- [winner] California at North Carolina – California (+12.5)
- Under Larry Fedora, North Carolina has not covers a single season openers against a FBS team in 5 tries, 4 games they lose and narrowly won 1.
- North Carolina lost their star QB Mitch Trubisky to the NFL, lost all the receivers
- Cal’s defense can’t be worst than last year
- Cal has some weapons, will score some points to keep it close than the 12.5 points, but North Carolina should win the game