Week 2 CFP Picks: Oregon Knocked Out, Notre Dame Leads — SkimNews
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- Oregon fell 39-31 to Oklahoma State as 23.5-point favorites, with Cowboys quarterback Drew Mestemaker producing 554 total yards of offense — a loss that knocked the Ducks out of the playoff projections entirely.
- Michigan won a defensive battle over Oklahoma, and Texas rallied from a 20-point deficit to beat Ohio State in the marquee SEC-Big Ten matchups that defined Week 2.
- Notre Dame is the consensus No. 1 seed, picked first by six of 12 experts (Adelson, Bonagura, Hale, Lederman, Scarborough, Wilson).
- Texas earned the other six No. 1 votes (Connelly, Olson, Rittenberg, Schlabach, Trotter, Uggetti), splitting the panel exactly down the middle.
- Georgia was the only team to land inside every expert's top five, while Miami, LSU, and Indiana clustered in the top eight across nearly all ballots.
- Boise State appeared in eight of 12 experts' final four spots, and BYU cracked every projection but one, signaling both as near-locks despite their Group of Five and Big 12 profiles.
Why it matters: Oregon's Week 2 upset, in which the Ducks were 23.5-point favorites, eliminates a preseason frontrunner and instantly redistributes a top-four spot among the remaining contenders. With Notre Dame and Texas splitting the 12 expert No. 1 votes 6-6, the early Playoff race has no clear front-runner, and teams like Boise State — picked by 8 of 12 experts — gain real ammunition for a Group of Five access bid.
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