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Author Lauren Beck offers thoughts and recommendations on books and a whole lot more. Find her column on The Alabama Take. Her musings on football, her Pick'em this year, and thoughts on wins and losses hits the site each Friday morning.

This football season, my dad and I decided to partake in a college football pick’em from CBS Sports. While I do not claim to be an expert when it comes to college football teams, I do pay enough attention to make picks each week.

For Week One, it is a known fact that picks are just being made like a shot in the dark since we do not know everything about the teams performance-wise. On top of that, with all of the transfers and NIL drama, there is no telling what each team will do this week.

Keeping that in mind, here are my picks for Week One of college football:

(Note: this only includes fifteen of the many games provided by the CBS Sports Pick’em to play. These specifically range from Saturday to Monday.)

14 Clemson vs 1 Georgia @ 11 AM
Ren’s Pick: Georgia

8 Penn State vs West Virginia @ 11 AM
Ren’s Pick: Penn State

Virginia Tech vs Vanderbilt @ 11 AM
Ren’s Pick: Virginia Tech

19 Miami vs Florida @ 2:30 PM
Ren’s Pick: Florida in an UPSET!

Akron vs 2 Ohio State @ 2:30 PM
Ren’s Pick: Ohio State

Miami-OH vs Northwestern @ 2:30 PM
Ren’s Pick: Northwestern

Colorado St. vs 4 Texas @ 2:30 PM
Ren’s Pick: Texas

W. Kentucky vs 5 Alabama @ 6 PM
Ren’s Pick: Alabama

UNLV vs Houston @ 6 PM
Ren’s Pick: Houston

Fresno St. vs 9 Michigan @ 6:30 PM
Ren’s Pick: Michigan

7 Notre Dame vs 20 Texas A&M @ 6:30 PM
Ren’s Pick: Notre Dame

UCLA vs Hawaii @ 6:30 PM
Ren’s Pick: Hawaii in an UPSET!

Wyoming vs Arizona St. @ 9:30 PM
Ren’s Pick: Arizona St.

23 USC vs 13 LSU @ 6:30 PM
Ren’s Pick: LSU

Boston College vs 10 Florida St. @ 6:30 PM
Ren’s Pick: Florida St. (against my better judgment & with little faith)

As mentioned, Week One is a bit of a free-for-all due to the little knowledge we have about some of these teams at the start of the season. However, favoritism always wins in my book so BAMA ALL THE WAY AND ROLL TIDE.

Also, everyone has full permission to make fun of me and the picks if it all goes downhill this week.