It was a crazy week of college football action in week two that saw three top 10 teams fall. Two of them lost to unranked Sun Belt teams. Texas A&M fell to giant-slayer Appalachian State, and the Marshall Thundering Herd dropped the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
The Baylor Bears also fell out of the top 10, but their loss was slightly more reasonable, losing to BYU on the road in Provo.
With those three teams dropping games in week two, several spots opened up in Joel Klatt’s top 10.
Making their debut in the top 10 are Michigan State, Oklahoma State, and the Texas Longhorns.
Texas was the only team that moved into the top 10 in defeat due to their one-point loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Longhorns opened a lot of eyes with their performance. It took a field goal in the final 20 seconds of the game from Alabama to stave off the upset-hungry Longhorns.
Texas played a great game from start to finish despite losing starting quarterback Quinn Ewers. Hudson Card was game, making big-time throws and extending plays to help the Texas offense move down the field. Texas will face a UTSA team that’s been on an upward trajectory over the last couple of seasons and will have upset on their mind this week.
USC saw this biggest jump of the week after defeating the Stanford Cardinal 41-28 to open up Pac-12 play. [autotag]Caleb Williams[/autotag] was 20-27 for 341 yards and four touchdowns.
Here’s how the rest of the top 10 shook out.