Bettors still backing Alabama Crimson Tide despite big spread
Alabama is favored by more points than any team in the College Football Playoff s brief history, but the majority of bettors have been undeterred by the historic point spread.
The Crimson Tide are consensus 19.5-point favorites over Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Capital One, the first of two CFP semifinals on Friday (4 p.m. ET, ESPN). Only two bowl games since 1978 have had larger spreads, according to ESPN Stats & Information. The last time the Fighting Irish were bigger underdogs was 2008 against Southern Cal (-32.5).
The historic point spread hasn t slowed down the action on Alabama, with approximately twice as much money having been bet on the Crimson Tide as had been on Notre Dame at multiple U.S. sportsbooks. At FanDuel, nearly 70% of the money that had been bet on the Rose Bowl point spread was on Alabama.
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