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College Football Top 25 Week 1 2025 Predictions, Betting Odds & TV Schedule
Fox Sports ^ | August 29, 2025 | Staff

Posted on 08/29/2025 4:46:48 AM PDT by C19fan

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To: FatherofFive
When was the last time the #1 team was an underdog?

Happens fairly often, actually. Those Vegas bookies are really, really good at picking the winners.

21 posted on 08/29/2025 7:36:02 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

There are the usual soft games early on, but it seems like recently teams are trying to schedule some good games early in the season, too. They’d all be snooze fests otherwise. I like to watch the competition side of things.


22 posted on 08/29/2025 7:38:38 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: C19fan
I predict that Florida will beat Long Island U.

They will be too distracted by going to Walt Disney World and having to see grandma and grandpa who used to live in Brooklyn.

-PJ

23 posted on 08/29/2025 7:42:04 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: FamiliarFace

A tougher schedule could make the difference in getting an at-large bid.


24 posted on 08/29/2025 7:42:54 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Suddenly that USF game looks much tougher.


25 posted on 08/29/2025 7:43:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

It usually does. Check FSU’s complaint a few years ago, because they won out in a basketball heavy conference.


26 posted on 08/29/2025 7:46:19 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: dfwgator

I’m hoping the Gators have a decent season this year. They were improving by the end of the season last year. I don’t know how many they lost to the NFL or to transfers. Every season, it’s a new mix.


27 posted on 08/29/2025 7:49:06 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: FamiliarFace

It’s a brutal schedule though, LIU notwithstanding.


28 posted on 08/29/2025 7:50:39 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: C19fan

LSU usually underrated
My alum Ole Miss overrated
Notre Dame overrated for a century lol
Ohio usually good
Alabama well I miss Nick
Michigan more overrated than Ohio
Texas I think overrated but I have nothing against them
Georgia fairly rated usually


29 posted on 08/29/2025 7:59:24 AM PDT by wardaddy (This forum has seen better days )
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To: wardaddy

I’m kinda glad my Horns are a slight underdog. Arch seems to be the real deal and a good guy, as is Sark.


30 posted on 08/29/2025 8:08:47 AM PDT by jagusafr ( )
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To: FamiliarFace

Sorry, can’t wait for my Hurricane’s to wipe the floor with your team again, at Hard Rock this time! Go Canes!


31 posted on 08/29/2025 8:13:30 AM PDT by Emcane
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To: wardaddy

Do you realize that there’s Ohio University in Athens, Ohio and Ohio State in Columbus?

It’s like saying Florida when you mean Florida State, or Oklahoma, when you mean Oklahoma State or any other state that has two universities with similar names.

The reason people make a hoopla over THE Ohio State University is because so many refer to Ohio State as “Ohio”. It wasn’t started because they thought they were better than everyone. It started because people confused the two schools.

If people stopped using Ohio for when they mean Ohio State, the Buckeyes would probably have never made such a big deal over THE.


32 posted on 08/29/2025 8:14:57 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Emcane

My BIL is a Hurricane fan, so go blow your smoke elsewhere. I root for the Canes when we’re not playing them.

Our real rivals are FSU and GA. I never pull for either of those teams.


33 posted on 08/29/2025 8:17:17 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: jagusafr

I don’t think I’d make a good bookie. I think the Longhorns are gonna come out on top.


34 posted on 08/29/2025 8:23:42 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: dfwgator

Yep. UF usually has one of the tougher schedules in college football.


35 posted on 08/29/2025 8:27:08 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: libertylover

Actually the bettors are the people doing the picking. Vegas just sets the spread to keep 50% of the bettors on each side.


36 posted on 08/29/2025 8:45:10 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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