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Three College Football Betting Tips for the 2024 Season
Written by: Eddie Griffin
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The 2024 NCAA football season is well underway, and what promised to be one of the most interesting seasons in recent college football history has already delivered. Those early twists and turns have had a major impact on the rankings and the College Football Playoff picture, and they have also significantly affected the college football betting landscape.
Most of the biggest games of the season are still ahead, so many more twists and turns should be expected. For example, how will things play out in the new-look Big Ten and SEC once the top teams start playing each other?
With teams in new conferences, new and intriguing matchups to look forward to, and the expanded CFP making so many games take on greater importance, NCAA football bettors will have a lot to sift through and think about as they bet on both games and futures odds.
With all of the potential chaos in mind, here are three college football betting tips that may prove to be helpful for the remainder of the 2024 season.
Top College Football Betting Tips and Strategies for the 2024 Season
College Football Betting Tip #1: Roll with the Rebels on the Road
The Ole Miss Rebels are expected to do big things this season, led by Heisman Trophy hopeful Jaxson Dart.
But this college football betting tip is about the Rebels from Las Vegas, not the Rebels from Oxford, Mississippi.
From 2001 to 2022, UNLV had only one winning season, a 7-6 campaign in 2013. And in their history as a Division I-A/FBS program, the Rebels have not had consecutive winning seasons since posting three straight from 1978 to 1980, their first three seasons at this level.
But they made a big splash in Barry Odom’s first season as head coach last year, going 9-5 and reaching the Mountain West championship game for the first time.
They entered this season with high expectations, coming in second to Boise State in the conference’s preseason poll.
A big reason for last season’s success was playing well on the road, where they were 4-2 SU and 6-0 ATS.
This season, they have already notched road wins over Houston and Kansas. From here, they have road games to come against Utah State (October 11), Oregon State (October 19), Hawaii (November 9), and San Jose State (November 22).
Even before Odom’s arrival, UNLV fared well against the spread on the road. As of their Week 3 win over Kansas, the Rebels are 16-4 (.800) ATS in their last 20 road games, the best winning percentage in FBS. And since the 2013 season, the only team with a better ATS percentage on the road than UNLV (42-21-2, .667) is James Madison, who has only been in FBS since 2022.
College Football Betting Tip #2: Just Say Neaux to the Tigers Against Top Teams
LSU is coming off of back-to-back ten-win seasons in Brian Kelly’s first two campaigns in Baton Rouge, and a third straight could be in the cards in 2024.
For many programs, that would be an exceptional level of success. But LSU is a program that expects to be one of the best of the best each year. Just winning ten games isn’t enough to keep pace with the likes of Georgia, Alabama, and others.
Part of the problem for LSU in the Kelly era has been struggles in big games. That issue has already shown itself this season, as the Tigers opened with a 27-20 loss to USC.
Following that loss, LSU is now just 3-6 SU and ATS under Kelly in games against ranked opposition.
As it stands, the Tigers could have four more regular season games against top-25 foes. They host Ole Miss on October 12, visit Texas A&M on October 26, host Alabama on November 9, and host Oklahoma in their regular season finale on November 30.
Each week, the college football betting slate features dozens of options to choose from. Taking a chance on a team that you can’t trust isn’t a necessary move when there are better options on the board. So, don’t be tempted to take the Tigers in any of those games unless there is a legitimately compelling reason to do so.
College Football Betting Tip #3: Win When the Wildcats Lose
In the first season of the new 16-team Big 12, Kansas State is one of the favorites to win the conference title, along with Utah and Oklahoma State.
Few losses are expected along the way for the Wildcats, who harbor high expectations to be one of the 12 CFP participants.
But if they do lose, expect them to bounce back quickly. Why? Since the 2022 season, KSU is 7-0 SU and ATS in games following a loss.
2022
- Won at #6 Oklahoma on September 24 after a home loss to Tulane on September 17
- Blew out #9 Oklahoma State at home on October 29 after a loss at #8 TCU on October 22
- Won at Baylor on November 12 after a home loss to #24 Texas on November 5
2023
- Defeated UCF at home on September 23 after a loss at Missouri on September 16
- Won at Texas Tech on October 14 after a loss at Oklahoma State on October 6
- Routed Baylor at home on November 11 after an overtime loss at #7 Texas on November 4
- Defeated #18 NC State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl after losing at home to Iowa State in their regular season finale
There aren’t many potential losses on Kansas State’s 2024 schedule, but if or when they do lose, the odds are high that they won’t follow it with a second consecutive loss.
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