Seasons 1988 Week 2 ← Week 1 Week 3 → 1988: Week 2 43 games. Four ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Three games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.
The week in review Upsets A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.
FBS vs. FBS Sep 1, 1988 8 USC 34,Boston College 7Box score Sep 1, 1988 Wyoming 24,BYU 14Box score Sep 3, 1988 Air Force 29,Colorado State 23Box score Sep 3, 1988 Arizona 24,Oregon State 13Box score Sep 3, 1988 Arkansas 63,Pacific 14Box score Sep 3, 1988 Ball State 13,Toledo 3Box score Sep 3, 1988 Baylor 27,UNLV 3Box score Sep 3, 1988 4 Clemson 40,Virginia Tech 7Box score Sep 3, 1988 Duke 31,Northwestern 21Box score Sep 3, 1988 Eastern Michigan 24,Miami (OH) 17Box score Sep 3, 1988 Fresno State 68,New Mexico 21Box score Sep 3, 1988 12 Georgia 28,18 Tennessee 17Box score Sep 3, 1988 Hawai’i 27,9 Iowa 24upset Box score Sep 3, 1988 Kentucky 18,Central Michigan 7Box score Sep 3, 1988 Louisiana 24,Cal State Fullerton 9Box score Sep 3, 1988 17 LSU 27,11 Texas A&M 0upset Box score Sep 3, 1988 Maryland 27,Louisville 16Box score Sep 3, 1988 6 Miami 31,1 Florida State 0upset Box score Sep 3, 1988 Ole Miss 24,Memphis 6Box score Sep 3, 1988 2 Nebraska 63,Utah State 13Box score Sep 3, 1988 Northern Illinois 7,Akron 6Box score Sep 3, 1988 San José State 51,New Mexico State 0Box score Sep 3, 1988 19 South Carolina 31,North Carolina 10Box score Sep 3, 1988 Syracuse 31,Temple 21Box score Sep 3, 1988 Tulsa 35,Kansas State 9Box score Sep 3, 1988 5 UCLA 59,San Diego State 6Box score Sep 3, 1988 Washington State 44,Illinois 7Box score Sep 3, 1988 16 West Virginia 62,Bowling Green 14Box score Sep 3, 1988 Western Michigan 24,Wisconsin 14Box score
Everyone else Sep 3, 1988 Boise State 29,Long Beach State 10upset Box score Sep 3, 1988 East Carolina 52,Tennessee Tech 13Box score Sep 3, 1988 Florida 69,Montana State 0Box score Sep 3, 1988 Kent State 34,Youngstown State 3Box score Sep 3, 1988 Mississippi State 21,Louisiana Tech 14Box score Sep 3, 1988 Navy 27,James Madison 14Box score Sep 3, 1988 NC State 45,Western Carolina 6Box score Sep 3, 1988 North Texas 29,Texas Tech 24upset Box score Sep 3, 1988 Pittsburgh 59,Northern Iowa 10Box score Sep 3, 1988 Southern Miss 21,Stephen F. Austin 7Box score Sep 3, 1988 UTEP 37,Mankato State 3Box score Sep 3, 1988 Tulane 33,Chattanooga 19Box score Sep 3, 1988 Virginia 31,William & Mary 23Box score Sep 3, 1988 Wake Forest 31,Villanova 11Box score