It's Farmageddon in Ireland to start the season. If you're gonna give me over 3 points and Iowa State, I'm gonna take it. This is a for-fun-only pick as I think the line is correct, I'll just take points with the better QB in Rocco Becht.

I like what I've seen so far from Hawaii QB Micah Alejado, and Stanford has had a train wreck offseason. I think Hawaii can compete along both lines of scrimmage, and WRs Cenacle & Ashlock are good weapons vs the Tree secondary. I'd love to get 3, otherwise I'm taking the money line. Hawaii wins this outright.

I love Utah in this matchup so much I bet it in April. I think Utah's OL will own UCLA, and the world will get to know QB Devon Dampier really fast. Even on the road I make this line Utah -5, I'd bet it up to 6.

I'm gonna eat these words, but I'm a believer in Auburn in 2025. Road favorites are bad bets, so I'll come out the gate with three of them. Baylor has started slow under Aranda, losing their last 3 FBS openers. I make this game Auburn -5.5, but wouldn't trust them past -2.5 in Waco.

While the number is spot on with my projections, I love this matchup for Clemson. Their DL should have a field day with LSU's new OTs, and Klubnik to Williams, Wesco and Moore should have fun vs this LSU secondary. I'm long on LSU this year, but Brian Kelly is 0-3 in openers at LSU, make it 0-4.

I've been pretty open about my thoughts on the 33rd NFL team experiment in Chapel Hill. I also love TCU QB Josh Hoover in his 3rd year under OC Kendall Briles. I make TCU a 7 point road favorite.