The two biggest stories to come out of Saturday's college football Week 1 games involved the LSU Tigers and Michigan Wolverines.

Throughout Saturday’s slate, Sports Illustrated will give an updated look at the playoff seeding and matchups.

To be an LSU fan is to embrace chaos. It is in the DNA of the institution and the state, really. However, this summer has brought levels I cannot remember in my 30-plus years of sentience. Consider that Tigers football coach Lane Kiffin is the lead face of a controversial movement to recruit NFL rookies back to the college ranks via an eligibility ruling giving players from the recruiting class of 2022 an extra year to play

Lane Kiffin makes his debut as head coach of the 11th-ranked LSU Tigers tonight, Sept. 5, in a Week 1 showdown against Clemson.

The Clemson Tigers visit the LSU Tigers on Saturday, September 5, in week 1 of the 2026-27 college football season.

LSU football head coach Lane Kiffin felt the hate before facing Clemson. Which Kiffin shared on ESPN College GameDay to Pat McAfee . But he walked into his new home venue with a celebrity entourage: Featuring Livvy Dunne,

The Pittsburgh Steelers are among 15 NFL teams expected to be in attendance for the Week 1 showdown between Clemson and LSU.