CBS Sports way-too-early picks for key Week 1 college football games

March 30, 2026

By Brad Crawford, CBS Sports: College football’s Week 1 slate to begin the 2026 season may not be as robust as years past following significant schedule changes in the College Football Playoff-centric era, but there are enough marquee matchups to set extremely early narratives coming out of the first weekend.

With that in mind and spring practice in full swing, let’s get right to it with predictions for a half-dozen or so games featuring teams we expect to be in the top 25 conversation to open.

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College football predictions: Way-too-early picks for Week 1 as LSU-Clemson, Notre Dame-Wisconsin lead slate

Predictions for games with preseason poll significance across college football's first full weekend coming up this September

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