College football rankings prediction for top 10 after Week 2 results

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One spot will open in the top 10 of this week'sUS LBM Coaches PollafterArizona State lost 24-20 at Mississippi State. Previously No. 10, the Sun Devils are going to slide way down the Top 25. The Bulldogs are almost universally seen as the worst team in the SEC; the result in Starkville is very bad news for the reputations of the Big 12 andArizona State. Bad news in Tempe is good news for South Carolina, which is one of a few teams in contention to join at No. 10 after remaining unbeaten against South Carolina State. One team that won't make the leap is Michigan,which lost 24-13 at Oklahoma. Otherwise, the top 10 should see some shuffling between Notre Dame andClemsonafter theTigers' second uninspiring performance in a row to open the season. Here's our projection for the top of this week's Coaches Poll: After beating Grambling 70-0, Ohio State takes on a fiesty Ohio team capable of hanging around for a few minutes longer than expected and frustrating theBuckeyes. The game in the near future that bears watching is the road trip to Washington to end September. Penn State 34, Florida International 0. That's a very Penn State score. It's going to take another two weeks until theNittany Lionsplay anyone of consequence: Villanova is next, but then comes Oregon in what's shaping up to be a hugely important Big Ten clash. LSU didn't dominate Louisiana Tech as expected, winning 23-7 thanks to a strong defense, and that win against Clemson to open the year isn't quite as shiny after Clemson struggled with Troy. That's not going to be enough for voters to move LSU off of No. 3, though, especially with no other team ready to move into the top three. Beating Austin Peay 28-6 with some noticeable issues on offense doesn't really inspire too much confidence going into Saturday's game against Tennessee. Two factors definitely played a role were the long weather delay that pushed kickoff back well over an hour and the sloppy and wet field that seemed to impact the Bulldogs' timing. We'll find out if they're for real in about a week, though. There was no post-Notre Dame hangover in Miami's 45-3 win against Bethune-Cookman. The Hurricanes led 28-3 at halftime behind another strong game from Carson Beck, who completed 22 of 24 throws for 267 yards and two touchdowns. Oregon's roster costs about $33 million more than Oklahoma State's, according to Mike Gundy's math, and you could see the difference every cent made inthe Ducks' 69-3 destruction of the Cowboys. Through two games, Oregon looks like one of the best teams in the country for the second year in a row. Arch Manning rebounded from the loss to Ohio State with five scores against San Jose State, four coming through the air in a five-minute span. That should be enough to keep him off the radar for a week. Right? Notre Dame didn't play on Saturday but could still climb one spot due to Clemson's continued early-season struggles. The Irish next host unbeaten Texas A&M in one of September's biggest non-conference matchups. Clemson's get-well game against Troy took a sharp turn early and seemed headed for disaster, with a pick-six in the second quarter putting the Trojans ahead 16-3 at the break before five scoring drives in the second half gave the Tigers the 27-16 win. Eyeball test: failed. There will be an incentive to move Clemson down from No. 8. The Gamecocks should get the one-spot boost and replace Arizona State. Michigan would've landed here or even higher had the Wolverines beaten Oklahoma. Ranked No. 24 a week ago, the Sooners will take a steep rise in the Top 25 but won't climb quite this far. Another option is Illinois, which was No. 11 last week and then beat Duke 45-19 with a plus-five edge in turnover margin. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:College football poll rankings prediction for top 10 after Week 2

 

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