michigan St.: Dave Wannstedt’s big-play offense at Pitt has started to click, averaging 35.5 points in a pair of solid victories over Virginia and Cincinnati, but they’ll drop a tough one at home.Michigan State 30-28

Navy: Judging by the results the Cardinal have posted so far this season, that appears to be the probable outcome.Navy 30-24

Southern Cal: The Cornhuskers are coming off a victory in which their opponent (Nicholls State) didn’t complete a single forward pass.They won’t be able to count on John David Booty being even remotely as charitable.USC 41-17

Hawaii: Not only will they have to deal with all the usual distractions of playing in paradise, but they’ll also face a Warriors team that was able to stand toe-to-toe with Alabama, 4,500 miles from home in Tuscaloosa.Hawaii 32-23

Oregon: The Ducks want revenge for last year’s 17-14 loss to Oklahoma in the Holiday Bowl and get it with a clutch score in the final minute.Oregon 24-21

Illinois: Syracuse drops its 12th in a row since Illinois is only moderately pathetic when playing at home.Illinois 17-13

Texas: The Owls hung tough with UCLA at the Rose Bowl last week, but are facing an entirely different animal in Texas, which has allowed only 87 yards rushing so far this season under the direction of defensive coordinator Gene Chizik, who is smarting after experiencing defeat for the first time in 30 games (the first 15 victories came while at Auburn).Texas 52-6

TCU: The Frogs are awfully tough at home, having gone 30-4 at Amon Carter Stadium since the start of the millennium.TCU 31-27

Georgia Tech: it’s not possible for Reggie Ball to go 0-for-4 in this series, is it?Georgia Tech 23-10

Nevada: The Wolf Pack have scheduled games with the type of aggressiveness that Michelle Wie employs when seeking entry into PGA tournaments, lining up against Fresno State, Arizona State, Colorado State and now Northwestern, before beginning their WAC slate.That’s part of the reason why this under-the-radar team with its 1-2 record has the Wildcats worried ... and they have every right to be.Nevada 24-13

Air Force: Wyoming’s new and improved defense is much better acquainted with the Air Force offense, but the Cowboy offense, which has been mistake prone, will be the one that can’t keep pace.Air Force 20-17

California: it might be the coaching match-up that makes the biggest difference.In that area, Jeff Tedford clearly has Dirk Koetter’s number, beating him in their last three meetings by the combined score of 133-61.California 28-20

Boston College: It’ll prove to be a good move for the Wolfpack if they can just avoid going into double overtime with the Eagles, who are clearly money in the bank when forced to play long.Boston College 24-17

Auburn: This game will remind Buffalo’s rookie coach Turner Gill of his playing days at Nebraska, when he was at the helm of an offense that literally ran right over an out-classed opponent.But in this case, Turner and his Bulls, who allowed Northern Illinois to rush for 344 yards on just 36 carries last week, are the ones playing the part of the road kill.Auburn 52-0

Georgia: Thank goodness for Buff kicker Mason Crosby, who can drill three-pointers from the “G” logo on the 50-yard line.Georgia 27-6

Boise St.: The Warriors have finished the past five seasons ranked second in the country in passing, but that never really translated into much in the win-loss column due to a defense more forgiving than a Hugh Hefner girlfriend.However, defensive coordinator Jerry Glanville, now in his second year at Hawaii, is finding some success slowing the opposition down.There can be no truer test than the one that is set to occur on Boise’s blue carpet, where the Broncos have never lost a WAC game and wiped out the Warriors, 69-3, in 2004.Boise State 30-24

Texas: Sandwiched between Rice and Sam Houston State, the Longhorns will likely take the Cyclones seriously for once.Texas 40-14

Florida: The Gators are also riding high, following their exhilarating comeback conquest of Tennessee last week and a letdown is inevitable, but freshman QB Tim Tebow will make sure Florida finishes up strong at home.Florida 45-14

Louisville: Everything changes here for Kansas State as it hosts a team that’s averaging 563.7 yards of total offense and 50.7 points per game.Louisville 35-14

Tennessee: Since opening their four-game homestand in impressive fashion with a California clobbering, the Vols have cooled off considerably.But Tennessee still has a hot starting pitcher in Erik Ainge, which will be more than enough to hold down the Herd.Tennessee 32-13

Michigan St.: The Spartans have had the Irish’s number in recent times, especially when Notre Dame comes in as the more touted team.Michigan State 30-27

Ohio St.: With revenge in the Columbus air, Ohio State simply will be too much for Penn State to tangle with on both sides of the football.Ohio State 30-17

Florida St.: with the Owls in town, the Seminoles will finally line up against an opponent they can run on, but they’ll also have to spend a lot of time getting QB Drew Weatherford sharpened up for the bigger games down the road in which FSU figures to have to go purely with the pass.Florida State 37-3

Southern Cal: The Wildcats let Stephen F. Austin hang around for three quarters last week.Peter C. Carroll won’t return the favor.USC 38-10

Nebraska: After playing an overly cautious game versus USC’s Trojans, seeking only to avoid an embarrassing blowout, Bill Callahan actually tries to beat these lesser-known Trojans.Nevertheless, the Huskers will get more than they bargained for from road-weary Troy, which arrives in Lincoln after visits to Florida State and Georgia Tech.Nebraska 27-24

LSU: The Tigers have a habit of being quite nasty following losses, especially ones as foul-tasting as last week’s 7-3 setback at Auburn.That’s not good news for the Waves, who shouldn’t even bother rolling into Baton Rouge.LSU 42-0

West Virginia: A year more experienced, White is now at the top of his game, as is fellow sophomore Steve Slaton and Mr. Versatility Darius Reynaud.West Virginia 42-13

Michigan: now that WR Mario Manningham has made it known that he’s a big time playmaker on the outside, the Wolverines have everything it takes to pay Wisconsin back for last year’s loss ... but it won’t come easy.Michigan 27-19

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Virginia Tech: Even though they won’t find the going as easy against Clemson, Beamer's boys are awfully tough when playing on Thursday nights and they'll have the emotional advantage with the Tigers still feeling the effects of their huge victory over Georgia Tech.Virginia Tech 23-20

Virginia Tech: Even though they won’t find the going as easy against Clemson, Beamer's boys are awfully tough when playing on Thursday nights and they'll have the emotional advantage with the Tigers still feeling the effects of their huge victory over Georgia Tech.Virginia Tech 23-20

Tulsa: Tulsa gets revenge for ending up on the short end of a 41-38 thriller last season in El Paso.Tulsa 30-24

Tulsa: Tulsa gets revenge for ending up on the short end of a 41-38 thriller last season in El Paso.Tulsa 30-24

Auburn: Auburn’s defense will go about its business and further lower its points allowed per game average, which currently sits at a tiny 12.2.Auburn 31-6

Auburn: Auburn’s defense will go about its business and further lower its points allowed per game average, which currently sits at a tiny 12.2.Auburn 31-6

Maryland: The Seminoles, who started five true freshmen versus the Eagles last week, will come up just short in their last road game of the season and then maybe ... just maybe ... put together a postseason push in the final four home games of the season. Maryland 21-20

Maryland: The Seminoles, who started five true freshmen versus the Eagles last week, will come up just short in their last road game of the season and then maybe ... just maybe ... put together a postseason push in the final four home games of the season. Maryland 21-20

Florida: Partly due to its offense’s recent inability to hold on to the football, the Georgia defense has surrendered nearly 100 points in its last three games.Florida 30-13

Florida: Partly due to its offense’s recent inability to hold on to the football, the Georgia defense has surrendered nearly 100 points in its last three games.Florida 30-13

Hawaii: Idaho is still at least a year away from beating up any of the big boys.Hawaii 49-21

Hawaii: Idaho is still at least a year away from beating up any of the big boys.Hawaii 49-21

Wisconsin: Freshman QB Isiah “Juice” Williams is an exciting player with a bright future at Illinois, but right now he is too erratic.He won’t fare well against a Badgers defense that allowed Purdue’s offense to only post a field goal last week.Wisconsin 35-10

Wisconsin: Freshman QB Isiah “Juice” Williams is an exciting player with a bright future at Illinois, but right now he is too erratic.He won’t fare well against a Badgers defense that allowed Purdue’s offense to only post a field goal last week.Wisconsin 35-10

Miami (FL): Clemson gave Miami the blueprint for dealing with Yellow Jacket superman Calvin Johnson, incredibly not allowing him a single touch for the first time in his career.Even though Chan Gailey is sure to make the necessary adjustments, the Hurricane defensive backfield is well equipped to handle Johnson and also limit Reggie Ball’s big-play ability.It’s on the other side of the football where Miami is really searching for answers, especially after rushing for only 37 yards and scoring just three second-half points in last week’s close-call calamity at Duke (yet another embarrassing episode for Larry Coker).But, with key players coming off suspension and more time to refocus, Miami finally gets something done on the positive side.Miami, Fla. 20-17

Miami (FL): Clemson gave Miami the blueprint for dealing with Yellow Jacket superman Calvin Johnson, incredibly not allowing him a single touch for the first time in his career.Even though Chan Gailey is sure to make the necessary adjustments, the Hurricane defensive backfield is well equipped to handle Johnson and also limit Reggie Ball’s big-play ability.It’s on the other side of the football where Miami is really searching for answers, especially after rushing for only 37 yards and scoring just three second-half points in last week’s close-call calamity at Duke (yet another embarrassing episode for Larry Coker).But, with key players coming off suspension and more time to refocus, Miami finally gets something done on the positive side.Miami, Fla. 20-17

Michigan St.: Doing what they did to turn a 38-3 deficit into a 41-38 victory doesn’t come without its costs.But, if Drew Stanton can stay healthy enough, how much do you really need in the tank to nudge past Indiana?Michigan State 31-28

Michigan St.: Doing what they did to turn a 38-3 deficit into a 41-38 victory doesn’t come without its costs.But, if Drew Stanton can stay healthy enough, how much do you really need in the tank to nudge past Indiana?Michigan State 31-28

Ohio St.: Troy Smith, who has 21 touchdown passes and only two interceptions this season, adds some extra padding to his Heisman campaign stat sheet.Ohio State 41-10

Ohio St.: Troy Smith, who has 21 touchdown passes and only two interceptions this season, adds some extra padding to his Heisman campaign stat sheet.Ohio State 41-10

Oklahoma St.: The hangover from Terrance Nunn’s fumble will continue to haunt the Huskers through Halloween.Oklahoma State 27-24

Oklahoma St.: The hangover from Terrance Nunn’s fumble will continue to haunt the Huskers through Halloween.Oklahoma State 27-24

Michigan: After dispensing with Northwestern, the Buckeyes won’t be back at the Horseshoe until the Nov. 18 showdown with the Wolverines. Can we just fast forward past all this nonsense?Michigan 38-9

Michigan: After dispensing with Northwestern, the Buckeyes won’t be back at the Horseshoe until the Nov. 18 showdown with the Wolverines. Can we just fast forward past all this nonsense?Michigan 38-9

Notre Dame: For the Mids, clinching a spot in the Meineke Car Care Bowl will have to wait until next weekend’s game at Duke.Notre Dame 32-16

Notre Dame: For the Mids, clinching a spot in the Meineke Car Care Bowl will have to wait until next weekend’s game at Duke.Notre Dame 32-16

Oklahoma: The Tigers represent the first of three opponents who will pose a more serious threat to the Sooner defense than the hapless Buffaloes (Texas A&M and Texas Tech are next up), but Stoops’ team is just deep and resilient enough to overcome Missouri and the unfortunate loss of Adrian Peterson.Oklahoma 23-20

Oklahoma: The Tigers represent the first of three opponents who will pose a more serious threat to the Sooner defense than the hapless Buffaloes (Texas A&M and Texas Tech are next up), but Stoops’ team is just deep and resilient enough to overcome Missouri and the unfortunate loss of Adrian Peterson.Oklahoma 23-20

Southern Cal: Seeing how well the Bruins defense played for 59 minutes and how dangerous the Irish offense can be when it has to be showed how tough USC's final two games will be.In contrast, their next two games -- although both on the road at Oregon State and Stanford -- should be a breeze.USC 34-20

Southern Cal: Seeing how well the Bruins defense played for 59 minutes and how dangerous the Irish offense can be when it has to be showed how tough USC's final two games will be.In contrast, their next two games -- although both on the road at Oregon State and Stanford -- should be a breeze.USC 34-20

South Carolina: South Carolina has three more games against highly-ranked teams down the road (Arkansas, Florida and Clemson), but there is nothing like the present and you can expect Spurrier to pull out all the stops.South Carolina 23-22

South Carolina: South Carolina has three more games against highly-ranked teams down the road (Arkansas, Florida and Clemson), but there is nothing like the present and you can expect Spurrier to pull out all the stops.South Carolina 23-22

Texas: Mack Brown will only need scholarship players to put the Red Raiders away ... no need to dip into the student body for a last-minute three-pointer in this one, which will be Texas’ 17th consecutive road victory.Texas 35-17

Texas: Mack Brown will only need scholarship players to put the Red Raiders away ... no need to dip into the student body for a last-minute three-pointer in this one, which will be Texas’ 17th consecutive road victory.Texas 35-17

Wake Forest: There is no such turmoil down the road with the Demon Deacons who are 6-1 (Wake’s best start since 1944) and well-rested coming off a bye week.Wake Forest 26-14

Wake Forest: There is no such turmoil down the road with the Demon Deacons who are 6-1 (Wake’s best start since 1944) and well-rested coming off a bye week.Wake Forest 26-14

UCLA: Led by defensive end Justin Hickman, who had three of the Bruins’ five sacks at Notre Dame, the UCLA pass rush has really started to heat up.UCLA 22-21

UCLA: Led by defensive end Justin Hickman, who had three of the Bruins’ five sacks at Notre Dame, the UCLA pass rush has really started to heat up.UCLA 22-21

Rutgers: The Huskies have also shown some flashes of defensive prowess this season. In all three of their victories they have allowed their fallen foes -- Rhode Island, Indiana and Army -- to score just seven points apiece.Rice and Rutgers won’t be limited to just one score.Rutgers 26-14

Rutgers: The Huskies have also shown some flashes of defensive prowess this season. In all three of their victories they have allowed their fallen foes -- Rhode Island, Indiana and Army -- to score just seven points apiece.Rice and Rutgers won’t be limited to just one score.Rutgers 26-14