Alabama no longer the favorite to win CFP national title

There’s a caller favourite astatine Las Vegas sportsbooks to triumph the College Football Playoff nationalist title game.

After Alabama suffered its archetypal nonaccomplishment successful 2 years Saturday astatine Texas A&M — which won 41-38 connected a last-second tract extremity arsenic a 19-point underdog and +720 connected the wealth enactment — Georgia supplanted the Crimson Tide arsenic the apical prime to triumph the nationalist title.

The Bulldogs (6-0) are even-money favorites astatine Circa Sports to triumph their archetypal nationalist rubric since 1980. Alabama (5-1) is the +394 2nd choice.

Georgia, which has outscored its opponents 239-33, is the +130 favourite astatine BetMGM, +115 astatine Caesars Sportsbook and -110 astatine the Westgate SuperBook, South Point and Station Casinos.

“Alabama’s been the favourite from time one, and it’s inactive conscionable 1 loss. If they tally the table, they’re inactive going to beryllium successful the championship,” MGM Resorts manager of trading Jeff Stoneback said. “I inactive deliberation they’re a amended squad than Georgia, too.”

Georgia already had surpassed Alabama arsenic the favourite to triumph it each astatine Circa connected Oct. 4 aft the Crimson Tide whipped Mississippi 42-21 and the Bulldogs blanked Arkansas, 37-0.

“We person them a mates points amended successful our ratings. I similar defence to offense,” Circa sportsbook manager Matthew Metcalf said astatine the time.

The SuperBook had Alabama 2 points amended than Georgia successful their powerfulness ratings heading into Saturday’s games but present has the Bulldogs 3 points amended than the Crimson Tide.

“Georgia has to beryllium the favourite now,” Red Rock Resort sportsbook manager Chuck Esposito said. “If those 2 teams play successful the SEC title crippled and Alabama loses, it would beryllium retired with 2 losses. If Georgia runs the array and loses that game, it volition inactive beryllium in.

“For that reason, Georgia has to beryllium the favorite.”

Ohio State is the 8-1 3rd prime astatine the SuperBook. Oklahoma is the 16-1 4th prime astatine Circa, followed by Cincinnati, Iowa and Michigan astatine 26-1.

“Cincinnati is inactive live, and you tin marque a lawsuit for a fig of different teams to sneak successful there,” Esposito said. “It volition beryllium absorbing to spot who that 3rd and 4th squad successful the College Football Playoff volition beryllium this year.”

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