Julian Sayin and Jeremiah Smith celebrate a touchdown, as the quarterback and receiver led Ohio State to a 56-3 season-opening win Nick Cammett / Getty ImagesBy The Athletic College Football StaffSept. 6, 2026 Updated College football is back and here are the latest scores and final results from today’s Top 25 games.Week 1 is a great reminder of all that you were waiting for as we’ve already seen a memorable upset, the weather causing havoc on scores and mascots, and Michigan winning on Hail Mary that many argued shouldn’t have happened.The star power of quarterback Julian Sayin and receiver Jeremiah Smith put on a show as No. 1 Ohio State dominated. And on Thursday night we saw 29.5-point underdog UMass upset Rutgers to end a 16-game losing streak.
Most of the attention was on Kiffin’s LSU debut and what went down in Ann Arbor, but there was plenty to look at in Stewart Mandel’s final thoughts, plus declaring our winners and losers.College football Top 25 scores and resultsBelow are the Week 1 college football scores and final results for every ranked team in action, with updates from the day’s biggest games.No. 1 Ohio State 56, Ball State 3
No. 2 Oregon 34, Boise State 27
No. 3 Georgia 63, Tennessee State 3
