While a lot could change between now and kickoff next Monday night from Indianapolis, bettors at Caesars Sportsbook are mixed so far on the spread for the Georgia-Alabama College Football Playoff national championship game, with the Dawgs at -3, but they are all over Nick Saban's team on the moneyline at +125 as well as Over the total of 52.5 points.
Neither Georgia nor Alabama had much trouble in the semifinals against Michigan and Cincinnati, respectively. UGA's 34-11 win over the Wolverines was Georgia's largest margin of victory over an AP Top 10 team in 80 years. The Bulldogs are the second team in the College Football Playoff era to reach the title game without winning their conference – Alabama did it following the 2017 season and would beat Georgia in overtime in the title game.
Caesars actually opened UGA at -2.5 for this game. The Tide are taking 73 percent of the tickets, but the Dawgs 80 percent of the money.
“Georgia handled Michigan more easily than Alabama did against Cincinnati, and Michigan was viewed as a better team than Cincy was,” said Adam Pullen, Assistant Director of Trading at Caesars Sportsbook. “So you put the two together, and their win was more impressive than Alabama's win. The doubts were on Georgia going into the CFP, and all it took was one game for everyone to think highly of them again. So it makes sense that thi s line is currently at 3. If Georgia would have squeaked out a win over Michigan, it would have been closer to pick.”