Either Oregon coach Mark Helfrich (left) or Ohio State coach Urban Meyer will hoist the national championship trophy Monday in Texas. (Getty)
Most major sportsbooks opened with Oregon as 7-point favorites over Ohio State for Monday’s first-ever College Football Playoff national championship game.
That spread has a dipped a bit, but the Ducks are still believed to be a handful of points better than the underdog Buckeyes.
As usual with a national title game, there a ton of bets to be made, many on them online.
Here are the odds, lines and prop bets you need to know about as you get ready for the game. Heavy will have live updates and in-game highlights on this post throughout the night.
Oregon-Ohio State Point Spread
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Pinnacle Sports: Oregon -5.5
Bovada: Oregon -7
Westgate: Oregon -5
BetOnline: Oregon -5.5
Since its only loss of the season in October, Oregon is 9-0 against the spread, and also 4-0 straight up and ATS in the past 4 bowl games.
Ohio State is 12-2 against the spread when the underdog, as it is Monday. The Buckeyes are 10-0 in the past 10 when getting 3.5 or more points. OSU was 8-point underdogs against Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and won straight up 42-35.
Oregon-Ohio State Over-Under
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Pinnacle Sports: 74.5
Bovada: OFF
Westgate: 74.5
BetOnline: 75
In Ohio State’s past 17 games, the OVER has been in the winner in 15 of them.
The teams combine to score 92.2 points per game. Of the 16 now-defunct BCS title games, only 1 went over a combined 75 points (Texas-USC in 2006 totaled 79).
Three of the past 4 national title games came in UNDER.
Oregon-Ohio State Money Line
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Pinnacle Sports: Ohio State 2.719 … Oregon 1.512
Bovada: Ohio State +165 … Oregon -190
Westgate: Ohio State +165 … Oregon -185
BetOnline: Ohio State +170 … Oregon -195
Oregon-Ohio State Prop Bets
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The below prop bets are provided by Bovada.lv and can only be placed online.
Team to score first in the game Ohio State +140 … Oregon -170
The first score of the game will be Touchdown -350 … Field Goal or Safety +275
Will there be a score in the first 4:30 of the game? Yes -115 … No -115
Will there be a score in the first 4 minutes of the 2nd Quarter? Yes -125 … No -105
Will there be a score in the first 4 minutes of the 4th Quarter? Yes -125 … No -105
Team to score the first 10 points in the game Ohio State +150 … Oregon -180
Team to score the first 20 points in the game Ohio State +160 … Oregon -200
Team who scores first wins Yes -180 … No +150
Will a special teams or defensive touchdown be scored? Yes +140 … No -170
The longest touchdown of the game will be (63.5 yards) Over -115 … Under -115
Team to score the longest touchdown in the game Ohio State +135 Oregon -165
The shortest touchdown in the game will be (1.5 yards) Over +110 … Under -140
Longest successfull field goal (37.5 yards) Over -115 … Under -115
Team to use the first timeout Ohio State -115 … Oregon -115
Team to get the first penalty Ohio State EVEN … Oregon -130
The first turnover of the game will be Fumble +120 … Interception -150 … No turnovers +550
Will the game go to overtime Yes +600 … No -1000
Team to win coin toss Ohio State -105 … Oregon -105
Team to receive opening kickoff Ohio State +120 … Oregon -150
Team to receive 2nd half kickoff Ohio State -175 … Oregon +145
Oregon-Ohio State Winning Margin Odds
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The below odds were provided by bovada.lv and can only be wagered online.
Ohio State by 1-6 pts … 5/1
Ohio State by 7-12 pts … 17/2
Ohio State by 13-18 pts … 14/1
Ohio State by 19-24 pts … 22/1
Ohio State by 25-30 pts … 35/1
Ohio State by 31-36 pts … 45/1
Ohio State by 37-42 pts … 70/1
Ohio State by 43 or more pts … 80/1
Oregon by 1-6 pts … 7/2
Oregon by 7-12 pts … 9/2
Oregon by 13-18 pts … 6/1
Oregon by 19-24 pts … 9/1
Oregon by 25-30 pts … 14/1
Oregon by 31-36 pts … 16/1
Oregon by 37-42 pts … 25/1
Oregon by 43 or more pts … 22/1
