With the first Saturday of the 2016 college football season officially in the books, let’s take a quick look back at some of the biggest match-ups to grace the gridiron this past week:
Appalachian State almost completed its upset bid against 9th ranked Tennessee, but fell short 20-13 in overtime against the Volunteers.
2nd ranked Clemson pulled away late from unranked Auburn en route to a 19-13 victory.
- ESPN Recap and Highlights
- Shakin the Southland (Clemson’s SB Nation Recap)
- College and Magnolia (Auburn’s SB Nation Recap)
Houston, which came into the season ranked 15th, made an early case for the playoffs after a convincing 33-23 win over the 3rd ranked Oklahoma Sooners.
Les Miles’ seat practically burst into flames after Wisconsin snatched an impressive 16-14 victory against 5th ranked LSU at Lambeau Field.
- ESPN Recap and Highlights
- And the Valley Shook (LSU’s SB Nation Recap)
- Bucky’s 5th Quarter (Wisconsin’s SB Nation Recap)
Nick Chubb returned from injury and carried the ball 32 times for the 18th ranked Georgia Bulldogs in their 33-24 win over the 22nd ranked North Carolina Tar Heels.
- ESPN Recap and Highlights
- Dawg Sports (Georgia’s SB Nation Recap)
- Tar Heel Blog (North Carolina’s SB Nation Recap)
The rest of the teams in the Top 25 enjoyed a healthy course of cupcakes to kick off the new season.
- (19) Louisville dominated Charlotte 70 – 14
- (12) Michigan State wheezed out a narrow victory over Furman 28 – 13
- (23) Baylor tried to forget an ugly offseason by smashing Northwestern State 55 – 7.
- (6) Ohio State raced out to a 77 – 10 win against Bowling Green
- (13) TCU found itself caught in a 59-41 shootout with South Dakota State
- (17) Iowa marched out to a methodical win over Miami (OH), 45 – 21
- (21) Oklahoma State enjoyed an easy 61 – 7 victory over Southeastern Louisiana
- (25) Florida struggled to top UMass in a surprisingly contested 24-7 win.
Because the NFL season won’t start until next week, the college football deities chose to bless labor day weekend with one more high profile game, as Charlie Strong and the University of Texas Longhorns will try to finally turn the football program around when they face the 10th ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish at 4:30 tonight (7:30 PM ET).
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