A Fox Sports OutKick column previews college football's first full weekend of the season, identifying three favoured teams that could be vulnerable to a surprise defeat. The piece highlights how coaching changes, roster turnover and travel factors can make early-season betting lines unreliable, a familiar theme given college football's long history of week-one shocks.

The three picks are: Auburn, favoured by 7.5 points over Baylor in a neutral-site game in Atlanta, where a new coaching staff under Alex Golesh and a raft of new players add uncertainty; UNLV, favoured by 3 points at home against Hawaii, with concerns over UNLV's defence after a week-zero loss to Memphis and the added challenge of Hawaii's trans-Pacific travel; and LSU, favoured by 10 points over Clemson, with LSU under pressure from off-field distractions involving coach Lane Kiffin's staff despite fielding a $40 million roster.