College Football Parlay Picks: Building the 2KParlay For Week 13

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Michigan players run onto the field before an NCAA college football game against Southern California in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.

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Chase Kiddy @chaseakiddy Nov 20, 2024, 2:44 PM

College football parlays can pay huge returns if successful.
Just $5 on this 16-leg college football parlay would pay $2,179.

Everyone loves a good college football parlay. They’re obviously a lot of fun, and successful parlay bets can pay a lot of money.

For about eight years now, I’ve had my own special relationship with college football parlays.

I build a parlay with an incredible potential return during the week – just for fun. Then, I share it with you guys a little closer to the weekend. It’s called the 2KParlay.

College Football Parlay: Building the 2KParlay

Every week during college football season, I build a $5 parlay with odds of at least +40000.

The price means the payout is at least $2,000 – hence, the 2KParlay.

Before you join me on this ticket, here’s something to keep in mind: I don’t look at this as an actual handicap.

Obviously, winning the two grand would be great, but this is more of an exercise in seeing how far the ticket can go before it folds. I’m not banking my future retirement on this. Instead, I track how far the ticket goes into Saturday while I’m monitoring my other bets.

Some people buy a $5 coffee at Starbucks every morning; I buy this ticket every week. As I said, it’s more of a game I play with myself than a true handicap.

That said, I have connected on multiple 2KParlay tickets in the past. So despite its less serious nature, it has ultimately been a profitable little exercise for me.

Here’s every leg of the parlay for Week 13 of the 2024 college football betting season. You can tail the whole thing and play the same game I do; alternatively, you can use this as a reference point for individual college football parlay picks.

Georgia Tech -350 (vs. NC State)

NC State has underachieved this season despite somehow only playing two true road games.

Indiana at Ohio State: Under 51.5

I covered this game more in my Indiana vs. Ohio State betting preview. Six of the last seven games in this series have gone over, but Ohio State isn’t going to have the 50-point outburst it’s routinely had against the Hoosiers.

SMU -350 (at Virginia)

I don’t think UVA has the horses to keep up with first-place SMU – especially not with the ACC championship game on the line.

Ole Miss at Florida: Under 55.5

Contrary to Lane Kiffin’s offensive branding, Ole Miss has quietly been one of the best under teams in college football this year.

Western Kentucky -105 (at Liberty)

I’m struggling to understand why Western Kentucky isn’t a clear favorite at Liberty.

Texas -1600 (vs. Kentucky)

I think Texas actually looks pretty vulnerable right now, but Kentucky is unlikely to be the ship that sinks the Longhorns.

Kansas +115 (vs. Colorado)

If you’re not paying attention to the Big 12, you might not know that Kansas has come on late and is playing like the best team in the conference right now. But since I am paying attention…

Arizona State -160 (vs. BYU)

Arizona State is motivated and can reach the conference championship with another big win this weekend. The fact that this opened at ASU -3.5, rather than -3 or -2.5, is pretty telling.

Michigan -450 (vs. Northwestern)

The flawed Wolverines should still win at home against lowly Northwestern.

North Texas -150 (vs. East Carolina)

This is about as good a sell-high point as you’ll find for East Carolina, which has cruised in easier games against Tulsa, FAU, and Temple after firing Mike Houston.

South Florida -800 (vs. Tulsa)

After Tulsa got blown out by a bad UAB team, I’d put their opponents’ moneyline in nearly any parlay.

Washington State -450 (at Oregon State)

Go look up Jake Dickert’s speech from earlier this week about not automatically liking Oregon State just because they were abandoned together by the rest of the Pac-12. It’s pretty great.

Texas State -20.5 (vs. Georgia State)

Texas State has probably underachieved some futures expectations this year, but the offense hasn’t had much trouble winning and covering against the bottom of the Sun Belt. Georgia State certainly qualifies.

Alabama -600 (at Oklahoma)

Oklahoma is missing a functional quarterback and looks pretty lost right now.

Iowa -250 (at Maryland)

This line movement has been heavy this week. Maryland has dropped five of its last six games, and the market appears to think Iowa will deliver another defeat before next week’s finale at Penn State.

With bowl eligibility now mostly off the table, it is fair to wonder how motivated the Terps will be.

Notre Dame -700 (vs. Army)

Army is a great story this year, but I’m struggling to envision a win for the Black Knights against a surging Notre Dame team with an offense clicking on all cylinders right now.