USA TODAY Sports college football staff picks for Week 1 – USA TODAY

(Andrew Weber, USA TODAY Sports)
College football is back. Unfortunately, the schedule isn’t so welcoming for the first weekend.
Just one matchup of ranked opponents is on the schedule when No. 3 Alabama plays No. 20 Wisconsin in Arlington, Texas.
Among the plethora of mismatches involving Top 25 teams, there are a few other intriguing matchups. No. 11 Notre Dame hosts Texas. No. 16 Arizona State faces Texas A&M in Houston. And No. 1 Ohio State travels to Virginia Tech, which gave the defending champion Buckeyes their only loss last season.
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