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College football realignment has dominated the headlines, but the 2023 college football schedule will be largely unaffected. A few teams will kick off their seasons on Saturday, August 26, but the majority will begin over Labor Day weekend with primetime matchups on Thursday and Friday leading into a full slate on Saturday, September 2. That’s when most fans will begin making college football office pool picks. The Week 1 college football schedule includes several high-profile Power Five matchups, including Florida vs. Utah, Penn State vs. TCU and North Carolina vs. South Carolina.
The Tar Heels are 3-point favorites in the latest Week 1 college football odds according to the SportsLine consensus, but a rivalry matchup during the opening weekend could be unpredictable for your college football picks. College football fans everywhere will be battling the unknown as they make their Week 1 college football picks and enter their college football pick’em pools. If you’re up for it, CBS Sports has the perfect game to keep you locked in all season long.
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Eric Cohen is a college football aficionado who gained more than 11 units with his SEC college football parlays last fall. He is a daily contributor to SportsLine’s YouTube show “Early Edge in 5” and will be a member of SportsLine’s weekly college football programming this fall. He’s giving away one team to consider backing during college football’s Week 1 schedule.
For Week 1, Cohen is picking Utah straight up in a high-profile Power Five matchup against Florida in which Utah is favored by eight points. The reigning Pac-12 champions are scheduled to join the Big 12, but Kyle Whittingham will have to make sure that his squad is focused with a squad that has legitimate College Football Playoff aspirations.
Utah will return 16 starters from last season’s squad and be out for revenge on Florida, who captured a 29-26 win in “The Swamp” last season. This time around, Utah will have the benefit of playing in Rice-Eccles Stadium, where they’ve won 14 games in a row. Even with the status of starting quarterback Cameron Rising (ACL) up in the air, they should be confident against a Florida squad that faltered down the stretch. The Gators lost five of their last seven on the way to a 6-7 record in 2022 and now will have to replace star QB Anthony Richardson, who was drafted No. 4 overall by the Colts at the 2023 NFL Draft. Make your college football office pool picks here.
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