Week 0 College Football BEST BETS and Predictions!

The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast

CBS Sports

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🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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SportsLine college football expert Tom Casale deep dives into all the big matchups in college football for Week 0, giving his Best Bets, tips, and favorite matchups! 🎙ABOUT THE SHOW Get your daily bets here FIRST! The No. 1 sports betting show and podcast—powered by SportsLine + CBS Sports—delivers the day's best bets in a fast-paced, fun environment, first thing in the morning. Starting at 10 a.m. ET every weekday, The Early Edge goes live on YouTube, breaking down the day’s action across the NFL, college football, NBA, MLB, NHL, college basketball, soccer, and more! The Early Edge is here to talk sports betting for everyone—from first-time bettors to sharps, and everyone in between. From point spreads to totals, player props to parlays, and so much more, we're here to win. Together. 🎧 LISTEN • Stream and follow & leave a 5⭐️ rating on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3URc49a • Download and follow & leave a 5⭐️ rating on Apple: https://apple.co/4hLfVhP • Other CBS Sports podcasts: https://cbssports.com/podcast 🎥 WATCH • Subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsLine • Watch CBS Sports HQ: https://cbssports.com/live • Watch CBS Sports Network on your TV or the CBS Sports App with your cable provider 📱FOLLOW • Twitter: https://twitter.com/SportsLine • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsline • TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@sportsline 📖 READ • More betting news: https://www.sportsline.com/ 🛍️MERCH • Shop our merch: https://www.paramountshop.com/collections/the-early-edge 💵BETTING Head to https://www.sportsline.com to find best bets, picks and props. Any league. Any game. Any time. Both from the sharpest sports bettors in the business as well as the SportsLine Advanced Model, where we simulate each game 10,000 times and provide projected scores, graded bets, plus player prop projections. If you like it, use promo code EARLY to get your first 30 days FREE! #SportsBetting #collegefootball #cfbpicks #week0 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We're back on the early edge on CBS Sports Network and Tom, we are just days away, five days away from college football week zero, which by the way means we're 17 days away from NFL regular season kickoff.
0:12.5	So Tom, it is our time right now.
0:15.4	Let me just ask you right off the bat.
0:18.1	Before I get to a macro question, what are some players you're looking
0:21.1	forward to seeing in college football week zero? Yeah, you know, I'm going to go to Kansas
0:27.4	and quarterback Jalen Daniels. He's entering his senior season. Last year, he was inconsistent
0:33.0	coming off an injury. I'll talk about Kansas a little more here in a minute, but I think they're
0:37.1	an interesting team in the Big 12th, still have Lance Leopold, his head coach, offense should be good.
0:42.7	So I'm interested in seeing him against Fresno State. And how about Maverick McIver? Listen,
0:47.7	some guys are just named to play quarterback. Jackson Dart, Maverick McIver. Like if you have a kid
0:52.9	named Maver he playing quarterback.
0:55.5	He comes to Western Kentucky with his offensive coordinator, Rick Bowie from Abilene Christian,
1:01.4	where McIver threw for almost 4,000 yards and 30 touchdowns last year.
1:05.5	He's getting a Sam Houston team who had a good year last year, but just completely retooling their defense. All 11 starters
1:12.1	are gone. You know, the Western Kentucky team total just came out this morning of 35 and a half.
1:17.3	That's a number I'm looking at. I think we're going to see a big debut for Maverick McIver.
1:22.3	Very, very interesting. All right. Well, let's talk about, you know, one thing at the early
1:26.5	edge in sports line,
1:33.4	we do like to mention often is responsible betting. I know we've got week zero coming up and there's a handful of games, but how would you recommend people approach this first set of games?
1:40.1	Yeah, you know, I look at week zero kind of like the NFL preseason. Like, yeah, okay, football's here.
1:45.1	We can bet on it.
1:45.8	Now, if there's something you like in the preseason, bet it.
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