ESPN truly cracks me up with how they seem to act as if they aren't biased towards the SEC, or at least they seem to act that way. They recently just posted a list for the top 10 games of week 1 in CFB here I've posted the list below without any of the descriptions/guesses who wins since it's an insider article and that's apparently not allowed here.
1. FSU/Ole Miss
2. Alabama/USC
3. Clemson/Auburn
4. LSU/Wisconsin
5. UGA/UNC
6. UCLA/A&M
7. OU/Houston
8. ND/UT
9. Appalachian St/Tenn
10. Rutgers/Washington
Just missed the cut: Missouri/WVU, K-State/Stanford, Arizona/BYU
Ok so first off I have no issue with K-State/Stanford not being listed, Stanford is a heavy favorite and realistically should beat us fairly easily. But the three just missed the cut games are all P5 teams (well BYU technically isn't, but they're close enough) and are clearly better matchups than a team playing a home game vs an opponent from the Sun Belt Conference (App St/Tenn).
And while there aren't a ton of other P5 games that weekend (only ones I found are Georgia Tech/Boston College, Oregon St/Minnesota and South Carolina/Vandy) there's no reason App St/Tenn should be on that list. That being said App St taking on Miami (FL) at home in week 3 will be quite interesting.
1. FSU/Ole Miss
2. Alabama/USC
3. Clemson/Auburn
4. LSU/Wisconsin
5. UGA/UNC
6. UCLA/A&M
7. OU/Houston
8. ND/UT
9. Appalachian St/Tenn
10. Rutgers/Washington
Just missed the cut: Missouri/WVU, K-State/Stanford, Arizona/BYU
Ok so first off I have no issue with K-State/Stanford not being listed, Stanford is a heavy favorite and realistically should beat us fairly easily. But the three just missed the cut games are all P5 teams (well BYU technically isn't, but they're close enough) and are clearly better matchups than a team playing a home game vs an opponent from the Sun Belt Conference (App St/Tenn).
And while there aren't a ton of other P5 games that weekend (only ones I found are Georgia Tech/Boston College, Oregon St/Minnesota and South Carolina/Vandy) there's no reason App St/Tenn should be on that list. That being said App St taking on Miami (FL) at home in week 3 will be quite interesting.
