Each season it appears as if we get one sportsbook releasing faculty soccer traces for important video games — “video games of the yr” as they’re typically recognized within the sports activities betting business — earlier and earlier.
This yr, we haven’t even made it out of January and already FanDuel Sportsbook has posted odds on 12 video games, together with necessary matchups like Georgia-Alabama, Michigan-Ohio State and Ohio State-Oregon.
Georgia is a 3-point favourite at Alabama on FanDuel, which is important as a result of Alabama has been favored in 110 consecutive dwelling video games, and clearly simply misplaced Nick Saban to retirement. What number of different gamers at Bama will enter the switch portal?
The Michigan-Ohio State rivalry recreation takes on slightly totally different that means within the new Huge Ten, and FanDuel has Ohio State listed as a 6-point favourite. The Buckeyes will probably have a brand new beginning quarterback in Will Howard, whereas Michigan will lose many gamers and probably head coach Jim Harbaugh as properly from this yr’s nationwide championship group.
Listed here are a number of different fascinating traces:
North Dakota State at Colorado (-7.5)
Clemson at Georgia (-12.5)
Texas (-1.5) at Michigan
Ohio State at Oregon (-1.5)
Alabama at LSU (-1.5)
Really feel like the percentages are off for a matchup? There are months till the video games are performed, however it’s by no means too early to get a place down.
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