College Football Saturday: Oregon, Oklahoma Go Down and Other Big Game Takeaways

Sports admin September 12, 2026 0 Comments

College Football Saturday: Oregon, Oklahoma Go Down and Other Big Game Takeaways

Week 2 of the college football season went full Week 2, with a shocking upset from Oklahoma State, redemption for Michigan, and giant College Football Playoff implications just before September really gets rolling. (More games to come throughout the day).

– Week 2 Scoreboard, Results

Michigan Takes Down Oklahoma: Are the Sooners Done?

What Happened? Michigan held on to take down Oklahoma 17-10 with a great defensive performance and huge day – don’t get caught up in the stats – from Bryce Underwood, who threw for 111 yards, ran for 87 yards and a score, and kept control of the game.

Michigan bounced back big. After all the controversy following the miraculous win over Western Michigan, the defense pitched a gem, the offense didn’t make a ton of mistakes, and even though it hasn’t been pretty, the Wolverines are 2-0 in the Kyle Whittingham era.

Is Oklahoma done in the College Football Playoff chase? Yeah, probably. It’s a good team with a great defense, but after New Mexico next week comes this nightmare: at Georgia, Texas, and there’s still a trip to Florida, home dates against Ole Miss and Texas A&M, and the Sooners can only afford to lose once more.

Oklahoma State Stuns Oregon: What Happened to the Ducks?

What Happened? Oklahoma State roared back from a horrible opening-week loss to Tulsa with a 39-31 win over Oregon. The Cowboys got 317 yards and two touchdown passes from Drew Mestemaker, the defense stuffed the Ducks on one final drive, and there’s the upset. The Eric Morris era is here in Stillwater.

What’s with the lethargic Ducks? There was zero energy in the win over Boise State, and there didn’t appear to be any fire or crispness against Oklahoma State. Even after getting outgained 554 yards to 281, they still had every shot to pull this off.

The defense hasn’t been good, star quarterback Dante Moore hasn’t been sharp, and now there’s a huge problem with road games at USC, Ohio State, and Illinois still to go, along with home dates against Michigan and Washington.

But this was Oklahoma State’s day. After two awful seasons, including a 69-3 loss to the Ducks last year, this is how it was supposed to work. All of the star power talent that came over from North Texas showed up, the team took down one of the most talented teams in college football, and Big 12, good luck dealing with this.

This story was originally published September 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM.