College Football Picks for Week 2: B/R Experts' Predictions for Top 5 Games

Week 1 of the college football season brought us a few surprises, but no real shockers. Will Week 2 be any different?

On the schedule are a pair of SEC payback games, a battle between two College Football Playoff hopefuls and an intriguing nonconference showdown between two tradition-rich programs.

The marquee game for Saturday sees the Oregon Ducks take their high-powered offense to East Lansing to play Michigan State. The Spartans are looking to exact a bit of revenge on Oregon, who beat them last season in Eugene. Whoever comes out on top in this matchup between Top 10 schools will add a great resume-building win early in the season.

Another intriguing game features the upstart Tennessee Volunteers hosting Oklahoma. Both teams are rich with talent on both sides of the ball. Will the Sooners be able to control Tennessee's rush offense, which racked up 399 yards on the ground last week? It's sure to be a raucous atmosphere in Neyland Stadium.

A battle of non-Power Five conference teams is also on the schedule, as Boise State travels to Provo, Utah, to face BYU. The Cougars, fresh off their game-winning Hail Mary against Nebraska last week, will now have to rely on freshman quarterback Tanner Mangum to lead the offense with do-everything star Taysom Hill once again sidelined for the year with his third season-ending injury. 

Lastly, LSU and South Carolina will be looking for payback against Mississippi State and Kentucky, respectively, in two SEC showdown games. The Bayou Bengals lost at home last year against Dak Prescott and MSU in what turned out to be the Bulldogs' "We're for real" game. The winner of this game will let the rest of the SEC West know it's not to be taken lightly this season.

Kentucky's fourth-quarter comeback against South Carolina in 2014 will be fresh on the mind of Steve Spurrier as he readies his Gamecocks squad for what is sure to be another hard-fought game.

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Ben Kercheval took an early lead for our experts, nailing each game from last week to start 5-0. Can he do it again? Sound off in the comments below on their picks and who you think will win in Week 2.