College Football Week 1 Recap and Week 3 Predictions

Aiyden Brown

Staff Writer ’26

College football started off last week with a bang! High-scoring games left and right, starting off with QB J.J. McCarthy leading Michigan with a total of 280 yards and 3 TDS leading the Wolverines to beat East Carolina 30-3. Georgia beat UT-Martin with 48 points while the Georgia Bulldogs’ defense held them to 7 points during the game. Notre Dame beat Navy 42-3 with the help of Notre Dame’s RB, Audric Estime, who had 16 Carries, 95 yards, and 1 TD. Ohio State beat Indiana with 23 points holding them to only 3 points because of LB Steele Chambers who had 4 solo tackles and 2 assists on tackles. Ole Miss beat Mercer 73-7 with the help of 6’2, 205lbs WR, Tre Harris, who led the game with 6 receptions, 133 yards, and 4 TDS. Lastly, Michigan State beat Central Michigan 31-7 with CB Cal Haladay having 1 interception. Fans are looking forward to seeing big things out of their teams these upcoming weeks, let’ssee if their teams can live up to their expectations coming into week 2 and week 3.

My predictions for week 3 are:

Michigan beating Bowling Green 40-24

Michigan State beating Washington 23-22

Georgia beating South Carolina 50-10

Notre Dame beating Central Michigan University 35-6

Ohio State beating Western Kentucky 25-7

Ole Miss beating Georgia Tech 45-26