The opening week of the 2014 college football season is less than two weeks away, and the slate of games that will welcome us back from the long offseason features plenty of great matchups. Gone are the days where all of the power programs open against Creampuff University, as there are 11 games pitting teams from power conferences, and four of those are league tilts.
There are also plenty of opportunities for early-season upsets—the kind of games that could serve as a launching point for the underdogs and major obstacle for the goals of the favorites.
In 2013 the first week of play gave us several upsets; FCS teams Eastern Washington, North Dakota State and Northern Iowa took down Oregon State, Kansas State and Iowa State, respectively. We also saw Virginia take out BYU and Northern Illinois triumph at Iowa, as well as a few near misses such as Auburn's narrow win over Washington State and Nebraska's slim victory over Wyoming.
Week 1 in 2014 could give us just as many upsets, if not more. Here's a look at 10 teams that have the best chance to pull off a season-opening upset.
//from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/1taNvzz
via IFTTT August 16, 2014 at 03:19PM
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