College football’s opening Saturday is nearly in the books. Here are the three biggest takeaways from the day:
1. Rough start for Pac-12, great one for SEC
It’s too early to know which teams will be jockeying for College Football Playoff spots, but it’s a given conference hierarchy will be part of the argument. That’s bad news for the Pac-12 and fantastic news for the SEC.
After Utah’s victory over Michigan on Thursday night, very little went right for the Pac-12 this weekend. Northwestern upset Stanford to kick off Saturday, dealing a major blow to the Cardinal’s postseason hopes.