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Sat Sept. 5  ·  5:30 p.m. MT  ·  ABC  ·  Tiger Stadium. Re-verified tonight on VegasInsider: DK −10 (−112), Caesars −10 (−109), FanDuel −10.5 (−102). Open was LSU −10.5. NBC Sports still had DK −10.5 on Monday.

Lane Kiffin told Baton Rouge reporters he wants the win first, then “style and swagger,” and warned that GameDay-night emotion is a discipline problem (SI / Ross Holman). After Dabo Swinney named Christopher Vizzina the starter, Kiffin said of new OC Chad Morris: “Coach hasn’t called for a little bit of time, so not sure exactly what they’ll look like, and that’s always scary” (SI Clemson).

Sun Sept. 6  ·  5:30 p.m. MT  ·  ABC  ·  Nissan Stadium, Nashville. FanDuel −6.5 / Caesars −7 on the same VegasInsider full-game row.

Pete Golding is not treating this as a warmup. On Monday he said Louisville’s edges, nickel, and pass defense “look like an SEC football team,” and that the Cardinals “led the ACC in pass defense” a year ago (SI Ole Miss / Neal McCready; HottyToddy, Sept. 1).

Mon Sept. 7  ·  5:30 p.m. MT  ·  ESPN  ·  Doak Campbell Stadium. NBC Sports: DK as of Monday. Borgata (BetMGM) also SMU −3 as of 6:30 p.m. ET Tuesday, up from −2.5.

Vaughn Dalzell notes FSU already played: 34–17 over New Mexico State, with transfer QB Ashton Daniels at 232 total yards, two TDs, and one pick. SMU QB Kevin Jennings missed 10 camp days with a finger injury and has been back two weeks (NBC Sports). Borgata’s Tom Gable said the Seminoles “didn’t come close to covering” as 31.5-point Week 0 chalk, then SMU money showed on −2.5 (VegasInsider).

Thu Sept. 3  ·  6:00 p.m. MT  ·  ESPN  ·  Bobby Dodd Stadium. Same −6.5 on DraftKings in SI’s Aug. 30 dump. CBS’s “seven-point favorite” is not a named book — ignored.

Austin Nivison: Deion Sanders brings a 3–9 Colorado team into Atlanta with sophomore Julian Lewis at QB; Georgia Tech starts Indiana transfer Alberto Mendoza (Fernando’s brother) after losing last year’s coordinator and projected starter to Florida. All four coordinators are new (CBS Sports, Sept. 1).

Sat Sept. 5  ·  8:30 p.m. MT  ·  ESPN. Line from SI’s DraftKings dump (Aug. 30). ESPN press lists 10:30 p.m. ET.

Jeff Faraudo: first-year coaches Tosh Lupoi and Bob Chesney already met in last year’s CFP (Oregon/Lupoi 51–34 over Chesney’s James Madison). Both QBs return — Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele at Cal, Nico Iamaleava at UCLA — with 32 and 43 portal adds (SI Cal). UCLA 247’s Connor Morrisette gives Cal the QB/skill edge and expects a short-pass/RPO Bruin offense (Bear Insider).

Sat Sept. 5  ·  1:30 p.m. MT  ·  ABC. Line from SI’s DraftKings dump (Aug. 30). ESPN press: Joe Tessitore / Jesse Palmer crew.

Peter Dewey flagged Baylor–Auburn among Week 1’s “bigger games” next to LSU–Clemson and Louisville–Ole Miss (SI Betting, Aug. 30). Named beat-writer notebooks with fresh quotes were thin tonight — no invented chatter.

Sun Sept. 13  ·  11:00 a.m. MT  ·  CBS. Caesars and FanDuel also Bills −1.5 on VegasInsider’s full-game row tonight.

Alex Brasky cites ESPN’s Ben Solak: the 2025 Houston win was “one of the most surprising results” of that season — Josh Allen sacked a career-high eight times. Buffalo added Bradley Chubb and T.J. Parker for Jim Leonhard’s front; Houston’s pass rush had 47 sacks last year (SI Bills). SI Texans: C.J. Stroud was out of that meeting (Davis Mills started); this is Stroud’s first healthy crack at Buffalo (SI Texans).

Sun Sept. 13  ·  6:20 p.m. MT  ·  NBC, Sunday Night Football. VegasInsider consensus table also −2.5.

Mike Moraitis: Cowboys are 7–1 in their last eight Week 1 games vs the Giants; John Harbaugh’s staff is installing new systems, and Malik Nabers’ ACL status for Week 1 was still unclear when that notebook ran (SI Cowboys). Dan Duggan on Jaxson Dart learning Matt Nagy’s under-center offense after an up-and-down camp (The Athletic).

Sun Sept. 13  ·  2:25 p.m. MT  ·  CBS. BetMGM full-game row still Packers −1.5 even — books split. Opened Packers −1.5.

Kevin O’Connell named Kyler Murray the starter over J.J. McCarthy after the camp competition; Murray’s first Vikings start is this game (Vikings.com / Rob Kleifield). O’Connell: Murray has “shown enough” to build rhythm in the system; McCarthy’s growth “doesn’t diminish” (CBS Sports).

Sun Sept. 13  ·  11:00 a.m. MT  ·  CBS. FanDuel full-game: Titans −2.5. BetMGM opened Titans −2.5; Patrick Everson says it is −1.5 as of Sept. 1.

VegasInsider’s Patrick Everson: both clubs went 3–14 SU last season; the Jets closed 0–5 SU and ATS, every loss by 23-plus. Early BetMGM tickets still lean Tennessee (72% bets / 90% cash) even after the number came down (VegasInsider). Named Jets/Titans beat notebooks with fresh Week 1 quotes were thin tonight — no invented copy.

Sun Sept. 13  ·  11:00 a.m. MT  ·  FOX. BetMGM moved to Bears −3 even on Sept. 1 per Everson; board keeps the DK −2.5 full-game print.

SI Bears: Caleb Williams’ Week 1 tape vs a Panthers front that added Jaelan Phillips ($120 million) and DT Lee Hunter is the early franchise-QB test (SI Bears). SI Panthers: Bryce Young opens against the franchise built from the 2023 trade that sent him to Carolina — “season openers have never been kind to Young” (461 yards, six INTs in openers in that piece) (SI Panthers).

Thu Sept. 10  ·  6:35 p.m. MT  ·  Netflix  ·  Melbourne Cricket Ground. VegasInsider consensus column is Rams −3.5; DK/Caesars/FanDuel full-game row is still −2.5. Do not flatten those.

Borgata’s Tom Gable: mostly Rams money since the open; he listed Kyle Shanahan’s mid-July car accident, Christian McCaffrey and Nick Bosa questionable as of Aug. 30, and owner Jed York’s prostitution-sting headlines as the 49ers’ preseason drag (VegasInsider / Patrick Everson). Split last year: road team won and covered both meetings, per the same piece.