{"id":68989,"date":"2022-09-07T18:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/final-picks-for-alabama-at-texas-other-top-matchups\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T18:09:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:09:55","slug":"final-picks-for-alabama-at-texas-other-top-matchups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/final-picks-for-alabama-at-texas-other-top-matchups\/","title":{"rendered":"Final picks for Alabama at Texas, other top matchups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>College football predictions have arrived for a Week 2 slate highlighted by a dozen or so must-see games for viewers, including a couple matchups featuring nationally-ranked competition that are sure to shake up the next set of rankings.  Top-ranked Alabama heads to Texas for a juicy road battle while Kentucky and Florida fight in the Swamp to determine the early top adversary behind Georgia and Tennessee in the SEC East.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, USC and Lincoln Riley open the Pac-12 schedule at Stanford, Iowa tries to make it seven straight wins over arch rival Iowa State and Arkansas hosts South Carolina in a game featuring two SEC programs hoping to make the most of their offseason momentum after Week 1 wins.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Last week&#8217;s picks column was one to forget for 247Sports analyst Chris Hummer and myself.  Sure, we both hit our locks of the week and managed solid win-loss records straight up, but several of those games featured double-digit point spreads \u2014 anyone can pick those.  But a disastrous 3-6-1 mark against the spread for me that included several backdoor covers was a brutal start and it&#8217;s time to improve there.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Subscribe to 247Sports YouTube for the latest college football, basketball and recruiting news including live college commitments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>Here are our picks for Week 2&#8217;s top games and our explanation on where your money should go in each matchup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-4\">\n    if(typeof fbq === 'undefined') {\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n        n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.defer=1;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n        document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '320233411816140');\n        fbq('init', '1575186632756631');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; College football predictions have arrived for a Week 2 slate highlighted by a dozen or so must-see games for viewers, including a couple matchups featuring nationally-ranked competition that are sure to shake up the next set of rankings. Top-ranked Alabama heads to Texas for a juicy road battle while Kentucky and Florida fight &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/final-picks-for-alabama-at-texas-other-top-matchups\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Final picks for Alabama at Texas, other top matchups<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":72342,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/college-football-week-2-winners-and-losers-sec-notre-dame-falter\/","url_meta":{"origin":68989,"position":0},"title":"College football Week 2 winners and losers: SEC, Notre Dame falter","date":"September 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"There have been better days for the SEC.The nation's strongest conference \u2014 uh, we think \u2014 had a pretty miserable Saturday, starting with No.1 Alabama's sweat-inducing close shave as a huge favorite against No. 22 Texas.While the Crimson Tide survived, 20-19, the narrow win raises some questions about the team's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/11\/USAT\/f13b7784-f506-469d-96e8-ed5aece450e0-USATSI_19022890.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":72081,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/college-football-top-plays-alabama-texas-ohio-state-in-action\/","url_meta":{"origin":68989,"position":1},"title":"College football top plays: Alabama-Texas, Ohio State in action","date":"September 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Week 2 of the college football season serves up a massive treat for fans, as No. one Alabama battles Texas in Austin in a rare matchup between two of the most storied programs in the country.Meanwhile, No. 3 Ohio State is making light work of Arkansas State.There's also plenty of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Jase McClellan breaks off 81-yard rushing TD","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a57.foxsports.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/sports\/1600\/900\/play-5e5c6be3b00105b--25382240613.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":386,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/5-star-recruit-kadyn-proctor-commits-to-iowa-football-over-alabama\/","url_meta":{"origin":68989,"position":2},"title":"5-star recruit Kadyn Proctor commits to Iowa football over Alabama","date":"June 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The No. 1 recruit in Iowa and five-star offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor announced his commitment to Iowa football. 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