FBS College Football 2009 kicks off in 70 days on September 3, 2009!

It seems like a late start for College Football in 2009. When is the last time the college football season opened in September, as opposed to August?

Many of the preseason college football magazines have a Top 12 Non-Conference Games list or a Top 12 Conference Games list for '09. Well, why not a Bottom 13 Games list for '09?

Taking from Athlon Sports Top 120 FBS teams for 2009, here is Cidsports Bottom 13 Games for 2009 ...

1. #120 Western Kentucky (2-10) at #119 North Texas (1-11, 0-7), October 31. The bottom 2 from the Sun Belt square off as Western Kentucky debuts in the Sun Belt in '09. Last year, North Texas picked up it's lone win for '08 at Western Kentucky 51-40.


2. #118 Idaho (2-10, 1-7) at #117 New Mexico State (3-9, 1-7), September 5. The bottom 2 from the WAC square off to open the season Labor Day weekend. Idaho had the upper hand in '08 20-14.


3. #113 UL Monroe (4-8, 3-4) at #114 UL Lafayette (6-6, 5-2), November 21. A battle of two more Sun Belt teams.


4. #111 Kent State (4-8, 3-5) at #116 Eastern Michigan (3-9, 2-6), October 17. A battle of two MAC teams.


5. #115 Miami-OH (2-10, 1-7) at #110 Temple (5-7, 4-4), November 5. Another battle of two MAC teams.


6. #107 Army (3-9) at #81 Iowa State (2-10, 0-8), September 26. The weakest projected Independent travels to Ames, Iowa to square off with the bottom team from the Big 12.


7. #104 Rice (10-3, 7-1) at #106 UAB (4-8, 3-5), September 5. The two bottom projected teams from each C-USA division square off Labor Day weekend.


8. #105 Wyoming (4-8, 1-7) at San Diego State (2-10, 1-7), November 14. The bottom two projected teams in the MWC face off with each team debuting a new head coach in '09.


9. #98 SMU (1-11, 0-8) at #88 Washington State (2-11, 1-8), September 19. A C-USA team without a conference win in '08 travels to face the Pac Ten's cellar dweller from '08.


10. #78 Indiana (3-9, 1-7) at #96 Akron (5-7, 3-5), September 19. The bottom team from the Big Ten travels to a MAC school in another BCS-Mid Major match up.


11. #61 Minnesota (7-6, 3-5) at #80 Syracuse (3-9, 1-6), September 5. The Golden Gophers open in a new outdoor stadium at home in '09, but they open the '09 season on the road in a dome at the Big East's cellar dweller.


12. #72 Duke (4-8, 1-7) at #57 Maryland (8-5, 4-4), October 24. The two bottom projected teams from each division of the ACC square off in this conference game.


13. #73 Mississippi State (4-8, 2-6) at #56 Kentucky (7-6, 2-6), October 31. A Halloween showdown between the bottom 2 from each SEC division.

70 days and counting to the 2009 College Football Season!

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