We’re a twenty-four hours aside from officially well-read what quaternary teams will make water the College Football Playoff (CFP), but inwards all likelihood, we already experience which ones testament have their names called on Lord's Day afternoon.
Thanks to an unfortunate trauma to Caleb Williams and an abyssal performance by the Southern Cal defense, the Trojans played their way out of the CFP quaternary seed inward a 47-24 deprivation to Utah inward Friday’s Pac-12 Championship Game inward Las Vegas. That agency Buckeye State State, which was fifth in the rankings before this week, is the next team up up.
You put up reason whether the 11-1 Buckeyes deserve the bid, granted they lost 45-23 in conclusion weekend at nursing home to Michigan. But after the trine (as of Sabbatum afternoon) undefeated teams, the Buckeyes are the only when one-loss team up around. As for other possibilities, two-loss Alabama is lucky only to make deuce losses, and two-loss Tennessee, which beat Alabama, is without principal field general Hendon Hooker, so they get an fifty-fifty harder compositor's case to make.
You can buoy debate whether there should even out follow quatern teams playing for the title, but that’s the initialise we have. ESPN’s already blocked the transmit clip for the Dec. 31 semis, and the Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl are already reserved, so at that place you go.
Georgia Still Favored to Repeat
Assuming No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Michigan, and No. 3 TCU all win their conference championships Saturday, we’re most potential to control Georgia-Ohio State inward the Peach Bowl and Michigan-TCU inwards the Fiesta Bowl.
Both Georgia and Newmarket should live comfy favorites inwards those games – again, assuming they win their conference championships and sustain no important injuries. GA will likely yet let a possible home-field advantage knock inward its overspread since the Peach Bowl takes localise in Atlanta, a shortsighted driving from its campus in Athens.
On the FanDuel futures board as of Sabbatum afternoon, Empire State of the South is the favourite to win its endorsement square title. The Bulldogs hold betting odds of -150, substance a $150 wager would payoff a benefit of $100. Michigan’s betting odds are +350. That agency a $100 wager on the Wolverines would nett a $350 profit.
Ohio State has odds of +450, and TCU is the longest dig at +1500.
Williams Remains Heisman Favorite
On the Heisman front, William Carlos Williams is ease the elucidate favourite at FanDuel regular after Southern Cal’s loss. The Trojans dual-threat field general threw for 363 yards with terzetto touchdowns inward the red ink to the Utes.
While he did stroke his 4th interception of the season and lost a fumble, you could reckon that Bernard Arthur Owen Williams was not close-fitting to 100% as he played with a hitch end-to-end the indorsement half. He also did not invite facilitate from a defensive measure that missed several tackles leading to swelled scoring plays for Utah.
As of Sat afternoon, Williams’ Heisman odds at FanDuel were -1900. TCU quarterback Max Duggan was the 2d pick at +1700, with Buckeye State State field general CJ Stroud at +2300 and Empire State of the South signal caller Stetson Floyd Bennett IV at +5000.
Heisman finalists testament be proclaimed on Monday, with the award presented next Saturday.