{"id":16655,"date":"2019-12-08T19:45:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T00:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=16655"},"modified":"2019-12-08T19:45:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T00:45:36","slug":"cfp-odds-betting-trends-winning-pick-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/cfp-odds-betting-trends-winning-pick-info\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP Odds, Betting Trends, Winning Pick Info"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The semifinal game between LSU and Oklahoma features the second-highest spread and over\/under in College Football Playoff history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LSU is currently a 12.5-point favorite against the Sooners, and the game&#8217;s total is 75 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to closing odds from SportsBetting.ag, there has only been one higher spread and one higher total in CFP history. The complete list is below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other CFP semifinal, featuring Ohio State and Clemson, shows the Tigers as 2-point favorites over the Buckeyes with an over\/under of 63.5.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The combined current total of both games is the highest for any two CFP semis in the same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the championship&nbsp;odds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LSU&nbsp;+125<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clemson +225<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohio State +250<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oklahoma +1000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current bowl&nbsp;odds from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/record.commission.bz\/_ejy4onLiLhHT2Fu8bIPGIGNd7ZgqdRLk\/1\/\">SportsBetting<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(semifinal games are in bold\/italics)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>List of CFP Spreads (sorted by biggest spread)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2018\/19 Orange Bowl: Alabama (-14.5) vs. Oklahoma<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2019\/20 Peach Bowl: LSU (-12.5) vs. Oklahoma<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2016\/17 Peach Bowl: Alabama (-12.5) vs. Washington<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2018\/19 Cotton Bowl: Clemson (-10.5) vs. Notre Dame<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2015\/16 Cotton Bowl: Alabama (-10) vs. Michigan State<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2014\/15 Sugar Bowl: Alabama (-7.5) vs. Ohio State<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2014\/15 Rose Bowl: Oregon (-7.5) vs. Florida State<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016\/17 CFP NCG: Alabama (-6.5) vs. Clemson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2015\/16 CFP NCG: Alabama (-6) vs. Clemson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014\/15 CFP NCG: Oregon (-6) vs. Ohio State<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018\/19 CFP NCG: Alabama (-5) vs. Clemson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2017\/18 CFP NCG: Alabama (-3.5) vs. Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2017\/18 Sugar Bowl: Alabama (-3.5) vs. Clemson<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2015\/16 Orange Bowl: Oklahoma (-3.5) vs. Clemson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2017\/18 Rose Bowl: Georgia (-2.5) vs. Oklahoma<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2019\/20 Fiesta Bowl: Clemson (-2) vs. Ohio State<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2016\/17 Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State (-1) vs. Clemson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Favorites are 7-3 straight-up and 6-4 ATS in semifinal history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Favorites are 8-7 straight-up and 6-9 ATS in CFP history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>List of CFP Totals (sorted by highest totals)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2018\/19 Orange Bowl: Alabama vs. Oregon (80.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2019\/20&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong>Peach Bowl: LSU vs. Oklahoma (75)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2014\/15 Rose Bowl: Oregon vs. Florida State (74)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014\/15 CFP NCG: Oregon vs. Ohio State (72.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2019\/20 Fiesta Bowl: Clemson vs. Ohio State (63.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2017\/18 Rose Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Georgia (62.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2015\/16 Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. Oklahoma (61.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2014\/15 Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Ohio State (58)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2018\/19 Cotton Bowl: Clemson vs. Notre Dame (58)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018\/19 CFP NCG: Clemson vs. Alabama (57.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2016\/17 Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State vs. Clemson (56)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016\/17 CFP NCG: Alabama vs. Clemson (51)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016\/17 CFP NCG: Alabama vs. Washington (50.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2015\/16 CFP NCG: Alabama vs. Clemson (50.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2017\/18 Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Clemson (46.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2017\/18 CFP NCG: Alabama vs. Georgia (45.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2015\/16 Cotton Bowl: Alabama vs. Michigan State (45.5)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Overs are 8-7 in CFP history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Overs are 4-6 in CFP semifinal history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>List of CFP Upsets (sorted by biggest upset)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2014\/15 Sugar Bowl: Ohio State (+7.5) over Alabama<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016\/17 CFP NCG: Clemson (+6.5) over Alabama<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014\/15 CFP NCG: Ohio State (+6) vs. Oregon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018\/19 CFP NCG: Clemson (+5) over Alabama<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2015\/16 Orange Bowl: Clemson (+3.5) over Oklahoma<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2016\/17 Fiesta Bowl: Clemson (+1) over Ohio State<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; The CFP has had six teams reach it with undefeated records. Those teams are 4-2 straight-up and 3-3 against the spread (ATS) in semifinals and 3-4 straight-up and 4-3 ATS in the playoff overall. Clemson is the only undefeated team that has gone on to win the National Championship in the CFP era.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All-Time CFP Records<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LSU: 0-0 SU \/ 0-0 ATS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohio State: 2-1 SU \/ 2-1 ATS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clemson: 5-2 SU \/ 6-1 ATS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oklahoma: 0-3 SU \/ 0-3 ATS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Oklahoma is trying to become the first team from the Big 12 to ever win a CFP game. The Big 12 is the only Power Five conference that has yet to win a CFP game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; LSU is 1-0 SU and ATS against Oklahoma, winning the 2004 Sugar Bowl (LSU 21-14, LSU&nbsp;+6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Clemson is 2-0 SU and ATS against Ohio State, winning the 2016 CFP Semifinal (Clemson 31-0, Clemson +1.5) and the 2014 Orange Bowl (Clemson 40-35, Clemson&nbsp;+2.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where to beat those&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/record.commission.bz\/_ejy4onLiLhHT2Fu8bIPGIGNd7ZgqdRLk\/1\/\">SportsBetting<\/a>&nbsp;odds? Joe Duffy of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a>&nbsp;is widely accepted as the greatest handicapper of all-time.&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Get the picks now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The semifinal game between LSU and Oklahoma features the second-highest spread and over\/under in College Football Playoff history.&nbsp; LSU is currently a 12.5-point favorite against the Sooners, and the game&#8217;s total is 75 points. According to closing odds from SportsBetting.ag, there has only been one higher spread and one higher total in CFP history. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/cfp-odds-betting-trends-winning-pick-info\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CFP Odds, Betting Trends, Winning Pick Info<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16656,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16655\/revisions\/16656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}