Around The Dog Park: Recapping Week 1 of College Football

All the news and recaps from a wild first week to kick off the 2017 season

By Joe Serpico@JoeSerp Sep 4, 2017, 2:45pm EDT

NCAA Football: Liberty at Baylor

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Crunching the numbers on college football’s best home-field advantages

Winners and Losers from Week 1 of College Football

College Football’s All-Week 1 First Team

American

Memphis hangs on in win over UL-Monroe

UCF blew out the FIU Panthers

Tulsa finds their QB in loss to Oklahoma State

Temple falls to Notre Dame, 49-16

Navy halts Lane Train; crushes FAU 42-19

Conference USA

Three things we learned from Conference USA in Week 1

MTSU set off fireworks and sirens … for an incomplete pass

Vanderbilt shuts down Middle Tennessee

Mean Green crush Lamar

Paralyzed in 2006, UAB's director of character development Timothy Alexander fulfilled his promise to walk out on the field (via UABNews/Twitter)

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Highlights and breakdown of UAB’s win over Alabama A&M

Late-game rally saves Louisiana Tech from FCS upset

Southern Miss’ rally falls short in loss to Kentucky

Navy halts Lane train; crushes FAU

Turnovers bite Charlotte in 24-7 loss to Eastern Michigan

WKU fends off Eastern Kentucky to open season

FCS

Liberty torch Baylor Bears for historical win

Week 1 FCS over FBS upsets

Sun Belt

Three things we learned in the Sun Belt: Week One

The Air Raid is grounded as Boise State smothers Troy, 24-13

Red Wolves lose opener, 43-36, to Nebraska

Penalties doom App State in 31-10 loss to Georgia

Our recap of New Mexico State vs. Arizona State

Ole Miss beats South Alabama, 47-27

Ragin’ Cajuns outlast Southeastern Louisiana

Texas State defeats visiting Houston Baptist

Auburn’s defense too much for Georgia Southern

Coastal Carolina runs over UMass