College football is back for real (unlike Texas)!

Week Zero Recap

Not too much of note besides Nebraska being back in the thralls of losing and Vanderbilt surprisingly dominating a FBS opponent (Scott Frost won’t last the year if this keeps up).

Top 25 Games

RANKINGS FROM MOST RECENT AP POLL

Thursday Sept. 1

7 PM

• West Virginia @ #17 Pitt, 7 PM, ESPN
• Central Michigan @ #12 Oklahoma State, 7PM, FS1

7:30 PM

• VMI @ #22 Wake Forest, 7:30 PM, ACCN

Friday Sept. 2

• Western Michigan vs #15 Michigan State, 7PM, ESPN

Saturday Sept.3

Early Afternoon Games

• Sam Houston @ #6 Texas A&M, SECN
• Colorado State @ #8 Michigan, ABC
• #13 NC State @ East Carolina, ESPN

Mid-Afternoon Games

• # 11Oregon vs #3 Georgia (Mercedes-Benz Stadium), ESPN
• UTEP @ #9 Oklahoma, FOX
• Bethune-Cookman @ #16 Miami, ACCN
• #23 Cincinnati @ #19 Arkansas, ESPN
• #24 Houston @ UTSA, CBS Sports
• Troy @ #21 Ole Miss, SECN
• #25 BYU @ USF, ESPNU

Night Games

• Rice @ #14 USC, Pac-12 Network
• #7 Utah @ Florida, ESPN
• Albany @ #10 Baylor, ESPN+
• Illinois St @ #18 Wisconsin, FS1
• Miami (OH) @ #20 Kentucky, ESPN+
• Utah State @ #1 Alabama SECN
• #5 Notre Dame @ #2 Ohio State, ABC

Monday, Sept. 5

• Georgia Tech @ #4 Clemson, 8PM, ESPN

Most Interesting Matchups

Thursday Sept. 1

• #17 Pitt vs West Virginia – The Backyard Brawl returns for the first time in over a decade. Can Pitt defend their ACC title without Pickett and Addison and can West Virginia take the next step towards Big 12 contention?

Saturday Sept 3.

• #23 Arkansas vs # 19 Cincinnati – Two teams with surprising success last season lock horns in an extremely interesting early season litmus test.
• #2 Ohio State vs # 5 Notre Dame – The only time this season I will openly root for Ohio State is at the expense of the perennially overrated Irish.

FCS Game of the Week

Jackson State vs Florida A&M (Hard Rock Stadium), Sunday Sept. 4, 3PM, ESPN2

Coach Prime gets a chance to show off his impressive new recruiting class on a national stage in a big time stadium. Can he and his team live up to the hype?

Selected Picks ATS

• West Virginia @ Pitt (-7.0)
• Penn State (-3.5) @ Purdue
• Oregon (+17.5) vs Georgia
• Notre Dame @ Ohio State (-17.5)