Week 0 college football picks, odds, lines, 2024 best bets by proven expert: This 3-leg parlay pays 6-1

The 2024 college football season officially begins on Saturday, Aug. 24, with the Week 0 college football schedule. It is a limited, four-game slate this year, and only two of those matchups feature FBS vs. FBS teams. However, fans will still get to see one of the elite programs in the country, as No. 10 Florida State faces Georgia Tech in the 2024 Aer Lingus College Football Classic at noon ET in Dublin, Ireland. The Seminoles went unbeaten during the 2023 regular season but ultimately were left out of the College Football Playoff.

They are 11-point favorites against the Yellow Jackets in the Week 0 college football odds from SportsLine consensus. The other FBS vs. FBS game on the schedule is Nevada (+27) vs. SMU at 8 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network. Before locking in any Week 0 college football picks on those games or others, be sure to see the top Week 0 college football 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 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. Anybody who has followed him is way up.

Now, he has turned his attention to the Week 0 college football odds and is sharing his top three best bets over at SportsLine. If you parlay them together, you could be looking at a return of around 6-1. Get his top college football picks at SportsLine .

Top Week 0 college football expert predictions

One of Casale's top Week 0 college football picks: He's backing Georgia Tech (+12.5) over Florida State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic on Saturday, Aug. 24 at noon ET. The Yellow Jackets have one of the top offenses in the country heading into the season, returning most of their key players from a unit that ranked third in the ACC last year. Junior quarterback Haynes King threw for nearly 3,000 yards and 27 touchdowns in 2023 while rushing for 737 yards and 10 additional scores.

He is playing behind an offensive line that returns four starters, and junior running back Jamal Haynes anchors the backfield after rushing for 1,059 yards last year. They helped lead the Yellow Jackets to their first bowl game in five years, and they covered the spread in five of their final six games last season. Florida State has been overvalued to open recent campaigns, covering the spread once in their previous eight games in August. See what other picks Sallee likes at SportsLine .

How to make Week 0 college football picks

Casale has also found two other college football picks he loves, including a look ahead to a marquee matchup in Week 1 where one offense "has a solid edge." You can only see his picks at SportsLine .

What are the best bets for Week 0 of college football, and which total is way off? Visit SportsLine now to see Thomas Casale's college football best bets, all from a proven college football handicapper who has gone 26-8 on bowl games the past two seasons , and find out.