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.
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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