NCAA Predictions Week 1

Atlantic Coast Conference
North Carolina State loses to Tennessee
North Carolina over FCS Elon
Maryland over FCS William and Mary
Boston College over Miami (Fl)
7 Florida State over FCS Murray State
Wake Forest over FCS Liberty
Florida International over Duke
Auburn over 14 Clemson
Georgia Tech over 16 Virginia Tech

Big East Conference
Connecticut over Massachusetts*
Temple over FCS Villanova
Syracuse over Northwestern
Pittsburgh over FCS Youngstown State
FCS Chattanooga over South Florida
Tulane over Rutgers
25 Louisville over Kentucky

Big Ten Conference
UNLV over Minnesota
24 Boise State over 13 Michigan State
Penn State over Ohio
Illinois over Western Michigan
18 Ohio State over Miami (OH)
Northern Illinois over Iowa
Purdue over FCS Eastern Kentucky
17 Nebraska over Southern Mississippi
12 Wisconsin over FCS Northern Iowa
Indiana over FCS Indiana State
2 Alabama over 8 Michigan

Big XII Conference
West Virginia** over Marshall 
Tulsa over Iowa State
Kansas over FCS South Dakota State
Texas Tech over FCS Northwestern State
19 Oklahoma State over FCS Savannah State
22 Kansas State over FCS Missouri State
15 Texas over Wyoming
4 Oklahoma over UTEP
Baylor over Southern Methodist (SMU)
TCU HAS BYE

Conference USA
UCF over Akron
Rice over UCLA
UAB over Troy
FCS Appalachian State over East Carolina
Memphis over FCS Tennessee-Martin
Houston over Texas State*

Division 1A-Independents
BYU over Washington State
Navy over Notre Dame
Army=BYE

Mid-American Conference
Eastern Michigan over Ball State
Central Michigan over FCS SE Missouri State
Kent State over FCS Towson
6 Georgia over Buffalo
23 Florida over Bowling Green
Arizona over Toledo

Mountain West Conference
Air Force over FCS Idaho State 
Nevada over California
Colorado over Colorado State
FCS Southern over New Mexico
1 USC over Hawaii
Fresno State over FCS Weber State
San Diego State over Washington

PAC-12 Conference
Utah over FCS Northern Colorado
Arizona State over FCS Northern Arizona
21 Stanford over San Jose State
Oregon State over FCS Nicholls State
5 Oregon over Arkansas State

SEC Conference
9 South Carolina over Vanderbilt
Missouri* over SE Louisiana State
Mississippi (Ole Miss) over FCS Central Arkansas
Mississippi State over FCS Jackson State
10 Arkansas over FCS Jacksonville State
3 LSU over North Texas
Texas A&M v Louisiana Tech POSTPONED due to Hurricane Ivan

Sun Belt Conference
Middle Tennessee State (MTSU) over FCS McNeese State
Florida Atlantic (FAU) over FCS Wagner
*UTSA over *South Alabama (USA)
Western Kentucky over FCS Austin Peay
Louisiana-Lafayette over FCS Lamar

Western Athletic Conference
New Mexico State over FCS Sacramento State
Utah State over FCS Southern Utah
Eastern Washington over Idaho

Predictions were made in June before the Penn State scandal penalties were released.
Matches in BOLD PRINT are UPSETS.
*=New to FBS Football
**= Teams new to conference.

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