The college football season started off with a bit of a whimper. Ranked teams went undefeated against unranked opponents and there was only one top-25 matchup.Week 2 delivers the season’s first true marquee matchup: Ohio State at Texas. Not only are both teams ranked inside the top five, but the odds are so close that it’s reasonable to expect a good game.While most of the rest of the interesting games of the week feature spreads of more than a touchdown, the Longhorns are favored by a mere 1.5 points.Elsewhere, Oklahoma goes to Michigan as the favorite, but by less than a touchdown. Can the Wolverines bounce back after needing a miracle and some help from the clock to avoid losing to Western Michigan?Our college football staff has picks against the spread for the biggest several games on the Week 2 schedule. Let’s get into the picks with an extra focus on Ohio State-Texas, Oklahoma-Michigan and a pair of rivalry games.Wild-card picksEvery week, our pickers select another bet of their choosing that isn’t limited to the games above.Matt Baker: Navy -4.5 vs. Florida AtlanticSeth Emerson: Syracuse -3.5 vs. CalDan Santaromita: Tennessee at Georgia Tech under 55.5Daniel Shirley: Kennesaw State -9 vs. Georgia StateDavid Ubben: Wake Forest -2.5 at PurduePicks recordsWriterRecordChris Vannini6-4Seth Emerson6-4Matt Baker6-4Daniel Shirley5-5Austin Mock5-5Sam Khan Jr.3-7David Ubben2-8Mark Cooper2-8Dan Santaromita2-8Blue-blood showdown in AustinNo. 1 Ohio State at No. 4 Texas7:30 p.m. ET Saturday on ABCThe sales pitch for this game is easy: Ohio State is No. 1. Texas is No. 4 and has a Manning at quarterback looking for a redemption story after laying an egg against the Buckeyes in last season’s opener.Ohio State lost a lot of talent from the defense that gave Arch Manning fits last year, but the Buckeyes always reload. Plus, the offense brings back quarterback Julian Sayin and wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, two Heisman Trophy contenders. Manning has two five-star recruits at wide receiver in Ryan Wingo (121 yards and a touchdown against Texas State last week) and Cam Coleman (70 yards and two touchdowns vs. Texas State).The skill position talent in this game is elite. Even with all that talent, the defenses dominated last year’s 14-7 Ohio State win.Texas is favored, albeit by a tiny 1.5-point margin, and is the popular pick among our group.Does anyone think Michigan bounces back?No. 11 Oklahoma at MichiganNoon ET Saturday on FoxMichigan lost, then won, but still fell out of the rankings following last week’s bizarre, memorable, confounding, shocking 13-12 win against Western Michigan. Whether you believe that the Wolverines deserved the victory, or even actually won at all, the performance was enough to raise plenty of questions around this team.Western Michigan wants the Michigan Hail Mary overturnedChris VanniniIs quarterback Bryce Underwood capable of living up to his billing as a five-star recruit? Is coach Kyle Whittingham a good fit for the Michigan program? Was that game just a fluke or a real representation of the quality of this version of Michigan?Underwood passed for 170 yards, 47 of which came on that dramatic Hail Mary, and had two turnovers. Michigan managed just 276 yards of total offense against a MAC opponent, which isn’t something to write home about, even if the Broncos are the defending MAC champions.You know what isn’t the solution to a struggling offense? A Brent Venables defense. Oklahoma was top 10 in the country last season in both yards and points allowed per game. The Sooners started this season by shutting out UTEP and keeping the Miners to under 200 yards.It might be fair to picture Underwood as Ralph Wiggum in the back of a school bus hurtling out of control saying “I’m in danger.”Before the season, Austin Mock, who does models and projections for The Athletic, had Michigan as a 1.5-point favorite. Oklahoma is now a 5.5-point favorite. On one hand, that could be viewed as value. On the other hand, who wants to pick Michigan after last week? According to our picks, just David Ubben.Rivalry week… in September?No. 23 Missouri at Kansas8 p.m. ET Friday on FoxThis is a classic rivalry that is only in its second year back since Missouri left the Big 12 for the SEC in 2012. The Tigers are ranked and may have bigger ambitions beyond beating Kansas, and the Jayhawks have been improved under coach Lance Leipold, but whichever team wins will have something meaningful to point to from this season no matter what happens after.Mizzou running back Ahmad Hardy, a preseason All-American, is out after suffering a gunshot wound in the offseason. But Jamal Roberts was actually the Tigers’ leading rusher in last year’s 42-31 win against the Jayhawks in Columbia, sealing the game with a 63-yard touchdown run.Both teams have different starting quarterbacks from a year ago with Ole Miss transfer Austin Simmons taking the helm for Mizzou while sophomore Isaiah Marshall leads the KU offense after Jalon Daniels passed for more than 9,000 yards in his Jayhawks career.Iowa State at No. 21 Iowa7:30 p.m. ET Saturday on NBCThe Cy-Hawk Trophy not only sounds like it could be a Marvel superhero, but usually delivers a competitive game. The last four meetings have been decided by one score and eight of the last 14 have had a margin of victory of three or fewer points.That’s part of why the 14-point spread in favor of Iowa is so jarring. Yes, Matt Campbell left Iowa State for Penn State and took a lot of players with him, but it’s not like Iowa is known for being an offensive juggernaut capable of blowing teams away.It’s difficult to pin down what Jimmy Rogers’ team will look like heading into this one. Rogers, who went to Ames following one year in charge of Washington State, gets his first real test in the job at his new in-state rival.