College Football Playoff bracket predictions: Computer model has surprising 2024 CFP picks, sleepers, upsets

The 2024-25 College Football Playoff bracket is set, as 12 teams prepare to compete in the expanded playoff for the first time. No. 1 seed Oregon, No. 2 seed Georgia, No. 3 seed Boise State and No. 4 seed Arizona State each earned first-round byes, so they will wait for their respective quarterfinal matchups to be set. The first round features four on-campus games, beginning with No. 7 seed Notre Dame vs. No. 10 seed Indiana on Friday, Dec. 20. Notre Dame is a 7-point favorite in the College Football Playoff odds from SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 52.

No. 6 seed Penn State (-8.5) hosts No. 11 seed SMU, No. 5 seed Texas (-12) faces No. 12 seed Clemson and No. 8 seed Ohio State (-7.5) plays No. 9 seed Tennessee on Saturday, Dec. 21. Oregon and Texas are the +360 co-favorites (risk $100 to win $360) in the national championship odds, followed by Ohio State (+475), Georgia (+500), Penn State (+600) and Notre Dame (+750). Which teams offer the most value with College Football Playoff bets, and who wins every game in the CFP bracket? 

Before locking in any College Football Playoff bracket picks or national championship bets, be sure to see the latest College Football Playoff predictions from SportsLine’s proven model.

The model simulates every FBS game 10,000 times. Since its inception, it has generated a betting profit of well over $2,000 for $100 players on its top-rated college spread football picks, and it went a profitable 43-34 on top-rated picks during the 2024 regular season. Anyone following at sportsbooks and on betting apps has seen impressive returns.

Now, it has turned its attention to the latest college football odds and college football betting lines for the 2024-25 College Football…

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Author : CBS Sports Staff

Publish date : 2024-12-19 17:16:00

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