Welcome, college football fans, to episode 681 or the first full Saturday of the season. This is Week 1, Day 3, overall Day 5 of college football and we finally have more than 100 (102) games in a day. Starting at 11:00am (all times Eastern) and lasting until the wee hours of the morning, it promises to be a wonderful day. After this long Labor Day weekend, just about every team (except for the Ivy League) will have at least one game under their belt and the gauntlet is underway. There were no real surprises last night so we can jump into today’s games.
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In the table below, the games are sorted by start time (assumed to be p.m. unless otherwise stated and in Eastern time), games with at least one FBS team first followed by FCS games. Games are listed with the Visiting team first unless there is an (N) following the string. There is just one neutral site game today: Baylor and Auburn. The conference pairing follows the order of the teams (away team’s conference first). Two notes: 1) if only one conference name is listed, we have a conference game, and 2) “NA” means a non-Division I team (Division II, Division III, NAIA). If both teams are in Division I, Vegas has a line on it. That column shows who the oddsmakers think will win the game and by how much. For example, the think James Madison will beat Liberty by 6 points. The GCR column shows who our algorithm calculates will win, assuming both teams have played at least one game. The Cover column shows who our algorithm calculates will “win the Vegas spread.” In our example above, assuming both teams had played at least one game, if the GCR calculated James Madison to win by 4 points, we would list LIB in that column. While we cannot predict any games before both teams have played, we do have 23 games today with predictions! The final column shows how to watch each game.
| Time (ET) | Games of September 5th | Conference | Vegas | GCR | Cover | TV |
| 11:00 AM | Webber (N/A) at Stetson (0-1/252) | NA/PFL | NL | — | — | YouTube |
| 12:00 | Liberty (0-0/107) at James Madison (0-0/107) | USA/SUN | JMU -6.0 | — | — | ESPNU |
| 12:00 | Coastal (0-0/107) at West Virginia (0-0/107) | SUN/B12 | WVU -21.0 | — | — | TNT/HBO Max |
| 12:00 | Bryant (1-0/30) at Army (0-0/107) | CAA/AAC | ARMY -37.5 | — | — | CBS Sports |
| 12:00 | North Texas (0-0/107) at Indiana (0-0/107) | AAC/B10 | IND -40.5 | — | — | Fox |
| 12:00 | Lafayette (0-0/107) at UCONN (0-0/107) | PAT/IND | UCON -21.0 | — | — | WFSB |
| 12:00 | East Carolina (0-0/107) at Alabama (0-0/107) | AAC/SEC | ALA -28.5 | — | — | ABC |
| 12:00 | New Hampshire (0-1/234) at Syracuse (0-0/107) | CAA/ACC | SYR -35.5 | — | — | ACC Network |
| 12:00 | Oregon St (0-0/107) at Houston (0-0/107) | PAC/B12 | HOU -21.0 | — | — | ESPN |
| 12:00 | Ohio (0-0/107) at Nebraska (0-0/107) | MAC/B10 | NEB -23.5 | — | — | Fox Sports 1 |
| 12:00 | Tarleton (1-0/47) at Bowling Green (0-0/107) | UAC/MAC | BG -1.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 12:00 | S Conn (N/A) at Wagner (0-1/256) | NA/NEC | NL | — | — | NEC Front Row |
| 12:00 | Stonehill (0-1/254) at New Haven (1-0/78) | NEC | NHAV -7.5 | NHAV | NHAV | NEC Front Row |
| 12:30 | Ball St (0-0/107) at Ohio St (0-0/107) | MAC/B10 | OHST -50.5 | — | — | Big Ten Network |
| 12:30 | Miami OH (0-0/107) at Pittsburgh (0-0/107) | MAC/ACC | PITT -15.5 | — | — | The CW |
| 12:30 | Lehigh (1-0/26) at Georgetown (0-0/107) | PAT | LEH -23.0 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 12:45 | Kent St (0-0/107) at South Carolina (0-0/107) | MAC/SEC | SCAR -35.5 | — | — | SEC Network |
| 1:00 | Duquesne (0-0/107) at Air Force (0-0/107) | NEC/MWC | AF -28.5 | — | — | MW+ |
| 1:00 | SEMO (1-0/71) at Iowa St (0-0/107) | BSOV/B12 | IAST -30.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 1:00 | Youngstown St (1-0/33) at Kentucky (0-0/107) | MFC/SEC | KENY -22.5 | — | — | SECN+ |
| 1:00 | Holy Cross (0-1/257) at Colgate (1-0/49) | PAT | COLG -5.0 | COLG | HC | ESPN+ |
| 1:30 | Gardner Webb (0-1/237) at Wofford (1-0/35) | BSOV/SoCon | WOFF -7.0 | WOFF | GWEB | ESPN+ |
| 2:00 | Rhode Island (1-0/25) at Temple (0-0/107) | CAA/AAC | TEMP -14.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 2:00 | Sacred Heart (0-0/107) at Monmouth (0-1/241) | CAA | MONM -14.5 | — | — | FloFootball |
| 3:00 | TN St (0-1/223) at Georgia (0-0/107) | BSOV/SEC | GEO -48.5 | — | — | SECN+ |
| 3:30 | Boston College (0-0/107) at Cincinnati (0-0/107) | ACC/B12 | CIN -7.5 | — | — | Fox |
| 3:30 | Citadel (0-1/243) at Charlotte (0-0/107) | SoCon/AAC | CLT -19.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 3:30 | Furman (1-0/94) at Tennessee (0-0/107) | SoCon/SEC | TENN -48.5 | — | — | SECN+ |
| 3:30 | Texas St (0-0/107) at Texas (0-0/107) | PAC/SEC | TEX -29.5 | — | — | ESPN |
| 3:30 | Towson (0-1/228) at Navy (0-0/107) | CAA/AAC | NAVY -31.5 | — | — | CBS Sports |
| 3:30 | Fordham (0-1/246) at North Dakota St (1-0/8) | PAT/MWC | NDST -41.5 | NDST | NDST | MW+ |
| 3:30 | Maine (1-0/65) at App St (0-0/107) | CAA/SUN | APST -20.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 3:30 | Tulane (0-0/107) at Duke (0-0/107) | AAC/ACC | DUKE -8.0 | — | — | ACC Network |
| 3:30 | Baylor (0-0/107) / Auburn (0-0/107) (N) | B12/SEC | AUB -7.5 | — | — | ABC |
| 3:30 | Marshall (0-0/107) at Penn St (0-0/107) | SUN/B10 | PSU -23.5 | — | — | Fox Sports 1 |
| 3:30 | Rio Grande (1-0/89) at UTSA (0-0/107) | SLAN/AAC | UTSA -28.0 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 3:30 | Boise St (0-0/107) at Oregon (0-0/107) | PAC/B10 | ORE -24.5 | — | — | CBS |
| 3:30 | W Carolina (1-0/39) at Campbell (1-0/41) | SoCon/CAA | WCAR -3.5 | WCAR | WCAR | FloFootball |
| 3:45 | Oklahoma St (0-0/107) at Tulsa (0-0/107) | B12/AAC | OKST -13.5 | — | — | ESPNU |
| 4:00 | St Thomas (1-0/97) at North Dakota (1-0/45) | PFL/MFC | NDAK -27.5 | NDAK | NDAK | ESPN+ |
| 4:15 | North Alabama (1-0/52) at Arkansas (0-0/107) | UAC/SEC | ARK -41.5 | — | — | SEC Network |
| 4:15 | N Illinois (0-0/107) at Iowa (0-0/107) | MWC/B10 | IOWA -31.5 | — | — | Big Ten Network |
| 5:00 | Alcorn St (1-0/85) at Southern Miss (0-0/107) | SWAC/SUN | SMIS -17.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 5:30 | Tusculum (N/A) at E Tenn St (0-1/250) | NA/SoCon | NL | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 6:00 | Wyoming (0-0/107) at Colorado St (0-0/107) | MWC/PAC | COST -3.0 | — | — | USA |
| 6:00 | Norfolk St (1-0/83) at Old Dominion (0-0/107) | MEAC/SUN | OD -40.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 6:00 | TN Tech (1-0/39) at Chattanooga (1-0/34) | SoCon | TNTC -11.5 | CHAT | CHAT | ESPN+ |
| 6:00 | Elizabeth City (N/A) at NC Central (0-1/232) | NA/MEAC | NL | — | — | MEAC Network |
| 6:00 | WV St (N/A) at Robert Morris (1-0/27) | NA/NEC | NL | — | — | SNP+ |
| 6:00 | Richmond (1-0/44) at Howard (1-0/58) | PAT/MEAC | RICH -15.0 | RICH | RICH | MEAC Network |
| 6:00 | Villanova (0-1/228) at Bucknell (0-1/240) | PAT | VILL -27.0 | VILL | VILL | ESPN+ |
| 6:00 | Delaware St (1-0/60) at William & Mary (1-0/65) | MEAC/PAT | W&M -10.0 | DEST | DEST | ESPN+ |
| 6:00 | Elon (1-0/91) at Davidson (0-1/106) | CAA/PFL | ELON -33.5 | ELON | ELON | ESPN+ |
| 6:00 | Lane (N/A) at Alabama St (1-0/48) | NA/SWAC | NL | — | — | SWAC TV |
| 6:00 | Presbyterian (1-0/101) at Mercer (1-0/59) | PFL/SoCon | MERC -20.0 | MERC | MERC | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | SELA (0-1/235) at South Alabama (0-0/107) | SLAN/SUN | SALA -14.0 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | Chrls So (0-1/222) at Ga Southern (0-0/107) | BSOV/SUN | GASO -26.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | Missouri St (0-0/107) at Texas A&M (0-0/107) | USA/SEC | TAM -40.5 | — | — | ESPN |
| 7:00 | Nicholls (1-0/32) at Kansas St (0-0/107) | SLAN/B12 | KSST -41.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | Austin Peay (1-0/51) at Vanderbilt (0-0/107) | UAC/SEC | VAN -28.0 | — | — | SECN+ |
| 7:00 | Idaho St (1-0/35) at Utah St (0-0/107) | SKY/PAC | UTST -14.0 | — | — | CBS Sports |
| 7:00 | Abilene Chr (0-1/225) at Texas Tech (0-0/107) | UAC/B12 | TXTC -43.5 | — | — | Fox Sports 1 |
| 7:00 | Houston Chr (1-0/57) at Rice (0-0/107) | SLAN/AAC | RICE -22.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | Murray St (0-1/253) at Mid Tenn (0-0/107) | MFC/USA | MTSU -21.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | FIU (0-0/107) at South Florida (0-0/107) | USA/AAC | SFLA -14.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | Sam Houston (0-0/107) at Troy (0-0/107) | USA/SUN | TROY -16.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | Arkansas St (0-0/107) at Memphis (1-0/19) | SUN/AAC | MEM -10.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | E Kentucky (0-1/241) at Jax St (0-1/86) | UAC/USA | JXST -21.0 | JXST | JXST | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | KY St (N/A) at Southern (0-1/236) | NA/SWAC | NL | — | — | SWAC TV |
| 7:00 | N Iowa (0-0/107) at E Washington (0-1/226) | MFC/SKY | EWA -7.0 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | Illinois St (1-0/81) at W Illinois (1-0/84) | MFC/BSOV | ILST -24.5 | ILST | ILST | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | Texas Wes (N/A) at McNeese (0-1/249) | NA/SLAN | NL | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | Central St (N/A) at Grambling (1-0/90) | NA/SWAC | NL | — | — | SWAC TV |
| 7:00 | West Florida (1-0/72) at C Arkansas (1-0/41) | UAC | CARK -7.5 | CARK | CARK | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | Chicago St (0-1/219) at UT Martin (0-1/250) | FCSIND/BSOV | UTM -44.5 | CHST | CHST | ESPN+ |
| 7:00 | Miles (N/A) at Alabama A&M (0-1/231) | NA/SWAC | NL | — | — | SWAC TV |
| 7:00 | Ed Waters (N/A) at Jackson St (1-0/70) | NA/SWAC | NL | — | — | HBCUGo |
| 7:30 | W Michigan (0-0/107) at Michigan (0-0/107) | MAC/B10 | MICH -28.0 | — | — | NBC |
| 7:30 | ULM (0-0/107) at Mississippi St (0-0/107) | SUN/SEC | MSST -28.0 | — | — | ESPNU |
| 7:30 | Nwestern St (0-1/105) at LA Tech (0-0/107) | SLAN/SUN | LATC -44.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 7:30 | Clemson (0-0/107) at LSU (0-0/107) | ACC/SEC | LSU -10.0 | — | — | ABC |
| 7:30 | VMI (0-1/243) at Virginia Tech (0-0/107) | SoCon/ACC | VT -55.5 | — | — | ACC Network |
| 7:45 | FAU (0-0/107) at Florida (0-0/107) | AAC/SEC | FLA -26.5 | — | — | SEC Network |
| 8:00 | Lamar (1-0/61) at Louisiana (0-0/107) | SLAN/SUN | LAU -20.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 8:00 | South Dakota St (1-0/29) at Northwestern (0-0/107) | MFC/B10 | NW -12.5 | — | — | Big Ten Network |
| 8:00 | Utah Tech (0-1/261) at BYU (0-0/107) | SKY/B12 | BYU -51.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 8:00 | Hampton (1-0/88) at Maryland (0-0/107) | CAA/B10 | MARY -45.5 | — | — | Big Ten Network |
| 8:00 | Mercyhurst (0-1/245) at New Mexico St (0-1/74) | NEC/USA | NMST -28.5 | NMST | NMST | ESPN+ |
| 8:00 | C Washington (N/A) at Cal Poly (1-0/69) | NA/SKY | NL | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 8:00 | Weber St (1-0/76) at S Utah (0-1/226) | SKY | SUT -15.0 | WEB | WEB | ESPN+ |
| 8:00 | East Texas (0-1/230) at Steph F Austin (1-0/46) | SLAN | SFA -26.0 | SFA | SFA | ESPN+ |
| 8:00 | South Dakota (1-0/31) at N Colorado (0-1/220) | MFC/SKY | SDAK -21.5 | SDAK | SDAK | ESPN+ |
| 8:30 | Butler (1-0/98) at Montana St (1-0/14) | PFL/SKY | MTST -48.0 | MTST | MTST | ESPN+ |
| 9:30 | N Arizona (1-0/61) at Arizona (0-0/107) | SKY/B12 | ARIZ -32.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 9:30 | Portland St (0-1/239) at San Diego St (0-0/107) | SKY/PAC | SDST -39.5 | — | — | USA |
| 10:00 | UNLV (0-1/73) at Hawaii (0-1/64) | MWC | UNLV -3.0 | HAW | HAW | The CW |
| 10:00 | Morgan St (1-0/50) at Arizona St (0-0/107) | MEAC/B12 | AZST -43.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 10:00 | MS Valley (0-1/247) at Sacramento St (0-1/68) | SWAC/MAC | SAC -37.5 | SAC | SAC | ESPN+ |
| 10:00 | C Michigan (0-0/107) at New Mexico (0-0/107) | MAC/MWC | NMEX -10.5 | — | — | Fox Sports 1 |
| 10:00 | UC Davis (1-0/55) at San Diego (0-0/107) | SKY/PFL | UCD -16.5 | — | — | ESPN+ |
| 10:30 | UCLA (0-0/107) at California (0-0/107) | B10/ACC | UCLA -2.5 | — | — | ESPN |
| 10:30 | W Kentucky (0-0/107) at Nevada (0-0/107) | USA/MWC | NEV -1.5 | — | — | CBS Sports |
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That’s it for today. Tune in tomorrow for a special Sunday edition of G’s Expectation as opening week continues (all the way through Monday!). Thank you for reading, commenting, and sharing with others. Enjoy this wonderful day of football, JoJo and G.
