{"id":18222,"date":"2020-12-20T15:26:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T20:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=18222"},"modified":"2020-12-20T15:26:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T20:26:50","slug":"alabama-historic-playoff-favorite-tide-teammates-top-new-heisman-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/alabama-historic-playoff-favorite-tide-teammates-top-new-heisman-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Historic playoff favorite, Tide Teammates Top New Heisman Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s been plenty of criticism with the CFP committee&#8217;s rankings this season, and the semifinal odds show a huge disparity between two teams.&nbsp;<br><br>Alabama is listed as a 19-point favorite against Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl, which marks the largest spread in CFP history.<br><br>Below are the opening CFP odds, national championship odds and Heisman odds from&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/record.commission.bz\/_ejy4onLiLhHT2Fu8bIPGIGNd7ZgqdRLk\/1\/\">SportsBetting<\/a><\/strong><br><br>Notre Dame +19<br>Alabama -19<br>Over\/Under: 65.5<br>Moneyline: Notre Dame +750, Alabama -1200<br><br>Ohio State +7<br>Clemson -7<br>Over\/Under: 65<br>Moneyline: Ohio State +250, Clemson -300<br><br>The previous high for a CFP spread was at the 2019 Orange Bowl where Alabama was a 14.5-point against Oklahoma.&nbsp;<br><br>List of CFP Spreads (sorted by biggest spread)<br>2020\/21 Rose Bowl: Alabama (-19) vs. Notre Dame<br>2018\/19 Orange Bowl: Alabama (-14.5) vs. Oklahoma<br>2019\/20 Peach Bowl: LSU (-12.5) vs. Oklahoma<br>2016\/17 Peach Bowl: Alabama (-12.5) vs. Washington<br>2018\/19 Cotton Bowl: Clemson (-10.5) vs. Notre Dame<br>2015\/16 Cotton Bowl: Alabama (-10) vs. Michigan State<br>2014\/15 Sugar Bowl: Alabama (-7.5) vs. Ohio State<br>2014\/15 Rose Bowl: Oregon (-7.5) vs. Florida State<br>2020\/21 Sugar Bowl: Clemson (-7) vs. Ohio State<br><br>&#8211; Favorites are 9-3 straight up and 8-4 against the spread in semifinal history<br>&#8211; Favorites are 10-7 straight up and 8-9 against the spread in CFP history<br><br>The totals for this year&#8217;s two CFP semis are the fifth and sixth highest, respectively.&nbsp;<br><br>List of CFP Totals (sorted by highest totals)<br>2018\/19 Orange Bowl: Alabama vs. Oregon (80.5)<br>2019\/20 Peach Bowl: LSU vs. Oklahoma (75)<br>2014\/15 Rose Bowl: Oregon vs. Florida State (74)<br>2014\/15 CFP NCG: Oregon vs. Ohio State (72.5)<br>2020\/21 Rose Bowl: Alabama vs. Notre Dame (65.5)<br>2020\/21 Sugar Bowl: Clemson vs. Ohio State (65)<br>2019\/20 Fiesta Bowl: Clemson vs. Ohio State (63.5)<br>2017\/18 Rose Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Georgia (62.5)<br>2015\/16 Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. Oklahoma (61.5)<br><br>&#8211; Overs are 9-8 in CFP history<br>&#8211; Overs are 5-7 in CFP semifinal history<br><br>History is not on Notre Dame&#8217;s side as the biggest upset in CFP history was just 7.5 points.&nbsp;<br><br>List of CFP Upsets (sorted by biggest upset)<br>2014\/15 Sugar Bowl: Ohio State (+7.5) over Alabama<br>2016\/17 CFP NCG: Clemson (+6.5) over Alabama<br>2014\/15 CFP NCG: Ohio State (+6) vs. Oregon<br>2018\/19 CFP NCG: Clemson (+5) over Alabama<br>2015\/16 Orange Bowl: Clemson (+3.5) over Oklahoma<br>2016\/17 Fiesta Bowl: Clemson (+1) over Ohio State<br><br><br>In terms of CFP National Championship odds, Alabama is the odds-on favorite.&nbsp;<br><br>Alabama -175 (4\/7)<br>Clemson +200 (2\/1)<br>Ohio State +600 (6\/1)&nbsp;<br>Notre Dame +1800 (18\/1)<br><br><br>Finally, DeVonta Smith is the favorite to become the first non-quarterback since Derrick Henry in 2015 to win the Heisman Trophy.&nbsp;<br><br>A wide receiver hasn&#8217;t won the Heisman since 1991 when Desmond Howard took home the honors at Michigan.&nbsp;<br><br>DeVonta Smith -200 (1\/2)<br>Mac Jones +150 (3\/2)<br>Trevor Lawrence +1000 (10\/1)<br>Najee Harris +1600 (16\/1)<br>Kyle Trask +2500 (25\/1)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s been plenty of criticism with the CFP committee&#8217;s rankings this season, and the semifinal odds show a huge disparity between two teams.&nbsp; Alabama is listed as a 19-point favorite against Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl, which marks the largest spread in CFP history. Below are the opening CFP odds, national championship odds and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/alabama-historic-playoff-favorite-tide-teammates-top-new-heisman-odds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alabama Historic playoff favorite, Tide Teammates Top New Heisman Odds<\/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":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18222","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=18222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18223,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18222\/revisions\/18223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}