Orange Bowl Odds: Oklahoma vs. Alabama Betting Preview, Pick

Alabama is 10-4 straight up and 8-5-1 against the spread in bowls and national championship games under coach Nick Saban. The Crimson Tide are 16- 5 SU and 11-9-0 ATS in the postseason for Saban in that period. Alabama will play Oklahoma in Orange Bowl in suburban Miami.

The Crimson Tide are 14.5-point favorites to beat Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl.

College football betting pick, via OddsShark computer: 53.3-36.4 Crimson Tide.

Oklahoma Sooners are playing in the CFP for the third time in four seasons. They started the season 5-0 and won the Red River Shootout. Then they lost the game to Texas, but won their last six games to finish 8-1 in Big 12 play. In the Big12 championship game, they beat Texas 39-27.

The Crimson Tide won their first three games by an average score of 57-9, beat Texas A&M by three touchdowns, toppled Missouri by four, and finished 8-0 in SEC play. Alabama won the SEC championship game against Georgia. The Crimson Crimson were favored by at least three scores 11 times this season.

Alabama and Georgia are ranked No. 1 and No 2 in scoring this season. Alabama has a huge advantage on defense. Backup quarterback Jalen Hurts led the comeback in the SEC championship game victory.

Alabama is 53-0 SU in its last 53 games as a double-digit favorite. Alabama is 5-2 ATS in the last seven games. The total has gone over in six of Alabama's last eight games in December.