College Football Betting Odds: News & Analysis

The college football season is coming soon, and we have you covered. Check out our comprehensive list of articles below for all of your best NCAA football picks.

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College Football 2024 Season Overview

The winds of change have blown through the college football landscape heading into 2024. The Michigan Wolverines are the defending national champions, but they lost coach Jim Harbaugh, quarterback J.J. McCarthy and other key pieces. Meanwhile, legendary Alabama coach Nick Saban retired, putting that juggernaut program into flux.

The Georgia Bulldogs have opened as the preseason favorite to win the national championship at +325 odds, per BetMGM, followed by Ohio State at +375 and Texas at +700.

It will be interesting to see if there is a changing of the guard in college football, as these big-time coaching defections and the transfer portal continue to have a big effect on potential contenders.

Types of College Football News & Analysis that We Provide

At BettingOdds.com, you can find a variety of helpful betting news, from our college football experts to our computer-created projections.

College Football Expert Insights

Our super computer uses thousands of simulations to come up with college football best bets, but we also have human experts on hand to add nuance to the conversation. Injuries, playing time announcements and other factors can have an effect on the spread or moneyline that the computer can't always accurately compute, which is why our College Football insight experts are here to add analysis as a complementary piece to our computer-generated predictions.

College Football Predictions

BettingOdds uses cutting-edge computer technology to generate the best college football picks for each game of the season. While it's impossible for a bettor to analyze all the matchups every week, our algorithm performs thousands of simulations on each game while crunching all the numbers to provide an informed viewpoint. It's a great way for gamblers to cross-check their potential wagers on the weekend.

College Football Best Bets

Sometimes college football best bets stick out like a sore thumb. With the benefit of our computer algorithm, BettingOdds will showcase its favorite picks each week. An underdog to win straight up? A favorite to win by a bigger cushion than the spread suggests? You can find our best bets for college football on this page.

Top College Football Betting Sites

There are various college football betting sites to consider for wagering. BettingOdds.com has surveyed them all and rated our favorites.

Best College Football Players to Look Out for this 2024 Season

here you can list 10 players and what you expect for them this season/ why bettors would keep an eye out for them.

1. QB Carson Beck, Georgia - The Bulldogs are the national championship favorites and Beck is a big reason why. He opens the year as a co-favorite to win the Heisman Trophy at +800 and could be the first quarterback selected in next year's draft.
2. QB Jalen Milroe, Alabama - Alabama has to deal with the loss of coach Nick Saban, but the presence of Milroe could help this from being too rocky of a transition. He averaged 10.0 yards per pass attempt a season ago while adding 12 rushing touchdowns.
3. QB Shedeur Sanders, Colorado - The youngest son of Deion Sanders, Shedeur put together an impressive 2023 campaign, finishing with 3,230 passing yards, 27 touchdowns and only three interceptions. The Buffaloes are arguably the most polarizing team in the country, and it will be interesting to see if Sanders can cement himself as a top NFL quarterback prospect or if he struggles.
4. LB Harold Perkins, LSU - Perkins has 13 sacks in his first two years of college ball and could reach double digits in 2024. The elite pass-rusher could be one of the best defensive players in the country and a top-10 NFL draft pick.
5. WR/CB Travis Hunter, Colorado - Hunter is a special athlete, showing the ability to play at a high level on both sides of the ball. He evokes memories of his coach, Deion Sanders, and could be in for a huge 2024 college football campaign.
6. QB Quinn Ewers, Texas - Ewers threw for 3,479 yards and 22 touchdowns against only six interceptions in 2023, and decided to run it back with the Longhorns this year. He is on the short-list of Heisman contenders and a strong season could catapult Texas into the national championship race.
7. DL Mykel Williams, Georgia - Williams is one of the best defenders on a stacked Georgia defense. He has nine sacks in two college seasons and should be a load to handle in the trenches once again in 2024.
8. QB Cameron Ward, Miami - Ward threw for 3,736 yards with 25 touchdowns and seven interceptions at Washington State last year and then announced his intention to transfer. It's hard to know how Ward will look playing for a new program, but the upside is tremendous.
9. WR Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State - The Buckeyes star may have been a first-round pick if he remained in the 2024 draft, but instead returned to school. Without Marvin Harrison, Jr. alongside him, Egbuka should be in line for an absolutely monster campaign with a bunch of targets.
10. RB Ollie Gordon, Oklahoma State - Gordon had a great 2023 campaign and should be one of the best running backs in the country in 2024. He carried the ball 285 times for 1,732 yards and 21 touchdowns last year, averaging 6.1 yards per carry.

Heisman Trophy Candidates and Odds

Here are the top-15 candidates to win the 2024-25 college football Heisman Trophy. Odds courtesy of BetMGM, as of April 26, 2024:

Must Watch Teams of the 2024 College Football Season

It's going to be an interesting year of college football, as traditional heavyweights like Alabama and Clemson are not at the top of the list of national championship contenders.

These are our top-five teams to watch for the 2024-25 college football season.

Alabama Crimson Tide

Legendary coach Nick Saban put together the best college football program in the country after arriving in Tuscaloosa in 2007, but retired after the conclusion of the 2023 season.

The Crimson Tide acted quickly to grab Washington coach Kalen DeBoer as his successor, and we will soon find out if he can keep Alabama atop the mountaintop in college football.

The Crimson Tide have +1400 odds to win the national championship, which is fifth-best in the country but still down from their usual spot in the top-two. Quarterback Jalen Millroe has a ton of talent and of course the rest of the roster is teeming with stars, but it can sometimes be a difficult transition to a new scheme and new coaching philosophy.

Alabama will be the most interesting team to watch during the 2024 college football season, and bettors will look to take advantage of the program's new unknown.

Georgia Bulldogs

If the retirement of Saban indeed leads a void at the top of the college football hierarchy, Georgia will aim to fill it. The Bulldogs have been right there with the Crimson Tide as the creme de la creme of NCAA football for several years and can now establish it as the top dog.

Georgia has +325 odds to win the national championship, the best in the country. The Bulldogs have a quarterback in Carson Beck who could be in contention for the Heisman Trophy, along with a stout defense that can stymie even the most lethal offenses in the SEC and beyond.

Ohio State Buckeyes

Ohio State lost some big-time talent after the 2023 season, highlighted by star receiver Marvin Harrison, Jr., but the pipeline continues to churn out blue-chip talent.

Much will depend on new quarterback Will Howard, who takes the reins and is immediately set as one of the Heisman Trophy favorites. The Buckeyes have +375 odds to win the national championship.

Colorado Buffaloes

The Buffaloes got the whole college football world buzzing by starting 3-0 in 2023, but it all fell apart down the stretch and they finished just 4-8. While there are some big names returning, Colorado has to prove it has enough substance to go with the flash.

This is the most divisive college football program in the country, and 2024 feels like a pivot point for coach Deion Sanders.

LSU Tigers

With the possible descent of Alabama, LSU would love to be a team to fill that void and emerge as the most consistent program in the SEC. The problem for 2024 is that the team lost a bunch of talent, including quarterback Jayden Daniels, wide receiver Malik Nabers and wide receiver Brian Thomas, all of whom were first-round picks in the NFL draft.

The Tigers have +1600 odds to win the national title and a strong showing this year could bode well for the future.