South Carolina holds the upper hand in the recent rivalry with Mississippi State, winning the last seven meetings in a row and going 6-1 against the spread in the process. However, some of that streak stretches back into irrelevance, as these SEC foes don't meet on a yearly basis. The Bulldogs get their chance to snap that streak when they host the Gamecocks on Saturday night down in Starkville, Mississippi. Point spread: Bulldogs opened as 9.5-point favorites, ...

Even as Virginia has struggled over recent seasons, it's managed to go 8-2-1 against the spread its past 11 times out as an underdog, and 9-0 ATS the past nine times it's been lined as a double-digit dog. UVA falls into that spot again when it pays a cross-country visit to Oregon on Saturday night at 10:30 p.m. ET in Eugene.   Point spread: Ducks opened as 20.5-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. (Line ...

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will attempt to record their first victory of 2016 when the Nevada Wolf Pack come to South Bend on Saturday, Sept. 10. Despite a six-touchdown performance from DeShone Kizer, Notre Dame (0-1) dropped its season opener at Texas in disappointing fashion. The Irish forced two overtime periods but lost, 50-47. Nevada (1-0) also needed extra time, edging Cal Poly, 30-27. James Butler paced the Wolf Pack with 123 yards, while Tyler Stewart ...

It took all of one play for Wilton Speight to get Michigan fans to do the impossible: question Jim Harbaugh. Taking over at the Wolverines' own 29-yard line less than two minutes into their season opener against Hawaii on Saturday, Speight jogged out to the field with the first-team offense for a moment he's been waiting more than two years for. Finally a starting quarterback at the college level, the redshirt sophomore's first duty—after receiving some pregame ...

Each week, Bleacher Report National Recruiting Analyst Tyler Donohue analyzes a different prospect based on in-person evaluation and intensive film study. Here's our latest scouting report of a promising young athlete and how he projects as a college player.       Few prospects so well represent this modern age of long-term college football recruiting as Tate Martell, who gained national notoriety in middle school. Now underway with his senior season at Las Vegas powerhouse Bishop Gorman High School, the coveted quarterback began ...

College football must have known pigskin fans were longing for its return over the summer, because it provided them with a treat of an opening week. Appalachian State got things started on Thursday with a near-upset of the SEC’s Tennessee. Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey showed off some of his magic during a Friday win over Kansas State. Wisconsin and Houston turned in narrative-shifting upsets against LSU and Oklahoma, respectively, on Saturday. Then, Texas outlasted Notre Dame in ...

The best opening weekend in college football history is in the books, and many questions have been answered. Alabama is clearly back (or, never really went anywhere), Ohio State and Michigan look like juggernauts, Texas looks like a contender and Florida State quarterback Deondre Francois set the world on fire on Labor Day night. What will the sport do for an encore in Week 2? Bleacher Report experts Adam Kramer, Barrett Sallee, Chris Walsh, Ben Axelrod, Greg Couch ...

After a crazy first week of the college football season, Week 2 promises to be calmer. No two Associated Press Top 25 teams face each other, and only a single squad in this group is playing on the road. That doesn't mean there won't be upsets, but they will be even bigger shocks if they do happen. Here is a look at the full slate of games with predictions and a breakdown of a few matchups that ...

Week 1 of the college football season was defined by chaos in the Top 10, but don't expect more of the same when Week 2 kicks off.  While clashes between ranked teams reigned supreme during a captivating few days that shook up the collegiate landscape, there isn't a single Week 2 game that features a meeting between teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25.  As a result, Saturday's slate will offer teams that faltered in Week ...

By the looks of Week 1, SEC dominance may have to rely on Alabama in 2016. Of course, a lot can change between now and the meat of the season, but seven league teams started 0-1. Wisconsin shocked LSU at Lambeau Field, Kentucky blew a lead against Southern Mississippi, South Carolina rallied against Vanderbilt, Auburn couldn't get past Clemson, West Virginia trounced Missouri, Mississippi State was shocked by South Alabama and Ole Miss ended the weekend with ...