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Just minutes after the official College Football Playoff selections had been announced, Las Vegas odds-makers began taking bets on the two semifinal games. No. 1 Alabama will take on No. 4 Washington in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and No. 3 Ohio State will take on No. 2 Clemson in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl.
Despite being the lower-seeded team, the early odds from a number of sports books have installed Ohio State as either a 3 or 3.5-point favorite over the Tigers.
Vegas lines for @OhioStateFB V @ClemsonFB @LVSuperBook OSU -3@CGTechnology_ OSU -3.5@southpointlv OSU -3.5@WynnLasVegas OSU -2.5
— Todd Fuhrman (@ToddFuhrman) December 4, 2016
The Fiesta Bowl will come from Glendale, AZ on December 31st. The game will be a rematch of the 2014 Orange Bowl, in which Dabo Swinney’s Tigers outlasted Urban Meyer’s Buckeyes 40-35.
In the other semifinal, Alabama opens up as a two-touchdown favorite.
Opening #CFBPlayoff Lines via @LVSuperBook
— Todd Fuhrman (@ToddFuhrman) December 4, 2016
Alabama -14 vs Washington
Ohio State -3 vs Clemson