Best Bets College Football Week 2: Texas-Ohio State, Oklahoma-Michigan, Alabama-UK, Arkansas-Utah

COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 2 IS HERE. Week 1 was cupcakes, extra seconds, and a Hail Mary nobody asked for. Saturday is the first weekend that actually matters.The schedule makers put No. 1 Ohio State on a plane to Austin to play No. 4 Texas in a rematch of last year’s 14-7 slog in Columbus.

College GameDay is on the lawn of the LBJ Library. ABC’s A-team is in the booth. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. ET. Two brands. Two Heisman quarterbacks. One field that has not hosted a top-five visitor like this in a generation. Julian Sayin and Jeremiah Smith walked through Ball State 56-3. Arch Manning, Ryan Wingo, and Cam Coleman dropped 59 on Texas State. Last year Manning got swallowed in the Horseshoe and Texas spent the rest of the season climbing out of a 0-1 hole. This time the Longhorns are home, they’re a tiny favorite, and the line opened Texas -1.5 with the total sitting around 49.5. One possession. First real CFP resume stamp of the year. Lose this and you already used one of your mulligans.

Before that, noon on FOX: No. 11 Oklahoma at Michigan. The Sooners crushed UTEP 51-0 and brought the defense to Ann Arbor. Michigan just survived Western Michigan 13-12 because somebody put one second back on the clock and Bryce Underwood found JJ Buchanan on a 47-yard prayer. Kyle Whittingham’s debut. The MAC appealed. The NCAA said no. The line has already sprinted to Oklahoma -5.5. Total around 43.5. Michigan is still unranked in the AP. The Big House is loud and extremely on edge.

Then 3:30 on ABC: No. 12 Alabama at Kentucky. Kalen DeBoer’s Tide opened with 48-10 over East Carolina. Will Stein’s first real test in Lexington after 45-13 over Youngstown State. Alabama owns this series. The Wildcats are getting 10 and a half at home with the total near 49. SEC Nation in town. First-year coach. First SEC Saturday. History says Alabama. The points say maybe not that easy.We give our pick for Ohio State–Texas, our same-game parlay, and two sneaky props to start the weekend. No more “just get healthy.” No more pretending Week 1 told us everything. Saturday is Austin at night and Ann Arbor at noon and Lexington in the afternoon.

Don’t take a single game for granted because somehow we’re going to blink and it’ll be rivalry week.

Drop your favorite bet for Ohio State–Texas in the comments. 🏈

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