Two Top-10 upsets headline Week 2 of college football

The GIST: It may only be Week 2, but college football is bringing mid-season finale levels of drama. With huge upsets in the Top-10 and the fall of four other ranked teams, no one is safe in the FBS.

Then-No. 5 Notre Dame stunned by NIU: As you read, Notre Dame fell 16–14 to Northern Illinois after their potential game-winning field goal was blocked as time expired. Ouch.

• The Fighting Irish entered the day with 16-1 odds to win the national championship, but dropped to 75-1 after the loss, as they also plummeted to No. 18 in the rankings. To add insult to injury, Notre Dame paid NIU $1.4M to play this game in the first place. Talk about a win-win for the Huskies.

Then-No. 3 Texas dominates Michigan: The Wolverines entered the game at No. 10 but were largely outclassed by the Longhorns, falling 31–12 in their own (Big) house. Texas quarterback (QB) Quinn Ewers threw for three touchdowns — each to a different receiver — and tallied 246 yards on the day.

• As a reminder, this is Texas’ first season in the indomitable SEC, and a commanding win over a Top-10 team (let alone the defending national champions) sends a message that the Longhorns are for real.

Outside of the Irish and the Wolverines, the rest of the Top-10 showed out on Saturday. QB Carson Beck’s five touchdowns helped No. 1 Georgia bulldoze Tennessee Tech 48–3. Meanwhile, then-No. 2 Ohio State blanked Western Michigan 56–0 with 683 yards of total offense, and then-No. 9 Missouri pitched a shutout of their own, dominating Buffalo 38–0.