As we’re right at the halfway point of the 2019 regular season (already???), the race for the playoffs is beginning to take shape, at least wagering-wise.
In its latest set of odds released this week, one offshore sportsbook continues to have the two combatants for the 2018 title, Alabama and Clemson, as the co-favorites to win the 2019 College Football Playoff championship. Both the Crimson Tide and the Tigers come in at 5/2 after sitting at 11/4 a week ago.
Ohio State is next at 5/1 (11/2 last week at this time), followed by LSU at 11/2 (7/1) and Oklahoma at 6/1 (9/1).
There’s a significant gap between that group and the next one that includes Georgia, which tumbled to 14/1 from 7/1 coming off its loss to unranked South Carolina in Athens. Also at 14/1 is Wisconsin, which sat at 25/1 this time last week.
The only other team even remotely in that neighborhood is Penn State, which saw their odds shorten from 33/1 to 25/1.
