FanDuel releases ‘mythical matchup’ odds for college football Week 1

The college football season is here. With that FanDuel has released new mythical matchup odds for Week 1 of the season.

A mythical matchup is, essentially, a bet that someone can make where they take two teams or players not playing that week and compare them with one another, using the points scored in their games. FanDuel treats them like a regular game in these odds, giving them point spreads and over/unders in the process.

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Here’s a look at the mythical matchup odds FanDuel put out for Week 1:

North Carolina -21.5 vs. NC State, 72.5 point total
Colorado +12.5 vs. Utah, 79.5 point total
Texas +3.5 vs. Oklahoma, 97.5 point total
Iowa +8.5 vs. Iowa State, 71.5 point total
Kentucky +6.5 vs. Louisville, 84.5 point total
Ohio State -21.5 vs. Michigan, 88.5 point total
Florida State -7.5 vs. Florida, 59.5 point total
Alabama -10.5 vs. LSU, 80.5 point total
Notre Dame +7.5 vs. USC, 52.5 point total
Oregon -13.5 vs. Washington, 93.5 point total

Using Colorado as an example, if someone were to bet the Buffaloes to cover the 12.5 points against Utah in these mythical matchups, they’d be looking for Colorado to score at least 13 points more against North Dakota State than Utah does against Southern Utah a little later in the night.

Notably, FanDuel chose to make all of the mythical matchups between rivals for Week 1 of the college football season. That certainly adds to the excitement of making one of these bets for fans.

While not matched up by FanDuel, North Carolina and NC State are the first two teams in the mythical matchups that will get underway in Week 1. North Carolina will travel to Minnesota on Thursday night, while NC State hosts Western Carolina.

Meanwhile, Colorado hosts FCS powerhouse North Dakota State later in the evening. Utah also will host Southern Utah on Thursday. That means that the first mythical matchups to conclude will be NC State-North Carolina and Colorado-Utah.

Week 1 of the college football season begins on Thursday, August 29th. From there, college football games will be played every day through Monday, September 2nd. Games that involve teams in FanDuel’s mythical matchups will be played every day during that stretch.