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Ranking the 10 best ESPN college football games on 2016 opening weekend

By Jason Parker

Jan 1, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; Mississippi Rebels quarterback Chad Kelly (10) looks to throw a pass against the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the second quarter of the 2016 Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 1, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; Mississippi Rebels quarterback Chad Kelly (10) looks to throw a pass against the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the second quarter of the 2016 Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 26, 2015; Syracuse, NY, USA; LSU Tigers running back Leonard Fournette (7) scores a touchdown after braking a tackle by Syracuse Orange cornerback Wayne Morgan (2) during the first quarter in a game at the Carrier Dome. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 26, 2015; Syracuse, NY, USA; LSU Tigers running back Leonard Fournette (7) scores a touchdown after braking a tackle by Syracuse Orange cornerback Wayne Morgan (2) during the first quarter in a game at the Carrier Dome. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports /

No. 4 – LSU vs. Wisconsin in Green Bay, WI (Saturday, September 3rd at 3:30 PM on ABC)

For the first time in over three decades, college football will return to historic Lambeau Field as the SEC’s Tigers do something that is uncommon among its conference foes: head outside of the southeast region of the country for a regular season game.

For LSU, the season is going to be all about how all-world running back Leonard Fournette does. In 2015, the world was his as a sophomore until the last month of the season, when a 30-yard game against Alabama derailed any hopes of the Heisman and the Tigers’ slim chances of playing for the SEC crown, and a likely playoff spot.

At the same time, Wisconsin is a team that is hard to understand in the Big Ten. The Badgers will have a chance to be the winners in the West Division this year (and likely earn the right to be eaten in the conference title game to either Michigan, Michigan State or Ohio State). At the same time, they are also a team that could easily be 5-7 when it is all said and done.

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