The Wiz of Odds

Ohio State Is Favored to Defend Playoff Championship

Alabama fans are still trying to put their lives back together after the Crimson Tide lost to Ohio State in the playoff, but there's always next season. Alabama is listed at 10/1 to win the 2015-16 championship, behind Ohio State (6/1) and Texas Christian (15/2), according to odds posted by Bovada.

The site also posted odds on who will be the Buckeyes' starting quarterback to open the 2015 regular season.

The complete list is after the jump.

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The Complete List of Prop Bets for the Title Game

It all comes down to Oregon vs. Ohio State in Monday night's title game in Arlington. Here's a look at how the teams match up, and below is a list of prop bets posted by Bovada.

Playoff Spreads and Props

The list you've all been waiting for. Bowl game and playoff odds and ends, courtesy of Bovada.

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Bowl Game Trends

The invaluable list of bowl game trends from OddsShark. Image courtesy of 30fps.

Making the Postseason Is a Snap for Power 5 Teams

Vegas Insider has released the opening lines for the 2014-15 bowl games. The biggest favorite is Stanford, a 14-5-point pick over Maryland in the Foster Farms Bowl at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, just a short drive from the Cardinal's campus.

Three teams are favored by a point. They are Nevada over Louisiana Lafayette in the New Orleans Bowl, Bowling Green over South Alabama in the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl and Fresno State over Rice in the Hawaii Bowl.

The Dec. 20 New Orleans Bowl kicks off the run of 39 games, which ends with the playoff title game on Jan. 12 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

There were 128 teams competing in Division I-A this season, and 76 of the teams are going bowling, meaning 59.4% of teams made the postseason. Next year there will be 40 bowls with the addition of the Cure Bowl in Orlando.

The odds of making the postseason are even better if a team is from a so-called Power 5 conference, plus independent Notre Dame. That group consists of 69 teams and 48 of them made the posteason (69.6%).

Oddsmakers Install Alabama as Playoff Team to Beat

Yes, there's real football to discuss while Baylor and Texas Christian continue to try and figure out what went wrong when the Big 12 was locked out of the playoff.

Alabama is the odds-on favorite to win the playoff, followed by Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State, according to Bovada. Opening lines had the Crimson Tide as 10-point favorites over the Buckeyes and the Ducks as 9-point favorites over the Seminoles.

Complete odds after the fold.