SEC Championship Opening Odds Favor Texas over Georgia in Rematch

• The Texas Longhorns are 2.5-point favorites over the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship Game.
• Georgia is a +115 underdog in Atlanta despite beating Texas 30-15 on the road earlier this season.
• Quinn Ewers injury status is worth noting in a game impacting College Football Playoff seeding.

ATLANTA – Opening odds for the SEC Championship Game favor the No. 3 ranked Texas Longhorns by 3.5 points against the No. 7 ranked Georgia Bulldogs. Texas is the legal sports betting favorite despite losing to Georgia earlier in the season and health concerns of quarterback Quinn Ewers.

SEC Championship Game Betting Odds

The Longhorns clinched their spot in the SEC Championship Game with a 17-7 win over their in-state rivals in Texas A&M. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs were 17-point legal Georgia sports betting favorites for rivalry week but needed eight overtimes to get a win against Georgia Tech.

The difference in their Week 14 wins may have influenced opening odds for Saturday’s conference championship game. Texas’s defense looked sharp allowing zero points to a solid Texas A&M team, but questions surrounding the health of quarterback Quinn Ewers will linger until game time on Saturday.

Quinn Ewers Injury Status For SEC Championship Game

Ewers played Saturday despite suffering a mild ankle sprain in Week 13. He threw a pick-six and lost a fumble but still completed 17 of 28 passes for 218 yards and a touchdown.

Don’t be surprised if legal college football betting sites start to move in favor of Georgia with Ewers far from 100%. Longhorns running back Quintrevion Wisner had 33 carries for 186 rushing yards against A&M, but Week 8 proved that Texas will need a balanced attack to beat Georgia after Wisner had 15 carries for 52 yards in that loss.

Georgia also sacked Quinn Ewers seven times in that game, so his mobility will be a key factor in public betting numbers at Texas sportsbooks. Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian said Ewers will be similar to last week and be “day-to-day” for the big game.

College Football Playoff Implications For SEC Championship Game Winner

The winner of the SEC Championship Game will earn a first-round bye as one of the four highest conference champions. Texas (+400) and Georgia (+450) only trail the Oregon Ducks as the most-likely teams at legal college football playoff betting sites to win the National Championship, and a first-round bye greatly helps their chances of cashing those odds.

News tags: CFP | College Football | College Football Playoffs | football | Georgia | Georgia Bulldogs | Quinn Ewers | SEC | SEC Championship | Texas | Texas Longhorns