College Football Week 1 Early Games Odds

The college football schedule gets started early this week with a Thursday night matchup between the Florida Gators and the No. 14 ranked Utah Utes.

At the Bovada Sportsbook Utah is a 6.5-point home favorite. Last season Utah went 10-4 straight up and 8-6 against the spread. At home the Utes have won 14 straight games with a 9-5 ATS record. When favored Utah is 9-1 SU and 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games.

Florida went 6-7 SU and 7-6 ATS last season, which included finishing the year on a three-game losing streak with a 1-2 ATS record. The Gators have struggled on the road recently with a 1-7 SU record and 3-5 ATS mark in their last eight games.

Last season Florida upset Utah 29-26 as 2.5-point home underdogs.

Louisville favored over Georgia Tech in Atlanta

Looking ahead to Friday night the Louisville Cardinals visit the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets as 7.5-point favorites at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Louisville went 8-5 both SU and ATS last season and finished the year with five straight UNDER results for totals bettors. In their last 10 road games the Cardinals are 4-6 SU and 5-5 ATS.

Georgia Tech went a disappointing 5-7 SU and 6-6 ATS last season. The Yellow Jackets were a strong OVER play early last season at 4-1 OVER in their first five games, but they finished the season 6-0-1 UNDER in their last seven outings. In their last seven games as an underdog the Yellow Jackets are 4-3 SU and 6-1 ATS.

In this matchup the Yellow Jackets have won the last two games. They last met in 2020 when Georgia Tech won 46-27 as 4.5-point underdogs.

Hurricanes the favorite in Friday battle of Miami

One other interesting matchup on Friday is the battle of Miami between the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks and the Miami (Florida) Hurricanes. The Hurricanes are 16.5-point favorites.

The Hurricanes went 5-7 SU and 2-10 ATS last season, which included going 1-10 ATS in their last 11 games. At home the Hurricanes have lost six straight games ATS.

The RedHawks went 6-7 SU and ATS last season. As an underdog the RedHawks have been a surprisingly good wager at 3-1 ATS in their last four games, 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games, and 13-7 ATS in their last 20 games.

The Hurricanes and RedHawks haven’t met since 1987 when the Hurricanes smoked the RedHawks 54-3.