Alabama-Ohio State betting line set for CFP national championship game

Not much more can be said to sell Monday's Rose Bowl Game other than the facts. It's a College Football Playoff semifinal between No. 1 Michigan and No. 4 Alabama. It's the winningest program in college football history against the most dominant program of the modern era. Oh, and it's being played in one of the most iconic stadiums in college…

Sportsbooks have installed Michigan as a slight favorite over Alabama in their College Football Playoff semifinal on New Year's Day at the Rose Bowl. The Wolverines opened as 2-point favorites over the Crimson Tide on Sunday at ESPN BET. Michigan also was installed as the national championship favorite, at+175, followed closely by Alabama…

NEW ORLEANS - The Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic will be played in its traditional New Year's Day primetime slot for the next three years. The Sugar Bowl will double as a College Football Playoff Semifinal for the 2023 season (Monday, January 1, 2024), the final year of the current four-team College Football Playoff (CFP). The Sugar Bowl will…

Bowl Scheduled to Host Fourth Semifinal Game on January 1 NEW ORLEANS - The 90th Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic is scheduled to be played on Monday, January 1, 2024 in the Caesars Superdome. The Sugar Bowl will double as a College Football Playoff (CFP) Semifinal for the fourth time since the start of the new college football postseason…

No. 3 TCU is one half away from pulling off the biggest upset in College Football Playoff history with a 21-6 lead over No. 2 Michigan in the 2022 Fiesta Bowl. The Horned Frogs came into the CFP semifinal as 8-point underdogs, according to Caesar's SportsBook, and look to become the first Big 12 to win a CFP game. The biggest upset in CFP history…

The Alabama Crimson Tide face the Kansas State Wildcats in the Sugar Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022 (12/31/22) at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fans can watch the Alabama vs. Kansas State game for free via a trial of fuboTV or DirecTV Stream. The game, which starts at 12 p.m., can be seen on ESPN. Here's what you need to…

ATLANTA -- What does it take to be Number 1? With a berth in the College Football Playoff, Ohio State will have a chance to finish this season No. 1. But it will take two wins in the playoff, beginning with tonight's match-up against defending national champion and No. 1-ranked Georgia in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl national semifinal game here at…

The Alabama Crimson Tide face the Kansas State Wildcats in the Sugar Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022 (12/31/22) at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fans can watch the Alabama vs. Kansas State game for free via a trial of fuboTV or DirecTV Stream. The game, which starts at 12 p.m., can be seen on ESPN. Here's what you need to…

Notre Dame faces South Carolina in the Gator Bowl on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022 (12/30/22) at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Fans can watch the Notre Dame vs. South Carolina game for free via a trial of fuboTV or DirecTV Stream. The game, which starts at 3:30 p.m., can be seen on ESPN. Here's what you need to know: What: NCAA Football, Gator…

It is a big bowl week for SEC football teams with seven games, including Alabama Football in the Sugar Bowl. Add in the bowl games of Jan.2 and the SEC has at least nine more games this season - and 10 if Georgia advances to the National Championship game. So far bowl season has not gone well for the SEC. Oregon State thumped the Florida Gators,…

Oregon faces North Carolina in the Holiday Bowl on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022 (12/28/22) at Petco Park in San Diego, California. Fans can watch the Oregon vs. North Carolina game for free via a trial of fuboTV or DirecTV Stream. The game, which starts at 8 p.m., can be seen on FOX. Here's what you need to know: What: NCAA Football, Holiday…

Oregon faces North Carolina in the Holiday Bowl on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022 (12/28/22) at Petco Park in San Diego, California. Fans can watch the Oregon vs. North Carolina game for free via a trial of fuboTV or DirecTV Stream. The game, which starts at 8 p.m., can be seen on FOX. Here's what you need to know: What: NCAA Football, Holiday…

For only the second time since the College Football Playoff was established, Alabama will not be participating in the 4-team tournament. The Crimson Tide (10-2, 6-2 SEC) came in at No. 5 in the final rankings reveal, which was unveiled on Sunday on the CFP Selection Show. Alabama needed chaos to have a chance to enter the College Football Playoff…

There's a new favorite atop the odds to win the national championship at sportsbooks, and for the first time in nearly two years, it doesn't hail from the SEC. Ohio State moved past Alabama and Georgia this week to become the consensus favorite to win the College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes are+200 at Caesars Sportsbook, followed by the Crimson…

It doesn't take exhaustive research to find a team favored by more points than is Ohio State (-17.5) over Marcus Freeman's fifth-ranked Fighting Irish entering Saturday's contest in Columbus. And unlike the last time such a spread was posed to Notre Dame and its fans, there's no knowing if the opponent is as good as advertised. That previous…

ESPN has announced its preseason Top 25 college football rankings and now we have its first predictions regarding which teams have the best chance to make the CFP and play for the national championship. Alabama predictably led the poll at No. 1, followed by Ohio State, defending national champion Georgia, and ACC favorite Clemson comes in at No. 4…

The four-team College Football Playoff field is set, and it features a couple of first-time competitors. While No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia are repeat participants in the event, No. 2 Michigan and No. 4 Cincinnati will be making their playoff debuts. The Bearcats will take on the Crimson Tide in the Cotton Bowl for one semifinal, while the…

No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Ohio State will go head-to-head on Monday night at Hard Rock Stadium in the College Football Playoff National Championship -- a game which has the potential to be one of the most intriguing matchups we've seen in the title game recent memory. The Crimson Tide ran roughshod through the SEC en route to the conference title,…

Ohio State vs Alabama College Football Playoff National Championship prediction and game preview. Date: Monday, January 11, 2021 Game Time: 8:00 Venue: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL Network: ESPN[jwplayer UXbbEXKf] For latest lines and to bet on the NFL, go to BetMGM - It's Ohio State playing against Alabama. They're two of the mightiest of…

One of the most wild and unpredictable college football campaigns in history is set to end with a rather unsurprising matchup between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Ohio State Buckeyes. These powerhouse programs both ran the table in the regular season and won their respective semifinal bowl game to reach the 2021 College Football Playoff National…

The 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship Game is set to be contested between Alabama and Ohio State. Both programs breezed to victory in their respective CFP semifinal matchups on New Year's Day, where the Crimson Tide unsurprisingly rolled Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl-winning by a score of 31-14 as heavy favorites-and the Buckeyes…

The College Football Playoff national championship is set: Alabama will face off with Ohio State on Jan. 11, and early betting lines already have been released. Hours after the Tide defeated Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl 31-14 and even before Ohio State dispatched Clemson 49-28 in the Sugar Bowl, Nick Saban's team will installed as a 7-point…

The 2021 College Football Playoff begins on New Years Day with a pair of exciting semifinal matchups. The first contest will see No. 1 Alabama clash with No. 4 Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl, although the game will take place at AT&T Stadium in Dallas instead of the traditional site at its namesake venue in Pasadena. This leads into a Sugar Bowl…

The strangest bowl season in history is here and the top four ranked teams in the nation do battle Jan. 1 with a spot in the college football national championship game at stake. Alabama faces Notre Dame and Ohio State battles Clemson. Check out our analysis of each game and prediction. Rose Bowl - Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Alabama Crimson Tide…

Alabama and Clemson are meeting for the fourth straight year in the College Football Playoff, for the third time in the national championship game. The Crimson Tide are 2-1 outright through those first three meetings but the Tigers are 2-1 against the spread, playing as underdogs each game. Who's the smart bet for Monday night's title tilt in Santa…