College football games today: Week 0 schedule for Saturday

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A historic 2024 college football season gets underway today as the traditional Week 0 slate of games brings us four matchups across the country -- and the world -- including a head-to-head matchup featuring two ACC rivals, one of which will be in contention for the expanded College Football Playoff.
Here is the complete schedule for the Week 0 games on today, with updated times, TV channels, and the latest betting information and expert picks as college football makes its return, finally.
College football games today: Week 0 schedule, picks for Saturday
All times Eastern, and game lines courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook
Florida State vs. Georgia Tech
Sat., Aug. 24 | 12 p.m. | ESPN
Line: Florida State -10
FPI picks: FSU 79.7%
Related: FSU vs. Tech prediction, pick
Montana State at New Mexico
Sat., Aug. 24 | 4 p.m. | FS1
Line: MTST -13.5
FPI picks: New Mexico 68.2%
SMU at Nevada
Sat., Aug. 24 | 8 p.m. | CBSSN
Line: SMU -25
FPI picks: SMU 86.4%
Delaware State at Hawai'i
Sat., Aug. 24 | 12 a.m. | Spectrum PPV
Line: Hawai'i -40.5
FPI picks: Hawai'i 99.0%
College football rankings
First-place votes in parentheses
- Georgia (46)
- Ohio State (15)
- Oregon (1)
- Texas
- Alabama
- Ole Miss
- Notre Dame
- Penn State
- Michigan
- Florida State
- Missouri
- Utah
- LSU
- Clemson
- Tennessee
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State
- Kansas State
- Miami
- Texas A&M
- Arizona
- Kansas
- USC
- NC State
- Iowa
More from College Football HQ On SI
College football picks, predictions against the spread for Week 0 games
Florida State vs. Georgia Tech score prediction by expert football model
Expert model predicts SMU vs. Nevada football score
AP top 25 college football rankings for Week 1
ESPN reveals Week 1 college football top 25 rankings
Predicting college football's 10 most dominant teams in 2024
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James Parks is the founder and publisher of College Football HQ. He has covered football for a decade, previously managing several team sites and publishing national content for 247Sports.com for five years. His work has also been published on CBSSports.com. He founded College Football HQ in 2020, and the site joined the Sports Illustrated Fannation Network in 2022 and the On SI network in 2024.