Week 1 of the 2024 college football season gave us a highly entertaining slate to watch. The expanded 12-team College Football Playoff is here and the energy was palpable throughout the country, with a couple of big upsets taking place. Notre Dame went on the road and won outright as 3-point underdogs against Texas A&M, while Miller Moss and the USC Trojans delivered a clutch performance down the stretch to beat LSU 27-20 as +4.5 point underdogs during the Modelo Vegas Kickoff Classic on Sunday night.
We wound up 4-0 with our Week 1 best bets, so let’s try to replicate that feat by analyzing and predicting some of the biggest games on tap for Week 2. Here are all of my top college football Week 2 picks. Below we dive into Tennessee vs. North Carolina State.
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College Football Week 2 Early Picks: Tennessee vs. North Carolina State
Tennessee vs. North Carolina State
Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava shredded Chattanooga in Week 1, going 22-28 for 314 yards and three touchdowns. NC State’s QB, Grayson McCall, also enjoyed a strong outing against Western Carolina, going 26-40 for 318 yards and three touchdowns.
The Wolfpack host the Volunteers in this primetime interconference matchup on Saturday night and it should be a lot of fun to watch. Early line movement on Tennessee from -5 to -7.5 on the point spread has occurred despite playing a ranked opponent on the road in primetime. The point total also jumped from 59.5 to 60.5, implying we’re going to see plenty of offense.
Neither of these teams faced a strong opponent in Week 1 but Tennessee routed Chattanooga 69-3. NC State won 38-21 but allowed 6.3 YPC, which Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson can easily exploit. I think Tennessee is one of the best teams in the country and should be able to wind up covering an inflated point spread at -7.5 on the road against the Wolfpack on Saturday night.
Best Bet: Tennessee -7.5 (-110)
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