The first full week of the 2021 college football season did anything but disappoint. After a lackluster Week 0 schedule, every top-25 team was in action over the weekend, and a handful of scores seriously opened some eyes—both good and bad—around the sport.
Oklahoma, which was originally scheduled to play Tulane in New Orleans before Hurricane Ida devastated the city, instead hosted the Green Wave in Norman and only barely survived what would have been one of the biggest upsets in college football history, sneaking out with a 40-35 win. Notre Dame, meanwhile, got out of Tallahassee by the skin of its teeth with an overtime win over Florida State to keep potential College Football Playoff hopes alive, and Iowa put the Big Ten on notice with a 34-6 thumping of then No.