Cal v. Pitt College Football Betting Odds and Lines 2024

Golden Bears are slight underdogs on the road against a top-25 team

The California Golden Bears (3-2, 0-2 ACC) are on the road this weekend to face the No. 22 Pittsburgh Panthers (5-0, 1-0 ACC), its second straight match-up against a nationally ranked team.

Pitt, one of only two undefeated teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference, is only a slight favorite at home, which could be good news for Cal fans reeling from last weekend's close loss at home.

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Cal v. Pitt college football betting odds and lines: Who is favored to win?

The Cal v. Pitt college football betting odds opened between California +2.5 and California +3, according to sports-betting data reviewed by Write for California Tuesday morning.

Vegas Insider, a website that collects U.S. sportsbooks' odds and betting lines, reports most sportsbooks took bets on Cal v. Pitt at California +2.5 this past Sunday. The Circa Sportsbook in Las Vegas posted an opening line of California +3 the same day, according to a post on its X profile.

As of Tuesday morning, the latest college football betting odds for Cal v. Pitt are between California +3 and California +4.5, per data reviewed by Write for California. The California +3 line implies California is about a three-point underdog to the No. 22 Pittsburgh Panthers on Saturday, Oct. 12. Some sportsbooks' odds imply Cal may be underdogs by as many as four to five points at the California +4.5 line.

U.S. sportsbooks have totals for "over-or-under" combined score bets between 59 and 59.5 points, according to odds viewed by Write for California Tuesday morning.

The California +3 line and the over-or-under-total of 59.5 points suggest that the Cal v. Pitt score will be about 31-28 in Pitt's favor.

"Moneyline" bets, which pay out based on the game's result regardless of the margin of victory or points "spread," are between California +135 and California +140 or Pitt -156 to Pitt -175 as of Tuesday morning, per lines and odds reviewed by Write for California.

The moneyline for Cal v. Pitt opened early this week at about California +136 and Pitt -162, according to Vegas Insider.

A moneyline bet at the most Cal's most favorable odds of California +140 pays a $140 profit on a $100 bet if Cal beats Pitt. In contrast, a moneyline bet on Pitt at their most favorable odds of Pitt -156 requires a $156 bet to win $100 on a Pittsburgh Panthers victory.

Cal v. Pitt college football: What you should know

The California Golden Bears and Pittsburgh Panthers started the 2024 college football seasons on seemingly similar trajectories. Both teams were picked to finish in the league's bottom half in the Atlantic Coast Conference preseason poll of media voters but have started the season strong.

Pitt has a perfect 5-0 record and is coming off a 34-24 away win at North Carolina last weekend. The Panthers last had a 5-0 start in 1991 and are only one of two currently undefeated teams in the ACC.

Cal dropped to 3-2 and is currently winless in ACC league games after losing a close 38-39 match-up at home this past weekend against the top-10 Miami Hurricanes, the other undefeated ACC team.

The California Golden Bears are 3-2 against the spread through six weeks of the 2024 college football season, while the Pittsburgh Panthers are 5-0.

Cal has had one "over" game, its close loss to Miami last week, while the remaining four games have resulted in wins for "under" bettors on the total score. Pitt is 3-2 on total score bets: three "over" games and two "under."

According to bets tracked by Vegas Insider, 89% of all bets on the point spread and 83% of all dollars bet have been on Pitt through Tuesday morning. The website also shows that 54% of all bets and 59% of the money bet on total score bets have been on the "under."

Cal and Pitt have faced each other five times since 1955. Cal is 2-3 in the series. The last game between the Golden Bears and Panthers was on Oct. 1, 1966, in Berkeley, Calif., which Cal won 30-15.

Pitt is 2-0 at home against Cal.