After a couple convincing wins most people had Michigan State tabbed to upset the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame in Spartan Stadium on Saturday night, and for 3 quarters the Spartans had. Notre Dame was beat, Charlie Weis was slapped by a phantom Spartan, and it all came crashing down with about 6 minutes left.

Michigan State led #12 Notre Dame by 16 points with just under 6 minutes remaining, and all of a sudden memories of Braylon Edwards and the Michigan Wolverines from 2004 start popping into MSU fans heads. Ouch, the Spartans managed to turn the ball over 3 times in the final half quarter, one interception returned for a touchdown to put ND over the top, and one to finish off a dismal day in Spartan land and send South Bend into a state of euphoria. 40-37 Notre Dame Final. Where does this lead for the MSU Spartans? Down a similar path most fans would rather not relive? Or does this game serve as a wake-up call to the Green and White, knowing they have Michigan and Ohio State 2 out of the next 3 weeks? We'll see.

Ohio State pulled off the big comeback victory 28-6 over Penn State at home, after trailing by a sloppy and inconsistent 3-0 at halftime. Between Joe Paterno running to the bathroom every 5 minutes and missed field goals and dropped passes, this game was quite a bore, until the 4th quarter. Ohio State exploded for 21 points and ended PSU's dreams of a win in Columbus.

Auburn, who for some reason had Bufalo scheduled for Saturday's game won big 38-7, and the game was indeed effectively over when they scheduled it. (#1 Ohio State still has yet to play awful Bowling Green later this year) Ben Tate rushed for 111 yards on 7 carries and scored twice, and the Tigers next have a date with always tough South Carolina.

USC, defensively manhandled the Arizona Wildcats 20-3 Saturday night, holding the Wildcats to -16 yards rushing. Jarrett left the game with an injured shoulder will be out 2-4 weeks, after putting the game in cruise control with a 3 yard TD reception.

Michigan overpowered Wisconsin 27-13, and game ball goes back to Mario Manningham, who caught 7 balls for 113 yards and 2 scores, giving him 5 in his last 2 games. UM didnt show up offensively in the 1st half, but provided the defense to keep in close enough to explode in the 2nd. They have Minnesota next.

Oklahoma had some oent up aggression to take out after last weeks debacle in Oregon, so who better than Middle Tennessee State to take it out on?? OU won 59-0 over MTSU in another one of those, "why are they scheduled?", games. Stars of the day? Adrian Peterson and Paul Thompson. The duo combined for six touchdowns and 381 yards.

The SSEONLINE Top 10 Power Ratings: (week2)

1. Ohio State (4-0) - if the Bucks come out as sluggish as they did against PSU this week, expect a very big upset... NEXT AT #10 IOWA

2. USC (3-0) - proved they could play a little "D" too......... NEXT AT WASH STATE

3. Auburn (4-0) - Lets get to some speed driven SEC football!!..... NEXT AT SOUTH CAROLINA

4. Texas (3-1) - blew out a team most people thought would be a decent match-up, Iowa State 37-14..... NEXT VS SAM HOUSTON STATE (again......why?)

5. West VA (4-0) - Lookin good, but tripped a little against ECU......NEXT AT MISS STATE (oct 7th)

6. Florida (4-0) - Big Win over Kentucky. But expected. NEXT VS ALABAMA

7. Michigan (4-0) - Continuing to win, setting up that great battle at seasons end......NEXT AT MINN.

8. Louisville (4-0) - Getting the job done, 24-6 over K-State......NEXT AT MID TENN STATE (oct 6th)

9. Georgia (4-0) - Entirely humbled by a much weaker Colorado team, winning only 14-13.....NEXT AT OLE MISS

10. Iowa (4-0) - Defeated Illinois 24-7 in their last tune-up before Ohio State comes to town......NEXT VS #1 OHIO STATE

This weekend look for the following things:

The night road games that Ohio State plays are always tough, look for a close one in Iowa.

Michigan State to bounce back big vs Illinois, in their final tune-up before Michigan.

Look for 2 upsets: Look hard at Ohio State & Florida perhaps losing....

NCAA D-1A Games This Week: