CFB Games- Labor Day Weekend 2023

Now that the mediocre state of week zero is out of the way and we’re fiending for more, here are notable week 1 games (times in CST)

Involving Ranked Teams:

THURSDAY 31 Aug:

UF at 14 Utah (-6.5) - 7:00 ESPN

SATURDAY 2 Sep:

ECU at 2 Michigan (-36) - 11:00 Peacock [Kelan Robinson will get snaps at WR-Z/X]
UVA at 12 Tenn (-28) - 11:00 ABC
Colorado at 17 TCU (-21) - 11:00 FOX
Ark St at 20 OU (-35) - 11:00 ESPN
Utah St at 25 Iowa (-25) - 11:00 FS1
Mercer at 22 Ole Miss (—) - 1:00 ESPN+
Portland St at 15 Oregon (—) - 2:00 PAC12
3 Ohio St (-30.5) at Indiana - 2:30 CBS
Boise St at 10 UW (-14.5) - 2:30 ABC
Rice at 11 Texas (—) - 2:30 FOX
TennSt at 13 Notre Dame (—) - 2:30 NBC
Buffalo at 19 Wisconsin (-28) - 2:30 FS1 [interesting pairing between LL old school and one of the biggest poaching threats last year]
UT Martin at 1 UGA (—) - 5:00 ESPN+
Nevada at 6 USC (-38.5) - 5:30 PAC12 [KU week 3 opponent vs a comparable defense]
SEMO at 16 KSU (—) - 6:00 ESPN+
UNM at 23 Texas A&M (-38) - 6:00 ESPN
MTSU at 4 Alabama (-39) - 6:30 SECN
WVU at 7 Penn St (-20.5) - 6:30 NBC [Neil Brown hotseat enters a new lvl]
21 UNC (-2.5) at South Carolina - 6:30 ABC
South Alabama at (24) Tulane (-6) - 7:00 ESPNU [sneaky good G5 game]
3 Sep:

18 Oregon St (-17.5)at SJSU - 2:30 CBS
5 LSU (-2.5) at 8 FSU - 6:30 ABC
4 Sep:

9 Clemson (-12.5) at Duke - 7:00 ESPN
BIG XII Teams (Including 2024 joiners)

31 Aug:

Kent State at UCF (-37) - 6:00 FS1 [Ky Thomas should get plenty of snaps for Kent if not start]
1 SEP

Mo St at THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (-99) - 7:00 ESPN+
2 Sep:

N Iowa at Iowa State (—) - 11:00 ESPN+
EKU at Cincy (—) - 2:30 ESPN+
Texas St at Baylor (-26.5) - 6:00 ESPN+
UTSA (-1) at Houston - 6:00 FS1
C Ark at Ok State (—) - 6:00 ESPN+
Tx Tech (-14) at Wyoming - 6:30 CBS
Sam Houston at BYU (-20) - 9:15 FS1
S Utah at ASU (—) - 9:00 (31 Aug)
N Arizona at Arizona (—) - 9:00 (2 Sep)
Other Notables:

Toledo at Illinois (-9) - 6:30 2 Sep BTN
Coastal Carolina at UCLA (-14.5) - 9:30 ESPN [don’t expect to see Vasko, but interesting matchup nonetheless]
NC St (-15) at UConn - 6:30 31 Aug CBSSN [Eriq Gilyard should be getting the start]
Almost forgot Stanford (-4.5) at Hawaii - right after our game on CBSSN. [look for McBride to continue his breakout against a slightly weaker secondary]

FCS upset watch is in full effect for KSU playing SEMO, Ole Miss against Mercer and Alabama A&M against Vandy.