Georgia football among CFP quarterfinal favorites, per opening betting lines
ATHENS — Georgia has opened as a 7-point favorite over Ole Miss in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal, per DraftKings.com.
The Bulldogs (12-1) will play the Rebels (12-1) in the Sugar Bowl in a rematch of the teams’ regular-season meeting in Athens, which Georgia won 43-35 on Oct. 18.
Ole Miss defeated Tulane 41-10 on Saturday in Oxford, Mississippi, in a College Football Playoff first-round game. The Rebels saw their All-American tailback, Kewan Lacy, leave the game with an injury.
“He banged his shoulder up,” Ole Miss coach Pete Golding said. “Obviously he came back into the game and fought through that, so we’ll address that from here going forward.
“But he went back in the game, and it’s a bruised shoulder.”
The winner of the Georgia-Ole Miss Sugar Bowl will play in the Fiesta Bowl against the winner of the Dec. 31 Cotton Bowl game between Ohio State and Miami. The Fiesta Bowl takes place at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8 in Glendale, Arizona.
The Hurricanes advanced to their pending meeting with the Buckeyes after winning a CFP first-round game at Texas A&M 10-3 on Saturday.
Ohio State is a 9½-point favorite over Miami, which features former Georgia quarterback Carson Beck. Beck is 35-5 as a starting quarterback, including a 24-3 mark at UGA before his transfer to Miami in January.
The CFP quarterfinal Rose Bowl is set for a matchup between Big Ten champ and No. 1 seed Indiana and Alabama. The Crimson Tide rallied for a 34-24 win at Oklahoma on Friday night to advance.
The Hoosiers opened as a 7-point favorite over the Crimson Tide.
Big 12 champion Texas Tech will take on Oregon in the Orange Bowl at noon Jan. 1. The Ducks beat James Madison 51-34 in a first-round game in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday night.
Per the FanDuel Sportsbook, Oregon opened as a 1½-point favorite over Texas Tech.
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Mike is in his 10th season covering SEC and Georgia athletics for AJC-DawgNation and has 25 years of CFB experience. Mike is a Heisman Trophy voter and former Football Writers President who was named the National FWAA Beat Writer of the Year in January, 2018.
