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After selecting up a marquee dangle on the road in Week 2, each the Oregon Ducks and Iowa Hawkeyes comprise surged in B/R’s most novel Top 25 for the 2021 school football season.
Oregon never trailed during a 35-28 victory at Ohio Remark, which entered Saturday with an undefeated file against the Ducks within the all-time collection. Later on, Iowa’s defense propelled the Hawkeyes to a 27-17 dangle over rival Iowa Remark.
Nonetheless as Oregon and Iowa soared within the rankings, Texas had a wretched day at Arkansas and exited the Top 25 alongside with USC.
Bleacher Document’s school football crew—David Kenyon, Adam Kramer, Kerry Miller, Morgan Moriarty and Brad Shepard—every solid a pollafter Week 2’s outcomes. A first-drawl vote is rate 25 facets, followed by 24 facets for 2nd, 23 for third, etc.
B/R’s Week 2 Top 25
1. Alabama (Closing week: 1)
2. Georgia (2)
T-3. Oklahoma (4)
T-3. Oregon (T-9)
5. Iowa (13)
6. Cincinnati (5)
7. Clemson (6)
8. Ohio Remark (3)
9. Florida (14)
T-10. Coastal Carolina (15)
T-10. Penn Remark (11)
12. Texas A&M (7)
13. UCLA (17)
14. Notre Dame (T-9)
15. Ole Trot over (25)
16. Michigan (19)
17. Virginia Tech (18)
18. Iowa Remark (8)
19. Arkansas (NR)
20. Wisconsin (21)
21. UCF (NR)
22. Liberty (23)
23. Kentucky (NR)
24. Arizona Remark (22)
25. Auburn (NR)
Others receiving votes: BYU, USC, Texas, Maryland, North Carolina
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Extra specifically, this defense is scorching.
Within the struggle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy, the Hawkeyes locked down Iowa Remark for a 27-17 dangle. Iowa surrendered only 339 yards and created four turnovers, including Jack Campbell’s fumble return for a touchdown. Total, the Hawkeyes grew to develop into the takeaways into a recreation-defining 20 facets.
Iowa Remark quarterback Brock Purdy completed 13-of-27 for 138 yards and three picks. It develop into once this sort of fight for the senior that the Cyclones grew to develop into to backup Hunter Dekkers within the fourth quarter.
Iowa’s unbelievable performance comes on the heels of a dominant showing in Week 1, too.
Closing Saturday, the Hawkeyes rolled 17th-ranked Indiana 34-6. Riley Moss returned two of Iowa’s three interceptions for touchdowns, and the defense ceded ethical 233 yards.
And consequently, the Hawkeyes climbed to No. 5 in B/R’s poll.
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Debut? Proper!
Encore? Unhealthy. So very heart-broken.
In Week 1, Texas knocked off Louisiana in Steve Sarkisian’s first recreation as the pinnacle coach. Given Sark’s reputation as an ideal play-caller, it develop into once encouraging to verify rising star Bijan Robinson amass 176 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns, too.
Nonetheless on Saturday, all that optimism and pleasure vanished. Texas mustered ethical 256 yards of offense in a 40-21 loss.
Arkansas held Robinson to 73 yards on 20 touches, and quarterback Hudson Card averaged 4.1 yards per strive on 15 throws. Sarkisian ended up bringing in backup Casey Thompson, who led a pair of touchdown drives and can comprise created an in-season struggle at the build—which is never an perfect construction.
Texas will strive and soar again in Week 3 against Rice. Within the interval in-between, the Longhorns dropped out of B/R’s Top 25.
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Oregon first performed Ohio Remark within the 1958 Rose Bowl. Nonetheless the Buckeyes obtained that contest, alongside with four normal-season video games through the 1960s. Ohio Remark then obtained two conferences within the 1980s, the final matchups between the programs till lately.
Ohio Remark defeated Oregon in each the 2009 season’s Rose Bowl and 2014’s national championship recreation. By technique of 9 all-time clashes, the Buckeyes held a excellent 9-0 file.
Tenth time’s the appeal, it looks to be.
At the again of a pair of smartly timed defensive stops, the instant-handed Ducks afflicted third-ranked Ohio Remark 35-28 in Columbus.
Well-known particular person edge-rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux and high linebacker Justin Flowe had been among the Oregon avid gamers unavailable. Nonetheless, working again C.J. Verdell piled up 195 yards from scrimmage and scored thrice, and Anthony Brown’s touchdown trudge to Moliki Matavao early within the fourth quarter stood as the winner.
While snapping the poke is lively, Oregon picked up a nonconference victory that—if the 2-0 Ducks withhold profitable—can comprise to silent be very influential in College Football Playoff rankings.
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Week 2’s biggest video games featured Immense Ten programs, but that honor shifts to the SEC in Week 3.
Within the mid-afternoon, Alabama heads to Florida (3: 30 p.m. ET, CBS) for a rematch of final season’s SEC Championship Game.
Even supposing the teams care for 2-0 records, they’re silent settling into the season. Alabama had a dreary offensive commence and 9 penalties against Mercer, and Florida has a quarterback jam. Emory Jones has struggled to this point, and Anthony Richardson excelled in Week 2 but looked to wound himself on a touchdown bound.
Within the waste, the showdown in The Swamp has basically the most national implications of any Week 3 recreation.
Then, the prime-time matchup is a Top 25 clash between Auburn and Penn Remark (7: 30 p.m., ABC). It be the first-ever normal-season meeting between the programs, which otherwise comprise only performed within the 1996 Outback Bowl and 2003 Capital One Bowl.
Each teams will enter the contest at 2-0. Auburn overcame an uninspiring first half to crush Alabama Remark 62-0 in Week 2, and Penn Remark toppled defending MAC champion Ball Remark 44-13.
