College GameDay crew, Lainey Wilson make picks for Week 1 SEC games and SEC/national champions
By Adam Spencer
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College GameDay was back in business on Saturday morning ahead of a major Week 1 showdown between the LSU Tigers and the Clemson Tigers.
That’s one of the biggest matchups of the day, along with Auburn-Baylor, Cal-UCLA and others. Ole Miss takes on Louisville on Sunday night, too.
The GameDay crew of Pat McAfee, Desmond Howard, Nick Saban, Rece Davis and Kirk Herbstreit was joined by country sensation Lainey Wilson to pick some of the best Week 1 games, along with the champions for the major conference champions.
Here’s what the crew had to say about the SEC and some of the top Week 1 games:
Pick for SEC champion
- Desmond: Texas
- Saban: Georgia
- McAfee: Georgia
- Wilson: LSU
- Herbstreit: Texas
Pick for national champion
- Desmond: Texas
- Saban: Miami
- McAfee: Indiana
- Wilson: LSU
- Herbstreit: Notre Dame
Auburn vs. Baylor (in Atlanta)
- Desmond: Auburn
- Saban: Auburn
- Wilson: Auburn
- McAfee: Auburn
- Herbstreit: Auburn
No. 13 Alabama vs. East Carolina
- Desmond: Alabama
- Saban: Alabama
- McAfee: Alabama
- Wilson: Alabama
- Herbstreit: Alabama
No. 9 Ole Miss vs. No. 24 Louisville (in Nashville)
- Desmond: Ole Miss
- Saban: Ole Miss
- McAfee: Ole Miss
- Wilson: Ole Miss
- Herbstreit: Ole Miss
Clemson at No. 11 LSU
- Desmond: LSU
- Saban: LSU
- Wilson: LSU
- McAfee: LSU
- Herbstreit: No pick (he’s calling the game)
Who will be proven right? We’ll find out over the course of an exciting weekend of football!
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Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
