College football picks: ESPN GameDay predictions for Week 2 games
The marquee matchup of the early 2023 college football season is set for today as future SEC conference foes Texas and Alabama square off at Bryant-Denny under the lights in a rematch of last year's one-point victory for the Crimson Tide, but as both teams replace key playmakers and look to get into playoff contention.
What can we make of that matchup and all the other key games on the Week 2 schedule? Let's lock in our final game predictions with the help of Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, and the whole gang over at ESPN's College GameDay.
College football picks: ESPN GameDay predictions for Week 2 games
Desmond Howard: Auburn over Cal, Ole Miss over Tulane, UNC over App State, Iowa over Iowa State, Wisconsin over Wazzu, Oregon over Texas Tech, Texas A&M over Miami, Colorado over Nebraska, Notre Dame over NC State, Texas over Alabama
Pat McAfee: Cal over Auburn, Ole Miss over Tulane, UNC over App State, Iowa over Iowa State, Wisconsin over Wazzu, Oregon over Texas Tech, Texas A&M over Miami, Colorado over Nebraska, Notre Dame over NC State, Alabama over Texas
Lee Corso: Cal over Auburn, Ole Miss over Tulane, UNC over App State, Iowa over Iowa State, Wisconsin over Wazzu, Oregon over Texas Tech, Miami over Texas A&M, Nebraska over Colorado, Notre Dame over NC State
Kirk Herbstreit: Auburn over Cal, Ole Miss over Tulane, UNC over App State, Iowa over Iowa State, Wisconsin over Wazzu, Texas Tech over Oregon, Texas A&M over Miami, Colorado over Nebraska, NC State over Notre Dame
College Football HQ picks: Auburn over Cal, Ole Miss over Tulane, UNC over App State, Iowa over Iowa State, Wisconsin over Wazzu, Oregon over Texas Tech, Texas A&M over Miami, Colorado over Nebraska, Notre Dame over NC State, Alabama over Texas
Corso's Headgear Pick: Texas over Alabama
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- Georgia
- Michigan
- Alabama
- Florida State
- Ohio State
- USC
- Penn State
- Washington
- Tennessee
- Notre Dame
- Texas
- Utah
- Oregon
- LSU
- Kansas State
- Oregon State
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Wisconsin
- Ole Miss
- Duke
- Colorado
- Texas A&M
- Tulane
- Clemson
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