Week Two NCAA News

The game of the day on college football's week two schedule features the 3rd-ranked USC Trojans and the 8th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. These two big-time programs will face-off in front of what is expected to be more than 100,000 screaming Buckeyes fans in "The Shoe" in Columbus.

Last season's match-up between these two was a one-side beat down by USC, however the big difference will be that a year ago the game was played in Southern California.

Even with this game being played at Ohio State, NCAA odds makers still have the Trojans...

The 2nd ranked Texas Longhorns and the Wyoming Cowboys will both be trying to get to 2-0 on Saturday when they battle at War Memorial Stadium.

The Cowboys picked up a nice win last week against Weber State in which Wyoming was able to stave off two fourth quarter touchdowns and hold on for a 29-22 win. Texas pounded the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 59-20 in their opening game.

It's no surprise that the Longhorns are heavily favored against the Cowboys as NCAA odds makers list Texas at...

The 7th-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions will be going for their 10th straight home victory when they face-off against the Syracuse Orange on Saturday. The Lions are coming off a 31-7 over Akron while the Orange lost in overtime 23-20 to Minnesota.

Today's game against Syracuse will mark the 70th meeting between the Nittany Lions and the Orange. Penn State earned its second BCS bowl berth in four years last season and the Nittany Lions look to keep rolling as they try to follow up an easy opening win.

NCAA odds makers like their chances as they have Penn State at...

Saturday afternoon in Gainesville, the Florida Gators host the Troy Trojans in the second game of their quest for back-to-back national titles. Last week against Charleston Southern, the Gators pounded the Buccaneers 62-3.

Look for much of the same against the Trojans this week as Tim Tebow and the rest of the No. 1 ranked Gators take on another inferior opponent.

As front-runners to repeat as National Champs, the Gators are once again heavy favorites as NCAA odds makers have Florida at...

Thursday night in Atlanta, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets host the Clemson Tigers in this week two ACC Conference match-up.

Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson was not as fire-up with the Yellow Jackets' effort in winning their season debut last week and with conference play beginning, there is not that much time to correct much.

NCAA odds makers are calling Georgia Tech a...

The NCAA Football season is under way and week two has the Stanford Cardinal traveling to Tempe to take on the 15th ranked Sun Devils. This PAC-10 match-up has seen Dennis Erickson's Sun Devils dominate the last two meetings beating the Cardinal by a combined 79-6 score.

Arizona State is in the midst of a four game stretch at home to open the season...

In week two the #15th ranked BYU Cougars travel to Washington to take on the Huskies. BYU comes in having not won a non-conference road game in six years. Washington will be trying to rebound from last weeks lose to Oregon State. Washington will be a home dog against the Cougars. BYU is favored by 9 points with the total being set at 55.

BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said, "This is our third different football team in this scenario...

In Week two of the NCAA Football season the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets travel to North to take on their ACC rival Boston College Eagles. Both teams are coming off convincing wins against sub par opponents. There is a growing trend of BCS teams playing a so called "powder-puff" teams in its opener. This is thought of as almost like a preseason game.

Georgia Tech played Jacksonville State in week one and took home a 41-14 victory. They looked solid, pouring out over 200 yards of offense in the first half.

The Miami Hurricanes and the Florida Gators are renewing their rivalry this Saturday night in Gainesville. The Hurricanes have a slight edge in the series (28-25), but the Gators have not beaten Miami in 23 years. However, Florida sits as a 22 1/2 point favorite over "The U" with the over at 51 1/2.

Of course times have changed in the NCAA...