In Week 1, No. 4 Ohio State played in a 45-31 shootout against Minnesota. Second-ranked Oklahoma needed 40 points to beat Tulane and UCLA and No. 16 LSU combined to scored 65 points in the Rose Bowl.
However, in Charlotte Saturday night, No. 5 Georgia beat third-ranked Clemson, 10-3, in a game that seemed more like one of their defensive battles from the 1980s than a game being played in 2021. Besides the 13 combined points allowed, the Bulldogs and Tigers combined to allow just 436 total yards.
To put it into even better perspective, Georgia averaged just 4.