Cotton Bowl Betting: Michigan State vs. Alabama Odds, Analysis and Pick

Michigan State is playing in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Eve. The game is the second of the two College Football Playoff semifinals. Michigan State has a record of 9-4 straight up and 11-1-0 against the spread in their last 13 games.

Cotton Bowl is taking place on New Year's Day. Alabama is 9.5-point favorite.

Michigan State and Alabama are playing in the Cotton Bowl.

Michigan State started 8-0 this season. They lost at Nebraska, but they beat Ohio State and Penn State. Then they won the Big Ten Championship Game against Iowa. Michigan State is 5-1-2 ATS over its last 7 games. The team has won four of its previous five bowl games as an underdog.

The Crimson Tide were the favorite to win the SEC this season. They won the West and then the conference championship. Alabama is 4-1 ATS over their last 5 games and 3-0 ATCS this year when favored by 10 points or less.

Alabama is the early betting favorite but is also 0-2 in its last two bowls. Michigan State is one dangerous dog, underestimated and gritty.

Alabama is 5-1 SU and ATS in its last six games against the Big Ten. Michigan is 2-7 SU in last nine bowl games.