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If all those exciting and compelling games in the opening weekend of the college football season wore you out, week two is for you.For the first time since Sept. 8, 2012, there are no games matching ranked teams on the schedule this weekend.No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Clemson, No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Michigan, No. 8 Washington, No. 10 Wisconsin, No. 11 Texas and No. 14 Oklahoma are favored against FBS opponents by a combined 265+ points on Saturday.Six Top 25 teams are playing FCS opponents and there is only one ranked team favored by less than 10 points.Intrigue can be found away from the Top 25, where a couple of in-state rivalries are renewed.Penn State plays Pittsburgh for the first time since 2000. The rivalry known as the Holy War returns to the state of Utah for the first time since 2014. BYU and Utah took two seasons off from their rivalry, but ended up facing off in the Las Vegas Bowl last season.The picks:FRIDAY NIGHT DOME LIGHTSNo. 13 Louisville (minus 14) at SyracuseWith Syracuses new up-tempo offense, a basketball score is possible for the old Big East rivals ... LOUISVILLE 45-34.BEATDOWNSWestern Kentucky (plus 28 1/2) at No. 1 AlabamaTroy (plus 36) at No. 2 ClemsonTulsa (plus 29) at No. 4 Ohio StateUCF (plus 35 1/2) at No. 5 MichiganIdaho (plus 36 1/2) at No. 8 WashingtonAkron (plus 25) at No. 10 WisconsinUTEP (plus 28 1/2) at No. 11 TexasLouisiana-Monroe (plus 46 1/2) at OklahomaThe good news is each of these Group of Five teams will be handsomely compensated for their time and effort. Lets just combine these games ... RANKED TEAMS 400-160.UPSET ALERTArkansas (plus 7 1/2) at No. 15 TCUThe Frogs want to go fast; the Hogs like to slow it down ... TCU 35-31.Iowa State (plus 15) at No. 16 IowaThe Cyclones have won three of the last five meetings with the CyHawk Trophy at stake ... IOWA 33-21.No. 17 Tennessee (minus 11 1/2) vs. Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TennesseeA crowd pushing 150,000 is expected at the race track. Most should bring binoculars ... TENNESSEE 28-13.MORE BLOWOUTSNevada (plus 28) at No. 18 Notre DameIrish defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder is about as popular in South Bend, Indiana, these days as Charlie Weis ... NOTRE DAME 45-21.Central Michigan (plus 21) at No. 22 Oklahoma StateThe Chippewas hung tough at home with the Cowboys last season ... OKLAHOMA STATE 51-24, BEST BET.SMU (plus 32) at No. 23 BaylorThe Bears have won 12 straight meetings, scoring at least 40 points nine times ... BAYLOR 48-35.COMING OFF LOSES TO FCSVirginia (plus 24 1/2) at No. 24 OregonAfter losing to Richmond, it doesnt get any easier for the Cavaliers, who need to be more like Bronco Mendenhalls old team ... OREGON 51-21.FAU (plus 24) at No. 25 MiamiThe Owls fell to Southern Illinois last week; the Hurricanes are ranked for the first time since 2013 ... MIAMI 48-17.TWITTER REQUESTSPenn State (plus 6) at Pitt -- (at)cpugliesiThe Nittany Lions new offense was OK against Kent State. Improving against a Pat Narduzzi defense will be challenging ... PITTSBURGH 24-20.BYU (plus 3 1/2) at Utah -- (at)VegasAggieThe Utes have won five straight against the Cougars ... UTAH 23-21.Texas Tech (plus 3) at Arizona State -- (at)vtasuPossible 200 plays from a couple of up-tempo teams ... TEXAS TECH 42-38, UPSET SPECIAL.Northern Illinois (plus 15) at USF -- (at)jhalpin-Interesting Group of Five matchup, featuring perennial MAC championship contender and one of the American Athletic Conferences best ... USF 35-17.Washington State (plus 11) at Boise State -- (at)ipap-saThe Cougars lost to an FCS team to open the season last year and went on to have its best record under coach Mike Leach. So maybe that loss to Eastern Washington was a good sign. Maybe? ... BOISE STATE 31-24.--Record: straight 12-6; vs. points 8-10.--Follow Ralph Russo at www.Twitter.com/ralphDrussoAPDiscount Shoes Ireland . -- Ty Montgomery had 290 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns, and fifth-ranked Stanford held on to beat No. Shoes Ireland From China . -- Three close looks at the bucket, three misses. https://www.shoesirelandsale.com/ . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft. Shoes Ireland On Sale . Anthony Davis had 31 points and 17 rebounds in his seventh straight game with more than 20 points, but that was only enough to keep the Pelicans competitive into the final minutes. Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Golden State, which rebounded from a loss a night earlier in Oklahoma City and snapped a two-game skid. Fake Shoes Ireland .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.Western Sydney will be without their captain for the opening round Sydney derby but neither Wanderers coach Tony Popovic or Sydney FC boss Graham Arnold seem to mind.Nikolai Topor-Stanleys mindless challenge on Melbourne City striker Bruno Fornaroli earned the skipper his marching orders in Wednesday nights FFA Cup match.It will also cost him the chance to play in front of at least 70,000 people at ANZ Stadum on October 8 when the two clubs kick off their A-League campaign.The centre-back barged crudely into Fornaroli as halftime approached, with the Wanderers already down 2-0 and clearly second best to City.Popovic suggested Topor-Stanley couldnt be expected to take future matches into account when playing.You dont think about that during the game and Im sure Nikolai didnt either, he said.He made the foul. Im sure when you look back he would rather have not made that challenge.The Asian Champions League-winning coach said he was yet to consider how the 4-1 defeat, or Topor-Stanleys omission would affect his round one sidde.ddddddddddddAt the moment were annoyed we lost, he said.Weve got a strong squad (and) weve certainly got options.Well make sure whoever comes in and plays that first round will be ready.Arnold, who steered his side into the FFA Cup semi finals against Blacktown City on the same night, said the double whammy of a poor Wanderers result and Topor-Stanleys omission wouldnt be an advantage.It gives Popa probably two weeks to work on things and get at them and fire them up, he said.Sometimes you need a loss to get a kick up the backside.Hes got a strong squad.The defeat means Western Sydney will need to wait until 2017 to leave an imprint on the cup competition, having failed once more to make the semi-finals.Popovic said the 4-1 defeat at AAMI Park was tough to stomach.We wanted to go through further than we did last year, he said.We got caught a little bit on the hop and never really recovered. 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