The first matchup from inside a power conference in the new college football season kicks off at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday as North Carolina State visits Virginia in the ACC. I believe the Wolfpack, led by returning quarterback C.J.
Bailey, are terrific value to at least reach the conference title game and are certainly capable of the upset in Charlottesville. ESPN has the national telecast Saturday of a game that originally was to be played in Rio de Janeiro for the first-ever major U.S. college football game in South America. That was called off for various reasons and it's back to a true home game for UVA.
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DraftKings SGP price: +102 (subject to change) These schools had originally agreed to a home-and-home nonconference series that wouldn't count in the ACC standings because games were added outside the league scheduling model. But the ACC has gone to nine conference games this year (for most schools) so it's now a league game. It didn't count in the league standings in 2025 in Raleigh, when the Wolfpack beat the Cavaliers 35-31, also early in the season.
Bailey threw for 200 yards and a score and rushed for two touchdowns, and that he's back this season has me pretty high on coach Dave Doeren's club despite only eight overall starters returning. Bailey threw for 3,105 yards and 25 scores last year while rushing for six touchdowns to become the first NC State quarterback since Russell Wilson in 2010 with at least 25 passing and five rushing scores in the same season. He's +12500 for the 2025 Heisman.
The Wolfpack ended last season on a three-game winning streak capped by blowout over Memphis in the Gasparilla Bowl, the school's first bowl win since 2017. NC State is seeking its first ACC title since 1979, the longest active drought among current members. I believe my Miami Hurricanes will win that this year, and they are -146 favorites with NCSU at +2000.
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