Bookmakers are adjusting the odds for making the 12-team playoff field with a surge of support for a familiar postseason power.
Alabama is running to the front of the futures pool for teams to make the College Football Playoff 12-team field when it’s announced Sunday afternoon as part of a bowl selection broadcast.
Conference champions from the top five leagues and seven at-large teams are granted spots in the first 12-team playoff, which begins Dec. 20.
The Crimson Tide are receiving more than 85 percent of the total bets in the market at FanDuel and more than 92 percent of the action at ESPNBet.
Alabama also has +1500 national championship odds at FanDuel and BetMGM, ahead of Tennessee (+1800), SMU (+3200), Indiana (+4000) and Arizona State (+8000).
The national title favorites as of Tuesday morning were Oregon (+350), Texas (+380), Ohio State (+400) and Georgia (+550).
Currently at No. 13 in the rankings, Alabama could be on the rise Tuesday night when the latest rankings are set by the committee which must account for losses by Miami (Fla.) and Clemson.
The loser of the ACC championship game Saturday between SMU and Clemson would land on the so-called bubble along with South Carolina, Miami and Ole Miss.
SMU currently is on the board as the favorite over Clemson and has -240 odds to make the 12-team field. Miami lost to Syracuse last week and went from in the field to +600 at FanDuel. The Hurricanes are dropping rapidly and sat at +750 on Tuesday morning, behind South Carolina (+600).
Those were better odds than Ole Miss (+4000), which currently would be situated alongside South Carolina as SEC teams left out of the playoff.
–Field Level Media