College Football Rankings Week 2: CFN Top 25 Teams After a Wild Opening Weekend

25 Indiana

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 18
Last Game: Indiana 27, Old Dominion 14
Up Next: Kennesaw State

It was actually a better performance than the final score. The defense gave up two long scoring runs, one right away and one late. Don't get into a twist over a final score that wasn't a total annihilation.

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24 Illinois

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 23
Last Game: Illinois 52, Western Illinois 3
Up Next: at Duke

It's exactly what the Illini needed to open the season. Going to Duke will be far tougher than it seems.

23 South Carolina

Record: 0-0
Last Week Ranking: 24
Last Game: Virginia Tech (in Atlanta)
Up Next: South Carolina State

If the Gamecocks obliterate Virginia Tech, this will move up. If they lose ... (they'll almost certainly pull this off.)

22 Ole Miss

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 21
Last Game: Ole Miss 63, Georgia State 7
Up Next: at Kentucky

Everyone will notice the final score, but that didn't do the performance justice. The offense was fantastic.

21 Missouri

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 19
Last Game: Missouri 61, Central Arkansas 6
Up Next: Kansas

Tune-up over. Now comes the showdown against Kansas to get the team up to speed.

20 Iowa State

Record: 2-0
Last Week Ranking: 35
Last Game: Iowa State 55, South Dakota 7
Up Next: Iowa

Okay, here we go. Beating Kansas State was nice, and rolling through South Dakota was fun, but beat Iowa and the season really gets going.

19 Texas Tech

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 22
Last Game: Texas Tech 67, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7
Up Next: Kent State

It was an exhibition, but over 600 yards of total offense for the game, and close to 50 points in the first half, was what everyone came to see.

18 Oklahoma

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 13
Last Game: Oklahoma 35, Illinois State 3
Up Next: Michigan

John Mateer looked like everything Sooner fans were hoping for, but the ground game didn't do much. It seemed like the team was holding back, like it didn't want to show Michigan anything.

17 Texas A&M

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 12
Last Game: Texas A&M 42, UTSA 24
Up Next: Utah State

It was a little ragged, but that's what Week 1 is for. There wasn't any real drama, and the offense looked fine. Now the defense could use a big day against Utah State.

16 Florida

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 17
Last Game: Florida 55, LIU 0
Up Next: USF

That's why you have an LIU to start the season. It was a tune-up to get everything right - far more fun than the blowout loss to Miami last year.

15 Michigan

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 11
Last Game: Michigan 34, New Mexico 17
Up Next: at Oklahoma

There's some tuning up to do, but it wasn't a horrible performance. Bryce Underwood was okay in his first time under center.

14 Alabama

Record: 0-1
Last Week Ranking: 3
Last Game: Florida State 31, Alabama 17
Up Next: ULM

It's amazing how Alabama looked so ordinary. There was no energy, no momentum, and no execution. This will get better ... or else.

13 USC

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 16
Last Game: USC 73, Missouri State 13
Up Next: Georgia Southern

We dug the USC thing before it was cool. It might have just been a blowout against Missouri State, but the Trojans looked fantastic.

12 Florida State

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 40
Last Game: Florida State 31, Alabama 17
Up Next: East Texas A&M

Was that just a one-hit wonder performance with the program blowing off a ton of steam after last year? It doesn't seem like it - the super-fast Seminoles made Alabama look like it was running in mud.

11 Miami

Record: 0-0
Last Week Ranking: 10
Last Game: Notre Dame
Up Next: Bethune-Cookman

This all depends on the performance and outcome of the Notre Dame game. This assumes a loss, but no issues vaulting the Canes up in a hurry if something else happens on Sunday night.

10 Clemson

Record: 0-1
Last Week Ranking: 9
Last Game: LSU 17, Clemson 10
Up Next: Troy

Clemson is experienced, but the talent overall wasn't quite there compared to LSU. It's a very good team, but it needs to be far, far sharper.

9 Tennessee 

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 15
Last Game: Tennessee 45, Syracuse 26
Up Next: East Tennessee State

It's Week 1, so there's absolutely no reason to take anything away from the got-closer-than-it-should-have performance. Quarterback Joey Aguilar looked great.

8 Utah

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 14
Last Game: Utah 43, UCLA 10
Up Next: Cal Poly

Hope you got in on the stock early. UCLA might not be that great, but wow - QB Devin Dampier is about to become a national star very, very soon.

7 Texas

Record: 0-1
Last Week Ranking: 2
Last Game: Ohio State 14, Texas 7
Up Next: San Jose State

No need to panic just yet. Arch will be just fine. Lost in the defeat was a defense that gave up one big play, and that was really it.

6 LSU

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 8
Last Game: LSU 17, Clemson 10
Up Next: Louisiana Tech

And now LSU has a defense? Uh oh. There's a real chance this is embarrassingly low.

5 Oregon

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 7
Last Game: Oregon 59, Montana State 13
Up Next: Oklahoma State

Don't just blow off this blowout win over an FCS team. Remember, last year's Ducks struggled against Idaho early.

4 Georgia

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 6
Last Game: Georgia 45, Marshall 7
Up Next: Austin Peay

The Bulldogs went through the motions against Marshall and looked just fine for Week 1. If anything, they're being underappreciated nationally.

3 Notre Dame

Record: 0-0
Last Week Ranking: 5
Last Game: at Miami
Up Next: OPEN DATE

This might change fast - this is assuming a win over Miami on Sunday night. All due apologies if the Hurricanes have other ideas.

2 Penn State

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 1
Last Game: Penn State 46, Nevada 11
Up Next: FIU

This is still probably the best team in college football, even if it drops one spot for now. It didn't do anything wrong against Nevada.

1 Ohio State

Record: 1-0
Last Week Ranking: 4
Last Game: Ohio State 14, Texas 7
Up Next: Grambling State

The performance against Texas was just enough to move up past Penn State to get here. It wasn't pretty, but the offense seemed to be holding back to let the defense do the work.

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