The Ducks put up one of the best wins of the week, beating a Power 4 team in Oklahoma State by the score of 69-3. Oregon may have leveled up to a team that is able to consistently reload instead of having to rebuild. They’re officially into Tier 1 territory.

What to know: Nebraska's 68-0 win over Akron was the program's largest shutout victory since a 55-0 romp of Louisiana in 2009. Now, the Huskers get a bye week before welcoming Michigan to town in Week 4. Last week's ranking: 4.

3. Oregon (2-0): Ducks roll over Oklahoma State 69-3, handing Cowboys coach Mike Gundy his worst loss ever. Oregon is averaging 64 points per game. 4. Illinois (2-0): Strong second half sends Fighting Illini to 45-19 win at Duke. They get Western Michigan on Saturday for final tune-up before opening Big Ten play at Indiana.

Cleveland.com's expanded approach transforms its traditional preseason poll into weekly power rankings that reflect the true state of the 18-team conference.

Michigan State football picked up a massive non-conference win over Boston College on Saturday night. The Spartans overcame a halftime deficit to win a double-overtime thriller over the Eagles by the final score of 42-40. The win by the Spartans pushed them to 2-0 and validated that they are at a minimum a middle-tier Big Ten team.

F or the second year in a row, the Iowa Hawkeyes suffered a painful loss to the rival Iowa State Cyclones, this time by a score of 16-13, to fall to 1-1 on the season. Even when they were on the road and underdogs, the Hawkeyes still feel the sting of having a rivalry game slip between their fingers.

The Scarlet Knights escaped with a win in Week 1, but the defense showed some warts, allowing 440 yards to a MAC program. The good news for head coach Greg Schiano was QB Athan Kaliakmanis had a strong game, finishing 18 of 23 passing for 252 yards and two scores.

Ohio State, Oregon, USC, and Washington put up some big numbers while Michigan and Iowa lost on the road to ranked opponents.

Ohio State may be the favorite to win college football's national title at the sports books, but the ESPN computer prediction models say otherwise.