- If you don’t remember, I was the one who picked Notre Dame to go 5-7 and miss a bowl game when the Irish were ranked #14 to start the season.  Well, Notre Dame is off to an 0-2 start and hosts Michigan State this week.  Unless they can upset a top 15 team themselves, they will fall to 0-3 with several potential losses still on the schedule.  Last year, the Spartans used a fake field goal in overtime to down the Irish in East Lansing.

- Florida State is looking to avenge a 30 point to Oklahoma in 2010 when the #1 Sooners roll into Tallahassee for a matchup of top 5 teams.

- Few remember how close Clemson came to beating Auburn in 2010.  Little did Alabama’s Tigers know that win would help lift them to a national championship.  Now South Carolina’s Tigers want revenge.  Expect a close one again Saturday in ACC land.

- Big East favorite West Virginia faces a trap game when it visits Maryland this week.  If the Terps catch the Mountaineers looking ahead to LSU, it could be a statement win for new head coach Randy Edsall.

- Notre Dame isn’t the only school in danger of a disappointing 0-3 start.  Colorado lost a heartbreaker to Cal and now has to find the energy for the annual in-state showdown with undefeated Colorado State.  Lose this one, and the Buffs are 0-3 with a trip to Ohio State on the schedule next.

- A pair of Pac 12 teams will be underdogs looking for back to back upsets over ranked teams.  UCLA ran over (literally) Texas in 2010 and will look to repeat that Saturday, while Washington will look to build on a shocking Holiday Bowl win over Nebraska when the Huskies visit the Huskers.

- Ohio State visits Miami in a rematch of the 2003 national championship game.  Quick, count the ineligible players on both teams.

- Louisville plays its annual game against Kentucky.  Both Rick Pitino and John Calipari will be on hand looking for dual-sport recruits.

- The conference with the best start so far is the Big 12, which is 14-1, and the one loss was Missouri’s overtime setback against No. 18 Arizona State.  If this is the last year of the Big 12, they certainly appear to be going out in style.