College Football Games of the Year
Those marquee matchups on Saturdays are what college football fans live, sleep, eat, and breathe. With super conferences now like the SEC and Big Ten, those enormous non-conference games are getting phased out little by little, but it seems like every regular season game has the potential to be a banger. Many of those games are listed among the College Football Games of the Year at DraftKings Sportsbook.
The 2024 college football schedule was one of the more difficult ones to put together because of realignment, as the Pac-12 is no more and the teams have been dispersed to other conferences across the country. We’ll still have a few big non-conference clashes, but most of the Games of the Year are conference matchups.
College Football Games of the Year Betting Odds
Odds as of Thursday May 2 at 5:30 p.m. PT
For Week 0 and Week 1 Lines, check them out here.
Friday September 13
Arizona at Kansas State (-7.5)
Saturday September 14
Washington (-9.5) at Washington State
Oregon (-20.5) at Oregon State
Alabama (-7.5) at Wisconsin
Texas A&M (-4) at Florida
Colorado (-8) at Colorado State
West Virginia (-4) at Pitt
Saturday September 21
USC at Michigan (-12)
Tennessee at Oklahoma (-5)
Utah (-1.5) at Oklahoma State
NC State at Clemson (-10)
Friday September 27
Virginia Tech at Miami (FL) (-8.5)
Saturday September 28
Louisville at Notre Dame (-10)
Oklahoma State at Kansas State (-7)
Arkansas at Texas A&M (-11.5)
Arizona at Utah (-9.5)
Georgia (-4.5) at Alabama
North Carolina at Duke (PK)
Oklahoma (-3) at Auburn
Wisconsin at USC (-4.5)
Saturday October 5
Missouri at Texas A&M (-4)
Michigan (-9) at Washington
Clemson at Florida State (-4)
Iowa at Ohio State (-24)
Auburn at Georgia (-24.5)
Saturday October 12
Kansas State (-6) at Colorado
Penn State (-5) at USC
Texas (-8.5) at Oklahoma
Ole Miss at LSU (-2.5)
Florida at Tennessee (-11)
Ohio State at Oregon (-1)
Saturday October 19
LSU (-8) at Arkansas
Miami (FL) at Louisville (-1)
Auburn at Missouri (-10)
Alabama (-2) at Tennessee
Georgia (-1.5) at Texas
Saturday October 26
Florida State (-1.5) at Miami (FL)
Kansas at Kansas State (-7)
Missouri at Alabama (-8.5)
Penn State (-6.5) at Wisconsin
LSU at Texas A&M (-3.5)
Nebraska at Ohio State (-25.5)
Oklahoma at Ole Miss (-5.5)
Michigan State at Michigan (-25)
Saturday November 2
Louisville at Clemson (-9.5)
Ohio State (-3) at Penn State
Florida at Georgia (-22)
Oregon (-2.5) at Michigan
Saturday November 9
BYU at Utah (-18)
Florida State at Notre Dame (-3.5)
Clemson (-5.5) at Virginia Tech
Oklahoma at Missouri (-4)
Georgia (-7) at Ole Miss
Alabama at LSU (-1)
Saturday November 16
Utah (-8) at Colorado
Oregon (-10.5) at Wisconsin
LSU (-5.5) at Florida
Tennessee at Georgia (-18)
Texas (-16.5) at Arkansas
Saturday November 23
Texas A&M (-3.5) at Auburn
Ole Miss (-6.5) at Florida
USC (-4) at UCLA
Alabama (-1.5) at Oklahoma
Iowa State at Utah (-10)
Saturday November 30
Washington at Oregon (-20)
Kansas State (-1) at Iowa State
Florida at Florida State (-13.5)
Notre Dame (-3.5) at USC
Michigan at Ohio State (-10)
Auburn at Alabama (-15)
Louisville (-1) at Kentucky
NC State (-1) at North Carolina
Texas (-4) at Texas A&M
Oklahoma at LSU (-5)
Saturday December 14
Army vs. Navy (PK)
A lot of representation for the Power Four conferences here, with a lot of SEC and Big Ten odds, plus some betting lines for the ACC and Big 12. Realignment isn’t the only major shake-up this year, as we’ve had some high-profile coaches trade places and others ride off into the sunset. There are a lot of premier teams that head into the season with a lot of uncertainty.
At first glance, there are a few bets that stand out from this big list of games.
USC +5 vs. Penn State
Penn State’s first trip to the Coliseum in a conference game will come on October 12. By that time, USC should have had plenty of time to mold Miller Moss into the guy to take the reins from Caleb Williams. Moss was outstanding against Louisville in the Holiday Bowl with six touchdown passes and 372 yards.
The Nittany Lions obviously have way more returning production, but head coach James Franklin struggles badly in big games and this one will be a very big game.
Michigan State +25 at Michigan
In the rivalry game in Ann Arbor, Michigan State is getting quite a head start. Sure, it was 49-0 last season in East Lansing, but the Wolverines are replacing a top-10 draft pick at QB, their head coach, and several other draftees. It was an awful season for Sparty, but Jonathan Smith is an excellent head coach and four-star recruit QB Aidan Chiles came with him.
Michigan is obviously still more talented, but this implies a very large gap between the two teams and I don’t think it’s that high. Michigan was -24.5 in East Lansing last season with a championship-caliber team.
Miami (FL) +1.5 vs. Florida State
The battle of Pac-12 transfer QBs could be a fun one on October 26. Cameron Ward transferred in from Washington State to be the new signal caller for the Hurricanes, while the resurgent former Clemson Tiger DJ Uiagalelei is in Tallahassee after a stint with Oregon State. Both teams are extremely talented, but Ward could be a legitimate game-changer for the Hurricanes offense. Miami always has a ton of talent on defense.
With second-year coordinators in Shannon Dawson (OC) and Lance Guidry (DC), expect the ‘Canes to improve and they could very well be favored in this one by the time it’s game week.