College Football Week 0 Odds Report (2024)

There really is no such thing as an “Opening Line Report” for Week 0 or Week 1 of the college football season, as the lines for the games featuring FBS teams have been up for a few months now. However, now that we have reached game week, limits will go up and bettors will start to take interest in college football after focusing on other sports.

Beginning with Week 1, I’ll be putting together an Early Lines report for college football that will come out on Sunday night. Admittedly, Week 0 kind of snuck up on me, but there are only two FBS vs. FBS games and a couple of FBS vs. FCS contests that saw lines pop up a few days ago. Now that we are no longer owned by DraftKings, I will be using a Consensus line for these based on a sample of several books, both here in Las Vegas and those in other states.

I’ll also be doing my College Football Power Ratings update every week on Mondays after I get a chance to go through the box scores, scan for injuries, and adjust my numbers. We’ve got a ton of great football betting content coming your way, so it’s time to get locked in at VSiN.

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Here is the Week 0 Early Lines Report:

Florida State Seminoles (-11, 55.5) vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (Dublin)

Saturday, Noon ET

The Seminoles and Yellow Jackets open the season across the pond at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland with the spotlight game of Week 0. We’ve seen modest Georgia Tech movement on this line throughout the offseason, as Haynes King and the Yellow Jackets are still catching doubles, but this line was more like two touchdowns earlier in the summer.

Most shops are Florida State -11 here with the total slowly climbing. Many believe that the Seminoles are one of the most motivated teams in the country after getting left out of the College Football Playoff last year, but bettors are going against a rebuilt offense that replaces Jordan Travis with DJ Uiagalelei and also has to replace Keon Coleman and Trey Benson.

SMU Mustangs (-27, 57) at Nevada Wolf Pack

Saturday, 8 p.m. ET

I’ll normally pick and choose the most interesting games and the most notable opening lines/line movement, but with six FBS teams in action this week, this game gets a mention. This line shot up over the summer with a touchdown move at DraftKings and a six-point move at Circa. Opinions are high on the Mustangs and low on the Wolf Pack. Nevada named Brendon Lewis the QB on Monday after Chubba Purdy battled a shoulder injury throughout the summer.

Lewis had a 2/6 TD/INT ratio with a 55.5% completion rate last season and was second on the team with 495 rushing yards on 120 carries. First-year head coach Jeff Choate has a tall task here against Rhett Lashlee’s Mustangs, who return Preston Stone after he suffered a broken leg last year against Navy.

It is a big road number for a team going to play in elevation in the first game of the season. Even though Nevada looks awful this season, we could see a little buyback on this number.

Montana State Bobcats (-10, 53.5) at New Mexico Lobos

Saturday, 4 p.m. ET

Sorry for not going chronologically here, but this is a FCS vs. FBS “Extra Game”, so it goes underneath the FBS tilts. What makes this game so fascinating is that we have a road FCS team laying double digits against an FBS squad. New Mexico did take a monumental step forward on offense last season, but OC Bryant Vincent is now the head coach at Louisiana-Monroe. Bronco Mendenhall is one of 30 new college football head coaches this season and his Lobos debut comes against the No. 4-ranked Bobcats.

Limits are low and not every book has this line up yet, but it will be very interesting to see where this line goes. Depending on where this line goes, Montana State could be knocking on the door as the biggest FCS road favorite of all-time. Old Dominion was -14 against Idaho back in 2013 and won 59-38. Taylor Heinicke threw for 533 yards in that game.

Delaware State Hornets at Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (-38, 57)

Saturday, 11:59 p.m. ET

College football bettors will welcome a late-night Hawaii game with open arms here in Week 0. Delaware State of the MEAC opens the year in Honolulu, some 4,900 miles away from the campus in Dover. Second-year head coach Lee Hull went 1-10 in Year 1 and 0-5 in conference play, including a 57-0 loss to Army and a 62-20 loss to Miami (OH). The Hornets’ lone win came over lower-division Virginia-Lynchburg.

There are 263 Division I football teams. Jeff Sagarin ranks Delaware State 258th. Any line move in favor of Delaware State would indicate some sharper money on the Hornets, but I’m not sure we’ll see that.

College Football Week 0 Odds Report (2024)

FAQs

Do Week 0 games count towards a record? ›

Week 0 games don't count as an extra game on each team's schedule, as they'll make up for the early week with an extra week off during the season.

What percentage of underdogs win in college football? ›

College Football Underdog Records

Last season's win ratio was brutal with the underdog winning 22.9% of matches outright through a full college football slate.

Why do some teams play Week 0? ›

While there have been Week 0 games as far back as 1983, the modern concept of Week 0 is driven by a particular reason. Teams who play Hawai'i were allowed to either play Hawai'i in Week 0 or host an extra home game in Week 0 in order to offset travel costs.

How to bet on college football? ›

The three most basic ways to bet college football are on the point spread, the moneyline, and the Over/Under, also referred to as the total. The point spread is betting on how many points one team will win or lose the game by. Betting the moneyline is simply picking who will win the game.

Has a game ever ended in 0 0? ›

There have been 73 games in pro football history that ended in a 0-0 tie, according to Pro Football Reference. But it's been 80 years since the last one, meaning there's yet to be a scoreless tie in the Super Bowl era.

Is it possible for a football game to end 1 0? ›

While such a conversion safety has never been scored by the defense, it is the only possible way under current rules in which a team could finish with a single point in an American football game.

What is the most profitable sport to bet on? ›

Best Sports to Bet On: Key Insights
  • College football offers the most value to bettors across all bet types, closely followed by the NFL.
  • Baseball offers the lowest potential value across all bet types.
  • College basketball offers significantly higher potential ROI than NBA betting.

How often do favorites cover the spread in college football? ›

Going back to the 2014 season, the beginning of the College Football Playoff era, excluding pushes, favorites have gone 4,071-4,207 ATS. That's a cover rate of 49.2%. That means underdogs have covered 50.8% of the time.

How often do all the favorites win in football? ›

Over the past 10 seasons, NFL regular-season favorites have gone 1206-1303-62 against the spread. That's a 48% win clip. Bettors who bet every single favorite over that time period would have a -5.9% ROI.

Why do football teams only play once a week? ›

Football teams play once a week. Each game requires a lot of preparation and is very physical so players need several days in between to study the next team and recover from the previous week's hits. The fans spend this time dissecting the last game and obsessing over why their teams won or lost.

Why don t all NFL teams play each other? ›

The NFL uses a rotation system to make sure each team plays one another at least once every four years. Flexible scheduling helps showcase the best late-season matchups to the largest audiences. The schedule makers consider bye weeks and travel to maintain competitive equity.

Why does the NFL skip a week? ›

The NFL introduced flex scheduling in 2006 as a way to make sure there was a quality matchup on NBC's Sunday Night Football each week.

Do bowl games count towards stats? ›

In 2002, the NCAA made the decision to start counting bowl game stats with the official records for regular season performance. The decision was made to make college football record-keeping consistent with how records are held for other NCAA sports, where postseason results are counted on top of regular season stats.

Does football time count up or down? ›

Count up... It is a representation of how long the players have played.

How many minutes does one game of football last if no overtime occurs? ›

Collegiate and professional football games are 1 hour long, divided into four quarters of 15 minutes each. In high school football, 12 minute quarters are usually played. The clock is stopped frequently, however, with the result that a typical college or professional game can exceed three hours in duration.

Is FSU vs Georgia Tech a conference game? ›

Georgia Tech vs Florida St. - Football - 8/24/2024 - Box Score - Atlantic Coast Conference.

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