For the 27th time in the College Football Playoff era, we have a regular season top-five matchup. But when Ohio State visits Texas on Saturday, it will be just the seventh nonconference top-five matchup during the CFP era, which dates back to 2014. Where does OSU-Texas rank among the top-five nonconference regular season games in the CFP era? Let’s jump into the college football time machine and rank them all. All rankings are based on the AP Poll or CFP rankings 7 — No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 2...
Somehow the anticipation for Saturday’s game in Austin is getting higher and higher. These are two of the giants in college football slugging it out in the Lone Star State in just Week 2 of the season. Just over a year after it was No. 1 vs. No. 3, now it’s No. 1 vs. No. […]
College football has evolved so rapidly over the last several years, and there are an increasing variety of ways to break down any given Saturday. Here on Scarlet Spreadsheet, we are going to compile all of the various analytical models to get the best possible preview of each of Ohio State’s matchups throughout the 2026 […]
The main matchup of Week 2 in college football is without a doubt the primetime clash between No. 1 Ohio State and host No. 4 Texas, in what could be a College Football Playoff preview. This will be the first measuring stick game for both teams after each won easily against Group of 6 opponents in their openers. Ohio State beat Ball State 56-3 while Texas topped Texas State 59-7. In last season’s meeting, Ohio State edged Texas 14-7 in a low-scoring slugfest. Former Ohio State head coach Urban...
Week 2 of the 2026 college football season is officially on deck, and it will feature one of the biggest matchups of the entire season between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 4 Texas in the Lone Star State. Everybody around the country has had this game circled on their calendar since it was announced, and that includes the cast of College GameDay, who will be on site in Austin for the marquee matchup. As is tradition, GameDay will have a guest picker in attendance for the final part of the broadcast...
Last week ATS: 16-9 (4-3 National, 12-6 B1G) Last week was about as good of a start to the season as we could have asked for. About the only things that are sticking with me is trusting Rutgers as a 30-point favorite over UMass last Thursday, along with seeing Ohio State cover late. Had the […]
ESPN's Paul Finebaum has his prediction for Saturday's Ohio State-Texas game.
This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day in sports. You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday morning here. The Seahawks beat the Patriots in a Super Bowl rematch, but it was a costly victory. The first game of the 2026 NFL season wasn’t exactly a football clinic, but the defending champion Seahawks pulled out a 13-10 win. The Seattle defense picked up where it left off, forcing three INTs from Drake Maye, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba...
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Everybody knows that one of the best parts of being a sports fan is debating and dissecting the most (and least) important questions in the sporting world with your friends. So, we’re bringing that to the pages of LGHL with our favorite head-to-head column: You’re Nuts. In You’re Nuts, two LGHL staff members will take […]
Today on The Hard Count with J.D. PicKell… 🧃 Hard Conversations At Florida State And Michigan J.D. unpacks the difficult reality for Florida State and Michigan coming out of Week 1 of the 2026 college football season. J.D. says it’s about time for both schools to make some major changes. 🧃 What’s Being MISSED Ahead Of Week 2? J.D. highlights what’s being under talked about with Tennessee’s QB Faizon Brandon and Ohio State at Texas. They may not be national storylines but they are crucial to th...
Josh Pate joins The Rich Eisen Show to break down the biggest storylines from Week 1 of college football, including the controversial ending to Michigan-Western Michigan, Bryce Underwood and the latest drama surrounding Lane Kiffin and LSU. Plus, Pate previews Ohio State-Texas. 0:00 Josh Pate joins 0:30 Michigan-Western Michigan controversy 1:44 Big Ten’s statement 6:02 Bryce Underwood’s season opener 9:53 Lane Kiffin and LSU 10:41 SEC lawsuit against LSU 14:03 Ohio State-Texas preview ✔️ Subs...
ESPN’s SP+ picks of the week were revealed on Tuesday afternoon for a Week 2 that contains a few juicy matchups involving SEC teams, including, of course, the big one on Saturday night in Austin. That’s where Arch Manning and Texas will host Ohio State in a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff on ABC. It’ll be a rematch of last year’s Week 1 matchup in Columbus, where Ohio State held serve at home and sent the Longhorns spiraling toward a disappointing season. This time around, Texas has a chance for major pa...
ESPN's SP+ revealed its predictions for every Week 2 SEC game, a slate that's headlined by the mammoth Texas-Ohio State showdown.
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Week 2 of the college football season is here and Greg McElroy gives you the most in-depth previews you will find anywhere! Oklahoma brings a nasty defense to Michigan, Texas welcomes Ohio State in a top 5 matchup, Keelon Russell and Alabama go on the road to Kentucky and Texas A&M welcomes Arizona State to College Station. Plus, will Tennessee dominate Georgia Tech, can Oregon rebound from a slow week 1, is BYU ready for Arizona and is Iowa a sleeper team in the BIG 10? ✔️ Subscribe to ESPN U...
Week 0 and Week 1 gave us plenty of drama! UMass gave us one of the biggest upsets in modern day College Football when they knocked off Rutgers, while Michigan needed a diabolical miracle to beat Western Michigan at the buzzer on a Hail Mary. Oregon also a close call at home to Boise State, so the Big Ten was off to a rough start, but they have a chance to make a statement in Week 2. Texas hosts Ohio State in Week 2 as the headline Well, here are my Top 25 rankings entering Week 2 of the 2026&...
One week of college football was enough for Joel Klatt to switch things around in his rankings. After his preseason No. 1 team, Oregon, was taken down to the wire against Boise State, Klatt has a new team at No. 1 in his top 10. And many teams made strong cases to be considered as the best program in the nation this weekend, with Ohio State, Texas, Georgia, LSU and Miami (Fla.) all making big statements in their season-opening wins. So, as we now have one week of college football in the books,...
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This marks the third consecutive season that the two teams will meet with Ohio State winning the previous two games and owning a 3-2 all-time series lead.
Week 1 of the college football season showed me enough to feel at least half decent about my updated rankings. I have some questions about a few title favorites, and I’m sure the fans of those teams do, too. Also, I feel better about Texas than I do Ohio State heading into their Week 2 showdown. Rankings time. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about Sports Betting on FOX Sports. 10. ...
Ohio State and Texas will collide in a massive Week 2 showdown, with both top-five teams looking to make an early statement in a potential College Football Playoff preview.
The top-five teams in college football took the field Saturday, with Ohio State, Georgia, Texas and Indiana earning convincing wins while Oregon faced a tougher challenge from Boise State. Here’s a look at each team’s performance and grade.
AUSTIN, Texas — Rasheem Biles forced a fumble and intercepted a pass in his first game for Texas, and coach Steve Sarkisian said afterward that the forced fumble was an elite play. Texas beat Texas State 59-7 on Saturday at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Biles finished with 5 tackles, half a tackle for loss, […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — Desmond Howard picked Texas to win the national championship Saturday on ESPN’s College GameDay. The former Michigan receiver and 1991 Heisman Trophy winner made the pick during the show’s season-opening broadcast from the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, La., when the desk was asked which two teams would play for the […]
Texas vs. Michigan, part two of a home-and-home series between the SEC and Big Ten powers, has a new date on the 2027 schedule.
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