Saturday Blitz writer, Josh Yourish, with some very good thoughts on the first week of the 2025 season.

My take on the best wins in Week 1 relies on the preseason AP Poll's best guesses.

1. No. 9 LSU 17 - No. 4 Clemson 10 - Terrific win on the road.

2. No. 3 Ohio State 14 - No. 1 Texas 7

3. No. 10 Miami 27 - No. 6 Notre Dame 24

4. Florida State 31 - No. 8 Alabama 17

5. No. 24 Tennessee 45 - Syracuse 26

G5 - USF 34 - No. 25 Boise State 7

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Every program in the country is vying for one of the 12 seats at the College Football Playoff table, and each week, FanSided’s Josh Yourish will break it down.

One error that I found in the article. Notre Dame has a bye this week and hosts Texas A&M in Week 3.

IMO, the ND conservative play calling last night played right into Mario's ground it out game plan.

The ND true freshman QB started getting more comfortable later in the game and the offense started to open up a bit.

I recall us with MC as head coach beating OSU when they had a true freshman QB in the first game of the season...Not sure we would have beat them later in the season even if MC didn't have one foot out the door.

Some interesting Week 1 results based on 247 Sports 2025 Composite Roster rankings.

Four of the top-10 ranked teams, No. 2 Alabama, No. 4 Texas, No. 7 Clemson, and No. 9 Notre Dame, lost in Week 1.

Texas and Clemson lost to the higher-ranked No. 3 Ohio State and No. 6 LSU, Notre Dame lost to No. 15 Miami, and Bama lost to No. 19 FSU.

No. 26 UCLA (?) lost to No. 44 Utah, and No. 57 Northwestern lost to No. 68 Tulane. UCLA plays the highest-ranked G5 team, No. 51 UNLV, in Vegas this Saturday.

No. 42 Iowa is the underdog, +2.5, on the road at No. 71 Iowa State this Saturday - Fox Big Noon game, 9 AM Pacific and 11 AM in Ames, Iowa

No. 49 Oklahoma State rides into Eugene to play No. 5 OBD on Saturday. CBS 12:30 Pacific. In his final season, Gary Danielson pays a visit to Autzen.

Lasso the Cowboys!