Week 1 of the college football season has become one of the best weeks of the season in recent years thanks to the increase of teams playing marquee, neutral-site games to open the season. The 2016 season is no different, as Alabama takes on USC, LSU battles Wisconsin, and Clemson goes to Auburn all to kickoff the year.
But which game could end up in a major upset that completely shakes the college football world from the start? According to WhatIfSports.com, two Playoff contenders in particular should be on upset alert: Oklahoma and Florida State.
There is good reason for both of these teams to be on upset alert for Week 1, and that is because both games might not be considered upsets when we look back on Week 1 at the end of the season. Oklahoma is playing Houston, who is more than capable of playing spoiler after a 13-1 season in 2015.
Meanwhile, Florida State is taking on Ole Miss in Orlando, and the Rebels could prove to be quite the matchup problem for the Seminoles. Ole Miss won't have as great of a defense as they did last year, but they could pressure redshirt freshman Deondre Francois into making early mistake that could give Ole Miss the victory.
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The simulation has both games being decided by about one point on average: 27.5 to 26.3 for Oklahoma over Houston, and 28.7 to 27.8 for Florida State over Ole Miss. Both favorites are given a less than 55-percent chance of winning.
Oklahoma and Florida State are the Nos. 3 and 4 teams in both the AP and Coaches polls for the preseason, so one or both of them losing would drastically shake up college football. And according to this simulation, there is a decent chance that it could happen.
[H/T FoxSports]
