College Football Playoffs Odds

The final College Football Playoff ranking were announced after championship weekend. We did see some changes after Georgia's win over Texas in the SEC Championship game. And Clemson defeated SMU to make the playoff and with the ACC. The Mustangs performance got them into the playoff over Miami and Alabama. Lets take a look at the entire field below. https://x.com/espn/status/1865812134849827157 The biggest surprise is Arizona State getting a bye in the first round. The Sun Devils went 3-9 last season and destroyed Iowa State in the BIg 12 championship game. Boise State took care of business over UNLV while Oregon held off Penn State who still made the college playoff. These teams will await their next opponent as we see a this bracket style format for the first time. Lets take a look at some of the betting for the first round. Friday, December 20, 2024 Indiana (7) at Notre Dame (10Indiana                            +8 Notre Dame                     -8 Over/Under                     50 Saturday, December 21, 2024 SMU (11) at Penn State (6) SMU                                 +8½ Penn State                      -8½ Over/Under                      53 Clemson (12) at Texas (5) Clemson                          +11 Texas                               -11 Over/Under                     51½ Tennessee (9) at Ohio State (8) Tennessee                      +7 Ohio State                       -7 Over/Under                     47 The most pressure this playoff will be on two coaches in the Big 10. Ryan Day of Ohio State who will take on a tough Tennessee team as seven point favorites. And James Franklin of Penn State, who has yet to win a big game as a head coach. They take on an SMU team in an ACC vs Big 10 Matchup. It should be a great bowl season topped off with the college football playoff, the appetizer before the NFL Playoffs.