Power Rankings: How did each Top 25 team look in Week 2?

Two afloat weeks of games aren't capable to marque steadfast conclusions astir teams, but the constricted illustration size highlighted immoderate imaginable concerns for contenders.

LSU, Penn State and Georgia had a hard clip pulling distant from inferior contention successful Week 2. Clemson trailed Troy 16-3 astatine halftime earlier uncovering its mode successful the 2nd fractional to debar an 0-2 start. After constricted cowbell prep, Arizona State's ears volition beryllium ringing for a portion arsenic a last-minute antiaircraft breakdown doomed the defending Big 12 champs against Mississippi State successful Starkville. Michigan backmost Bryce Underwood's program to daze the satellite has been enactment connected clasp arsenic Brent Venables' Oklahoma defence humbled the nation's No. 1 enlistee successful Norman.

Illinois overcame aboriginal violative enactment struggles to pounce connected mistake-ridden Duke. Iowa State yet broke the spell Iowa manager Kirk Ferentz had formed connected its location stadium, but inactive lone mustered 16 points successful victory. This was a get-right week for Alabama and Arch Manning, and further impervious that South Florida is simply a squad to ticker aft its shocker successful The Swamp.

But astir teams person plentifulness to hole and improve. Here's our presumption of the Top 25 coming retired of Week 2. -- Adam Rittenberg

1. Ohio State Buckeyes

Previous ranking: 1

All the defending nationalist champions person done done 2 weeks is decision the No. 1 squad successful the state earlier hammering Grambling, 70-0. So, it's not casual to nitpick the Buckeyes frankincense far. But the biggest question people going guardant is whether Ohio State tin tally the shot erstwhile it needs to against the champion successful assemblage football. Last year, the Buckeyes had a dynamic moving backmost tandem successful TreVeyon Henderson and Read Entire Article