It may be a few weeks too early for thoughts of the College Football Playoff, but you can't blame teams such as Iowa and Texas for considering the possibility. While many teams—including conference leaders Ohio State and Oklahoma—struggled with opponents that most saw as easy outs, the Hawkeyes and Longhorns delivered confident statement wins in Week 1. Now, both face tough tests in competitive non-conference rivalries.
For Iowa, the door to an undefeated Big Ten season was blown wide open by the results of college football's opening weekend. Not only did Kirk Ferentz's team crush ranked Indiana 34-6, they saw nearly every division opponent lose (including Northwestern and Wisconsin, expected to be the other top challengers in the West).