The 2024-25 college football season is one of expansion and change, something North Carolina sports betting customers can look forward to.
The ACC is bigger, having added SMU, California and Stanford. There are now 17 football programs in the league, with North Carolina State, North Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest welcoming new league foes. And the College Football Playoff has expanded to 12 teams, giving hope to dozens of programs.
College football season is almost here. In anticipation of North Carolina college football, BetCarolina.com used Google Trends to see which North Carolina metro area is most excited for “college football,” based on search interest scores from July 23 to July 30, 2024. Operators offering the best NC sportsbook promo codes have a wide variety of wagers available.
North Carolina College Football Excitement
Rank | Metro Area | Score |
1 | Asheville | 100 |
2 | Charlotte | 92 |
3 | Winston-Salem | 81 |
4 | Greenville | 80 |
5 | Raleigh-Durham | 76 |
Which Cities Anticipate Football Season?
North Carolina is known as basketball country and with good reason. But football is also very popular and our research shows that enthusiasm for the coming season is widespread throughout the state. Check out North Carolina Tar Heels odds all season.
Asheville showed up highest on our list with a search interest score of 100. The far west part of the state not only follows ACC football, but its proximity to SEC powerhouses gives football season a different flavor in the town.
Charlotte is second with 92 points – alumni of ACC schools congregate here, and Charlotte is one of two state schools (along with East Carolina) in the American Athletic Conference. BetMGM North Carolina Sportsbook has the Pirates at 6.5 over/under wins; the 49ers are at 3.5 over/under. Greenville, the home of ECU, if fourth on our list of North Carolina cities most excited about football season.
Winston-Salem, the home of Wake Forest, is third on our list. The Demon Deacons were 4-8 last season, snapping a school-record string of seven consecutive seasons with a bowl appearance. For 2024, BetMGM has Wake Forest at 5 for the over/under wins prop.
Raleigh-Durham is fifth on our list. The home of some legendary college basketball rivalries has an intriguing football season in store. Caesars NC Sportsbook gives North Carolina State the best odds of any state school at winning the ACC – the operator has the Wolfpack at +625 odds, sixth in the league. Defending league champion Florida State (+290 odds) and Clemson (+310) are the favorites.
Caesars has UNC at +1800 to win the league, Duke at +11000 and Wake Forest at +15000.
Follow BetCarolina.com all season for Duke college football futures and much more coverage.
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