The start of the college football season is difficult to forecast. But that doesn't stop our experts offering their bold predictions for Week 1.

Feels-like temperatures will top 100 degrees at stadiums from the Plains to the South this weekend, including South Carolina and Texas Tech.

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There are eight significant matchups in Week 1 of the college football season. We break down each of the games and how they will play out.

And on the third day of the ninth month in the year 2026 of our Savant and Savior Curt Cignetti, the college football gods mercifully said, “Let there be football.”

SportsLine's advanced model has locked in its Week 1 college football predictions from 10,000 simulations

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The controversial college football decision involving LSU also involves the New Orleans Saints.The Saints had a rookie with them this summer, undrafted defensive tackle Zxavian Harris, who is set to return to college football at LSU.

UMass opened the 2026 season with its biggest win in FBS history, defeating Rutgers to break a 16-game losing streak and after it went 0-12 in 2025.