College Football 2024 Week 0 Odds, Predictions & Other Bets to Make Today

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Aug 22nd, 2024 1:16 PM EST

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The college football season returns with a Week 0 kickoff on Saturday. College football betting sites are ready taking action for games throughout the season.

Florida State and Georgia Tech begin the college football season in Dublin with a 12 p.m. (EDT) kickoff on the 24^th. The Noles are 13-point favorites. The other game of note in Week Zero has ACC-newcomer SMU sitting as a 24.5-point favorite over Nevada.

The full college football season begins a week later with a full menu of games to keep you busy throughout the early-on-the-calendar Labor Day Weekend. Sports betting apps are ready to take your action, which includes futures odds on the next national champion.

Oddsmakers have Florida State’s over/under in wins at 9.5. Meanwhile, Georgia Tech’s total for the season is just 5 wins.

Take a look at our favorite college football picks for Week Zero of the 2024 season.

College Football Week Zero & Week 1 Spreads

Date	Matchup	Spread
Aug. 24	Florida St. vs. Georgia Tech#	FSU -13
Aug. 24	SMU @ Nevada	SMU -24.5
Aug. 29	North Carolina @ Minnesota	Minnesota -2.5
Aug. 29	North Dakota St. @ Colorado	Colorado -8.5
Aug. 29	Coastal Carolina @ Jacksonville St.	Jacksonville St. -3.5
Aug. 30	Temple @ Oklahoma	Oklahoma -43.5
Aug. 30	FAU @ Michigan St.	Michigan St. -11.5
Aug. 30	W. Michigan @ Wisconsin	Wisconsin -24.5
Sept. 2	Ohio State @ Indiana	Ohio State -30
Aug. 30	TCU @ Stanford	Stanford +8.5
Aug. 31	Clemson vs. Georgia*	Texas -35
Aug. 31	Penn State @ W. Virginia	Penn State -10.5
Aug. 31	Kent St. @ Pitt	Pitt -23.5
Aug. 31	UConn @ Maryland	Maryland -20.5
Aug. 31	Virginia Tech @ Vanderbilt	Virginia Tech -13.5
Aug. 31	Miami @ Florida	Miami -2.5
Aug. 31	Akron @ Ohio St.	Ohio St. -50.5
Aug. 31	Colorado St. @ Texas	Texas -35.5
Aug. 31	UTEP @ Nebraska	Nebraska -27.5
Aug. 31	Miami (Ohio) @ Northwestern	Northwestern -4.5
Aug. 31	FIU @ Indiana	Indiana -20.5
Aug. 31	E. Michigan @ Massachusetts	E. Michigan -1
Aug. 31	Ohio @ Syracuse	Syracuse -15.5
Aug. 31	Boise St. @ GA Southern	Boise St. -10.5
Aug. 31	Old Dominion @ South Carolina	South Carolina -20.5
Aug. 31	Western Kentucky @ Alabama	Alabama -30.5
Aug. 31	UNLV @ Houston	Houston -2.5
Aug. 31	Notre Dame @ Texas A&M	Notre Dame -1
Aug. 31	UCLA @ Hawai’i	UCLA -13.5
Aug. 31	Fresno St. @ Michigan	Michigan -21.5
Aug. 31	Southern Miss. @ Kentucky	Kentucky -25.5
Aug. 31	Georgia St. @ Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech -20.5
Aug. 31	New Mexico @ Arizona	Arizona -30.5
Aug. 31	Wyoming @ Arizona St.	Arizona St. -6.5
Sept. 1	LSU @ USC	USC -6.5
Sept. 2	Boston College @ Florida St.	Florida St. -21.5

College Football Week 0 Best Bets

College Football 2024 Week 0 Odds, Predictions & Other Bets to Make Today

Georgia Tech +13 vs. Florida State

Saturday, August 24, (Dublin, Ireland)

Happy New Year! College football returns with an ACC clash in Dublin, Ireland. Kickoff is set for noon, EDT.

Florida State QB DJ Uiagalelei makes his 41^st college start in this game. He transferred to Tallahassee from Oregon State after 2 seasons and time at Clemson. He’s already on the Maxwell Award watch list. FSU enters the season as near 2-TD favorites in its first game. But Uiagalelei’s new team suffered a major talent drain this offseason. Expect Uiagalelei to be Florida State’s game plan here, running and throwing. But mostly running. The Jackets feature a similar QB in Haynes King. He threw for more than 2,800 yards, 27 TDs and 16 picks last season, while running for 10 TDs and more than 700 yards. The Jackets will keep this one close enough to hang on for the backdoor cover.

Best Bet: Georgia Tech +13 vs. Florida State

SMU -24.5 at Nevada

SMU joins the ACC in 2024. The Mustangs have poured serious money into this program and do not plan to back into anything during their first season in their new conference. And the Mustangs, true to their OG Form as the “Pony Express,” do not let up on their opponents. SMU averaged 38.7 points last season on its way to finishing the season ranked No. 22. Look for SMU to win this game and run out of time before it runs out of points.

Best Bet: SMU -24.5 at Nevada

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