Top 25

South Florida vs. San Jose State Notes: South Florida will have former Texas head coach, Charlie Strong, as their new leader. Strong takes over for Willie Taggart who left to become Oregon’s head coach. Taggart was 25-25 overall in his five seasons at the school. South Florida won 11 games …

Arkansas State vs. Nebraska   Notes: Arkansas State won 8 games (Georgia Southern, South Alabama, La-Monroe, Georgia State, New Mexico State, Troy, Texas State and UCF) in 2016 against FBS opponents with a combined overall record of 39-60 or .393%. The Red Wolves won those games by a total score …

Kentucky vs. Southern Mississippi Notes: Rematch of last year’s game in Lexington. Kentucky led 35-10 at the half before allowing 34 unanswered points to lose the game 44-35.     Kentucky won 7 games in 2016 against 6 FBS opponents (New Mexico State, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Missouri and …

Utah State vs. Wisconsin Notes: Since 2006, Utah State has a 3-8 overall record on week one of the college football season and has lost those games by a total score of 264-152 or 14.0 points per game.     In 2016, Utah State won three games against FCS opponent- …

Bowling Green vs. Michigan State Notes: Bowling Green won 4 games in 2016 against 3 FBS opponents (Akron, Kent State and Buffalo) with a combined overall record of 10-26 or .277%. The Falcons won those games by a total score of 107-54 or 17.6 points per game.     Bowling …

Georgia Southern vs. Auburn     Notes: Georgia Southern won 5 games in 2016 with 4 wins (South Alabama, UL-Monroe, New Mexico State and Troy) coming against FBS opponents with a combined overall record of 23-27 or .460%. The Eagles won those games by a combined score of 97-73 with …

Tulsa vs. Oklahoma State:   Notes: Tulsa won 10 games in 2016 (San Jose State, UCF, East Carolina, Cincinnati, Memphis, Tulane, SMU, Fresno State and Central Michigan) beating 9 FBS opponents who had a combined overall record of 41-70 or .369%. The Golden Hurricane won those games by a total …

Appalachian State vs. Georgia Notes: Appalachian State won 10 games in 2016 against opponents with a combined overall record of 56-68 overall or .451%. They won those contests by a total score of 333-139 or 19.4 points per game.   Appalachian State’s three losses in 2016 to Tennessee, Miami and …

Northern Illinois vs. Boston College Notes: Northern Illinois is 5-9 overall against teams from Power 5 conferences since 2010.     Since 2006, Northern Illinois is 1-6 overall week one of the season against teams from the Power 5 conferences (Ohio State, Iowa (twice), Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa State). The …

Akron vs. Penn State Notes: Akron has faced Penn State three times since 2006 and is 0-3 in those games losing by a total score of 86-26 or 20.0 points per game. The last meeting was in 2014 in Happy Valley with Penn State winning 21-3. Akron lost 7 games …