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You certainly can’t accuse the Northern Illinois Huskies of not wanting to play anyone in non-conference play. The Huskies have already traveled to take on Wyoming and South Florida and will now test their fortunes against the team that was the best in the Mountain West last season. The San Diego State Aztecs haven’t squared off against the Huskies since way back in 1971 but will face them in College Football Week 3 action.... 

The No. 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide visit the No. 19 Mississippi Rebels on Saturday in a game that can be seen on CBS. Both teams are coming off cakewalks last week as Alabama routed Western Kentucky while Mississippi rolled over Wofford. The Crimson Tide will be very motivated for this Week 3 matchup as the Rebels handed them their only loss of the season a year ago. Alabama is listed as a 9.5-point road favorite in this game.... 

The Penn State Nittany Lions will try and bounce back from last week’s loss to Pittsburgh as they host the Temple Owls in Week 3 action on Saturday. It is a key game for Penn State head coach James Franklin who is trying to show that he has the Nittany Lions headed in the right direction. It is also a revenge game for Penn State as they were beaten by Temple 27-10 last season. It may not be easy for the Nittany Lions against a Temple team coming off a 38-0 win over Stony Brook, the first shuto... 

The Memphis Tigers are big home favorites on Saturday against the Kansas Jayhawks in a contest that can be seen on ESPN U. The Jayhawks come into this game at 1-1 while the Tigers are 1-0. Kansas looked really good in Week 1 as they routed Rhode Island but they were brought back to earth last week in a loss to Ohio. On the other side, the Tigers rolled over SE Missouri State in their opener and then they had a bye last week. Memphis is listed as nearly a three-touchdown favorite in this Week 3 m... 

Just a decade ago, who would have believed that the Miami Hurricanes would be traveling to Boone, NC for a non-conference game? That’s how far Miami has fallen since joining the ACC. However, there is legitimate optimism for the first time this decade after the Hurricanes brought in Mark Richt to be the new sheriff down in Miami. Richt and the Canes will have their first real test in College Football Week 3 when they face the Appalachian State Mountaineers.... 

An upset over North Carolina State has caught the nation’s attention and the East Carolina Pirates are looking for an encore performance, this time on the road. Can the Pirates provide back-to-back upset wins and topple the South Carolina Gamecocks in Week 3 or is that too much to ask? East Carolina was helped out last week by some crucial mistakes. They’ve certainly got a strong offense to make the Gamecocks’ lives difficult, but is the defense strong enough to hold? Probably not, but this could still be an exciting game to watch.... 

The Pittsburgh Panthers head into this Week 3 showdown in Stillwater against the Oklahoma State Cowboys undefeated after a big win this weekend against Penn State while the Cowboys dropped their week 2 game against Central Michigan in a major upset.... 

Doc Holliday just keeps winning football games. The Marshall Thundering Herd have now had three straight double-digit win seasons under his helm and anyone that thought the team would fall back into mediocrity after the loss of Rakeem Cato has been mistaken. Now Marshall will attempt to get its second win, and cover, of the season when the Akron Zips head to Huntington for a Week 3 college football showdown.Kickoff for this Week 3 game is set for Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 12 p.m. ET at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. This game will be broadcast on CBSS.... 

Everything you think you know about college football through two weeks is about set to change. Each of the Top 3 teams in America are on the road this weekend, and it would take a brave man to suggest that all three are going to end up with zeroes in their loss column by the time the week is said and done with since they're all playing against teams ranked in the Top 20. Throw in another eight of the Top 25 going away from home, and you've got the makings of a weekend where everything is surely going to change.... 

The Arizona State Sun Devils are off to a strong start after a disappointing 2015. The offense has been on fire to start the season, averaging 56 points per game and has carried the way for this team. Before starting play in the grueling PAC-12, Todd Graham and his Sun Devils have one more opponent on the schedule and are expected to roll despite it being a road game. Their foe in College Football Week 3 will be the UTSA Roadrunners.... 

It hasn’t been a great way to start to the season for the Arkansas State Red Wolves. The perennial Sun Belt contender has been blown out by Toledo and Auburn in its first two games and its offense has been unable to get on track. Now the Red Wolves face another difficult test before starting conference play when they travel all the way out to Logan, Utah where they will face another quality mid-major team in the Utah State Aggies in Week 3 College Football action.... 

One of the most important games of the season in the ACC takes place on Saturday as the No. 2 Florida State Seminoles visit the No. 10 Louisville Cardinals in a Week 3 matchup on ABC. The Seminoles are in position to make the College Football Playoff if they win this game as their only other tough game is against Clemson and that one is in Tallahassee. On the other side, the Louisville Cardinals are unbeaten at 2-0 and led by an offense that is averaging 66 points per game, best in the country.... 

The Tennessee Volunteers will try and avoid a letdown on Saturday as they host the Ohio Bobcats on SEC Network. The Volunteers survived against Appalachian State in their opener and then last week Tennessee defeated Virginia Tech 45-24 in front of the biggest crowd in NCAA football history, 156,990 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The Vols will have to avoid overlooking Ohio in this Week 3 matchup on Saturday.... 

The TCU Horned Frogs will look to bounce back after losing in double overtime last week to Arkansas as they host the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday on FS1. This Week 3 matchup has the Horned Frogs listed as 22.5-point favorites. Iowa State has looked like one of the worst teams in the country so far this season as they lost to FCS foe Northern Iowa in their opener and then last week they were blown off the field by the Iowa Hawkeyes, losing 42-3. TCU comes into this game at 1-1 with a win over ... 

It was ugly, but the No. 21 Baylor Bears put another game in the win column last week after surprisingly struggling in the first half against an SMU team that gave the Bears a much better game than expected. Still, the offense came through when it needed to and now it’s time for the Bears to go on the road for the first time all season. Baylor will square off against the Rice Owls in what should be a Week 3 college football blowout.... 

The Houston Cougars are riding high. Houston is up to No. 6 in the polls and that should mean a spot in the College Football Playoff if it runs the table. The Cougars are looking to become the first mid-major team to win it all in the modern era and Tom Herman has the team humming on all cylinders. They will face their first road test in College Football Week 3 when they have to travel to take on the Cincinnati Bearcats in what very well could be a preview of the AAC Title Game.... 

One of the chase games set to go late Saturday night will have the mighty Oregon Ducks looking to move to 2-0 on the year against a Virginia Cavaliers team that fell at home to Richmond in new head coach Bronco Mendenhall’s Charlottesville debut. With that, the Quack Attack finds itself one of the bigger favorites on the Week 2 board, as well as one of the biggest exposures for bookmakers everywhere.This contest in Week 2 of the regular season will go down Saturday, September 10, 2016, at 10:30 p.m. ET at Autzen Stadium.... 

The San Diego State Aztecs amped their defensive game up tremendously at the end of last season by holding nine of their final ten opponents to 17 or fewer points en route to having the program’s best season in decades. A major test and revenge spot is set to go down in Week 2 when the California Golden Bears invade Qualcomm a year removed from taking a bite of and spitting out Rocky Long’s defense in Berkeley.This matchup in Week 2 of the regular season will take place on Saturday, September 10, 2016, at 10:30 p.m. ET at Qualcomm Stadium.... 

The good news for the Arizona State Sun Devils is that they are 1-0 on the season. The bad news is that the offense looked really shaky at the start of last week’s game against NAU. This week, the team will be looking to blow off the first-game jitters as the Devils take on the high-scoring Texas Tech Red Raiders in Week 2 of the regular season at home.... 

The Washington State Cougars seem to be making this a habit. For the second year in a row, the team lost its season opener to a team it should have won big against. Last year it was Portland State who stole the victory in early September and last week the Cougars fell to Eastern Washington, 45-40.... 

College football fans everywhere got their first glimpse of the 2016 season last weekend, and the Texas Longhorns faithful certainly got quite a show. An epic comeback, an emerging young star at quarterback — this victory over Notre Dame had it all. And the thrilling start also has a lot of people thinking this might only be the beginning for Texas this season. This week, the team is looking to go 2-0 against the UTEP Miners.... 

The UCLA Bruins overcame a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit last week to push their game against Texas A&M to overtime, but the offense didn’t quite have enough in the tank to finish the job. When the Bruins return home to take on the UNLV Rebels in Week 2 of the regular season, they will be looking for their first win.... 

The Florida Gators will attempt to find some semblance of an offensive attack while the Kentucky Wildcats will look for their defense to step up in Week 2 when these SEC East rivals collide at the Swamp in front of a nationally televised audience. These squads played to a defensive grinder at Kentucky last season that saw each team combine for less than 500 yards of total offense, but that likely won’t be how this one plays out.... 

After opening their 2016 campaign with a thrilling overtime defeat in Austin last Sunday night, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will return home to the comforts of South Bend, IN where they’ll look to take some aggression out on a Nevada Wolf Pack squad still working out the kinks of implementing a new offensive philosophy. After giving up over 500 yards to the Longhorns, you can bet ND’s defense will have a much different look to it in Week 2.... 

The Wisconsin Badgers should be checking their mailbox for thank you cards from bookmakers all across the country after Paul Chryst’s kids shocked the then No. 5 ranked LSU Tigers 16-14 as decided underdogs last Saturday afternoon at Lambeau Field. The Akron Zips were the only team in the MAC East to win their season opener last week. One of these teams will move to 2-0 in Week 2, and it likely won’t be the one that enters this contest as heavy underdogs....