{"id":50676,"date":"2017-05-21T13:53:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T20:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=50676"},"modified":"2017-05-21T14:00:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T21:00:44","slug":"early-college-football-odds-favor-alabama-and-ohio-state-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/early-college-football-odds-favor-alabama-and-ohio-state-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Early College Football Odds Favor Alabama and Ohio State in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

College football is back, even though the first games of the 2017 season are more than three months away. Las Vegas sportsbooks are already accepting wagers on these games, giving summertime tourists something to bet on after the NBA Finals and NHL Stanley Cup wrap up their action in June.<\/p>\n

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Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide and Urban Meyer’s Buckeyes will be the top two programs in the country next fall, should the early college football odds in Las Vegas have it right. (Image: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CG Technology, the company that manages sportsbooks at the Venetian, Palazzo, Cosmopolitan, Palms, Tropicana, and Hard Rock in Las Vegas, released odds this week on regular season win totals for almost 50 college football teams. And while it might be a new year, it’s the same old story for\u00a0Alabama and Ohio State.<\/p>\n

CG\u00a0has the Crimson Tide winning the most games next fall, at 10.5. The Buckeyes are right behind them, predicted to win 10.\u00a0No other program is opening with a double-digit regular-season win projection. (Conference championships and bowl games aren’t included in the odds.)<\/p>\n

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Penn State, Oklahoma, Florida State, Wisconsin, USC, and Washington all have over\/under lines set at 9.5.\u00a0Clemson, last year’s College Football Playoff National Champion<\/a>, is expected to win nine games, as are\u00a0Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech, Louisville, LSU, and Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As for the outright winner, Alabama is at +350 to win the NCAA title. Ohio State has the second-best odds at +500, followed by USC (+700), Florida State (+750), and Michigan and Penn State (+1200).<\/p>\n

Risky Business?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The college football over\/under bets make a nice appetizer for starving football fans. But with so many unknowns prior to pre-season, CG is restricting bets to $500 or less on each team for now.<\/p>\n

Sportsbooks are in the business of mitigating risk, and with more than\u00a090 days remaining before the first snap, plenty of variables remain in projecting win totals.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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One interesting note on CG’s odds is that the Southeastern Conference (SEC), long thought to be the best conference in college football, only has two teams with projected win totals greater\u00a0than eight. In addition to Alabama, CG puts LSU at nine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The SEC’s claim to supremacy is highly disputed\u00a0by fans\u00a0in other conferences, primarily the Big Ten and ACC. The\u00a0college football odds have four Big Ten teams, and five ACC programs,\u00a0winning 8.5 or more.<\/p>\n

Early NFL Predictions<\/b><\/h2>\n

Like the Crimson Tide, the New England Patriots routinely come into the regular NFL season as a strong favorite to win everything. The defending Super Bowl champions are currently favored in each of their 16 games, according to CG’s preliminary lines.<\/p>\n

On the opposite side of the spectrum, the Cleveland Browns, who\u00a0went 1-15 last year, aren’t favored in a single game.<\/p>\n

The Westgate SuperBook<\/a> has the Patriots at 3\/1 to win the Super Bowl for a\u00a0third time in four years. The Browns are at 300\/1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

College football is back, even though the first games of the 2017 season are more than three months away. Las Vegas sportsbooks are already accepting wagers on these games, giving summertime tourists something to bet on after the NBA Finals and NHL Stanley Cup wrap up their action in June. 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