Here is the complete list from CFFinsider.com of their top fantasy starters at each position for week 2.

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UNLV over Oregon St – The Rebels are an underrated team with an excellent pass offense. Oregon St lost their entire secondary to graduation. OSU does not play well early in the year, especially on the road. They are 0-9 on the road in the first 4 weeks of the year. Last year UNLV beat TWO BCS schools including #15 Arizona St on the road.

Last year on CBS College Sports I did a weekly segment every Thursday in which I picked a surprise QB, RB, WR and Defense of the week plus gave them my upset pick of the week. I did quite well with these picks and in fact the last week we did the show my defense of the week was Ole Miss and they had the best defensive performance of any team in the FBS last year when facing an FBS foe when they allowed just 37 TOTAL yards offense to their rival Miss St including MINUS 51 yards rushing. I will do the same thing this year for everyone here on PhilSteele.com every Thursday! Here are my picks for top QB (with reasoning), RB, WR and Defenses of the week plus an upset special. I also give you reasoning on 3 or 4 honorable mentions. Keep in mind these are NOT the obvious picks. I do not take the nation’s leading passer facing a weak secondary and pick him as my QB of the week. These are mostly SURPRISE projections and I tell you why.

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