LSU vs. Clemson Odds
- Odds: LSU -5.5
- Total: 69.5
- Location: New Orleans, La.
- Date: Monday, Jan. 13
- Time: 8 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN
The national title game market is set, and bettors are all over LSU, with more than 75% of bets taking Joe Burrow’s Tigers.
LSU is a 5.5-point favorite over Clemson at FanDuel, and a 6-point favorite at DraftKings.
The total sits at a consensus 69.5 across the market.
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Our power ratings made Clemson a 4-point favorite over LSU entering the semifinals.
The Tigers rolled Oklahoma, covering the 12-point closing spread with ease in a 63-28 win that could have been much worse had they not taken their foot off the gas.
Clemson survived an epic semifinal by scoring a late touchdown, then intercepting quarterback Justin Fields in the end zone to win 29-23 and cover the 2.5-point spread.
Previous National Championship Game Lines
FanDuel, which is legal and live in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana and West Virginia, posted lines for the national championship before the second game of the College Football Playoff semifinals and had LSU as a short favorite over both teams.
LSU was a 3-point favorite over both Clemson and Ohio State before the second semifinal on Saturday. But one-sided money has been flowing in
- LSU -3 (-130) vs. Ohio State (+110)
- LSU -3 (+110) vs. Clemson (-130)
FanDuel originally listed Clemson as a short favorite over LSU before either semifinal kicked off.
- LSU -1 vs. Ohio State
- Clemson -1.5 vs. LSU
- Clemson -10 vs. Oklahoma
- Ohio State -9.5 vs. Oklahoma
National Championship Game Betting History
For the first time in four years, Alabama won’t be favored in the national championship game.
Instead, it’s been LSU leading the charge as the SEC’s horse this year.
The Tigers have made three national title games since 1998, upsetting Oklahoma as a 7-point dog in 2003 and beating Ohio State as a 3.5-point favorite in 2007. In 2011, Alabama shut out LSU.
Against the spread results in the title game have gone on quite a run in the last 12 years — six straight underdogs have covered after six straight favorites covered.