College football picks: Predictions against the spread, odds, betting lines for top 25 games in Week 1

Expert picks, predictions for the marquee top 25 college football games in Week 1 If you're reading this, you made it. The 2026 college football season has arrived with the first full slate of games in Week 1. None might be bigger for the sport than Clemson's trip to No. 11 LSU [1].

Sources

1. cbssports.com · College football picks: Predictions against the spread, odds, betting lines for top 25 games in Week 1 Sep 4, 2026

This is the neutral brief the press writes once, for everyone, before each reader’s paper adds its own so-what. It links out; it does not republish. 1 article clustered.

Print your own paper