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Ole Miss vs. Florida State is the best matchup of college football's loaded opening week

Forget Wisconsin-LSU and Bama-USC. Monday's tilt in Orlando has all the intriguing story lines you want.

ESPN's unceasingly-trumpeted claim that this is the greatest opening weekend in college football history may be more marketing pizzaz than objective observation (CBS Sports found four seasons since just 1985 with at least as many ranked-vs.-ranked games in Week 1), but there's no doubt that there are a ton of incredible matchups between now and Monday. And on a weekend that features LSU-Wisconsin at Lambeau Field, Bama-USC in Jerryworld and Oklahoma-Houston in NRG Stadium, the most intriguing game might just be Ole Miss-Florida State in Orlando.