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One of the most underrated rivalries in college football will be one of the first games of a full slate of action on Saturday afternoon. The Iowa Hawkeyes and the Iowa State Cyclones will square off for the Cy-Hawk Trophy for the 65^th time. Although Iowa is generally regarded as the better school, this series has been even over the last 20 seasons. Each team has won 10 games during that stretch, but Iowa has won the last two quite comfortably.Watch this regular season Week 2 matchup live on Saturday, September 9, 2017, at 12 p.m. ETat Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. This game will be broadcast on ESPN2.... 

Camp Randall will be jumping around on Saturday afternoon when the Florida Atlantic Owls come to town. Florida Atlantic was blown out in Lane Kiffin’s debut with the Owls, but there was a lot to be optimistic about. Meanwhile, the Wisconsin Badgers took care of business in their home opener against the Utah State Aggies. This is the first meeting between these two teams and the Owls will be looking for their first win against a Big Ten opponent since beating Minnesota in 2007.This contest in Week 2 of the regular season will go down Saturday, September 9, 2017, at 12p.m. ET at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. This game will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.... 

Two teams that could not have had a more disparate start to the season will square off in one of the early games on Saturday afternoon. The Michigan Wolverines are riding high after largely controlling the run of play against Florida in their season opener. Their defense totally shut down the Gators offense and made them work for every yard. Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Bearcats were expected to cruise to a victory against an Austin Peay team with a 27 game losing streak, the nation’s longest. However, things proved to be far more difficult than expected and the Governors hung close the entire game.Watch this regular season Week 2 matchup live on Saturday, September 9, 2017, at 12 p.m. ETat Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This game will be broadcast on ABC.... 

The Oklahoma State Cowboys were seen as the second-most likely team to win the Big 12 prior to the start of the season. It’s not hard to find things to like about the Cowboys, they have a fantastic quarterback in Mason Rudolph and one of the best receivers in the country in James Washington. Head coach Mike Gundy is an offensive genius too and can put up points on most defenses. They will look to keep rising in the rankings this week as they take on the South Alabama Jaguars.... 

The Utah State Aggies looked ready to shock the world after one quarter last week against Wisconsin. The Aggies led the Badgers 10-0 at the end of the first 15-minute frame, but saw everything unravel quickly. Wisconsin scored 59 straight points in what turned out to be a laugher. The Aggies should fare much better this week against the Idaho State Bengals.... 

The first weekend of the 2017 college football season is in the books. There was plenty of excitement and heartache in the opening week of the season, but there weren’t very many upsets. For the most part, the chalk held serve, although the Tom Herman era did not get off to a good start at Texas after his Longhorns lost 51-41 as a 19-point favorite in Week 1. Some of the biggest line movements for the premier games this week have been on the favorite too.... 

Kevin Sumlin might be on the hottest seat in the nation. Despite being one of the highest paid head coaches in the country, he has lost four games in each of the past four seasons and has followed the same script in each of those years. His Texas A&M Aggies get off to a strong start against an opponent that turns out to be overrated and then rips off five or six straight wins before completely collapsing. The boosters are tired of the same old story and even a win against the UCLA Bruins in the season opener might not stop the grumbling.Watch this regular season Week 1 matchup live on Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. ET at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. This game will be broadcast on FOX.... 

A jampacked opening week of college football closes on Labor Day with the second ever college football game in brand-new Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The Tennessee Volunteers were one of the most hyped teams in college football entering the last two seasons, but there is no buzz surrounding them this year. Without talent like Josh Dobbs, Alvin Kamara, Josh Malone, and Derek Barnett, no one is expecting the Vols to compete for a division title in 2017. They will start the season against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.Watch this regular season Week 1 matchup live on Monday, September 4, 2017 at 8 p.m. ET at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.... 

It’s been a chaotic time for the Ole Miss Rebels’ football program. The team missed the postseason a year ago after a disappointing 5-7 campaign and already knows it won’t be going bowling this year after self-imposed sanctions.Furthermore, the team has a new coach after the unexpected departure of Hugh Freeze. The Rebels will aim to put all of that behind them in the regular season opener against the South Alabama Jaguars.Ole Miss is a heavy favorite but any hiccups due to all the uncertainty this offseason could allow South Alabama to cover. This will be an interesting matchup to see how the Rebels respond after so much upheaval.... 

The Cardinals face a big-conference foe in the season opener but the Purdue Boilermakers will be heavy underdogs despite playing the game in their home state inside the Indianapolis Colts’ stadium. Purdue won just three games a season ago because of a porous defense, and this is one of the worst matchups to have to begin a new season against such a dynamic offensive juggernaut in Louisville.If the Cardinals truly want to be considered national championship contenders, they will need to blow out the Boilermakers with ease to open the year.... 

Auburn has the superior talent across the board and should be able to coast to the victory in this matchup. The Tigers were ranked as high as No. 8 in the country a season ago before falling off and believe they can be College Football Playoff contenders. Much will depend on how Stidham steps in under center and if the team’s running game can be as successful as many believe.Georgia Southern has no chance of winning this game but the spread is large and a cover is possible if the Eagles can avoid turnovers.... 

The top-ranked Crimson Tide is facing off with the No. 3 Florida State Seminoles at a neutral site in one of the biggest matchups of the early-season. Alabama lost a lot of talent to the NFL, but that happens every year, and it always reloads. The Seminoles are also stacked with playmakers and believe they have the type of talent to go toe-to-toe with the best program in the land.It doesn’t get much better than this, as Alabama and Florida State will start the season off with a bang.... 

The Red Wolves will take to the road in their regular season opener for a matchup with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Nebraska had a decent record last season but struggled badly down the stretch, and seem to be in a transition year.The Huskers have more talent and should win this game, but it wouldn’t be a surprise if Arkansas State makes them uncomfortable from start to finish by hanging around. For those looking for a bold upset pick, a win by the Red Wolves in this game isn’t totally out of the question.... 

Georgia hopes to be in contention for an upper tier bowl game and needs to get off to a fast start. The Bulldogs will be double-digit underdogs in this matchup but Appalachian State is a plucky underdog with a long history of success and challenging bigger-conference opponents.The Mountaineers used a stingy defense to hit double-digit wins in 2016 and hope to put together another nice year. A win over Georgia would really be a fantastic start, but even staying relatively close would be a good sign of things to come the rest of the way.... 

The Black Diamond Trophy is up for grabs once again. After more than a decade in the athletic facilities in Blacksburg, the West Virginia Mountaineers have a chance to win the trophy away from the Virginia Tech Hokies. West Virginia leads this series all-time 28-22-1, but did not have the better end of the series when Frank Beamer was the coach of Virginia Tech. This has traditionally been a low-scoring series, but fireworks could be in the air considering the two coaches that are patrolling the sidelines.... 

The Arizona Wildcats are looking to bounce back after a disaster of a season in 2016. Arizona had gone to a bowl in each of Rich Rodriguez’s four previous seasons at the school, but lost eight straight conference games before a season-ending win over rival Arizona State last year. They will look to turn things around in 2017, but face a tricky test in their opener. The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks have one of the best quarterbacks at the FCS level and he can have some success against this defense.... 

The Washington State Cougars have not fared well against FCS opponents in recent seasons. Washington State started the 2015 season with a loss to Portland State and dropped last year’s opener to Eastern Washington. The Montana State Bobcats are aiming to make it three seasons in a row, but don’t have the talent that either of their counterparts from the Big Sky Conference had. It seems like the Cougars are safe from an upset this season, but anything is possible with a Mike Leach team.... 

On Tuesday, it was announced that the Advocare Texas Kickoff between the LSU Tigers and the BYU Cougars was switching venues. The devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey made NRG Stadium in Houston an untenable location for the game, so officials decided to host the game in New Orleans instead. Refunds were issued to everyone who initially bought tickets and new tickets will go on sale starting on Wednesday. That should lead to a very pro-LSU crowd.... 

People bet on football across the globe and BookMaker customers can be prepared for the action by reading every NCAA preview. Start cashing college football lines today! The Michigan Wolverines take on the Florida Gators, Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 3:30 p.m., ET. ABC will televise the game live.... 

The California Golden Bears are a mess. Only a few seasons ago, things were looking good in Berkeley with Sonny Dykes calling the shots and Jared Goff at quarterback. However, things have changed drastically in a short amount of time. Dykes repeatedly clashed with the administration about the school’s commitment to football and ended up getting fired after repeatedly flirting with other schools. Justin Wilcox is the new sheriff in town and he has his work cut out for him. He has to groom a new quarterback and fix a dumpster fire of a defense and will be tested immediately. The Golden Bears travel to face the North Carolina Tar Heels in their season opener.This contest in Week 1 of the regular season will go down Saturday, September 2, 2017, at 12:20p.m. ET at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network.... 

The Kentucky Wildcats’ faith in Mark Stoops was rewarded with a trip to the Gator Bowl last season. There is even more optimism heading into 2016 as Stoops enters his fifth season on the job. Kentucky has 17 returning starters and a manageable non-conference schedule to work with in an SEC East that is still without a dominant team. The Wildcats will start their season on the road against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, a team they lost to at the start of the 2016 campaign.This contest in Week 1 of the regular season will go down Saturday, September 2, 2017, at 4p.m. ET at Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports.... 

Are the USC Trojans ready to once again be the team to beat in the PAC-12? USC enters the season with lofty expectations and a Top 5 ranking, but we have seen that script end in utter disarray before. Quarterback Sam Darnold is the main reason for the optimism but he will be playing behind an offensive line that loses three of its starters from last season and no longer has his two leading receivers from 2016. The Trojans will start the season with the Western Michigan Broncos, but things quickly ratchet up from there.This contest in Week 1 of the regular season will go down Saturday, September 2, 2017, at 5:15p.m. ET at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The game will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Network.... 

Defending a national championship is never easy. It’s even harder when you are doing it without the best player in program history. The Clemson Tigers are about to experience that. Deshaun Watson is gone and the story of the offseason has been how to replace him. Kelly Bryant is going to get the first chance at the gig, but freshmen Hunter Johnson and Zerrick Cooper are chomping at the bit to get the chance to. Clemson starts its season against the Kent State Golden Flashes this week.... 

The South Carolina Gamecocks have a lot of returning experience on offense in 2017. Now the question is: will that actually lead to points? South Carolina struggled mightily putting points on the scoreboard a season ago and now virtually the same cast will aim to improve, beginning with the season opener against the North Carolina State Wolfpack.... 

Two of college football’s heavyweights will face off in the regular season opener, which could immediately help clear up if one or both is a legitimate national championship contender. The Michigan Wolverines will face off against the Florida Gators in a pivotal matchup of ranked teams at a neutral location....