Week 1 Recap

• Thursday Night went hard
  • Pitt/WVU and Penn St / Purdue gave us some extremely entertaining and high-energy football; it’s a shame both of them happened at the same time.
• The Pac-12 collapses under the lights
  • Utah made one too many mistakes in the Swamp and the Ducks never got off the ground. It may be too soon to say but the Pac-12’s playoff hopes took a big hit in Week 1.
• Georgia is still really good
  • After a full offseason of dealing with speculation about losing defensive staters and Stenson Bennet being able to carry the offense, Georgia went out and flat-out dominated Oregon in a game that was never even close. Look out, the Dawgs are back in town and they came to play.

Top 25 Games

Saturday Sept. 10

Early Afternoon Games

• #1 Alabama @ Texas, FOX
• Arkansas St at #3 Ohio State, BTN
• So. Miss at #15 Miami, ACCN
• South Carolina @ #16 Arkansas, ESPN
• #23 Wake Forest @ Vanderbilt, SECN
• Charleston Southern @ #18 NC State, ESPN3
• Southern Utah @ #13 Utah, PAC12 Network

Mid-Afternoon Games

• Marshall @ #8 Notre Dame, NBC
• Furman @ #5 Clemson, ACCN
• Appalachian State @ #6 Texas A&M, ESPN2
• #24 Tennessee @ #17 Pitt, ABC
• Washington St @ # 16 Wisconsin, FOX
• Samford @ #2 Georgia, SECN
• Akron @ #14 Michigan State, BTN
• #25 Houston @ Texas Tech, FS1

Night Games

• Kent State @ #7 Oklahoma, ESPN+
• #20 Kentucky @ #12 Florida, ESPN
• Central Arkansas @ #22 Ole Miss, ESPN+
• #10 USC @ Stanford, ABC
• Arizona State @ #11 Oklahoma State, ESPN2
• Hawaii @ #4 Michigan, BTN
• #9 Baylor @ #21 BYU, ESPN

Most Interesting Matchups

#24 Tennessee @ #17 Pitt, ABC – Can Pitt recover from an emotional Backyard Brawl or will the Volunteers roll out of Pittsburgh with a win?

#20 Kentucky @ #12 Florida, ESPN – What was once a hilariously one sided curb-stomp is now a Top 20 matchup. We’ll see if Will Levis is for real or if Florida can justify their suddenly lofty ranking.

#9 Baylor @ #21 BYU, ESPN – BYU looks to stake its claim as a top Group of Five team against a Top 10 team. Baylor in turn is looking to keep up with OKST and Oklahoma on top of the Big 12.

FCS Game of the Week

UNI vs North Dakota, 4PM 9/10, ESPN+ – Two teams that play second fiddle to a more successful team in their state – what’s not to love?

Selected Picks ATS

• #1 Alabama (-20) @ Texas
• #24 Tennessee @ #17 Pitt (+6.5)
• #20 Kentucky @ #12 Florida (-5.0)
• Iowa State @ Iowa (-3.5) (U 40.5 easily)
• #9 Baylor (+3.5) @ #21 BYU