The College Football Playoff announced its first 12-Team Playoff on Sunday and there will be four First Round games on campuses across the nation. It will be the first time ever that Playoff games will happen on a campus.
And with that, sports bettors around the country are eyeing these First Round games. Here are the spreads and over/under for each of the First Round games. These odds come from BetOnline.ag.
Indiana (No. 10) at Notre Dame (No. 7)
Friday, December 20th
Spread: Notre Dame -8
Over/Under: 50
SMU (No. 11) at Penn State (No. 6)
Saturday, December 21st
Spread: Penn State -8.5
Over/Under: 53
Clemson (No. 12) at Texas (No. 5)
Saturday, December 21st
Spread: Texas -11
Over/Under: 51.5
Tennessee (No. 9) at Ohio State (No. 8)
Saturday, December 21st
Spread: Ohio State -7
Over/Under: 47
These games will be played on campus before the quarterfinals and semifinals move to a neutral site bowl setting.
College Football Playoff History and New Rules
The College Football Playoff has been around since the 2014 season, but this is the first year it has a 12-Team field. It was previously a 4-team field.
Here’s what you need to know:
- The five conference champions ranked highest by the selection committee are in automatically
- The remaining seven teams in the 12-team field will be the next seven highest-ranked teams
- Four of these automatic qualifiers get byes into the quarterfinals and are seeded Nos. 1-4. The fifth-highest-ranked conference champion will be seeded where it was ranked or at No. 12 if it is outside the top 12 rankings
- The teams seeded No. 5-12 will play in the first round, with the higher seeds hosting (No. 12 at No. 5, No. 11 at No. 6, No. 10 at No. 7 and No. 9 at No. 8.)
