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

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Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze is seen before an NCAA college football game Sept. 16, 2023, in Auburn, Ala. The Auburn Tigers have a new offensive coordinator, new wide receivers and renewed competition at quarterback.

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Chase Kiddy @chaseakiddy Sep 04, 2024, 3:08 PM

College football parlays can pay huge returns if successful.
Just $5 on this 15-leg college football parlay would pay $2,033.

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 2 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.

Utah -650 (vs. Baylor)

This game is a Big 12 favorite vs. a major college football hot seat candidate, so it seems like a relatively safe moneyline with which to start the parlay construction.

Oklahoma State -300 (vs. Arkansas)

I had some lingering questions about Oklahoma State’s offense under Alan Bowman, but I was pretty impressed by the Cowboys’ win over South Dakota State in Week 1.

Memphis -1200 (vs. Troy)

With Florida State struggling to find a win this year, Memphis could be in the driver’s seat for the College Football Playoff. They’re not losing to a new Troy regime at home.

Northern Illinois +28.5 (at Notre Dame)

On a light week with a ton of FCS games that aren’t on the board yet, you could do worse than taking the barrel of points with an NIU team that brings 16 starters back.

Notre Dame, now heavily favored after a big win in College Station, will be running a lot of ball control, so possessions could be limited here for both teams. NIU has covered five straight road openers, and the Irish are 1-3 ATS against their last four non-P4 home opponents. They’re also 2-3-1 ATS against the MAC since 2010.

Auburn -550 (vs. California)

This game was closer than it needed to be last year. I’m reasonably confident that another year of Hugh Freeze – along with a home environment – should make this less of a sweat.

North Carolina -2000 (vs. Charlotte)

Charlotte’s defensive front actually played quite well against JMU, but it’s clear the 49ers aren’t quite the sum of their individual transfer talent.

Toledo -1600 (vs. UMass)

Jason Candle continues to keep Toledo humming.

Temple at Navy: Over 42.5

This is a total hidden gem. Navy and Temple both code as low-scoring teams with slow or ineffective offenses, which suppresses the total in many of their contests. Because of that, the over has hit in four straight games. At 42.5, this appears to play right to trend.

UTSA +1.5 (at Texas State)

Pretty interesting to see CFP darling Texas State priced as only a 1-point favorite against UTSA. I’ll take the road dog on an odd line.

Ole Miss -41.5 (vs. Middle Tennessee)

Middle Tennessee needed a touchdown in the final seconds of Week 1 to get by FCS Tennessee Tech, which means Ole Miss is probably going to win by many, many touchdowns on Saturday.

Air Force -250 (vs. San Jose State)

I didn’t think Air Force looked great in a Week 1 outing against Merrimack, but the Falcons are breaking in a lot of new pieces with only six returning starters.

It’s maybe the riskiest pick of the entire parlay, relative to the individual NCAAF odds values, but I’ll hold count on Troy Calhoun’s boys to get the job done.

Nevada -105 (vs. Georgia Southern)

I’ve been impressed by the job Jeff Choate has done so far in Reno, and I think Georgia Southern is getting a little too much credit for last week’s closer-than-expected game against Boise State. I would make this game closer to Nevada -3.

Tulsa +7.5 (at Arkansas State)

Why should Arkansas State lay a full seven points of advantage (plus the hook) when the Red Wolves deserved to lose to FCS Central Arkansas last weekend, if not for a botched call in the final five seconds of the game?

In case that’s not enough, Tulsa is 4-1-1 ATS in its last six road openers. Dating back to 2015, Tulsa is 26-10-2 ATS as an away dog.

Tennessee -300 (vs. NC State, in Charlotte)

I’m actually surprised this moneyline is only -300. Seems a little soft for Tennessee.

Old Dominion +120 (vs. East Carolina)

I don’t agree with the line movement here, which I wrote about in my college football odds report for this week. ODU is not getting the credit it deserves for playing a tight game with South Carolina. If they’d scheduled an FCS game for Week 1, the Monarchs could be 1-0, just like ECU, and play as a 3-point favorite instead of a 2.5-point dog.

Oregon -1100 (vs. Boise State)

While neither team probably played its best game on Saturday, I am expecting Oregon’s roster talent to win out here – even if the -1100 is probably a little overpriced.