by David Jones, team handicapper at www.sportsmemo.com

While college basketball rules in March, college football will be back before you know it. Most clubs have finalized their 2007 schedules. Western Kentucky is a new addition to the Division 1-A landscape in 2007 as a independent. Temple is leaving the independent ranks to join the MAC in 2007. The first weekend has some quality matchups, including a rematch between Tennessee and California in Berkeley. The ACC will have a pair of conference games to open up the season. Here's a look at the first weekend (about 5-7 teams are still finalizing their schedules) and some top non-conference matchups for the 2007 season:

Thursday, August 30th

Utah at Oregon State
LSU at Mississippi State
Buffalo at Rutgers
UNLV at Utah State
Tulsa at LA-Monroe

Games involving non-board opponents

SE Missouri State at Cincinnati
Weber State at Boise State

Friday, August 31st

Washington at Syracuse

Saturday, September 1st

Wake Forest at Boston College
East Carolina at Virginia Tech
Connecticut at Duke
Virginia at Wyoming
Central Florida at North Carolina State
Marshall at Miami-FL
Georgia Tech at Notre Dame
Illinois vs. Missouri (at St. Louis, MO)
Northern Illinois at Iowa
UAB at Michigan State
Bowling Green at Minnesota
Florida International at Penn State
Purdue at Toledo
Washington State at Wisconsin
Kansas State at Auburn
Oklahoma State at Georgia
Baylor at TCU
Nevada at Nebraska
Colorado vs. Colorado State (at Denver, CO)
Central Michigan at Kansas
North Texas at Oklahoma
Arkansas State at Texas
Kent at Iowa State
Eastern Michigan at Pittsburgh
Western Michigan at West Virginia
Army at Akron
Navy at Temple
Arizona at BYU
New Mexico at UTEP
San Jose State at Arizona State
Tennessee at California
Houston at Oregon
UCLA at Stanford
Idaho at USC
Troy at Arkansas
Western Kentucky at Florida
Mississippi at Memphis
UL-Lafayette at South Carolina
MTSU at Florida Atlantic

Games involving non-board opponents

James Madison at North Carolina
Villanova at Maryland
Indiana State at Indiana
Appalachian State at Michigan
Northeastern at Northwestern
Youngstown State at Ohio State
Montana State at Texas A & M
Elon at South Florida
Murray State at Louisville
Gardner-Webb at Ohio
Western Carolina at Alabama
Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky
Richmond at Vanderbilt
Tennessee-Martin at Southern Mississippi
Nicholls State at Rice
Sacramento State at Fresno State

Monday, September 3rd

Florida State at Clemson
Texas Tech at SMU

Non-conference games of note in 2007

Saturday, September 8th

BYU at UCLA
Virginia Tech at LSU
Miami-FL at Oklahoma
Oregon at Michigan
Notre Dame at Penn State

Thursday, September 13th

West Virginia at Maryland

Saturday, September 15th

USC at Nebraska
Notre Dame at Michigan

Thursday, September 20th

Texas A & M at Miami-FL

Saturday, September 29th

Alabama vs. Florida State (at Jacksonville, FL)

Saturday, October 6th

Notre Dame at UCLA

Saturday, October 20th

USC at Notre Dame

Saturday, November 24th

Clemson at South Carolina
Georgia at Georgia Tech
Florida State at Florida