Week 2 Recap: The Rest

Air Force 20, Utah 12
Rumors of Air Force abandoning the run have been greatly exaggerated, as the Falcons had 334 yards running and only 56 passing. Injuries have decimated the Utes, as the running game did pretty much nothing, and QB Tommy Grady was decent, but nothing special enough to carry this team. If AFA keeps this up they could easily have a .500 or better season, Utah, again, is just decimated by injuries and may have a lost year.
Air Force: STOCK UP
Utah: STOCK DOWN

Army 14, Rhode Island 7 (OT)
Maybe Army wasn't that much better than expected.
Army: STOCK DOWN

Baylor 42, Rice 17
Rice QB Chase Clement completed 80% of his passes, but it didn't really go anywhere, since Baylor's Blake Szymanski was more productive by far (29/46, 412, 6 TD). Neither team has much of a running game, and both are in for long seasons. Rice is back to the absolute dregs.
Baylor: STOCK NEUTRAL
Rice: STOCK DOWN

Boston College 37, NC State 17
Not that one-sided, as NCSU actually had a yardage edge, but Wolfpack QB threw 5 interceptions, which will tend to diminish a team's chances. Still, even though much-ballyhooed BC QB Matt Ryan completed under 45% of his passes, the Eagles had a bright spot, as Andre Callender ran for 158 and 2 touchdowns. Not much to say - this was an even game, and both teams are still contenders in the glut of above-averageness that is the ACC.
Boston College: STOCK NEUTRAL
NC State: STOCK NEUTRAL

UCLA 23, Brigham Young 13
This was all turnovers, as UCLA was outgained by 199 yards. QB Ben Olson had a horrible night, going only 13 for 28 with a pick, and the running game was mediocre. BYU's Max Hall is stepping right in and being immediately productive, as he threw for 391 and a 2/1 ratio on 57% passing. BYU's offense is definitely legit, but I still have some skepticism about their defense. As for UCLA, this win hurts them pretty greatly, at least in my eyes. I was beginning to think I had been too harsh and should've had them in my top 25, since they're a veteran team and looked so good against Stanford, but this makes my skepticism as great as ever.
UCLA: STOCK DOWN
Brigham Young: STOCK NEUTRAL

Buffalo 42, Temple 7
I'm sorry I ever doubted you, let's never fight again. Temple was held to negative 36 yards. Ouch.
Buffalo: STOCK UP
Temple: STOCK DOWN

California 34, Colorado State 28
CSU had the yardage edge, and probably would've won this without their 3 turnovers. Star Rams RB Kyle Bell was in fine form, getting 102 and 2 touchdowns, but QB Caleb Hanie torched the suspect secondary, going 21/30 for 301 yards, but only a TD and 2 INT. On the Cal offense, the one impressive line was Nate Longshore going 19/29 for 146 yards, but they had a good effort on the whole. Cal may nudge their way into my top 25 because of their talent on offense, but that secondary might as well have "LIABILITY" in neon lights over their head.
California: STOCK NEUTRAL
Colorado State: STOCK NEUTRAL

Cincinnati 34, Oregon State 3
While both of OSU's rotating QBs had decent completion percentages, they combined for a 0/6 TD/INT ratio, hence that score. Cincy QB Ben Mauk was perfectly fine, completing 65% for 199 and 2 touchdowns, but the big story was the shutdown of Beavers RB Yvenson Bernard, who went from torching Utah to only getting 30 yards here. I won't bump Cincy up just yet, even if they've established themselves as opportunistic, and on the OSU side, once again, rotating quarterbacks does not work.
Cincinnati: STOCK NEUTRAL
Oregon State: STOCK NEUTRAL

Virginia 24, Duke 13
Um, I guess it's a rebound? UVA QB Jameel Sewell wasn't too bad, going 9/14 for 60 and a TD, but was relieved by Peter Lalich, who went 13/18 for 131 and a score. RB Cedric Peerman had a good night, going for 137 and a TD on 19 touches. Duke's very bad. Virginia's not too promising either - this wasn't a disaster, and the Cavs should probably get to bowl eligibility still, but you'd like to see more from a veteran team against Duke. Yawn.
Virginia: STOCK NEUTRAL
Duke: STOCK NEUTRAL

East Carolina 34, North Carolina 31
Patrick Pinkney seems to be ECU's permanent starter, and rightfully so, as he went 31 of 41 for 406 yards and 3 touchdowns. UNC QB TJ Yates was also surprisingly not awful too, going 20/32 for 344 and a 3/1 ratio. ECU gets a bump up with the newfound stability at quarterback.
East Carolina: STOCK UP
North Carolina: STOCK NEUTRAL

Oklahoma State 42, Florida Atlantic 6
YAY REBOUND GAME! Not that it means much, since FAU is in fact still a Sun Belt team, but after last week, you take what you can get. QB Bobby Reid was taken out early in favor of Zac Robinson, who had a good game (14/20, 250, 3/1 ratio), so that's something to keep an eye on.
Oklahoma State: STOCK NEUTRAL
Florida Atlantic: STOCK NEUTRAL

Maryland 26, Florida International 10
MARYLAND OUTGAINED A I-A OPPONENT! THEY DID IT! THEY DID IT!
Maryland: STOCK NEUTRAL
Florida International: STOCK NEUTRAL

Iowa 35, Syracuse 0
Syracuse was the one Big East team not to win this week. That pattern should continue. Just awful. Awful. AWFUL. QB Andrew Robinson went 7/20 for 79 and an INT, and that might've been the bright spot on offense.
Iowa: STOCK NEUTRAL
Syracuse: STOCK NEUTRAL

Northern Iowa 24, Iowa State 13
Turnovers sunk ISU here, but still. Say hello to 0-12.
Iowa State: STOCK DOWN

Kansas 62, Southeastern Louisiana 0
A nice little crushing, as SELA was held to only 75 overall yards and negative 31 rushing. Kansas looks great, but who knows what that means.
Kansas: STOCK NEUTRAL

Minnesota 41, Miami of Ohio 35 (3 OT)
Both teams oddly had exactly 577 total yards - Minnesota had the more balanced attack, though, with QB Adam Weber going 26/40 for 271, 4 TD and a pick, while Amir Pinnix ran for 126 and a score. Miami of Ohio did everything through the air, with two QBs having fine days: Starter Mike Kokal went 17/30 for 196 and a 1/1 ratio, and backup Daniel Raudabaugh went 13/24 for a 2/1 ratio. Miami of Ohio is a good team, but the MAC parity warning always applies. Minnesota's secondary is officially a liability.
Minnesota: STOCK NEUTRAL
Miami of Ohio: STOCK NEUTRAL

Mississippi State 38, Tulane 17
MSU running back Anthony Dixon was their offensive star with 131 and 2 TD, but I feel good for QB Mike Henig, who rebounded from last week's just depressing effort to go 20/31 for 223 and a 1/1 ratio. Not great, but enough where he won't have to cry. Game was pretty one-sided, Tulane isn't good.
Mississippi State: STOCK NEUTRAL
Tulane: STOCK NEUTRAL

Rutgers 41, Navy 24
Rutgers rolled. Navy was only held to 254 rushing yards, which is in fact low for Navy, and not only did Ray Rice have another big game (175, 2 TD), QB Mike Teel exploited the defense for 266 and a 3/1 ratio on 74% passing. Solid win for Rutgers, Navy still has concerns on defense. Yep.
Rutgers: STOCK NEUTRAL
Navy: STOCK NEUTRAL

Northwestern 36, Nevada 31
Okay, forget what I said about this being an obvious rebuilding year for Nevada. The Wolf Pack put up 541 yards, and first-year QB Nick Graziano went 22/36 for 337, 2 TD and an INT. Nevada actually had the statistical edge, and without one of their turnovers could've pulled off the upset. Northwestern remains a decent team that should manage at least 6 wins, but Nevada's stock has rebounded to where they can expect the same.
Northwestern: STOCK NEUTRAL
Nevada: STOCK UP

SMU 45, North Texas 31
UNT'll be fun this year, even if the record won't be that great. Mean Green rushing yards: 12. QB Daniel Meager's line: 46/64, 3/3 ratio, and, oh yes, 601 yards. Receiver Casey Fitzgerald had 327 and 2 TD. If they keep this up, they'll gain enough yardage to just fuck some shit up in the Sun Belt, and when they get more talent in future years, oh, watch out. Hell, I'll knock em up a notch, since they may win 3 or 4 games if they keep this up. Man, those lines make me smile. I demand North Texas televised games.
SMU: STOCK NEUTRAL
North Texas: STOCK UP

Southern Illinois 24, Northern Illinois 22
There's no box score, so I can't offer much insight. Just wanted to make note of this, and, well, this isn't good.
Northern Illinois: STOCK DOWN

Purdue 52, Eastern Illinois 6
Just thought I'd make note of Purdue QB Curtis Painter's line: 38/49, 348 yards, 6 TD. Well done.
Purdue: STOCK NEUTRAL

Tennessee 39, Southern Miss 19
Not much to say with Tennessee's offense, as they had enough talent to do well against USM's defense, as expected. The real interesting thing is that while USM put up a fight, the running game was oddly ineffective, with QB Jeremy Young leading the Eagles in rushing with only 48 yards. Young had a better day through the air, going 19/36 for 254 and a 1/1 ratio. USM should be fine in the long run, and really, so should Tennessee, but much like Cal, that seconday remains a pretty obvious weak point, if not to Cal's extent.
Tennessee: STOCK NEUTRAL
Southern Miss: STOCK NEUTRAL

Texas Tech 45, UTEP 31
Tech was down 21-7 early, but eventually decided they had enough, with Graham Harrell throwing for 484 and a 4/1 TD/INT ratio on 75% passing. UTEP had some offense themselves, but it was mostly quantity over quality; Trevor Vittatoe had 202 yards and 2 TD, but on under 50% passing, and RB Marcus Thomas had 85 and 2 scores, but only on 3.9 yards per carry. Not much to learn here - UTEP still has room to improve, Tech is a well-oiled machine on offense with a suspect defense. Yeeeep.
Texas Tech: STOCK NEUTRAL
UTEP: STOCK NEUTRAL