Bet the Frogs: TCU Football opens as an underdog in Week One at North Carolina

Look-ahead odds have been released for major 2025 college football games

Looking for a long-term investment in TCU Football for 2025? Just after Ohio State defeated Notre Dame to complete its National Championship run, attention turned to the 2025 season as sportsbooks began releasing odds for Week One games for the next season. The Horned Frogs will be featured in one of the marquee matchups of opening weekend, taking on the North Carolina Tar Heels and new head coach Bill Belichick in Chapel Hill on a primetime Monday Night Football showcase on Labor Day night on ESPN. Oddsmakers project the Tar Heels as slight home favorites in the legendary coach’s collegiate debut, setting the opening line with UNC favored by 2.5 points.

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North Carolina completed a 6-7 season in 2024, ending Mack Brown’s latest tenure leading the Tar Heels with a loss to UConn in the Fenway Bowl. UNC made a headline grabbing hire to fill the head coaching role, bringing in six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick. Despite bringing five decades of pro coaching experience and all that NFL hardware to the table, Belichick has never coached at the collegiate level. With stars like running back Omarion Hampton and tight end Bryson Nesbit headed to the NFL, UNC will be looking to rebuild its roster in a hurry under its new coach.

TCU closed the 2024 campaign with a demolition of the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns in the New Mexico Bowl to finish the year with a 9-4 record, falling short of expectations in a wide open Big 12. The Horned Frogs return Josh Hoover behind center to lead the offense after throwing for 3,949 yards and 27 touchdowns last season. TCU is familiar with the spotlight of a famous coach making his debut after suffering an embarrassing home loss to Colorado in Deion Sanders’ FBS debut to open the 2023 season. Another year removed from its magical 2022 run to the National Championship game, the Horned Frogs will look to get its 2025 started on the right foot with an upset victory in Chapel Hill.