Week 1 college football picks: Utah vs. Michigan, Texas vs. Notre Dame, more
The college football off-season is always a slow time, but it was especially brutal in 2015. Just think: We spent months discussing satellite camps, speculating about possible conference expansion (that never really seemed close to happening) and debating who would start at quarterback for Ohio State. All of those storylines will finally give way to real results from actual games.
While many squads scheduled cupcakes to open their respective 2015 campaigns, the opening weekend includes a handful of intriguing matchups. Will Michigan stumble at Utah in Jim Harbaugh’s debut? Can Wisconsin push Alabama in Jerry World? And could the Buckeyes' title defense get off to a inauspicious start against Virginia Tech? SI.com's team of college football writers—Andy Staples, Pete Thamel, Thayer Evans, Zac Ellis, Colin Becht, Lindsay Schnell, Brian Hamilton and Ben Glicksman—offer their predictions for those games and more.
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| Staples | Thamel | Evans | Ellis | Becht | Schnell | Hamilton | Glicksman |
Michigan at Utah | ||||||||
TCU at Minnesota | ||||||||
North Carolina at South Carolina | ||||||||
Michigan State at Western Michigan | ||||||||
Washington at Boise State | ||||||||
Stanford at Northwestern | ||||||||
Virginia at UCLA | ||||||||
Louisville vs. Auburn | ||||||||
Bowling Green at Tennessee | ||||||||
BYU at Nebraska | ||||||||
Arizona State vs. Texas A&M | ||||||||
Texas at Notre Dame | ||||||||
Wisconsin vs. Alabama | ||||||||
Arkansas State at USC | ||||||||
Ohio State at Virginia Tech | ||||||||
