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Top College Football Games to Watch This Weekend
Confirmed
In Short: Week 2 of the 2026 college football season is shaping up to be one of the best, with several marquee matchups and key games to watch.
Week 2 of the 2026 college football season is set to feature some of the best games of the entire season, according to Colin Simmons of And The Valley Shook. He highlights three major games, several 'maybe' games, and a plethora of 'yep, it’s football' matchups.
Other notable games include Memphis visiting Boise State, a contest with significant College Football Playoff implications, and Mississippi State traveling to Minnesota for a showdown between two talented quarterbacks. Simmons notes that there's so much good football this weekend that it will be hard to keep track of everything.
Fox News' RJ Young predicts that Missouri will have the better quarterback and a formidable run game, making them the pick to win against Kansas. The article also highlights five must-watch games for Week 2, with the Ohio State-Texas game being a key matchup to watch.
What's confirmed
- "The Tigers have the better quarterback, and their run game is still rather awesome even without Ahmad Hardy in the backfield," FOX Sports college football writer RJ Young explained about his Mizzou-over-Kansas pick.
- And which team will kick off the weekend with a spotless record after the Missouri-Kansas tilt?
- Here are the five must-watch college football games for Week 2.
What's still developing
- Back by popular demand, this is your more comprehensive look at the upcoming college football schedule.
- Here’s a curation of what I think is worth watching this weekend.
- There are four games to watch tonight, but only two are between FBS teams.
- The Week 2 college football schedule is one of the best of the entire season, and it features a true marquee matchup between a pair of blue-blood programs with legitimate national championship hopes.
- This is the third straight year in which these teams have met, and the Buckeyes won the previous to games.
- Don't let that main event overshadow the rest of the day because we have a number of undercards that would be featured games on a normal weekend.
- Will history repeat itself in Saturday's Ohio State-Texas battle or will the Longhorns find a way to win?
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