2024 College Football Playoff first-round: Betting odds, lines

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Thursday, December 19, 2024 5:14PM
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After months of games and speculation, the 12 teams that will compete in this season's College Football Playoff have been selected. No. 1 Oregon, No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Boise State and No. 4 Arizona Stateeach won their respective conference championship games over the weekend and secured first-round byes and a spot in the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, eight other teams will face off in the first round of the playoffs on Dec. 20 and Dec. 21.

The playoff begins with an in-state battle between No. 7 Notre Dame(-7.5, 52.5) and No. 10 Indiana in South Bend (Dec. 20, 8 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN). Then on Saturday, No. 11. SMU travels to Beaver Stadium to face No. 6 Penn State(-8.5, 52.5) (12 p.m. ET on TNT/Max) with No. 12 Clemsonfacing the No. 5 Texas in Austin on Saturday afternoon (4 p.m. ET on TNT/Max). The first round concludes with No. 7 Tennesseetraveling to Columbus to face No. 8 Ohio State(-7, 47.5) (8 p.m. ET on ESPN/ABC).

Here are all the odds and lines for the College Football Playoff matchups ahead of the first round.

All odds are accurate as of time stamp. All times Eastern. For the latest odds go to ESPN BET.

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