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College football’s bowl games are underway, and the biggest matchups will begin this week with the first round of the 2024 College Football Playoff. This is the first year that the CFP bracket expanded to 12 teams and each matchup in the first round will be played on campus, putting the pageantry that has made college football great for over a century front and center in the championship pursuit. Notre Dame beat Indiana on Friday, and now three CFP games are coming Saturday — No. 11 seed SMU at No. 6 Penn State, No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Texas, and No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Ohio State.
The latest College Football Playoff odds for Saturday via SportsLine consensus list Penn State as -8.5 vs. SMU (O/U 52.5), Texas as -13.5 vs. Clemson (O/U 50.5), and Ohio State -7 vs. Tennessee (O/U 46.5). Before locking in any College Football Playoff picks, be sure to see the top College Football Playoff 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 sports 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. Over the last three weeks, he’s 7-1 on his best bets, including a perfect 3-0 week late in the season that landed a 6-1 parlay. Anybody who has followed him is way up.
Now, he has turned his attention to the CFP bracket and the first round college football odds and is sharing his top two betting picks. If you parlay these college football betting picks, you could be looking at a return of nearly +300. Get his top college football picks at SportsLine.
