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College football week one delivers a full schedule through Labor Day, and Auburn, UNLV, and LSU each enter as favorites carrying the kind of roster and situational baggage that has produced week-one shocks before.
The setups are different for each program, but the underlying read is the same: thin margins in games where one side is breaking in major new components.
Auburn, neutral site, new staff Auburn opens against Baylor at a neutral site in Atlanta, and the Tigers are working through an entirely rebuilt operation.
New head coach Alex Golesh is managing a roster with significant personnel turnover, and the neutral-site venue removes any home-field cushion from that adjustment period.
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