College football's Week 1 kicks off amid legal turmoil in the SEC, with Clemson set to visit LSU in Baton Rouge on Saturday night for Lane Kiffin's debut as Tigers head coach. The game is overshadowed by a courtroom battle on Thursday, after plaintiffs representing 2022-class athletes amended their Louisiana lawsuit to name the SEC and commissioner Greg Sankey directly, escalating a long-running eligibility dispute with the conference.

The SEC says it will contest the claims at Thursday's hearing while continuing to comply with an existing court order, but has not said how it would respond if an injunction lets affected athletes play for LSU against Clemson. Elsewhere, Week Zero produced notable results heading into the new week, including Bill Belichick's North Carolina beating TCU in Ireland and Memphis upsetting UNLV in Las Vegas, a result that left UNLV coach Dan Mullen complaining about his own fans' timing of "the wave."