College Football: The battles between undefeated teams in Week 3

Many college football fans were flipping from channel to channel and even some searching if they had the Peacock streaming service to watch the end of the Notre Dame versus Toledo game.

Week 3 has some marquee matchups of undefeated teams with some of the games being between two ranked teams.

Let’s take a look at the nine games featuring teams from the FBS that are currently undefeated playing an opponent who is undefeated as well.

New Mexico: Beat Houston Baptist 27-17 and New Mexico State 34-25
Texas A&M: Beat Kent State 41-10 and Colorado 10-7

Prediction: Texas A&M 49, New Mexico 3

Nevada: Beat California-Berkeley 22-17 and Idaho State 49-10
Kansas State: Beat Stanford 24-7 and Southern Illinois 31-23

Prediction: Kansas State 28, Nevada 24

Utah State: Beat Washington State 26-23 and defeated North Dakota 48-24
Air Force: Beat Lafayette 35-14 and won at Navy 23-3

Prediction: Utah State 21, Air Force 20

Notre Dame: Beat Florida State 41-38 and Toledo 32-29
Purdue: Beat Oregon State 30-21 and UConn 49-0

Prediction: Notre Dame 21, Purdue 17

Florida: Beat Florida Atlantic 35-14 and South Florida 42-20
Alabama: Beat Miami 44-13 and Mercer 48-17

Prediction: Alabama 41, Florida 21

Memphis: Beat Nicholls 42-17 and Arkansas State 55-50
Mississippi State: Beat Louisiana Tech 35-34 and NC State 24-10

Prediction: Mississippi State 28, Memphis 14

South Carolina: Beat Eastern Illinois 46-0 and East Carolina 20-17
Georgia: Beat Clemson 10-3 and UAB 56-7

Prediction: Georgia 24, South Carolina 7

Penn State: Beat Wisconsin 16-10 and Ball State 44-13
Auburn: Beat Akron 60-10 and Alabama State 62-0

Prediction: Penn State 17, Auburn 13

BYU: Beat Arizona 24-16 and Utah 26-17
Arizona State: Beat Southern Utah 41-14 and UNLV 37-10

Prediction: BYU 31, Arizona State 20

Some of the games mentioned above will more than likely result in one team defeating the other by multiple touchdowns like Texas A&M easily beating New Mexico at home.

Some of the games are legitimate toss-ups like Utah State traveling to Air Force and Kansas State hosting Nevada. There are other games where one team will be favored and should win like BYU but their opponent in Week 3 in Arizona State may surprise the Cougars by pulling off an upset.

There are other games like Notre Dame versus Purdue and Memphis hosting South Carolina that should be very interesting as the favorite should win by at least a touchdown but it would not be a shocking upset if either won on a last-second field goal to pull off the win.

However, there are two marquee games featuring two undefeated teams playing one another in Week 3.

Alabama travels to play Florida in a game between two top 15 nationally-ranked teams. The Crimson Tide offense looks great through two weeks of play and the defense has played well especially against Miami on a neutral field. Florida’s defense has not looked dominant through two games but its offense is playing well. The Gators are the home team but expect Alabama to win and improve to 3-0.

The best game of week three will be the Nittany Lions hosting Auburn in a clash between a Big Ten East team versus a team from the SEC West in a battle of two teams with aspirations of winning their respective division.

Penn State went on the road and defeated nationally-ranked Wisconsin before easily defeating Ball State at home. Auburn has defeated two opponents that did not give them much of a challenge so this will be the Tigers’ first test of the season. This will be a close game but Penn State gets the edge in this matchup between two heavyweight contenders.