ESPN panel issues updated College Football Playoff predictions after Week 2
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Week 2 of the 2026 college football season had some incredible drama. Outside the SEC, Oklahoma State’s surprising win over Oregon shook the sport’s landscape. Inside the conference, a pair of heavyweight bouts with Big Ten teams left one Red River Rival wondering what went wrong, and the other celebrating an unlikely victory.
The Texas Longhorns have risen to the top of many ESPN panelists’ College Football Playoff projections following their aforementioned triumph. The Oklahoma Sooners, meanwhile, have fallen off everyone’s ballots. They’ve been replaced by… wait, are those cowbells?
In all, eight SEC schools appeared in this week’s CFP predictions. The Longhorns, Georgia Bulldogs and LSU Tigers were unanimous choices. The Texas A&M Aggies (10), Ole Miss Rebels (8) and Alabama Crimson Tide (6) showed up on at least half the ballots. Lastly, the Florida Gators and Mississippi State Bulldogs earned one vote apiece.
Here are ESPN’s fully updated CFP projections following Week 2:
- Andrea Adelson: 1. Notre Dame 2. Texas 3. LSU 4. Miami 5. Texas A&M 6. Georgia 7. Indiana 8. Alabama 9. BYU 10. Ohio State 11. Ole Miss 12. Boise State
- Kyle Bonagura: 1. Notre Dame 2. Indiana 3. Texas 4. Georgia 5. Ohio State 6. LSU 7. Miami 8. Alabama 9. Texas A&M 10. Texas Tech 11. BYU 12. Boise State
- Bill Connelly: 1. Texas 2. Notre Dame 3. Georgia 4. LSU 5. Miami 6. Florida 7. Indiana 8. Alabama 9. BYU 10. Texas A&M 11. Mississippi State 12. Tulsa
- David Hale: 1. Notre Dame 2. Miami 3. LSU 4. Georgia 5. Texas 6. Ohio State 7. Indiana 8. Texas A&M 9. Ole Miss 10. BYU 11. USC 12. Boise State
- Eli Lederman: 1. Notre Dame 2. Miami 3. Georgia 4. Texas 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 7. Texas A&M 8. BYU 9. LSU 10. Oregon 11. SMU 12. Boise State
- Max Olson: 1. Texas 2. Miami 3. Notre Dame 4. Ohio State 5. Georgia 6. LSU 7. Indiana 8. Texas A&M 9. BYU 10. Alabama 11. USC 12. North Dakota State
- Adam Rittenberg: 1. Texas 2. Notre Dame 3. Georgia 4. Miami 5. LSU 6. Indiana 7. Ohio State 8. BYU. 9. Ole Miss 10. USC 11. Alabama 12. Boise State
- Alex Scarborough: 1. Notre Dame 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Georgia 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 7. LSU 8. Ole Miss 9. USC 10. BYU 11. Texas A&M 12. Boise State
- Mark Schlabach: 1. Texas 2. Georgia 3. Notre Dame 4. Indiana 5. Miami 6. LSU 7. Ohio State 8. BYU 9. Ole Miss 10. Texas Tech 11. Texas A&M 12. Boise State
- Jake Trotter: 1. Texas 2. Notre Dame 3. Miami 4. Georgia 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 7. LSU 8. BYU 9. Alabama 10. Ole Miss 11. Oklahoma State 12. Boise State
- Paolo Uggetti: 1.Texas 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. Notre Dame 5. Indiana 6. LSU 7. Ohio State 8. BYU 9. USC 10. Ole Miss 11. Texas A&M 12. Boise State
- Dave Wilson: 1. Notre Dame 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Georgia 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 7. LSU 8. BYU 9. USC 10. Texas A&M 11. Ole Miss 12. Boise State
