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What this is: I’ll be running down the nationwide results from the week that was, in particular the P5 vs. P5 games, with an emphasis on the race for the playoffs.

This isn't SEC land where "who's got the best conference?" is asked before and after every meal. The point is to run down the five Power 5 conferences, since with four playoff spots it’s become very important to track the rare data points in that otherwise mundane argument.

Everybody’s pretty much fine

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College football’s opening weekend was conspicuously devoid of significant upsets: not much of CFB’s upper echelon was challenged significantly in their opening wins and the highest ranked team to lose its opener was #15 Arizona State in a de facto road game against a tough Texas A&M team. Consider the preseason top 10:

1. Ohio State was down at halftime in Blacksburg but between Braxton Miller’s highlight-reel plays and an injury to Hokie QB Michael Brewer, the Buckeyes beat VT by a comfortable 42-24 margin. OSU decided to roll with Cardale Jones as the apparent leader of the offense – JT Barrett is a tremendous insurance policy – and the Bucks shouldn’t be tested for a while. Needless to say, there’s plenty of weapons on both sides of the ball – the Ohio State team that won at Virginia Tech was still short Joey Bosa and Jalin Marshall, among others.
 
2. TCU beat Minnesota 23-17. More below.

3. Alabama beat Wisconsin 35-17. More below.

 
[After the JUMP, much more on the world of college football]