Can't-miss Matchups

SEPT. 1

TENNESSEE at CAL

Is the SEC really that much better than the Pac-10, as LSU coach Les Miles has suggested? Opening weekend will offer a clue when the Vols face Cal a year after Tennessee blitzed the Bears 35-18 in Knoxville.

OKLAHOMA STATE at GEORGIA Dawgs must contain Cowboys WR Adarius Bowman.

WAKE FOREST at BOSTON COLLEGE New BC coach Jeff Jagodzinski's first assignment: beat the ACC champs.

SEPT. 3

FLORIDA STATE at CLEMSON

The good news for embattled coaches Bobby and Tommy Bowden of Florida State and Clemson, respectively: They still have jobs on this Labor Day. The bad news: They face each other in Bowden Bowl IX. (Father leads son 5-3.)

SEPT. 8

VIRGINIA TECH at LSU