#11 Oregon and #16 Auburn headline the official opening weekend of College Football. While that may be the only game featuring ranked opponents, it is hardly the only story line of interest on this holiday weekend.
Here are some things I’ll be watching for:
There are a total of three ACC conference games (counting Clemson vs Georgia Tech on Thursday) in week 1. When you add those games to the challenges that Duke (vs Alabama), North Carolina (vs South Carolina), and Louisville (vs Notre Dame) all face this week (not to mention Miami vs Florida from week 0), we are going to get a really good sense of where the ACC stands in terms of the overall competitiveness of the conference.