College Football Playoff Odds Favor Alabama To Get In Over SC

The Alabama Crimson Tide are favored to make the 2024 College Football Playoffs and South Carolina is heavily favored to miss out.
The odds for both the Tide and the Gamecocks vary at different sportsbooks, making line shopping import for CFP betting in 2024.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The second to last College Football Playoff rankings come out tonight and there are a few teams who are trying to sneak into the tournament. With neither Alabama nor South Carolina making it to the SEC Title game, their fates are in the hands of the committee.

After the final week of the college football season, Alabama is favored to be selected for the 12-team playoff and South Carolina is favored at legal sports betting sites to miss out.

South Carolina’s road win against number 15 Clemson at Memorial Stadium last week was impressive but most likely not enough for the committee to rank the Gamecocks over the Alabama Crimson Tide. Even though they both now have the same regular season and conference record, Alabama did get the win over South Carolina early in the regular season.

There are already three SEC teams expected to be locked in the 12-team playoff (Texas, Georgia, Tennessee) and it feels unlikely that both Alabama and South Carolina would be invited. As the CFP Committee showed last year, they value Alabama being in the playoffs.

In 2023, the Tide had a 29% chance of getting in after rivalry weekend but was selected at number four over the FSU Seminoles who had a 71% chance to make it that same week.

What Sportsbooks Offer Odds For Teams To Make The CFP?

All of the top legal college football betting sites offer odds for the top teams to make the 2024 CFP. With the intentions of the committee unknown, sportsbooks all have different odds for each team. This is where line shopping odds is so important. Check out the odds below:

Alabama To Make CFP – Bovada

Yes -215
No +160

Alabama To Make CFP – FanDuel

Yes -260
No +196

Alabama To Make CFP – BetOnline

Yes -300
No +200

Alabama To Make CFP – DraftKings

Yes -250
No +190

South Carolina To Make CFP – Bovada

Yes+400
No -650

South Carolina To Make CFP – FanDuel

Yes +800
No -1800

South Carolina To Make CFP – BetOnline

Yes +500
No -1100

South Carolina To Make CFP – DraftKings

Yes +700
No -1400

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Ben Fiore

Ben has been an avid sports fan his whole life and mostly follows football and basketball, both professional and collegiate. He has been covering topics that vary from Super Bowl prop bets to articles about the generated revenue from regulated sports betting. He is currently finishing his Editing, Writing, and Media Degree at Florida State University, with a minor in Business. Diving into the world of sports betting, he is ecstatic to work in an area that has combined his two passions of sports and writing.