LSU and Florida State: Best Bets for Week's 1 Rare Sunday Battle

LSU and Florida State play a rare Sunday night College Football primetime game in New Orleans. It's the first game of Brian Kelly's tenure as LSU's head coach.

LSU is 3-point favorites over Florida State. Florida played last week in a win over Duquesne. Brian Kelly makes his debut for the Tigers. The precedent of teams making their season debut covering the spread is 63.3-percent of the time since 2005.

Jayden Daniels will start for the Tiger's against Arizona State. Both teams are good offenses and good defenses. The over/under is 50.  Both teams ranked outside the Top 50 in opponents points per game last season.

LSU is 7-3 against the spread in the last 10 games on a neutral site. Florida State is 1-4 straight-up in its last five games against SEC. LSU is 11-2 straight up in September games.

LSU and Florida State are playing a rare Sunday Battle. LSU is 7-3 against the spread in the last 10 games on a neutral site. Florida is 1-4 straight-up in its last five games against SEC.

Kayshon Boutte projects as one of the top wide receivers in the nation this year. His sophomore campaign was cut short due to injury after six games. In those games he caught NINE touchdown passes. Brain Kelly is going to use his star receiver to score early and often.