Week 2 college  football winners   and losers: Highs  and lows for SEC

Week 2 college football winners and losers: Highs and lows for SEC

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The SEC has seen better times in the past. The nation's strongest conference, we believe, had a really bad day on Saturday, beginning with No. 1

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Alabama's sweat- inducing near call against No. 22 Texas despite being a massive favorite.

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Despite winning by a slim margin (20-19), the Crimson Tide's dominance of the USA

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TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll is called into question.

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Alabama at least avoided suffering what would have been a terrible defeat. No. 6 Texas A&M's defeat to

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Appalachian State (17— 14) caused the Aggies to fall in the early Bowl Subdivision

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standings and served as further proof why Power Five teams should never schedule the Mountaineers, regardless of location.

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Missouri suffered a defeat of 40-12 at the hands of longtime border-state rival

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Kansas State. The outstanding running game of the Wildcats

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