Ranking the four Week 0 matchups in 2024 college football season

The 2024 College Football season is officially here. Four games are set to kick off this Saturday, August 24, as part of ‘Week 0’ ahead of a full slate of games the following week.

Week 0 opens with a conference matchup between ACC programs Florida State and Georgia Tech. The game kicks off at 12:00 PT ET and will take place at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. The ‘Noles are 11.5 point favorites after running through the ACC last season, but especially in an overseas game anything can happen.

Next on the schedule is New Mexico hosting Montana State on campus, with a 4:00 PM start on FS1. The Lobos are projected at or near the bottom in the Mountain West, and the Bobcats are favored by more than a touchdown here despite being an FCS program from the Big Sky.

What follows is another matchup involving a Mountain West school, with Nevada hosting new ACC foe SMU at Mackay Stadium in Reno starting at 8:00 PM ET. The Mustangs will be favored big in this one, and have a chance to set the tone regarding their status as a legit player in the ACC.

Finally, the night closes out in beautiful Hawaii, where the Rainbow Warriors host Delaware State out of the MEAC right at midnight ET. It could be an ugly day for the Mountain West, with both Nevada and New Mexico projected to lose, although Hawaii should hold the fort down at home and give the conference their first win of the season.

Fans will wet their beak with four games this Saturday, and five days later things fully get underway with 21 games slated for Thursday, August 29.