Winners and losers from college football’s ‘Week 0’

Some teams stood out for the right reasons. Others… not so much.

Well, that was fun!

The long offseason finally came to an end on Saturday, and though no ranked teams took the field during the preliminary Week 0 action, fans were treated to a handful of exciting college football games.

The headliner was the Big Ten matchup between Nebraska and Northwestern in Dublin, in which the Cornhuskers squandered an 11-point lead in a 31-28 loss that does not bode well for fifth-year coach Scott Frost, who may be coaching for his job in 2022.

With the first weekend of college football in the books, here’s who stood out — for either the right or wrong reasons.