Below are the projections for the 2025 season through the games of 9-1-2025. Games against non-rated teams are excluded. The favorite is listed first with the projected margin of victory (i.e., the line) in parenthesis. 'TP' represents the total number of points expected to be scored in the game and 'Odds' represents the odds of the favorite winning straight-up (not against-the-spread). Saturday, August 23, 2025 #14-Kansas State (-2) vs. #18-Iowa State (TP=53 Odds=.530) @ Dublin, Ireland #51-Kansas (-6) vs. #77-Fresno State (TP=56 Odds=.586) #72-Western Kentucky (-10) vs. #107-Sam Houston State (TP=51 Odds=.651) #114-Hawaii (-0.5) vs. #110-Stanford (TP=54 Odds=.505) Thursday, August 28, 2025 #17-Boise State (-16.5) @ #100-South Florida (TP=60 Odds=.706) #31-Minnesota (-12) vs. #91-Buffalo (TP=49 Odds=.686) #43-North Carolina State (-10) vs. #94-East Carolina (TP=54 Odds=.644) #63-Nebraska (-1) vs. #74-Cincinnati (TP=47 Odds=.519) @ Kansas City, MO #65-Central Florida (-8.5) vs. #95-Jacksonville State (TP=58 Odds=.612) #84-San Jose State (-12) vs. #116-Central Michigan (TP=54 Odds=.665) #103-Wyoming (-11.5) vs. #128-Akron (TP=49 Odds=.680) Friday, August 29, 2025 #48-Georgia Tech (0) @ #73-Colorado (TP=56 Odds=.501) #55-Baylor (-3.5) vs. #60-Auburn (TP=54 Odds=.548) #75-Appalachian State (-13) vs. #119-Charlotte (TP=58 Odds=.670) @ Charlotte, NC #93-Wake Forest (-24) vs. #134-Kennesaw State (TP=55 Odds=.809) Saturday, August 30, 2025 #1-Ohio State (-13) vs. #5-Texas (TP=52 Odds=.688) #2-Georgia (-24.5) vs. #38-Marshall (TP=53 Odds=.828) #6-Penn State (-32.5) vs. #124-Nevada (TP=51 Odds=.912) #7-Alabama (-18) @ #64-Florida State (TP=51 Odds=.758) #8-Michigan (-34.5) vs. #126-New Mexico (TP=54 Odds=.908) #9-Mississippi (-27.5) vs. #105-Georgia State (TP=57 Odds=.835) #11-Tennessee (-11) vs. #39-Syracuse (TP=56 Odds=.648) @ Atlanta, GA #12-Clemson (-2) vs. #10-Louisiana State (TP=57 Odds=.528) #21-Southern California (-37) vs. #136-Missouri State (TP=59 Odds=.905) #22-Washington (-18.5) vs. #106-Colorado State (TP=52 Odds=.760) #24-Texas A&M (-10.5) vs. #59-Texas-San Antonio (TP=56 Odds=.644) #28-Tulane (-14) vs. #96-Northwestern (TP=49 Odds=.711) #33-Indiana (-14) vs. #98-Old Dominion (TP=54 Odds=.696) #37-Ohio (-1.5) @ #68-Rutgers (TP=49 Odds=.525) #44-UCLA (-2) vs. #41-Utah (TP=48 Odds=.533) #45-Nevada-Las Vegas (-8) @ #107-Sam Houston State (TP=53 Odds=.618) #49-Wisconsin (-2) vs. #47-Miami (Ohio) (TP=44 Odds=.536) #50-Kentucky (-2) vs. #46-Toledo (TP=50 Odds=.533) #53-Louisiana (-13.5) vs. #109-Rice (TP=54 Odds=.686) #61-Maryland (-17) vs. #122-Florida Atlantic (TP=54 Odds=.731) #76-Coastal Carolina (-1.5) @ #97-Virginia (TP=55 Odds=.519) #77-Fresno State (-3) vs. #80-Georgia Southern (TP=55 Odds=.543) #78-Oregon State (-5) vs. #88-California (TP=53 Odds=.573) #81-Texas State (-10.5) vs. #113-Eastern Michigan (TP=57 Odds=.640) #83-Mississippi State (-13) @ #131-Southern Mississippi (TP=55 Odds=.677) #87-Michigan State (-7) vs. #104-Western Michigan (TP=52 Odds=.605) #90-Arizona (-10.5) vs. #114-Hawaii (TP=54 Odds=.646) #108-Purdue (-7) vs. #117-Ball State (TP=56 Odds=.598) #111-Utah State (-12.5) vs. #129-Texas-El Paso (TP=58 Odds=.659) #132-Massachusetts (-0.5) vs. #127-Temple (TP=56 Odds=.504) Sunday, August 31, 2025 #3-Notre Dame (-14.5) @ #23-Miami (Florida) (TP=57 Odds=.688) #27-South Carolina (-6) vs. #57-Virginia Tech (TP=51 Odds=.590) @ Atlanta, GA Monday, September 1, 2025 #30-Texas Christian (-2.5) @ #58-North Carolina (TP=60 Odds=.534)