South Carolina Football Predictions for 2024: South Carolina Gamecocks Football Total Wins Picks, Best Bets & Games To Watch

Expert college football handicapper Ron Marmalefsky looks at South Carolina college football and its chances in 2024. Ron provides expert picks for betting on the Gamecocks in 2024.

Ron also offers total win predictions for South Carolina in 2024 (a great betting NCAAF betting future), areas to watch, favorability of schedule, and offers best bets tips on the South Carolina Gamecocks.

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South Carolina College Football 2024 Preview: What’s the Situation?

Shane Beamer pulled many an upset in ‘’21 and ’22, but pulled not a one upset last year.  They finished 5-7, losing once as a small favorite.  Like Kentucky, we’re starting to see a ceiling for what the Gamecocks can accomplish. 

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The offense will look different in ’24.  Either a redshirt freshman (4 pass attempts) or a wholly inaccurate two-time transfer QB will start. 

The run game was absent in ’23, at 3.25-97.  Former Arkansas RB Sanders comes over, and he was electric in ’22, but mostly injured last year (209-3.4).  Transfers will fill three spots at WR (2) and TE.  The OL is a bit better, but they allowed 41 sacks a year ago so they need to improve.  I think this defense will look a bit better than the ’23 version. 

They need a pass rusher, and that means I’ll be checking how incoming freshmen Dylan Stewart fares. 

Two more notes. 

1st, not only do they lose a good PK and return specialist, but also lose one of the NCAA’s top coordinators.  His replacement is a household name from the NFL, so maybe this works out?  2nd, the Gamecocks went 4-4 in the SEC, but with a 208-256 point ratio (and an experienced QB).  They have some ground to make up.  

South Carolina Football 2024 Predicted Total Wins Prediction

5-7.  The Gamecocks are 15-6 SU at home under Beamer, and a solid 8-4 in SEC home games. 

That gives them a fighting chance at 6-6, but I think the talent is down at QB, and even with improvement, many positional areas grade out as average.  Beamer needs to pull off a couple of upsets this time around.  
 

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2024 South Carolina Football Schedule and Games to Watch

This team plays SEC games right away, as they travel to Kentucky week two and host LSU week three.  History, plus team talent shows this at 1-1 at best. 

Perhaps they catch a schedule break when they host Mississippi 10/5.  I don’t expect road wins at Alabama or Oklahoma, so the game hosting Texas A&M on 11/2 becomes quite meaningful.  This one, like the Mississippi game, has South Carolina with a rest advantage. 

Can they be 4-4 now?  Yes, if they split these two home games, and split games at Kentucky and home to LSU.  If so, they return to a bowl with a win either at Vanderbilt (excellent history) or home to Missouri (not a good history).   

South Carolina Gamecocks 2024 Football Expert HANDICAPPING TIP

I’ll trust them 11/2 vs. Texas A&M if the Gamecocks are either off a win at Oklahoma, or are the rush pick.  That’s it for now, but I have notes everywhere, including the Wofford game.

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