College Football Odds: Championship Weekend Betting Lines Open at Sportsbooks

The Ohio State Buckeyes will be without quarterback J.T. Barrett when they face the Wisconsin Badgers in the Big Ten Championship Game Saturday as three-point underdogs at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.

The Heisman hopeful was lost to a broken ankle in OSU’s 42-28 win over Michigan on the weekend. With third-stringer Cardale Jones at the helm, the 11-1 Buckeyes recorded their 10th straight win straight up, but failed to cover as 21.5-point favorites over the rival Wolverines, posting their third straight against-the- spread loss.

The 10-2 Badgers will be gunning for their fourth Big Ten title in five years and enter Saturday night’s Wisconsin vs. Ohio State betting matchup at Lucas Oil Stadium riding a seven-game win streak. However, they have failed to cover in their last two games, are just 5-7 against the spread this season, and are a dismal 1-6, SU and ATS, in their last seven meetings with the Buckeyes.

The 11-1 Oregon Ducks will be gunning for their second Pac-12 conference title in four years when they take on the Arizona Wildcats as early 14-point favorites on the college football betting lines.

The Ducks are riding a seven-game SU and ATS win streak, outscoring opponents by an average margin of 24.3 points. However, it was the 10-2 Wildcats who handed the Ducks their only SU loss of the season, a 31-24 victory as 21.5-point road underdogs in Week 6.

The Wildcats are 5-2 SU but only 3-4 ATS since beating Oregon, with the UNDER also going 5-2 in those games.

The 12-0 Florida State Seminoles will be shooting for their 29th consecutive SU win when they meet the 10-2 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the ACC Championship Game as slim 3.5-point favorites at the sportsbooks.

While the Noles have been a SU juggernaut, they have consistently disappointed bettors this season, going 3-9 ATS. FSU is also 0-5 ATS in its last five against the Jackets according to the Odds Shark College Football Database, while going 3-2 SU.

Georgia Tech is 5-0 SU and ATS in its last five, posting three outright wins as underdogs while holding opponents to just 18.2 points per game.

Elsewhere for this weekend, Alabama opened as a narrow three-point favorite over Missouri in the SEC Championship Game, while Marshall is pegged as a 14.5-point favorite over Louisiana Tech in the C-USA Championship Game, and Northern Illinois is favored by 2.5 points over Bowling Green in the MAC Championship Game.

Game	Home Line
Central Florida at East Carolina	-6.5
Northern Illinois at Bowling Green	2.5
Arizona at Oregon	-14
Iowa State at TCU	-33
Southern Methodist at Connecticut	-10.5
Louisiana Tech at Marshall	-14.5
Houston at Cincinnati	-7
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma	-19.5
Missouri at Alabama	-3
Temple at Tulane	3.5
Kansas State at Baylor	OFF
Florida State at Georgia Tech	3.5
Wisconsin at Ohio State	3
Fresno State at Boise State	-17

Odds, stats courtesy of Odds Shark.