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.

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

RANKTEAMWIN%SCORE
46Illinois50.5%24
48Kansas49.5%23

Saturday

RANKTEAMWIN%SCORE
84Vanderbilt42.6%28
59Wake Forest57.4%34




124Ball St0.1%3
1Georgia99.9%54




19Notre Dame66.8%31
52NC State33.2%17




8Utah80.2%40
70Baylor19.8%15




62Troy31.4%20
22Kansas St68.6%36




66Nebraska43.6%19
45Colorado56.4%25




94Purdue40.5%21
64Virginia Tech59.5%29




76James Madison53.4%25
89Virginia46.6%23




100UNLV7.0%8
5Michigan93.0%44




16Ole Miss58.0%33
29Tulane42.0%26




9Texas A&M60.7%31
25Miami39.3%22




38Iowa56.5%21
51Iowa St43.5%15




106UTEP53.2%24
116Northwestern46.8%22




132Western Michigan7.2%3
53Syracuse92.8%43




121Miami OH57.7%26
129UMass42.3%20




96Texas St35.5%21
50UTSA64.5%33




133Kent St0.1%3
26Arkansas99.9%53




75Marshall53.6%26
85East Carolina46.4%23




105Tulsa6.4%14
6Washington93.6%51




71Appalachian St22.9%21
12North Carolina77.1%43




40SMU34.3%26
11Oklahoma65.7%39




126New Mexico St35.7%19
92Liberty64.3%31




101UAB45.0%27
91Georgia Southern55.0%31




97Ohio57.6%33
117FAU42.4%27




93Louisiana63.9%30
127Old Dominion36.1%18




114North Texas21.3%18
37FIU78.7%42




77Cincinnati25.0%15
18Pittsburgh75.0%36




10Texas44.5%30
3Alabama55.5%34




21Oregon57.0%27
35Texas Tech43.0%21




111Jacksonville St36.8%24
74Coastal Carolina63.2%35




95UConn53.2%27
102Georgia St46.8%25




104Middle Tennessee27.9%17
42Missouri72.1%36




39UCF61.6%31
67Boise St38.4%22




60Houston62.7%37
98Rice37.3%27




58Memphis82.9%45
131Arkansas St17.1%17




24Wisconsin56.1%27
36Washington St43.9%22




125Charlotte23.7%18
47Maryland76.3%40




120Eastern Michigan27.7%15
54Minnesota72.3%33




41Arizona45.9%27
33Mississippi St54.1%30




108Temple40.2%20
83Rutgers59.8%28




27UCLA68.2%36
73San Diego St31.8%20




61Air Force70.8%28
122Sam Houston St29.2%11




82Southern Miss10.4%8
2Florida St89.6%41




65Stanford17.1%17
4USC82.9%45




32Auburn48.0%26
28Cal52.0%27




43Oklahoma St53.1%34
49Arizona St46.9%31

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