2023 Week 2 College Football Predictions

After a wild week 1, we head to week 2 of the college football season where teams can prove week 1 wasn’t a fluke. Let’s look at our data driven predictions for week 2 of the 2023 college football season and find the upsets, statement wins and results that’ll shape the 2023-24 College Football Playoff.

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Week 2 College Football Storylines

Texas heads to Alabama in a game with major College Football Playoff implications and a good test for where this Texas program is heading to the SEC next year. The loser will be chasing the field for a CFB Playoff spot the rest of the season.
Can Coach Prime get the Buffs to 2-0 against old rival Nebraska?
Does the loser of Texas A&M at Miami put their coach on the hot seat?
Iowa at Iowa State – how many players are betting on the game?
Tulane hosts Ole Miss – can they get the marquee win over a SEC team they need to keep building momentum in the program?
The Pac-12 has won their first 13 games of the season. Which team drops a game for the conference first?
Check out our week 2 college football power rankings, College Football Playoff picks and Heisman Trophy rankings

Week 2 College Football Predictions

Friday

RANK	TEAM	WIN%	SCORE
46	Illinois	50.5%	24
48	Kansas	49.5%	23

Saturday

RANK	TEAM	WIN%	SCORE
84	Vanderbilt	42.6%	28
59	Wake Forest	57.4%	34

124	Ball St	0.1%	3
1	Georgia	99.9%	54

19	Notre Dame	66.8%	31
52	NC State	33.2%	17

8	Utah	80.2%	40
70	Baylor	19.8%	15

62	Troy	31.4%	20
22	Kansas St	68.6%	36

66	Nebraska	43.6%	19
45	Colorado	56.4%	25

94	Purdue	40.5%	21
64	Virginia Tech	59.5%	29

76	James Madison	53.4%	25
89	Virginia	46.6%	23

100	UNLV	7.0%	8
5	Michigan	93.0%	44

16	Ole Miss	58.0%	33
29	Tulane	42.0%	26

9	Texas A&M	60.7%	31
25	Miami	39.3%	22

38	Iowa	56.5%	21
51	Iowa St	43.5%	15

106	UTEP	53.2%	24
116	Northwestern	46.8%	22

132	Western Michigan	7.2%	3
53	Syracuse	92.8%	43

121	Miami OH	57.7%	26
129	UMass	42.3%	20

96	Texas St	35.5%	21
50	UTSA	64.5%	33

133	Kent St	0.1%	3
26	Arkansas	99.9%	53

75	Marshall	53.6%	26
85	East Carolina	46.4%	23

105	Tulsa	6.4%	14
6	Washington	93.6%	51

71	Appalachian St	22.9%	21
12	North Carolina	77.1%	43

40	SMU	34.3%	26
11	Oklahoma	65.7%	39

126	New Mexico St	35.7%	19
92	Liberty	64.3%	31

101	UAB	45.0%	27
91	Georgia Southern	55.0%	31

97	Ohio	57.6%	33
117	FAU	42.4%	27

93	Louisiana	63.9%	30
127	Old Dominion	36.1%	18

114	North Texas	21.3%	18
37	FIU	78.7%	42

77	Cincinnati	25.0%	15
18	Pittsburgh	75.0%	36

10	Texas	44.5%	30
3	Alabama	55.5%	34

21	Oregon	57.0%	27
35	Texas Tech	43.0%	21

111	Jacksonville St	36.8%	24
74	Coastal Carolina	63.2%	35

95	UConn	53.2%	27
102	Georgia St	46.8%	25

104	Middle Tennessee	27.9%	17
42	Missouri	72.1%	36

39	UCF	61.6%	31
67	Boise St	38.4%	22

60	Houston	62.7%	37
98	Rice	37.3%	27

58	Memphis	82.9%	45
131	Arkansas St	17.1%	17

24	Wisconsin	56.1%	27
36	Washington St	43.9%	22

125	Charlotte	23.7%	18
47	Maryland	76.3%	40

120	Eastern Michigan	27.7%	15
54	Minnesota	72.3%	33

41	Arizona	45.9%	27
33	Mississippi St	54.1%	30

108	Temple	40.2%	20
83	Rutgers	59.8%	28

27	UCLA	68.2%	36
73	San Diego St	31.8%	20

61	Air Force	70.8%	28
122	Sam Houston St	29.2%	11

82	Southern Miss	10.4%	8
2	Florida St	89.6%	41

65	Stanford	17.1%	17
4	USC	82.9%	45

32	Auburn	48.0%	26
28	Cal	52.0%	27

43	Oklahoma St	53.1%	34
49	Arizona St	46.9%	31

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