The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff brought plenty of controversy on Selection Sunday, and didn’t provide the greatest of first-round matchups, as all four favorites covered the spread and three of the four games were blowouts.
To wit:
- No. 8 Ohio State (-7) won 42-17 against No. 9 Tennessee
- No. 6 Penn State (-9) won 38-10 against No. 11 SMU
- No. 7 Notre Dame (-6.5) won 27-17 against No. 10 Indiana, and was up 27-3 late in the fourth quarter
One bettor at Caesars Sportsbook in Louisiana has a particularly significant rooting interest in the rest of the playoffs, as he wagered $1.5 million on the Texas Longhorns to win the playoff at +390 odds back on Dec. 6 before the bracket was released. The wager would win $5.85 million.
“For college football, that’s one of the largest bets that we’ve taken,” Joey Feazel, lead college football and NFL trader at Caesars Sportsbook told Odds Shark. “The Longhorns are going to be the best-case for the customer and our biggest liability in the playoff.”
Texas, the No. 5 seed in the CFP, defeated Arizona St. on Wednesday 39-31. The Longhorns are a 6-point underdog against No. 8 seed Ohio State on Jan. 10 in the College Football Playoff semifinal at The Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas. If Texas wins, it would face the winner of the Penn State-Notre Dame matchup, at the CFP Nation Championship on Jan. 20.
You can still get in on the action! Texas is currently +450 to win the CFP at Caesars.
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