NCAA Football: Week 2

Penn State +13 Alabama - The Nittany Lions return 7 starters from a defensive unit that was among the best in the country last year. They were also really good away from home last year, going 4-0 ATS in road games and earning a push as a favorite against LSU in their bowl game. Even if they struggle some on offense, 13 sounds like a lot of points.

Georgia Tech -13 1/2 Kansas - Kansas ran 4 special teams plays with only 10 men on the field, they were out of timeouts with 8 minutes left, and if you take out one nice 50+ yard end around, they averaged under 2 yards per carry. Two linemen starters have changed, the QB has been changed, and the panic button has apparently been pushed. Oh, when the Ramblin' Wreck have the ball, an undersized interior defensive line will be tasked with stopping the most intricate, varied, and successful option attack in college football.

Michigan +3 1/2 Notre Dame - I hate to overreact to week 1, but the Wolverines dismantled a pretty good UConn team last week. If they keep getting that sort of QB play, RichRod might actually get to keep his job. Notre Dame has covered 4 of the last 5 in South Bend, but the play here is that Michigan has turned the corner. Rodriguez had some great teams at West Virginia, after all, and it's just a matter of time before he figured it out at Michigan.

Leans:

Iowa State +14 Iowa - Paul Rhodes is doing a heck of a job in Ames.

Texas -27 1/2 Wyoming - Does UT's new focus on running it shorten games and make big numbers hard to cover?

Texas Tech -24 New Mexico - The Lobos are bad. Really bad. Wish they were on KU's schedule bad.