Betting on the Most Anticipated College Football Games in Week 1

Are you aware that the 2024 college football regular season is now less than a full month away – it starts on Aug. 24.

Here’s a look at three of the most anticipated matchups in Week 1 around the nation with odds and a pick.

Clemson vs Georgia (-13.5)

Seeing Clemson as a near two-touchdown underdog is definitely unusual. This game kicks off at noon ET on Aug. 31 from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and shown on ABC.

Georgia likely will be preseason No. 1 in both polls when those come out soon despite missing the College Football Playoff last year.

It’s not like the Bulldogs, who had been two-time defending national champions, were a bad team as their only loss came in the SEC title game, 27-24 to Alabama, and that was enough to get the Tide into the playoff and knock UGA out.

The Bulldogs bring back one of the country’s top quarterbacks and a top Heisman candidate in Carson Beck.

He was second-team All-SEC last year in starting all 14 games. Beck ranked third nationally and first in the SEC in passing yards (3,941), as well as fourth in the nation in completion percentage (.724).

Beck did lose arguably the nation’s top tight end in Brock Bowers, who was an NFL first-round pick.

But Georgia added former Florida running back Travis Etienne Jr. he ran for 1,472 yards and 14 touchdowns in his two seasons with the Gators, and he can catch, too.

Clemson, once a top program, has declined in the last three seasons with at least three losses each year. In 2020, they finished 9-4, their fewest wins since 2010 under Coach Swinney.

Five straight wins to end the 2023 season should give Clemson confidence.

But what is the Tigers’ ceiling? They have been an AP preseason top-10 team the past three years but finished no higher than No. 13 in the final poll during that span.

These teams last met to open the 2021 season in Charlotte and Georgia won 10-3.

It has won seven of the past eight in the series but this spread is too high.

NCAAF Pick: Clemson ATS

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Miami at Florida (+2.5)

Kickoff at 3:30 p.m. ET on Aug. 31 from Gainesville.

These rivals should play every year but they rarely do play. It’s a big season for both head coaches in Billy Napier of Florida and Mario Cristobal of Miami as both have underachieved so far.

Cristobal probably is safe barring an utter disaster this year, but Napier is definitely on a hot seat.

The Gators went 6-7 in 2022 with Anthony Richardson, the No. 4 overall pick, at QB. After a 5-7 season in 2023, the grumbling grew louder.

The Gators’ schedule — the nation’s toughest in 2024 and one of the most difficult of all time — offers a rough road with 11 Power Four opponents (eight likely ranked).

UF does return star QB Graham Mertz. Last year, he finished with career-highs in completions (261), passing yards (2,903), touchdown passes (20), completion percentage (72.9), passing yards per game (263.9) and efficiency (157.8) while only throwing three interceptions, marking a career-low and tied his career-best with four rushing scores.

He set program records of consecutive passes without an interception (239), consecutive passes completed (19) and season-best completion percentage with 72.9% (261 of 358).

Miami did very well in the transfer market again, especially by landing former Washington State QB Cam Ward and former Oregon State running back Damien Martinez.

Ward spent the previous two seasons at Washington State after playing the first two years of career at Incarnate Word.

He started all 25 games of career at WSU with 6,963 passing yards and 48 touchdowns compared to 16 interceptions.

Cam also had 13 rushing touchdowns. Martinez rushed for 1,185 yards and nine scores last year with OSU.

He helped Oregon State to 18 wins over his two seasons — one more than it had as a program from 2017 to ’22.

NCAAF Pick: Miami ATS

USC vs LSU (-6)

Lone game on Sunday, Sept. 1 with a kickoff of 7:30 p.m. ET from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Both must replace Heisman Trophy-winning QBs.

Caleb Williams won the award in 2022 with USC and was the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft.

Jayden Daniels won the award in 2023 with LSU and was the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s draft. Miller Moss takes over for the Trojans under center.

In 2023, Moss completed 46-of-65 passes (70.8%) for 681 yards and 7 TDs with just 1 INT, plus he rushed for 32 yards on 4 carries (8.0 avg.) and scored 2 TDs while seeing action in five games with one start.

That game in the Holiday Bowl when Williams opted to prepare for the draft.

Moss was named the game’s MVP, setting the record for most TD passes thrown in a Holiday Bowl (6), most TD passes thrown in a USC bowl game (6), most TD passes thrown by a USC QB is his first Trojan start (6) and tied the Pac-12 Bowl Game passing TD record (6).

Garrett Nussmeier is set to take over for Daniels. Nussmeier enters his fourth season with the Tigers and has appeared in 18 games with one start.

For his career, he has completed 129-of-219 passes for 1,720 yards, 11 TDs and 7 interceptions.

Nussmeier was MVP of LSU’s ReliaQuest Bowl win over Wisconsin to cap the 2023 season as he threw for career-highs of 395 yards, 31 completions and 3 TDs in the win. These schools haven’t met since 1985.

NCAAF Pick: LSU ATS

NCAAF Week 1 Schedule

Week Zero: Saturday, Aug. 24
Florida State vs. Georgia Tech (in Dublin, Ireland)
Norfolk State vs. Florida A&M
SMU at Nevada
Montana State at New Mexico
Delaware State at Hawaii
Week 1: Thursday, Aug. 29 to Sunday, Sept. 1
North Carolina at Minnesota
Clemson vs. Georgia
Miami (FL) at Florida
Notre Dame at Texas A&M
Penn State at West Virginia
Georgia State at Georgia Tech
North Dakota State at Colorado
South Dakota State at Oklahoma State
LSU vs. Southern California
North Carolina Central vs. Alabama State

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Georgia at Alabama

Many coaches from other conferences have gone to the SEC and failed. Kalen DeBoer hopes he isn’t one of those coaches when the Alabama Crimson Tide host Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs. Right now, the Bulldogs are the consensus number one in the nation.

If DeBoer and Bama pull off the win, it will be massive. But the likelihood of that happening isn’t great because Georgia is loaded.

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Week 5 | Saturday September 28th, 2024
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Ohio State at Oregon

Chip Kelly built the modern day Oregon Ducks. Kelly is now the offensive coordinator for Ron Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Dan Lanning’s team is good enough to beat the Buckeyes. Still, Ohio State is motivated after losing to Michigan the last two seasons. So expect the Buckeyes to really go for it on October 12.

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Week 7 | Saturday October 12th, 2024
Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR

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Georgia at Texas

Georgia gets another chance to show they they’re the pick to win it all. The Bulldogs will march into Austin on October 19 hoping to keep their undefeated record intact.

Steve Sarkisian believes he’s got a good enough team to win the National Championship. A loss to Georgia won’t ding Texas’s College Football Playoff hopes too much. But it will show that the Horns aren’t ready to deal with a team like UGA.

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Week 8 | Saturday October 19th, 2024
DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX

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Oregon at Michigan

We shouldn’t expect Michigan to go undefeated and win the National Championship again. The Wolverines must play the season with Alex Orji at quarterback after JJ McCarthy decided to go to the NFL.

Then there are games like this one where the Wolverines must tackle quality teams like Oregon. The Ducks are better on paper than Michigan. So an upset can happen.

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Week 10 | Saturday, November 2nd, 2024
Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI

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Alabama at LSU

Bama versus LSU will always be one of the season’s top matchups. Both teams have much to prove after Alabama lost legendary head coach Nick Saban to retirement, and LSU Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Jayden Daniels decided to go pro.

If Brian Kelly is to build a powerhouse at LSU, he mut win home games like the one against Alabama on November 9.

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Week 10 | Saturday, November 9th, 2024
Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA

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Georgia at Ole Miss

On the same day Bama takes on LSU in one SEC matchup, the predicted number one team in the nation travels to a predicted top 10, maybe, top 5 team in Ole Miss.

Lane Kiffin’s squad is loaded on both sides of the football. Beating Georgia would ensure Ole Miss a trip to the College Football Playoff.

Betting Georgia at Ole Miss Matchup

Week 11 | Saturday, November 9th, 2024
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS

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Michigan at Ohio State

Ohio State could go unscathed throughout the regular season. Michigan may lose one or two games before this gargantuan matchup. The yearly Michigan versus Ohio State game is the most heated rivalry in all of college football.

Often, it has meaning. It should this season because both the Wolverines and the Buckeyes are Big Ten title contenders. Who wins? We’re predicting Ron Day and the Buckeyes finally break Michigan’s winning streak.

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Week 14 | Saturday, November 30th, 2024
Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH

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Texas Longhorns at Michigan Wolverines

Right out of the shoot. The nation’s longest winning streak will be put to the test right away. The Texas Longhorns are going to be ready to come into Ann Arbor and take down the defending national title winners. It will be the first real test for the Michigan coaching staff after the departure of Harbaugh to the NFL. Both teams have a rugged schedule later in the season, and they know they cannot afford an early loss. The loser has a thin margin for error the rest of the season.

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Week 2 | Saturday September 7th, 2024
Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI

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Georgia Bulldogs at Alabama Crimson Tide

These two teams are consistently in the mix for the College Football Playoff. They are also two of the biggest players to win it all season after season. The top two programs in the SEC get together fairly early this season, which would give the losing team time to rebound from the loss. The game this season looks a little different this season, as Nick Saban is no longer the head coach at Alabama. Kalen DeBoer will get his first opportunity at this big game. It is likely that the Crimson Tide will be underdogs, despite being at home.

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Week 5 | Saturday September 28th, 2024
Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL

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Clemson Tigers at Florida State Seminoles

Despite all the changes in College Football for this season, one of the ones that stays the same is the Clemson Tigers and Florida State Seminoles being ACC rivals. This game was an instant classic a season ago with Florida State winning on the road in overtime. Mike Norvell and his Seminoles felt a little shortened a season ago with their absence from the College Football Playoff. The Seminoles have alot to prove this season. Dor Dabo Swinney, he is trying everything he can to get his program back in the national title picture talk. This should be a great College Football game for the first weekend in October.

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Week 6 | Saturday October 5th, 2024
Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL

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Ohio State Buckeyes at Oregon Ducks

These two teams are both Big Ten teams. That’s wild to say and think about. The Buckeyes are 9-1 all time against Oregon. The lone loss during that time came in Columbus during the 2021 season. Now we have Dan Lanning and Ryan Day getting together for a Big Ten game in the middle of October. Both of these programs are on the verge, and a big season away from being the next national champion. These two teams are both going to have loaded rosters on the field. We look forward to seeing the Buckeyes take the long trip to Eugene and see how they fare.

Betting Ohio State at Oregon Matchup

Week 7 | Saturday October 12th, 2024
Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR

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Ole Miss Rebels at LSU Tigers

Ole Miss has a pretty good schedule to start the season with an unblemished mark. That would give Lane Kiffin and his Rebels a chance at the Top 12 and a College Football Playoff trip. Brian Kelly sees four ranked teams on his schedule this season, and Ole Miss is one of them. Each team will have a ton on the line here, but both could still be in line for an at large berth with a loss here. Ole Miss is going to have to bring their defensive shoes if they want to win on the road in Baton Rouge.

Betting Ole Miss at LSU Matchup

Week 7 | Saturday October 12th, 2024
Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA

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Georgia Bulldogs at Texas Longhorns

There has only been one meeting between these two teams since the 1980s. Now, it is time to change that. The Texas Longhorns are getting their first crack at playing in the SE this season. These two powerhouse programs are both going to be playing for their chance at the College Football Playoff. Steve Sarkisian and his Longhorns are looking to piggyback off their season of a year ago that had them right in the middle of a title race. The crowd in Austin will certainly be geared up and ready for some SEC football. Now, if only the play on the field can match that vibe in mid October.

Betting Georgia at Texas Matchup

Week 8 | Saturday October 19th, 2024
DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX

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Alabama Crimson Tide at LSU Tigers

It seems every Saturday sees a massive game in the SEC after the first few weeks of the season. WIth the additions of Texas and Oklahoma, it’s hard not to have huge games each week. These two teams have already been discussed here, but this early November game is going to be a must watch. Brian Kelly no longer has to worry about Nick Saban on the other side. But these two teams typically have no love lost for each other. It will be interesting to see how Alabama responds playing a true road game in this one.

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Week 11 | Saturday, November 9th, 2024
Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA

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Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes

With the expanded postseason, both teams have a chance to get to the College Football Playoff. The Michigan Wolverines are defending champions, and there is no doubt that is going to play a huge factor with the home team. Ohio State is tired of losing to the Wolverines. Ryan Day has a little pressure on him to get the Wolverines, especially at home. This is always one of the most anticipated games of the season, and without a doubt the 2024 version is bound to be the same.

Betting Michigan at Ohio State Matchup

Week 14 | Saturday, November 30th, 2024
Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH

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