Week One Top 25 College Football Schedule

Thursday - September 1

8:00 No 20. Mississippi State @ Memphis
8:00 UNLV @ No. 11 Wisconsin

Friday - September 2

Youngstown State @ No. 17 Michigan State
No. 14 TCU @ Baylor

Saturday - September 3

12:00 Akron @ No. 18 Ohio State
12:00 Miami (Ohio) @ No. 21 Missouri
12:00 Utah State @ No. 23 Auburn
      - Auburn looks to capitalize on their season after winning the BCS Championship but must replace key starters who have left for the NFL like Cam Newton and Nick Fairley
12:20 Kent State @ No. 2 Alabama
      - Alabama has dreams of a BCS Championship this year with one of the NCAA's most highly touted defensive units
12:30 Appalachian State @ No. 13 Virginia Tech
      - Virginia Tech starts the season against a Division II opponent but App State is no slouch. They have a history of dominance in their division and have upset at least one highly ranked FBS contender in the season opener in recent memory
3:30 Louisiana-Monroe @ No. 6 Florida State
      - Florida State is expecting a big year and ACC dominance coming into the season. Unlike longtime rival Miami they have no pending NCAA investigations and are hoping to return to national prominence.
3:30 Chattanooga @ No. 10 Nebraska
3:30 South Florida @ No. 16 Notre Dame
    - Notre Dame hopes to have a good year. They have underperformed mightily over the past decade and need a season to solidify the expensive hiring of coach Chip Kelly.
3:30 Minnesota @ No. 25 USC
    - USC and coach Lane Kiffin start the season ranked lower than they are accustomed to and need to have several good seasons to offset scandals including Reggie Bush and coach Kiffin himself.
5:00 San Jose State @ No. 7 Stanford
     - Stanford returns their top tier quarterback Andrew Luck but must play the season under a new head coach after sending their last play caller to the NFL this offseason.
7:00 Louisiana-Lafayette @ No. 9 Oklahoma State
7:00 East Carolina vs. No 12 South Carolina
     - South Carolina is looking to challenge for the SEC East title and hopes to start the season strong against a tough D II opponent.
7:00 Missouri State @ No. 15 Arkansas
7:00 Florida Atlantic @ No. 22 Florida
8:00 Tulsa @ No. 1 Oklahoma
8:00 No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 4 LSU
     - LSU is playing this game without their starting quarterback after he was involved in a bar fight. The LSU backup is said to be adequate but the Ducks are no pushover, having contended for the BCS Title last year and still running the fast paced offense that carried them last year.
8:00 No. 5 Boise State @ No. 19 Georgia
     - Georgia fans have high hopes for the season after signing coveted running back Isaiah Crowell. This game is going to be watched closely by SEC fans across the country who say that their conference is the best in college football

Sunday - September 4

3:30 Marshall @ No. 24 West Virginia
     - The Friends of Coal Bowl starts off the season for West Virginia with cross state rival Marshall
7:30 Southern Methodist @ No. 8 Texas A&M
      - Though Texas A&M has made more headlines recently due to planned conference realignment the team is still highly ranked and should have no problem with one of the power teams from the 1980's