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Teams with 1^st loss Week 2:
Arkansas State
Texas A&M
South Carolina
Rutgers
New Mexico
Ball State
Southern California
Pittsburgh
Kansas State
Florida
(Liberty)
Nevada
Northwestern
Georgia Tech
Georgia State
Air Force
Nebraska
Memphis
Iowa State
Charlotte
Southern Mississippi
UAB
Virginia
Arkansas
Fresno State
Tulsa
Brigham Young
Michigan State
 
Percent of Undefeated Teams with 1^st Loss
Week 0/1:  36.92% (48/130)
Week 2:  34.15% (28/82)
 
Maximum possible Undefeated Teams at End of the Regular Season:
11: BYU and Liberty were eliminated as possible undefeated teams this week.  We can have one undefeated in each conference plus Notre Dame.
 
Week 2 Thoughts:
-The Clemson-Texas A&M game lived up to the billing.  Had that gone differently, the cry for 2 SEC teams in the playoff bowls would likely have started hard and fast given the conference’s strong start.  Clemson winning keeps them one of the favorites though and was very much needed for the top ACC which has most other top programs down a bit it seems so far.
 
-This week emphasized again to me how much small differences in games can affect perception.  Last week, Penn State was very close to losing to Appalachian State. If they had lost it, combined with Michigan’s loss to Notre Dame week 1 and Michigan State’s to Arizona State week 2, the Big Ten would not have been in terrible shape, but would have had a bigger potential for issues.  There is a lot of talent in the east division (Wisconsin is the serious playoff bowl contender in the west), but having 3 of the biggest 4 with losses before conference play (4 of 4 if OSU loses to TCU next week) would have made the likelihood of one of them winning the division and potentially the conference with 2 losses far greater.  Given that we still do not have a 2-loss team making it in the CFP era (which would have stunned me when this system started), that would be very significant.  As it stands though, Penn State looks good again and there is a bit more margin for error.
 
-Overall good week for the top teams from Group of 5 conferences looking for the New Years 6 slot.  South Florida beat Georgia Tech and Central Florida and Boise State rolled in games they outmatched their opponents.  Houston is looking more serious again this year with a dominating win vs. Arizona.  Eastern Michigan stays alive for this thing with a win at Purdue.  Plenty of others in running too.
 
Week 3 Thoughts:
-If I counted right there are 12 games between undefeated teams next week.  Biggest ones seem to be:
1.  LSU at Auburn:  LSU rolled Miami (FL), last week.  Now we get to see if that will be a trend or if Miami was just over rated a bit to start.
2.  Boise State at Oklahoma State:  Big test here.  If Boise State wins it, probably will be favored rest of the way.  If lose it, that would leave Hawaii as potentially only undefeated team left in the Mountain West.
3.   Ohio State @ TCU:  If TCU wins, that puts them solidly with Oklahoma as the teams to beat in the Big 12.  If Ohio State wins, keeps them toward top of national rankings and leaves most of Big 12’s hope in the Sooners and maybe West Virginia (although TCU probably still in if won rest of way).
 
Remaining Undefeated Teams:  ACC: 7, American: 4, Big 12: 5, Big Ten: 8, Conference USA: 3, MAC: 5, Mountain West: 2, PAC-12: 7, SEC: 9, Sun Belt: 3, independents: 1, total: 54
Boston College
Clemson
Maryland
North Carolina State
Wake Forest
Duke
Virginia Tech
Colorado
Missouri
Baylor
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Cincinnati
South Florida
Syracuse
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Ohio State
Penn State
Wisconsin
Marshall
Central Florida
Houston
Akron
Buffalo
Ohio U.
Eastern Michigan
Toledo
Texas Christian
Utah
Arizona State
California
Oregon
Stanford
Washington State
Georgia
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Alabama
Auburn
Louisiana State
Mississippi State
Mississippi
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
North Texas
Boise State
Hawaii
Louisiana Tech
Notre Dame
Georgia Southern

 

Only two weeks into the season, all of the major programs in the three biggest recruiting states already have a loss.

USC and UCLA

Texas and Texas A&M

Florida, Florida State and Miami

When was the last time THAT ever happened?