SEC storyline catch-up: Big wins for Oklahoma and Mississippi State while Florida crumbles at home

Don't let people ever tell you that a given week of college football is "weak" or "lackluster" based on the name value of the games, because those weeks are usually the ones that lead to the most chaos. Sure, this weekend didn't have the three top-10 matchups like Week 1 had or the two top-25 matchups that Week 3 will have, but there were more than enough exhilarating games and amazing stories to follow.

We all already know that the Aggies took care of business Saturday afternoon, taking down Utah State by a final score of 44-22, but now let's catch up on everything else happening around the SEC.

The good for them but bad for us: Oklahoma takes down Michigan 24-13

One of the biggest wins of the weekend came from Norman, Oklahoma, where Brent Venables' Sooners put away the Wolverines in a somewhat dominant fashion; holding Michigan to just nine passing completions, a 21 percent third-down conversion rate and — if you take away a lone breakaway run — just 71 yards on the ground.

The Sooners were just as impressive on offense, with quarterback John Mateer racking up 344 yards of total offense and three total touchdowns with his leading target Deion Burks hauling in seven grabs for 100 yards and a score. We may look back on this game in a few weeks and feel differently about the outcome if Michigan continues to struggle on offense but as things stand now, this is a really impressive victory and Oklahoma needs to be taken seriously as a true competitor in the conference.

The bad for them but good for us: Florida gets upended by South Florida in the swamp

The worst loss of the weekend resides in Gainesville, Florida, where Billy Napier's Gators were stunned by Alex Golesh and the South Florida Bulls by a final score of 18-16.

The two teams exchanged field goals for the full first half until a 66-yard passing touchdown to Keshaun Singleton — where two Gators collided with one another — put the Bulls ahead in the third quarter. Florida then fumbled a punt into their own end zone for a safety, clawed back to take the lead, but then allowed USF to march down for a game-winning field goal as time expired.

This was a gross effort for the Gators, a team that looked like it was on cruise control all afternoon and tensed up when things were close late. The talent on this roster rivals most teams in the country, but the lack of competitive effort is what led them to be upset by an inferior opponent. Florida has no time to lick its wounds either — with a month's worth of games against LSU, Miami, Texas and Texas A&M kicking off next week.

The good for them but bad for us: Mississippi State upsets the Arizona State Sun Devils in exhilarating fashion

How about this outcome in Starkville, Mississippi? The Bulldogs, fresh off a 2-10 season, played host to last year's Big 12 champions and sent them home with a 24-20 loss. Mississippi State jumped out to a massive 17-0 lead in the first half, then allowed the Sun Devils to score 20 unanswered before a 58-yard touchdown pass from Blake Shapen sealed the deal with 30 seconds to play.

While this may not mean much in the grand scheme of 2025 SEC football, it's a sign of life from a program that's been in the middle of a bit of a rebuild, and potentially one more team to worry about as the year goes on.

The good for them but bad for us: Just about everyone else adds another notch in the win column

Everyone outside of Kentucky — who lost to Ole Miss — and the aforementioned Gators won in Week 2: Alabama and Texas bounced back from their Week 1 losses with dominant wins over ULM and San Jose State, respectively, Vanderbilt took down Virginia Tech on the road, Missouri won in exhilarating fashion over Kansas, with the rest taking care of a lighter schedule.