The No. 4 Texas Longhorns have national title aspirations in 2024, and aim to get their season started off on the right foot when they host the Colorado State Rams on Saturday at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin. The Longhorns are coming off a 12-2 overall record and Big 12 championship in 2023. Texas made its first trip to the College Football Playoff last year, but will be embarking on a new era after moving to the SEC for the 2024 season. The Longhorns have been hit hard by injuries at the running back position, but do return a Heisman Trophy contender in quarterback Quinn Ewers. Colorado State is looking to end a six-year postseason drought, and enters year three of the Jay Norvell era with high expectations. The Rams return a dynamic quarterback-wide receiver pairing in QB Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi and WR Tory Horton. 

The Longhorns are 34.5-point favorites in the latest Texas vs. Colorado State odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 60.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page). 

Before you make any Colorado State vs. Texas picks or any other college football predictions, you NEED to see which side proven SportsLine expert Jimmie Kaylor is on. 

Kaylor is a NFL, college football and DFS expert for SportsLine, who has covered the NFL and college football for close to a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. His background as a former college football All-American and NFL player gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and locking in his betting picks. He has his finger on the pulse of the college football landscape and has been cashing in big for the last two years. 

Kaylor destroyed the books in college football in 2023, netting a whopping 57.9 units while posting a 107-45-2 record. Anyone who followed his picks finished the season WAY UP!

Now, Kaylor has locked in a confident against-the-spread pick for Colorado State vs. Texas in their Week 1 matchup. We can tell you he's leaning Over on the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

Who wins Texas vs. Colorado State in their Week 1 matchup in Austin, and what critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the spread to jump on, all from the expert who went 107-45-2, returning $5,790 for $100 bettors, betting on college football in 2023, and find out!

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