Sports betting: College Football Picks for Week 1

The college football season starts. Nebraska lost to Vanderbilt in the first game. The season runs from Thursday night to Monday night. There are a top-five matchup, a Top-15 matchup and a game between two teams toward the back of the AP Top 25.

No. 7 Utah plays Florida in the first game of the season on Saturday. The Utes won the Pac-12 title last season. Florida is rebuilding under new coach Billy Napier.

Florida State and LSU are playing each other in the first game of the season. Florida State is favored by 3 1/2 points.

Dan Lanning's first game with Oregon is against the team he helped win a national championship with last season. Georgia sent a lot of players to the NFL last year, but is still loaded.

No. 23 Cincinnati plays at No. 19 Arkansas on Saturday. Arkansas is favored by 6 1/2.

No. 5 Notre Dame plays No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday. It's Marcus Freeman's first game as coach of the Fighting Irish.

West Virginia is plus 7 1/2 at No. 17 Pittsburgh. The Backyard Brawl returns with two USC transfers playing QB. Pittsburgh wins 24-20.

Central Michigan is favored to beat Oklahoma State 35-17 in the opening game of the college football season.

Western Michigan is a plus 21 1/2 favorite at No. 15 Michigan State. Spartans are 11-0 all-time against Broncos.

Utah State plays Alabama. Alabama beats Utah State 48-14.

No. 8 Michigan beats Colorado State 45-10 in the opening game of the college football season.

UTEP is favored to lose to Oklahoma 52-13 in the Brent Venables' first game.

No. 13 North Carolina State plays at East Carolina.

Rice is favored to beat No. 14 Southern California 49-10 in the first game of the season.

Miami plays at No. 20 Kentucky. Several Wildcats are suspended for the opener. Kentucky beats Miami 30-10.

Troy is a plus 22 1/2 favorite at No. 21 Mississippi. Ole Miss beats Troy 45-20.

UTSA and Houston are playing in a Group of Five game. Houston won 27-21.

No 25 BYU is favored to beat South Florida 28-14 in the first game of the season.

No. 4 Clemson is favored by 21 points over Georgia Tech. Penn State is favoured by 3.5 points at Purdue. Army is favorite by 2.2 points against Coastal Carolina. Boise State's favorite is 2 1/2 plus 2/3 points vs. Oregon State. North Carolina's favourite is plus 1 1.1 points for Appalachian State at Appalachian.