Saturday belongs to college football. But it’s also when a lot of us start doing the homework for Sunday’s NFL card.
So today’s VSiN Daily is designed as a roadmap for both: everything you need for today’s college football board, followed by everything you need to handicap NFL Week 1.
Let’s get to work.
8 a.m. PT: EdgeBoost Average Joe picks deadline — Sign up and enter your picks →
2 p.m. PT: Deadline to enter the Circa football contests.
6 p.m. PT: Circa’s final entry numbers and consensus picks will be announced on The Football Contest.
Want to know what the VSiN crew is betting today? Start with the individual cards.
Want to know what Steve Makinen’s numbers are saying about today’s board? Here’s where to dig in.
👉 Week 2 Stability Score Best Bets →
Which teams have the biggest continuity advantages — and disadvantages — in Week 2.
👉 Week 2 Analytics Report →
Steve’s qualifying betting systems, trends, strength ratings and top plays.
👉 Three Sets of Power Ratings for Every Game →
Compare Steve’s ratings across the entire board.
🏈 The Complete VSiN Week 2 Hub →
Every preview, picks column and betting resource in one place.
🎯 Every Week 2 Pick From VSiN Hosts & Guests →
VSiN Pro: The entire current Week 2 pick sheet.
Saturday is also a pretty good time to build your NFL card.
Injury News: With Tua Tagovailoa (oblique) out and Cooper Rush in at quarterback for the Falcons, Pittsburgh has moved from -4 to -6.
Start with what our handicappers are betting:
🤖 Opta AI NFL Player Prop Projections →
🏈 Sunday’s Matchups & Advanced Stats →
📊 DraftKings & Circa NFL Betting Splits →
Matt Youmans unveiled 175 picks from 25 handicappers Friday night as the Circa Friday Football Invitational returned for another season.
The contestants are competing for $30,000 in prizes put up by Circa owner Derek Stevens.
Ohio State at Texas (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC) is today’s big game, so let’s see what the Invitational field did with it:
Jeff Whitelaw: Texas -1.5
Paul Stone: Texas -1.5
Weston Stradtman: Texas -1.5
Jack Lenenberg: Texas -1.5
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