There isn’t any clear favourite for the nationwide championship following the reveal of the primary 12-team School Soccer Playoff bracket.
No. 1 Oregon (13-0) is the one undefeated staff in school soccer and opens as the favourite for the title at +325. Nonetheless, there are three different groups with odds of +450 or higher. And two of these groups don’t have first-round byes.
The Geese clinched the highest seed with a Huge Ten title sport win over Penn State on Saturday night time. Proper earlier than that sport kicked off, No. 2 Georgia beat Texas for the SEC title. The Bulldogs are the No. 2 favourite at +350.
The Longhorns are the No. 5 seed and can host Clemson within the first spherical on Dec. 21. Texas is +375 to win the title forward of Ohio State at +450. The Buckeyes are the No. 8 seed and host No. 9 Tennessee within the first spherical. The winner of that sport will play Oregon within the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.
Penn State is +700 to win the nationwide title and the one different staff with odds higher than 12-1 to win all of it. Penn State hosts SMU within the first spherical and can play No. 3 Boise State within the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31 with a win.
Here is a have a look at the percentages for every of the 4 first-round video games and the nationwide title odds for each staff within the playoff. The winner of Indiana at Notre Dame will play Georgia within the Sugar Bowl, whereas the winner of Clemson vs. Texas will face Arizona State within the Peach Bowl.
First-round video games
No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Texas
Time: 4 p.m. ET, Dec. 21 | TV: TNT | Line: Texas -10.5
No. 11 SMU at No. 6 Penn State
Time: Midday ET, Dec. 21 | TV: TNT | Line: Penn State -9.5
No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre Dame
Time: 8 p.m. ET, Dec. 20 | TV: ESPN | Line: Notre Dame -8.5
No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Ohio State
Time: 8 p.m. ET, Dec. 21 | TV: ESPN | Line: Ohio State -7
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Oregon (+325)
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Georgia (+350)
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Texas (+375)
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Ohio State (+450)
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Penn State (+700)
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Notre Dame (+1200)
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Tennessee (+2500)
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SMU (+3500)
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Clemson (+4000)
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Arizona State (+4000)
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Indiana (+5000)
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Boise State (+5000)
