Line movements for college football’s biggest Week 0 games, including Kansas State vs. Iowa State

After months of talking about College Football Playoff expansion and Archmania and Bill Belichick and his girlfriend, the 2025 college football season has finally, finally, finally arrived.

The season kicks off on Saturday with a special edition of Farmageddon in Dublin, Ireland: No. 17 Kansas State vs. No. 22 Iowa State in what could end up being a key Big 12 game. That’s the first of five matchups on the Week 0 schedule, which also includes Idaho State at UNLV, Fresno State at Kansas and Sam Houston State at Western Kentucky. The slate concludes Saturday night 7,001 miles from Dublin with a game between Stanford and Hawaii in Honolulu. 

Though the games have yet to kick off, the betting has already begun at the top sportsbooks and turned one line upside-down. Hawaii, which opened as a 2.5 underdog against the Cardinal, is now a 2.5-point favorite.

So how much have the point spreads moved in the Week 0 games? And is the line movement worth tailing or fading? Here’s a look at each game:

Iowa State vs. Kansas State in Dublin, Ireland (noon ET)

Open: Kansas State -3.5
Current: Kansas State -3

The first game of the college football season — and the marquee matchup of Week 0 — has seen little line movement. The Wildcats opened as 3.5-favorites as far back as June, and the line has oscillated between 3 and 3.5 since. Though the majority of sportsbooks have the line at 3, Cyclones backers can still find 3.5 at certain books. According to SportsLine’s data, the money is nearly split; 51% is on Iowa State. That and the fact that the current line sits on a key number (-3) mean that the line is unlikely to move much, if at all, before kickoff. 

I could make a case for either the Wildcats or Cyclones to cover, so the better play may be to see if the line moves to either -2.5…

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Author : Gene Menez

Publish date : 2025-08-22 18:42:00

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