Florida State and Georgia Tech first played each other in 1952 and on Saturday, Aug. 24, they’ll meet for the 28th time at the 2024 Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland. This ACC battle will headline a four-game Week 0 college football schedule that also includes New Mexico vs. Montana State, SMU vs. Nevada and Hawaii vs. Delaware State. It’s a precursor to the more official start of the college football season the following weekend and college football bettors everywhere will be looking to get off to a profitable start.
Florida State is an 11.5-point favorite over Georgia Tech in the latest Week 0 college football odds. Meanwhile, SMU is favored by 27.5 points over Nevada in the only other game on the Week 0 schedule between two FBS programs. Before locking in any Week 0 college football picks on those games or others, be sure to see the top Week 0 college football expert picks, predictions and best bets from Thomas Casale.
A frequent guest on national radio and TV shows to discuss college sports, Casale has been betting — and winning — for more than 30 years. Over the past two college football seasons, Casale is 122-92-5 (57%) overall on his college football picks and 26-8 (76.4%) in bowl games — all publicly documented. Anybody who has followed him is way up.
Now, he has turned his attention to the Week 0 college football odds and is sharing his top three best bets over at SportsLine. If you parlay them together, you could be looking at a return of around 6-1. Get his top college football picks at SportsLine.
Top Week 0 college football expert predictions
One of Casale’s top Week 0 college football picks: He likes the Over (56.5) as SMU takes on Nevada to begin the season in an 8 p.m. ET kickoff (CBS Sports Network) on Saturday, Aug. 24. SMU will be challenged by a move from the American Athletic Conference to the Atlantic Coast Conference this season, but they’ll enter their new league with a lot of momentum after a successful 2023 campaign.
Rhett Lashlee’s squad went 11-3 and was ranked in the final AP Poll of the season for the first time since 1984. The Mustangs will welcome back eight starters on offense after averaging 38.7 points per game (eighth in the nation), including starting quarterback Preston Stone. He’ll immediately step in as one of the top signal-callers in the ACC and should feast against a Nevada defense that gave up 30 points or more on eight occasions in 2023. See what other picks Sallee likes at SportsLine.
How to make Week 0 college football picks
Casale has also found two other college football picks he loves, including a look ahead to a marquee matchup in Week 1 where one offense “has a solid edge.” You can only see his picks at SportsLine.
What are the best bets for Week 0 of college football, and which total is way off? Visit SportsLine now to see Thomas Casale’s college football best bets, all from a proven college football handicapper who has gone 26-8 on bowl games the past two seasons, and find out.
