True national champs, UCF (1-0), continued to not lose football games in the Thursday opener. The Golden Knights scored 14 in every quarter and McKenzie Milton had 346 yards passing and five touchdowns. David Pindell led the way for the Huskies (0-1) with 157 yards and a score on the ground.
UCF draws SCST (0-1) next while UConn heads west to the blue turf to face No. 20 Boise St (1-0).
A back and forth game between two evenly matched teams. After a 7-0 first half, the two teams traded blows in the second half. An interception helped set up the game tying field goal with 3:27 left for Tulane (0-1) and they settled for overtime.
Tulane's overtime started with an illegal hands to face penalty and forced the Green Wave to try and pick up a fourth and 25. After the failed attempt, Wake Forest punched it in seven plays later to win the game.
Tulane faces the dangerous Nicholls St (1-0) team that has one FBS win against Kansas already.
Maybe Houston (1-0) saw the Prairie View A&M tape and decided to nap on their city rival, but Rice (1-1) was not going down quietly taking a 24-17 lead into halftime. Then the Cougars outscored the Owls 28-3 in the second half. Deriq King tossed three touchdowns and ran for another while Ed Oliver anchored the defense with a team high 13 tackles.
Houston welcomes Arizona (0-1) next.
With several chances for FCS teams to give FBS opponents a run for their money, it was the trap game known as Villanova vs Temple that brought Saturday's first upset.
The Wildcats (1-0) have just four all-time wins against FBS opponents and three of them are against Temple.Battling for the Mayor's Cup, the Owls (0-1) avoided upset in last year's meeting 16-13, but were not ready this time.
Leading 17-13 heading into the fourth quarter, the Owls defense didn't yield a single point to Villanova in the second and third quarter. Even when the Wildcats scored a touchdown, Temple special teams kept the game within reach with a blocked extra point to make it 19-17.
The Owls defense came up again and got a stop to get the ball back with under two minutes to go. It took just one play to complete the upset though as Frank Nutile threw his second interception of the game to give Villanova a happy short ride home in the battle for Philadelphia bragging rights.
The Bulls (1-0) held the Phoenix (0-1) to just 42 yards passing while Blake Barnett threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns to lead USF to victory. Randall St. Felix had 143 yard and a score on seven receptions.
USF takes on the option attack of Georgia Tech (1-0) this week.
Memphis 66-Mercer 14The Tigers (1-0) picked up where they left off last season, scoring in droves. In 2017, Memphis dropped 40 or more in nine of their 13 contests and 66 or more in three of those.
Brady White went 22-28 for 358 yards and 5 touchdowns. The Tigers led 56-0 going into halftime. Next up is Navy (0-1), who allowed an alarming 59 to Hawai'i's seemingly rejuvenated offense.
The option garnered 326 yards and five touchdowns for Navy (0-1), but Hawai'i (2-0) was nearly unstoppable with Cole McDonald throwing for 428 yards and six touchdowns. The Rainbow Warriors had two receivers over 160 yards while Navy, playing catch-up, had just 85 through the air.
Navy will take on Memphis (1-0) next.
The North Texas (1-0) defense pitched a shutout for three quarters and led 36-0 before SMU (0-1) found the endzone. Mason Fine was 40-of-50 for 444 yards and three touchdowns with Jalen Guyton reeling in two of those score for the Mean Green. The Mustangs were held to just four yards rushing and were 2-of-10 on third down.
SMU welcomes No. 16 TCU (1-0) next.
Tulsa (1-0) got off to a slow start trailing 13-7 after the first quarter, but outscored Central Arkansas (0-1) 31-14 from that point on. Shamari Brooks had 129 yards and two scores on the ground while Corey Taylor II added another 110 on 20 carries.
The Golden Hurricane hope to make it another rough week for Texas (0-1).
Saturday saw the cancellation of Akron at Nebraska and South Dakota St at Iowa St, but East Carolina (0-1) elected to postpone their contest against North Carolina Agriculture and Technology aka NCAT (2-0).
The Aggies are no stranger to winning games against FBS teams, in fact this was the third straight year they've done so. It took four overtimes the first time they did it against Kent St in 2016. They edged out Charlotte 35-31 to help complete a perfect 12-0 season.
As for the Pirates, they fell to an FCS school for the second straight season. In 2017 the Pirates welcomed the defending FCS champion James Madison Dukes, who gave NCST a run for their money this season. The Dukes won easily 34-14.
ECU was much more competitive in Sunday's contest, but weren't able to finish off the Aggies. They elected to go for it on fourth down instead of trying to make it 28-26 and failed with just under five minutes left. The defense held and got ECU the ball back with 2:07 left.
The Pirates began on their own 38-yard line and got as close as the NCAT 31, but ECU had to settle for a final heave to the end zone. Someone caught the ball, but unfortunately for Reid Herring, it was the Aggies' Timadre Abram to seal the victory.
ECU heads west two hours to take on North Carolina (0-1), who dropped its opener against Cal on Saturday.
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