Athlon Sports’ watchability rankings for every Week 1 game in college football

Three of the top five games in the country during opening weekend will involve SEC teams, according to Athlon Sports’ Week 1 college football game rankings.

Athlon took the time to rank all 87 FBS games next week. Highlighted by Ohio State’s trip to Virginia Tech on Labor Day, you view the entire list, here.

As for appetizing SEC opening-weekend matchups, there are several within the Top 25:

• No. 3 — Louisville vs. Auburn, Atlanta
• No. 4 — Arizona State vs. Texas A&M, Houston
• No. 5 — Wisconsin vs. Alabama, Arlington
• No. 9 — North Carolina vs. South Carolina, Charlotte
• No. 13 — Bowling Green vs. Tennessee, Nashville
• No. 15 — Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt
• No. 25 — Louisiana Lafayette at Kentucky
• No. 26 — UTEP at Arkansas
• No. 27 — Mississippi State at Southern Miss
• No. 30 — Louisiana Monroe at Georgia
• No. 41 — New Mexico State at Florida
• No. 43 — McNeese State at LSU
• No. 68 — UT Martin at Ole Miss
• No. 69 — Southeast Missouri State at Missouri

Brad Crawford