BetAnySports College Bowl Season Betting For Dec. 31, 2018
The matchup for this season’s College Football Playoff Championship has already been set with the No. 2 Clemson Tigers taking on the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide on Monday, Jan. 7. The early betting line at BetAnySports has the SEC’s Tide favored by six points against the ACC’s Tigers. The total line for this 8 p.m. kickoff on ESPN from Levi’s Stadium has been set at 59.5 points.
Leading up to the national title game is a full day of betting action this Tuesday with five New Year’s Day bowl games. Getting things started in this season’s Outback Bowl is a SEC/Big 10 clash between the No. 18 Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Iowa Hawkeyes at 12 p.m. on ESPN2. The Bulldogs are favored by seven points with the total set at 41 points. The betting consensus in this matchup leans slightly in Mississippi State’s favor.
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The most interesting New Year’s Day matchup pits the No. 11 LSU Tigers, as another top team out of the SEC against the undefeated No. 8 Central Florida Knights, out of the AAC. The Knights went a perfect 13-0 straight-up last season after beating Auburn on New Year’s Day. They come into this game at 12-0 and set as seven-point underdogs. BetAnySports’ betting line for the total is 57.5 points. Game time for this season’s Fiesta Bowl in Arizona is 1 p.m. on ESPN.
The annual Rose Bowl in Pasadena featuring the conference champions from the Pac-12 and the Big Ten is set for 5 p.m. on ESPN. The No. 9 Washington Huskies come in as 6.5-point underdogs against the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes with the total line set at 57.5 points. The total has gone OVER in four of the Buckeyes’ last six games. They scored 45 points or more in each of their last three contests.
The first day of the year closes things out at 8:45 p.m. on ESPN with the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The Big 12’s Texas Longhorns are listed as 13-point underdogs against the SEC’s Georgia Bulldogs and the total line at BetAnySports is set at 58. The Longhorns went 9-4 SU this season with a 5-7-1 record ATS. This includes a 2-4-1 record ATS over their last seven games. Georgia is 11-2 SU (8-5 ATS) with a 5-1 record ATS in it last six games.
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The NFL playoffs get underway this weekend with 12 teams taking aim for conference championship and a spot in Super Bowl LIII on Feb. 3 in Atlanta. The top two teams in each conference have a bye for the opening Wild Card Round leaving the other eight teams left to battle it out for a spot in the upcoming Divisional Round.
In the first of two Saturday games, the 10-6 Indianapolis Colts will be on the road as slight 1.5-point underdogs against the 11-5 Houston Texans. The total for this 4:35 p.m. start on ESPN has been set at 47.5. The road team won each of the first two meetings this season in the AFC South tilt both straight-up and against the spread. The Colts have a SU 5-1 edge in their last six road games against Houston.
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Later Saturday night in an 8:15 p.m. start on FOX, the 10-6 Seattle Seahawks go on the road to face the 10-6 Dallas Cowboys. The Seahawks beat Dallas 24-13 in Week 3 as one-point home favorites and they have been opened as 1.5-point road underdogs for the rematch. The total at BetAnySports is set at 43.5 points. Seattle has covered in four of its last six games against the Cowboys.
Sunday’s playoff action kicks things off with a rematch in the AFC between the 12-4 Los Angeles Chargers and the 10-6 Baltimore Ravens in a 1:05 pm. start on CBS. Two weeks ago out on the West Coast, Los Angeles came up well short as a four-point home favorite in a 22-10 loss to the Ravens. This time around, Baltimore is set as a 2.5-point favorite at home. The total stayed UNDER 42.5 points in that first game and it has been set at 41.5 points for Sunday. The Ravens have a 7-3 SU edge in the last 10 meetings.
In the final matchup of the Wild Card Round, the 9-7 Philadelphia Eagles will be on the road as 5.5-point underdogs against the 12-4 Chicago Bears. Game time on NBC is set for 4:40 p.m. and the total at BetAnySports has been set at 41 points. The Eagles are 4-4 ATS this season on the road and the Bears are 7-1 ATS at home. Philadelphia does have a SU 6-2 edge in its last eight road games against Chicago.
