Alabama tops Georgia in CFP national championship poll

Georgia is simply a 2½-point favourite implicit Alabama successful Monday’s College Football Playoff nationalist rubric game, and the full is 52½. A survey of opinions from media, oddsmakers and nonrecreational bettors and handicappers:

Clay Baker, RaiderNation Radio: Alabama, 44-29

Alabama manager Nick Saban owns Georgia manager Kirby Smart. But it’s beyond a intelligence edge. Unless the Bulldogs tin prolong a walk rush, it volition beryllium a agelong night.

Jim Barnes, Review-Journal: Georgia, 27-17

Can’t shingle the thought that the different 13 games the teams played mean much than conscionable the Southeastern Conference rubric game.

Chris Bennett, Circa Sports sportsbook manager: Alabama, 45-7

Nick Saban works harder than ever earlier aft suffering the ignominy of being an underdog to a squad doubly successful 1 play to amusement that helium has the top programme successful assemblage football.

Jeff Benson, Circa Sports sportsbook operations manager: Alabama, 27-24

Better manager and amended quarterback. Been higher connected Bama than the marketplace each twelvemonth and similar them successful this spot arsenic well.

Frank Carulli, Xpressbet.com: Alabama, 30-17

When Georgia’s backmost scrambles connected first-and-25 with a 27-3 pb against Michigan and its starting defence is connected the tract with 5 minutes near and astir gets deed with targeting calls, you tin amended recognize wherefore Alabama volition capitalize connected the Bulldogs’ reckless coaching decisions for the eighth consecutive time.

Steve Cofield, ESPN Las Vegas: Alabama, 38-20

Nick Saban volition proceed his dominance implicit erstwhile assistants. Kirby Smart is excessively conservative. And his quarterback, Stetson Bennett, isn’t skilled capable to endanger the Crimson Tide defense.

Joe D’Amico, Sportsmemo.com: Alabama, 34-31

Nick Saban volition person a antithetic crippled program than successful the SEC rubric game. But it volition person the aforesaid outcome. Giving Bama points is simply a mistake, arsenic the underdog is 7-1 ATS successful the past 8 meetings successful this series.

Todd Dewey, Review-Journal: Alabama, 31-21

Nick Saban and Alabama are kryptonite to Kirby Smart and Georgia, winning the past 7 meetings.

Chuck Esposito, Red Rock Resort sportsbook director: Georgia, 26-22

The Bulldogs atone for their lone nonaccomplishment successful the SEC rubric game. This is simply a classical matchup of the apical defence successful the state against 1 of the apical offenses. After going 0-4 against Nick Saban, Kirby Smart beats his mentor for the archetypal clip to go nationalist champions.

Patrick Everson, @PatrickE_Vegas, Props.com: Georgia, 28-24

Georgia had a mulligan successful its pouch past time. Nick Saban volition usage the underdog information again, but the 2nd clip loses its appeal.

Doug Fitz, Systemplays.com: Alabama, 31-28

Georgia has the evident revenge motive aft its beatdown by Alabama successful the SEC rubric game. It’s hard to bushed a bully squad twice, but Alabama getting points is excessively hard to resist.

Mark Franco, VegasInsider.com: Alabama, 34-23

Alabama had a coagulated crippled program to bushed Georgia successful the SEC rubric game, and Nick Saban volition replicate that. Heisman Trophy victor Bryce Young leads the Crimson Tide to different nationalist championship.

Bernie Fratto, FoxSportsRadio: Alabama, 27-24

The No. 1 squad successful the federation arsenic an underdog again? Plus, Nick Saban is 25-1 vs. his erstwhile assistants. I can’t walk up a accidental to backmost the top assemblage shot manager of each clip successful his earthy habitat.

Hank Goldberg, CBS Sports HQ: Alabama, 31-23

I don’t stake against Nick Saban successful a crippled similar this. He has won 7 consecutive against Georgia, and he’s large astatine preparing for games connected the large stage.

Ed Graney, Review-Journal: Alabama, 26-24

Went to the aforesaid precocious schoolhouse arsenic Bryce Young and JT Daniels. Thinking 1 volition really play (and well).

Andy Iskoe, Thelogicalapproach.com: Alabama, 27-17

For those who accidental it’s pugnacious to bushed a squad doubly successful the aforesaid season, look astatine what Utah did to Oregon successful a span of 13 days precocious this season, winning by 31 and 28 points.

Jay Kornegay, Westgate SuperBook VP: Georgia, 26-20

The somewhat amended squad has the revenge factor.

Dana Lane, Pickdawgz.com: Georgia, 26-21

Dan Lanning’s defence was burned for 539 yards successful the SEC rubric game. But I’m a large believer successful large coordinators making due adjustments, particularly with a caller blueprint of what went wrong. Bryce Young exposed the Bulldogs secondary, but it volition beryllium a much hard roadworthy for Alabama connected Monday.

Bruce Marshall, Goldsheet.com: Georgia, 34-25

The Bulldogs didn’t reply successful the SEC rubric game, but the dynamics were acold antithetic erstwhile Georgia didn’t request to play with the aforesaid urgency arsenic Bama. There’s plentifulness of underrated popular successful the Bulldogs’ offense.

Jason McCormick, Station Casinos sportsbook VP: Georgia, 24-13

Georgia’s defence dominates Heisman Trophy victor Bryce Young. Georgia freshman wide receiver Adonai Mitchell puts connected a amusement connected the biggest stage.

Mitch Moss, VSiN host: Alabama, 30-27

Georgia has had plentifulness of clip to hole its issues from the SEC rubric game. Alabama besides has worrisome injuries. That said, I’m inactive taking the amended manager successful Nick Saban and amended backmost successful Bryce Young.

Craig Mucklow, Caesars Sportsbook VP of trading: Alabama, 24-20

We expect a person rubric crippled than the SEC championship. Georgia volition beryllium motivated and should amended from past month’s encounter. We are siding with the acquisition and familiarity of being successful this concern galore times.

John Murray, Westgate SuperBook director: Georgia, 34-24

Georgia has been the champion squad successful assemblage shot each season, and arsenic scary arsenic it is to spell against the Crimson Tide, I’ll instrumentality with them.

Brent Musburger, VSiN host: Alabama, 27-24

Better manager + amended backmost = dynasty continues.

Matt Perrault, @sportstalkmatt: Georgia, 20-17

Head says Georgia. Heart says Bama. I’m going with my head.

Wes Reynolds, VSiN host: Georgia, 34-24

The Bulldogs person the amended defence and volition marque the adjustments to springiness Kirby Smart his archetypal triumph implicit his erstwhile boss, Nick Saban.

Micah Roberts, Sportsline.com: Alabama, 27-17

I tin bargain the revenge space for Georgia, but aft 7 consecutive losses to Alabama, that space is diluted somewhat.

Vic Salerno, USbookmaking president: Alabama, 34-7

Nick Saban knows however to bushed Georgia. Better coach. Better team.

Ed Salmons, Westgate SuperBook VP of risk: Georgia, 24-20

It’s hard to bushed the aforesaid squad doubly successful 5 weeks.

Dave Sharapan, @SportsbkConsig: Alabama, 27-23

Forever, successful the book, we ever needed against Alabama. I did successful the SEC championship. How does it go? Fool maine once, shame connected you. Fool maine twice, shame connected me.

Jeff Sherman, Westgate SuperBook VP of risk: Alabama, 28-24

Expecting a repetition effect from their archetypal meeting, though Georgia is much crippled this time.

Alex B. Smith, @Axsmithsports: Georgia, 38-35

Revenge volition beryllium sweeter than a peach for the Bulldogs, who yet seizure their archetypal rubric successful 42 years.

Christopher Smith, @cfblocksmith: Georgia, 27-24

From a antiaircraft touchdown to sum busts starring to Jameson Williams scores of 55 and 67 yards to Stetson Bennett attempting 48 passes, determination were galore things that marque maine skeptical of a repetition of the SEC rubric crippled scoring output.

Paul Stone, @PaulStoneSports: Alabama, 27-24

Nick Saban’s mastery implicit 1 of his erstwhile assistants continues, arsenic the Tide repetition arsenic assemblage football’s best.

Jeff Stoneback, MGM Resorts manager of trading: Alabama, 38-27

Alabama showed it was the amended squad successful the archetypal matchup. Nick Saban continues to predominate his assistants and adds different nationalist rubric to his resume.

Ken Thomson, SportsXRadio.com: Georgia, 34-30

Most radical I cognize would emotion to spot Georgia yet instrumentality attraction of concern against Bama. I had the Tide successful the SEC rubric game, but volition spell against my amended judgement present and instrumentality the Dawgs.

Straight-up picks: Alabama 22, Georgia 14

Against the dispersed picks: Alabama 22, Georgia 14

Total: Over 13, Under 23

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