ESPN's 'College Gameday' picks Week 1 games
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Week 1 of the college football season is here, and ESPN's premier preview show is back to pick college football's most intriguing games.
This week, "College GameDay" originated from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ahead of Saturday's showdown between the No. 13 LSU Tigers and the No. 23 Clemson Tigers, ahead of Lane Kiffin's debut as LSU's head coach. Saturday was the first of two times LSU will be a featured team on College Gameday in the first three weeks of the season. In Week 3, College Gameday will visit Ole Miss for the Rebels' home date with LSU and Kiffin's return to Oxford.
This week, the usual lineup of Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee, and former Alabama head coach Nick Saban was joined by country music superstar Lainey Wilson as the guest picker. A native of Louisiana, Wilson has been named Entertainer of the Year twice in her career and has nine No. 1 hits.
How did the College Gameday crew forecast this week's top games? Here's a look at this week's picks for Week 1 of the college football season.
Who will be ACC champion?
- Desmond Howard: Miami
- Nick Saban: Miami
- Pat McAfee: North Carolina
- Kirk Herbstreit: Miami
- Lainey Wilson: Miami
Who will be Big 12 champion?
- Desmond Howard: BYU
- Nick Saban: Texas Tech
- Pat McAfee: West Virginia
- Kirk Herbstreit: Texas Tech
- Lainey Wilson: BYU
Who will be Big Ten champion?
- Desmond Howard: Oregon
- Nick Saban: Ohio State
- Pat McAfee: Indiana
- Kirk Herbstreit: Indiana
- Lainey Wilson: Oregon
Who will be SEC champion?
- Desmond Howard: Texas
- Nick Saban: Georgia
- Pat McAfee: Georgia
- Kirk Herbstreit: Georgia
- Lainey Wilson: LSU
Who is best group of six team?
- Desmond Howard: Memphis
- Nick Saban: Boise State
- Pat McAfee: Memphis
- Kirk Herbstreit: Navy
- Lainey Wilson: Boise State
Who will win the National Championship?
- Desmond Howard: Texas
- Nick Saban: Miami
- Pat McAfee: Indiana
- Kirk Herbstreit: Notre Dame
- Lainey Wilson: LSU
Notre Dame vs Wisconson
- Desmond Howard: Notre Dame
- Nick Saban: Notre Dame
- Pat McAfee: Notre Dame
- Kirk Herbstreit: Notre Dame
- Lainey Wilson: Notre Dame
Louisville vs Ole Miss
- Desmond Howard: Ole Miss
- Nick Saban: Ole Miss
- Pat McAfee: Ole Miss
- Kirk Herbstreit: Ole Miss
- Lainey Wilson: Ole Miss
Baylor vs Auburn
- Desmond Howard: Auburn
- Nick Saban: Auburn
- Pat McAfee: Auburn
- Kirk Herbstreit: Auburn
- Lainey Wilson: Auburn
East Carolina at Alabama
- Desmond Howard: Alabama
- Nick Saban: Alabama
- Pat McAfee: Alabama
- Kirk Herbstreit: Alabama
- Lainey Wilson: Alabama
Clemson at LSU
- Desmond Howard: LSU
- Nick Saban: LSU
- Pat McAfee: LSU
- Kirk Herbstreit: No selection due to calling the game
- Lainey Wilson: LSU
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