ACC, Big East Need Some Redemption in Week 2

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College football began last week, but it seems nobody told the ACC, Big East, or Big Ten. Those three leagues, which represent half of the automatic bids to the Bowl Championship Series, got off to what could charitably be described as a rough start.

The ACC is taking the brunt of the criticism in the wake of presumptive favorite Clemson’s destruction by Alabama on national TV. But the Big East might have suffered a worse opening weekend. Its teams were 0-4 against fellow opponents from college football’s bowl subdivision, with three losses coming at home, only one by fewer than 20 points. Things weren’t much better in the Big Ten, which was 0-3 in games against BCS conference schools, in addition to rebuilding Michigan’s home loss to Utah.

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