10 best football games of the week!

The 10 best games of the week will look as follows for the rest of the season: 5 college games, and 5 pro games, and I'll predict who will win each game. Rankings in college will follow the USA Today and then BCS rankings.

College

No. 18 Penn State vs. No. 1 Alabama

These two teams are historic rivals dating back to the 1979 Sugar Bowl, where Penn State lost in heartbreaking fashion. The two teams are also renowned throughout the country for being successful universities. The only problem is that Alabama is the defending national champions and Penn State is playing a freshman quarterback in an SEC team's backyard. Therefore the chances of Penn State winning are slim to none.

Prediction: Alabama 34, Penn St. 13

No. 12 Miami vs. No. 2 Ohio State

This is the first game between these two teams since the 2002 title game which Ohio State won thanks to a helpful pass interference call from the officials. The Hurricanes fell off the map after that, but since new coach Randy Shannon took over, things have been looking up for the U. Ohio State has been consistently winning ever since then, going to BCS bowls seemingly every year since then. Miami and Ohio State feature some great quarterbacks as well, Terrelle Pryor and Jacory Harris. Both are Michael Vick type quarterbacks who can throw and pass very well and so it'll come down to the defenses. Both are incredibly athletic, and it really will come down to one of those games where it's decided by home field.

Prediction: Ohio State 23, Miami 21

No. 18 Florida State vs. No. 10 Oklahoma

Florida State seems to have come back from a dismal 2009 season and Jimbo Fisher has brought a new energy to the team. But, then again, that was also week one versus Samford, a division 1-AA school. (I hate the term FCS.) But, Christian Ponder will be rattled by the presence of Oklahoma's stadium and be rattled. Oklahoma had a rough time with Utah State before escaping with a victory, I'm sure because they were looking ahead to this game, which is not going to be that hard for Oklahoma.

Prediction: Oklahoma 28, Florida State 17

Michigan vs. Notre Dame

Classic rivalry gets going again, but this time it could change the momentum of the season for both teams. Notre Dame did very well last week against Purdue, especially on defense, which is fairly surprising, as Notre Dame's defense was the weak link to last year's squad. As far as Michigan is concerned, they are coming off a dominant win versus a team which was predicted to win the Big East by most. They also seem to have found their new quarterback with Denard Robinson who racked up nearly 400 yards of total offense by himself last game. I think Robinson will have a drop off from week one, as will the Notre Dame defense.

Prediction: Notre Dame 38, Michigan 30

No. 19 Georgia vs. No. 25 South Carolina

The Gamecocks looked very impressive in their week one victory versus a tough Southern Miss squad, and Georgia is always one of the top teams in the SEC. This will be a true test for the Gamecocks and Stephen Garcia. Georgia will ride its defense to the win.

Prediction: Georgia 17, South Carolina 7

Pro

Minnesota vs. New Orleans

Brett Favre returns to the site of the NFC Championship where he injured his ankle and just got knocked around quite frankly. New Orleans returns home and embraces the spotlight as the defending champions as they open up the regular season. New Orleans has nearly everyone back and will be feeling jacked up from the crowd. Reggie Bush and Drew Brees will have multiple touchdown nights.

Prediction: New Orleans 35, Minnesota 14


Atlanta at Pittsburgh

Intriguing match up between two playoff contenders in week one. Dennis Dixon will start for just the second time in his career. Mike Smith and the Falcons will look to exploit that, but then again Rashard Mendenhall will also try and make it easier on Dixon and the rest of the offense. Atlanta is focused on keeping Mendenhall stopped and trying to get their own offense going, which I think they will. Atlanta will get Michael Turner going and Matt Ryan will be searching for Tony Gonzalez and Roddy White downfield.

Prediction: Atlanta 24, Pittsburgh 21

Cincinnati at New England

Another game which is between two potential playoff contenders, and rightfully so, as both teams won their respective divisions last year. As mentioned in my season preview, I think both teams will have down years compared to last year. But, Cincy will have less of a drop off because Carson Palmer is coming back healthy and the defense should be just as good. Brady will be solid as usual, but he lost his favorite receiver in Wes Welker to a torn ACL at the end of last year, and he is still not 100 percent.

Prediction: Cincy 24, New England 14

Green Bay at Philadelphia

Unlike the 2007 season opener between these two teams, both are completely different under center and also the Eagles muffed two punts which cost them the game. This season, Aaron Rodgers will be one of the best quarterbacks in the league again and Dom Capers will try and unload on Kevin Kolb, essentially a rookie quarterback behind a somewhat shaky offensive line. From all of that, the Packers are going to demolish the Eagles in week one.

Prediction: Green Bay 38, Philadelphia 14

Baltimore at New York Jets

Probably the second best game of the week, behind the opening night game. Both teams bring top five defenses, the Jets are opening up the new stadium and be excited for that. The Ravens bring a revamped offense from last season, with the additions of T.J. Houshmanzadeh and Anquan Boldin to Deerick Mason, the receiving corps is tremendous. The only question about the Ravens is in the secondary, where they are banged up with Domonique Foxworth and Ed Reed unable to play right now. The Jets are very good on defense, but are shaky on offense where they were not able to put up much in the preseason. Give this one to Rex Ryan's former team.

Prediction: Ravens 13, Jets 10