Just two weeks into the season and it looks like so much we thought might be true in college football is wrong. No. 1 Alabama needed every little bit of misfortune that conspired against Texas, plus a Heisman-worthy performance by its Heisman Trophy winner, to avoid its first regular-season nonconference loss since 2007 against the Longhorns. No. 6 Texas A&M and No. 8 Notre Dame were not so fortunate. The Aggies and Irish were Sun Belted, losing at home to Appalachian State and Marshall, respectively.
Elsewhere in the NCAA:
EAST
Allegheny 34, Thiel 6
Anna Maria 63, Mass.-Dartmouth 48
Averett 24, Christopher Newport 20
Bentley 41, Pace 20
Bloomsburg 42, Clarion 3
Carnegie Mellon 10, RPI 7
Case Western 45, Waynesburg 31
Castleton 48, Fitchburg St. 0
Coast Guard 22, Curry 16
Colgate 21, Maine 18
Concord 21, Glenville St. 7
Cortland 63, College of NJ 7
Delaware 35, Delaware St. 9
Delaware Valley 14, Montclair St. 6
Denison 63, Hilbert 0
Duquesne 34, Thomas More 14
Fordham 52, Monmouth (NJ) 49
Framingham St. 31, St. John Fisher 20
Frostburg St. 18, W. Virginia St. 7
Gallaudet 31, Greensboro 14
Gannon 16, Millersville 10
Grove City 55, Geneva 17
Holy Cross 37, Buffalo 31
Ithaca 24, Brockport 0
Johns Hopkins 36, Ursinus 29
Kansas 55, West Virginia 42, OT
Kings (Pa.) 17, Hartwick 10
Kutztown 24, California (Pa.) 19
Lehigh 21, Georgetown 19
Lycoming 21, Lebanon Valley 20
McDaniel 35, Juniata 19
Memphis 37, Navy 13
Mercyhurst 49, Lock Haven 7
Misericordia 38, Keystone 20
Moravian 43, Gettysburg 28
Morrisville St. 24, Hobart 13
Mount St. Joseph 43, Alfred 37
Muhlenberg 34, Dickinson 21
New England 38, Bridgewater (Mass.) 23
New Hampshire 28, Albany (NY) 23
New Haven 31, S. Connecticut 26
Penn St. 46, Ohio 10
Plymouth St. 17, Husson 0
Randolph Macon 41, Catholic 7
Rhode Island 35, Bryant 21
Rochester 30, Alfred St. 17
Rowan 38, Springfield 35
Rutgers 66, Wagner 7
Sacred Heart 14, CCSU 10
Salve Regina 13, MIT 10
Shepherd 41, Edinboro 7
Shippensburg 36, Seton Hill 17
Slippery Rock 35, West Chester 14
St. Anselm 56, American International 7
St. Lawrence 30, Norwich 19
Stevenson 35, Salisbury 21
Stonehill 76, Post 0
Susquehanna 39, Franklin & Marshall 36
Syracuse 48, Uconn 14
Temple 30, Lafayette 14
Tennessee 34, Pittsburgh 27, OT
Towson 29, Morgan St. 21
UTSA 41, Army 38, OT
Union (NY) 76, Worcester St. 7
Utica 21, Kean 15
Villanova 38, LIU Brooklyn 21
W. New England 38, Westfield St. 14
Washington & Jefferson 52, St. Vincent 21
Westminster (Pa.) 42, Bethany (WV) 3
SOUTH
Apprentice 27, Brevard 7
Auburn 24, San Jose St. 16
Austin Peay 41, MVSU 0
Belhaven 42, Southwestern (Texas) 15
Benedict 14, Lane 0
Berry 56, Lagrange 10
Bridgewater (Va.) 58, S. Virginia 10
Carson-Newman 27, Franklin Pierce 6
Centre 20, Maryville (Tenn.) 10
Clemson 35, Furman 12
Coastal Carolina 31, Gardner-Webb 27
Davidson 37, Barton 17
East Carolina 39, Old Dominion 21
Elon 26, Wofford 0
FAU 42, SE Louisiana 9
Ferris St. 27, Lenoir-Rhyne 5
Florida A&M 23, Albany St. (Ga.) 13
Georgia 33, Samford 0
Georgia Tech 35, W. Carolina 17
Grambling St. 47, Northwestern St. 21
Hampton 42, Tuskegee 10
Huntingdon 38, Birmingham Southern 35
Jackson St. 16, Tennessee St. 3
Jacksonville St. 34, Murray St. 3
James Madison 63, Norfolk St. 7
Kentucky 26, Florida 16
LSU 65, Southern U. 17
Lake Erie 26, Kentucky Wesleyan 21
Liberty 21, UAB 14
Livingstone 19, Elizabeth City St. 0
Louisiana Tech 52, Stephen F. Austin 17
Louisiana-Lafayette 49, E. Michigan 21
Louisiana-Monroe 35, Nicholls 7
Maryland 56, Charlotte 21
Methodist 49, Guilford 16
Miami 30, Southern Miss. 7
Mississippi 59, Cent. Arkansas 3
Mississippi College 26, Keiser University Seahawks 8
Muskingum 31, Ferrum 3
NC Central 41, Winston-Salem 0
NC State 55, Charleston Southern 3
Newberry 29, North Greenville 22
North Alabama 49, Virginia-Wise 17
North Carolina 35, Georgia St. 28
Presbyterian 21, Va. Lynchburg 13
Richmond 31, St. Francis (Pa.) 21
SC State 33, Bethune-Cookman 9
Savannah St. 31, Edward Waters 28
Shorter 34, Catawba 21
South Florida 42, Howard 20
Stetson 45, Louisiana College 14
Tennessee Tech 26, Texas A&M Commerce 25
The Citadel 20, ETSU 17
Troy 38, Alabama A&M 17
Tulane 52, Alcorn St. 0
Tusculum 23, Chowan 21
UNC-Pembroke 50, WV Wesleyan 26
VMI 24, Bucknell 14
Virginia St. 28, Bluefield State 7
Virginia Tech 27, Boston College 10
Virginia Union 45, Valdosta St. 40
Wake Forest 45, Vanderbilt 25
Washington & Lee 44, Sewanee 0
West Alabama 31, Miles 0
West Georgia 42, Morehouse 0
Widener 31, Hampden-Sydney 27
William & Mary 37, Campbell 21
Wingate 21, Fayetteville St. 3
MIDWEST
Adrian 33, Hanover 0
Albion 51, Bluffton 2
Alma 49, Manchester 7
Alvernia 38, Oberlin 35
Ashland 28, Findlay 3
Augustana (SD) 30, Bemidji St. 29
Aurora 49, Franklin 16
Baldwin Wallace 13, Wilmington (Ohio) 12
Benedictine (Ill.) 48, Loras 26
Buena Vista 41, Lakeland 34
Butler 45, Taylor 10
Carleton 84, Crown (Minn.) 20
Central 31, Wis.-Eau Claire 13
Chattanooga 38, E. Illinois 20
Chicago 40, Illinois College 14
Cincinnati 63, Kennesaw St. 10
Concordia (Ill.) 45, Finlandia 7
Concordia (Moor.) 42, Presentation 13
Concordia (Wis.) 28, Northwestern (Minn.) 14
Cornell (Iowa) 35, Beloit 14
DePauw 55, Anderson (Ind.) 0
Delta St. 58, McKendree 34
Duke 31, Northwestern 23
E. Kentucky 59, Bowling Green 57, 7OT
Georgia Southern 45, Nebraska 42
Greenville 40, Rockford 30
Hamline 34, Minn.-Morris 21
Heidelberg 34, Otterbein 7
Hillsdale 35, Walsh 17
Hope 33, Coe 24
Illinois 24, Virginia 3
Illinois St. 28, Valparaiso 21
Illinois Wesleyan 45, Ohio Wesleyan 21
Indiana 35, Idaho 22
Iowa St. 10, Iowa 7
Kalamazoo 24, Kenyon 21
Kansas St. 40, Missouri 12
Lake Forest 55, Lawrence 0
Lincoln (Pa.) 26, Central St. (Ohio) 21
Macalester 43, Martin Luther 7
Marshall 26, Notre Dame 21
Mayville St. 55, Nebraska Wesleyan 48, OT
Miami (Ohio) 31, Robert Morris 14
Michigan 56, Hawaii 10
Michigan St. 52, Akron 0
Minn. St. (Moorhead) 24, Upper Iowa 21
Minnesota 62, W. Illinois 10
Minnesota St. 17, Minn. Duluth 10
Missouri S&T 17, Drake 14, OT
Monmouth (Ill.) 48, Grinnell 0
N. Dakota St. 43, NC A&T 3
N. Michigan 13, Wis.-Oshkosh 10
NW Missouri St. 58, Lincoln (Mo.) 20
North Central 56, Wabash 12
North Dakota 29, N. Iowa 27
Northwood (Mich.) 38, Madonna University Crusaders 0
Notre Dame (Ohio) 27, Wheeling Jesuit 14
Ohio Northern 28, Capital 13
Ohio St. 45, Arkansas St. 12
Olivet 54, Eureka 14
Purdue 56, Indiana St. 0
Ripon 33, Knox 6
S. Dakota St. 24, UC Davis 22
SE Missouri 34, S. Illinois 31
SW Minnesota 14, Concordia (St.P.) 6
Saginaw Valley St. 40, Bowie St. 12
South Alabama 38, Cent. Michigan 24
St. John’s (Minn.) 37, Wis.-River Falls 34
St. Norbert 21, Wis.-Stevens Pt 14
St. Olaf 55, Luther 27
St. Thomas (Minn.) 32, Michigan Tech 6
Tiffin 28, Ohio Dominican 13
Toledo 55, Umass 10
Trine 24, Rose Hulman 23
Truman St. 27, S.D. Mines 20
W. Michigan 37, Ball St. 30
Wartburg 27, Wis.-Stout 0
Washington (Mo.) 52, Hendrix 7
Washington St. 17, Wisconsin 14
Wayne St. (Mich.) 30, Shaw 22
Wayne St. (Neb.) 13, Northern St. 6
West Florida 49, SW Baptist 10
Winona St. 25, Mary 17
Wis.-La Crosse 30, Dubuque 3
Wis.-Platteville 10, Bethel (Minn. ) 7
Wis.-Whitewater 28, Mary Hardin-Baylor 24
Wooster 49, Hiram 21
Youngstown St. 49, Dayton 16
SOUTHWEST
Abilene Christian 21, Prairie View 13
Alabama 20, Texas 19
Appalachian St. 17, Texas A&M 14
Ark.-Monticello 40, Oklahoma Baptist 17
Ark.-Pine Bluff 76, North American Stallions 3
Arkansas 44, South Carolina 30
Arkansas Tech 35, East Central 13
George Fox 42, Howard Payne 39
Harding 38, SE Oklahoma 13
Henderson St. 51, NW Oklahoma 27
Lindenwood (Mo.) 21, Houston Baptist 20
Millsaps 27, McMurry 13
Missouri Southern 30, Northeastern St. 13
N. Arizona 10, Sam Houston St. 3
North Texas 59, Texas Southern 27
Oklahoma 33, Kent St. 3
Oklahoma St. 34, Arizona St. 17
Ouachita Baptist 45, S. Nazarene 0
Rhodes 23, Austin 7
Rice 52, McNeese St. 10
SMU 45, Lamar 16
SW Oklahoma 24, S. Arkansas 20
TCU 59, Tarleton St. 17
Texas A&M Kingsville 35, Sul Ross St. 14
Texas State 41, FIU 12
Texas Tech 33, Houston 30, 2OT
Trinity (Texas) 17, Wheaton (Ill.) 16, OT
Tulsa 38, N. Illinois 35
UTEP 20, New Mexico St. 13
FAR WEST
Air Force 41, Colorado 10
Angelo St. 30, Colorado Mines 27, OT
Arizona Christian 52, Fort Lewis 12
BYU 26, Baylor 20, 2OT
Black Hills St. 38, William Jewell 19
Cal Poly 28, San Diego 27
California 20, UNLV 14
Cent. Washington 24, W. New Mexico 13
Chapman 42, California Lutheran 41
Claremont Mudd 42, Whittier 0
Incarnate Word 55, Nevada 41
Middle Tennessee 34, Colorado St. 19
Midwestern St. 28, E. New Mexico 14
Mississippi St. 39, Arizona 17
Montana 24, South Dakota 7
Montana St. 63, Morehead St. 13
Oregon 70, E. Washington 14
Oregon St. 35, Fresno St. 32
Pomona Pitzer 21, Redlands 20
San Diego St. 38, Idaho St. 7
Southern Cal 41, Stanford 28
UCLA 45, Alabama St. 7
Utah 73, S. Utah 7
Utah Tech 56, Chadron St. 10
W. Oregon 42, Lincoln Oaklanders 10
Waldorf 54, Simpson 21
Washington 52, Portland St. 6
Weber St. 35, Utah St. 7
West Texas A&M 34, Adams St. 19
Willamette 26, La Verne 14
Wyoming 33, N. Colorado 10
