2019 College Football Week 1 Complete Betting Guide

Even though it’s just June, the lines have already come out for the “Week Zero” and Week One games for the 2019 college football season. Clemson and Alabama are dominating the conversation, once again, when it comes to futures wagers on the national championship, but there are many other schools, from Oklahoma and Notre Dame to Michigan and Wisconsin, who have their own ideas about how the College Football Playoff will shake out. As you look ahead for your sports betting choices for the fall, we have put together a list of the NCAAF odds for some of the key matchups in the opening weeks of the season, along with some thoughts about your best choices.

2019 College Football Week 1 Complete Betting Guide

Saturday, August 24

  • Miami (FL) (+7.5) vs Florida (7:00pm ET, ESPN) in Orlando
  • Arizona (-12) at Hawaii (10:30pm ET, CBS Sports)
Rivalry games, like the one between Miami and Florida, tend to be tight. This is a neutral-site game, which means the stands will be filled with screaming fans for both sides. When the margin in a rivalry game is bigger than a touchdown, I tend to go for the underdog, particularly in the early going, when offenses are still sorting themselves out. Trips to Hawaii are often houses of horrors for the visitors. Yes, it is wonderful to go to Hawaii — but the distractions and the travel often take precedence over the game, particularly so far away from the realities of conference play. So the Rainbow Warriors could well stay within a dozen points, but I would stay away from wagering this game.

Thursday, August 29

  • UCLA (+4) at Cincinnati (7:00pm ET, ESPN)
  • Georgia Tech (+34) at Clemson (8:00pm ET, ACC ESPN Network)
  • Florida International (+2.5) at Tulane (8:00pm ET, ESPN3)
  • Texas State (+34.5) at Texas A&M (8:30pm ET, SEC ESPN Network)
  • Kent State (+26) at Arizona State (10:00pm ET, Pac-12 Network)
  • Utah (-6.5) at BYU (10:15pm ET, ESPN)

Friday, August 30

  • Rice (+24) at Army (6:00pm ET, CBS Sports)
  • Utah State (+3.5) at Wake Forest (8:00pm ET, ACC ESPN Network)
  • Wisconsin (-10) at South Florida (7:00pm ET, ESPN)
  • Tulsa (+21.5) at Michigan State (7:00pm ET, FS1)
  • Massachusetts (+13) at Rutgers (7:15pm ET, Big Ten Network
  • Colorado State (+10) vs Colorado in Denver (10:00pm ET, ESPN)
  • Purdue (-9) at Nevada (9:30pm ET, CBS Sports)
  • Oklahoma State (-17) at Oregon State (10:30pm ET, FS1)
Saturday, August 31
  • Florida Atlantic (+26) at Ohio State (12:00pm ET, FOX)
  • South Alabama (+32.5) at Nebraska (12:00pm ET, ESPN)
  • East Carolina (+20) at North Carolina State (12:00pm ET, ACC ESPN Network)
  • Akron (+14.5) at Illinois (12:00pm ET, Big Ten Network)
  • Ball State (+17) at Indiana (12:00pm ET, CBS Sports)
  • Toledo (+13) at Kentucky (12:00pm ET, SEC ESPN Network)
  • Mississippi State (-22) at Louisiana-Lafayette (12:00pm ET, ESPNU)
  • Ole Miss (+6) at Memphis (12:00pm ET, ABC)
  • Georgia State (+26) at Tennessee (3:30pm ET, ESPNU)
  • Eastern Michigan (-6) at Coastal Carolina (3:30pm ET, ESPN+)
  • Duke (+30.5) at Alabama (3:30pm ET, ABC)
  • Northwestern (+6.5) at Stanford (4:00pm ET, FOX)
  • Virginia Tech (-2) at Boston College (4:00pm ET, ACC ESPN Network)
  • Syracuse (-17.5) at Liberty (6:00pm ET, ESPN+)
  • South Carolina (-7.5) at North Carolina (3:30pm ET, ESPN)
  • Boise State (+3.5) at Florida State (7:00pm ET, ESPN)
  • SMU (+3.5) at Arkansas State (7:00pm ET, ESPN+)
  • Middle Tennessee State (+30) at Michigan (7:30pm ET, Big Ten Network)
  • Miami (OH) (+21) at Iowa (7:30pm ET, FS1)
  • Georgia Southern (+25) at LSU (7:30pm ET, ESPNU)
  • Virginia (-1.5) at Pitt (7:30pm ET, ACC EsPN Network)
  • Missouri (-14.5) at Wyoming (7:30pm ET, CBS Sports)
  • Oregon (+2) at Auburn (7:30pm ET, ABC)
  • Louisiana Tech (+20) at Texas (8:00pm ET, Longhorn Network)
  • New Mexico State (+34.5) at Washington State (10:00pm ET, Pac-12 Network)
  • Fresno State (+10) at USC (10:30pm ET, ESPN)

Sunday, September 1

  • Houston (+26) at Oklahoma (7:30pm ET, ABC)

Monday, September 2

  • Notre Dame (-20) at Louisville (8:00pm ET, ESPN)